On This Day — September 20
4383 noted people were born and 1857 died on September 20 in our archive, including Henry Samueli, Alexey Okladnikov and Anatoly Shvidenko.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on September 20
Henry Samueli
b. 1954
Alexey Okladnikov
1908 – 1981
Anatoly Shvidenko
b. 1937
Andrzej Byrt
b. 1949
Benoît Melançon
b. 1958
Burhanuddin Rabbani
1940 – 2011
Carlo Somigliana
1860 – 1955
Dmitry Chernyshenko
b. 1968
Douglas Van Houweling
b. 1943
Elisabeth Moreno
b. 1970
Erich Hecke
1887 – 1947
Georg Christoph Biller
1955 – 2022
Herbert Putnam
1861 – 1955
Hieronim Stroynowski
1752 – 1815
Jacques Maisonrouge
1924 – 2012
James Dewar
1842 – 1923
Javier Marías
1951 – 2022
Jennifer Tour Chayes
b. 1956
Jim Al-Khalili
b. 1962
Leo Strauss
1899 – 1973
Leonid Berlyand
b. 1957
Lloyd Blankfein
b. 1954
Lluis Torner i Sabata
b. 1961
Lubor Niederle
1865 – 1944
Maggie Cheung
b. 1964
Marcel Cachin
1869 – 1958
Margaret Leinen
b. 1946
Michele Lessona
1823 – 1894
Morris Shumiatcher
1917 – 2004
Murtuz Alasgarov
1928 – 2012
Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky
1900 – 1981
Norman Sharpless
b. 1966
Paul-Joseph Bodin
1847 – 1926
Pieter Broertjes
b. 1952
Rita Fan
b. 1942
Robert Heatlie Scott
1905 – 1982
Román Escolano
b. 1965
Sidney Dillon Ripley
1913 – 2001
T. Wayland Vaughan
1870 – 1952
Tadeusz Lehr-Spławiński
1891 – 1965
Tarō Asō
b. 1940
Tetsurō Furukaki
1900 – 1987
Ursula Burns
b. 1958
William H. Starbuck
b. 1934
Áron Tamási
1897 – 1966
Adrian Piper
b. 1948
Akkineni Nageswara Rao
1923 – 2014
Albert van den Berg
b. 1957
Albrecht Alt
1883 – 1956
Alexander Koldunov
1923 – 1992
Alfred Fleckeisen
1820 – 1899
Alfred Naujocks
1911 – 1966
Ananda Mahidol
1925 – 1946
Andreas Dräger
b. 1980
Andreas Kappeler
b. 1943
Andrew Davies
b. 1936
Andrii Sharaskin
b. 1977
Anthony Gueterbock, 18th Baron Berkeley
b. 1939
Antti Hackzell
1881 – 1946
Antígona Segura
b. 1971
Arben Kraja
b. 1964
Arun Agrawal
b. 1962
Auguste Pomel
1821 – 1898
Aurélie Trouvé
b. 1979
Banboku Ōno
1890 – 1964
Barbara Stevens
b. 1954
Birgitta Dahl
1937 – 2024
Carlota Perez
b. 1939
Charles Gray
1696 – 1782
Charlie Aptroot
b. 1950
Chiara Maria Gemma
b. 1968
Colin J. Kilrain
b. 1958
Cornelis Willem Opzoomer
1821 – 1892
Donald Geman
b. 1943
Donald Hall
1928 – 2018
Dorothy Wright Nelson
b. 1928
Eduardo Cunha
b. 1958
Einar Blidberg
1906 – 1993
Enrique de la Mata
1933 – 1987
Federico Kauffmann Doig
b. 1928
Ferdinand Lot
1866 – 1952
Fernando Rey
1917 – 1994
Francisco Vidal
b. 1953
Franciszek Kamiński
1902 – 2000
Frank Zeidler
1912 – 2006
Fredrik August Dahlgren
1816 – 1895
Geoffrey Dear
b. 1937
George Gibb Nicholson
1875 – 1948
George Mosse
1918 – 1999
George R. R. Martin
b. 1948
Gian Franco Saba
b. 1968
Guje Sevón
b. 1943
Gérald Tremblay
b. 1942
Hanne Bjurstrøm
b. 1960
Hans Aall
1869 – 1946
Hans Scharoun
1893 – 1972
Hans Valdemar Ludvigsen
