Famous birthdays for May 20: Timothy Olyphant, Cher

May 20 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus.

They include:

-- William Thornton, architect of the Capitol in Washington, in 1759

-- Dolley Madison, wife of the fourth U.S. president, James Madison, in 1768

-- French novelist Honore de Balzac in 1799

-- English philosopher and economist John Stuart Mill in 1806

-- German Emile Berliner, inventor of the flat phonograph record, in 1851

-- Actor James Stewart in 1908

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-- Comedian George Gobel in 1919

-- Actor Anthony Zerbe in 1936 (age 82)

-- Hockey Hall of Fame member Stan Mikita in 1940 (age 78)

-- Japanese baseball home run king Sadaharu Oh in 1940 (age 78)

-- Singer/songwriter Joe Cocker in 1944

-- Singer/actor Cher, born Cherilyn Sarkisian, in 1946 (age 72)

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-- Ronald Prescott Reagan, son of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, in 1958 (age 60)

-- Actor Bronson Pinchot in 1959 (age 59)

-- Actor Tony Goldwyn in 1960 (age 59)

-- TV personality Ted Allen in 1965 (age 53)

-- Actor Timothy Olyphant in 1968 (age 50)

-- Race car driver Tony Stewart in 1971 (age 47)

-- Rapper Busta Rhymes in 1972 (age 46)

-- Actor Matt Czuchry in 1977 (age 41)

-- Baseball player Jayson Werth in 1979 (age 39)

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