December 20 is the birthday of 44 notable people we've found so far, including authors, politicians, entrepreneurs and athletes, and 2 of them are billionaires.
Gordon Peter Getty is an American businessman and classical music composer as well as a scion of the wealthy Getty family. Gordon was the fourth child of the oil tycoon, J. Paul Getty. His mother, Ann Rork, was J. Paul's fourth wife.
$4.3Breported estimate as of September 2026 · Forbes
Ajay Gopikisan Piramal is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the chairman of the Piramal Group, a conglomerate with interests in pharmaceutical, financial services, real estate, healthcare analytics and glass packaging.
Richter Frank-Jurgen, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Share of the 44 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.
Authors27% (12 people)
Politicians25% (11 people)
Actors20% (9 people)
Athletes20% (9 people)
Entrepreneurs20% (9 people)
Creators16% (7 people)
Scientists14% (6 people)
Countries
20 countries, most often United States
Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.
United States12 (12 people)
United Kingdom6 (6 people)
Italy4 (4 people)
France3 (3 people)
Brazil2 (2 people)
Sweden2 (2 people)
Switzerland2 (2 people)
Life timeline
What were people born on December 20 doing at your age?
Dated milestones from Wikidata (company foundings, awards, top jobs, notable works), placed at the age each person reached them. Add your birth year above to see the ones you have passed.
By 25
~20Jenny AgutterReceived the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (1972)
Ordered by sourced wealth, then documented achievement and coverage.
actor
Jonah Hill
Top tier
Actor
1983 · United States
Jonah Hill is an American actor and filmmaker. Hill ranked 28th on Forbes's list of highest-paid actors from June 2014 to June 2015, at $16 million. Among his accolades are nominations for two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.
Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Abdulrazak Gurnah is a Tanzanian novelist and academic of Yemeni origin. He was born in the Sultanate of Zanzibar and moved to the United Kingdom in the 1960s as a refugee during the Zanzibar Revolution.
Ferdinand Édouard Buisson was a French educational public servant, pacifist, and Radical-Socialist politician. He presided over the League of Education from 1902 to 1906 and over the Human Rights League (LDH) from 1914 to 1926.
Georges Chevalier, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ashley Cole is an English professional football coach and former player who was most recently the head coach of Serie B club Cesena. As a player, he played as a left-back, most notably for Arsenal and Chelsea.
Stanislav Vedmid, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Mahathir bin Mohamad is a Malaysian politician, physician and author who served as the fourth and seventh prime minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and again from 2018 to 2020. He was the country's longest-serving prime minister, serving for a cumulative total of 24 years.
George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III is an American politician, veterinarian, and businessman who served as the 31st United States secretary of agriculture from 2017 to 2021.
Bruce Tuten from Savannah, Georgia, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Harvey Samuel Firestone Sr. was an American businessman, and the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, one of the first global makers of automobile tires.
Pirie MacDonald, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Jean-Marc Guillou is a French football coach and former player, who played at the 1978 World Cup.
Original: Organizing committee of Argentina 1978 World Cup - Argentine Football Association and FIFA / Derivative work: , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Stephen Coast is a British entrepreneur and the founder of the OpenStreetMap community-based world mapping project and CloudMade, a geography-related company.
Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peter E. Haas Sr. was an American billionaire businessman who was the executive vice president (1958–1970), president (1970–1981) and CEO (1976–1981), and chairman (1981–1989) of Levi Strauss & Co.
Jorge Luiz Frello Filho, known as Jorginho, is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo. Born in Brazil, he represented the Italy national team.
محمد امین انصاری, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Joanna Noëlle "JoJo" Levesque is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She began performing in singing competitions and local talent shows as a child.
Jennifer Ann Agutter is an English actress. She began her career as a child actress in 1964, appearing in East of Sudan, Star!, and two adaptations of The Railway Children: the BBC's 1968 television serial and the 1970 film version.
See Li from London, UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Todd Phillips is an American filmmaker. He began his career in 1993 and directed films in the 2000s such as Road Trip, Old School, Starsky & Hutch, and School for Scoundrels. He came to wider prominence in the early 2010s for directing The Hangover film series.
Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Nicușor Daniel Dan is a Romanian mathematician and politician serving as the seventh President of Romania since 2025. He previously served as the Mayor of Bucharest from 2020 to 2025 and as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2016 to 2020.
Uri Geller is an Israeli-British illusionist, magician, television personality, and self-proclaimed psychic. He is known for his trademark television performances of spoon bending and other illusions.
Dmitry Rozhkov, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Alain de Botton is a British author and public speaker. His books discuss various contemporary subjects and themes, emphasizing philosophy's relevance to everyday life. He published Essays in Love (1993), which went on to sell two million copies.
Fronteiras do Pensamento, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Irene Dunne was an American actress who appeared in films during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She is best known for her comedic roles, though she performed in films of other genres.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
George Roy Hill was an American film director. His films include Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and The Sting (1973), both starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Both films also earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director; he won for the latter.
Fabian Lukas Schär is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Newcastle United. He is known for his powerful free kicks, long shots and long passes.
Светлана Бекетова, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
David Joseph Bohm was an American physicist who has been described as one of the most significant theoretical physicists of the 20th century and who contributed unorthodox ideas to quantum theory, neuropsychology, and the philosophy of mind.
Kim Ki-duk was a South Korean filmmaker, noted for his idiosyncratic art-house cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit, rendering him one of the most important contemporary Asian film directors.
Photo by Tania Volobueva (tanka v) Cropped by RanZag, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Jean-Claude Anne-Marie Louis Trichet is a French economist and senior official who was President of the European Central Bank (ECB) from 2004 to 2011. Previous to his assumption of the presidency he was Governor of the Bank of France from 1993 to 2004.
World Economic Forum, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pieter Hendricksz. de Hooch, was a Dutch Golden Age painter famous for his genre works of quiet domestic scenes with an open doorway. He was a contemporary, in the Delft Guild of St. Luke, of Jan Vermeer with whom his work shares themes and style.
Attributed to Pieter de Hooch, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz is a Polish conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland from 31 October 2005 to 14 July 2006. He was a member of the Law and Justice party.
Platforma Obywatelska RP, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Väinö Valtteri Linna was a Finnish author and a former soldier who fought in the Continuation War (1941–44). Linna gained literary fame with his third novel, Tuntematon sotilas, and consolidated his position with the trilogy Täällä Pohjantähden alla.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Ognjen Vukojević is a Croatian football manager and former professional football defender. He is currently the manager of the Croatia national under-20 team, an assistant manager of Ukrainian Premier League club Dynamo Kyiv, and a scout of the Croatia national team.
Шуклин Евгений, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Andrew Jerrold Perenchio was an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He was at one time the chairman and chief executive officer of Univision.
Victorious2016, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Michihiro Yasuda is a Japanese former professional footballer player who played as a full back. He also represented the Japan national team until 2011.
Danilo "Danny" Etorma Suarez is a Filipino politician and former Governor of Quezon. He served as Minority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines representing the 3rd District of Quezon.
League of Provinces of the Philippines, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Emil Gustafson i Vimmerby (1887–1976) was a Swedish politician. He was at first a member of the Liberal Coalition Party, then of the Free-minded People's Party, then of the Centre Party.
This page lists 44 people born on December 20, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. 2 of them carry a dated net-worth estimate citing Forbes or Bloomberg; combined wealth is the sum of the low end of those estimates, the newest as of September 2026. Rankings compare all 366 dates in the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Milestone ages come from dated Wikidata statements; a tilde marks year-only dates. Nothing on this page is a prediction about anyone born on December 20. Read the full methodology.
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