On This Day — August 20
4130 noted people were born and 1835 died on August 20 in our archive, including Eduard Suess, James Hartle and Jöns Jacob Berzelius.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on August 20
Eduard Suess
1831 – 1914
James Hartle
1939 – 2023
Jöns Jacob Berzelius
1779 – 1848
Nicole Marthe Le Douarin
b. 1930
Agnes Chan
b. 1955
Alexander Dvorkin
b. 1955
André Latarjet
1877 – 1947
Antonio María Rouco Varela
b. 1936
Boleslaw Pylak
1921 – 2019
Christopher Celenza
b. 1967
David Ruelle
b. 1935
Enrico Letta
b. 1966
Hasan Abdullayev
1918 – 1993
Hideki Shirakawa
1936 – 2026
Jacques Cheminade
b. 1941
Jan D. Achenbach
1935 – 2020
Jean-Michel Oughourlian
b. 1940
Jeff Rulifson
b. 1941
Joanna Borowiak
b. 1967
Joseph Terwilliger
b. 1965
Juan Rosai
1940 – 2020
Leopold Infeld
1898 – 1968
Margaret Brimble
b. 1961
Margaret Clay Ferguson
1863 – 1951
Matthew Gould
b. 1971
Maxim Vengerov
b. 1974
Michela Marzano
b. 1970
Michele Boldrin
b. 1956
N. R. Narayana Murthy
b. 1946
Olli Lounasmaa
1930 – 2002
Patrick Drahi
b. 1963
Paul Tillich
1886 – 1965
Platon Kostyuk
1924 – 2010
Raffaele Piria
1814 – 1865
Raymond Poincaré
1860 – 1934
Roger Sperry
1913 – 1994
Rowena Green Matthews
b. 1938
Salomon Bochner
1899 – 1982
Samuel L. Mitchill
1764 – 1831
Sierd Cloetingh
b. 1950
Simon Donaldson
b. 1957
Susan Houde-Walter
b. 1954
Tatevik Sazandaryan
1916 – 1999
Trinh Xuan Thuan
b. 1948
Ursula B. Marvin
1921 – 2018
Valentin Glushko
1908 – 1989
Absalom Baird
1824 – 1905
Adamantios Androutsopoulos
1919 – 2000
Admiel Kosman
b. 1957
Agnes Wolbert
1958 – 2025
Aleksey Lavrinenko
b. 1955
Alexander Fraser
1892 – 1965
Alexander Pol
1832 – 1890
Alexander Schlichter
1868 – 1940
Alfred Stephen
1802 – 1894
Amor De Cosmos
1825 – 1897
Andrei Konchalovsky
b. 1937
Andrew Robb
b. 1951
Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle
1517 – 1586
Antonio H. Castro Neto
b. 1964
August Jakobson
1904 – 1963
Augusto Santos Silva
b. 1956
Axel Drolsum
1846 – 1927
Ben LaBolt
b. 1981
Benjamin Harrison
1833 – 1901
Benjamin Taylor
b. 1952
Bruce Hajek
b. 1955
Carla Fracci
1936 – 2021
Cecil Morgan
1898 – 1999
Cesare Luporini
1909 – 1993
Charles Kennel
b. 1939
Charles P. O'Brien
b. 1939
Charles S. Murphy
1909 – 1983
Chris Kirubi
1941 – 2021
Christian Freuding
b. 1971
Christian Mayer
1719 – 1783
Corrado Segre
1863 – 1924
David Beamish
b. 1952
Desmond Swayne
b. 1956
Didier Martin
b. 1956
Don Fuqua
b. 1933
Don King
b. 1931
Duke Eugen of Württemberg
1846 – 1877
Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay
1793 – 1874
Edward Malm
1899 – 1983
Eero Saarinen
1910 – 1961
Eliel Saarinen
1873 – 1950
Erlendur Patursson
1913 – 1986
Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott
1857 – 1941
Etgar Keret
b. 1967
Eugene F. Rice, Jr.
