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December 20 birthdays

Olavi Salonen, Ernst Magnus Dönhoff, Sune Jonsson, John Holland, Atsuji Miyahara were born on December 20.

684 people · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

Zodiac sign

What zodiac sign is December 20?

Sagittarius

December 20 falls under Sagittarius. November 22 – December 21.

People born under Sagittarius

We use fixed Western tropical calendar ranges. These are a browsing convention; boundaries are not calculated from birth time. No personality claims.

  1. Olavi Salonen

    middle-distance runner

    1933–2025 · aged 91

    1933

    Source: Oldest Living Olympians

  2. Ernst Magnus Dönhoff

    starosta, politician

    1581–1642 · aged 60

    1581

    No external source identified

  3. Sune Jonsson

    author, writer

    1930–2009

    1930

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  4. John Holland

    athletics competitor

    1926–1990 · aged 63

    1926

    No external source identified

  5. Atsuji Miyahara

    amateur wrestler

    67 years old

    1958

    No external source identified

  6. Carl von Than

    university teacher, chemist

    1834–1908 · aged 73

    1834

    Source: Thann (Than), Karl von (BLKÖ)

  7. Frigyes Korányi

    internist, university teacher

    1828–1913 · aged 84

    1828

    Source: Base biographique

  8. Carlos Da Cruz

    sport cyclist

    51 years old

    1974

    No external source identified

  9. Dominic Mai Thanh Lương

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1940–2017 · aged 76

    1940

    No external source identified

  10. Paulus Melissus

    composer, translator

    1539–1602 · aged 62

    1539

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  11. Pallavi Fauzdar

    racing driver, racing automobile driver

    46 years old

    1979

    No external source identified

  12. Leonid Koshelev

    association football player

    46 years old

    1979

    Source: Transfermarkt

  13. 74 years old

    1951

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  14. Paul Hisao Yasuda

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1921–2016 · aged 94

    1921

    No external source identified

  15. Umberto Colombo

    chemist, academic

    1927–2006 · aged 78

    1927

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  16. Tatyana Birshteyn

    university teacher, chemist

    1928–2022 · aged 93

    1928

    No external source identified

  17. Ravil Geniatulin

    statesperson, politician

    70 years old

    1955

    No external source identified

  18. Abdallah N'dour

    association football player

    32 years old

    1993

    Source: As

  19. Oswald Turnbull

    tennis player

    1890–1970 · aged 79

    1890

    Source: BnF authorities

  20. Inácio do Nascimento de Morais Cardoso

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1811–1883 · aged 71

    1811

    No external source identified

  21. Angela Kepler

    naturalist, zoologist

    82 years old

    1943

    No external source identified

  22. Philippe Dautzenberg

    zoologist, malacologist

    1849–1935 · aged 85

    1849

    Source: SNAC

  23. Oleksandr Fedenko

    sport cyclist

    55 years old

    1970

    No external source identified

  24. 82 years old

    1943

    Source: Finnish MP database

  25. Tsugiharu Ogiwara

    Nordic combined skier

    56 years old

    1969

    No external source identified

  26. Tadeja Brankovič-Likozar

    military athlete, biathlete

    46 years old

    1979

    Source: Obrazi slovenskih pokrajin

  27. Erik Almlöf

    athletics competitor

    1891–1971 · aged 79

    1891

    Source: BnF authorities

  28. Abdylaqim Ademi

    civil servant, politician

    1969–2018

    1969

    Source: makfax.com.mk

  29. Frederick Steep

    association football player

    1874–1956 · aged 81

    1874

    No external source identified

  30. Loïc Vliegen

    sport cyclist

    32 years old

    1993

    Source: uci.org

  31. Eugenia Osterberger

    composer, pianist

    1852–1932 · aged 79

    1852

    Source: BnF authorities

  32. Natalia Matolinets

    poet, journalist

    35 years old

    1990

    Source: Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine

  33. 1912–1962 · aged 49

    1912

    No external source identified

  34. Hildegard Körner

    athletics competitor

    66 years old

    1959

    Source: World Athletics database

  35. Zinaida Sendriūtė

    athletics competitor

    41 years old

    1984

    Source: World Athletics database

  36. Viktor Eisymont

    film director, screenwriter

    1904–1964 · aged 59

    1904

    No external source identified

  37. Ishtiaq Ahmed

    field hockey player

    63 years old

    1962

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  38. 1925–1972 · aged 46

    1925

    Source: mek.oszk.hu

  39. Jean Henri Hassenfratz

    writer, physicist

    1755–1827 · aged 71

    1755

    Source: SNAC

