October 20 - Births

Births

• 1463 – Alessandro Achillini, Italian philosopher (d. 1512)
• 1496 – Claude, Duke of Guise, French soldier (d. 1550)
• 1616 – Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680)
• 1620 – Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691)
• 1632 – Sir Christopher Wren, English architect (d. 1723)
• 1656 – Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746)
• 1660 – Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1723)
• 1677 – Stanislaus I Leszczyński, King of Poland (d. 1766)
• 1700 – Charlotte Aglaé of Orléans, Duchess of Modena (d. 1761)
• 1711 – Timothy Ruggles, American politician (d. 1795)
• 1719 – Gottfried Achenwall, German statistician (d. 1772)
• 1759 – Chauncey Goodrich, American politician (d. 1815)
• 1780 – Pauline Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1825)
• 1784 – Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, British statesman (d. 1865)
• 1785 – George Ormerod, British historian and antiquarian (d. 1873)
• 1801 – Melchior Berri, Swiss architect (d. 1854)
• 1808 – Karl Andree, German geographer (d. 1875)
• 1819 – The Báb, Persian founder of Bábism and a central figure in the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1850)
• 1819 – Carl Mikuli, Polish pianist (d. 1897)
• 1822 – Thomas Hughes, English novelist (d. 1896)
• 1832 – Constantin Lipsius, German architect (d. 1894)
• 1854 – Arthur Rimbaud, French poet (d. 1891)
• 1858 – John Burns, English politician (d. 1943)
• 1859 – John Dewey, American philosopher (d. 1952)
• 1864 – James F. Hinkle, American politician (d. 1951)
• 1873 – Nellie McClung, Canadian feminist (d. 1951)
• 1874 – Charles Ives, American composer (d. 1954)
• 1882 – Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-born American actor (d. 1956)
• 1889 – Margaret Dumont, American actress (d. 1965)
• 1891 – James Chadwick, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
• 1891 – Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan politician (d. 1978)
• 1893 – Charley Chase, American comedian (d. 1940)
• 1894 – Olive Thomas, American actress (d. 1920)
• 1895 – Rex Ingram, American actor (d. 1969)
• 1897 – Crown Prince Euimin of Korea (d. 1970)
• 1900 – Wayne Morse, American politician (d. 1974)
• 1904 – Anna Neagle, English actress (d. 1986)
• 1904 – Tommy Clement Douglas, Canadian politician (d. 1986)
• 1905 – Arnold Luhaäär, Estonian weightlifter (d. 1965)
• 1905 – Frederic Dannay, American novelist (d. 1982)
• 1907 – Arlene Francis, American actress and television personality (d. 2001)
• 1909 – Sugiyama Yasushi, Japanese painter (d. 1993)
• 1909 – Carla Laemmle, American actress
• 1910 – Bob Sheppard, American sports public address announcer (d. 2010)
• 1913 – Grandpa Jones, American banjo player and singer (d. 1998)
• 1913 – J. Michael Hagopian, Turkish-born American documentarian (d. 2010)
• 1914 – Fayard Nicholas, American dancer (d. 2006)
• 1917 – Jean-Pierre Melville, French director (d. 1973)
• 1918 – Robert Lochner, German journalist (d. 2003)
• 1919 – Tracy Hall, American inventor (d. 2008)
• 1922 – John Anderson, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1923 – Robert Craft, American conductor
• 1925 – Art Buchwald, American humorist (d. 2007)
• 1925 – Tom Dowd, American recording engineer (d. 2002)
• 1925 – Roger Hanin, French actor
• 1927 – Gunturu Seshendra Sarma, Indian poet (d. 2007)
• 1927 – Joyce Brothers, American psychologist and advice columnist
• 1931 – Richard Caliguiri, American politician (d. 1988)
• 1931 – Mickey Mantle, American baseball player (d. 1995)
• 1932 – Rosey Brown, American football player (d. 2004)
• 1932 – William Christopher, American actor
• 1934 – Bill Chase, American trumpet player (d. 1974)
• 1934 – Eddie Harris, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1996)
• 1934 – Empress Michiko of Japan
• 1935 – Jerry Orbach, American actor (d. 2004)
• 1935 – Barrie Chase, American dancer
• 1937 – Juan Marichal, Dominican baseball player
• 1937 – Wanda Jackson, American rock and rockabilly singer
• 1938 – Iain Macmillan, Scottish photographer (d. 2006)
• 1940 – Kathy Kirby, British singer
• 1940 – Robert Pinsky, American poet and Poet Laureate of the United States
• 1942 – Earl Hindman, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1942 – Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, German biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 1943 – Dunja Vejzovic, Croatian soprano
• 1944 – David Mancuso, American disc jockey
• 1944 – Nalin de Silva, Sri Lankan theoretical physicist and political analyst
• 1946 – Lewis Grizzard, American writer and humorist (d. 1994)
• 1946 – Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian writer, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1946 – Richard Loncraine, British film director
