List of Famous people born on December 20th
Camané
Camané is a male vocalist and a forerunner of the new generation of fado male singers. "The greatest fadista since Amália Rodrigues and Maria da Fé," is how British biographer David Bret, describes him.
Alexei Kudin
Alexei Alexandrovich Kudin is a professional Belarusian kickboxer, nicknamed Brick. He is a world champion and European versions WBKF, King of Kings – Grand Prix K-1 tournament finalist, which was held December 16, 2010, in Odintsovo. In addition to competition in kickboxing, Alexei Kudin had many professional fights in mixed martial arts.
Siosaia Fifita
Siosaia Fifita is a Tongan born Japanese rugby union player who plays as a Centre or Wing. He currently plays for Sunwolves in Super Rugby.
Akihiko Ohya
Akihiko Ohya is a former Japanese baseball player and manager. He was the manager of the Yokohama BayStars baseball team in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball until he was fired on May 18, 2009, for not maintaining club standards.
Karl Wendlinger
Karl Wendlinger is an Austrian professional racing and former Formula One driver.
Pierre François Lacenaire
Pierre François Lacenaire was a French murderer and would-be poet.
Martin Cater
Martin Čater is a Slovenian World Cup alpine ski racer.
Beverly Pepper
Beverly Pepper was an American sculptor known for her monumental works, site specific and land art. She remained independent from any particular art movement. She was married to the writer Curtis Bill Pepper for 65 years and lived in Italy, primarily in Todi, since the 1950s. Her work Harmonious Triad, on loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is currently on display as part of Landmarks, the public art program of The University of Texas at Austin.
Nadia Magnenat Thalmann
Professor Nadia Magnenat Thalmann is an eminent computer graphics scientist and robotician and is the founder and head of MIRALab at the University of Geneva. She presently chairs the Institute for Media Innovation (IMI) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.
Andrei Markov
Andrei “The General” Viktorovich Markov is a Russian-Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He formerly played from 2000 to 2017 with the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He holds both Russian and Canadian citizenship.