Who are famous people born on November 20?

Famous people born on November 20 include Tipu Sultan (1751), Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1792), Selma Lagerlöf (1858), Edwin Hubble (1889), Nadine Gordimer (1923).

What star sign is someone born on November 20?

Someone born on November 20 is a Scorpio.

What is the birthstone for November 20?

The birthstone for November is topaz.

How common is a birthday on November 20?

In the US, November 20 is the No. 71 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,862 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).

Famous birthdays on November 20

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

♏ Star sign
Scorpio
💎 Birthstone
Topaz
👶 How common
No. 71 of 366

Born on November 20

Tipu Sultan
born 1751 · Ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore from 1782 to 1799
Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky
born 1792 · Russian mathematician (1792–1856)
Selma Lagerlöf
born 1858 · Swedish writer (1858–1940)
Edwin Hubble
born 1889 · American astronomer (1889–1953)
Nadine Gordimer
born 1923 · South African writer (1923–2014)
Benoit Mandelbrot
born 1924 · Polish-born, French and American mathematician (1924–2010)
Joe Biden
born 1942 · 46th President of the United States (2021–2025)
Kirill
born 1946 · bishop, priest, eastern Orthodox priest, eastern Orthodox bishop, patriarch
Youssoufa Moukoko
born 2004 · German association football player (born 2004)
Wolfgang Stark
born 1969 · German football referee
Hend Sabry
born 1979 · Tunisian actress
Mohamed Barakat
born 1976 · Egyptian association football player
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Ayman Abdelaziz
born 1978 · Egyptian association football player
Arieh Warshel
born 1940 · chemist, biochemist and biophysicist
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Paulos Faraj Rahho
born 1942 · Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul (1942–2008)
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Nené
born 1949 · Portuguese footballer
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Toshio Matsuura
born 1955 · Japanese association football player
Goodluck Jonathan
born 1957 · President of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015
Peng Liyuan
born 1962 · Chinese soprano, 2nd spouse of Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012
Gerardo Martino
born 1962 · Argentine footballer and manager
Tarique Rahman
born 1968 · Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Joel McHale
born 1971 · American actor and comedian
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Skander Souayah
born 1972 · Tunisian association football player
Drew Ginn
born 1974 · Australian rower and cyclist
Ji Yun-nam
born 1976 · North Korean footballer
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Fábio Júnior
born 1977 · Brazilian association football player
Martina Suchá
born 1980 · Slovak tennis player
Dele Aiyenugba
born 1983 · Nigerian footballer
Justin Hoyte
born 1984 · Trinidadian-English footballer (born 1984)
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Edder Delgado
born 1986 · Honduran footballer
Borgore
born 1987 · Israeli DJ and record producer
Valdet Rama
born 1987 · Albanian association football player
Dušan Tadić
born 1988 · Serbian association football player (born 1988)
Roberto Rosales
born 1988 · Venezuelan association football player
Eduardo Vargas
born 1989 · Chilean association football player (born 1989)
Frédéric Veseli
born 1992 · association football player
Man Asaad
born 1993 · Syrian heavyweight weightlifter
Denis Zakaria
born 1996 · Swiss association football player
Levi Garcia
born 1997 · Trinidadian association football player
Kostas Antetokounmpo
born 1997 · Greek basketball player (born 1997)

November 20 in history

2022The 2022 FIFA World Cup begins in Qatar. This is the first time the tournament was held in the Middle East.
1998A court in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan declares accused terrorist Osama bin Laden "a man without a sin" in regard to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.
1993Savings and loan crisis: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.
1990Andrei Chikatilo, one of the Soviet Union's most prolific serial killers, is arrested; he eventually confesses to 56 killings.
1979Grand Mosque seizure: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in Saudi Arabia at the site of the Kaaba in Mecca during the pilgrimage and take about 6,000 hostages. The Saudi government receives help from French special forces to put down the uprising.
1969Occupation of Alcatraz: Native American activists seize control of Alcatraz Island until being ousted by the U.S. Government on June 11, 1971.
1947The Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen) marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.
1940World War II: Hungary becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
1900The French actress Sarah Bernhardt receives the press at the Savoy Hotel in New York at the outset of her first visit since 1896. She talked about her impending tour with a troupe of more than 50 performers and her plans to play the title role in Hamlet.
1820An 80-ton sperm whale attacks and sinks the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts) 3,200 kilometres (2,000 mi) from the western coast of South America. (Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick was in part inspired by this incident.)
1776American Revolutionary War: British forces land at the Palisades and then attack Fort Lee. The Continental Army starts to retreat across New Jersey.
1407John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, agree to a truce, but Burgundy would kill Orléans three days later.

Holidays and observances

20-N (Spain)
Africa Industrialization Day (international)
Black Awareness Day (Brazil)
Children's Day (World Children's Day)
Christian feast day: Agapius
Christian feast day: Ambrose Traversari
Christian feast day: Ampelus and Caius
Christian feast day: Blessed Anacleto González Flores, José Sánchez del Río, and companions (Martyrs of Cristero War)
Christian feast day: Bernward of Hildesheim
Christian feast day: Dasius of Durostorum

November 20 in every year

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Questions about November 20 birthdays

Who are famous people born on November 20?: Famous people born on November 20 include Tipu Sultan (1751), Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1792), Selma Lagerlöf (1858), Edwin Hubble (1889), Nadine Gordimer (1923).
What star sign is someone born on November 20?: Someone born on November 20 is a Scorpio.
What is the birthstone for November 20?: The birthstone for November is topaz.
How common is a birthday on November 20?: In the US, November 20 is the No. 71 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,862 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).