December 20

December 20 – Famous Birthdays

Jonah Hill (MOVIE ACTOR)

December 20 – Famous Birthdays:

1900 – Lissy Arna, German film actress (d. 1964)
1901 – Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist and academic, invented the Van de Graaff generator (d. 1967)
1902 – Prince George, Duke of Kent (d. 1942)
1902 – Sidney Hook, American philosopher and author (d. 1989)
1904 – Spud Davis, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1984)
1904 – Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author (d. 1977)
1905 – Bill O’Reilly, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1992)
1907 – Paul Francis Webster, American soldier and songwriter (d. 1984)
1908 – Dennis Morgan, American actor and singer (d. 1994)
1909 – Vakkom Majeed, Indian journalist and politician (d. 2000)
1911 – Hortense Calisher, American author (d. 2009)
1914 – Harry F. Byrd, Jr., American lieutenant, publisher, and politician (d. 2013)
1915 – Aziz Nesin, Turkish author and poet (d. 1995)
1916 – Michel Chartrand, Canadian trade union leader and activist (d. 2010)
1917 – David Bohm, American-English physicist, neuropsychologist, and philosopher (d. 1992)
1917 – Cahit Külebi, Turkish poet and author (d. 1997)
1917 – Audrey Totter, American actress (d. 2013)
1918 – Jean Marchand, Canadian trade union leader and politician, 43rd Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1988)
1922 – George Roy Hill, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1922 – Beverly Pepper, American sculptor and painter
1924 – Charlie Callas, American actor and comedian (d. 2011)
1924 – Judy LaMarsh, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1980)
1925 – Benito Lorenzi, Italian footballer (d. 2007)
1926 – Geoffrey Howe, Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2015)
1926 – Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Economics (d. 2009)
1927 – Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark, English engineer and politician (d. 2016)
1927 – Jim Simpson, American sportscaster (d. 2016)
1927 – Kim Young-sam, South Korean soldier and politician, 7th President of South Korea (d. 2015)
1931 – Mala Powers, American actress (d. 2007)
1932 – John Hillerman, American actor (d. 2017)
1933 – Jean Carnahan, American author and politician
1933 – Olavi Salonen, Finnish runner
1933 – Rik Van Looy, Belgian cyclist
1935 – Khalid Ibadulla, Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster
1939 – Kathryn Joosten, American actress (d. 2012)
1939 – Kim Weston, American soul singer
1940 – Pat Chapman, English chef and author, founded The Curry Club
1942 – Rana Bhagwandas, Pakistani lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan (d. 2015)
1942 – Bob Hayes, American sprinter and football player (d. 2002)
1942 – Michael P. Johnson, American sociologist
1942 – Jean-Claude Trichet, French banker and economist
1944 – Bobby Colomby, American drummer and producer
1944 – Ray Martin, Australian television host and journalist
1945 – Peter Criss, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
1945 – Sivakant Tiwari, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and author (d. 2010)
1946 – Uri Geller, Israeli-English magician and psychic
1946 – Lloyd Mumphord, American football player
1946 – Sonny Perdue, American captain and politician, 81st Governor of Georgia
1946 – Dick Wolf, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1947 – Gigliola Cinquetti, Italian singer-songwriter
1948 – Alan Parsons, English keyboard player and producer
1948 – Carol Smart, English sociologist and academic
1948 – Mitsuko Uchida, Japanese-British pianist
1949 – Soumaïla Cissé, Malian engineer and politician
1949 – Oscar Gamble, American baseball player (d. 2018)
1950 – Arturo Márquez, Mexican-American composer
1951 – Nuala O’Loan, Baroness O’Loan, Northern Irish academic and police ombudsman
1951 – Marta Russell, American author and activist (d. 2013)
1952 – Jenny Agutter, English actress
1954 – Michael Badalucco, American actor
1954 – Sandra Cisneros, American author and poet
1955 – David Breashears, American mountaineer, director, and producer
1955 – Binali Yıldırım, Turkish lawyer and politician, Turkish Minister of Transport
1955 – Martin Schulz, German politician
