Famous Personalities Born In July - 20
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
0810 On July - 20 birth of imam Bukhari, Muslim scholar and compiler of Hadith (d. 870)
1304 On July - 20 birth of francesco Petrarch, Italy, poet (Italia Mia)
1513 On July - 20 birth of gaspar Schetz, Dutch treasurer-general
1519 On this day in history birth of innocent IX, [Giovanni A Facchinetti], 230th Catholic pope (1591)
1537 On this day in history birth of arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (d. 1604)
1600 On July - 20 birth of simon Ives, composer
1659 On July - 20 birth of hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (d. 1743)
1663 On July - 20 birth of pierre Drevet, French engraver
1709 James Harris, philosopher was born on this day in history.
1720 Ignaz Vitzthumb, composer was born on July - 20.
1726 William Jones, composer was born on this day in history.
1744 Henri Hamal, composer was born on July - 20.
1754 On July - 20 birth of destutt de Tracy, French philosopher (d. 1836)
1757 Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (d. 1811) was born on July - 20.
1761 Joseph Lefebvre, composer was born on July - 20.
1762 Jakob Haibel, composer was born on this day in history.
1766 Thomas Bruce, earl of Elgin & Kincardine, British diplomat was born on July - 20.
1774 On this day in history birth of auguste Marmont, French marshal (d. 1852)
1779 Ignaz Schuster, composer was born on this day in history.
1785 On July - 20 birth of mahmud II, sultan of Turkey (1808-39)/Westernizer/reformer
1793 On July - 20 birth of aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Pan Jowiolski)
1796 Edward Hodges, composer was born on July - 20.
1797 Sir Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (d. 1873) was born on this day in history.
1803 Jakob Zeugheer, composer was born on this day in history.
1803 On this day in history birth of thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet
1804 Richard Owen, British zoologist was born on this day in history.
1806 John Sterling, writer (Representative Victorian) was born on July - 20.
1811 On this day in history birth of james Bruce, earl of Elgin & Kincardine, governor (Jamaica)
1814 On this day in history birth of ivan S Gagarin, Russian theologist
1816 William Bowman, English anatomist was born on July - 20.
1819 Paul Henrion, composer was born on July - 20.
1824 Alexander Schimmelfennig, Prussia, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.
1836 On July - 20 birth of thomas C Allbutt, English physiologist (Diseases of the Heart)
1837 Hans Sommer, composer was born on this day in history.