Famous Birthdays for March 20th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 43 BC – Ovid, Roman poet (d. 17)
• 1253 – Magadu, renamed Wareru, founder of Ramanya Kingdom, renamed Hanthawady Kingdom of Pegu (b. a commoner; d. on a Saturday in January 1307)
• 1319 – Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke (d. 1348)
• 1469 – Cecily of York (d. 1507)
• 1477 – Jerome Emser, German theologian and scholar (d. 1527)
• 1479 – Ippolito d'Este, Italian cardinal (d. 1520)
• 1502 – Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)
• 1532 – Juan de Ribera, Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1611)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1612 – Anne Bradstreet, Puritan American poet (d. 1672)
• 1615 – Dara Shikoh, Indian prince (d. 1659)
• 1639 – Ivan Mazepa, Ukrainian diplomat, Hetman of Ukraine (d. 1709)
• 1680 – Emanuele d'Astorga, Italian composer (d. 1736)^[6]
• 1725 – Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan (d. 1789)
• 1737 – Rama I, Thai king (d. 1809)
• 1771 – Heinrich Clauren, German author (d. 1854)
• 1796 – Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (d. 1862)
• 1799 – Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet and author (d. 1839)
• 1800 – Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, President of Costa Rica (d. 1845)
• 1805 – Thomas Cooper, British poet (d. 1892)
• 1811 – Napoleon II, French emperor (d. 1832)
• 1811 – George Caleb Bingham, American painter and politician, State Treasurer of Missouri (d. 1879)
• 1821 – Ned Buntline, American journalist, author, and publisher (d. 1886)
• 1824 – Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (d. 1876)
• 1828 – Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian poet, playwright, and director (d. 1906)
• 1831 – Patrick Jennings, Northern Irish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1897)
• 1831 – Solomon L. Spink, American lawyer and politician (d. 1881)
• 1834 – Charles William Eliot, American mathematician and academic (d. 1926)
• 1836 – Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general, lawyer, and politician (d. 1886)
• 1836 – Edward Poynter, English painter, illustrator, and curator (d. 1919)
• 1840 – Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (d. 1894)
• 1843 – Ambrosio Flores, Filipino politician (d. 1912)^[7]
• 1851 – Ismail Gasprinski, Ukrainian educator, publisher, and politician (d. 1914)
• 1856 – John Lavery, Irish painter (d. 1941)
• 1856 – Frederick Winslow Taylor, American tennis player and engineer (d. 1915)
• 1870 – Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (d. 1964)^[8]
• 1874 – Börries von Münchhausen, German poet and activist (d. 1945)
• 1876 – Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1927)
• 1879 – Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (d. 1960)^[9]
• 1882 – René Coty, French lawyer and politician, 17th President of France (d. 1962)
• 1882 – Harold Weber, American golfer (d. 1933)
• 1884 – Philipp Frank, Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1966)
• 1884 – John Jensen, Australian public servant (d. 1970)
• 1885 – Vernon Ransford, Australian cricketer (d. 1958)
• 1888 – Amanda Clement, American baseball player, umpire, and educator (d. 1971)
• 1890 – Lauritz Melchior, Danish-American tenor and actor (d. 1973)
• 1894 – Amalie Sara Colquhoun, Australian landscape and portrait painter (d. 1974)
• 1895 – Fredric Wertham, German-American psychologist and author (d. 1981)
• 1898 – Eduard Wiiralt, Estonian artist (d. 1954)
• 1900 – Amelia Chopitea Villa, Bolivia's first female physician (d. 1942)^[10]

1901–present[edit]

• 1903 – Edgar Buchanan, American actor (d. 1979)
• 1904 – B. F. Skinner, American psychologist and author (d. 1990)
• 1905 – Jean Galia, French rugby player and boxer (d. 1949)
• 1906 – Abraham Beame, American accountant and politician, 104th Mayor of New York City (d. 2001)
• 1906 – Ozzie Nelson, American actor and bandleader (d. 1975)
• 1907 – Hugh MacLennan, Canadian author and educator (d. 1990)
• 1908 – Michael Redgrave, English actor and director (d. 1985)
• 1909 – Elisabeth Geleerd, Dutch-American psychoanalyst (d. 1969)^[11]
• 1910 – Erwin Blask, German hammer thrower (d. 1999)
• 1911 – Alfonso García Robles, Mexican lawyer and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
• 1912 – Ralph Hauenstein, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2016)
• 1913 – Nikolai Stepulov, Russian-Estonian boxer (d. 1968)
• 1914 – Wendell Corey, American actor and politician (d. 1968)
• 1915 – Rudolf Kirchschläger, Austrian judge and politician, 8th President of Austria (d. 2000)
• 1915 – Sviatoslav Richter, Ukrainian pianist and composer (d. 1997)
• 1915 – Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1973)
• 1916 – Pierre Messmer, French lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 2007)
• 1917 – Vera Lynn, English singer, songwriter and actress (d. 2020)
• 1917 – Yigael Yadin, Israeli archaeologist, general, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1984)
• 1918 – Jack Barry, American game show host and producer, co-founded Barry & Enright Productions (d. 1984)
• 1918 – Donald Featherstone, English soldier and author (d. 2013)
• 1918 – Marian McPartland, English-American pianist and composer (d. 2013)
