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History Births on March 20

Anne Bradstreet, Puritan American poet (d. 1672)

#Anne_Bradstreet

In 1612

Ted Bessell, American actor and director (d. 1996)

#Ted_Bessell

In 1935

Solomon L. Spink, American lawyer and politician (d. 1881)

#Solomon_L._Spink

In 1831

Thomas Cooper, British poet (d. 1892)

#Thomas_Cooper_(poet)

In 1805

Juan de Ribera, Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1611)

#Juan_de_Ribera

In 1532

Marcos Rojo, Argentine footballer

#Marcos_Rojo

In 1990

Dave Beasant, English footballer and coach

#Dave_Beasant

In 1959

Tim Yeo, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Health

#Tim_Yeo

In 1945

Usmar Ismail, Indonesian filmmaker (d. 1971)

#Usmar_Ismail

In 1921

Ralph Hauenstein, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2016)

#Ralph_Hauenstein

In 1912

Vera Lynn, English singer, songwriter and actress

#Vera_Lynn

In 1917

Ronnie Brewer, American basketball player

#Ronnie_Brewer

In 1985

Nikos Papazoglou, Greek singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2011)

#Nikos_Papazoglou

In 1948

Willie Brown, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 41st Mayor of San Francisco

#Willie_Brown_(politician)

In 1934

David Foster, Australian woodchopper

#David_Foster_(woodchopper)

In 1957

Theresa Russell, American actress

#Theresa_Russell

In 1957

Nina Kiriki Hoffman, American author

#Nina_Kiriki_Hoffman

In 1955

Rama I, Thai king (d. 1809)

#Rama_I

In 1737

Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer

#Fernando_Torres

In 1984

Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, President of Costa Rica (d. 1845)

#Braulio_Carrillo_Colina

In 1800

Con Martin, Irish footballer and manager (d. 2013)

#Con_Martin

In 1923

Brian Mulroney, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Canada

#Brian_Mulroney

In 1939

John Lavery, Irish painter (d. 1941)

#John_Lavery

In 1856

Alan Harper, English-Irish archbishop

#Alan_Harper_(bishop)

In 1944

George Caleb Bingham, American painter and politician, State Treasurer of Missouri (d. 1879)

#George_Caleb_Bingham

In 1811

Paul Annacone, American tennis player and coach

#Paul_Annacone

In 1963

Peter Truscott, Baron Truscott, British Labour Party politician and peer

#Peter_Truscott,_Baron_Truscott

In 1959

Ozzie Nelson, American actor and bandleader (d. 1975)

#Ozzie_Nelson

In 1906

Malcolm Simmons, English motorcycle racer (d. 2014)

#Malcolm_Simmons

In 1946

Ramin Bahrani, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#Ramin_Bahrani

In 1975

Fred Rogers, American television host and producer (d. 2003)

#Fred_Rogers

In 1928

Sergei Kostitsyn, Belarusian ice hockey player

#Sergei_Kostitsyn

In 1987

Robertas Javtokas, Lithuanian basketball player

#Robertas_Javtokas

In 1980

Larry Elgart, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2017)

#Larry_Elgart

In 1922

Kathy Ireland, American model, actress, and furniture designer

#Kathy_Ireland

In 1963

Börries von Münchhausen, German poet and activist (d. 1945)

#Börries_von_Münchhausen

In 1874

A. J. Jacobs, American journalist and author

#A._J._Jacobs

In 1968

Camille Cosby, American author, producer, and philanthropist

#Camille_Cosby

In 1944

John de Lancie, American actor

#John_de_Lancie

In 1948

Mary Roach, American author

#Mary_Roach

In 1959

Geoff Brabham, Australian race car driver

#Geoff_Brabham

In 1952

Kenji Kimihara, Japanese runner

#Kenji_Kimihara

In 1941

Ovid, Roman poet (d. 17)

#Ovid

In 43 BC

Jack Bird, Australian rugby league player

#Jack_Bird

In 1995

Dara Shikoh, Indian prince (d. 1659)

#Dara_Shikoh

In 1615

Yigael Yadin, Israeli archaeologist, general, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1984)

#Yigael_Yadin

In 1917

Norm Magnusson, American painter and sculptor

#Norm_Magnusson

In 1960

Keven Mealamu, New Zealand rugby player

#Keven_Mealamu

In 1979

Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (d. 1964)

#Paul_von_Lettow-Vorbeck

In 1870

Freema Agyeman, English actress

#Freema_Agyeman

In 1979

Carl Palmer, English drummer, percussionist, and songwriter

#Carl_Palmer

In 1950

Micha? Kucharczyk, Polish footballer

#Micha?_Kucharczyk

In 1991

Xavier Beauvois, French actor, director, and screenwriter

#Xavier_Beauvois

In 1967

Sting (wrestler), American wrestler

#Sting_(wrestler)

