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Audie Murphy was widely celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II, and has been described as the most highly decorated enlisted soldier in U.
Famous Birthdays on June 20
1925 — Audie Murphy
American lieutenant and actor, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1971)
June 20 has 218 recorded notable births across history, from 1005 to 2003. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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- 1963 Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union and the United States sign an agreement to establish the so-called "red telephone" link between Washington, D.C., and Moscow. Source
- 1295 The Treaty of Anagni, an attempt mediated by the papacy to end the War of the Sicilian Vespers, is signed by the crown of Aragon, the kingdom of France and kingdom of Naples. Source
- 1210 Michael I Komnenos Doukas, the first ruler of the despotate of Epirus, signs a treaty with the Republic of Venice and becomes their vassal. Source
- 1900 Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return. Source
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Due to his eccentric personality and aggressive fighting style, Jackson became a star in Japan during his tenure with Pride FC and following his move to the UFC, he helped pioneer MMA's growth into a worldwide sport.
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Duran Duran was one of the most popular bands in the world during the 1980s due in part to their music videos which played in heavy rotation in the early days of MTV.
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Joan Kirner was Australia's third female head of government and second female premier, Victoria's first, and held the position until her party was defeated in a landslide at the 1992 state election.
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Crais has won numerous awards for his crime novels.
More major people born on June 20
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1978
Quinton Jackson
American mixed martial artist and actor
Quinton Ramone Jackson is an American online streamer and former mixed martial artist, actor, kickboxer, and professional wrestler known by his ring name of Rampage Jackson.
1960
John Taylor
English bass player and actor
Nigel John Taylor is a British musician who is best known as the bass guitarist for new wave band Duran Duran, of which he was a founding member.
1938
Joan Kirner
Australian educator and politician, 42nd Premier of Victoria (died 2015)
Joan Elizabeth Kirner was an Australian politician who was the 42nd Premier of Victoria, serving from 1990 to 1992.
1953
Robert Crais
American author and screenwriter
Robert Crais is an American author of detective fiction and former screenwriter. Crais began his career writing scripts for television shows such as Hill Street Blues, Cagney & Lacey, Quincy, Miami Vice and L.A. Law.
1996
Sam Bennett
Canadian ice hockey player
Samuel Hunter Bennett is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL).
1860
Alexander Winton
Scottish-American race car driver and engineer (died 1932)
Alexander Winton was a Scottish-American bicycle, automobile, and diesel engine designer and inventor, as well as a businessman and racecar driver.
1896
Wilfrid Pelletier
Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1982)
Joseph Louis Wilfrid Pelletier, was a Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and arts administrator.
1946
André Watts
American pianist and educator (died 2023)
André Watts was an American classical pianist. Over the six decades of his career, Watts performed as soloist with every major American orchestra and most of the world's finest orchestras, including the New York…
1910
Josephine Johnson
American author and poet (died 1990)
Josephine Winslow Johnson was an American novelist, poet, and essayist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1935 at age 24 for her first novel, Now in November.
1756
Joseph Martin Kraus
German-Swedish composer and educator (died 1792)
Joseph Martin Kraus, was a German-Swedish composer in the Classical era who was born in Miltenberg am Main, Holy Roman Empire. He moved to Sweden at age 21, and died at the age of 36 in Stockholm.
1908
Billy Werber
American baseball player (died 2009)
William Murray Werber was an American professional baseball third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox (1933–1936), Philadelphia Athletics (1937–1938), Cincinnati Reds…
1921
Pancho Segura
Ecuadorian tennis player (died 2017)
Francisco Olegario Segura Cano, better known as Pancho "Segoo" Segura, was a leading tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s, both as an amateur and as a professional.
1921
Paul Tiulana
Iñupiat artist and dancer (died 1994)
Paul Tiulana was an Iñupiaq artist and dancer from Alaska. Originally from King Island, Tiulana was drafted in World War II and injured; his leg was broken and eventually amputated.
1905
Lillian Hellman
American playwright and screenwriter (died 1984)
Lillian Florence Hellman was an American playwright, prose writer, memoirist, and screenwriter known for her success on Broadway as well as her communist views and political activism.
1954
Michael Anthony
American musician
Michael Anthony Sobolewski is an American musician who was the bassist and backing vocalist for the hard rock band Van Halen from 1974 to 2006.
1941
Stephen Frears
English actor, director, and producer
Sir Stephen Arthur Frears is a British director and producer of film and television, often depicting real-life stories as well as projects that explore social class through sharply-drawn characters.
1964
Silke Möller
German runner
Silke Möller, née Silke Gladisch, is a German athlete, who in the 1980s competed for East Germany as one of the best female sprinters in the world.
1925
Doris Hart
American tennis player and educator (died 2015)
Doris Hart was an American tennis player who was active in the 1940s and first half of the 1950s. She was ranked world No. 1 in 1951. She was the fourth player, and second woman, to win a Career Grand Slam in singles.
1858
Charles W. Chesnutt
American novelist and short story writer (died 1932)
Charles Waddell Chesnutt was an African-American author, essayist, political activist, and lawyer, best known for his novels and short stories exploring complex issues of racial and social identity in the post-Civil War…