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December 20
is the 354th day of the year (355th in
leap years
) in the
Gregorian calendar
. There are 11 days remaining until the end of the year.
- 1537
? King
John III of Sweden
(d.
1592
)
- 1579
-
John Fletcher
, English
dramatist
(d.
1625
)
- 1629
?
Pieter de Hooch
, painter (d.
1684
)
- 1633
-
Abbas II of Persia
(d.
1666
)
- 1648
-
Tommaso Ceva
, Italian
poet
and
mathematician
(d.
1736
)
- 1717
-
Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
, French politician and
diplomat
(d.
1787
)
- 1740
-
Arthur Lee
, American
diplomat
(d.
1792
)
- 1786
-
Pietro Raimondi
, Italian composer (d.
1853
)
- 1792
?
Nicolas Charlet
, painter (d.
1845
)
- 1805
?
Thomas Graham
, Father of colloid chemistry (d.
1869
)
- 1833
?
Samuel Mudd
, physician, possible conspirator in the
assassination
of
Abraham Lincoln
(d.
1883
)
- 1838
?
Edwin Abbott Abbott
, schoolmaster/theologian/writer of
Flatland
(d.
1926
)
- 1841
?
Ferdinand Buisson
, winner of the
Nobel Peace Prize
in
1927
(d.
1932
)
- 1856
?
Ferdinand Avenarius
, writer (d.
1923
)
- 1858
-
Kuno Meyer
, German scholar (d.
1919
)
- 1860
?
Dan Leno
,
English
entertainer (d.
1904
)
- 1861
?
Ivana Kobilca
,
Slovene
painter
(d.
1926
)
- 1865
?
Elsie De Wolfe
, aka Lady Mendl, actress & interior decorator (d.
1950
)
- 1868
-
Arturo Alessandri
,
President of Chile
(d.
1950
)
- 1868
?
Harvey Firestone
,
automobile
pioneer (d.
1938
)
- 1873
-
Mahmet Akif Ersoy
, Turkish
poet
,
writer
, academic and politician (d.
1936
)
- 1876
-
Walter Sydney Adams
, American
astronomer
(d.
1956
)
- 1881
?
Branch Rickey
,
baseball
executive (d.
1965
)
- 1886
?
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
,
American
tennis star (d.
1974
)
- 1890
?
Yvonne Arnaud
, French actress (d.
1958
)
- 1890
?
Jaroslav Heyrovsky
, winner of the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(d.
1967
)
- 1891
-
Erik Almlof
, Swedish triple jumper (d.
1971
)
- 1893
?
Charlotte Buhler
, psychologist
- 1894
? Sir
Robert Menzies
, twelfth
Prime Minister of Australia
(d.
1978
)
- 1898
?
Irene Dunne
, American actress (d.
1990
)
- 1898
-
Konstantinos Dovas
, Greek general and politician (d.
1973
)
- 1899
-
Martin Lloyd-Jones
, Welsh preacher and
physician
(d.
1981
)
- 1901
?
Robert Van de Graaff
, physicist, inventor (d.
1967
)
- 1902
?
Sidney Hook
,
American
philosopher (d.
1989
)
- 1902
?
Max Lerner
,
American
educator (d.
1992
)
- 1902
?
George Edward Alexander Windsor
,
Duke
of
Kent
(d.
1942
)
- 1904
-
Yevgenia Ginzburg
, Russian writer (d.
1977
)
- 1908
-
Dennis Morgan
, American actor (d.
1994
)
- 1914
?
Harry F. Byrd, Jr.
, American politician (d.
2013
)
- 1916
-
Gonzalo Rojas
,
Chilean
poet
(d.
2011
)
- 1917
-
David Bohm
, American-born
philosopher
,
physicist
and neuro
psychologist
(d.
1992
)
- 1918
-
Audrey Totter
, American actress (d.
2013
)
- 1918
-
Jean Marchand
, Canadian trade union leader and politician (d.