In 1959

Ultra Naté, American singer, songwriter, record producer, DJ, and promoter

#Ultra_Naté

In 1968

Blake Ferguson, Australian rugby league player

#Blake_Ferguson

In 1990

Natacha Atlas, Belgian singer-songwriter

#Natacha_Atlas

In 1964

Frederick Winslow Taylor, American tennis player and engineer (d. 1915)

#Frederick_Winslow_Taylor

In 1856

John Ehrlichman, American lawyer, 12th White House Counsel (d. 1999)

#John_Ehrlichman

In 1925

Patrick Jennings, Northern Irish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1897)

#Patrick_Jennings

In 1831

Mary Ellen Mark, American photographer and journalist (d. 2015)

#Mary_Ellen_Mark

In 1940

Catherine Ashton, English politician, Vice-President of the European Commission

#Catherine_Ashton

In 1956

Yuri Shargin, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut

#Yuri_Shargin

In 1960

Ruby Rose, Australian actress and model

#Ruby_Rose

In 1986

Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican singer, songwriter, music producer, and inventor

#Lee_"Scratch"_Perry

In 1936

Wendell Corey, American actor and politician (d. 1968)

#Wendell_Corey

In 1914

Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (d. 1862)

#Edward_Gibbon_Wakefield

In 1796

Brent Sherwin, Australian rugby league player

#Brent_Sherwin

In 1978

Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet and author (d. 1839)

#Karl_August_Nicander

In 1799

Ippolito d'Este, Italian cardinal (d. 1520)

#Ippolito_d'Este

In 1479

Yelena Romanova, Russian runner (d. 2007)

#Yelena_Romanova

In 1963

Abraham Beame, American accountant and politician, 104th Mayor of New York City (d. 2001)

#Abraham_Beame

In 1906

Lois Lowry, American author

#Lois_Lowry

In 1937

John Joubert, South African-English composer and academic (d. 2019)

#John_Joubert_(composer)

In 1927

Hugh MacLennan, Canadian author and educator (d. 1990)

#Hugh_MacLennan

In 1907

Ray Goulding, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1990)

#Ray_Goulding

In 1922

Nikolai Stepulov, Russian-Estonian boxer (d. 1968)

#Nikolai_Stepulov

In 1913

Jay Ingram, Canadian television host and author

#Jay_Ingram

In 1945

Douglas Tompkins, American businessman, co-founded The North Face and Esprit Holdings (d. 2015)

#Douglas_Tompkins

In 1943

Mark Saville, Baron Saville of Newdigate, English lieutenant, lawyer, and judge

#Mark_Saville,_Baron_Saville_of_Newdigate

In 1936

Morgan Amalfitano, French footballer

#Morgan_Amalfitano

In 1985

William Hurt, American actor

#William_Hurt

In 1950

James P. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (d. 2013)

#James_P._Gordon

In 1928

Rudolf Kirchschläger, Austrian judge and politician, 8th President of Austria (d. 2000)

#Rudolf_Kirchschläger

In 1915

Vernon Ransford, Australian cricketer (d. 1958)

#Vernon_Ransford

In 1885

Mike Francesa, American radio talk show host and television commentator

#Mike_Francesa

In 1954

Edoardo Ballerini, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Edoardo_Ballerini

In 1970

Marian McPartland, English-American pianist and composer (d. 2013)

#Marian_McPartland

In 1918

Vanessa Bell Calloway, American actress

#Vanessa_Bell_Calloway

In 1957

Dean Geyer, South African-Australian singer-songwriter and actor

#Dean_Geyer

In 1986

Ivan Mazepa, Ukrainian diplomat, Hetman of Ukraine (d. 1709)

#Ivan_Mazepa

In 1639

Jesper Olsen, Danish footballer and manager

#Jesper_Olsen

In 1961

Charles William Eliot, American mathematician and academic (d. 1926)

#Charles_William_Eliot

In 1834

Pat Corrales, American baseball player and manager

#Pat_Corrales

In 1941

Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (d. 1960)

#Maud_Menten

In 1879

Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1927)

#Payne_Whitney

In 1876

Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke (d. 1348)

#Laurence_Hastings,_1st_Earl_of_Pembroke

In 1319

Manny Alexander, Dominican baseball player

#Manny_Alexander

In 1971

Michael Rapaport, American actor, podcast host, and director

#Michael_Rapaport

In 1970

Xavier Dolan, Canadian actor and director

#Xavier_Dolan

In 1989

Jamal Crawford, American basketball player

#Jamal_Crawford

In 1980

Carl Reiner, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Carl_Reiner

In 1922

Heinrich Clauren, German author (d. 1854)

#Heinrich_Clauren

In 1771

Christy Carlson Romano, American actress and singer

#Christy_Carlson_Romano

In 1984

William Dalrymple, Scottish historian and author

#William_Dalrymple_(historian)

