ისტორიაში ამ დღეს — 20 ნოემბერი

Fasilides, Ethiopian emperor (died 1667)

Avvakum, Russian priest and saint (died 1682)

Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (died 1654)

Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg (died 1698)

Daniel Ernst Jablonski, Czech-German theologian and reformer (died 1741)

Gyeongjong of Joseon, 20th king of the Joseon Dynasty (died 1724)

Pierre Charles Le Monnier, French astronomer (died 1799)

George (Konissky), Orthodox archbishop, preacher, philosopher and theologian (died 1795)

Oliver Wolcott, American politician (died 1797)

Philip Schuyler, American general and senator (died 1804)

José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez, Spanish-Mexican scientist and cartographer (died 1799)

Jean-François de La Harpe, French writer and literary critic (died 1803)

Jean-François de Bourgoing, French diplomat, writer and translator (died 1811)

Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (died 1799)

Thomas Chatterton, English poet (died 1770)

Louis-Alexandre Berthier, 1st Prince of Wagram (died 1815)

Stanisław Kostka Potocki, Polish noble, politician and writer (died 1821)

Pope Pius VIII (died 1830)

Ignaz Schuppanzigh, Austrian violinist (died 1830)

Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German captain and jurist (died 1854)

Bartolomeo Pinelli, Italian illustrator and engraver (died 1835)

Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Os, Dutch painter (died 1861)

Georgios Sinas, Greek entrepreneur and banker (died 1856)

Marianne von Willemer, Austrian actress and dancer (died 1860)

Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse, German firearms inventor and manufacturer (died 1867)

Félix Varela, Cuban-born Roman Catholic priest (died 1853)

Eduard Rüppell, German naturalist and explorer (died 1884)

Mungo Ponton, Scottish inventor (died 1880)

Albert Kazimirski de Biberstein, French orientalist (died 1887)

Franz Miklosich, Slovenian linguist and philologist (died 1891)

Mikhail Dragomirov, Russian general (1905)

Franjo Kuhač, Croatian conductor and composer (died 1911)

Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (died 1901)

François Denys Légitime, Haitian general (died 1935)

Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1919)

Joseph Samuel Bloch, Austrian rabbi and deputy (died 1923)

Charlotte Garrigue, wife of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (died 1923)

Mikhail Albov, Russian writer (died 1911)

John Merle Coulter, American botanist (died 1928)

Margherita of Savoy, Italian Queen consort (died 1926)

Oskar Potiorek, Austro-Hungarian Army officer (died 1933)

Josiah Royce, American philosopher (died 1916)

Helena Westermarck, Finnish artist and writer (died 1938)

Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1940)

José Figueroa Alcorta, President of Argentina, (died 1931)

Camillo Laurenti, Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (died 1938)

Georges Palante, French philosopher and sociologist (died 1925)

Edvard Westermarck, Finnish philosopher and sociologist (died 1939)

Percy Cox, British Indian Army officer (died 1937)

Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American lawyer and judge (died 1944)

Maria Letizia Bonaparte, daughter of Prince Napoléon Bonaparte (died 1926)

Patrick Joseph Hayes, American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (died 1938)

Gustav Giemsa, German chemist and bacteriologist (died 1948)

Zinaida Gippius, Russian writer and editor (died 1945)

Josaphata Hordashevska, Ukrainian Greek-Catholic nun (died 1919)

William Heard Kilpatrick, American pedagogue (died 1965)

Augusto Weberbauer, German naturalist (died 1948)

Ramón Castillo, Argentine politician (died 1944)

William Coblentz, American physicist (died 1962)

Georges Caussade, French composer (died 1936)

Daniel Gregory Mason, American composer and music critic (died 1953)

James Michael Curley, American lawyer, politician, 53rd Governor of Massachusetts, and criminal (died 1958)

Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg, German diplomat (died 1944)

Rudolf Koch, German designer (died 1934)

Herbert Pitman, English sailor (died 1961)

Walter Brack, German swimmer (died 1919)

Irakli Tsereteli, Georgian politician (died 1959)

Ernestas Galvanauskas, Lithuanian engineer and politician (died 1967)

Edwin August, American actor and director (died 1964)

Tony Gaudio, Italian American cinematographer (died 1951)

