Who are famous people born on August 20?

Famous people born on August 20 include Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779), H. P. Lovecraft (1890), Slobodan Milošević (1941), Demi Lovato (1992), Andrew Garfield (1983).

What star sign is someone born on August 20?

Someone born on August 20 is a Leo.

What is the birthstone for August 20?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

How common is a birthday on August 20?

In the US, August 20 is the No. 40 most common birthday of the 366, with about 12,024 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).

Famous birthdays on August 20

Famous people born on August 20, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.

♌ Star sign
Leo
💎 Birthstone
Peridot
👶 How common
No. 40 of 366

Born on August 20

August 20 in history

2020Joe Biden gives his acceptance speech virtually for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
2008Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid, Spain to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport. Of the 172 people on board, 146 die immediately, and eight more later die of injuries sustained in the crash.
1998U.S. embassy bombings: The United States launches cruise missile attacks against alleged al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical weapons plant in Sudan in retaliation for the August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
1989The pleasure boat Marchioness sinks on the River Thames following a collision. Fifty-one people are killed.
1977Voyager program: NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft.
1960Senegal breaks from the Mali Federation, declaring its independence.
1944World War II: The Battle of Romania begins with a major Soviet Union offensive.
1920The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.
1882Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia.
1794Northwest Indian War: United States troops force the United Indian Nations, a confederacy of Shawnee, Mingo, Lenape, Wyandot, Miami, Odawa, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi warriors, into a disorganized retreat at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
1648The Battle of Lens is the last major military confrontation of the Thirty Years' War, contributing to the signing of the Peace of Westphalia in October that year.
1083The first King of Hungary, Stephen I, and his son, Prince Emeric, are canonized, a date now celebrated as a National Day in Hungary.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Amadour
Christian feast day: Bernard of Clairvaux
Christian feast day: Blessed Georg Häfner
Christian feast day: Heliodorus of Bet Zabdai
Christian feast day: Maria De Mattias
Christian feast day: Oswine of Deira
Christian feast day: Philibert of Jumièges
Christian feast day: Samuel (prophet)
Christian feast day: William and Catherine Booth (Church of England)
Christian feast day: August 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

August 20 in every year

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Questions about August 20 birthdays

Who are famous people born on August 20?: Famous people born on August 20 include Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779), H. P. Lovecraft (1890), Slobodan Milošević (1941), Demi Lovato (1992), Andrew Garfield (1983).
What star sign is someone born on August 20?: Someone born on August 20 is a Leo.
What is the birthstone for August 20?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
How common is a birthday on August 20?: In the US, August 20 is the No. 40 most common birthday of the 366, with about 12,024 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).