On this day · Gemini

June 20 birthdays

302 notable historical figures were born on June 20, and 158 died on this day. Everyone born on June 20 is a Gemini.

16% of June 20 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (80) than any other country.

Born on June 20

• Nicole Kidman (born 1967. Australian and American actress (born 1967))
• Frank Lampard (born 1978. English football player and manager (born 1978))
• Droupadi Murmu (born 1958. President of India since 2022)
• Martin Landau (1928 to 2017. American actor (1928–2017))
• Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928 to 2025. French politician (1928–2025))
• Mark Milley (born 1958. United States Army general (born 1958))
• Nouri al-Maliki (born 1950. Prime Minister of Iraq from 2006 to 2014)
• Xanana Gusmão (born 1946. Prime Minister of Timor-Leste (2007–2015; since 2023))
• Sigismund III (1566 to 1632. King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1587–1632), King of Sweden (1592–1599))
• Juan de Borbón, Count of Barcelona (1913 to 1993. Spanish infante (1913–1993))
• Mateusz Morawiecki (born 1968. Prime Minister of Poland from 2017 to 2023)
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 to 1880. German-born French composer (1819–1880))
• Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester (born 1946. Member of the British royal family (born 1946))
• Lillian Hellman (1905 to 1984. American dramatist and screenwriter (1905–1984))
• Vikram Seth (born 1952. Indian novelist and poet (born 1952))
• Gotabaya Rajapaksa (born 1949. President of Sri Lanka from 2019 to 2022)
• Mo Gawdat (born 1967. Egyptian entrepreneur and author (born 1967))
• Errol Flynn (1909 to 1959. Australian and American actor (1909–1959))
• Harold E. Puthoff (born 1936. American parapsychologist (born 1936))
• Kurt Schwitters (1887 to 1948. German artist (1887–1948))
• Jason Robert Brown (born 1970. American songwriter)
• Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco (born 1970. Prince of Morocco (born 1970))
• John of Lancaster (1389 to 1435. English prince (1389–1435))
• Edith Windsor (1929 to 2017. American LGBTQ rights activist and technology manager (1929–2017))
• Salvator Rosa (1615 to 1673. Italian painter, poet and printmaker (1615 –1673))
• Rossana Podestà (1934 to 2013. Italian actress)
• Rehavam Ze'evi (1926 to 2001. Israeli politician (1926–2001))
• Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930 to 2017. Polish sculptor (1930–2017))
• Robert Crais (born 1953. American author of detective fiction)
• Gian Galeazzo Sforza (1469 to 1494. Duke of Milan (1469–1494))
• Lilian Jackson Braun (1913 to 2011. American writer)
• Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861 to 1947. English biochemist (1861–1947))
• Tim Weiner (born 1956. American reporter and author (born 1956))
• Tokugawa Ieharu (1737 to 1786. Military ruler of Japan from 1760 to 1786)
• Ra'ad al-Hamdani (born 1951. Retired Iraqi Republican Guard General)
• Adam Ferguson (1723 to 1816. Scottish philosopher and historian (1723–1816))
• Zülfü Livaneli (born 1946. Turkish musician, author, poet, and politician (born 1946))
• Paul Muldoon (born 1951. Irish poet)
• Louise Henriette de Bourbon (1726 to 1759. Duchess of Orléans (1726–1759))
• Brian Wilson (1942 to 2025. American musician (1942–2025))
• John George III (1647 to 1691. Elector of Saxony from 1680 to 1691)
• Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743 to 1825. English author (1743–1825))
• Konstantin Makovsky (1839 to 1915. Russian painter (1839–1915))
• Gregory Baum (1923 to 2017. Canadian theologian (1923–2017))
• John Goodman (born 1952. American actor (born 1952))
• Amalie of Hesse- Darmstadt (1754 to 1832. Hereditary Princess of Baden)
• Huda Zoghbi (born 1954. Lebanese scientist)
• Amos Tutuola (1920 to 1997. Nigerian writer)
• Ahmed Saleh (born 1973. Yemeni commander (born 1972))
• Nikolay Drozdov (born 1937. Russian naturalist and broadcaster)
• Masayuki Uemura (1943 to 2021. Japanese engineer, video game producer, and professor (1943–2021))
• Muazzez İlmiye Çığ (1914 to 2024. Turkish librarian, writer, and supercentenarian (1914–2024))
• al-Zahir li-I'zaz Din Allah (1005 to 1036. Fatimid caliph and Isma'ili Imam from 1021 to 1036)
• Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar (born 1945. Yemeni general (born 1945))
• Joseph Martin Kraus (1756 to 1792. German–Swedish composer)
• Louis César, Count of Vexin (1672 to 1683. French count; legitimized son of Louis XIV (1672–1683))
• Aveline de Grandpré (1747 to ?. Assassin's Creed character)
• Sufia Kamal (1911 to 1999. Bangladeshi poet and activist (1911–1999))
• Ludwig Scotty (1948 to 2026. President of Nauru (2003; 2004–2007))
• Elizabeth Washington Lewis (1733 to 1797. American Colonist, sister of George Washington (1733–1797))

Died on June 20

• (1935 to 2024. Canadian actor (1935–2024))
• William IV (1765 to 1837. King of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1837)
• Louis I (778 to 840. Emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 813 to 840)
• Georges Lemaître (1894 to 1966. Belgian scientist and Catholic priest (1894–1966))
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 to 1908. Russian composer (1844–1908))
• Emil Cioran (1911 to 1995. Romanian philosopher, aphorist and essayist (1911–1995))
• Clara Zetkin (1857 to 1933. German politician (1857–1933))
• Axel von Fersen the Younger (1755 to 1810. Swedish count, marshal and general (1755–1810))
• Muhammad Azam Shah (1653 to 1707. Mughal emperor in 1707)
• Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès (1748 to 1836. French Roman Catholic abbé and political writer (1748–1836))
• Jack Kilby (1923 to 2005. American electronics engineer (1923–2005))
• Silverius (477 to 537. Head of the Catholic Church from 536 to 537)
• Fred Noonan (1893 to 1938. American aviator and navigator (1893–1937))
• Manuel Belgrano (1770 to 1820. Argentine military leader, politician, and lawyer (1767–1820))
• Theodoric I (393 to 451. King of the Visigoths)
• Feodor II (1589 to 1605. Tsar of Russia in 1605)
• Willem Barentsz (1550 to 1597. Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer (c. 1550 – 1597))
• Ivar Giaever (1929 to 2025. Norwegian–American physicist (1929–2025))
• Voltairine de Cleyre (1866 to 1912. American anarchist writer and feminist (1866–1912))
• Bishnu Prasad Rabha (1909 to 1969. Indian cultural figure from Assam, musician and songwriter, activist)
• Florestan, Prince of Monaco (1785 to 1856. Prince of Monaco from 1841 to 1856)
• LeRoy Neiman (1921 to 2012. American painter and printmaker (1921–2012))
• Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (1759 to 1818. Queen of Sweden from 1809 to 1818)
• Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan (1343 to 1405. Earl of Buchan)
• John Neal (1793 to 1876. American writer and activist (1793–1876))
• Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (1853 to 1919. Hungarian painter (1853–1919))
• Sayf ad-Din Barquq (1339 to 1399. Sultan of Egypt and Syria (1382–1389, 1390–1399))
• Dmitri Ivanovsky (1864 to 1920. Russian Botanist (1864–1920))
• Minamoto no Yorimasa (1106 to 1180. 12th-century Japanese poet and military commander)
• John L. DeWitt (1880 to 1962. United States Army general (1880–1962))

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