Who Was Alive

Famous people born on 20 October

16 of the people we track were born on 20 October, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

  1. Kamala Harris 1964American politician who served as Vice President of the United Statesliving, 61
  2. Arthur Rimbaud 1854French poetdied aged 37
  3. Elfriede Jelinek 1946Austrian playwright and novelistliving, 79
  4. John Dewey 1859American philosopher and psychologistdied aged 92
  5. James Chadwick 1891British physicistdied aged 82
  6. Snoop Dogg 1971American rapperliving, 54
  7. Isabelle de Charrière 1740Dutch writer and composerdied aged 65
  8. Jomo Kenyatta 1893Kenyan politician who served as President of Kenyadied aged 84
  9. Christopher Wren 1632English architectdied aged 90
  10. Viggo Mortensen 1958American actorliving, 67
  11. Báb 1819Religious leaderdied aged 30 or 31
  12. Danny Boyle 1956British film directorliving, 69
  13. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard 1942German biologistliving, 83
  14. Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston 1784British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdomdied aged 80
  15. Bela Lugosi 1882Hungarian actordied aged 73
  16. Claudio Ranieri 1951Italian footballerliving, 74