In 1965

Jerome Biffle, American long jumper and coach (d. 2002)

#Jerome_Biffle

In 1928

Michael Redgrave, English actor and director (d. 1985)

#Michael_Redgrave

In 1908

Carl Webb, Australian rugby league player

#Carl_Webb

In 1981

Alfonso García Robles, Mexican lawyer and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)

#Alfonso_García_Robles

In 1911

Mattia Destro, Italian footballer

#Mattia_Destro

In 1991

Gerard Malanga, American poet and photographer

#Gerard_Malanga

In 1943

Josephine Medina, Filipino Paralympic table tennis player

#Josephine_Medina

In 1970

Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian poet, playwright, and director (d. 1906)

#Henrik_Ibsen

In 1828

Tamim Iqbal, Bangladeshi Cricketer

#Tamim_Iqbal

In 1989

Harold Weber, American golfer (d. 1933)

#Harold_Weber

In 1882

David Malouf, Australian author and playwright

#David_Malouf

In 1934

Ned Buntline, American journalist, author, and publisher (d. 1886)

#Ned_Buntline

In 1821

Holly Hunter, American actress and producer

#Holly_Hunter

In 1958

Giampiero Moretti, Italian race car driver and businessman, founded the Momo company (d. 2012)

#Giampiero_Moretti

In 1940

Pat Riley, American basketball player and coach

#Pat_Riley

In 1945

Alex Kapranos, English-Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Alex_Kapranos

In 1972

Yvette Cooper, English economist and politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

#Yvette_Cooper

In 1969

José Moreira, Portuguese footballer

#José_Moreira

In 1982

Spike Lee, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Spike_Lee

In 1957

Chilly Gonzales, Canadian-German singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

#Chilly_Gonzales

In 1972

Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (d. 1894)

#Illarion_Pryanishnikov

In 1840

Edgar Buchanan, American actor (d. 1979)

#Edgar_Buchanan

In 1903

Cecily of York (d. 1507)

#Cecily_of_York

In 1469

Touré, American journalist and author

#Touré_(journalist)

In 1971

David Thewlis, English-French actor, director, and screenwriter

#David_Thewlis

In 1963

Jimmie Vaughan, American blues-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Jimmie_Vaughan

In 1951

Liana Kanelli, Greek journalist and politician

#Liana_Kanelli

In 1954

Pierre Messmer, French lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 2007)

#Pierre_Messmer

In 1916

Napoleon II, French emperor (d. 1832)

#Napoleon_II

In 1811

Jean Galia, French rugby player and boxer (d. 1949)

#Jean_Galia

In 1905

Jack Barry, American game show host and producer, co-founded Barry & Enright Productions (d. 1984)

#Jack_Barry_(game_show_host)

In 1918

Norbert Pohlmann, German computer scientist and academic

#Norbert_Pohlmann

In 1960

Nicky Boje, South African cricketer

#Nicky_Boje

In 1973

Marcia Ball, American blues singer-songwriter and pianist

#Marcia_Ball

In 1949

Shinnosuke Abe, Japanese baseball player

#Shinnosuke_Abe

In 1979

Carsten Ramelow, German footballer

#Carsten_Ramelow

In 1974

Chester Bennington, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2017)

#Chester_Bennington

In 1976

Tomasz Kuszczak, Polish footballer

#Tomasz_Kuszczak

In 1982

Bobby Orr, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Bobby_Orr

In 1948

Bettye Washington Greene, American chemist (d. 1995)

#Bettye_Washington_Greene

In 1935

Jô, Brazilian footballer

#Jô

In 1987

Douglas B. Green, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Douglas_B._Green

In 1946

Sviatoslav Richter, Ukrainian pianist and composer (d. 1997)

#Sviatoslav_Richter

In 1915

René Coty, French lawyer and politician, 17th President of France (d. 1962)

#René_Coty

In 1882

Sloane Stephens, American tennis player

#Sloane_Stephens

In 1993

Nicolas Lombaerts, Belgian footballer

#Nicolas_Lombaerts

In 1985

Erwin Blask, German hammer thrower (d. 1999)

#Erwin_Blask

In 1910

Donald Featherstone, English soldier and author (d. 2013)

#Donald_Featherstone_(wargamer)

In 1918

Paul Merson, English footballer and manager

#Paul_Merson

In 1968

George Altman, American baseball player

#George_Altman

In 1933

Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan (d. 1789)

#Abdul_Hamid_I

In 1725

Román Torres, Panamanian footballer

#Román_Torres

In 1986

Chris Wedge, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor

#Chris_Wedge

In 1957

Walter Jakob Gehring, Swiss biologist and academic (d. 2014)

