| 94381 | August 20 | Birth | 1845 – Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (d. 1916) |
| 94382 | August 20 | Birth | 1847 – Andrew Greenwood, English cricketer (d. 1889) |
| 94383 | August 20 | Birth | 1847 – Bolesław Prus, Polish journalist and author (d. 1912) |
| 94384 | August 20 | Birth | 1856 – Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (d. 1909) |
| 94385 | August 20 | Birth | 1860 – Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (d. 1934) |
| 94386 | August 20 | Birth | 1865 – Bernard Tancred, South African cricketer and lawyer (d. 1911) |
| 94387 | August 20 | Birth | 1868 – Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (d. 1954) |
| 94388 | August 20 | Birth | 1873 – Eliel Saarinen, Finnish architect and academic, co-designed the National Museum of Finland (d. 1950) |
| 94389 | August 20 | Birth | 1881 – Edgar Guest, English-American poet and author (d. 1959) |
| 94390 | August 20 | Birth | 1881 – Aleksander Hellat, Estonian politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1943) |
| 94391 | August 20 | Birth | 1885 – Dino Campana, Italian poet and author (d. 1932) |
| 94392 | August 20 | Birth | 1886 – Paul Tillich, German-American philosopher and theologian (d. 1965) |
| 94393 | August 20 | Birth | 1887 – Phan Khôi, Vietnamese journalist and scholar (d. 1959) |
| 94394 | August 20 | Birth | 1888 – Tôn Đức Thắng, Vietnamese politician, 2nd President of Vietnam (d. 1980) |
| 94395 | August 20 | Birth | 1890 – H. P. Lovecraft, American author and poet (d. 1937) |
| 94396 | August 20 | Birth | 1896 – Gostha Paul, Indian footballer (d. 1976) |
| 94397 | August 20 | Birth | 1897 – Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (d. 1970) |
| 94398 | August 20 | Birth | 1898 – Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian, journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1973) |
| 94399 | August 20 | Birth | 1901 – Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968) |
| 94400 | August 20 | Birth | 1905 – Jean Gebser, German linguist, poet, and philosopher (d. 1973) |
| 94401 | August 20 | Birth | 1905 – Jack Teagarden, American singer-songwriter and trombonist (d. 1964) |
| 94402 | August 20 | Birth | 1906 – Charles Arnt, American actor (d. 1990) |
| 94403 | August 20 | Birth | 1906 – Vidrik Rootare, Estonian chess player (d. 1981) |
| 94404 | August 20 | Birth | 1907 – Alan Reed, American actor (d. 1977) |
| 94405 | August 20 | Birth | 1908 – Al López, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005) |
| 94406 | August 20 | Birth | 1909 – Alby Roberts, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player (d. 1978) |
| 94407 | August 20 | Birth | 1910 – Eero Saarinen, Finnish-American architect and furniture designer, designed the Gateway Arch (d. 1961) |
| 94408 | August 20 | Birth | 1912 – John H. Michaelis, American general (d. 1985) |
| 94409 | August 20 | Birth | 1913 – Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neuropsychologist and neurobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994) |
| 94410 | August 20 | Birth | 1916 – Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–German chess player and chemist (d. 1984) |