Norman Thomas, American minister and politician (died 1968)

George Holley, English footballer (died 1942)

Kaarlo Vasama, Finnish gymnast (died 1926)

Robert Hunter, American golfer (died 1971)

Karl von Frisch, Austrian-German ethologist and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1982)

Alexandre Stavisky, French financier and embezzler (died 1934)

Jean Ducret, French footballer (died 1975)

Dennis Fenton, American sports shooter (died 1954)

Edwin Hubble, American astronomer and cosmologist (died 1953)

Robert Armstrong, American actor (died 1973)

Harald Madsen, Danish actor (died 1949)

Lauri Tanner, Finnish gymnast (died 1950)

Reginald Denny, English actor (died 1967)

James Collip, Canadian biochemist and academic, co-discovered insulin (died 1965)

André Bloch, French mathematician (died 1948)

Grace Darmond, Canadian-American actress (died 1963)

Johann Nikuradse, Georgian-born German engineer and physicist (died 1979)

Pierre Cot, French politician (died 1977)

Chiyono Hasegawa, Japanese supercentenarian (died 2011)

Carl Mayer, Austrian-Jewish screenplay writer (died 1944)

Germaine Krull, German photographer and political activist (died 1985)

Richmond Landon, American high jumper (died 1971)

Adrian Piotrovsky, Russian dramaturge (died 1937)

Alicja Kotowska, Polish nun (died 1939)

Florieda Batson, American Olympic hurdler (died 1996)

Helen Bradley, English painter (died 1979)

Chester Gould, American cartoonist and author, created Dick Tracy (died 1985)

José Leandro Andrade, Uruguayan footballer (died 1957)

Gianpiero Combi, Italian footballer (died 1956)

Erik Eriksen, Danish politician (died 1972)

Heini Meng, Swiss ice hockey player (died 1982)

Jean Painlevé, French photographer and filmmaker (died 1989)

Philipp Schmitt, German officer of the Schutzstaffel (died 1950)

Alexandra Danilova, Russian-American ballerina and choreographer (died 1997)

Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and educator (died 1981)

Arnold Gartmann, Swiss bobsledder (died 1980)

Minoo Masani, Indian lawyer and politician (died 1998)

Vera Tanner, English swimmer (died 1971)

Fran Allison, American entertainer (died 1989)

Mihai Beniuc, Romanian writer (died 1988)

Henri-Georges Clouzot, French film director, screenwriter and producer (died 1977)

Anni Rehborn, German swimmer (died 1987)

Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine, the youngest son of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (died 1968)

Alistair Cooke, British-American journalist and author (died 2004)

Jenő Vincze, Hungarian footballer (died 1988)

John Berger, Swiss cross-country skier (died 2002)

Vicente Feola, Brazilian football manager and coach (died 1975)

Piero Gherardi, Italian costume and set designer (died 1971)

Samand Siabandov, Soviet Red Army writer (died 1989)

Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch mathematician, pilot, and academic (died 1944)

Pauli Murray, American civil rights activist, women's rights activist, lawyer, Episcopal priest, and author (died 1985)

Eduard Kainberger, Austrian footballer (died 1974)

David Seymour, Polish photographer (died 1956)

Jean Shiley, American high jumper (died 1998)

Rupert Weinstabl, Austrian sprint canoeist (died 1953)

Paul Zielinski, German footballer (died 1966)

Enrique Garcia, Argentine footballer (died 1969)

Otto von Habsburg, the last Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary (died 2011)

Franz Berghammer, Austrian field handballer (died 1944)

Charles Berlitz, American linguist (died 2003)

Charles Bettelheim, French Marxian economist and historian (died 2006)

Judy Canova, American actress and comedian (died 1983)

Kostas Choumis, Greek footballer (died 1981)

Russell Rouse, American screenwriter, director and producer (died 1987)

Libertas Schulze-Boysen, German opponent of the Nazis (died 1942)

Yakov Zak, Soviet pianist (died 1976)

Emilio Pucci, Italian fashion designer and politician (died 1992)

Kurt Lundqvist, Swedish high jumper (died 1976)

Kon Ichikawa, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2008)

Hu Yaobang, Chinese politician (died 1989)

Charles E. Osgood, American psychologist (died 1991)