1924 – 2008
F. Whitten Peters
b. 1946
Felipe Sánchez Román
1850 – 1916
Frederick William, Elector of Hesse
1802 – 1875
Furio Honsell
b. 1958
George Aiken
1892 – 1984
George J. Mitchell
b. 1933
George Le Hunte
1852 – 1925
George Tucker
1775 – 1861
George Vernadsky
1887 – 1973
Guido Manini Ríos
b. 1958
Gus Macdonald
b. 1940
Gustave Denis
1833 – 1925
Hans Aumeier
1906 – 1948
Harriet Burns
1928 – 2008
Heinrich von Gagern
1799 – 1880
Henryk Broder
b. 1946
Huang Wanli
1911 – 2001
Ichisada Miyazaki
1901 – 1995
Ion I. C. Brătianu
1864 – 1927
Isabel Morgan
1911 – 1996
Israel Gelfand
1913 – 2009
István Pásztor
1956 – 2023
Iulia Motoc
b. 1967
Jaap Burger
1904 – 1986
Jacques Bouveresse
1940 – 2021
James Hills-Johnes
1833 – 1919
Jan Henry T. Olsen
1956 – 2018
Jan Olszewski
1930 – 2019
Jean-Pierre Cortot
1787 – 1843
Jerry Kyd
b. 1967
John Ball
1818 – 1889
John Cowley
1905 – 1993
John Dirks
b. 1933
Joseph A. Schwarcz
b. 1947
Jules Duprato
1827 – 1892
Julian Aleksandrowicz
1908 – 1988
Kasimirovich Borislav
b. 1952
Katalin Bogyay
b. 1956
Kent Anderson
b. 1945
Kevin Sullivan
b. 1949
Kim Soo-han
1928 – 2024
Koldo Mitxelena
1915 – 1987
Larry Kudlow
b. 1947
Laurent Fabius
b. 1946
Lee Jong-sup
b. 1960
Linus Sebastian
b. 1986
Luis Alberto Urrea
b. 1955
Margaret Wertheim
b. 1958
Marja Tiura
b. 1969
Martin Dougiamas
b. 1969
Masao Yamaguchi
1931 – 2013
Mathieu Bock-Côté
b. 1980
Meilė Lukšienė
1913 – 2009
Menachem Savidor
1917 – 1988
Michael Montelongo
b. 1955
Mikhail Rimsky-Korsakov
1873 – 1951
Monte Lipman
b. 1964
Mutsu Munemitsu
1844 – 1897
Nigel Dodds
b. 1958
Nina G. Jablonski
b. 1953
Nobuhiro Tanabe
b. 1961
Octav Onicescu
1892 – 1983
Oleh Petrov
1960 – 2023
Paul David Manson
1934 – 2023
Peter Landrock
b. 1948
Philip Benedict
b. 1949
Pi Woo-jin
b. 1956
Piotr Brok
1805 – 1875
Rajendra K. Pachauri
1940 – 2020
Rajiv Gandhi
1944 – 1991
Richard Schorr
1867 – 1951
Richard Stücklen
1916 – 2002
Robert Finch
1944 – 2016
Robert Lehr
1883 – 1956
Robert William Seton-Watson
1879 – 1951
Roberto Cessi
1885 – 1969
Roger Gale
b. 1943
Ron Paul
b. 1935
Rudolf Bultmann
1884 – 1976
Ryszard Czerniawski
1952 – 2019
Rébecca Dautremer
b. 1971
Saishū Onoe
1876 – 1957
Saldi Isra
b. 1968
Salvatore Quasimodo
1901 – 1968
Sergey Zagraevsky
1964 – 2020
Shiso Kanakuri
1891 – 1983
Siegfried Böhm
1928 – 1980
Slobodan Milošević
1941 – 2006
Sylvie Richterová
b. 1945
Tammy Bruce
b. 1962
Terry Sanford
1917 – 1998
Thomas Simpson
1710 – 1761
Tom M. Apostol
1923 – 2016
Tony Buti
b. 1961
Tor Karsten
1870 – 1942
Valentin Vlasov
1946 – 2020
Valentine Mott
1785 – 1865
Vasily Aksyonov
1932 – 2009
Vojtěch Cikrle
b. 1946
Walter Eykmann
b. 1937
Wang Cheng-hsu
b. 1956
Wieslaw Kazimierz Binienda
b. 1956
William H. Gray
1941 – 2013
Witold Friemann
1889 – 1977
Yamada Yoshio
1875 – 1958
Youssef Boutros Ghali
b. 1952
Yuri Zhdanov
1919 – 2006
Yvon Rivard
b. 1945
Zoe Dumitrescu-Bușulenga
1920 – 2006
… and 3,930 more
Died on August 20
Fred Hoyle
1915 – 2001
Humpy Wheeler
1938 – 2025
Adolf von Baeyer
1835 – 1917