  40. Ramón Rey Ardid

    chess player, psychiatrist

    1903–1988 · aged 84

    1903

    Source: zaragoza.es

  41. Gilbert John Arrow

    entomologist, zoologist

    1873–1948 · aged 74

    1873

    Source: Biographies of the Entomologists of the World

  42. Salome Nyirarukundo

    athletics competitor

    28 years old

    1997

    Source: World Athletics database

  43. 1699–1756 · aged 56

    1699

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  44. Daniel Eon

    association football player

    1939–2021 · aged 81

    1939

    Source: Transfermarkt

  45. 32 years old

    1993

    No external source identified

  46. Ahti Pekkala

    politician

    1924–2014 · aged 89

    1924

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  47. Abdelhamid Abdou

    association football player

    1905–1972 · aged 66

    1905

    Source: olympedia.org

  48. 1932–2025 · aged 92

    1932

    No external source identified

  49. Guo Dan

    archer

    40 years old

    1985

    Source: Olympedia

  50. Chihiro Ishida

    association football player

    24 years old

    2001

    Source: Soccerdonna

  51. Lawrence Mhlanga

    association football player

    32 years old

    1993

    Source: Soccerway

  52. Naoya Yoshida

    association football player

    31 years old

    1994

    Source: Transfermarkt

  53. 1884–1966 · aged 81

    1884

    Source: Sveriges dödbok 1860–2017

  54. Josef Wenzl

    cross-country skier

    41 years old

    1984

    No external source identified

  55. 53 years old

    1972

    No external source identified

  56. Matteo Busato

    sport cyclist

    38 years old

    1987

    No external source identified

  57. Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    78 years old

    1947

    No external source identified

  58. Ognyana Petrova

    kayaker, canoeist

    61 years old

    1964

    No external source identified

  59. Daniel Rebillard

    sport cyclist

    77 years old

    1948

    Source: firstcycling.com

  60. René Faye

    sport cyclist

    1923–1994 · aged 70

    1923

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  61. Axel Andersen

    artistic gymnast

    1891–1931 · aged 39

    1891

    No external source identified

  62. Vytautas Butkus

    rower, rowing coach

    76 years old

    1949

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  63. Juliana de Lannoy

    playwright, poet

    1738–1782 · aged 43

    1738

    Source: BnF authorities

  64. Tomoyuki Suzuki

    association football player

    40 years old

    1985

    Source: Transfermarkt

  65. Giovanni Clunie

    association football player

    50 years old

    1975

    Source: Transfermarkt

  66. Marco Antônio de Almeida Ferreira

    association football player

    60 years old

    1965

    No external source identified

  67. Charles Clapper

    amateur wrestler

    1875–1937 · aged 61

    1875

    No external source identified

  68. Elemér Pászti

    artistic gymnast

    1889–1965 · aged 75

    1889

    No external source identified

  69. Aloysius Murwito

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    75 years old

    1950

    No external source identified

  70. Georg Antenen

    sport cyclist

    1903–1979 · aged 75

    1903

    Source: BnF authorities

  71. Arvid Andersson-Holtman

    artistic gymnast

    1896–1992 · aged 95

    1896

    Source: Find a Grave

  72. Laurent Spinosi

    association football coach, association football player

    56 years old

    1969

    Source: Transfermarkt

  73. Hwang Te-song

    association football player

    36 years old

    1989

    Source: FBref

  74. Vilhelm Lange

    artistic gymnast

    1893–1950 · aged 56

    1893

    No external source identified

  75. 1916–1996 · aged 79

    1916

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  76. Max Streib

    handball player

    1912–1989 · aged 76

    1912

    No external source identified

  77. Pablo Villamar

    politician

    65 years old

    1960

    No external source identified

  78. John Wood

    mayor, politician

    1798–1880

    1798

    Source: Find a Grave

  79. Satoshi Hashida

    association football player

    44 years old

    1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  80. Revaz Inanishvili

    philologist, writer

    1926–1991 · aged 65

    1926

    Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia

  81. Miguel Payá y Rico

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1811–1891 · aged 80

    1811

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  82. Mitsunori Maesawa

    association football player

    58 years old

    1967

    No external source identified

  83. Takahiro Hatakeda

    association football player

    49 years old

    1976

    No external source identified

  84. Leopold von Meyer

    pianist, composer

    1816–1883 · aged 66

    1816

    Source: Meyer, Leopold von (BLKÖ)

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