20 November Births

November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 41 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Wednesday or Thursday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Saturday (56).

270 – Maximinus II, Roman emperor (d. 313)
1602 – Otto von Guericke, German physicist and politician (d. 1686)
1620 – Avvakum, Russian priest and saint (d. 1682)
1625 – Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654)
1660 – Daniel Ernst Jablonski, Czech-German theologian and reformer (d. 1741)
1750 – Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (d. 1799)
1761 – Pope Pius VIII (d. 1830)
1765 – Thomas Fremantle, English admiral and politician (d. 1819)
1781 – Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German captain and jurist (d. 1854)
1813 – Franc Miklošič, Slovenian linguist and philologist (d. 1891)
1839 – Christian Wilberg, German painter and illustrator (d. 1882)
1841 – Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (d. 1901)
1841 – Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1919)
1851 – Margherita of Savoy (d. 1926)
1858 – Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
1866 – Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American lawyer and judge (d. 1944)
1869 – Clark Griffith, American baseball player and manager (d. 1955)
1874 – James Michael Curley, American lawyer, politician, 53rd Governor of Massachusetts, and criminal (d. 1958)
1877 – Herbert Pitman, English sailor (d. 1961)
1880 – George McBride, American baseball player and manager (d. 1973)
1881 – Arthur Marshall, American pianist and composer (d. 1968)
1882 – Andy Coakley, American baseball player and coach (d. 1963)
1884 – Norman Thomas, American minister and politician (d. 1968)
1885 – Olive Dennis, American engineer (d. 1957)
1886 – Bray Hammond, American historian and author (d. 1968)
1886 – Robert Hunter, American golfer (d. 1971)
1886 – Karl von Frisch, Austrian-German ethologist and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982)
1889 – Edwin Hubble, American astronomer and cosmologist (d. 1953)
1892 – James Collip, Canadian biochemist and academic, co-discovered insulin (d. 1965)
1900 – Chester Gould, American cartoonist and author, created Dick Tracy (d. 1985)
1903 – Alexandra Danilova, Russian-American ballerina and choreographer (d. 1997)
1905 – Minoo Masani, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1998)
1907 – Fran Allison, American actress and singer (d. 1989)
1907 – Henri-Georges Clouzot, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1977)
1908 – Alistair Cooke, English-American journalist and author (d. 2004)
1910 – Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch mathematician, pilot, and academic (d. 1944)
1913 – Judy Canova, American actress and comedian (d. 1983)
1913 – Kostas Choumis, Greek footballer (d. 1981)
1914 – Emilio Pucci, Italian fashion designer and politician (d. 1992)
1915 – Kon Ichikawa, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1916 – Michael J. Ingelido, American general (d. 2015)
1916 – Evelyn Keyes, American actress (d. 2008)
1917 – Robert Byrd, American lawyer and politician (d. 2010)
1917 – Bobby Locke, South African golfer (d. 1987)
1918 – Corita Kent, American nun, illustrator, and educator (d. 1986)
1919 – Lucilla Andrews, Egyptian-Scottish nurse and author (d. 2006)
1919 – Alan Brown, English race car driver (d. 2004)
1919 – Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (d. 2012)
1921 – Jim Garrison, American lawyer and judge (d. 1992)
1923 – Danny Dayton, American actor and director (d. 1999)
1923 – Nadine Gordimer, South African author and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014)
1924 – Benoit Mandelbrot, Polish-American mathematician and economist (d. 2010)
1924 – Henk Vredeling, Dutch agronomist and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence (d. 2007)
1925 – Kaye Ballard, American actress and singer
1925 – George Barris, American engineer and car designer (d. 2015)
1925 – June Christy, American singer (d. 1990)
