Who Was Born Today – December 20 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on December 20 | ||
1868 | Harvey Firestone, industrialist and tire maker. | |
1881 | Branch Rickey, president of the Brooklyn Dodgers. | |
1901 | Robert J. Van de Graff, physicist, invented the Van de Graaff generator. | |
1904 | Virgil “Spud” Davis, pro baseball catcher, coach, scout and manager. | |
1914 | Harry F. Byrd Jr., first independent ever elected to US Senate by a majority of the popular vote (Virginia). | |
1921 | George Roy Hill, film director (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting). | |
1946 | Dick Wolf, television producer (Miami Vice, Law & Order). | |
1948 | Alan Parsons, musician (The Alan Parsons Project); producer who was involved with The Beatles’ Abbey Road and Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon. | |
1963 | Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, elder daughter of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain; fourth in line of succession to the Spanish throne. | |
1976 | Adam Powell, Welsh game designer; co-founder of Neopets and Meteor Games companies. |
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