List of Famous people born on October 20th
Oscar Swahn
Oscar Gomer Swahn was a Swedish shooter who competed at three Olympic games and won six medals, including three gold. Swahn holds records as the oldest Olympian at the time of competition, the oldest person to win gold, and the oldest person to win an Olympic medal.
Rudolf Zahradník
Rudolf Zahradník was a Czech chemist in the field of quantum chemistry and molecular spectroscopy. He held research positions at the Institute of Occupational Medicine and went on to serve as the first director of the J Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, president of the Czech Academy of Sciences and chairman of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic, after the Velvet Revolution. During the 1980s, he taught future German leader Angela Merkel, who was then on an internship in Czechoslovakia. He held a doctorate from the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague.
Pauline Bonaparte
Pauline Bonaparte was the first sovereign Duchess of Guastalla in Italy, an imperial French princess and the princess consort of Sulmona and Rossano. She was the sixth child of Letizia Ramolino and Carlo Buonaparte, Corsica's representative to the court of King Louis XVI of France. Her elder brother, Napoleon, was the first emperor of the French. She married Charles Leclerc, a French general, a union ended by his death in 1802. Later, she married Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona. Her only child, Dermide Leclerc, born from her first marriage, died in childhood. She was the only Bonaparte sibling to visit Napoleon in exile on his principality, Elba.
Julia Gutiérrez Caba
Julia Gutiérrez Caba OAXS MML is a Spanish theatre and film actress.
Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini
Mohsin Ahmad Alaini was a Yemeni politician, who served as the prime minister of the Yemen Arab Republic five times between 1967 and 1975.
Hasan Karacadağ
Hasan Karacadağ is a Turkish film director. He has directed more than twelve films since 1999. He was the director that introduced Djins into Turkish cinema. His Dabbe film series has gone on to become a cult classic due to its distribution on Netflix.
Iván Etevenaux
Iván Etevenaux is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for General Paz Juniors.
Saeid Marouf
Mir Saeid Marouf Lakerani is an Iranian volleyball setter. He is the captain of the Iranian national team. He was named best setter at the 2014 World League and 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympic qualifying tournaments, as well as most valuable player at the 2013 Asian Championship. He participated in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. He was voted Iranian Sportsmen of the year for (2015–16) of the Iranian calendar by an Iranian TV.
Leopoldo López Gil
Leopoldo López Gil is a Spanish-Venezuelan politician who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019.
Kōichi Kawanishi
Koichi Kawanishi is a Japanese drummer who is a member of the Japanese band Unicorn.