On This Day — March 20
4445 noted people were born and 1997 died on March 20 in our archive, including Giulio Bizzozero, Abraham Beame and Alan Harper.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on March 20
Giulio Bizzozero
1846 – 1901
Abraham Beame
1906 – 2001
Alan Harper
b. 1944
Alfonso García Robles
1911 – 1991
Amadou Mahtar M'Bow
1921 – 2024
Augustus Wollaston Franks
1826 – 1897
B.F. Skinner
1904 – 1990
Catherine Ashton
b. 1956
Charles William Eliot
1834 – 1926
Daniel W. Stroock
1940 – 2025
David Greenaway
b. 1952
David Warren
1925 – 2010
Edward Poynter
1836 – 1919
Erwin Neher
b. 1944
Evelyn Fox Keller
1936 – 2023
Frederick Winslow Taylor
1856 – 1915
Hozumi Yatsuka
1860 – 1912
Irina Antonova
1922 – 2020
Jacek Gawryszewski
b. 1966
Jacques Pélissard
b. 1946
Johan Lange
1818 – 1898
Liana Kanelli
b. 1954
Ludwik Finkel
1858 – 1930
Maud Menten
1879 – 1960
Michael O'Leary
b. 1961
Miroslav Lajčák
b. 1963
Nalini Ambady
1959 – 2013
Norman Francis
1931 – 2026
Radiy Khabirov
b. 1964
Raymond Cattell
1905 – 1998
Rudolf Kirchschläger
1915 – 2000
Sara E. Skrabalak
b. 1980
Sergey Reformatsky
1860 – 1934
Sofia Osmani
b. 1979
Spike Lee
b. 1957
Stefan Kaczmarz
1895 – 1939
Sándor Csányi
b. 1953
Torbern Bergman
1735 – 1784
Walter M. Elsasser
1904 – 1991
William Fergusson
1808 – 1877
Yigael Yadin
1917 – 1984
Abdul Waheed Kakar
b. 1937
Adam Vetulani
1901 – 1976
Alex Gorsky
b. 1960
Alexander Gorodnitsky
b. 1933
Alexander Shishkov
1754 – 1841
Alexandru Ioan Cuza
1820 – 1873
Alfred Butt
1878 – 1962
Alfréd Rényi
1921 – 1970
Alice Eduardo
b. 1965
Andrew Ridgway
b. 1950
André Strohl
1887 – 1977
Anne Dufourmantelle
1964 – 2017
Antonio Cippico
1877 – 1935
Arnold Ashley Miles
1904 – 1988
Arthur Rhodes
1859 – 1922
Arthur Somers-Cocks, 6th Baron Somers
1887 – 1944
Ayano Kunimitsu
b. 1979
Bahar Muradova
b. 1962
Benoît Duteurtre
1960 – 2024
Brian Mulroney
1939 – 2024
Bəxtiyar Əliyev
b. 1961
Carel Vosmaer
1826 – 1888
Carl Gustaf von Essen
1815 – 1895
Carl Shapiro
b. 1955
Charles Haddon-Cave
b. 1956
Chris Wedge
b. 1957
Christian Carl Andre
1763 – 1831
Cristóbal Martín de Herrera
1831 – 1878
Czesław Piątas
b. 1946
David Malouf
1934 – 2026
Dieter Jungnickel
b. 1952
Dmitry Sipyagin
1853 – 1902
Douglas Tompkins
1943 – 2015
Désiré Nisard
1806 – 1888
Elard von Oldenburg-Januschau
1855 – 1937
Elizabeth Tanner
b. 1957
Emil Ruder
1914 – 1970
Endre Dudich
1895 – 1971
Errett P. Scrivner
1898 – 1978
Eugène Schueller
1881 – 1957
Evelyn M. Anderson
1899 – 1985
Folke Högberg
1884 – 1972
Francesco Mantica
1534 – 1614
Frank Stanton
1908 – 2006
Franz Josef Radermacher
b. 1950
Franz Mertens
1840 – 1927
François Hers
b. 1943
Fred Shabel
1932 – 2023
Gaetano Bisleti
1856 – 1937
Gaston Palewski
1901 – 1984
George Joseph Bell
1770 – 1843
Gilbert Hamilton
1869 – 1947
Giorgio De Giuseppe
b. 1930
Giuseppe Sergi
1841 – 1936
Govindarajan Padmanabhan
b. 1938
Gustav zu Putlitz
1821 – 1890
Haddon Donald
1917 – 2018
Harry Klinefelter
1912 – 1990
Harry Roselmack
b. 1973
Hazel Stiebeling
1896 – 1989
Helene Vannari
1948 – 2022
Henri Dallier
1849 – 1934
Herbert Van de Sompel
b. 1957
Hugh MacLennan
1907 – 1990
Hugo Laur
1893 – 1977
Ilyas Ismayılov
1938 – 2025
Ivan Mazepa
1639 – 1709
Jacob M. Landau
1924 – 2020
Jacques Dubois
1933 – 2026
Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr
1894 – 1948
Jay Ingram
b. 1945
Jean Serra
b. 1940
Joe Friggieri
b. 1946
John Dolben
1625 – 1686
John Ehrlichman
1925 – 1999
John Goodsir
1814 – 1867
John Joubert
1927 – 2019