Michael J. Ingelido, American general (died 2015)

Evelyn Keyes, American actress (died 2008)

Donald T. Campbell, American social scientist (died 1996)

Robert Byrd, American lawyer and politician (died 2010)

Leonard Jimmie Savage, American mathematician (died 1971)

Erich Leo Lehmann, American statistician (died 2009)

Bobby Locke, South African golfer (died 1987)

Corita Kent, American nun, illustrator, and educator (died 1986)

Heinrich Ratjen, German high jumper (died 2008)

Alan Brown, English race car driver (died 2004)

Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (died 2012)

Douglas Dick, American actor and psychologist (died 2015)

Jim Garrison, American lawyer and judge (died 1992)

Gunnar Åkerlund, Swedish sprint canoer (died 2006)

Danny Dayton, American actor and director (died 1999)

Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer (died 2005)

Nadine Gordimer, South African novelist, short story writer, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2014)

Bill Borthwick, Australian politician (died 2001)

Timothy Evans, Welshman wrongfully convicted of murder (died 1950)

Karen Harup, Danish swimmer (died 2009)

Benoit Mandelbrot, Polish-American mathematician and economist (died 2010)

Michael Riffaterre, French literary critic and theorist (died 2006)

Henk Vredeling, Dutch agronomist and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence (died 2007)

June Christy, American singer (died 1990)

Robert F. Kennedy, US Navy officer, lawyer, and politician, 64th United States Attorney General (died 1968)

Maya Plisetskaya, Russian-Lithuanian ballerina, choreographer, actress, and director (died 2015)

John Gardner, English soldier and author (died 2007)

Tôn Thất Đính, Vietnamese general (died 2013)

Édouard Leclerc, French businessman and entrepreneur (died 2012)

Miroslav Tichý, Czech photographer (died 2011)

Vakhtang Balavadze, Georgian wrestler (died 2018)

Ed Freeman, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2008)

Estelle Parsons, American actress and director

Wolfgang Schreyer, German writer (died 2017)

Mikhail Ulyanov, Soviet and Russian actor (died 2007)

Aleksey Batalov, Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2017)

Franklin Cover, American actor (died 2006)

Pedro Ferrándiz, Spanish basketball coach (died 2022)

John Disley, Welsh athlete (died 2016)

Pete Rademacher, American boxer (died 2020)

Genrikh Sapgir, Russian writer (died 1999)

Jerry Hardin, American actor

Raymond Lefèvre, French composer (died 2008)

Gabriel Ochoa Uribe, Colombian footballer (died 2020)

Ron Willey, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2004)

Christine Arnothy, French writer (died 2015)

Aarón Hernán, Mexican actor (died 2020)

Bernard Horsfall, English-Scottish actor (died 2013)

Choe Yong-rim, North Korean Premier

Wayne Moore, American swimmer (died 2015)

Richard Dawson, English-American actor and game show host (died 2012)

Yorozuya Kinnosuke, Japanese kabuki actor (died 1997)

Sándor Mátrai, Hungarian footballer (died 2002)

Paulo Valentim, Brazilian footballer (died 1984)

Colville Young, Governor-General of Belize

Paco Ibáñez, Spanish singer and musician

Lev Polugaevsky, Soviet Chess Grandmaster (died 1995)

Leo Falcam, Micronesian politician and 5th President of Micronesia (died 2018)

Imre Makovecz, Hungarian architect (died 2011)

Hans van Abeelen, Dutch geneticist (died 1998)

Don DeLillo, American novelist, essayist, and playwright

Luciano Fabro, Italian sculptor and artist (died 2007)

Charles R. Larson, American admiral (died 2014)

René Kollo, German tenor

Ruth Laredo, American pianist and educator (died 2005)

Eero Mäntyranta, Finnish skier (died 2013)

Bruno Mealli, Italian cyclist (died 2023)

Viktoriya Tokareva, Russian author and screenwriter

Colin Fox, Canadian actor (died 2025)

Jerry Colangelo, American businessman

Copi, Argentine writer and artist (died 1987)

Dick Smothers, American actor and comedian

Jan Szczepański, Polish boxer (died 2017)

Wendy Doniger, American indologist

Helma Sanders-Brahms, German director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)

