Famous birthdays on October 20
Famous people born on October 20, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.
♎ Star sign
Libra
💎 Birthstone
Opal
👶 How common
No. 253 of 366
Born on October 20

Christopher Wren
born 1632 · English architect (1632–1723)

Arthur Rimbaud
born 1854 · French poet (1854-1891)

John Dewey
born 1859 · American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer (1859–1952)

Don Stephen Senanayake
born 1884 · Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1884-1952)

James Chadwick
born 1891 · English physicist (1891-1974), who discovered the neutron in 1932

Jomo Kenyatta
born 1893 · first Prime Minister (1963 to 1964) and President (1964 to 1978) of self-governing Kenya

Kamala Harris
born 1964 · Vice President of the United States from 2021 to 2025

Elfriede Jelinek
born 1946 · Austrian playwright and novelist
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Snoop Dogg
born 1971 · American rapper (born 1971)
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Danny Boyle
born 1956 · English filmmaker

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
born 1942 · German biologist (1995 Nobel Prize)

Ian Rush
born 1961 · Welsh association football player and manager (born 1961)

Ademola Lookman
born 1997 · Nigerian-English association football player (born 1997)
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Stefan Raab
born 1966 · German entertainer

Yéremy Pino
born 2002 · Spanish association football player (born 2002)
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Andrey Rublev
born 1997 · Russian tennis player

Francisco Javier Rodríguez
born 1981 · Mexican association football player
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Vladimir Solovyov
born 1963 · Russian television presenter

Dmitri Alenichev
born 1972 · Russian footballer
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Pavel Grudinin
born 1960 · Russian politician

Melih Gökçek
born 1948 · former Mayor of Ankara
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Víctor Valdepeñas
born 2006 · Spanish footballer (born 2006)
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Sameh Shoukry
born 1952 · Egyptian diplomat
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Reggie Walsh
born 2008 · English footballer (born 2008)

Raoul Lambert
born 1944 · Belgian footballer
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Chérif Souleymane
born 1944 · Guinean footballer

Romeo Benetti
born 1945 · Italian footballer and manager (born 1945)

Jorge Carlos Fonseca
born 1950 · Cape Verdean politician and former president of Cape Verde
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Claudio Ranieri
born 1951 · Italian footballer and manager
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Dragiša Binić
born 1961 · Serbian association football player

Stan Valckx
born 1963 · Dutch footballer

Julie Payette
born 1963 · 29th governor general of Canada, former CSA Astronaut (born 1963)
Iurie Leancă
born 1963 · 9th Prime Minister of Moldova (2013 - 2015)

Stefano Pioli
born 1965 · Italian association football player and manager

Monica Ali
born 1967 · British writer, novelist (born 1967)
Sander Boschker
born 1970 · Dutch association football player (born 1970)
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Dannii Minogue
born 1971 · Australian singer and actress
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Mahmoud Yassen Souf
born 1971 · association football player (1971-2019)

Hun Manet
born 1977 · Prime Minister of Cambodia since 2023
Dimitris Papadopoulos
born 1981 · Greek association football player
October 20 in every year
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Questions about October 20 birthdays
- Who are famous people born on October 20?
- Famous people born on October 20 include Christopher Wren (1632), Arthur Rimbaud (1854), John Dewey (1859), Don Stephen Senanayake (1884), James Chadwick (1891).
- What star sign is someone born on October 20?
- Someone born on October 20 is a Libra.
- What is the birthstone for October 20?
- The birthstone for October is opal.
- How common is a birthday on October 20?
- In the US, October 20 is the No. 253 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,133 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).