Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In August - 20

1865  On August - 20 birth of bernard Tancred, South African cricketer (d. 1911)   

1868  Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (d. 1954) was born on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history birth of eliel Saarinen, Finland, architect (GM Tech Institute, Mich)   

1873  William Henry Bell, composer was born on August - 20.   

1881  On August - 20 birth of edgar Albert Guest, Detroit Mich, poet/newspaperman   

1881  Nikolay Yakovlevich Myaskovsky, composer was born on August - 20.   

1885  On August - 20 birth of dino Campana, Italian poet (Canti orfici)   

1886  Paul Tillich, German/US theologist (Die sozial Entscheidung) was born on this day in history.   

1888  George Sklavos, composer was born on this day in history.   

1889  On August - 20 birth of witold Friemann, composer   

1890  On August - 20 birth of h P Lovecraft, US, Gothic novelist (At the Mountains of Madness)   

1890  Howard Phillips Lovecraft, US horror writer (Weird Tales) was born on August - 20.   

1897  Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author (Det Store Spelet) was born on August - 20.   

1898  G Kraus, director Santpoort (Insanity in Netherlands) was born on August - 20.   

1898  Leopold Infeld, Polish nuclear physicist (Whom the God's Love) was born on this day in history.   

1898  Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish author and historian (d. 1973) was born on this day in history.   

1899  Hanns Lilje, German Lutherian bishop/antifascist (Church und Welt) was born on this day in history.   

1900  On August - 20 birth of edward J "Murt" O'Donoghue, snooker player, 1st witnessed 147 break   

1901  On this day in history birth of salvatore Quasimodo, Italy, poet/critic/translator (Nobel 1959)   

1902  On this day in history birth of ernest Charles Melvin Patrick Ekundio Marke, club owner   

1904  On August - 20 birth of jaap [Jacob AW] Burger, chairman (PvdA)   

1905  On August - 20 birth of duncan Macrae, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped)   

1905  Jack [Weldon J] Teagarden, US trombonist/actor (Meet Band Leaders) was born on August - 20.   

1905  Jean Gebser, German-born author, linguist, and poet (d. 1973) was born on this day in history.   

1907  Alan Reed, NYC, actor (Mr Adams & Eve)/voice (Fred Flintstone) was born on August - 20.   

1907  Anatole Fistoulari, conductor was born on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history birth of shirley Booth, [Thelma Booth Ford], NYC, actress (Hazel)   

1907  Stanley Devon, photographer was born on August - 20.   

1908  On this day in history birth of alfonso Lopez, baseball player (AL Manager of the year 1959)   

1908  On August - 20 birth of jeanne Stern, writer   

1908  On this day in history birth of john Reginald Bevins, politician   

1908  Kingsley Davis, sociologist/demographer, coined (population explosion) was born on this day in history.   

1909  On August - 20 birth of albert Roberts, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37)   

1909  On this day in history birth of andre Morell, London England, actor (Hound of the Baskervilles)   

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0535  Death of Mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick on August - 20.   

0984  On this day in history john XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies   

1153  Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies on August - 20.   

1384  Geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies on August - 20.   

1538  Death of Aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake on August - 20.   

1572  On August - 20 death of miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502)   

1580  On this day in history death of jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506)   

1632  On August - 20 death of valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38