List of Famous people born on October 20th
Hiroyuki Nagahama
Hiroyuki Nagahama is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A native of Tokyo and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 as a member of Morihiro Hosokawa's Japan New Party. After losing his seat in 1996 as a member of the New Frontier Party, he was elected again in 2000 as a member of DPJ. In 2007, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time.
Roberta Rodrigues
Roberta Rodrigues is a Brazilian actress. Born in Vidigal, Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigues started acting when she was 16 in a local theater group, Nós do Morro. In 2002, she debuted in City of God, and later was cast in several Rede Globo's telenovelas.
Rui Pinto
Rui Pedro Gonçalves Pinto is a Portuguese whistleblower, creator of the Football Leaks website, and responsible for Malta Files and Luanda Leaks revelations. Winner of GUE/NGL Award for “Journalists, Whistleblowers and Defenders of the Right to Information”. He created the Football Leaks website in September 2015 with the intention of revealing the financial picture of association football, including the tax avoidance schemes used by top players and the controversial third-party ownership models used by clubs.
Ursula Happe
Ursula Happe was a German swimmer and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, where she won the gold medal in 200 m breaststroke. She also competed in the women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Happe died in Dortmund on 26 March 2021 at the age of 94.
Ulrich Büscher
Ulrich Büscher is a German former football player.
Olive Thomas
Olive Thomas was an American silent-film actress, art model, and photo model.
Zeng Shiqiang
Zeng Shiqiang was a Chinese-born Taiwanese sinologist best known for studying I Ching, the oldest of the Chinese classics. Zeng is acclaimed as having been the "Father of the Chinese Style of Management". He served as president of Hsing Kuo University of Management (HKU) and professor at National Chiao Tung University (NCTU).
Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise
Claude de Lorraine, duc de Guise was a French aristocrat and general. He became the first Duke of Guise in 1528.
Lucien Van Impe
Lucien Van Impe is a Belgian cyclist, who competed professionally between 1969 and 1987. He excelled mainly as a climber in multiple-day races such as the Tour de France. He was the winner of the 1976 Tour de France, and six times winner of the mountains classification in the Tour de France.
Nicolas Jaeger
Nicolas Jaeger (1946–1980) was a French physician and alpinist.