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July 20/Births

This page is to record people born on July 20.

1300-1899

1304 - Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (d. 1374)
1519 - Pope Innocent IX
1754 - Destutt de Tracy, philosopher
1797 - Sir Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (d. 1873)
1838 - George Otto Trevelyan, British statesman and biographer (d. 1928)
1838 - Augustin Daly, American playwright (d. 1899)
1847 - Max Liebermann, painter and graphic artist (d. 1935)
1849 - Robert Anderson Van Wyck, Mayor of New York City (d. 1918)
1865 - Carlos Avril, French actor (d. 1940)
1868 - Miron Cristea, First patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (d. 1939)
1870 - Charles McHugh, American actor (d. 1931)
1870 - Gerard Wolst Trenité, Dutch writer
1873 - Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aviator (d. 1932)
1877 - William Colman, American actor (d. 1930)
1881 - Clyde Benson, American actor (d. 1947)
1881 - Hugh Sothern, American actor (d. 1947)
1884 - Hellwig F. Rimmen, Danish actor
1889 - Erich Pommer, German actor (d. 1966)
1889 - Ruth Weijden (d. 1956)
1889 - John Reith, BBC director-general
1890 - Theda Bara (Theodosia Burr Goodman), American actress (d. 1955)
1890 - Gonzalo Roig, Cuban composer (d. 1970)
1890 - Richard Billinger, Austrian writer (d. 1965)
1890 - Freeman H. Owens, American cinematographer
1890 - King George II of Greece (d. 1947)
1891 - Ralph Faukner, American actor and fight choreographer for films (d. 1987)
1894 - Errett Cord, automobile entrepreneur
1895 - László Moholy-Nagy, painter, photographer, sculptor (d. 1946)
1897 - Clifford Braughton, American actor (d. 1979)
1898 - Stepan Kayukov, Russian actor (d. 1960)
1899 - Melville De Lay, American actor (d. 1947)

1900-1909

1900 - Maurice Gilliams, Belgian writer (d. 1979)
1901 - Heinie Manush, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1971)
1901 - Sergei Blinnikov, Russian actor (d. 1969)
1902 - Jimmy Kennedy, Irish composer (d. 1984)
1903 - Maria Paudle, German actress (d. 1990)
1905 - Pascual Pelliciota, Argentine actor (d. 1985)
1907 - Leon Pietraskiewicz, Polish actor (d. 1987)
1909 - Clint Sharp, American stuntman in films (d. 1989)

1910-1919

1910 - Louise Rousseau, American screenwriter (d. 1981)
1910 - Henri Calef, Belgian filmmaker (d. 1994)
1910 - Muriel Evans, American actress (d. 2000)
1911 - Mirelle Balin, French actress (d. 1968)
1912 - Tom McDermott, American actor (d. 1996)
1913 - Elmer Lahti, Finnish actor
1913 - Irma Cordoba, Argentine actress
1914 - Masa Niemi, Finnish actor (d. 1960)
1916 - Claude Vernier, French actor (d. 1996)
1917 - Paul Hubschmid, German actor (d. 2001)
1918 - Cindy Walker, American country music singer
1919 - Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountain climber
1919 - Ernie Wilkins, American jazz musician (d. 1999)
1919 - Benson Ford, son of industrialist Henry Ford (d. 1978)
1919 - Paolo Levi, Italian writer (d. 1989)
1919 - K. T. Stevens, American actress (d. 1994)

1920-1929

1920 - Tommy Prothro, American football coach
1920 - Elliot Richardson, American politician (d. 1999)
1920 - Dick Lucas, American animator (d. 1997)
1921 - Hall Daniels, American composer (d. 1984)
1921 - Takanobu Hozumi, Japanese actor
1923 - Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (d.2005)
1924 - Tor Isedal, Swedish actor (d. 1990)
1924 - Mort Garson, Canadian composer
1924 - Tatyana Lioznova, Soviet director
1924 - Thomas Berger, American novelist
1924 - Bob Nichols, American actor
1925 - Jacques Delors, former President of the European Commission
1926 - Lola Albright, American actress (Peter Gunn)
1926 - Ilija Ivezic, Yugoslav actor
1926 - Patricia Cutts, British actress (Coronation Street)(d. 1974)
1927 - Leon Sinden, British actor
1927 - Heather Chasen, British actress
1927 - Paul Marin, American actor
1928 - Terence Feely, British screenwriter
1928 - Pavel Kohout, Czech writer
1929 - Mike Ilitch, American businessman (Little Caesar's Pizza), sports executive, and philanthropist
1929 - Rajendra Kumar, Indian actor (d. 1999)
1929 - Zlatko Sudovic, Yugoslav director