• 1918 – Bernd Alois Zimmermann, German composer (d. 1970)
• 1919 – Gerhard Barkhorn, German fighter ace (d. 1983)
• 1920 – Pamela Harriman, English-American diplomat, 58th United States Ambassador to France (d. 1997)
• 1920 – Rosemary Timperley, English author and screenwriter (d. 1988)
• 1921 – Usmar Ismail, Indonesian filmmaker (d. 1971)
• 1921 – Dušan Pirjevec, Slovenian historian and philosopher (d. 1977)
• 1921 – Alfréd Rényi, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1970)
• 1922 – Larry Elgart, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2017)
• 1922 – Ray Goulding, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1990)
• 1922 – Carl Reiner, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2020)
• 1923 – Con Martin, Irish footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani journalist, author, and activist (d. 2006)
• 1925 – John Ehrlichman, American lawyer, 12th White House Counsel (d. 1999)
• 1927 – John Joubert, South African-English composer and academic (d. 2019)
• 1928 – Jerome Biffle, American long jumper and coach (d. 2002)
• 1928 – James P. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Fred Rogers, American television host and producer (d. 2003)
• 1929 – William Andrew MacKay, Canadian lawyer and judge (d. 2013)
• 1929 – Germán Robles, Spanish-Mexican actor and director (d. 2015)
• 1930 – S. Arasaratnam, Sri Lankan historian, author, and academic (d. 1998)
• 1931 – Dinos Christianopoulos, Greek poet (d. 2020)^[12]
• 1931 – Hal Linden, American actor, singer, and director
• 1931 – Rein Raamat, Estonian director and screenwriter
• 1933 – Lateef Adegbite, Nigerian lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
• 1933 – George Altman, American baseball player
• 1933 – Ian Walsh, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Willie Brown, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 41st Mayor of San Francisco
• 1934 – David Malouf, Australian author and playwright
• 1935 – Ted Bessell, American actor and director (d. 1996)
• 1935 – Bettye Washington Greene, American chemist (d. 1995)
• 1936 – Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican singer, songwriter, music producer, and inventor (d. 2021)
• 1936 – Mark Saville, Baron Saville of Newdigate, English lieutenant, lawyer, and judge
• 1937 – Lois Lowry, American author
• 1937 – Jerry Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2008)
• 1938 – Sergei Novikov, Russian mathematician and academic, winner of the Fields Medal
• 1939 – Gerald Curran, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
• 1939 – Don Edwards, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2022)
• 1939 – Walter Jakob Gehring, Swiss biologist and academic (d. 2014)
• 1939 – Brian Mulroney, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Canada
• 1940 – Stathis Chaitas, Greek footballer and manager
• 1940 – Mary Ellen Mark, American photographer and journalist (d. 2015)
• 1940 – Giampiero Moretti, Italian race car driver and businessman, founded the Momo company (d. 2012)
• 1941 – Pat Corrales, American baseball player and manager
• 1941 – Kenji Kimihara, Japanese runner
• 1943 – Gerard Malanga, American poet and photographer
• 1943 – Douglas Tompkins, American businessman, co-founded The North Face and Esprit Holdings (d. 2015)
• 1943 – Paul Junger Witt, American director and producer (d. 2018)
• 1944 – John Cameron, English composer and conductor
• 1944 – Camille Cosby, American author, producer, and philanthropist
• 1944 – Alan Harper, English-Irish archbishop
• 1945 – Henry Bartholomay, American soldier and pilot (d. 2015)
• 1945 – Jay Ingram, Canadian television host and author
• 1945 – Pat Riley, American basketball player and coach
• 1945 – Tim Yeo, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Health
• 1946 – Douglas B. Green, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 – Malcolm Simmons, English motorcycle racer (d. 2014)
• 1947 – John Boswell, American historian, philologist, and academic (d. 1994)
• 1948 – John de Lancie, American actor
• 1948 – Bobby Orr, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1948 – Nikos Papazoglou, Greek singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2011)
• 1949 – Marcia Ball, American blues singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1949 – Richard Dowden, English journalist and educator
• 1950 – William Hurt, American actor (d. 2022)
• 1950 – Carl Palmer, English drummer, percussionist, and songwriter
• 1951 – Jimmie Vaughan, American blues-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 – Geoff Brabham, Australian race car driver
• 1952 – David Greenaway, English economist and academic
• 1953 – Phil Judd, New Zealand singer-songwriter, guitarist and painter
• 1954 – Mike Francesa, American radio talk show host and television commentator
• 1954 – Liana Kanelli, Greek journalist and politician
• 1954 – Paul Mirabella, American baseball player
• 1955 – Nina Kiriki Hoffman, American author
• 1955 – Ian Moss, Australian guitarist and singer-songwriter
• 1955 – Mariya Takeuchi, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1956 – Catherine Ashton, English politician, Vice-President of the European Commission