1861 – 1939
Hans-Joachim Jentsch
1937 – 2021
Henry Octavius Coxe
1811 – 1881
Hermann Wislicenus
1825 – 1899
Hiroshi Nakada
b. 1964
Humberto Castelo Branco
1900 – 1967
Humphry Knipe
1941 – 2023
Hussain Dawood
b. 1943
Ichiro Nakayama
1898 – 1980
Janusz Rieger
b. 1934
Jarosław Zieliński
b. 1960
Jerzy Topolski
1928 – 1998
John C. Priscu
b. 1952
John Dankworth
1927 – 2010
John Ryan
b. 1956
Jorge Viana
b. 1959
Josef-Maria Jauch
1914 – 1974
Judy Baca
b. 1946
Julienne Bušić
1948 – 2026
Jumber Lominadze
1930 – 2014
Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas
1869 – 1933
Józef Bachórz
1934 – 2024
József Ángyán
b. 1952
Karin Lochte
b. 1952
Karl Dean
b. 1955
Kazuo Ueda
b. 1951
Keith Lindblom
b. 1956
Ken Hechler
1914 – 2016
Krzysztof Dracz
b. 1961
Kurt Lambeck
b. 1941
Kyle Julius
b. 1979
Laurent Sourisseau
b. 1966
Lee Lorch
1915 – 2014
Lee Mi-kyung
b. 1950
Leslie Frost
1895 – 1973
Lev Perovski
1792 – 1856
Lina Meruane
b. 1970
Manabu Terata
b. 1976
Manuel Zelaya
b. 1952
Marit Stiles
b. 1969
Mary Sophie Young
1872 – 1919
Mathias Cormann
b. 1970
Maurice Gamelin
1872 – 1958
Michl Ebner
b. 1952
Mona Juul
b. 1967
Munafri Arifuddin
b. 1975
Patrick Finnegan
1949 – 2018
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor
b. 1947
Pavlos Kalligas
1814 – 1896
Philip Boyce
b. 1949
Phoebe Waterman Haas
1882 – 1967
Placyd Jankowski
1810 – 1872
Renata Kaznowska
b. 1970
Richard B. Lewis
b. 1953
Richard Steidle
1881 – 1940
Robert Murray Keith
1730 – 1795
Robin Janvrin
b. 1946
Rod Downey
b. 1957
Rodney C. Ewing
1946 – 2024
Samuel Matheson
1852 – 1942
Serhiy Minko
b. 1973
Shirley Weber
b. 1948
Siegfried Mureșan
b. 1981
Sir Hutcheson Poë, 1st Baronet
1848 – 1934
Sophia Loren
b. 1934
Síofra O’Leary
b. 1968
Tatsuo Tanaka
1910 – 1998
Theophilus Thompson
1807 – 1860
Tiphanie Yanique
b. 1978
Ugo Cavallero
1880 – 1943
Van Jones
b. 1968
Vazgen I
1908 – 1994
Victor Ponta
b. 1972
Vladan Đokić
b. 1963
Vladimír Clementis
1902 – 1952
Vladislav Shapsha
b. 1972
Volodymyr Boiko
1938 – 2015
Walt Minnick
b. 1942
Will Ashton
1881 – 1963
Willem Visser 't Hooft
1900 – 1985
William F. Baker
b. 1942
Witold Kazimierz Roter
1932 – 2015
Władysław Rubin
1917 – 1990
Zélia Cardoso de Mello
b. 1953
Édouard Louis Joseph, 1st Baron Empain
1852 – 1929
Əli Kərimov
1919 – 2000
Abdel Latif Boghdadi
1917 – 1999
Abdesslam Yassine
1928 – 2012
Abdul Azis Saleh
1914 – 2001
Agata Buzek
b. 1976
Ainsley Earhardt
b. 1976
Alden March
1795 – 1869
Aldis Hodge
b. 1986
Alec Ryrie
b. 1971
Alejandro Rebaza
b. 1948
Aleksandr Naumov
1868 – 1950
Alex Rosenberg
b. 1991
Alexander von Brill
1842 – 1935
Alice Brown
b. 1960
Allan Rockwell McCann
1896 – 1978
Alois von Waldburg-Zeil
1933 – 2014
Andrea Harrison
b. 1963
Andrew Halcro
b. 1964
Andrew Thorne
1885 – 1970
… and 4,183 more
Died on September 20
Filipp Fortunatov
1848 – 1914
Pierre Méchain
1744 – 1804
Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin
1865 – 1939
Arthur Holmes
1890 – 1965
Burhanuddin Rabbani
1940 – 2011
Daniel J. Evans
1925 – 2024
Edward Tomkins
1915 – 2007
Ernest William Goodpasture
1886 – 1960
Iorgu Iordan
1888 – 1986
Jacob Grimm
1785 – 1863
James Hudson
1810 – 1885
Joan Beauchamp Procter
1897 – 1931
Joseph Peterson
1878 – 1935
Josias Braun-Blanquet
1884 – 1980
José María Fernández-Ladreda y Menéndez-Valdés
1885 – 1954
Kaljo Kiisk
1925 – 2007
Karl Schenkl
1827 – 1900
Martin Hammerich
1811 – 1881
Moritz Pasch
1843 – 1930
Nick Holonyak
1928 – 2022
Paul Erdős
1913 – 1996
Pavel Klener
1937 – 2024
Pierre-Henri Simon
1903 – 1972
Rossana Rossanda
1924 – 2020
Saint-John Perse
1887 – 1975
Siegfried Gottwald
1943 – 2015
Theodor Fontane
1819 – 1898
Vernon Treatt
1897 – 1984
Victor D. Norman
1946 – 2024
Virginio Rognoni
1924 – 2022
Wilhelm Wattenbach
1819 – 1897
Annie Besant
1847 – 1933
Arne Solli
1938 – 2017
Arthur Rylah
1909 – 1974
Arturo Rosenblueth
1900 – 1970
August Leskien
1840 – 1916
Augustin Paus
1881 – 1945
Benjamin Russell
1849 – 1935
Bill Barrett
1929 – 2016
Bjarne Øen
1898 – 1994
C. K. Williams
1936 – 2015
C. L. Sulzberger
1912 – 1993
Charles Howard-Bury
1881 – 1963
Charles W. Mills
1951 – 2021
David Kroyanker
1939 – 2025
Dick Clark
1928 – 2023
Dinsmore Alter
1888 – 1968
Dorothy Liebes
1897 – 1972
Fiorello La Guardia
1882 – 1947
Foil A. Miller
1916 – 2016
George N. Hatsopoulos
1927 – 2018
Gherman Titov
1935 – 2000
Giorgos Seferis
1900 – 1971
Harry J. Gilbert
1953 – 2025
Harry Marshall Erskine Evans
1876 – 1973
Hedworth Meux
1856 – 1929
Heinrich Jacob Goldschmidt
1857 – 1937
Herbert Rosendorfer
1934 – 2012
Inge Feltrinelli
1930 – 2018
Israel Holmgren
1871 – 1961
Ivan Shabunin
1935 – 2006
James Hartley Beal
1861 – 1945
Jean Sibelius
1865 – 1957
Jean de Neuflize
1850 – 1928
Johannes Schasching
1917 – 2013
Joseph Bidez
1867 – 1945
Julian Stachiewicz
1890 – 1934
Józef Bachórz
1934 – 2024
Kenneth McLennan
1925 – 2005
Kārlis Ulmanis
1877 – 1942
Lazare Lévy
1882 – 1964
Lilly Becher
1901 – 1978
Lucien Jonas
1880 – 1947
Marcos Pérez Jiménez
1914 – 2001
Mikhail Gorbanevsky
1953 – 2025
Mikhail Lifshitz
1905 – 1983
Mitsujirō Ishii
1889 – 1981
Nicolae Testemițanu
1927 – 1986
Per Unckel
1948 – 2011
Peter Bunnell
1937 – 2021
Rafael Rodríguez Méndez
1845 – 1919
Raimu
1883 – 1946
Raisa Gorbacheva
1932 – 1999
Shuntarō Itō
1930 – 2023
Sir Robert Hart, 1st Baronet
1835 – 1911
Takatoshi Ito
1950 – 2025
Teddy Taylor
1937 – 2017
Umetarō Suzuki
1874 – 1943
Viktor Khokhryakov
1913 – 1986
Viktor Shershunov
1950 – 2007
Viorel Tilea
1896 – 1972
Virginia d'Albert-Lake
1910 – 1997
Walter Kolb
1902 – 1956
William W. Crouch
1941 – 2024
William Wallace Atterbury
1866 – 1935
Abioseh Nicol
1924 – 1994
Abraham Octavianus Atururi
1950 – 2019
Adolf Hedin
1834 – 1905
Alan Neville Gent
1927 – 2012
Albin Walter Norblad Jr.
