Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In August - 20

1865  On this day in history birth of bernard Tancred, South African cricketer (d. 1911)   

1868  On this day in history birth of ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (d. 1954)   

1873  Eliel Saarinen, Finland, architect (GM Tech Institute, Mich) was born on August - 20.   

1873  On this day in history birth of william Henry Bell, composer   

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

1881  Nikolay Yakovlevich Myaskovsky, composer was born on this day in history.   

1885  Dino Campana, Italian poet (Canti orfici) was born on August - 20.   

1886  Paul Tillich, German/US theologist (Die sozial Entscheidung) was born on August - 20.   

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  On this day in history birth of howard Phillips Lovecraft, US horror writer (Weird Tales)   

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  Leopold Infeld, Polish nuclear physicist (Whom the God's Love) was born on August - 20.   

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

1899  On August - 20 birth of hanns Lilje, German Lutherian bishop/antifascist (Church und Welt)   

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

1901  Salvatore Quasimodo, Italy, poet/critic/translator (Nobel 1959) was born on August - 20.   

1902  On August - 20 birth of ernest Charles Melvin Patrick Ekundio Marke, club owner   

1904  On this day in history birth of jaap [Jacob AW] Burger, chairman (PvdA)   

1905  On this day in history birth of duncan Macrae, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped)   

1905  On August - 20 birth of jack [Weldon J] Teagarden, US trombonist/actor (Meet Band Leaders)   

1905  On this day in history birth of jean Gebser, German-born author, linguist, and poet (d. 1973)   

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

1907  On this day in history birth of anatole Fistoulari, conductor   

1907  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history 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 August - 20.   

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

1909  Andre Morell, London England, actor (Hound of the Baskervilles) was born on this day in history.   

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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  On August - 20 bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies   

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

1538  Death of Aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake on this day in history.   

1572  Death of Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502) on August - 20.   

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