May 20: Today's Notable Birthdays

With Whom Do You Share Your Birthday?

Is May 20^th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on May 20^th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company. May 20^th was the birth date of several notable individuals. Here they are:

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Birthdays: Famous Artists

British architect Henry Thomas Cadbury-Brown was born on May 20, 1913.

Henri Rousseau, French Post-Impressionist painter, was born on May 20, 1844.

German cartoonist and Neoclassical sculptor Gottfried Schadow was born on May 20, 1764.

William Thornton, the American architect who designed the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., was born on May 20, 1759.

May 20^th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Christina Bass-Kaiser, Dutch speed skater and Olympic gold medalist (1972), was born on May 20, 1938.

Argentinian tennis star Alberto Mancini was born on May 20, 1969.

Stan Mikita, Slovak-Canadian hockey player, was born on May 20, 1940.

Tomas Smid, Czechoslovakian tennis star, was born on May 20, 1956.

May 20^th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

Gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet ("Sailing"), was born on May 20, 1905.

Honore de Balzac, French novelist (Comedie Humaine and Pere Goriot), was born on May 20, 1799.

British utilitarian philosopher, economist and political author John Stuart Mill was born on May 20, 1806.

American television host Ronald Reagan, Jr. (son of U.S. President Ronald Reagan) was born on May 20, 1958.

May 20^th Birthday: Famous Business Leaders

William Reddington Hewlett, cofounder of Hewlett-Packard Company, was born on May 20, 1913.

Lord "Benjie" Iveagh, British brewer (Guinness), was born on May 20, 1937.

May 20^th Birthdays: Famous Performers

American actor Danny Aiello (City Hall, Do the Right Thing, Harlem Nights, The Last Don and Moonstruck) was born on May 20, 1933.

Cher, American musician and actress (Mask, Mermaids, Moonstruck, Sonny and Cher Show, and Silkwood), was born on May 20, 1946.

Joe Cocker, British rock star ("A Little Help from My Friends," "Bye-Bye Blackbird," and "Up Where We Belong"), was born on May 20, 1944.