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 August - 20.   

1873  On August - 20 birth of eliel Saarinen, Finland, architect (GM Tech Institute, Mich)   

1873  William Henry Bell, composer was born on this day in history.   

1881  Edgar Albert Guest, Detroit Mich, poet/newspaperman was born on August - 20.   

1881  On August - 20 birth of nikolay Yakovlevich Myaskovsky, composer   

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

1886  On August - 20 birth of paul Tillich, German/US theologist (Die sozial Entscheidung)   

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

1889  Witold Friemann, composer was born on August - 20.   

1890  H P Lovecraft, US, Gothic novelist (At the Mountains of Madness) was born on August - 20.   

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

1897  On this day in history birth of tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author (Det Store Spelet)   

1898  On August - 20 birth of g Kraus, director Santpoort (Insanity in Netherlands)   

1898  On August - 20 birth of leopold Infeld, Polish nuclear physicist (Whom the God's Love)   

1898  On this day in history birth of vilhelm Moberg, Swedish author and historian (d. 1973)   

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

1900  Edward J "Murt" O'Donoghue, snooker player, 1st witnessed 147 break was born on August - 20.   

1901  Salvatore Quasimodo, Italy, poet/critic/translator (Nobel 1959) was born on this day in history.   

1902  On August - 20 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 this day in history.   

1905  On August - 20 birth of jean Gebser, German-born author, linguist, and poet (d. 1973)   

1907  On August - 20 birth of alan Reed, NYC, actor (Mr Adams & Eve)/voice (Fred Flintstone)   

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

1907  On August - 20 birth of shirley Booth, [Thelma Booth Ford], NYC, actress (Hazel)   

1907  On this day in history birth of stanley Devon, photographer   

1908  Alfonso Lopez, baseball player (AL Manager of the year 1959) was born on August - 20.   

1908  On August - 20 birth of jeanne Stern, writer   

1908  On August - 20 birth of john Reginald Bevins, politician   

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

1909  Albert Roberts, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

0984  On August - 20 john XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies   

1153  Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies on this day in history.   

1384  On this day in history geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies   

1538  On August - 20 death of aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake   

1572  On this day in history 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