Famous People Born on May 20
Famous people born on May 20 include Honoré de Balzac (1799), Toussaint Louverture (1743) and John Stuart Mill (1806).
BORN ON THIS DAY
Honoré de Balzac
French novelist of La Comédie humaine
Toussaint Louverture
Leader of the Haitian Revolution
MORE FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
John Stuart Mill
English politician and philosopher (1806–1873)
Cher
American singer and actress (born 1946)
Sigrid Undset
Norwegian novelist (1882–1949) and Nobel laureate
José Mujica
President of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015
Iker Casillas
Spanish footballer (born 1981)
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
Joe Cocker
English singer (1944–2014)
Eduard Buchner
German chemist (1860–1917)
Moshe Dayan
Israeli military leader and politician (1915–1981)
Yoshihiko Noda
Prime Minister of Japan from 2011 to 2012
Max Euwe
Dutch chess grandmaster (1901–1981)
Frédéric Passy
French economist and pacifist (1822–1912)
Petr Čech
Czech footballer and ice hockey player (born 1982)
Faisal I
King of Iraq from 1921 to 1933
Chris Froome
British cyclist (born 1985)
MORE FAMOUS DEATHS
Philipp Lenard
German physicist (1862–1947)
Verner von Heidenstam
Swedish poet and novelist (1859–1940)
Clara Schumann
German pianist and composer (1819–1896)
Niki Lauda
Austrian racing driver (1949–2019)
Osman II
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1618 to 1622
Pope John XXI
Head of the Catholic Church from 1276 to 1277
Stephen Jay Gould
American biologist and historian of science (1941–2002)
John Hicks
British economist (1904–1989)
George Wendt
American actor (1948–2025)
Paul Ricœur
French philosopher (1913–2005)
Sources
- May 20 — Wikipedia. Births and deaths on this date
- Honoré de Balzac — Wikipedia
- Toussaint Louverture — Wikipedia
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation. Birth years under More famous deaths