August 20

Born on this day

12 people found

1944(1)

Rajiv Gandhi

19441991

Prime Minister of India

1942(1)

Isaac Hayes

19422008

American musician and actor

1941(1)

Slobodan Milošević

19412006

Yugoslav–Serbian politician

1913(1)

Roger Sperry

19131994

American neuroscientist

1901(1)

Salvatore Quasimodo

19011968

Italian writer

1890(1)

H. P. Lovecraft

18901937

American writer and editor

1884(1)

Rudolf Bultmann

18841976

German theologian

1860(1)

Raymond Poincaré

18601934

French statesman and lawyer, President of France

1847(1)

Bolesław Prus

18471912

Polish novelist

1833(1)

Benjamin Harrison

18331901

President of the United States, 1889-1893

1779(1)

Jöns Jacob Berzelius

17791848

Swedish chemist

1778(1)

Bernardo O'Higgins

17781842

Chilean independence leader