Famous People Born on August 20
Mufaddal Saifuddin
1946
53rd Da'i al-Mutlaq of Fatimid Caliphate
(Image Credits)
"Mohammad and Ali 2 Maulaa" by TeamAlavi - CC BY-SA 4.0
Abdelatif Benazzi
1968
Moroccan-French rugby player
(Image Credits)
"Mondial Ping - Ping star - Abdelatif Benazzi 02" by Pierre-Yves Beaudouin - CC BY-SA 3.0
Hideki Shirakawa
1936
Japanese chemist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(Image Credits)
"Hideki Shirakawa" by 日本学士院 - CC BY 4.0 Original Source
Desmond Swayne
1956
English soldier and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
(Image Credits)
"Official portrait of Desmond Swayne MP crop 2, 2024" by Roger Harris - CC BY 3.0 Original Source
Laurent Fabius
1946
French politician, 158th Prime Minister of France
(Image Credits)
"Fabius EP 2016 (cropped)" by Marc Dossmann - European Parliament - Attribution Original Source
Benjamin Harrison
1833
American general, lawyer, and politician, 23rd President of the United States (d. 1901)
Bunty Afoa
1996
New Zealand rugby league player
(Image Credits)
"Bunty Afoa Warriors" by https://www.flickr.com/photos/naparazzi/ - CC BY-SA 2.0 Original Source
Jacqueline Susann
1918
American actress and author (d. 1974)
Thomas Corneille
1625
French playwright and philologist (d. 1709)
Andy Strachan
1974
Australian drummer and songwriter
(Image Credits)
"2017 RiP - The Living End - Andy Strachan - by 2eight - DSC0599" by Stefan Brending (2eight) - CC BY-SA 4.0
Mikio Naruse
1905
Japanese director and screenwriter (d. 1969)
Tarjei Vesaas
1897
Norwegian author and poet (d. 1970)
(Image Credits)
"Tarjei Vesaas" by Leif Ørnelund - CC BY-SA 4.0
Oslo Museum: image no. OB.Ø67/0405, via digitaltmuseum.no.