Famous people born on 20 March

• Henrik IbsenNorwegian playwright and theatre director · 1828–1906
  78 yrs
• Nikolai GogolRussian writer of Ukrainian origin · 1809–1852
  42 yrs
• Chester BenningtonAmerican singer, songwriter and musician · 1976–2017
  41 yrs
• Friedrich HölderlinGerman poet · 1770–1843
  73 yrs
• Carl ReinerAmerican actor · 1922–2020
  98 yrs
• B.F. SkinnerAmerican behaviorist · 1904–1990
  86 yrs
• ElagabalusRoman Emperor · AD 203–222
  18 yrs
• Napoleon IIThe second Emperor of the French · 1811–1832
  21 yrs
• Fred RogersAmerican television personality · 1928–2003
  74 yrs
• William HurtAmerican actor · 1950–2022
  71 yrs
• Abdul Hamid I27th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire · 1725–1789
  64 yrs
• Ivan MazepaHetman of Ukrainian Cossacks from 1687 to 1708 · 1639–1709
  70 yrs
• Brian Mulroney ↗Prime Minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993 · 1939–2024
  84 yrs
• René Coty ↗17th President of the French Republic · 1882–1962
  80 yrs
• Frederick Winslow Taylor ↗American mechanical engineer · 1856–1915
  59 yrs
• Alfonso García Robles ↗Mexican diplomat and politician · 1911–1991
  80 yrs
• Vera Lynn ↗British singer · 1917–2020
  103 yrs
• Phutthayotfa Chulalok ↗King of Siam · 1737–1809
  72 yrs
• Sviatoslav Richter ↗Soviet pianist · 1915–1997
  82 yrs
• Michael Redgrave ↗British actor · 1908–1985
  77 yrs
• Ismail Gaspıralı ↗Crimean Tatar intellectual and politician · 1851–1914
  63 yrs
• Rudolf Kirchschläger ↗Austrian diplomat, politician, judge, and eighth President of Austria · 1915–2000
  85 yrs
• Anne Bradstreet ↗Anglo-American poet · 1612–1672
  60 yrs
• Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck ↗German army officer · 1870–1964
  93 yrs
• Beniamino Gigli ↗Italian opera singer · 1890–1957
  67 yrs
• Pierre Messmer ↗83rd Prime Minister of France · 1916–2007
  91 yrs
• Raymond Cattell ↗British-American psychologist · 1905–1998
  92 yrs
• René Lesson ↗French surgeon, naturalist, ornithologist, and herpetologist · 1794–1849
  55 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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