20 December Births

December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 11 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Friday or Saturday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Wednesday (56).

Births

1494 – Oronce Finé, French mathematician and cartographer (d. 1555)
1496 – Joseph ha-Kohen, historian and physician (d. 1575)
1537 – John III, king of Sweden (d. 1592)
1576 – John Sarkander, Moravian priest and saint (d. 1620)
1626 – Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German scholar and politician (d. 1692)
1629 – Pieter de Hooch, Dutch painter (d. 1684)
1641 – Urban Hjärne, Swedish chemist, geologist, and physician (d. 1724)
1717 – Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, French politician and diplomat, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1787)
1740 – Arthur Lee, American physician and diplomat (d. 1792)
1786 – Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (d. 1853)
1792 – Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, French painter and educator (d. 1845)
1838 – Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian, author, and educator (d. 1926)
1841 – Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1932)
1861 – Ferdinand Bonn, German actor (d. 1933)
1861 – Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (d. 1926)
1865 – Elsie de Wolfe, American actress and interior decorator (d. 1950)
1868 – Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (d. 1938)
1869 – Charley Grapewin, American actor (d. 1956)
1871 – Henry Kimball Hadley, American composer and conductor (d. 1937)
1873 – Kan'ichi Asakawa, Japanese historian, author, and academic (d. 1948)
1873 – Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician (d. 1936)
1881 – Branch Rickey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1965)
1886 – Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, American tennis player and businessman (d. 1974)
1888 – Yitzhak Baer, German-Israeli historian and academic (d. 1980)
1888 – Fred Merkle, American baseball player and manager (d. 1958)
1890 – Yvonne Arnaud, French pianist, actress and singer (d. 1958)
1890 – Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
1891 – Erik Almlöf, Swedish triple jumper (d. 1971)
1894 – Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1978)
1898 – Konstantinos Dovas, Greek general and politician, 156th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1973)
1898 – Irene Dunne, American actress and singer (d. 1990)
1899 – Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Welsh preacher and physician (d. 1981)
1900 – Lissy Arna, German film actress (d. 1964)
1901 – Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist and academic, invented the Van de Graaff generator (d. 1967)
1902 – Prince George, Duke of Kent (d. 1942)
1902 – Sidney Hook, American philosopher and author (d. 1989)
1904 – Spud Davis, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1984)
1904 – Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author (d. 1977)
1905 – Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1992)
1907 – Paul Francis Webster, American soldier and songwriter (d. 1984)
1908 – Dennis Morgan, American actor and singer (d. 1994)
1909 – Vakkom Majeed, Indian journalist and politician (d. 2000)
1911 – Hortense Calisher, American author (d. 2009)
1914 – Harry F. Byrd, Jr., American lieutenant, publisher, and politician (d. 2013)
1915 – Aziz Nesin, Turkish author and poet (d. 1995)
1916 – Michel Chartrand, Canadian trade union leader and activist (d. 2010)
1917 – David Bohm, American-English physicist, neuropsychologist, and philosopher (d. 1992)
1917 – Cahit Külebi, Turkish poet and author (d. 1997)
1917 – Audrey Totter, American actress (d. 2013)
1918 – Jean Marchand, Canadian trade union leader and politician, 43rd Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1988)
1922 – George Roy Hill, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1922 – Beverly Pepper, American sculptor and painter
1924 – Judy LaMarsh, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1980)
1925 – Benito Lorenzi, Italian footballer (d. 2007)
1926 – Geoffrey Howe, Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2015)
1926 – Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Economics (d. 2009)
1927 – Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark, English engineer and politician (d. 2016)
1927 – Charlie Callas, American actor and comedian (d. 2011)
1927 – Jim Simpson, American sportscaster (d. 2016)
1927 – Kim Young-sam, South Korean soldier and politician, 7th President of South Korea (d. 2015)
1931 – Mala Powers, American actress (d. 2007)
1932 – John Hillerman, American actor (d. 2017)
1933 – Jean Carnahan, American author and politician
1933 – Olavi Salonen, Finnish runner
1933 – Rik Van Looy, Belgian cyclist
1935 – Khalid Ibadulla, Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster
1939 – Kathryn Joosten, American actress (d. 2012)
1939 – Kim Weston, American soul singer
1940 – Pat Chapman, English chef and author, founded The Curry Club
1942 – Rana Bhagwandas, Pakistani lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan (d. 2015)
1942 – Bob Hayes, American sprinter and football player (d. 2002)
1942 – Michael P. Johnson, American sociologist
1942 – Jean-Claude Trichet, French banker and economist
1944 – Bobby Colomby, American drummer and producer
1944 – Ray Martin, Australian television host and journalist
1945 – Peter Criss, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
1945 – Sivakant Tiwari, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and author (d. 2010)
1946 – Uri Geller, Israeli-English magician and psychic
1946 – Lloyd Mumphord, American football player
1946 – Sonny Perdue, American captain and politician, 81st Governor of Georgia
1946 – Dick Wolf, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1947 – Roger Alton, English journalist
