Famous people born on 20 April

• Adolf HitlerDictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945 · 1889–1945
  56 yrs
• Napoleon IIIPresident of the Second French Republic, Emperor of the Second French Empire and last monarch of France · 1808–1873
  64 yrs
• Joan MiróSpanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist · 1893–1983
  90 yrs
• Harold LloydAmerican actor and comedian · 1893–1971
  77 yrs
• Felix BaumgartnerAustrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper · 1969–2025
  56 yrs
• Karl Alexander MüllerSwiss physicist · 1927–2023
  95 yrs
• James V of ScotlandKing of Scotland from 1513 to 1542 · 1512–1542
  30 yrs
• Margaret of Valois-AngoulêmeQueen consort of Navarre · 1492–1549
  57 yrs
• Kai SiegbahnSwedish physicist · 1918–2007
  89 yrs
• Odilon Redon ↗French painter · 1840–1916
  76 yrs
• Rose of Lima ↗Dominican saint from Peru · 1586–1617
  31 yrs
• Ryan O'Neal ↗American actor · 1941–2023
  82 yrs
• Carol I of Romania ↗King of Romania from 1881 to 1914 · 1839–1914
  75 yrs
• Henry de Montherlant ↗French writer · 1895–1972
  77 yrs
• Charles Maurras ↗French author, politician, poet, and critic · 1868–1952
  84 yrs
• Arto Paasilinna ↗Finnish poet, novelist, screenwriter, and jourrnalist · 1942–2018
  76 yrs
• Phil Hill ↗American racing driver · 1927–2008
  81 yrs
• Alexander Lebed ↗Russian general · 1950–2002
  52 yrs
• Franz Xaver Winterhalter ↗German painter and lithographer · 1805–1873
  68 yrs
• Philippe Pinel ↗French psychiatrist · 1745–1826
  81 yrs
• Luther Vandross ↗American R&B singer · 1951–2005
  54 yrs
• Adolf Schärf ↗Austrian politician, President of Austria 1957–1965 · 1890–1965
  74 yrs
• Tito Puente ↗American musician · 1923–2000
  77 yrs
• Lionel Hampton ↗American jazz musician · 1908–2002
  94 yrs
• Betty Cuthbert ↗Australian sprinter · 1938–2017
  79 yrs
• Nikolai Myaskovsky ↗Russian and Soviet composer · 1881–1950
  69 yrs
• Edie Sedgwick ↗American socialite, actress and model · 1943–1971
  28 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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