September 20 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on September 20, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♍︎ Virgo
Aug 23 – Sep 22
Birth stone
Sapphire
Birth flower
Aster
How common
#3 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous September 20 birthdays
Ernesto Teodoro Moneta · Italian journalist, revolutionary soldier and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate1833
James Dewar · Scottish chemist and physicist1842
Chulalongkorn · King of Siam1853
Upton Sinclair · American writer1878
Leo Strauss · History of Political Philosophy scholar1899
Ananda Mahidol · Eighth monarch of Siam from the Chakri dynasty as Rama VIII1925
Sophia Loren · Italian actress1934
Tarō Asō · Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 20091940
Burhanuddin Rabbani · Afghanistan politician, former President of Afghanistan1940
Sani Abacha · Nigerian military ruler1943
George R. R. Martin · American writer and television producer1948
Manuel Zelaya · Honduran politician and businessman1952
Maggie Cheung · Hong Kong actress1964
Henrik Larsson · Swedish association football player and manager and floorball player1971
Victor Ponta · 63rd Prime Minister of Romania1972
Juan Pablo Montoya · Colombian racing driver1975
Asia Argento · Italian actress and filmmaker1975
Jon Bernthal · American actor1976
Khabib Nurmagomedov · Russian professional mixed martial artist1988
Julian Draxler · German association football player1993
On this day in history
1984The Cosby Show, which became one of three U.S. television shows to have the highest ratings five years in a row, premiered with its pilot episode.
2007Between 15,000 and 20,000 protesters march on Jena, Louisiana, United States, in support of six black youths who had been convicted of assaulting a white classmate.
2011The United States military ended its "don't ask, don't tell" policy, consequently allowing gay and lesbian people to serve openly.
2019Roughly four million people, mostly students, demonstrate across the world to address climate change. Sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg from Sweden leads the demonstration in New York City.
1977A series of celestial phenomena of disputed nature was observed in the western Soviet Union, Finland and Denmark.
1982NFL season: American football players in the National Football League begin a 57-day strike.
1988British prime minister Margaret Thatcher gave a landmark speech at the Belfry of Bruges, Belgium, against federalism in the European Economic Community.
1997Hurricane Erika, the strongest and longest-lasting hurricane of the 1997 Atlantic hurricane season, dissipated after causing flooding and power outages throughout Puerto Rico.
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