1956 – Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Mauritanian general and politician, President of Mauritania
1956 – Guy Babylon, American keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2009)
1956 – Blanche Baker, American actress and screenwriter
1956 – Junji Hirata, Japanese wrestler
1956 – Andrew Mackenzie, Scottish geologist and businessman
1956 – Anita Ward, American disco/R&B singer
1957 – Billy Bragg, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1957 – Anna Vissi, Cypriot singer-songwriter and actress
1957 – Mike Watt, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1958 – Doug Nordquist, American high jumper
1958 – James Thomson, American biologist and academic
1959 – George Coupland, Scottish scientist
1959 – Hildegard Körner, German runner
1959 – Jackie Fox, American bass player (The Runaways)
1959 – Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Polish physicist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Poland
1959 – Trent Tucker, American basketball player and sportscaster
1960 – Nalo Hopkinson, Jamaican-Canadian author and educator
1960 – Kim Ki-duk, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
1961 – Mohammad Fouad, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actor
1961 – Mike Keneally, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961 – Freddie Spencer, American motorcycle racer
1963 – Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo
1964 – Mark Coleman, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
1965 – Robert Cavanah, Scottish actor and director
1965 – Rich Gannon, American football player and sportscaster
1966 – Matt Neal, English race car driver
1966 – Veronica Pershina, Russian-American figure skater and coach
1966 – Chris Robinson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968 – Joe Cornish, English actor, director, and screenwriter
1968 – Karl Wendlinger, Austrian race car driver
1969 – Alain de Botton, Swiss-English philosopher and author
1969 – Zahra Ouaziz, Moroccan runner
1969 – Bobby Phills, American basketball player (d. 2000)
1970 – Grant Flower, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
1970 – Alister McRae, Scottish race car driver
1970 – Jörg Schmidt, German footballer
1971 – Roger J. Beaujard, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1972 – Sarah Jones, British politician
1972 – Anders Odden, Norwegian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1972 – Anja Rücker, German sprinter
1972 – Gen Urobuchi, Japanese writer
1973 – Maarja Kangro, Estonian author and poet
1973 – David Nedohin, Canadian curler and sportscaster
1973 – Cory Stillman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1974 – Die, Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1974 – Paul Linger, English footballer
1974 – Jacqui Oatley, British Sports presenter
1975 – Bartosz Bosacki, Polish footballer
1976 – Nenad Vučković, Croatian footballer
1978 – Andrei Markov, Russian-Canadian ice hockey player
1978 – Geremi Njitap, Cameroon footballer
1978 – Bouabdellah Tahri, French runner
1978 – Yoon Kye-sang, South Korean singer (g.o.d)
1979 – David DeJesus, American baseball player
1979 – Michael Rogers, Australian cyclist
1979 – Ramón Rodríguez, Puerto Rican-American actor and dancer
1980 – Israel Castro, Mexican footballer
1980 – Ashley Cole, English footballer
1980 – Anthony da Silva, French-Portuguese footballer
1980 – Martín Demichelis, Argentinian footballer
1980 – Fitz Hall, English footballer
1981 – Royal Ivey, American basketball player
1981 – Darya Pchelnik, Belarusian hammer thrower
1981 – James Shields, American baseball player
1982 – Mohammad Asif, Pakistani cricketer
1982 – David Cook, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1982 – Kasper Klausen, Danish footballer
1982 – David Wright, American baseball player
1983 – Jonah Hill, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1983 – Darren Sammy, Saint Lucian cricketer
1983 – Lara Stone, Dutch super model
1984 – Nikolaos Karabelas, Greek footballer
1990 – JoJo, American singer and actress
1991 – Jillian Rose Reed, American actress
1991 – Fabian Schär, Swiss footballer
1992 – Ksenia Makarova, Russian-American figure skater
1993 – Robeisy Ramírez, Cuban boxer
1997 – Suzuka Nakamoto, Japanese singer
1998 – Kylian Mbappé, French footballer