Famous people born on 20 May

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

1. Honoré de Balzac 1799French novelistdied aged 51
2. John Stuart Mill 1806British philosopher and political economistdied aged 66
3. Cher 1946American musician and singerliving, 80
4. Sigrid Undset 1882Norwegian writerdied aged 67
5. José Mujica 1935Uruguayan politician who served as President of Uruguaydied aged 89
6. Iker Casillas 1981Spanish footballerliving, 45
7. James Stewart 1908American actor and military officerdied aged 89
8. Joe Cocker 1944British singerdied aged 70
9. Eduard Buchner 1860German chemistdied aged 57
10. Moshe Dayan 1915Israeli politiciandied aged 66
11. Yoshihiko Noda 1957Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japanliving, 69
12. Max Euwe 1901Dutch chess player and mathematiciandied aged 80
13. Mikhail Glinka 1804Russian composerdied aged 52
14. Frédéric Passy 1822French economistdied aged 90
15. Petr Čech 1982Czech footballerliving, 44
16. Faisal I 1885King of Iraqdied aged 48
17. Toussaint Louverture 1743Haitian soldierdied aged 59
18. Anton Zeilinger 1945Austrian quantum physicistliving, 81
19. Boris Akunin 1956Russian writerliving, 70