1988
)
- 1922
?
George Roy Hill
, American movie director (d.
2002
)
- 1923
?
James Leasor
, mystery writer
- 1924
-
Judy LaMarsh
, Canadian soldier, lawyer and politician (d.
1980
)
- 1924
?
Friederike Mayrocker
, writer
- 1924
-
Charlie Callas
, American comedian (d.
2011
)
- 1925
-
Benito Lorenzo
, Italian
footballer
(d.
2007
)
- 1926
? Sir
Geoffrey Howe
(Lord Howe of Aberavon), British politician (d.
2015
)
- 1926
?
Otto Graf Lambsdorff
, German politician (d.
2009
)
- 1927
?
Kim Young-sam
,
President of South Korea
(d.
2015
)
- 1927
-
Jim Simpson
, American sportscaster (d.
2016
)
- 1927
-
Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark
(d.
2016
)
- 1930
?
Noel Ferrier
, producer and actress
- 1932
-
John Hillerman
, American actor (d.
2017
)
- 1933
?
Jean Carnahan
,
US Senator
- 1934
-
Julius Darmaatmadja
,
Indonesian
cardinal
- 1939
-
Kathryn Joosten
, American actress (d.
2012
)
- 1942
-
Jean-Claude Trichet
, French
economist
and banker
- 1942
?
Bob Hayes
,
track and field
star,
American football
star (d.
2002
)
- 1944
-
Bobby Colomby
, American
drummer
and
producer
- 1945
-
Peter Criss
, American musician
- 1945
-
Tom Tancredo
, American politician
- 1945
-
Pierre Burcher
, Swiss
bishop
- 1946
?
Dick Wolf
,
American
TV
drama
series creator
- 1946
?
Uri Geller
, Israeli-British psychic TV presenter
- 1946
-
Sonny Perdue
, American politician, former
Governor
of
Georgia
and 31st
United States Secretary of Agriculture
- 1946
-
John Spencer
, American actor (d.
2005
)
- 1947
-
Gigliola Cinquetti
, Italian singer
- 1951
-
Kate Atkinson
, English writer
- 1951
-
Lynne Featherstone
, English
politician
- 1951
-
Peter May
, Scottish
author
and
screenwriter
- 1951
-
Christopher Le Brun
, English painter and sculptor
- 1952
?
Jenny Agutter
, English actress
- 1952
-
Sky Gilbert
, Canadian
drag queen
performer,
actor
and
producer
- 1954
?
Michael Badalucco
, actor
- 1954
-
Sandra Cisneros
, American writer
- 1955
?
Lonesome Bob
, singer, songwriter
- 1955
-
Binali Yildirim
,
Prime Minister
of
Turkey
- 1955
-
Martin Schulz
, German politician,
President
of the
European Parliament
- 1956
-
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
,
President
of
Mauritania
- 1957
?
Anna Vissi
, Greek singer
- 1957
?
Billy Bragg
, English singer, songwriter
- 1957
?
Mike Watt
, bassist
- 1958
-
Jurgen Raab
, German
footballer
- 1959
-
Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz
, former
Prime Minister
of
Poland
- 1960
?
Nalo Hopkinson
,
science fiction
writer
- 1963
-
Infanta Elena of Spain
- 1963
-
Mats Gren
, Swedish
footballer
- 1965
?
Rich Gannon
,
American football
quarterback
- 1970
?
