Famous People: October 20
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All Figures for October 20 (48 results)
Sir Christopher Wren
Master Architect of the English Baroque, Surveyor of the King's Works & Mastermind of St Paul's Cathedral
Lord Palmerston
Two-Time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1855–1858, 1859–1865) & Dominant Architect of Victorian Foreign Policy
The Báb
Iranian Religious Reformer, Mystic Prophet, Founder of Bábism & Herald of the Baháʼí Faith
Sir Richard Francis Burton
Victorian Polymath, Explorer, Linguist (Master of 29 Languages), Soldier, Diplomat & Translator of "One Thousand and One Nights"
Vaiben Louis Solomon
21st Premier of South Australia, Founding Father of Australian Federation & Constitutional Drafter
Arthur Rimbaud
French Symbolist Poet, Precursor of Modern Surrealism & Author of "A Season in Hell"
José Batlle y Ordóñez
Two-Time President of Uruguay (1903–1907, 1911–1915), Architect of Latin America's First Welfare State & Secular Democracy
John Dewey
Pioneering American Philosopher of Pragmatism, Educational Reformer & Author of "Democracy and Education"
Arthur Henderson
1934 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, British Foreign Secretary & Leader of the Labour Party
Anne Sullivan
Pioneering American Educator, Lifelong Instructor, Companion & Mentor of Helen Keller
Atul Prasad Sen
Celebrated Bengali Lyricist, Composer, Poet & Lawyer, Composer of Bengali Anthem "মোদের গরব, মোদের আশা"
Guillermo Valencia
Colombian Modernismo Poet, Diplomat, Statesman & Author of "Ritos"
Herbert Hoover
31st President of the United States (1929–1933), Mining Engineer & Humanitarian Relief Director
Shigeru Yoshida
Historic 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (1946–1947, 1948–1954), Architect of the "Yoshida Doctrine" & Post-War Economic Miracle
Carl Ferdinand Cori
1947 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Biochemist & Co-Discoverer of the "Cori Cycle"
Ismail al-Azhari
1st Prime Minister of Sudan (1954–1956), Father of Sudanese Independence & President of the High Council of State