Did you know
Dannii Minogue first appeared on the television talent show Young Talent Time (1982–1988) before gaining recognition for her role as Emma Jackson on the soap opera Home and Away (1988–1990).
Famous Birthdays on October 20
1971 — Dannii Minogue
Australian singer-songwriter and actress
October 20 has 242 recorded notable births across history, from 888 to 2003. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on October 20
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- 2003 The Sloan Great Wall, once the largest cosmic structures known to humanity, is discovered by students at Princeton University. Source
- 1961 The Soviet Navy performs the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf-class submarine. Source
- 2011 Libyan Crisis: Rebel forces capture Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and his son Mutassim in his hometown of Sirte and kill them shortly thereafter, ending the first Libyan civil war. Source
- 1883 Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific. Source
Did you know
YoungBoy Never Broke Again signed with Atlantic Records and Artist Partner Group in the latter year to release the singles "Untouchable" and "No Smoke", both of which marked his first entries on the Billboard Hot 100.
Did you know
Rublev has won 18 ATP Tour singles titles, including two ATP Masters 1000 events in Monte-Carlo and Madrid.
Did you know
Virender Sehwag batted right-handed and played his first One Day International in 1999 and joined the Indian Test side in 2001.
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Juan Marichal won over 20 games six times, on each occasion posting an earned run average (ERA) below 2.
More major people born on October 20
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1999
YoungBoy Never Broke Again
American rapper
Kentrell DeSean Gaulden, known professionally as YoungBoy Never Broke Again or NBA YoungBoy, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter.
1997
Andrey Rublev
Russian tennis player
Andrey Andreyevich Rublev is a Russian professional tennis player. He has been ranked by the ATP as high as world No. 5 in singles, which he achieved on 13 September 2021, and No.
1978
Virender Sehwag
Indian cricketer
Virender Sehwag is a former Indian cricketer who represented India from 1999 to 2013.
1937
Juan Marichal
Dominican baseball player and sportscaster
Juan Antonio Marichal Sánchez, nicknamed "the Dominican Dandy", is a Dominican former right-handed pitcher who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1960 to 1975, mostly with the San Francisco Giants.
1901
Adelaide Hall
American-English singer, actress, and dancer (died 1993)
Adelaide Louise Hall was an American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer. Her career spanned more than 70 years from 1921 until her death.
1989
Jamie Collins
American football player
Jamie Lee Collins Sr. is an American football coach and former professional linebacker who is the inside linebackers coach for the North Carolina Tar Heels.
1790
Patrick Matthew. Scottish farmer and biologist (died 1874)
Patrick Matthew was a Scottish grain merchant, fruit farmer, forester, and landowner, who contributed to the understanding of horticulture, silviculture, and agriculture in general, with a focus on maintaining the…
1966
Allan Donald
South African cricketer and coach
Allan Anthony Donald is a South African former cricketer who is also the former bowling coach of Bangladesh national cricket team.
1917
Stéphane Hessel
German-French activist and diplomat (died 2013)
Stéphane Frédéric Hessel was a French diplomat, ambassador, writer, concentration camp survivor, Resistance member and BCRA agent. Born German, he became a naturalised French citizen in 1939.
1475
Giovanni di Bernardo Rucellai
Italian poet and playwright (died 1525)
Giovanni Rucellai, known as Giovanni di Bernardo Rucellai, was an Italian humanist, poet, dramatist and man of letters in Renaissance Florence, in Tuscany, Italy.
1957
Chalermchai Sitthisart
Thai military officer, 40th Commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army
General Chalermchai Sitthisart PC is a retired Thai military officer and general within the Royal Thai Army.
1961
Ian Rush
Welsh footballer and manager
Ian James Rush is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is regarded as one of the best strikers of all time and one of the greatest Welsh players ever.
1938
Iain Macmillan
Scottish photographer and educator (died 2006)
Iain Stewart Macmillan was the Scottish photographer famous for taking the cover photograph for the Beatles' album Abbey Road in 1969. He grew up in Scotland, then moved to London to become a professional photographer.
1964
Kamala Harris
American politician and lawyer, 49th Vice President of the United States
Kamala Devi Harris is an American politician and attorney who served as the 49th vice president of the United States from 2021 to 2025 under President Joe Biden.
1969
Juan González
Puerto Rican baseball player
Juan Alberto González Vázquez, nicknamed Juan Gone, is a Puerto Rican former baseball outfielder.
1784
Henry John Temple
3rd Viscount Palmerston, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1865)
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, known as Lord Palmerston, was a British Anglo-Irish politician who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1855 to 1858 and from 1859 to his death in 1865.
1920
Janet Jagan
6th President of Guyana (died 2009)
Janet Rosenberg Jagan was an American-born Guyanese politician who served as the 6th President of Guyana from 1997 to 1999.
1957
Hilda Solis
American academic and politician, 25th United States Secretary of Labor
Hilda Lucia Solis is an American politician and a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for the 1st district and is the Chair of Los Angeles County.
1934
Timothy West
English actor (died 2024)
Timothy Lancaster West was an English actor with a long and varied career across theatre, film, and television.