December 20th
- 1824 – Enoch Milton Benson born.
- 1837 – George Madison Adams born.
- 1837 – Charles Chilton Moore born.
- 1870 – William Cotton Hobdy born.
- 1898 – Irene Dunne born.
- 1906 – Hazel Farris died, aged 26.
- 1913 – John W. Lewis died, aged 72.
- 1935 – Eliza Calvert Hall died, aged 79.
- 1939 – Courtney Johnson born.
- 2001 – Foster Brooks died, aged 89.