Ediz Hun, Turkish actor and politician

Arieh Warshel, Israeli-American biochemist and biophysicist

Oliver Sipple, U.S. Marine and Vietnam War veteran (died 1989)

Dr. John, American singer and songwriter (died 2019)

Joe Biden, American politician, 46th President of the United States

Bob Einstein, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2019)

Norman Greenbaum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Meredith Monk, American composer and choreographer

Paulos Faraj Rahho, Chaldean Catholic Archeparch of Mosul (died 2008)

David Douglas-Home, British businessman and politician (died 2022)

Veronica Hamel, American actress and model

Ivan Hrdlička, Slovak footballer

Suze Rotolo, American artist (died 2011)

Louie Dampier, American basketball player and coach

Wayne Maki, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1974)

Anthea Stewart, Zimbabwean field hockey player

Deborah Eisenberg, American writer, actress and teacher

Duane Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1971)

Algimantas Butnorius, Lithuanian chess Grandmaster (died 2017)

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow

Samuel E. Wright, American actor, voice actor and singer (died 2021)

Nurlan Balgimbayev, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (died 2015)

Eli Ben Rimoz, Israeli footballer

Joe Walsh, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor

John R. Bolton, American lawyer and diplomat, 25th United States Ambassador to the United Nations

Park Chul-soo, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)

Barbara Hendricks, American-Swedish soprano and actress

Richard Masur, American actor and director

Gunnar Nilsson, Swedish race car driver (died 1978)

Kenjiro Shinozuka, Japanese race car driver (died 2024)

Jeff Dowd, American film producer and activist

Thelma Drake, American politician

Ulf Lundell, Swedish writer and composer

Juha Mieto, Finnish cross-country skier

Nené, Portuguese footballer

Jacqueline Gourault, French politician

Gary Green, British musician

Rodger Bumpass, American actor and singer

León Gieco, Argentine folk rock singer and interpreter

Aleksey Spiridonov, Soviet hammer thrower (died 1998)

David Walters, American businessman and politician, 24th Governor of Oklahoma

John Van Boxmeer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Fábio Jr., Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor

Greg Gibson, American wrestler

Halid Bešlić, Bosnian musician and singer (died 2025)

Nirmal Selvamony, Indian Tamil academician and ecocritic

Richard Brooker, English actor and stuntman (died 2013)

Antonina Koshel, Soviet artistic gymnast

Frank Marino, Canadian guitarist and singer-songwriter

Bin Shimada, Japanese voice actor

Angela Finocchiaro, Italian actress

Toshio Matsuura, Japanese footballer

Ray Ozzie, American software industry entrepreneur

Bo Derek, American actress and producer

Stefan Bellof, German race car driver (died 1985)

John Eriksen, Danish footballer (died 2002)

Jean-Marc Furlan, French football manager

Goodluck Jonathan, President of Nigeria

Rickson Gracie, Brazilian mixed martial artist and choreographer

Diane James, British politician

Mario Martone, Italian director and screenwriter

Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, German prelate of the Catholic Church and theologian

Sean Young, American actress and dancer

Ye Jiangchuan, Chinese chess player

Pierre Hermé, French pastry chef and chocolatier

Živko Budimir, Bosnian politician

Rajkumar Hirani, Indian director

Peng Liyuan, wife of Xi Jinping

Gerardo Martino, Argentine footballer and manager

Tim Gavin, Australian rugby player

Timothy Gowers, English mathematician and academic

Beezie Madden, American show jumper

Ming-Na Wen, Chinese-American actress

Boris Dežulović, Croatian journalist and author

Andriy Kalashnykov, Ukrainian wrestler

John MacLean, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Mike D, American rapper and drummer

Nigel Gibbs, English footballer and coach

Yehuda Glick, American-Israeli Orthodox rabbi

Jimmy Vasser, American race car driver

Yoshiki, Japanese musician

Neil Broad, British tennis player

Kevin Gilbert, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 1996)

Terry Lovejoy, Australian information technologist

Jill Thompson, American author and illustrator

Teoman, Turkish singer

James Dutton, American astronaut

Andrei Kharlov, Russian chess player

David Einhorn, American hedge fund manager

Kristian Ghedina, Italian alpine ski racer

Chris Harris, New Zealand cricketer

Callie Thorne, American actress and producer

Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates

Matt Blunt, American lieutenant and politician, 54th Governor of Missouri

Phife Dawg, American rapper (died 2016)

