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Birthdays of Personalities on August 20

1517 : Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75)
1526 : Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum)
1625 : Thomas Corneille, French playwright
1637 : Cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam
1665 : Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed)
1702 : Stepan F graaf Apraksin, Russian general-fieldmarshal
1710 : Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rules of Simpson)
1764 : Charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies
1778 : Bernardo O'Higgins, won independence for Chile
1779 : Freiherr J”ns J Berzelius, Swedish chemist (atomic weight)
1785 : Oliver Hazard Perry, US Naval hero ("We have met the enemy")
1799 : Heinrich WA Freiherr von Gagern, German liberal politician
1802 : Cadwalader Ringgold, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1867
1811 : Gilman Marston, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1890
1824 : Absalom Baird, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1905
1827 : Charles T H Coster, Belg literary (L‚gendes d'Ulenspiegel) [or May 7]
1832 : Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe, inventor, died in 1913
1833 : Benjamin Harrison, North Bend Ohio, (R) 23rd Pres (1889-1893)
1842 : Juliaan de Vriendt, Flemish painter
1856 : Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter (Laodania) [NS Sept 1]
1860 : Raymond Poincar‚, France, president/PM (1912)
1873 : Eliel Saarinen, Finland, architect (GM Tech Institute, Mich)
1881 : Edgar Albert Guest, Detroit Mich, poet/newspaperman
1885 : Dino Campana, Italian poet (Canti orfici)
1886 : Paul Tillich, German/US theologist (Die sozial Entscheidung)
1890 : H P Lovecraft, US, Gothic novelist (At the Mountains of Madness)
1890 : Howard Phillips Lovecraft, US horror writer (Weird Tales)
1897 : Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author (Det Store Spelet)
1898 : Leopold Infeld, Polish nuclear physicist (Whom the God's Love)
1899 : Hanns Lilje, German Lutherian bishop/antifascist (Church und Welt)
xxxx : "Diamond" Darrell, rocker (Pantera-Cowboys From Hell)
xxxx : Frank J Guarini, (Rep-D-NJ, 1979- )
xxxx : Louis Svitek, rocker (Mind Funk-Sugar Aint So Sweet, Fire)
1900 : Edward J "Murt" O'Donoghue, snooker player, 1st witnessed 147 break
1901 : Salvatore Quasimodo, Italy, poet/critic/translator (Nobel 1959)
1902 : Ernest Charles Melvin Patrick Ekundio Marke, club owner
1904 : Jaap [Jacob AW] Burger, chairman (PvdA)
1907 : Anatole Fistoulari, conductor
1907 : Stanley Devon, photographer
1908 : Jeanne Stern, writer
1908 : John Reginald Bevins, politician
1908 : Kingsley Davis, sociologist/demographer, coined (population explosion)
1910 : Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (IBM Building, MIT Chapel)
1911 : Ronald Udell, England, production designer (Pinewood Studios)
1912 : Philip Kapleau, founder (Rochester Zen Center in New Haven)
1913 : Conrad Hermann Hubertius Maria Apollinaris Josten, jazz guitarist
1921 : Jacqueline Susann, Phila Pa, author (Valley of the Dolls)
1931 : Bernhard Becher, photographer (industrialist builder 19th/20th)
1931 : Don King, boxing promoter, shocking hairstyle [or Dec 6]
1933 : Don Fuqua, (Rep-D-FL, 1963-86)
1933 : George John Mitchell, (Sen-D-ME, 1980-94/Senate Whip 1989- )
1933 : Larry Robideaux, horse trainer
1935 : J J Malone, US soul singer (It's a shame)
1935 : Justin Tubb, San Antonio Tx, country singer (Grand Ole Opry)
1936 : Carla Fracci, Milan Italy, ballerina
1937 : Corrie E Moret-de Jong, Dutch MP (CDA)
1938 : Jean-Loup Jaques Marie Chretien, France, cosmonaut (T-6, TM-7, STS 86)
1940 : John Lantree, rocker
1941 : Slobodan Milocevic, premier Serbia
1941 : William H Gray III, Baton Rouge La, (Rep-D-PA, 1978- )
1943 : Robert Plant, English rock vocalist (Led Zeppelin-Whole Lotta Love)
1944 : John Povey, rocker
1944 : Rajiv Gandhi, PM of India (1984-89)
1946 : Connie Chung, TV news anchor (NBC, CBS)
1947 : James Pankow, Chicago IL, rocker (Chicago)
1951 : Greg[ory Dale] Bear, US, sci-fi author (2 Hugos, Eon, Eternity)
1951 : Phil Lynott, Dublin Ireland, rock bassist (Thin Lizzy)
1951 : Svetlana Oktyabrevna Omelchenko, Russia, cosmonaut
1952 : John Hiatt, US singer/songwriter (Have a Little Faith in Me)
1952 : Rudy Gatlin, Olney Tx, country singer (Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady)
1954 : Al Roker, Queens NY, weatherman (NBC, Today)
1955 : Rob Wiedijk, Dutch rock vocalist (Bob Color)
1956 : Rick Olsen, rock guitarist (Berlin-Take My Breath Away)
1957 : Doug Fleger, rocker
1957 : Jim "Bullseye" Bowen, British TV game show host
1957 : Scott Ayakatubby, beach volleyball champ
1958 : Lenny Henry, British comedian (3 of a Kind)
1960 : Troy Young, horse trainer
1961 : Rick Rael, heavy metal rocker
1965 : Joe Durigon, jockey
1969 : Francisco Torres, jockey
1970 : Jay McNeil, CFL guard (Calgary Stampeders)
1971 : Brett Bech, wide receiver (New Orleans Saints)
1994 : White buffalo, Janesville Wisconsin

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