Nicole DeBoer
, actress (
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
,
The Dead Zone
)
- 1972
-
Anders Odden
, Norwegian musician
- 1975
-
Bartosz Bosacki
, Polish
footballer
- 1976
-
Aubrey Hoff
, American
baseball
player
- 1976
-
Nenad Vuckovic
, Croatian
footballer
- 1977
-
Sonja Alden
, Swedish singer
- 1978
-
Andrei Markov
, Russian-Canadian
ice hockey
player
- 1978
-
Bouabdellah Tahri
, French runner
- 1979
-
George Lamb
, English
television
presenter
- 1980
-
Ashley Cole
, English
footballer
- 1980
-
Martin Demichelis
, Argentine
footballer
- 1981
-
Julien Benneteau
, French
tennis
player
- 1982
-
David Cook
, American singer
- 1982
-
David Wright
, American
baseball
player
- 1982
-
Keny Arkana
, French singer and rapper
- 1982
-
Mohammed Asif
,
Pakistani
cricketer
- 1983
-
Lara Stone
, Dutch model
- 1983
-
Jonah Hill
, American actor
- 1983
-
Lucy Pinder
, English model and actress
- 1983
-
Mapei
, Swedish-American singer
- 1987
-
Michihiro Yasuda
, Japanese
footballer
- 1990
? Joanna Levesque, AKA
JoJo
, American singer
- 1990
-
Marta Xargay
, Spanish
basketball
player
- 1991
-
Hunter Gomez
, American actor
- 1992
-
Ksenia Makarova
, Russian-American figure skater
- 1995
-
Feliks Zembegs
, Australian speed
cuber
- 1997
-
Suzuka Nakamoto
, Japanese singer and model
- 1998
-
Kylian Mbappe
, French
footballer
- 69
-
Vitellius
, Roman Emperor
- 217
-
Pope Zephyrinus
- 860
-
Ethelbald of Wessex
(b.
834
)
- 910
- King
Alfonso III of Leon
(b.
848
)
- 1022
-
Elvira Mendes
,
Queen
of
Castile
(b.
996
)
- 1295
-
Margaret of Provence
(b.
1221
)
- 1355
-
Stefan Dusan
,
Emperor
of
Serbia
(b.
1308
)
- 1494
-
Matteo Maria Boiardi
, Italian
poet
(b.
1434
)
- 1524
-
Thomas Linacre
, English scholar and
physician
(b.
1460
)
- 1539
-
Johannes Lupi
,
Flemish
composer
(b.
1506
)
- 1552
-
Katharina von Bora
, wife of
Martin Luther
(b.
1499
)
- 1722
-
Kangxi Emperor
of
China
(b.
1654
)
- 1765
-
Louis, Dauphin of France
, son of
Louis XV of France
(b.
1729
)
- 1768
-
Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni
, Italian
poet
and academic (b.
1692
)
- 1783
-
Antonio Soler
, Spanish
composer
(b.
1729
)
- 1812
-
Sacagawea
,
Native American
member of the Lewis and Clark expedition (b.
1788
)
- 1856
-
Francesco Bentivegna
, Italian revolutionary (b.
1820
)
- 1915
-
Upendrakishore Ray
, Indian writer, painter and composer (b.
1863
)
- 1917
-
Lucien Petit-Breton
, French racing cyclist (b.
1882
)
- 1927
-
Frederick Semple
, American
golfer
and
tennis
player (b.
1872
)
- 1929
-
Emile Loubet
, French
statesman
(b.
1838
)
- 1937
-
Erich Ludendorff
, German
general
(b.
1865
)
- 1941
-
Igor Severyanin
, Russian
poet
(b.
1887
)
- 1944
-
Abbas II of Egypt
(b.
1874
)
- 1950
-
Enrico Mizzi
, 6th
Prime Minister
of
Malta
(b.
1885
)
- 1961
-
Earle Page
, 11th
Prime Minister of Australia
(b.
1880
)
- 1961
-
Moss Hart
, American
dramatist
(b.
1904
)
- 1968
-
Max Brod
, Austrian-Israeli writer and composer (b.
1884
)
- 1968
-
John Steinbeck
, American writer (b.
1902
)
- 1971
-
Roy O. Disney
, American entertainment industry executive (b.
1893
)
- 1971
-
Shigeyoshi Suzuki
, Japanese
footballer
(b.