Annette Brooke
1947 – 2025
Detlev Blanke
1941 – 2016
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
1775 – 1854
Herbert Edward Ryle
1856 – 1925
James Harbord
1866 – 1947
Joe Rosenthal
1911 – 2006
John Shaw-Lefevre
1797 – 1879
Julius Oppert
1825 – 1905
Leon Chwistek
1884 – 1944
Michelle Schatzman
1949 – 2010
Norris Bradbury
1909 – 1997
Paul Ehrlich
1854 – 1915
Percy Williams Bridgman
1882 – 1961
Robert Stanley Weir
1856 – 1926
Sergey Mergelyan
1928 – 2008
Vladimir Zakharov
1939 – 2023
Václav Voska
1918 – 1982
William Noel Benson
1885 – 1957
Alexander Radó
1899 – 1981
Alexander Wassilko von Serecki
1827 – 1893
Alisa Koonen
1889 – 1974
Anders Vilhelm Lundstedt
1882 – 1955
Andrey Mikhaylovich Kulagin
1921 – 1980
Andrzej Walicki
1930 – 2020
Ağaxan Ağabəyli
1904 – 1980
Barry Boehm
1935 – 2022
Berthold Grünfeld
1932 – 2007
Betty Hay
1927 – 2007
Bill Parry
1934 – 2006
Boris Dubin
1946 – 2014
Boris Stürmer
1848 – 1917
Bram Peper
1940 – 2022
Charles Lilley
1827 – 1897
Daria Dugina
1992 – 2022
Dom Mintoff
1916 – 2012
Donald O. Hebb
1904 – 1985
Eduard Hitzig
1838 – 1907
Francesco Musotto
1947 – 2025
Frank Wilkes
1922 – 2015
Franz Cumont
1868 – 1947
Franz Reuleaux
1829 – 1905
Frederick Beaumont
1833 – 1899
George Carse
1880 – 1950
George Dashwood Taubman Goldie
1846 – 1925
George Hussey
1864 – 1950
Gérard Chaliand
1934 – 2025
Harold Rainsford Stark
1880 – 1972
Harold Roper
1891 – 1971
Harry Ord
1819 – 1885
Henri Theil
1924 – 2000
Herbert Tabor
1918 – 2020
Hermann Schwartze
1837 – 1910
Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian
1775 – 1842
Igor Farkhutdinov
1950 – 2003
Isabel Crook
1915 – 2023
Jacob Matijevic
1947 – 2012
James Dooge
1922 – 2010
John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven
1874 – 1941
John Bryce McLeod
1929 – 2014
John H. McArthur
1934 – 2019
John Inglis
1810 – 1891
John de Lugo
1583 – 1660
Joseph Spence
1699 – 1768
José Bueno y Monreal
1904 – 1987
Józef Kowalczyk
1938 – 2025
József Samassa
1828 – 1912
Kurt Schumacher
1895 – 1952
Lance Williams
1949 – 2017
Leslie Haden-Guest, 1st Baron Haden-Guest
1877 – 1960
Lev Durov
1931 – 2015
Louis-Antoine Beaunier
1779 – 1835
Ludwig Czech
1870 – 1942
Maria Znamierowska-Prüfferowa
1898 – 1990
Marion Greenwood
1909 – 1970
Matiur Rahman
1941 – 1971
Maurice Nicolle
1862 – 1932
Meles Zenawi
1955 – 2012
Moshe Shamir
1921 – 2004
Nichifor Crainic
1889 – 1972
Peeter Kõpp
1888 – 1960
Pierre-André Boutang
1937 – 2008
Raúl Marín Balmaceda
1907 – 1957
Reiner Schürmann
1941 – 1993
Revilo P. Oliver
1908 – 1994
Robert Heath
1575 – 1649
Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez
1890 – 1972
Semyon Farada
1933 – 2009
Shahan Shahnour
1903 – 1974
Sofus Arctander
1845 – 1924
Victor Prunelle
1777 – 1853
Vojtech Tuka
1880 – 1946
Víctor Domingo Silva
1882 – 1960
Waller Redd Staples
1826 – 1897
Walter Krueger
1881 – 1967
Wilhelm Killmayer
1927 – 2017
William Irvine
1858 – 1943
Willy Kükenthal
1861 – 1922
Wolfgang Gröbner
1899 – 1980
Zenbee Mizoguchi
1946 – 2024
A. M. Klein
