Who Was Born Today – October 20 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on October 20 | ||
1632 | Sir Christopher Wren, astronomer and architect. | |
1854 | Arthur Rimbaud, poet. | |
1874 | Charles Ives, composer. | |
1884 | Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-born film actor famous for his portrayal of Count Dracula (1931). | |
1891 | Sir James Chadwick, physicist who won the Nobel Prize for discovering the neutron. | |
1901 | Adelaide Hall, cabaret singer. | |
1925 | Art Buchwald, humorist. | |
1931 | Mickey Mantle, baseball great who played for the New York Yankees | |
1932 | Michael McClure, beat poet. | |
1940 | Robert Pinsky, former U.S. Poet Laureate. | |
1946 | Lewis Grizzard, journalist and humorist who gained popularity through his syndicated Atlanta Journal-Constitution column; he authored 25 books, including collections of his columns. | |
1946 | Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian playwright and novelist; awarded Nobel Prize in Literature, 2004. | |
1948 | Tom Petty, singer, songwriter, musician; lead singer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and a founder of the Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch bands; inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 2002. | |
1971 | Snoop Dogg (Calvin Broadus, Jr.), rapper, songwriter, actor; his debut album, Doggy style, came in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot R&B / Hip-Hop charts. |
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