Famous people born on 20 March

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

1. Ovid 43 BCRoman poetdied aged 58 or 59
2. Henrik Ibsen 1828Norwegian playwright and directordied aged 78
3. Chester Bennington 1976American singer and songwriterdied aged 41
4. Friedrich Hölderlin 1770German poetdied aged 73
5. Carl Reiner 1922American actordied aged 98
6. Fernando Torres 1984Spanish footballerliving, 42
7. B. F. Skinner 1904American psychologistdied aged 86
8. John de Lancie 1948American actorliving, 78
9. Elagabalus AD 203Roman emperordied aged 18
10. Napoleon II 1811King of the Romansdied aged 21
11. Fred Rogers 1928American Christian ministerdied aged 74
12. William Hurt 1950American actordied aged 71
13. Holly Hunter 1958American actorliving, 68
14. Abdul Hamid I 1725Sultan of the Ottoman Empiredied aged 64
15. Ivan Mazepa 1639Diplomatdied aged 70
16. Spike Lee 1957American film directorliving, 69
17. Eiji Kawashima 1983Japanese footballerliving, 43
18. Catherine Ashton 1956British politician who served as Chancellor of the University of Warwickliving, 70