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August 20th

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576 Notable birthdays

Eva García Sáenz de Urturi

Spanish novelist.

Born August 20th, 1972 (age 53 years) in Vitoria-Gasteiz.

Paul Felix Schmidt

Estonian chess player and chemist (1916–1984).

Born August 20th, 1916 in Narva.

Died August 11th, 1984 at 67 years old in Allentown.

Neco Martínez

Colombian footballer.

Born August 20th, 1982 (age 43 years) in Necoclí.

Jan-Willem van Schip

Cyclist.

Born August 20th, 1994 (age 31 years) in Schalkwijk.

Judikje Simons

Dutch gymnast (1904-1943).

Born August 20th, 1904 in The Hague.

Died March 20th, 1943 at 38 years old in Sobibór Extermination Camp.

Oleksandr Kubrakov

Ukrainian politician.

Born August 20th, 1982 (age 43 years) in Shakhtarske. [ref]

Rachid Baba Ahmed

Algerian musical producer and singer ; raï musician.

Born August 20th, 1946 in Tlemcen.

Died February 15th, 1995 at 48 years old in Oran.

Anton Krivotsyuk

Azerbaijani association football player.

Born August 20th, 1998 (age 27 years) in Kyiv.

Itsaso Arana

Spanish actor.

Born August 20th, 1985 (age 40 years) in Tafalla. [ref]

Aldo Giordano

Italian catholic archbishop (1954–2021).

Born August 20th, 1954 in Cuneo.

Died December 2nd, 2021 at 67 years old in Leuven (COVID-19). [ref]

Turrell V. Wylie

American tibetologist (1927–1984).

Born August 20th, 1927 in Durango.

Died August 25th, 1984 at 57 years old in Seattle (cancer).

Stepan Krasovsky

Soviet air force general (1897-1983).

Born August 20th, 1897 in Hluchi.

Died April 21st, 1983 at 85 years old in Moscow.

Damien Gaudin

Road bicycle racer.

Born August 20th, 1986 (age 39 years) in Beaupréau.

Jacob Glatstein

Polish-american yiddish poet (1896-1971).

Born August 20th, 1896 in Lublin.

Died November 19th, 1971 at 75 years old in New York City.

Alexandre Finazzi

Brazilian association football player.

Born August 20th, 1973 (age 52 years) in São João da Boa Vista.

Vladimir Sollogub

Russian poet, opera librettist, translator and diplomat (1813-1882).

Born August 20th, 1813 in Saint Petersburg.

Died June 17th, 1882 at 68 years old in Hamburg.

Nura Bazdulj-Hubijar

Bosnian writer (* 1951).

Born August 20th, 1951 (age 74 years) in Foča.

Artur Kotenko

Estonian footballer (born 1981).

Born August 20th, 1981 (age 44 years) in Tallinn.

Konrad Freiherr von Wangenheim

German equestrian.

Born August 20th, 1909 in Hanover.

Died January 28th, 1953 at 43 years old in Volgograd (hanging to death).

Frans de Munck

Dutch footballer and football manager (1922-2010).

Born August 20th, 1922 in Goes.

Died December 24th, 2010 at 88 years old in Arnhem (disease). [ref]

Aleksandre Amisulashvili

Georgian footballer.

Born August 20th, 1982 (age 43 years) in Telavi.

Harry Welfare

English footballer and manager (1888-1966).

Born August 20th, 1888 in Liverpool.

Died September 1st, 1966 at 78 years old in Angra dos Reis.

Bonaventure Djonkep

Cameroonian footballer.

Born August 20th, 1961 (age 64 years) in Bafang.

Rosa Manus

Dutch pacifist and female suffragist (1881–1943).

Born August 20th, 1881 in Amsterdam.

Died April 28th, 1943 at 61 years old in Oświęcim, Bernburg, Ravensbrück concentration camp.

Georg Thoma

German ski jumper and nordic-combined skier.

Born August 20th, 1937 (age 88 years) in Hinterzarten.

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