1925 – Robert F. Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th United States Attorney General (d. 1968)
1925 – Maya Plisetskaya, Russian-Lithuanian ballerina, choreographer, actress, and director (d. 2015)
1926 – John Gardner, English soldier and author (d. 2007)
1926 – Terry Hall, English ventriloquist and actor (d. 2007)
1926 – Tôn Thất Đính, Vietnamese general (d. 2013)
1927 – Ed Freeman, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2008)
1927 – Estelle Parsons, American actress and director
1928 – Aleksey Batalov, Russian actor, director, and screenwriter
1928 – Franklin Cover, American actor (d. 2006)
1929 – Penelope Hobhouse, Irish gardener, author, and educator
1929 – Don January, American golfer and architect
1930 – Bernard Horsfall, English-Scottish actor (d. 2013)
1930 – Curly Putman, American country music songwriter (d. 2016)
1932 – Richard Dawson, English-American actor and game show host (d. 2012)
1935 – Imre Makovecz, Hungarian architect (d. 2011)
1936 – Don DeLillo, American author and playwright
1936 – Charles R. Larson, American admiral (d. 2014)
1937 – Rhys Isaac, South African-Australian historian and author (d. 2010)
1937 – Ruth Laredo, American pianist and educator (d. 2005)
1937 – Eero Mäntyranta, Finnish skier (d. 2013)
1937 – Viktoriya Tokareva, Russian author and screenwriter
1939 – Dick Smothers, American actor and comedian
1940 – Helma Sanders-Brahms, German director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1940 – Ediz Hun, Turkish actor and politician
1941 – Haseena Moin, Pakistani screenwriter and playwright
1941 – Oliver Sipple, American soldier and activist (d. 1989)
1942 – Joe Biden, American lawyer and politician, 47th Vice President of the United States
1942 – Bob Einstein, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1942 – Norman Greenbaum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942 – Meredith Monk, American composer and choreographer
1943 – Veronica Hamel, American actress and producer
1944 – Louie Dampier, American basketball player and coach
1944 – Donald DiFrancesco, American lawyer and politician, 51st Governor of New Jersey
1944 – Mike Vernon, English record producer, founded Blue Horizon
1945 – Paul Langford, English historian and academic
1945 – Rick Monday, American baseball player and sportscaster
1946 – Duane Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1971)
1946 – Greg Cook, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2012)
1946 – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
1946 – Judy Woodruff, American journalist and educator
1946 – Samuel E. Wright, American actor, voice actor and singer
1947 – Joe Walsh, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1947 – Peter Mellor, English goalkeeper
1948 – John R. Bolton, American lawyer and diplomat, 25th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
1948 – Park Chul-soo, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1948 – Barbara Hendricks, American-Swedish soprano and actress
1948 – Richard Masur, American actor and director
1948 – Gunnar Nilsson, Swedish race car driver (d. 1978)
1949 – Jeff Dowd, American film producer and activist
1949 – Thelma Drake, American politician
1951 – Rodger Bumpass, American actor and singer
1951 – David Walters, American businessman and politician, 24th Governor of Oklahoma
1952 – John Van Boxmeer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1954 – Berit Andnor, Swedish politician, Swedish Minister of Social Affairs
1954 – Steve Dahl, American radio host and actor
1956 – Gareth Chilcott, English rugby player
1956 – Bo Derek, American actress and producer
1956 – Mark Gastineau, American football player and boxer
1956 – Natasha Vlassenko, Russian-Australian pianist and educator
1957 – Stefan Bellof, German race car driver (d. 1985)
1957 – Mike Craven, English footballer
1957 – John Eriksen, Danish footballer (d. 2002)
1958 – Rickson Gracie, Brazilian mixed martial artist and choreographer
1959 – Orlando Figes, English historian and academic
1959 – James McGovern, American lawyer and politician
1959 – Sean Young, American actress and dancer
1960 – Marc Labrèche, Canadian actor
