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October 20 birthdays

334 notable historical figures were born on October 20, and 182 died on this day. Everyone born on October 20 is a Libra.

19% of October 20 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (74) than any other country.

Born on October 20

• Snoop Dogg (born 1971. American rapper (born 1971))
• Kamala Harris (born 1964. Vice President of the United States from 2021 to 2025)
• Tom Petty (1950 to 2017. American rock musician (1950–2017))
• Danny Boyle (born 1956. English director and producer (born 1956))
• Arthur Rimbaud (1854 to 1891. French poet (1854–1891))
• John Dewey (1859 to 1952. American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer (1859–1952))
• Lord Palmerston (1784 to 1865. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1855–1858, 1859–1865))
• Jomo Kenyatta (1893 to 1978. President of Kenya from 1964 to 1978)
• Hun Manet (born 1977. Prime Minister of Cambodia since 2023)
• Báb (1819 to 1850. Iranian prophet (1819–1850))
• Christopher Wren (1632 to 1723. English architect (1632–1723))
• James Chadwick (1891 to 1974. British physicist (1891–1974))
• Empress Michiko (born 1934. Empress of Japan from 1989 to 2019)
• Jelly Roll Morton (1890 to 1941. American ragtime and jazz musician (1885–1941))
• Elfriede Jelinek (born 1946. Austrian playwright and novelist)
• Keith Hernandez (born 1953. American baseball player and broadcaster (born 1953))
• Li Peng (1928 to 2019. Premier of China from 1987 to 1998)
• Charles Ives (1874 to 1954. American modernist composer (1874–1954))
• Stanislaus I (1677 to 1766. King of Poland (1704–1709, 1733–1736))
• Pauline (1780 to 1825. Princess of Guastalla)
• Viggo Mortensen (born 1958. American actor (born 1958))
• Janet Jagan (1920 to 2009. President of Guyana from 1997 to 1999)
• Theodore Hall (1925 to 1999. American physicist and spy (1925–1999))
• Yi Un (1897 to 1970. Last Crown Prince of Korea (1897–1970))
• Mohammed El Senussi (born 1962. Crown Prince of Libya)
• Inayatullah Khan (1888 to 1946. King of Afghanistan in 1929)
• Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945 to 2022. American political writer, poet, and essayist (1945–2022))
• D. S. Senanayake (1884 to 1952. Prime Minister of Ceylon from 1947 to 1952)
• Muhammad Musa (general) (1908 to 1991. 4th C-in-C of the Pakistan Army)
• Roberto Vannacci (born 1968. Italian military officer and politician (born 1968))
• Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (born 1942. German developmental biologist and 1995 Nobel Prize winner (born 1942))
• Ismail al-Azhari (1901 to 1969. President of Sudan from 1965 to 1969)
• Monica Ali (born 1967. British writer, novelist (born 1967))
• Artemio Ricarte (1866 to 1945. Filipino general)
• Jorge Carlos Fonseca (born 1950. President of Cape Verde from 2011 to 2021)
• Thomas Hughes (1822 to 1896. English judge and politician (1822–1896))
• Surendra Bikram Shah (1829 to 1881. King of Nepal from 1847 to 1881)
• Iftach Spector (born 1940. Retired Israeli brigadier general)
• Robert Pinsky (born 1940. American poet, literary critic, academic (born 1940))
• Frits Thaulow (1847 to 1906. Norwegian Impressionist painter)
• Claudio Ranieri (born 1951. Italian football manager (born 1951))
• Dalia Itzik (born 1952. Israeli politician (born 1952))
• Stephan Moccio (born 1972. Musical artist)
• Dannii Minogue (born 1971. Australian singer and actress (born 1971))
• Isabelle de Charrière (1740 to 1805. Dutch and Swiss writer (1740–1805))
• Alphonse Allais (1854 to 1905. French writer and humorist (1854–1905))
• Sattar Khan (1866 to 1914. Iranian national hero (1866–1914))
• Władysław Skłodowski (1832 to 1902. Polish biologist (1832–1902))
• John Krasinski (born 1979. American actor and filmmaker (born 1979))
• Lee Beom-seok (prime minister) (1900 to 1972. Prime Minister of South Korea from 1948 to 1950)
• Bela Lugosi (1882 to 1956. Hungarian actor (1882–1956))
• Rainych (born 1992. Indonesian singer (born 1992))
• Domingos Simões Pereira (born 1963. Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from 2014 to 2015)
• Dmitry Lelyushenko (1901 to 1987. Soviet general (1901–1987))
• Bryan D. Brown (born 1948. United States Army general (born 1948))
• Lev Nussimbaum (1905 to 1942. Jewish writer)
• Atul Prasad Sen (1871 to 1934. Bengali composer)
• Devin Durrant (born 1960. American basketball player (born 1960))
• Emma Tennant (1937 to 2017. English fiction writer (1937–2017))
• Sir Edmund Backhouse, 2nd Baronet (1873 to 1944. British oriental scholar, linguist, and confidence man (1873–1944))

Died on October 20

• Muammar Gaddafi (1942 to 2011. Leader of Libya from 1969 to 2011)
• Herbert Hoover (1874 to 1964. President of the United States from 1929 to 1933)
• Alexander III (1845 to 1894. Emperor of Russia from 1881 to 1894)
• Paul Dirac (1902 to 1984. British physicist (1902–1984))
• Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685 to 1740. Holy Roman Emperor from 1711 to 1740)
• Richard Francis Burton (1821 to 1890. British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar (1821–1890))
• Andrey Kolmogorov (1903 to 1987. Soviet mathematician (1903–1987))
• Henry L. Stimson (1867 to 1950. American politician (1867–1950))
• Mutassim Gaddafi (1974 to 2011. Libyan military officer and National Security Advisor of Libya (1974–2011))
• Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1798 to 1860. Empress of Russia from 1825 to 1855)
• Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1934 to 2021. Hungarian-American psychologist (1934–2021))
• Junko Tabei (1939 to 2016. Japanese mountain climber (1939–2016))
• Wim Kok (1938 to 2018. Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1994 to 2002)
• Farooq Leghari (1940 to 2010. President of Pakistan from 1993 to 1997)
• Nebojša Pavković (1946 to 2025. Serbian army general (1946–2025))
• Burt Lancaster (1913 to 1994. American actor (1913–1994))
• Jack Lynch (1917 to 1999. Taoiseach (1966–1973, 1977–1979))
• Nikolay Przhevalsky (1839 to 1888. Polish-Russian explorer (1839–1888))
• Klaus Störtebeker (1360 to 1401. German pirate (1360–1401))
• Lucy Simon (1940 to 2022. American composer (1940–2022))
• Harlow Shapley (1885 to 1972. American scientist and political activist (1885–1972))
• Naim Frashëri (1846 to 1900. Albanian poet, writer and activist (1846–1900))
• Valeriano Weyler (1838 to 1930. Spanish Army officer and colonial administrator (1838–1930))
• José Batlle y Ordóñez (1856 to 1929. Uruguayan politician (1856–1929))
• Shlomo Carlebach (1925 to 1994. American rabbi and musician (1925–1994))
• Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr (1940 to 2011. Libyan military officer and politician (1940-2011))
• Korczak Ziolkowski (1908 to 1982. American designer and sculptor (1908–1982))
• Eva Ibbotson (1925 to 2010. Austro-British children's writer (1925–2010))
• Urban III (1200 to ?. Head of the Catholic Church from 1185 to 1187)
• Henry X the Proud (1100 to 1139. 12th-century Bavarian nobleman)

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