Yahya Rahmat-Samii (75)
August 20th, 1948

American engineer – Yahya Rahmat-Samii was born in Tehran (Capital city of Iran) on August 20th, 1948 and is 75 years old today.

Other personalities born on August 20

63

Sally Yates

American lawyer, 36th United States Deputy Attorney General

*August 20th, 1960, Atlanta

96

John Boardman

British classical archaeologist (born 1927)

*August 20th, 1927, London Borough of Redbridge

39

Valeriy Atrashchenkov

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1984, Kharkiv

82

Jacques Cheminade

French politician

*August 20th, 1941, Buenos Aires

50

Dong Jiong

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1973, Beijing

97

Jürgen Kieser

German illustrator, draughtsperson and writer

*August 20th, 1921, Erkner †May 20th, 2019, Neu Zittau

77

Laurent Fabius

87th Prime Minister of France

*August 20th, 1946, 16th arrondissement of Paris

31

Selena Gomez

American singer and actress

*August 20th, 1992, Albuquerque

74

Patrick Kilpatrick

American actor

*August 20th, 1949, Orange County

40

Andrew Garfield

British-American actor

*August 20th, 1983, Los Angeles

70

Axel Dirx

German politician (1946-2017)

*August 20th, 1946, Wuppertal †February 9th, 2017

64

Slobodan Milošević

Yugoslav–Serbian politician (1941–2006)

*August 20th, 1941, Požarevac †March 11th, 2006, Scheveningen

52

David Walliams

English actor, comedian and writer

*August 20th, 1971, Wimbledon

80

Míriam Colón

Puerto Rican actress (1936-2017)

*August 20th, 1936, Ponce †March 3rd, 2017, New York City

79

Leendert van Dis

Dutch rower

*August 20th, 1944, Amsterdam

67

Desmond Swayne

British politician (born 1956)

*August 20th, 1956, Bern

33

Mauricio Casillas

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1990, Mexico City

26

Daniel La Torre Regal

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1997, Lima

67

Joan Allen

American actress

*August 20th, 1956, Rochelle

86

Andrei Konchalovsky

Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and film producer

*August 20th, 1937, Moscow

81

Reinhold Batschi

Romanian rower and rowing coach

*August 20th, 1942, Sânpetru

88

Ron Paul

American politician (born 1935)

*August 20th, 1935, Pittsburgh

46

Rajiv Gandhi

Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989

*August 20th, 1944, Mumbai †May 21st, 1991, Sriperumbudur

49

Amy Adams

American actress

*August 20th, 1974, Aviano

36

Phil Lynott

Irish musician, founding member of Thin Lizzy (1949–1986)

*August 20th, 1949, West Bromwich †January 4th, 1986, Salisbury

26

Magnus Christensen

Danish association football player

*August 20th, 1997, Frederikshavn

57

Enrico Letta

Italian politician

*August 20th, 1966, Pisa

65

Isaac Hayes

American musician and actor (1942–2008)

*August 20th, 1942, Covington †August 10th, 2008, Memphis

74

Elizabeth Fonseca Corrales

Costa Rican politician

*August 20th, 1949, Heredia

56

Jacqueline Susann

American writer and actress (1918-1974)

*August 20th, 1918, Philadelphia †September 21st, 1974, New York City

Also born in 1948

69

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018)

*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

46

Maurizio Gucci

Italian businessman (1948-1995)

*September 26th, 1948, Florence †March 27th, 1995, Milan

75

Charles III of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom since 2022

*November 14th, 1948, Buckingham Palace

75

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

75

Jon Amiel

English film director

*May 20th, 1948, London

75

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

German actor and musician

*December 6th, 1948, Düsseldorf

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

75

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor, actor, and video producer (born 1948)

*July 12th, 1948, New Orleans

69

Bernard Bosson

French politician (1948-2017)

*February 25th, 1948, Annecy †May 13th, 2017, 8th arrondissement of Lyon

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

75

Kathy Bates

American film actress and director

*June 28th, 1948, Memphis

71

Robert Trump

US business executive and real estate developer (1948-2020)

*August 26th, 1948, Queens †August 15th, 2020, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

68

Bernie Wrightson

American illustrator

*October 27th, 1948, Baltimore †March 18th, 2017, Austin

75

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

76

John de Lancie

American actor

*March 20th, 1948, Philadelphia

76

Al Gore

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

*March 31st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

75

Jonathan Hyde

Australian-born English actor

*May 21st, 1948, Brisbane

68

Altamas Kabir

39th Chief Justice of India

*July 19th, 1948, Kolkata †February 19th, 2017, Kolkata

75

Brian Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

68

Carlos Gardini

Argentinian journalist (1948-2017)

*August 26th, 1948, Buenos Aires †March 1st, 2017, Buenos Aires

75

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

94th Prime Minister of France

*August 3rd, 1948, Poitiers

75

Donna Karan

American fashion designer

*October 2nd, 1948, New York City

75

Tom Wilkinson

English actor (1948–2023)

*February 5th, 1948, Leeds †December 30th, 2023, London

76

Bernadette Peters

American actress and singer

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

75

Ian McEwan

British author

*June 21st, 1948, Aldershot

76

Wolfgang Schomburg

Judge

*April 9th, 1948, Berlin

75

Sauli Niinistö

Finnish politician and the 12th President of Finland (2012–2024)

*August 24th, 1948, Salo

76

Féodor Atkine

French actor

*February 27th, 1948, Paris

75

Tony Gatlif

French film director, actor and screenwriter

*September 10th, 1948, Algiers

75

George R. R. Martin

American writer and television producer

*September 20th, 1948, Bayonne

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