1947 – Gigliola Cinquetti, Italian singer-songwriter
1947 – Bo Ryan, American basketball player and coach
1947 – Stevie Wright, English-Australian singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
1948 – Alan Parsons, English keyboard player and producer
1948 – Carol Smart, English sociologist and academic
1948 – Mitsuko Uchida, Japanese-British pianist
1949 – Soumaïla Cissé, Malian engineer and politician
1949 – Cecil Cooper, American baseball player and manager
1949 – Oscar Gamble, American baseball player
1950 – Geoffrey Grimmett, English mathematician and academic
1950 – Arturo Márquez, Mexican-American composer
1951 – Lynne Featherstone, English blogger and politician
1951 – Christopher Le Brun, English painter and sculptor
1951 – Peter May, Scottish author and screenwriter
1951 – Nuala O'Loan, Baroness O'Loan, Northern Irish academic and police ombudsman
1951 – Marta Russell, American author and activist (d. 2013)
1952 – Jenny Agutter, English actress
1954 – Michael Badalucco, American actor
1954 – Sandra Cisneros, American author and poet
1955 – David Breashears, American mountaineer, director, and producer
1955 – Binali Yıldırım, Turkish lawyer and politician, Turkish Minister of Transport
1955 – Martin Schulz, German politician
1956 – Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Mauritanian general and politician, President of Mauritania
1956 – Guy Babylon, American keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2009)
1956 – Blanche Baker, American actress and screenwriter
1956 – Junji Hirata, Japanese wrestler
1956 – Andrew Mackenzie, Scottish geologist and businessman
1956 – Anita Ward, American disco/R&B singer
1957 – Billy Bragg, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1957 – Anna Vissi, Cypriot singer-songwriter and actress
1957 – Mike Watt, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1958 – Doug Nordquist, American high jumper
1958 – James Thomson, American biologist and academic
1959 – George Coupland, Scottish scientist
1959 – Hildegard Körner, German runner
1959 – Jackie Fox, American bass player (The Runaways)
1959 – Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Polish physicist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Poland
1959 – Trent Tucker, American basketball player and sportscaster
1960 – Nalo Hopkinson, Jamaican-Canadian author and educator
1960 – Kim Ki-duk, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
1961 – Mohammad Fouad, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actor
1961 – Mike Keneally, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961 – Freddie Spencer, American motorcycle racer
1964 – Mark Coleman, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
1965 – Robert Cavanah, Scottish actor and director
1965 – Rich Gannon, American football player and sportscaster
1966 – Matt Neal, English race car driver
1966 – Veronica Pershina, Russian-American figure skater and coach
1966 – Chris Robinson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968 – Joe Cornish, English actor, director, and screenwriter
1968 – Karl Wendlinger, Austrian race car driver
1969 – Alain de Botton, Swiss-English philosopher and author
1969 – Zahra Ouaziz, Moroccan runner
1969 – Bobby Phills, American basketball player (d. 2000)
1970 – Grant Flower, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
1970 – Alister McRae, Scottish race car driver
1970 – Jörg Schmidt, German footballer
1971 – Roger J. Beaujard, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1972 – Sarah Jones, British politician
1972 – Anders Odden, Norwegian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1972 – Anja Rücker, German sprinter
1972 – Gen Urobuchi, Japanese writer
1973 – Maarja Kangro, Estonian author and poet
1973 – David Nedohin, Canadian curler and sportscaster
1973 – Cory Stillman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1974 – Die, Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1974 – Paul Linger, English footballer
1974 – Jacqui Oatley, British Sports presenter
1975 – Bartosz Bosacki, Polish footballer
1976 – Aubrey Huff, American baseball player and radio host
1976 – Adam Powell, Welsh game designer and businessman, co-founded Meteor Games
1976 – Ramon Stoppelenburg, Dutch businessman and author
1976 – Nenad Vučković, Croatian footballer
1977 – Kerem Kabadayı, Turkish drummer and songwriter
1978 – Andrei Markov, Russian-Canadian ice hockey player
1978 – Geremi Njitap, Cameroon footballer
1978 – Bouabdellah Tahri, French runner
1979 – David DeJesus, American baseball player
1979 – Michael Rogers, Australian cyclist
1979 – Ramón Rodríguez, Puerto Rican-American actor and dancer
1980 – Israel Castro, Mexican footballer
1980 – Ashley Cole, English footballer
1980 – Anthony da Silva, French-Portuguese footballer
1980 – Martín Demichelis, Argentinian footballer
1980 – Fitz Hall, English footballer
1981 – Royal Ivey, American basketball player
1981 – Darya Pchelnik, Belarusian hammer thrower
1981 – James Shields, American baseball player
1981 – Roy Williams, American football player
1982 – Mohammad Asif, Pakistani cricketer
1982 – David Cook, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1982 – Kasper Klausen, Danish footballer
1982 – David Wright, American baseball player
1983 – Jonah Hill, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1983 – Darren Sammy, Saint Lucian cricketer
1984 – Nikolaos Karabelas, Greek footballer
1985 – Gilbert Kirwa, Kenyan runner
1987 – Yutaka Otsuka, Japanese baseball player
1988 – Andrés Bottiglieri, Italian–Argentinian footballer
1989 – Leeson Ah Mau, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player
1990 – JoJo, American singer and actress
1991 – Jillian Rose Reed, American actress
1991 – Fabian Schär, Swiss footballer
1992 – Ksenia Makarova, Russian-American figure skater
1993 – Robeisy Ramírez, Cuban boxer
1997 – Suzuka Nakamoto, Japanese singer

Source: wikipedia