BIRTHDAY ATLAS

Birthday facts

Born on April 20.

Everyone born on April 20 is a Taurus — ruled by Venus, immovable, and comfortable about it. The stone is diamond, the flower daisy, and the day is shared with Alexander Zverev and Andy Serkis.

Taurus, the Bull — an engraving
Sun sign
Taurus ♉︎
the Bull · ruled by Venus · immovable, and comfortable about it
Diamond, the birthstone for April — an engraving
Birthstone
Diamond
April
Daisy, the birth flower for April — an engraving
Birth flower
Daisy
& sweet pea

Your book

Born on April 20? Add the year.

Then it is a pop-up book: the sky the day you arrived, the No. 1 that week, the president, what a stamp cost, your life in weeks, and who was exactly your age when they did the thing they are known for — and at the end, a birthday poster of the day, engraved, to take home. One field. The date lives after the # in the link, which no server sees — nothing about you leaves your browser.

Making it for someone else? Send it as a pop-up birthday card.

The old books say

Taurus, April 20 to May 20.

The Bull is ruled by Venus, and the books make it the sign of pleasure taken slowly — good food, good cloth, a chair that is exactly right. An earth sign, credited with patience, loyalty and a stubbornness so complete it stops looking like a fault and starts looking like a policy. Its people are said to be the ones you can lean on, provided you do not try to hurry them.

Astrology, reported rather than endorsed — the astronomy is the part of the book that is real.

Good company

Also born on April 20.

The names most looked up among everyone who shares the day — leaning on the ones who last.

1997
Alexander Zverev
German tennis player
1964
Andy Serkis
English director and actor
1915
Israel Epstein
Chinese-Polish journalist and member of the Chinese Communist Party
1808
Napoleon III
French politician
1893
Joan Miró
Spanish painter and sculptor
1964
Crispin Glover
American actor and filmmaker
1949
Jessica Lange
American actress
1941
Ryan O'Neal
American actor

On this day

What April 20 has seen.

It is Patriots' Day in some parts of the United States.

1535Sun dogs were observed over Stockholm, Sweden, inspiring Vädersolstavlan, the oldest coloured depiction of the city.
1809War of the Fifth Coalition: Commanded by Napoleon, Franco-German forces defeated a reinforced Austrian corps at the Battle of Abensberg.
1922The Soviet government created the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the Georgian SSR.
1939Billie Holiday recorded the song "Strange Fruit", which later became an emblem of the civil rights movement.

The calendar

When April 20 falls.

A Monday in 2026, a Tuesday in 2027, a Thursday in 2028, a Friday in 2029, and a Saturday in 2030.