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December 20th

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544 Notable birthdays

Hege Frøseth

Norwegian handball player.

Born December 20th, 1969 (age 56 years) in Trondheim.

Art Mollner

American basketball player (1912–1995).

Born December 20th, 1912 in Saranac Lake.

Died March 16th, 1995 at 82 years old in Westlake Village.

Ferdinand Avenarius

German poet (1856-1923).

Born December 20th, 1856 in Berlin.

Died September 22nd, 1923 at 66 years old in Kampen (Sylt).

Anja Rücker

German sprinter.

Born December 20th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Bad Lobenstein.

Achiel Buysse

Belgian cyclist (1918–1984).

Born December 20th, 1918 in Lochristi.

Died July 23rd, 1984 at 65 years old in Wetteren.

Guy Van Sam

French footballer (1935–2024).

Born December 20th, 1935 in Beirut.

Died February 8th, 2024 at 88 years old in Toulon. [ref]

Karl Bogislaus Reichert

German anatomist, embryologist and histologist (1811-1883).

Born December 20th, 1811 in Kętrzyn.

Died December 21st, 1883 at 72 years old in Berlin.

Maarja Kangro

Estonian writer (born 1973).

Born December 20th, 1973 (age 52 years) in Tallinn.

Alice Halicka

French painter (1894-1975).

Born December 20th, 1894 in Kraków.

Died December 30th, 1974 at 80 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]

Loïc Vliegen

Belgian road cyclist.

Born December 20th, 1993 (age 32 years) in Rocourt. [ref]

Zahra Ouaziz

Athletics competitor.

Born December 20th, 1969 (age 56 years) in Oulmes.

Oksana Slivenko

Russian weightlifter.

Born December 20th, 1986 (age 39 years) in Chekhov.

Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal

Member of the house of hesse and last ruling landgrave of hesse-philippsthal (1846-1925).

Born December 20th, 1846 in Philippsthal (Werra). [ref]

Died December 22nd, 1925 at 79 years old in Eisenach. [ref]

Piero Campelli

Italian footballer (1893-1946).

Born December 20th, 1893 in Milan.

Died October 20th, 1946 at 52 years old in Milan.

Betsy Snite

Alpine skier (1938-1984).

Born December 20th, 1938 in Grand Rapids.

Died June 15th, 1984 at 45 years old in Burlington (cancer).

Filippo Colombo

Swiss cyclist.

Born December 20th, 1997 (age 28 years) in Gussago.

John Holland

New zealand hurdler (1926–1990).

Born December 20th, 1926 in Auckland.

Died June 9th, 1990 at 63 years old (cancer).

Ryta Turava

Athletics competitor.

Born December 20th, 1980 (age 45 years) in Dubroŭna.

István Bárány

Swimmer (1907–1995).

Born December 20th, 1907 in Eger.

Died February 21st, 1995 at 87 years old in Budapest.

Regīna Ezera

Latvian writer (1930-2002).

Born December 20th, 1930 in Riga.

Died June 11th, 2002 at 71 years old in Ķegums.

Carlos Da Cruz

Road bicycle racer.

Born December 20th, 1974 (age 51 years) in Saint-Denis.

Ralph Evans

Boxer.

Born December 20th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Rhondda.

Yohan Goutt Goncalves

East timorese alpine skier (born 1994).

Born December 20th, 1994 (age 31 years) in Suresnes.

Lajos Hevesi

Hungarian writer, critic and journalist (1843–1910).

Born December 20th, 1843 in Heves.

Died February 27th, 1910 at 66 years old in Vienna.

Matti Pitkänen

Cross-country skier.

Born December 20th, 1951 (age 74 years) in Ikaalinen.

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