1961 – Jim Brickman, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1961 – Tim Harvey, English race car driver and sportscaster
1961 – Larry Karaszewski, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1961 – Dave Watson, English footballer and manager
1963 – Tim Gavin, Australian rugby player
1963 – Timothy Gowers, English mathematician and academic
1963 – Ming-Na Wen, Macanese-American actress
1964 – Boris Dežulović, Croatian journalist and author
1964 – Sophie Fillières, French director and screenwriter
1964 – Doug Ford, Jr., Canadian businessman and politician
1964 – John MacLean, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1964 – Mark Taylor, English footballer and physiotherapist
1965 – Yoshiki, Japanese drummer, songwriter, and producer
1965 – Mike D, American rapper and drummer
1965 – Sen Dog, Cuban-American rapper
1965 – Jimmy Vasser, American race car driver
1966 – Jill Thompson, American author and illustrator
1967 – Teoman, Turkish singer-songwriter
1967 – Chris Childs, American basketball player
1967 – Tarique Rahman, Bangladeshi businessman and politician
1968 – Tommy Asinga, Surinamese runner and veterinarian
1968 – Robin Canup, American astrophysicist and astronomer
1968 – Jeff Tarango, American tennis player
1969 – Chris Harris, New Zealand cricketer
1969 – Callie Thorne, American actress and producer
1970 – Matt Blunt, American lieutenant and politician, 54th Governor of Missouri
1970 – Phife Dawg, American rapper (d. 2016)
1970 – Delia Gonzalez, American boxer
1970 – Geoffrey Keezer, American pianist and educator
1970 – Sabrina Lloyd, American actress
1970 – Joe Zaso, American actor and producer
1971 – Joey Galloway, American football player and sportscaster
1971 – Joel McHale, American comedian, actor, and producer
1971 – Dion Nash, New Zealand cricketer
1971 – Marco Oppedisano, American guitarist and composer
1972 – Sheema Kalbasi, Iranian poet and activist
1973 – Angelica Bridges, American actress and singer
1973 – Neil Hodgson, English motorcycle racer and sportscaster
1974 – Taavi Veskimägi, Estonian businessman and politician
1975 – Dierks Bentley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975 – Ryan Bowen, American basketball player and coach
1975 – J. D. Drew, American baseball player
1975 – Davey Havok, American singer-songwriter
1976 – Mahmud A. Asrar, Turkish illustrator
1976 – Dominique Dawes, American gymnast and actress
1976 – Laura Harris, Canadian actress
1977 – Rudy Charles, American wrestling referee
1977 – Daniel Svensson, Swedish drummer and producer
1977 – Josh Turner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1978 – Freya Lim, Taiwanese-Malaysian singer and radio host
1978 – Nadine Velazquez, American actress and model
1979 – Maree Bowden, New Zealand netball player
1979 – Joseph Hallman, American composer and academic
1979 – Jacob Pitts, American actor
1980 – James Chambers, English footballer
1980 – Eiko Koike, Japanese actress
1981 – Carlos Boozer, American basketball player
1981 – Sam Fuld, American baseball player
1981 – İbrahim Toraman, Turkish footballer
1984 – Tashard Choice, American football player
1984 – Ferdinando Monfardini, Italian race car driver
1984 – Justin Hoyte, English footballer
1985 – Juan Cruz Álvarez, Argentinian race car driver
1986 – Ashley Fink, American actress and singer
1986 – Özer Hurmacı, Turkish footballer
1986 – Oliver Sykes, English singer-songwriter
1988 – Max Pacioretty, American ice hockey player
1989 – Agon Mehmeti, Swedish footballer
1989 – Sergei Polunin, Ukrainian ballet dancer
1990 – Mark Christian, Manx cyclist
1991 – Anthony Knockaert, French footballer
1991 – Tim Simona, New Zealand rugby league player
1992 – Maiha Ishimura, Japanese singer and actress
1992 – Gaku Matsuda, Japanese actor
1993 – Junior Paulo, New Zealand rugby league player
1993 – Sumire Satō, Japanese singer and actress
1994 – Andrew Dawber, English footballer
1995 – Michael Clifford, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist in 5 Seconds of Summer
2000 – Connie Talbot, English singer-songwriter

Source: Wikipedia