Born:
John Carmack, born in Roeland Park, Kansas, game programmer, co-founder of id Software, lead programmer for computer games, 'Quake', 'Doom', 'Commander Keen' series
More Notable Birthdays on August 20:
1948 - Robert Plant, English rock vocalist, Led Zeppelin-Whole Lotta Love
1946 - Connie Chung, TV news anchor, NBC, CBS
1942 - Isaac Hayes, born in Memphis, Tennessee, singer, songwriter, musician, producer, actor, Academy-Award winner
1890 - H. P. Lovecraft, American Novelist
