Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/October 20
Births
[edit]- 1632 - Sir Christopher Wren, English architect (d. 1723) (pictured)
- 1882 - Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-born actor (d. 1956)
- 1890 - Jelly Roll Morton, American composer (d. 1941)
- 1931 - Mickey Mantle, baseball player (d. 1995)
- 1935 - Jerry Orbach, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1958 - Viggo Mortensen, American actor
- 1971 - Snoop Dogg, American rapper
Deaths
[edit]- 1740 - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
- 1926 - Eugene Debs, American labor leader and Socialist presidential candidate (b. 1855)
- 1936 - Anne Sullivan, American teacher (b. 1866)
- 1964 - Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States (b. 1874)
- 1990 - Joel McCrea, American actor (b. 1905)
- 1994 - Burt Lancaster, American actor (b. 1913)