John Rau
b. 1959
Joseph Djogbenou
b. 1969
Josip Bozanić
b. 1949
José Joaquín de Olmedo
1780 – 1847
Joëlle Garriaud-Maylam
b. 1955
Jules Lebreton
1873 – 1956
József Hámori
1932 – 2021
Jürgen Warnke
1932 – 2013
Katarzyna Chałasińska-Macukow
b. 1946
Ken Ono
b. 1968
Kim B. Clark
b. 1949
Kim Il
1910 – 1984
Krzysztof Kowalewski
1937 – 2021
Kyogon Hagiyama
1932 – 2015
Larry Combest
b. 1945
Lars Herman Gyllenhaal
1790 – 1858
Liang Eng Hwa
b. 1964
Ljubo Jurčić
b. 1954
Lorne Lanning
b. 1964
Louis Bertrand
1866 – 1941
Louis Sachar
b. 1954
Madison Gesiotto Gilbert
b. 1992
Marie-Pascale Huglo
b. 1961
Marina Mukabenova
b. 1982
Mark Binskin
b. 1960
Mark Saville, Baron Saville of Newdigate
b. 1936
Martinus van Marum
1750 – 1837
María Elena Durazo
b. 1953
Mehmet Aydın
b. 1943
Michael R. Lovell
1967 – 2024
Mykoła Fedoruk
1954 – 2025
Nadja West
b. 1961
Naoto Takenaka
b. 1956
Natalia Gherman
b. 1969
Nina M. Armagno
b. 1966
O. James Lighthizer
b. 1946
Oleksandr Tretiakov
b. 1970
Oliver Effersøe
1863 – 1933
Pamela Harriman
1920 – 1997
Pargev Martirosyan
b. 1954
Paul Dibble
1943 – 2023
Paul Sophus Epstein
1883 – 1966
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
1870 – 1964
Peter Schjeldahl
1942 – 2022
Philip Game
1876 – 1961
Pierre Messmer
1916 – 2007
Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana
b. 1949
Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan
b. 1947
Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia
1828 – 1885
Qemal Stafa
1920 – 1942
Quarraisha Karim
b. 1960
Ramiz Alıquliyev
b. 1961
René Coty
1882 – 1962
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
1776 – 1839
Rosalia Zemlyachka
1876 – 1947
Ruben Simonov
1899 – 1968
Samuel Galloway
1811 – 1872
Saneyoshi Yasuzumi
1848 – 1932
Sekinari Nii
b. 1943
Silvia Abascal
b. 1979
Sting
b. 1959
Stroe Belloescu
1838 – 1912
Sudhamek
b. 1956
Takahashi Yuichi
1828 – 1894
Takeshi Umehara
1925 – 2019
Taras Pastukh
b. 1978
Terrel E. Clarke
1920 – 1997
Thomas Cochran
1871 – 1936
Tom Williams
1930 – 2023
Ton Roosendaal
b. 1960
Truman G. Yuncker
1891 – 1964
Ukri Merikanto
1950 – 2010
Vadim Bulavinov
b. 1963
Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey
1845 – 1915
Vitaly Borisovich Voloshinov
1947 – 2019
Walter J. Gehring
1939 – 2014
William Dalrymple
b. 1965
William Nott-Bower
1849 – 1939
William Richard Gowers
1845 – 1915
Wojciech Sawicki
b. 1955
Yaroslav Nilov
b. 1982
Yuriy Pavlenko
b. 1975
… and 4,245 more
Died on March 20
Gustavo Colonnetti
1886 – 1968
Albert Ganzenmüller
1905 – 1996
Andrzej Grzegorczyk
1922 – 2014
Carl Anton Bjerknes
1825 – 1903
Chandler Robbins
1918 – 2017
Claude Bourdet
1909 – 1996
Eddie Jordan
1948 – 2025
Edward Stirling
1848 – 1919
Franz Ritter von Hauer
1822 – 1899
François Jules Edmond Got
1822 – 1901
George Macovescu
1913 – 2002
Henri Longchambon
1896 – 1969
Ivan Vinogradov
1891 – 1983
Iñaki Azkuna
1943 – 2014
Jules Gosselet
1832 – 1916
Józef Bilczewski
1860 – 1923
Kenjirō Shōda
1902 – 1977
Khushwant Singh
1915 – 2014
Ludwig Schläfli
1814 – 1895
Milton Diamond
1934 – 2024
Murray Weidenbaum
1927 – 2014
Noel Hush
1924 – 2019
Ottaviano-Fabrizio Mossotti
1791 – 1863
Petr Vopěnka
1935 – 2015
Philaret
1929 – 2026
Polykarp Kusch
1911 – 1993
Stewart L. Udall
1920 – 2010
V. S. Pritchett
1900 – 1997
Vernor Vinge
1944 – 2024
Väinö Auer
1895 – 1981
William Jack
1834 – 1924
Abdellatif Filali
1928 – 2009
Afonso d'Escragnolle Taunay
1876 – 1958
Alain Brillet
1947 – 2026
Alexander Rose
1647 – 1720
Alfred M. Gray Jr.