1909 – 1972
Al Attles
1936 – 2024
Albrecht von Pfalz-Mosbach
1440 – 1506
Aleksandar Petrović
1929 – 1994
Aleksandar Ranković
1909 – 1983
Alexander Nikolayevich Samokhvalov
1894 – 1971
Alexander Svanidze
1886 – 1941
Alexander von Oettingen
1827 – 1906
Alf-Jørgen Aas
1915 – 1981
Alfred Fettweis
1926 – 2015
Alfred Lublin
1895 – 1956
Amin-Salim Jarjora
1886 – 1975
Anandamohan Bose
1847 – 1906
Andreas Eberhard von Budberg
1750 – 1812
André-Georges Haudricourt
1911 – 1996
Andrés Aylwin
1925 – 2018
Anna Záborská
1948 – 2025
Annegret Bollée
1937 – 2021
Anumolu Ramakrishna
1939 – 2013
Arthur Coquard
1846 – 1910
B. K. S. Iyengar
1918 – 2014
Barry Rogerson
1936 – 2026
Bernard Delfgaauw
1912 – 1993
Blanche Edith Baughan
1870 – 1958
Branko Kostić
1939 – 2020
Brent Yonts
1949 – 2021
Bryan Budd
1977 – 2006
Bunny Austin
1906 – 2000
C. William O'Neill
1916 – 1978
Carl Ludwig von Bar
1836 – 1913
Channing H. Cox
1879 – 1968
Charles Gubser
1916 – 2011
Chipeta
1843 – 1924
Claude Hermann Walter Johns
1857 – 1920
Claude-Nicolas Le Cat
1700 – 1768
Claudio Maccone
1948 – 2025
D. Dudley Bloom
1922 – 2015
Daniel Coleman DeJarnette, Sr.
1822 – 1881
Daniela Dessì
1957 – 2016
David Holmes
1769 – 1832
Dinu Brătianu
1866 – 1950
Dmitri Z. Garbuzov
1940 – 2006
Don Cameron
1878 – 1962
Douglas King
1877 – 1930
Edouard Agneessens
1842 – 1885
Edward Bulfin
1862 – 1939
Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans
1881 – 1957
Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
1583 – 1648
Edward Weston
1850 – 1936
Eliezer Berkovits
1908 – 1992
Eliezer Shostak
1911 – 2001
Elmore Leonard
1925 – 2013
Emil Nagy
1871 – 1956
Emilio Villari
1836 – 1904
Enrique Reig y Casanova
1858 – 1927
Erik Neutsch
1931 – 2013
Eugeniusz Geno Malkowski
1942 – 2016
Faustino Harrison
1900 – 1963
Francis Stronge
1856 – 1924
Frank A. Armstrong
1902 – 1969
Frank Caprio
1936 – 2025
Franz Brünnow
1821 – 1891
François-Louis de Pourroy de Lauberivière
1711 – 1740
George C. Axtell
1920 – 2011
George Hunter
1859 – 1930
George William Cook
1855 – 1931
Georges Bruguier
1884 – 1962
Gopinath Mohanty
1914 – 1991
Gratton Wilson
1863 – 1948
Gregor MacGregor
1869 – 1919
Gregorio Pacheco
1823 – 1899
Guildford Onslow
1814 – 1882
Gurbaksh Singh Preetlari
1895 – 1971
Gustaf Cederström
1845 – 1933
Guy V. Howard
1879 – 1954
Harley Orrin Staggers
1907 – 1991
Harry Brinkley Bass
1916 – 1944
Heinz Tetzner
1920 – 2007
Henri Babinski
1855 – 1931
Henri Wijnoldy Daniëls
1889 – 1932
Henry George Carroll
1865 – 1939
Henry Herman Harjes
1875 – 1926
Henry Maxwell, 7th Baron Farnham
1799 – 1868
Henry Richard
1812 – 1888
Herbert Ferber
1906 – 1991
Herbert Hall Turner
1861 – 1930
Hildo Krop
1884 – 1970
Horace Tozer
1844 – 1916
Ignacio Padilla
1968 – 2016
Ileana Cotrubaș
1939 – 2026
Isaac R. Harrington
1789 – 1851
Isabel Pérez Farfante
1916 – 2009
Ivan Božić
1915 – 1977
Ivan Łuckievič
1881 – 1919
Jack Gibbs
1927 – 2020
Jacques Le Guen
1958 – 2025
James Graham Goodenough
1830 – 1875
James Heane
1874 – 1954
… and 1,635 more