• 1956 – Anne Donahue, American lawyer and politician
• 1956 – Naoto Takenaka, Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director
• 1957 – Vanessa Bell Calloway, American actress
• 1957 – David Foster, Australian woodchopper
• 1957 – Spike Lee, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1957 – Theresa Russell, American actress
• 1957 – Chris Wedge, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor
• 1958 – Holly Hunter, American actress and producer
• 1958 – Rickey Jackson, American football player
• 1958 – Joe Reaiche, Australian rugby player
• 1959 – Dave Beasant, English footballer and coach
• 1959 – Mary Roach, American author
• 1959 – Sting, American wrestler
• 1959 – Peter Truscott, Baron Truscott, British Labour Party politician and peer^[13]
• 1960 – Norm Magnusson, American painter and sculptor
• 1960 – Norbert Pohlmann, German computer scientist and academic
• 1960 – Yuri Shargin, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut
• 1961 – Ingrid Arndt-Brauer, German politician
• 1961 – Jesper Olsen, Danish footballer and manager
• 1961 – Sara Wheeler, English author and journalist
• 1962 – Stephen Sommers, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 – Paul Annacone, American tennis player and coach
• 1963 – Kathy Ireland, American model, actress, and furniture designer
• 1963 – Yelena Romanova, Russian runner (d. 2007)
• 1963 – David Thewlis, English-French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1964 – Natacha Atlas, Belgian singer-songwriter
• 1965 – William Dalrymple, Scottish historian and author
• 1967 – Xavier Beauvois, French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1967 – Mookie Blaylock, American basketball player
• 1968 – Carlos Almeida, Cape Verdean runner
• 1968 – A. J. Jacobs, American journalist and author
• 1968 – Paul Merson, English footballer and manager
• 1968 – Ultra Naté, American singer, songwriter, record producer, DJ, and promoter
• 1968 – Ken Ono, Japanese-American mathematician^[14]
• 1969 – Yvette Cooper, English economist and politician, former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
• 1969 – Fabien Galthie, French rugby player
• 1970 – Edoardo Ballerini, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1970 – Josephine Medina, Filipino Paralympic table tennis player (d. 2021)^[15]
• 1970 – sj Miller, American academic, public speaker, and social justice activist ^[16]
• 1970 – Michael Rapaport, American actor, podcast host, and director
• 1971 – Manny Alexander, Dominican baseball player
• 1971 – Touré, American journalist and author
• 1972 – Chilly Gonzales, Canadian-German singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1972 – Alex Kapranos, English-Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1972 – Greg Searle, English rower
• 1972 – Marco Sejna, German footballer
• 1972 – Cristel Vahtra, Estonian skier
• 1973 – Nicky Boje, South African cricketer
• 1973 – Natalya Khrushcheleva, Russian runner
• 1973 – Talal Khalifa Aljeri, Kuwaiti businessman
• 1974 – Carsten Ramelow, German footballer
• 1975 – Ramin Bahrani, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1975 – Isolde Kostner, Italian skier
• 1976 – Chester Bennington, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2017)
• 1978 – Kevin Betsy, English-born Seychelles international footballer and manager^[17]
• 1978 – Brent Sherwin, Australian rugby league player
• 1979 – Shinnosuke Abe, Japanese baseball player
• 1979 – Freema Agyeman, English actress
• 1979 – Keven Mealamu, New Zealand rugby player
• 1980 – Jamal Crawford, American basketball player
• 1980 – Robertas Javtokas, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1981 – Ian Murray, Scottish footballer
• 1981 – Carl Webb, Australian rugby league player
• 1982 – Terrence Duffin, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1982 – Tomasz Kuszczak, Polish footballer
• 1982 – José Moreira, Portuguese footballer
• 1983 – Carolina Padrón, Venezuelan journalist
• 1983 – Jenni Vartiainen, Finnish singer
• 1984 – Vikram Banerjee, English cricketer
• 1984 – Christy Carlson Romano, American actress and singer
• 1984 – Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer
• 1985 – Morgan Amalfitano, French footballer
• 1985 – Ronnie Brewer, American basketball player
• 1985 – Nicolas Lombaerts, Belgian footballer
• 1986 – Dean Geyer, South African-Australian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1986 – Julián Magallanes, Argentinian footballer
• 1986 – Ruby Rose, Australian actress and model
• 1986 – Román Torres, Panamanian footballer
• 1987 – Daniel Maa Boumsong, Cameroonian footballer
• 1987 – Jô, Brazilian footballer^[18]
• 1987 – Pedro Ken, Brazilian footballer
• 1987 – Sergei Kostitsyn, Belarusian ice hockey player
• 1989 – Xavier Dolan, Canadian actor and director
• 1989 – Tamim Iqbal, Bangladeshi Cricketer
• 1990 – Blake Ferguson, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 – Marcos Rojo, Argentine footballer
• 1991 – Mattia Destro, Italian footballer
• 1991 – Michał Kucharczyk, Polish footballer
• 1991 – Ethan Lowe, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 – Sloane Stephens, American tennis player
• 1995 – Jack Bird, Australian rugby league player
• 1995 – Kei, South Korean singer