1928 – 2024
Amadeus William Grabau
1870 – 1946
Anatole Le Braz
1859 – 1926
Andrew Ellicott Douglass
1867 – 1962
Antonio Carrillo Flores
1909 – 1986
Antonio Manganelli
1950 – 2013
Arthur Oliver Wheeler
1860 – 1945
Augustin Marie Morvan
1819 – 1897
Avedis Aharonyan
1866 – 1948
B. S. Mardhekar
1909 – 1956
Borislav Stanković
1925 – 2020
Børge Jessen
1907 – 1993
C. Wright Mills
1916 – 1962
Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham
1909 – 1977
Christopher Wordsworth
1807 – 1885
Claude Pierre Pajol
1772 – 1844
Claude-Auguste Lamy
1820 – 1878
Dale E. Wolf
1924 – 2021
Einar Blidberg
1906 – 1993
Elsa Barraine
1910 – 1999
Eva Burrows
1929 – 2015
Ferdinand Didrichsen
1814 – 1887
Ferdinand Foch
1851 – 1929
Fernand Cormon
1845 – 1924
Fidelino de Sousa Figueiredo
1888 – 1967
Frank Orren Lowden
1861 – 1943
Frants Henningsen
1850 – 1908
François Crouzet
1922 – 2010
Frederick Twort
1877 – 1950
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
1859 – 1925
George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol
1612 – 1677
George Elder Davie
1912 – 2007
George Parker, 4th Earl of Macclesfield
1755 – 1842
George Whelan Anderson, Jr.
1906 – 1992
Gerald Eustis Thomas
1929 – 2019
Grigory Shchurovsky
1803 – 1884
Harkishan Singh
1928 – 2020
Helge Strömbäck
1889 – 1960
Hiroo Inokuchi
1927 – 2014
Hüsrev Gerede
1884 – 1962
Igor Vladimirov
1919 – 1999
Ilya Mashkov
1881 – 1944
J. Michael Bishop
1936 – 2026
Jacob Oulanyah
1965 – 2022
James Miller
1905 – 1977
Johann Georg Gödelmann
1559 – 1611
John Celivergos Zachos
1820 – 1898
John Mitchel
1815 – 1875
Joseph Ballard Murdock
1851 – 1931
Joseph Henry Allen
1820 – 1898
Joseph Victor Adamec
1935 – 2019
Juliana of the Netherlands
1909 – 2004
Kumbakonam Ramamani Rajagopal
1950 – 2025
Laddie Lucas
1915 – 1998
Lajos Kossuth
1802 – 1894
Leticia Ramos-Shahani
1929 – 2017
Lina Bo Bardi
1914 – 1992
Malcolm Fraser
1930 – 2015
Marc-Adélard Tremblay
1922 – 2014
Marceli Handelsman
1882 – 1945
Maria Ilnicka-Mądry
1946 – 2023
Marietta Shaginyan
1888 – 1982
Marino Quaresimin
1937 – 2020
Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock
1924 – 2019
Máximo Etchecopar
1912 – 2002
Nicholas C. Petris
1923 – 2013
Otto Steinwender
1847 – 1921
Ours-Pierre-Armand Petit-Dufrénoy
1792 – 1857
Pehr von Ehrenheim
1823 – 1918
Percy Thompson Dean
1877 – 1939
Peter Buell Porter
1773 – 1844
Peter George Peterson
1926 – 2018
Raimon Carrasco
1924 – 2022
Raivo Mänd
1954 – 2026
Reginald Dorman-Smith
1899 – 1977
Robert B. Silvers
1929 – 2017
Robert King
1920 – 1991
Robert Mueller
1944 – 2026
Samson Kutateladze
1914 – 1986
Samuel Warren Carey
1911 – 2002
Sigurd Willoch
1903 – 1991
Susanna Amatuni
1924 – 2010
Tadeusz Browicz
