List of Famous people born on October 20th

Carlo Maria Becchi is an Italian theoretical physicist.

Dmitry Vitalyevich Bulgakov is a Russian military leader, a specialist in the field of logistic support of the armed forces. He was Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation from 2 December 2008. He was an army general as of 2011, and was awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation in 2016.

Brian Emanuel Schatz is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Hawaii, a seat he has held since 2012. Governor Neil Abercrombie appointed Schatz to replace Senator Daniel Inouye after Inouye's death.

Walter Hillyar Colquhoun Long was a British Second Lieutenant that fought in the First Boer War. He was originally a second lieutenant in the 6th Dragoons, but was then transferred to the 94th Regiment of Foot on 27 March 1880. As part of the 94th Regiment, he played a crucial part in the defence of Lydenburg during a three month siege in 1881. He was the son of the British politician Walter Long.

Peter Gosselin Fitzgerald is a former United States Senator from Illinois. A Republican, he served from 1999 until his retirement in 2005. Fitzgerald defeated Democratic incumbent Carol Moseley Braun in 1998, becoming the first Republican to win a U.S. Senate race in Illinois since Charles Percy twenty years earlier. He had previously served in the Illinois State Senate from 1992 to 1998.