Famous Birthdays for May 20William Thornton 1759 - Inventor, painter, designed the United States Capitol, first Superintendent of the United States Patent Office Dolley Payne Madison 1768 - U.S. First Lady, wife of 4th President James Madison Honore de Balzac 1799 - Novelist John Stuart Mill 1806 - Editor, philosopher William George Fargo 1818 - Organizer of Wells, Fargo & Company Henri Julien Felix Rousseau 1844 - French painter Wladyslaw Sikorski 1888 - Polish military and political leader Jimmy Stewart 1908 - Actor (Philadelphia Story [1940]; The Glenn Miller Story, It’s a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington) William R. Hewlett 1913 - Co-founder of Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) Patrick Ellis (Leftwich) 1916 - Actress George Goble 1919 - Comedian, Actor (Harper Valley P.T.A.) Vic Ames (Urick) 1920 - Singer (The Ames Brothers) Edith Fellows 1923 - Actress (The Grace Kelly Story, In the Mood) Bob Sweikert 1926 - Auto racer, won Indianapolis 500 in 1955 Bud (Henry) Grant 1927 - Football player and coach David Hedison (Ara David Heditsian) 1928 - Actor (Licence to Kill, Live and Let Die) James McEachin 1930 - Actor (The Dead Don’t Die, Double Exposure) Kenton Boyer 1931 - Baseball player Constance Towers 1933 - Actress (On Wings of Eagles) Anthony Zerbe 1936 - Actor (North and South, They Call Me Mr. Tibbs, Cool Hand Luke) Dave Hill 1937 - Golfer Stan Mikita 1940 - Hockey player Joe Cocker 1944 - Singer, songwriter Cher (Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPierre) 1946 - Singer (Sonny & Cher), actress (Moonstruck [1987]; The Witches of Eastwick, Silkwood, Mask) Bobby (Ray) Murcer 1946 - Baseball player Dave Thomas 1949 - Comedian, actor Cullen Bryant 1951 - Football player Warren Cann 1952 - Musician (Ultravox) Dean Butler 1956 - Actor Ronald Prescott Reagan 1958 - Dancer, talk show host, son of U.S. President Ronald Reagan Jane Wiedlin 1958 - Singer (Go-Go's, Frosted) Bronson Pinchot 1959 - Actor (Courage Under Fire, Beverly Hills Cop series, Risky Business) Tony Goldwyn 1960 - Actor (The Pelican Brief, Ghost, Gaby: A True Story) Susan Cowsill 1960 - Singer (The Cowsills, Continental Drifters, Psycho Sisters) Nick Heyward 1961 - Musician (Haircut 100) Brian Nash 1963 - Musician (Frankie Goes to Hollywood) Mindy Cohn 1966 - Actress Tom Gorman 1966 - Musician (Belly) Busta Rhymes 1972 - Musician |
