Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/October 20

Births

• 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

• 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)