1930-1939

1930 - Oleg Anofriyev, Russian actor
1930 - Sally Ann Howes, British actress
1930 - James Kenney, British actor (d. 1982)
1932 - Otto Schily, German politician
1932 - Ove Verner Hansen, Danish actor
1933 - Chuck Daly, American basketball coach
1933 - Nelson Doubleday, American book publisher and baseball executive
1933 - Cormac McCarthy, American author
1933 - Rex Williams, English snooker player
1934 - Uwe Johnson, German writer
1934 - Adriano Reys, Brazilian actor
1934 - Aliki Vougiouklaki, Greek actress
1935 - Henson Cargill, American country music singer
1935 - Sleepy LaBeef, American country music singer
1935 - Raleigh Bond, American actor (d. 1989)
1936 - Barbara Mikulski, U.S. Senator from Maryland
1936 - Ken Johnson, American sound editor in motion pictures
1936 - Christian Rode, German actor
1936 - Andrzej Kondratiuk, Polish filmmaker
1937 - Ken Ogata, Japanese actor
1938 - Natalie Wood, American actress: (Rebel Without a Cause, West Side Story (d. 1981)
1938 - Dame Diana Rigg, British actress
1938 - Timothy Scott, American actor (d. 1995)
1939 - Judy Chicago, American feminist artist

1940-1949

1940 - Tony Oliva, Cuban-born American baseball player
1940 - David Tukhmanov, Russian composer
1941 - Kurt Raab, German actor (d. 1988)
1941 - Lyudmila Chursina, Russian actress
1941 - Koji Ishizaka, Japanese actor
1942 - Pete Hamilton, American race car driver
1942 - Yves Mourousi, French television news anchor (d. 1998)
1943 - Wendy Richard, British television actress (Are You Being Served?, EastEnders)
1943 - Ernie Gehr, American film director
1943 - Chris Murney, American actor
1943 - Chris Aman, New Zealand race car driver
1944 - T. G. Sheppard, American country music singer
1945 - Kim Carnes, American singer and songwriter ("Bette Davis Eyes")
1945 - Larry Craig, U.S. Senator from Idaho
1945 - Harrison Ellenshaw, American special effects artist in motion pictures
1945 - John Lodge, British singer and bass guitarist (The Moody Blues)
1946 - Randal Kleiser, American film director (Grease)
1946 - Peter Simons, Belgian director
1947 - Carlos Santana, Mexican-born guitarist and rock musician
1947 - Judi Connelli, Australian opera singer
1948 - Niki Haris, American dancer
1948 - Muse Watson, American actor

1950-1959

1950 - Naseeruddin Shah, Indian actor
1950 - Tantoo Cardinal, Canadian actress
1951 - Anne Dymna, Polish actress
1951 - Hans Royards, Belgian actor
1951 - Jeff Rawle, English actor
1952 - Keiko Maysuzako, Japanese actress
1953 - Marcia Hines, American born-Australian singer
1956 - Paul Cook, English musician (The Sex Pistols)
1956 - Donna Dixon, American actress (Spies Like Us), wife of Dan Aykroyd
1958 - Michael MacNeil, American musician (Simple Minds)
1959 - Radney Foster, American singer

1960-1969

1961 - Robert Peters, American actor
1961 - Cheryl Rusa, American wrestler (Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling) and motion picture stuntwoman
1962 - Carols Alazraqui, American actor
1963 - Alexander Zhulin, Russian ice skater
1963 - Dino Espisito, American singer
1963 - Frank Whaley, American actor
1963 - Amir Derakh, American guitarist (Orgy
1964 - Chris Cornell, American musician
1964 - Kool G. Rap, American musician
1964 - Terri Irwin, American television personality, wife of Steve Irwin
1964 - Michael Richard Plowman, British-born Canadian composer
1965 - Laurent Lucas, French actor
1966 - Steve Gossard, American musician (Pearl Jam)
1967 - Reed Diamond, American actor (Judging Amy)
1968 - Michael Park, American actor (As the World Turns)
1968 - Jimmy Carson, American hockey player
1968 - Julian Rhind-Tutt, English actor (Keen Eddie)
1968 - Dave Revsine, American television sportscaster
1969 - Vitamin C, American pop singer
1969 - Josh Holloway, American actor (Lost)