List of Famous people born on October 20th

Eoin O'Duffy was a fascist Irish nationalist political activist, soldier and police commissioner. He was the leader of the Monaghan Brigade of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and a prominent figure in the Ulster IRA during the Irish War of Independence. In this capacity he became Chief of Staff of the IRA in 1922. He accepted the Anglo-Irish Treaty and served as a general in the National Army in the Irish Civil War, on the pro-Treaty side.

Thor Freudenthal is a German film director, screenwriter, animator and special effects artist.

Iosif Hodoș, was a Romanian historian, politician, lawyer, and publisher. He was a founding member of the Romanian Academy.

August Gottlieb Schoenborn was a German American architect who helped design the United States Capitol dome.

William Hawkins was the 17th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1811 to 1814.