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May 20 birthdays
326 notable historical figures were born on May 20, and 195 died on this day. Everyone born on May 20 is a Taurus.
18% of May 20 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (75) than any other country.
Born on May 20
- Cher (born 1946. American singer and actress (born 1946))
- Iker Casillas (born 1981. Spanish footballer (born 1981))
- James Stewart (1908 to 1997. American actor and military officer (1908–1997))
- José Mujica (1935 to 2025. President of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015)
- John Stuart Mill (1806 to 1873. English philosopher and author (1806–1873))
- Toussaint Louverture (1743 to 1803. Haitian general and revolutionary (1744–1803))
- Moshe Dayan (1915 to 1981. Israeli military leader and politician (1915–1981))
- Spencer, Charles (born 1964. British peer and the brother of Diana, Princess of Wales (born 1964))
- Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece (born 1967. Head of the Royal House of Greece since 2023)
- Walter Isaacson (born 1952. American author and journalist (born 1952))
- Goh Chok Tong (born 1941. Prime Minister of Singapore from 1990 to 2004)
- Faisal I (1885 to 1933. King of Iraq from 1921 to 1933)
- Alex Høgh Andersen (born 1994. Danish actor (born 1994))
- Leonard Susskind (born 1940. American theoretical physicist (born 1940))
- Jayson Werth (born 1979. American baseball player (born 1979))
- Władysław Sikorski (1881 to 1943. Polish military and political leader (1881–1943))
- Sigrid Undset (1882 to 1949. Norwegian novelist (1882–1949))
- Bill Hewlett (1913 to 2001. American engineer (1913–2001))
- Alan Zweibel (born 1950. American author, screenwriter, producer, director, actor, and comedian (born 1950))
- Max Euwe (1901 to 1981. Dutch chess grandmaster (1901–1981))
- Anton Zeilinger (born 1945. Austrian quantum physicist)
- Chandrashekarendra Saraswati (1894 to 1994. 68th Peethadishwar of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham)
- Emile Berliner (1851 to 1929. German-born American inventor (1851–1929))
- Nancy Fraser (born 1947. American philosopher (born 1947))
- Michael Oren (born 1955. Israeli politician, diplomat, and historian)
- Giora Epstein (1938 to 2025. Israeli fighter pilot (1938–2025))
- Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (1955 to 2021. Indian lyricist (1955–2021))
- Petr Čech (born 1982. Czech footballer and ice hockey player (born 1982))
- George Vassiliou (1931 to 2026. President of Cyprus from 1988 to 1993)
- John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever (1886 to 1971. English baron and newspaper proprietor (1886–1971))
- Sumitranandan Pant (1900 to 1977. Indian writer)
- Simon Fraser (explorer) (1776 to 1862. Canadian explorer (1776–1862))
- Wilfrid Sellars (1912 to 1989. American philosopher (1912–1989))
- Munir Ahmad Khan (1926 to 1999. Pakistani nuclear engineer (1926–1999))
- Georgie Stone (born 2000. Australian actress and transgender rights activist)
- Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825 to 1921. American philosopher (1825-1921))
- David Keene (1945 to 2026. American political consultant (1945–2026))
- Joe Cocker (1944 to 2014. English singer (1944–2014))
- Eduard Buchner (1860 to 1917. German chemist (1860–1917))
- Pavel Batov (1897 to 1985. Red Army general during the Second World War)
- William Thornton (1759 to 1828. American inventor and architect (1759–1828))
- Annie M.G. Schmidt (1911 to 1995. Dutch writer (1911–1995))
- Moses Finley (1912 to 1986. American-born British academic (1912–1986))
- Corneliu Coposu (1914 to 1995. Romanian politician (1914 - 1995))
- Wolfgang Borchert (1921 to 1947. German playwright and writer)
- Karl M. Baer (1885 to 1956. German-Israeli author, social worker, reformer, suffragist and Zionist)
- Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla (born 1982. Daughter of former South African president Jacob Zuma)
- Bonne of Luxembourg (1315 to 1349. French noblewoman (1315–1349))
- Esko Aho (born 1954. Prime minister of Finland from 1991 to 1995)
- Honoré de Balzac (1799 to 1850. French novelist and playwright (1799–1850))
- George Washington (inventor) (1871 to 1946. American inventor and businessman)
- Vladimir Levenshtein (1935 to 2017. Russian mathematician (1935–2017))
- Jules Méline (1838 to 1925. Prime Minister of France from 1896 to 1898)
- Edward B. Lewis (1918 to 2004. American biologist (1918-2004))
- Hao Wang (academic) (1921 to 1995. Chinese-American professor (1921–1995))
- Bernardino Caballero (1839 to 1912. Paraguayan politician (1839–1912))
- Albert Kamehameha (1858 to 1862. Crown Prince of the Hawaiian Islands (1858–1862))
- Kanamat Botashev (1959 to 2022. Russian major general (1959–2022))
- Eduard Totleben (1818 to 1884. Baltic German military personnel in Imperial Russian service)
- Ömürbek Babanov (born 1970. Kyrgyz politician (born 1970))
Died on May 20
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