Notable Birthdays for April 20
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- The Prophet Muhammad, founder of Islam, in 571
- Roman Catholic St. Rose of Lima in 1586
- French Emperor Napoleon III in 1808
- sculptor Daniel Chester French, creator of The Minute Man statue, in 1850
- golf pioneer Young Tom Morris in 1851
- German dictator Adolf Hitler in 1889
- silent film comedian Harold Lloyd and Spanish surrealist painter Joan Miro, both in 1893
- musician Lionel Hampton in 1908
- former U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens in 1920 (age 94)
- actors Nina Foch in 1924, George Takei in 1937 (age 77)
- Ryan O'Neal in 1941 (age 73) and Jessica Lange and Veronica Cartwright, both in 1949 (age 65)
- Steve Spurrier, football coach and 1966 Heisman Trophy winner, in 1945 (age 69)
- singer Luther Vandross in 1951
- and actors Clint Howard in 1959 (age 55)
- Crispin Glover and Andy Serkis, both in 1964 (age 50), Carmen Electra in 1972 (age 42) and Joey Lawrence in 1976 (age 38).
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