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May 20th

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630 Notable birthdays

Vladimiro Montesinos

Lawyer and former de facto chief of the national intelligence service of peru.

Born May 20th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Arequipa. [ref]

Goh V Shem

Malaysian badminton player.

Born May 20th, 1989 (age 37 years) in Setapak. [ref]

John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever

English baron (1886-1971).

Born May 20th, 1886 in New York City.

Died July 19th, 1971 at 85 years old in Cannes.

Tesshō Genda

Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator.

Born May 20th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Okayama Prefecture.

Zbigniew Preisner

Polish composer.

Born May 20th, 1955 (age 71 years) in Bielsko-Biała.

Sky du Mont

German actor.

Born May 20th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Buenos Aires.

Miodrag Belodedici

Romanian footballer.

Born May 20th, 1964 (age 62 years) in Socol.

David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech

5th baron harlech, member of parliament and ambassador to the united states (1918-1985).

Born May 20th, 1918 in Westminster. [ref]

Died January 26th, 1985 at 66 years old in Shrewsbury Hospital (traffic collision).

Terrell Brandon

American basketball player (born 1970).

Born May 20th, 1970 (age 56 years) in Portland. [ref]

Giora Epstein

Israeli fighter pilots (1938–2025).

Born May 20th, 1938 in Negba.

Died July 19th, 2025 at 87 years old in Ramat HaSharon. [ref]

Robert Skov

Danish association football player.

Born May 20th, 1996 (age 30 years) in Marbella.

Wei Jingsheng

Chinese democracy activist and dissident.

Born May 20th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Beijing.

Mike Havenaar

Japanese association football player.

Born May 20th, 1987 (age 39 years) in Hiroshima Prefecture. [ref]

Femi Falana

Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist.

Born May 20th, 1958 (age 68 years) in Lagos State, Ilawe Ekiti. [ref]

Giuseppe Siri

Catholic cardinal (1906-1989).

Born May 20th, 1906 in Genoa.

Died May 2nd, 1989 at 82 years old in Genoa.

Jinh Yu Frey

American mixed martial arts fighter.

Born May 20th, 1985 (age 41 years) in Arlington.

Wilfrid Sellars

American philosopher (1912-1989).

Born May 20th, 1912 in Michigan.

Died July 2nd, 1989 at 77 years old in Pittsburgh.

Anjori Alagh

Actress, model.

Born May 20th, 1981 (age 45 years) in Ludhiana.

Gabriela Andersen-Schiess

Swiss distance runner.

Born May 20th, 1945 (age 81 years) in Zurich. [ref]

Brian RodríguezF

Uruguayan footballer.

Born May 20th, 2000 (age 26 years) in Tranqueras.

Antonio Fuoco

Italian racing driver.

Born May 20th, 1996 (age 30 years) in Cariati.

John Emery

American actor (1905–1964).

Born May 20th, 1905 in New York City.

Died November 16th, 1964 at 59 years old in New York City (cancer).

Hal Newhouser

American baseball player (1921-1998).

Born May 20th, 1921 in Detroit.

Died November 10th, 1998 at 77 years old in Bloomfield Hills (respiratory disease).

Rafael Cabral

Brazilian association football player.

Born May 20th, 1990 (age 36 years) in Sorocaba.

Christophe Dominici

French rugby union player (1972–2020).

Born May 20th, 1972 in Toulon. [ref]

Died November 24th, 2020 at 48 years old in Parc de Saint-Cloud (falling). [ref]

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