Famous people born on 20 July
21 of the people we track were born on 20 July, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.
Carlos Santana and Gerd Binnig were born on the very same day, 20 July 1947.
Frantz Fanon and Jacques Delors were born on the very same day, 20 July 1925.
Natalie Wood and Diana Rigg were born on the very same day, 20 July 1938.
Alexander the Great 356 BCKing of Macedoniadied aged 32
Petrarch 1304Italian poetdied aged 69
Edmund Hillary 1919New Zealander mountaineer and philanthropistdied aged 88
Gregor Mendel 1822Friardied aged 61
Gisele Bündchen 1980Brazilian fashion modelliving, 46
Carlos Alazraqui 1962American actorliving, 64
Erik Axel Karlfeldt 1864Swedish poetdied aged 66
Enrique Peña Nieto 1966Mexican politician who served as President of Mexicoliving, 60
Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810Muhaddithdied aged 60
Mahmud II 1785Sultan of the Ottoman Empiredied aged 53
Carlos Santana 1947American guitaristliving, 79
Pope Innocent IX 1519Catholic priest who served as Popedied aged 72
Haakon VIII 1973Monarch of Norwayliving, 53
Frantz Fanon 1925French psychiatrist and philosopherdied aged 36
Natalie Wood 1938American actordied aged 43
Gerd Binnig 1947German physicistliving, 79
Cormac McCarthy 1933American novelist and playwrightdied aged 89
Diana Rigg 1938British actordied aged 82
Richard Owen 1804British biologist and paleontologistdied aged 88
Jacques Delors 1925French economist and politiciandied aged 98
Chris Cornell 1964American musiciandied aged 52