| 119971 | October 20 | Birth | 1909 – Carla Laemmle, American actress and photographer (d. 2014) |
| 119972 | October 20 | Birth | 1909 – Yasushi Sugiyama, Japanese painter (d. 1993) |
| 119973 | October 20 | Birth | 1910 – Chen Liting, Chinese director and playwright (d. 2013) |
| 119974 | October 20 | Birth | 1910 – Hopper Read, English cricketer (d. 2000) |
| 119975 | October 20 | Birth | 1910 – Bob Sheppard, American sportscaster (d. 2010) |
| 119976 | October 20 | Birth | 1912 – Ruhi Su, Turkish singer-songwriter (d. 1985) |
| 119977 | October 20 | Birth | 1913 – Grandpa Jones, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (d. 1998) |
| 119978 | October 20 | Birth | 1913 – J. Michael Hagopian, Turkish-American director and producer (d. 2010) |
| 119979 | October 20 | Birth | 1914 – Fayard Nicholas, American actor, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2006) |
| 119980 | October 20 | Birth | 1917 – Stéphane Hessel, German-French activist and diplomat (d. 2013) |
| 119981 | October 20 | Birth | 1917 – Jean-Pierre Melville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1973) |
| 119982 | October 20 | Birth | 1918 – Martin Drewes, German soldier and pilot (d. 2013) |
| 119983 | October 20 | Birth | 1918 – Robert Lochner, American-German soldier and journalist (d. 2003) |
| 119984 | October 20 | Birth | 1919 – Tracy Hall, American chemist and academic (d. 2008) |
| 119985 | October 20 | Birth | 1920 – Nick Cardy, American illustrator (d. 2013) |
| 119986 | October 20 | Birth | 1920 – Fanny de Sivers, Estonian-French linguist and academic (d. 2011) |
| 119987 | October 20 | Birth | 1920 – Siddhartha Shankar Ray, Indian lawyer and politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (d. 2010) |
| 119988 | October 20 | Birth | 1921 – Hans Warren, Dutch poet and author (d. 2001) |
| 119989 | October 20 | Birth | 1922 – John Anderson, American actor (d. 1992) |
| 119990 | October 20 | Birth | 1922 – Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer (d. 2012) |
| 119991 | October 20 | Birth | 1923 – Robert Craft, American conductor and musicologist |
| 119992 | October 20 | Birth | 1924 – Robert Peters, American poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2014) |
| 119993 | October 20 | Birth | 1925 – Art Buchwald, American soldier and journalist (d. 2007) |
| 119994 | October 20 | Birth | 1925 – Tom Dowd, American record producer and engineer (d. 2002) |
| 119995 | October 20 | Birth | 1925 – Roger Hanin, Algerian-French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2015) |
| 119996 | October 20 | Birth | 1926 – Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, English lieutenant and politician, founded the National Motor Museum (d. 2015) |
| 119997 | October 20 | Birth | 1927 – Joyce Brothers, American psychologist, author, and actress (d. 2013) |
| 119998 | October 20 | Birth | 1927 – Gunturu Seshendra Sarma, Indian poet and critic (d. 2007) |
| 119999 | October 20 | Birth | 1928 – Michael O'Donnell, English physician, author, and journalist |
| 120000 | October 20 | Birth | 1929 – Colin Jeavons, Welsh-English actor |