Famous Birthdays for October 20Arthur Rimbaud 1854 James Mann 1856 - Lawyer, U.S. Congressman John Dewey 1859 - Psychologist, philosopher Charles Ives 1874 - Composer, author Bela Lugosi (Blasko) 1882 - Actor ("Dracula") Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton 1890 - Pianist Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay) 1905 - Author Arlene Francis 1908 - Actress ("Blind Date") Will Rogers, Jr. 1912 - Actor ("The Story of Will Rogers") Grandpa Jones (Louis Marshall) 1913 - Singer Fayard Nicholas 1914 Art Buchwald 1925 - Newspaper columnist Dr. Joyce Brothers 1927 Mickey Mantle 1931 - Baseball player William Christopher 1932 Roosevelt Brown 1932 - Football player Michael Dunn 1934 Jerry Orbach 1935 - Actor ("Dirty Dancing") Wanda Jackson 1937 - Singer Juan "Manito" Marichal 1937 - Baseball player Jay Siegal (The Tokens) 1939 - Singer (The Tokens, Cross Country) Earl Hindman 1942 - Actor ("Home Improvement") Ric Lee (Ten Years After) 1945 - Drummer (Ten Years After) Tom Petty 1950 - Musician (Traveling Wilburys) Isaac Curtis 1950 - Football player Al Greenwood 1951 - Keyboard player (Foreigner) Melanie Mayron 1952 - Actress Dave Collins 1952 - Baseball player Dave McClelland 1952 - Hockey player Keith Hernandez 1953 - Baseball player Eric Scott 1958 - Actor ("The Waltons") Viggo Mortensen 1958 - Actor, musician Mark King 1958 - Musician (Level 42) David Ryan (The Lemonheads) 1964 James G. Sonefeld (Hootie & the Blowfish) 1964 Fred Coury 1966 - Musician (Cinderella) Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr.) 1971 - Rapper |
