What happened on July 20 ?

810 - Imam Bukhari, Muslim scholar and compiler of Hadith (d. 870)

1304 - Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (d. 1374)

1537 - Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (d. 1604)

1620 - Nikolaes Heinsius, Dutch scholar (d. 1681)

1659 - Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (d. 1743)

1661 - Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, French founder of the colony of Louisiana (d. 1706)

1673 - John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat (d. 1747)

1754 - Destutt de Tracy, French philosopher (d. 1836)

1774 - Auguste Marmont, French marshal (d. 1852)

1797 - Sir Pawe? Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (d. 1873)

1838 - Augustin Daly, American playwright (d. 1899)

1838 - George Otto Trevelyan, British statesman and biographer (d. 1928)

1847 - Max Liebermann, German artist (d. 1935)

1849 - Robert Anderson Van Wyck, Mayor of New York City (d. 1918)

1858 - Ivan Vucetic, Croatian anthropologist (d. 1925)

1864 - Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931)

1868 - Miron Cristea, first patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (d. 1939)

1873 - Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aviator (d. 1932)

1889 - John Reith, British broadcast executive (d. 1971)

1890 - Theda Bara, American actress (d. 1955)

1890 - King George II of Greece (d. 1947)

1895 - László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1946)

1897 - Tadeus Reichstein, Polish-born chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1996)

1901 - Heinie Manush, American baseball player (d. 1971)

1902 - Jimmy Kennedy, Irish composer (d. 1984)

1910 - Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer (d. 2004)

1912 - Tom McDermott, American actor (d. 1996)

1918 - Cindy Walker, American singer

1919 - Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountain climber

1920 - Elliot Richardson, American politician (d. 1999)

1920 - Dick Lucas, American animator (d. 1997)

1923 - Stanis?aw Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (d. 2005)

1924 - Thomas Berger, American novelist

1924 - Mort Garson, Canadian composer

1925 - Jacques Delors, French President of the European Commission

1926 - Lola Albright, American actress

1926 - Patricia Cutts, British actress (d. 1974)

1929 - Mike Ilitch, American businessman, sports executive, and philanthropist

1929 - Rajendra Kumar, Indian actor (d. 1999)

1930 - James Kenney, British actor (d. 1982)

1932 - Otto Schily, German politician

1933 - Chuck Daly, American basketball coach

1933 - Nelson Doubleday, American publisher and baseball executive

1933 - Cormac McCarthy, American author

1933 - Rex Williams, English snooker player

1934 - Uwe Johnson, German writer

1934 - Aliki Vougiouklaki, Greek actress

1936 - Barbara Mikulski, U.S. Senator from Maryland

1937 - Ken Ogata, Japanese actor

1938 - Dame Diana Rigg, British actress

1938 - Natalie Wood, American actress (d. 1981)

1938 - Roger Hunt, English footballer

1939 - Judy Chicago, American artist

1940 - Tony Oliva, Cuban-born Major League Baseball player

1941 - Kurt Raab, German actor (d. 1988)

1942 - Pete Hamilton, American race car driver

1943 - Wendy Richard, British actress

1945 - Kim Carnes, American singer and songwriter

1945 - Larry Craig, U.S. Senator from Idaho

1945 - Bo Rein, former college football coach at North Carolina State and LSU (d. 1980)

1946 - Randal Kleiser, American film director

1947 - Gerd Binnig, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1947 - Carlos Santana, Mexican guitarist

1948 - Niki Haris, American dancer

1948 - Muse Watson, American actor

1950 - Tantoo Cardinal, Canadian actress

1950 - Naseeruddin Shah, Indian actor

1951 - Jeff Rawle, English actor

1953 - Marcia Hines, American-born Australian singer

1953 - Thomas Friedman, American journalist

1954 - Moira Harris, American actress

1956 - Paul Cook, English musician (The Sex Pistols)

1956 - Donna Dixon, American actress

1959 - Radney Foster, American singer

1963 - Frank Whaley, American actor

1963 - Amir Derakh, American guitarist (Orgy)

1964 - Chris Cornell, American musician

1964 - Terri Irwin, American television personality

1964 - Kool G. Rap, American musician

1966 - Stone Gossard, American musician

1967 - Reed Diamond, American actor

1968 - Michael Park, American actor

1968 - Jimmy Carson, American NHL ice hockey player

1968 - Julian Rhind-Tutt, English actor

1969 - Josh Holloway, American actor

1971 - Charles Johnson, baseball player

1973 - Peter Forsberg, Swedish-born hockey player

1973 - Haakon Magnus, Crown Prince of Norway

1973 - Claudio Reyna, American soccer player

1974 - Simon Rex, American actor

1974 - Bengie Molina, American baseball player

1975 - Erik Hagen, Norwegian footballer

1977 - Kiki Musampa, Congo footballer

1978 - Tamsyn Lewis, Australian athlete

1978 - Charlie Korsmo, American actor

1978 - Elliott Yamin, American Idol contestant

1980 - Gisele Bundchen, Brazilian model

1980 - Mike Kennerty, American guitarist (The All-American Rejects)

1981 - Thorsten Engelmann, German rower

1985 - John Francis Daley, American actor

1990 - Kasey Holyman, Princess of Bok Hill

1997 - Billi Bruno, American child actress