Authors born in 1820
- Alexander Beresford Hope Author, 1820
- Alice Cary Poet, 1820
- Anna Sewell Author, 1820
- Anne Bronte Novelist, 1820
- Augustus Washington Photographer, 1820
- Austin Phelps Minister, 1820
- Charles Deems Minister, 1820
- Charles Henry Mackintosh Preacher, 1820
- Charles Negre Photographer, 1820
- Christian Nestell Bovee Writer, 1820
- Edwin Paxton Hood Author, 1820
- Emile Augier Dramatist, 1820
- Fanny Crosby Composer, 1820
- Florence Nightingale Nurse, 1820
- Friedrich Engels Philosopher, 1820
- George Grove Writer, 1820
- George Hearst Politician, 1820
- Harriet Tubman Writer, 1820
- Herbert Spencer Philosopher, 1820
- Jean Ingelow Poet, 1820
- John Tenniel Illustrator, 1820
- John Tyndall Physician, 1820
- John W. Dawson Politician, 1820
- Nadar Photographer, 1820
- Susan B. Anthony Activist, 1820
- William Greenough Thayer Shedd Theologian, 1820
- William Howard Russell 1820
- William John Macquorn Rankine Engineer, 1820
- William Tecumseh Sherman Soldier, 1820