Delia Gonzalez, American boxer

Stéphane Houdet, French wheelchair tennis player

Geoffrey Keezer, American pianist and educator

Joey Galloway, American football player and sportscaster

Joel McHale, American comedian, actor, and producer

Ed Benes, Brazilian comic book artist

Corinne Niogret, French biathlete

Tatiana Turanskaya, Transnistrian politician

Angelica Bridges, American actress and singer

Neil Hodgson, English motorcycle racer and sportscaster

Daniela Anschütz-Thoms, German speed skater

Drew Ginn, Australian rower

Mengke Bateer, Chinese Inner Mongolian basketball player

Dierks Bentley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

J. D. Drew, American baseball player

Davey Havok, American singer-songwriter

Mohamed Barakat, Egyptian footballer

DeJuan Collins, American basketball player

Dominique Dawes, American gymnast and actress

Tusshar Kapoor, Indian Bollywood actor and producer

Pascal Roller, German basketball player

Nebojša Stefanović, Serbian politician

Doug Viney, New Zealand boxer

Ji Yun-nam, North Korean footballer

Mikhail Ivanov, Russian cross-country skier

Daniel Svensson, Swedish drummer and producer

Josh Turner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Kéné Ndoye, Senegalese track and fielder

Maree Bowden, New Zealand netball player

Kateryna Burmistrova, Ukrainian wrestler

Naide Gomes, Portuguese heptathlete and long jumper

Joseph Hallman, American composer and academic

Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, Russian sprint athlete

Hassan Mostafa, Egyptian footballer

Shalini, Indian actress

Arpad Sterbik, Serbian handball player

Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym, Thai boxer

Carlos Boozer, American basketball player

Yuko Kavaguti, Japanese ice skater

Andrea Riseborough, English actress

Kimberley Walsh, English singer-songwriter and actress

Dương Hồng Sơn, Vietnamese footballer

Rémi Mathis, French historian and curator

Shermine Shahrivar, Iranian model

Future, American rapper

Mónika Kovacsicz, Hungarian handballer

Jeremy Jordan, American actor

Moe Meguro, Japanese curler

Florencia Mutio, Argentine field hockey player

Monique van der Vorst, Dutch cyclist

Lee Yun-yeol, South Korean gamer

Greg Holland, American baseball player

Maria Mukhortova, Russian skater

Aaron Yan, Taiwanese actor and singer

Ashley Fink, American actress and singer

Kōhei Horikoshi, Japanese manga artist

Oliver Sykes, English singer-songwriter

Amelia Rose Blaire, American actress

Mylène Lazare, French swimmer

Nathan Lyon, Australian cricketer

Joëlle Numainville, Canadian cyclist

Marie-Laure Brunet, French biathlete

Aya Medany, Egyptian modern pentathlete.

Max Pacioretty, American ice hockey player

Dariga Shakimova, Kazakhstani boxer

Dušan Tadić, Serbian footballer

Rhys Wakefield, Australian actor and director

Babita Kumari, Indian wrestler

Cody Linley, American actor and singer

Sergei Polunin, Ukrainian ballet dancer

Eduardo Vargas, Chilean footballer

Haley Anderson, American swimmer

Mark Christian, Manx cyclist

Aleksandra Król, Polish snowboarder

Irene Esser, Venezuelan actress and model

Grant Hanley, Scottish footballer

Amit Guluzade, Azerbaijani footballer

Zoltán Harcsa, Hungarian boxer

Kristiina Mäkelä, Finnish triple jumper

Jenna Prandini, American track and field athlete

Anna Prugova, Russian ice hockey player

Timothy Kitum, Kenyan middle-distance runner

Timothy Cheruiyot, Kenyan athlete

Shaolin Sándor Liu, Hungarian short track speed skater

Kyle Snyder, American wrestler

Blaž Janc, Slovenian handballer

Denis Zakaria, Swiss footballer

Levi García, Trinidadian footballer

Connie Talbot, English singer-songwriter

Caty McNally, American tennis player

Adrien Truffert, French footballer

Madisyn Shipman, American actress