• 1946 – Lucien Van Impe, Belgian cyclist
• 1948 – Melih Gökçek, Turkish politician
• 1949 – Valeri Borzov, Ukrainian athlete
• 1950 – Tom Petty, American musician
• 1951 – Patrick Hall, British politician
• 1951 – Leif Pagrotsky, Swedish politician
• 1951 – Claudio Ranieri, Italian football player and manager
• 1951 – Ken Ham, Australian evangelist and businessman
• 1951 – Al Greenwood, American rock musician (Foreigner)
• 1953 – Keith Hernandez, American baseball player
• 1953 – Bill Nunn, American actor
• 1954 – Steve Orich, American composer
• 1954 – Günter Müller, German percussionist
• 1955 – Thomas Newman, American composer
• 1955 – David Profumo, English novelist
• 1955 – Aaron Pryor, American boxer
• 1955 – Robert ten Brink, Dutch TV personality
• 1956 – Danny Boyle, English film director
• 1957 – Susanna Haavisto, Finnish actress and singer
• 1957 – Hilda Solis, American politician
• 1957 – Chris Cowdrey, English cricketer
• 1958 – Valerie Faris, American film director
• 1958 – Lynn Flewelling, American fantasy author
• 1958 – Scott Hall, American professional wrestler
• 1958 – Mark King, English musician and singer (Level 42)
• 1958 – Dave Krieg, American football player
• 1958 – Viggo Mortensen, American actor
• 1958 – Ivo Pogorelic, Croatian pianist
• 1958 – Dave Finlay, Irish professional wrestler
• 1959 – Mark Little, Australian actor and comedian
• 1960 – Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player (d. 2004)
• 1960 – Lepa Brena, Yugoslav singer
• 1961 – Ian Rush, Welsh footballer
• 1961 – Michie Tomizawa, Japanese voice actress
• 1962 – David M. Evans, American screenwriter and film director
• 1962 – Dave Wong, Hong Kong/Taiwanese singer-songwriter
• 1963 – Julie Payette, Canadian astronaut
• 1963 – Nikos Tsiantakis, Greek footballer
• 1965 – Norman Blake, Scottish musician
• 1965 – Jil Caplan, French singer and songwriter
• 1965 – Mikhail Shtalenkov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1965 – William Zabka, American actor
• 1966 – Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jordanian militant and Al-Qaeda figure (d. 2006)
• 1966 – Allan Donald, South African cricketer
• 1966 – Fred Coury, American drummer (Cinderella)
• 1966 – Stefan Raab, German entertainer
• 1966 – Patrick Volkerding, American computer operating systems developer
• 1967 – Luigi Lo Cascio, Italian actor
• 1967 – Elizabeth Carling, English actress and singer
• 1967 – Luck Mervil, Québécois actor and singer
• 1967 – Marco Ngai, Hong Kong actor
• 1968 – Susan Tully, English actress (Eastenders)
• 1969 – Juan González, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1969 – Laurie Daley, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1969 – Lambros Papakostas, Greek high jumper
• 1970 – Chavo Guerrero, Jr., American professional wrestler
• 1970 – Michelle Malkin, American political commentator and author
• 1970 – Sander Boschker, Dutch footballer
• 1971 – Dannii Minogue, Australian singer
• 1971 – Matt Norman, Australian director/producer
• 1971 – Eddie Jones, American basketball player
• 1971 – Snoop Dogg, American rapper
• 1972 – Will Greenwood, England rugby union player
• 1976 – Tom Wisniewski, American guitarist (MxPx)
• 1977 – Matt Jansen, English footballer
• 1977 – Leila Josefowicz, Canadian classical violinist
• 1977 – Sam Witwer, American actor
• 1978 – Virender Sehwag, Indian cricketer
• 1978 – Paul Wilson, Scottish bass player (Snow Patrol)
• 1979 – Paul Ifill, Barbadian footballer
• 1979 – John Krasinski, American actor
• 1979 – Paul O'Connell, Irish rugby player
• 1980 – Gary Jarman, English musician
• 1980 – Niall Matter, Canadian actor
• 1980 – Jose Veras, Dominican baseball player
• 1981 – Willis McGahee, American football player
• 1981 – Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1981 – Francisco Javier Rodríguez, Mexican footballer
• 1982 – Yasser Al-Qahtani, Saudi footballer
• 1982 – Becky Brewerton, Welsh golfer
• 1983 – Luis Saritama, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1983 – Takayuki Yamada, Japanese actor
• 1984 – Florent Sinama-Pongolle, French footballer
• 1984 – Andrew Trimble, Northern Irish rugby player
• 1985 – Jennifer Nicole Freeman, American actress
• 1985 – Alphonso Smith, American football player
• 1985 – Dominic McGuire, American basketball player
• 1985 – James Sutton, British racing driver
• 1986 – Priyanka Sharma, Indian actress
• 1987 – Raphael Hackl, German rugby player
• 1988 – Candice Swanepoel, South African model
• 1988 – Risa Niigaki, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
• 1992 – Ksenia Semenova, Russian gymnast
• 1994 – Morgan Featherstone, Australian model