1908 – 1964
Alexandra Brushtein
1884 – 1968
Alexandre Vinogradov
1938 – 2019
Alexandru Lambrior
1845 – 1883
Alfred Maurer
1888 – 1954
Aloys Jousten
1937 – 2021
Amursana
1722 – 1757
Anatoly Berezovoy
1942 – 2014
Andrey Kursanov
1902 – 1999
Andrzej Munk
1921 – 1961
Angelo Codevilla
1943 – 2021
Antoine Louis Rouillé
1689 – 1761
Archibald Stuart
1795 – 1855
Arne Haugestad
1935 – 2008
Artashes Geghamyan
1949 – 2024
Aryeh Moskona
1947 – 2025
Attilio Micheluzzi
1930 – 1990
Barbara Horawianka
1930 – 2024
Bob Collins
1946 – 2007
Bob Wallace
1949 – 2002
Bryan Godfrey-Faussett
1863 – 1945
C. A. Robins
1884 – 1970
Carl Barus
1856 – 1935
Carl Gustaf Thomson
1824 – 1899
Carl Schiøtz
1877 – 1938
Carmen Balcells
1930 – 2015
Charles Allix Lavington Yate
1872 – 1914
Charles B. Mitchel
1815 – 1864
Charles Cleveland Convers
1810 – 1860
Charles Cottet
1863 – 1925
Charles Fortescue-Brickdale
1857 – 1944
Chester A. Chesney
1916 – 1986
Choi U-geun
1926 – 2022
Clarence G. Child
1864 – 1948
Clarence Ussher
1870 – 1955
Conrad Helfrich
1886 – 1962
Courtlandt Nicoll
1880 – 1938
Curtis Hanson
1945 – 2016
David C. Harrington
1954 – 2022
David Silk
1936 – 2023
Doria Shafik
1908 – 1975
Duncan Wilson
1911 – 1983
E. H. Hedrick
1894 – 1954
Ed Sutton
1935 – 2008
Edmund F. O'Connor
1922 – 2016
Edmée de La Rochefoucauld
1895 – 1991
Edward Hawker
1850 – 1940
Edward James Eliot
1758 – 1797
Edward Wilber Berry
1875 – 1945
Eileen Furley
1900 – 1985
Ene Mihkelson
1944 – 2017
Ernest Lucas Guest
1882 – 1972
Ernie Calverley
1924 – 2003
Erwin Olaf
1959 – 2023
Eulie Chowdhury
1923 – 1995
Federico Uruburu
1934 – 2003
Fedor Krause
1857 – 1937
Ferdinand Sammern-Frankenegg
1897 – 1944
Francis Honeycutt
1883 – 1940
Francis Huntington Snow
1840 – 1908
Francisco Vallés
1524 – 1592
Gail A. Cobb
1950 – 1974
George Croom Robertson
1842 – 1892
George Nicholson
1847 – 1908
George Sluizer
1932 – 2014
George William Goddard
1889 – 1987
Ghulam Ahmad
1923 – 2003
Gilles Verlant
1957 – 2013
Giovanni Battista Donati
1826 – 1873
Gombojab Tsybikov
1873 – 1930
Gong Peng
1914 – 1970
Gregorio Martínez Sacristán
1946 – 2019
Gurdon Saltonstall
1666 – 1724
Gustaf Wilhelm Palm
1810 – 1890
Harvey A. Allen
1818 – 1882
Helen Dyer
1895 – 1998
Henry Wessel, Jr.
1942 – 2018
Henry of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne
1578 – 1621
Honorat II of Savoy
Horace Merle Cochran
1892 – 1973
Howard Cassady
1934 – 2019
Hugh L. White
1881 – 1965
Ioannis Ipitis
1867 – 1956
Ismail Nasiruddin Shah of Terengganu
1907 – 1979
Ivan Šusteršič
1863 – 1925
Iwan Katz
1889 – 1956
Jack Garman
1944 – 2016
Jack Larson
1928 – 2015
Jack Thayer
1894 – 1945
James F. Strother
1811 – 1860
James Patton Anderson
1822 – 1872
Jan Gruter
1560 – 1627
Jantina Tammes
1871 – 1947
Joan Littlewood
1914 – 2002
Johannes Caspers
1910 – 1986
Johannes Valeur
1700 – 1771
John Hollington Grayburn
1918 – 1944
John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall
1646 – 1722
John Patteson
1827 – 1871
John S. Burgess
1920 – 2007
Josef Bugl
1932 – 2023
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