July 20 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on July 20, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♋︎ Cancer
Jun 21 – Jul 22
Birth stone
Ruby
Birth flower
Larkspur
How common
#113 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous July 20 birthdays
Gregor Mendel · Moravian scientist and Augustinian friar1822
Erik Axel Karlfeldt · Swedish poet1864
Tadeusz Reichstein · Polish-Swiss chemist1897
Edmund Hillary · New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist1919
Frantz Fanon · French West Indian psychiatrist and philosopher1925
Cormac McCarthy · American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter1933
Natalie Wood · American actress1938
Diana Rigg · English actress1938
Gerd Binnig · German physicist1947
Thomas L. Friedman · American journalist and author1953
Carlos Alazraqui · American actor1962
Chris Cornell · American musician1964
Enrique Peña Nieto · 64th President of Mexico1966
Josh Holloway · American actor1969
Sandra Oh · Canadian and American actress1971
Haakon VIII · King of Norway since 20261973
Omar Epps · American actor and musician1973
Ray Allen · American basketball player1975
Judy Greer · American actress1975
Gisele Bündchen · Brazilian fashion model1980
On this day in history
1867The United States Congress established the Indian Peace Commission to seek peace treaties with a number of Native American tribes.
1997USS Constitution, one of the United States Navy's original six frigates, sailed for the first time in 116 years after a full restoration.
2015The United States and Cuba resume full diplomatic relations after five decades.
2021American businessman Jeff Bezos flies to space aboard New Shepard NS-16 operated by his private spaceflight company Blue Origin.
1950Korean War: After a month-long campaign, much of the North Korean air force was destroyed by United Nations forces.
1960The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington, for the first time.
1968The first games of the Special Olympics (athletes pictured), for athletes with intellectual disabilities, were held at Soldier Field in Chicago.
1976The Viking 1 lander became the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars and perform its mission.
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