1847 – 1928
Thomas Potter
1774 – 1845
Thomas Spencer Cobbold
1828 – 1886
Varazdat Harutyunyan
1909 – 2008
Victor Yanukovych
1981 – 2015
Victor von Ebner
1842 – 1925
Viktor Goldschmidt
1888 – 1947
Viktor Yerin
1944 – 2018
Vilhelm Lundström
1869 – 1940
Vitold Fokin
1932 – 2025
Vladimir Kirsanov
1947 – 2021
Wilhelm Miklas
1872 – 1956
Wilhelm Philippe Schimper
1808 – 1880
Yevgeny Nesterenko
1938 – 2021
Adrienne Lecouvreur
1692 – 1730
Ai
1947 – 2010
Aksel Møller
1906 – 1958
Albrecht Ritschl
1822 – 1889
Aleksandar Malinov
1867 – 1938
Aleksandra Yablochkina
1866 – 1964
Alexander Mozhaysky
1825 – 1890
Ali Sait Akbaytogan
1872 – 1950
Aliaksandr Burbis
1885 – 1922
Andrzej Młodziejowski
1717 – 1780
Angela Trindade
1909 – 1980
Anker Jørgensen
1922 – 2016
Antonio Tosti
1776 – 1866
Apollon Karelin
1863 – 1926
Ariel Bybee
1943 – 2018
Aristide Hignard
1822 – 1898
Arthur Grimm
1868 – 1939
Arthur Harris
1890 – 1968
Arthur Palmer
1819 – 1898
Arthur Weinberg
1860 – 1943
Atena Pashko
1931 – 2012
Baltzar von Platen
1804 – 1875
Baptista Mantuanus
1447 – 1516
Basil Lee Whitener
1915 – 1989
Benjamin Jekhowsky
1881 – 1975
Big John Studd
1948 – 1995
Brad E. Bradley
1923 – 2010
Brice Parain
1897 – 1971
Byron Rufus Newton
1861 – 1938
Calvert Watkins
1933 – 2013
Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard
1652 – 1728
Carlos Falcó, 5th Marquess of Griñón
1937 – 2020
Cengiz Bektaş
1934 – 2020
Charles Erskine
1739 – 1811
Charles Lasègue
1816 – 1883
Charles van Ravenswaay
1911 – 1990
Chet Huntley
1911 – 1974
Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance
1890 – 1932
Cuthbert Cullis
1868 – 1954
D'Arcy Osborne, 12th Duke of Leeds
1884 – 1964
Darkul Kuyukova
1919 – 1997
David Gillmore, Baron Gillmore of Thamesfield
1934 – 1999
David Rockefeller
1915 – 2017
Dejan Bravničar
1937 – 2018
Demetrios Galanis
1879 – 1966
Dennis Anderson
1949 – 2019
Derrick Capper
1912 – 1976
Diana Fuentes (journalist)
1958 – 2026
Dimitrie Onciul
1856 – 1923
Domenico Marotta
1886 – 1974
Don Ylvisaker
1933 – 2022
Donald Kalpokas
1943 – 2019
Edmund Fane
1837 – 1900
Edward Joseph McManus
1920 – 2017
Else Hammerich
1936 – 2021
Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont
1858 – 1934
Emmett Hulcy Tidd
1923 – 2018
Erik Sparre
1550 – 1600
Eugène Van Dievoet
1862 – 1937
Fernando de la Puente y Primo de Rivera
1808 – 1867
Florence Elizabeth Cory
1851 – 1902
Franklin Sidway
1834 – 1920
François Nicoullaud
1940 – 2021
François d'Aguilon
1567 – 1617
Fred Heineman
1929 – 2010
Frederick, Prince of Wales
1707 – 1751
Gaillard Hunt
1862 – 1924
George Beckwith
1753 – 1823
George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster
1794 – 1842
… and 1,797 more