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November 20 birthdays

285 notable historical figures were born on November 20, and 179 died on this day. Everyone born on November 20 is a Scorpio.

19% of November 20 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (85) than any other country.

Born on November 20

• Robert F. Kennedy (1925 to 1968. American politician and lawyer (1925–1968))
• Joe Biden (born 1942. President of the United States from 2021 to 2025)
• Carlos Boozer (born 1981. American basketball player (born 1981))
• Tarique Rahman (born 1968. Prime Minister of Bangladesh since 2026)
• Tipu Sultan (1750 to 1799. Sultan of Mysore from 1782 to 1799)
• Otto von Habsburg (1912 to 2011. Heir to the Austrian throne (1912–2011))
• Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan (born 1970. Vice President of the United Arab Emirates)
• Hu Yaobang (1915 to 1989. Chinese politician (1915–1989))
• Bob Einstein (1942 to 2019. American actor and comedy writer (1942–2019))
• Don DeLillo (born 1936. American writer (born 1936))
• Edwin Hubble (1889 to 1953. American astronomer (1889–1953))
• Goodluck Jonathan (born 1957. President of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015)
• Richard Masur (born 1948. American actor (born 1948))
• Nadine Gordimer (1923 to 2014. South African writer (1923–2014))
• Wilfrid Laurier (1841 to 1919. Prime Minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911)
• Benoit Mandelbrot (1924 to 2010. French-American mathematician (1924–2010))
• Amy Carlson (religious leader) (1975 to 2021. American cult leader (1975–2021))
• Pauli Murray (1910 to 1985. American writer and activist (1910–1985))
• Jim McGovern (born 1959. American politician (born 1959))
• Ernest Augustus of Hanover (1629 to 1698. Elector of Hanover)
• Margherita of Savoy (1851 to 1926. Queen of Italy from 1878 to 1900)
• Bruno Retailleau (born 1960. French politician (born 1960))
• Maximinus II (270 to 313. Roman emperor from 310 to 313)
• Luis Alejandro Berthier (1753 to 1815. General and politician of the First French Empire (1753–1815))
• Pius VIII (1761 to 1830. Head of the Catholic Church from 1829 to 1830)
• Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792 to 1856. Russian mathematician (1792–1856))
• Alistair Cooke (1908 to 2004. British-American journalist and broadcaster (1908–2004))
• Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907 to 1977. French film director (1907–1977))
• Timothy Gowers (born 1963. British mathematician)
• Meredith Monk (born 1942. American composer, director, filmmaker, and choreographer)
• Jim Brickman (born 1961. American composer, recording artist (born 1961))
• Karl von Frisch (1886 to 1982. German-Austrian ethologist (1886–1982))
• Liam Lynch (Irish republican) (1893 to 1923. Irish republican (1892–1923))
• Melissa Disney (born 1970. American actress)
• Mohammad Hassan Mirza (1899 to 1943. Last Qajar Crown prince (1899–1943))
• Fasiladas (1603 to 1667. Emperor of Ethiopia from 1632 to 1667)
• Allen Chastanet (born 1960. Prime Minister of Saint Lucia from 2016 to 2021)
• Percy Cox (1864 to 1937. British Indian Army general (1864–1937))
• Arieh Warshel (born 1940. Israeli chemist, biochemist and biophysicist (born 1940))
• Choe Yong-rim (born 1930. North Korean politician (born 1930))
• Mark Bradford (born 1961. American visual artist (born 1961))
• Richard Aoki (1938 to 2009. American educator and activist)
• Miroslav Tichý (1926 to 2011. Czech photographer (1926–2011))
• Andy Clark (born 1957. British philosopher (born 1957))
• John Bolton (born 1948. American attorney and diplomat (born 1948))
• Amos Yadlin (born 1951. Israeli general (born 1951))
• Jenna Prandini (born 1992. American track and field athlete (born 1992))
• Clark Calvin Griffith (1869 to 1955. American baseball player, manager, and owner (1869–1955))
• Kenneth Frampton (born 1930. British architect, critic and historian)
• Haseena Moin (1941 to 2021. Pakistani dramatist, playwright, and scriptwriter (1941–2021))
• Paulus Potter (1625 to 1654. Dutch painter (1625–1654))
• Princess Shanti Singh of Nepal (1941 to 2001. Princess of Nepal)
• Edmund of Abingdon (1174 to 1240. Catholic saint, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1233 to 1240)
• Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi (1916 to 2006. Pakistani writer (1916-2006))
• Félix Varela (1788 to 1853. Cuban Catholic priest and independence leader)
• Colville Young (born 1932. Governor-General of Belize from 1993 to 2021)
• Donald T. Campbell (1916 to 1996. American social scientist (1916–1996))
• Fares al-Khoury (1877 to 1962. Syrian statesman and minister (1877–1962))
• Maria Letizia, Duchess of Aosta (1866 to 1926. Duchess of Aosta (1866–1926))
• Ulf Lundell (born 1949. Musical artist)

Died on November 20

• Francisco Franco (1892 to 1975. Leader of Spain from 1939 to 1975)
• Alexandra of Denmark (1844 to 1925. Queen of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 1910)
• Maud of Wales (1869 to 1938. Queen of Norway from 1905 to 1938)
• Trofim Lysenko (1898 to 1976. Soviet agronomist and pseudoscientist (1898–1976))
• John Prescott (1938 to 2024. Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007)
• Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1683 to 1737. Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1727 to 1737)
• Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911 to 1984. Pakistani poet and author (1911-1984))
• Zoia Ceaușescu (1949 to 2006. Romanian mathematician (1949–2006))
• Edmund the Martyr (841 to 869. King of East Anglia from about 855 until 869)
• John I of France (1316 to 1316. King of France and Navarre in 1316)
• John Harington (writer) (1560 to 1612. English courtier and inventor (1560–1612))
• Richard I of Normandy (933 to 996. Duke of Normandy from 942 to 996)
• Benedetto Croce (1866 to 1952. Italian philosopher (1866–1952))
• Izz ad-Din al-Qassam (1882 to 1935. Syrian Muslim preacher (1882–1935))
• Cesare Beccaria (1738 to 1794. Italian jurist and criminologist (1738–1794))
• John McEwen (1900 to 1980. Prime Minister of Australia from 1967 to 1968)
• David Dacko (1930 to 2003. President of the Central African Republic (1960–1965, 1979–1981))
• Jan Morris (1926 to 2020. Welsh historian and travel writer (1926–2020))
• Amintore Fanfani (1908 to 1999. Italian politician and statesman (1908–1999))
• Maurice de Saxe (1696 to 1750. Count of Saxony (1696–1750))
• James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811 to 1863. British colonial administrator and diplomat (1811–1863))
• Zumbi (1655 to 1695. Afro-Brazilian freed slave; king of Quilombo dos Palmares (r. 1680–95))
• Francis V (1819 to 1875. Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1846 to 1859)
• Robert Altman (1925 to 2006. American filmmaker (1925–2006))
• Emile Ardolino (1943 to 1993. American director and producer (1943–1993))
• Aaron Klug (1926 to 2018. British biophysicist and chemist (1926–2018))
• Willem de Sitter (1872 to 1934. Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (1872–1934))
• Judith Jarvis Thomson (1929 to 2020. American philosopher (1929–2020))
• Stephanopoulos (1926 to 2016. President of Greece from 1995 to 2005)
• Shelagh Delaney (1938 to 2011. English playwright and screenwriter (1938–2011))

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