1902
)
- 1973
-
Bobby Darin
, American
singer-songwriter
and
actor
(b.
1936
)
- 1973
-
Luis Carrero Blanco
, Spanish politician (b.
1904
)
- 1976
-
Richard J. Daley
, American politician (b.
1902
)
- 1982
-
Arthur Rubinstein
, Polish
pianist
(b.
1887
)
- 1989
-
Kurt Bohme
, German
bass
(b.
1908
)
- 1994
-
Dean Rusk
,
United States Secretary of State
(b.
1909
)
- 1996
?
Carl Sagan
, American
astronomer
and
writer
(b.
1934
)
- 1997
-
Juzo Itami
, Japanese
actor
and
director
(b.
1933
)
- 1998
-
Alan Lloyd Hodgkin
, British
scientist
(b.
1916
)
- 2000
-
Mirza Ghulam Hafiz
,
Bangladeshi
statesman
and philanthropist (b.
1920
)
- 2001
-
Leopold Sedar Senghor
, 1st
President
of
Senegal
(b.
1906
)
- 2009
-
Brittany Murphy
, American actress (b.
1977
)
- 2010
-
Brian Hanrahan
, British
journalist
(b.
1949
)
- 2011
-
Hana Andronikova
, Czech writer (b.
1967
)
- 2012
-
Jimmy McCracklin
, American
singer-songwriter
and
pianist
(b.
1921
)
- 2013
-
Nelly Omar
, Argentine
actress
and
singer
(b.
1911
)
- 2014
-
John Freeman
, English
politician
,
diplomat
and broadcaster (b.
1915
)
- 2014
-
Bob Lanier
, American businessman and politician,
Mayor
of
Houston
(b.
1925
)
- 2015
-
Ray Mathews
, American football player (b.
1929
)
- 2015
-
Patricia Elliott
, American actress (b.
1938
)
- 2016
-
Michele Morgan
, French actress (b.
1920
)
- 2017
-
William Agee
, American business executive (b.
1938
)
- 2017
-
Florence Bjelke-Petersen
, Australian politician (b.
1920
)
- 2017
-
Henryk Cioch
, Polish lawyer and politician (b.
1951
)
- 2017
-
Annie Goetzinger
, French comic artist (b.
1951
)
- 2017
-
Bernard Francis Law
, American
cardinal
(b.
1931
)
- 2017
-
Red Murrell
, American
basketball
player (b.
1933
)
- 2017
-
Stan Pilecki
, Polish-born Australian
rugby
player (b.
1947
)
- 2017
-
Randolph Quirk
, British linguist and life peer (b.
1920
)
- 2018
-
F. W. Bernstein
, German poet and cartoonist (b.
1938
)
- 2018
-
Klaus Hagerup
, Norwegian author (b.
1946
)
- 2018
-
Donald Moffat
, English-American actor (b.
1930
)
- 2019
-
Fazle Hasan Abed
, Bangladeshi philanthropist (b.
1936
)
- 2019
-
Matti Ahde
, Finnish politician (b.
1945
)
- 2019
-
Zilda Cardoso
, Brazilian actress (b.
1936
)
- 2019
-
Thomas Chandy
, Indian politician (b.
1947
)
- 2019
-
Junior Johnson
, American racing driver (b.
1931
)
- 2019
-
Eduard Krieger
, Austrian
footballer
(b.
1946
)
- 2019
-
Roland Matthes
, German swimmer (b.
1950
)
- 2019
-
Yuri Pshenichnikov
, Uzbek-Russian
handball
player (b.
1940
)
- 2019
-
Daniel Selvaraj
, Indian writer (b.
1938
)
- 2020
-
Nicette Bruno
, Brazilian actress (b.
1933
)
- 2020
-
Doug Anthony
, Australian politician (b.
1929
)
- 2020
-
Fanny Waterman
, British pianist (b.
1920
)
- 2020
-
Ezra Vogel
, American sociologist (b.
1930
)