page_title: 1920
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 1920 / Births / August
caption_attribution_description: Autorin P. D. James nach einer Lesung auf dem Literaturfest lit.Cologne im Kölner Theater am Tanzbrunnen
context_page_description: 1920 was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1920th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 920th year of the 2nd millennium, the 20th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1920s decade. As of the start of 1920, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: August 1
  Ken Bald, American comic book artist (d. 2019)
  Sammy Lee, Korean-American diver (d. 2016)
  Thomas McGuire, American World War II fighter ace (d. 1945)
  Jack Briggs, American actor (d. 1998)
  August 2
  Marcel Adams, Canadian businessman (d. 2020)
  Hugh Hickling, English lawyer, colonial civil servant, law academic and author (d. 2007)
  August 3
  Norman Dewis, English test driver and development engineer (d. 2019)
  P. D. James, English mystery novelist (d. 2014)
  August 4
  John Figueroa, Jamaican poet (d. 1999)
  Warren Plunkett, American football player (d. 2018)
  Helen Thomas, American author, news service reporter, member of the White House press corps and columnist (d. 2013)
  August 5
  Bill Grayden, Australian politician
  Mickey Shaughnessy, Irish-American character actor, comedian (d. 1985)
  August 6
  Selma Diamond, Canadian-American comedic actress (d. 1985)
  Ella Raines, American actress (d. 1988)
  August 7
  Glauco Della Porta, Italian politician, economist (d. 1976)
  Françoise Adret, French ballet dancer, choreographer (d. 2018)
  Mario Astorri, Italian football player, coach (d. 1989)
  August 8
  Leo Chiosso, Italian poet (d. 2006)
  Dominique Marcas, French actress
  Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (d. 1997)
  August 9 – Milton G. Henschel, American member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, 5th President of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society (d. 2003)
  August 10
  Ann Harnett, American female baseball player (d. 2006)
  Red Holzman, American basketball coach (d. 1998)
  August 11 – Florence Bjelke-Petersen, Australian politician, writer (d. 2017)
  August 12 – Aidan Maloney, Canadian politician, executive (d. 2018)
  August 13 – Neville Brand, American actor, highly decorated World War II combat soldier (d. 1992)
  August 14 – María Teresa Linares Savio, Cuban musicologist
  August 15 – Prince Konstantin of Bavaria (d. 1969)
  August 16 – Charles Bukowski, American writer (d. 1994)
  August 17 – Maureen O'Hara, Irish-American actress (d. 2015)
  August 18
  Bob Kennedy, American baseball player, manager (d. 2005)
  David Lacy-Scott, English cricketer (d. 2020)
  Mervyn Lee, Australian politician (d. 2009)
  Shelley Winters, American actress (d. 2006)
  August 20 – Boris Braun, Croatian university professor and Holocaust survivor (d. 2018)
  August 21 – Christopher Robin Milne, English author, bookseller (d. 1996)
  August 22 – Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer (d. 2012)
  August 23 – Jim Leavelle, American detective (d. 2019)
  August 24
  Herbert Haft, American owner of Dart Drugs Chain (d. 2004)
  J. Paul Taylor, American politician
  August 26
  Emil Cadkin, American film composer
  Mauri Favén, Finnish painter (d. 2006)
  Prem Tinsulanonda, Thai politician, 16th Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2019)
  Richard E. Bellman, American mathematician (d. 1984)
  August 27 – Baptiste Manzini, American football player (d. 2008)
  August 28 – Jaime de Almeida, Brazilian football player, manager (d. 1973)
  August 29
  Charlie Parker, African-American saxophonist, composer (d. 1955)
  Herb Simpson, American baseball player (d. 2015)
  August 30
  Ali Sabri, Egyptian politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Egypt (d. 1991)
  Leonid Shvartsman, Soviet and Russian animator and artist
caption: P. D. James
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