#Walter_Jakob_Gehring

In 1939

Naoto Takenaka, Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director

#Naoto_Takenaka

In 1956

Edward Poynter, English painter, illustrator, and curator (d. 1919)

#Edward_Poynter

In 1836

Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (d. 1876)

#Theodor_von_Heuglin

In 1824

B. F. Skinner, American psychologist and author (d. 1990)

#B._F._Skinner

In 1904

Hal Linden, American actor, singer, and director

#Hal_Linden

In 1931

Ian Moss, Australian guitarist and singer-songwriter

#Ian_Moss

In 1955

Richard Dowden, English journalist and educator

#Richard_Dowden

In 1949

sj Miller, American academic, public speaker, and social justice activist

#Sj_Miller

In 1970

Ethan Lowe, Australian rugby league player

In 1991

Pedro Ken, Brazilian footballer

In 1987

Daniel Maa Boumsong, Cameroonian footballer

In 1987

Julián Magallanes, Argentinian footballer

In 1986

Vikram Banerjee, English cricketer

In 1984

Carolina Padrón, Venezuelan journalist

In 1983

Terrence Duffin, Zimbabwean cricketer

In 1982

Ian Murray, Scottish footballer

In 1981

Isolde Kostner, Italian skier

In 1975

Talal Khalifa Aljeri, Kuwaiti Businessman

In 1973

Natalya Khrushcheleva, Russian runner

In 1973

Cristel Vahtra, Estonian skier

In 1972

Marco Sejna, German footballer

In 1972

Greg Searle, English rower

In 1972

Fabien Galthie, French rugby player

In 1969

Carlos Almeida, Cape Verdean runner

In 1968

Mookie Blaylock, American basketball player

In 1967

Stephen Sommers, American director, producer, and screenwriter

In 1962

Sara Wheeler, English author and journalist

In 1961

Ingrid Arndt-Brauer, German politician

In 1961

Joe Reaiche, Australian rugby player

In 1958

Rickey Jackson, American football player

In 1958

Anne Donahue, American lawyer and politician

In 1956

Paul Mirabella, American baseball player

In 1954

Phil Judd, New Zealand singer-songwriter, guitarist and painter

In 1953

David Greenaway, English economist and academic

In 1952

John Boswell, American historian, philologist, and academic (d. 1994)

In 1947

Henry Bartholomay, American soldier and pilot (d. 2015)

In 1945

John Cameron, English composer and conductor

In 1944

Paul Junger Witt, American director and producer (d. 2018)

In 1943

Stathis Chaitas, Greek footballer and manager

In 1940

Don Edwards, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

In 1939

Gerald Curran, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)

In 1939

Sergei Novikov, Russian mathematician and academic

In 1938

Jerry Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2008)

In 1937

Ian Walsh, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2013)

In 1933

Lateef Adegbite, Nigerian lawyer and politician (d. 2012)

In 1933

Rein Raamat, Estonian director and screenwriter

In 1931

S. Arasaratnam, Sri Lankan historian, author, and academic (d. 1998)

In 1930

Germán Robles, Spanish-Mexican actor and director (d. 2015)

In 1929

William Andrew MacKay, Canadian lawyer and judge (d. 2013)

In 1929

Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani journalist, author, and activist (d. 2006)

In 1923

Alfréd Rényi, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1970)

In 1921

Dušan Pirjevec, Slovenian historian and philosopher (d. 1977)

In 1921

Rosemary Timperley, English author and screenwriter (d. 1988)

In 1920

Pamela Harriman, English-American diplomat, 58th United States Ambassador to France (d. 1997)

In 1920

Gerhard Barkhorn, German fighter ace (d. 1983)

In 1919

Bernd Alois Zimmermann, German composer (d. 1970)

In 1918

Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1973)

In 1915

Amelia Chopitea Villa, Bolivia's first female physician (d. 1942)

In 1900

Eduard Wiiralt, Estonian artist (d. 1954)

In 1898

Fredric Wertham, German-American psychologist and author (d. 1981)

In 1895

Amalie Sara Colquhoun, Australian landscape and portrait painter (d. 1974)

In 1894

Lauritz Melchior, Danish-American tenor and actor (d. 1973)

In 1890

Amanda Clement, American baseball player, umpire, and educator (d. 1971)

In 1888

John Jensen, Australian public servant (d. 1970)

In 1884

Philipp Frank, Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1966)

In 1884

Ismail Gasprinski, Ukrainian educator, publisher, and politician (d. 1914)

In 1851

Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general, lawyer, and politician (d. 1886)

In 1836

Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)

In 1502

Jerome Emser, German theologian and scholar (d. 1527)

In 1477

Magadu, renamed Wareru, founder of Ramanya Kingdom, renamed Hanthawady Kingdom of Pegu (b. a commoner; d. on a Saturday in January 1307)

In 1253

Emanuel Lee Warren

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