Famous people born on 20 August

18 of the people we track were born on 20 August, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Benjamin Harrison 1833American politician who served as President of the United Statesdied aged 67
2. Demi Lovato 1992American singer-songwriter and actorliving, 34
3. Andrew Garfield 1983English actorliving, 43
4. H. P. Lovecraft 1890American writerdied aged 46
5. Rajiv Gandhi 1944Politician who served as Prime Minister of Indiadied aged 46
6. Slobodan Milošević 1941Politician who served as President of Serbiadied aged 64
7. Amy Adams 1974American actorliving, 52
8. Salvatore Quasimodo 1901Italian writerdied aged 66
9. Jöns Jacob Berzelius 1779Swedish chemistdied aged 68
10. Ron Paul 1935American politicianliving, 91
11. Raymond Poincaré 1860French politician and lawyer who served as President of the French Republicdied aged 74
12. Enrico Letta 1966Italian politician who served as Prime Minister of Italyliving, 60
13. Robert Plant 1948British musicianliving, 78
14. Andrei Konchalovsky 1937Soviet film director and screenwriterliving, 89
15. Hideki Shirakawa 1936Japanese chemistdied aged 90
16. Bolesław Prus 1847Polish novelistdied aged 64
17. Laurent Fabius 1946French politician who served as Prime Minister of Franceliving, 80
18. Bernardo O'Higgins 1778Chilean soldierdied aged 64