| 131881 | November 20 | Birth | 1936 – Charles R. Larson, American admiral (d. 2014) |
| 131882 | November 20 | Birth | 1936 – Bill Wallis, English actor (d. 2013) |
| 131883 | November 20 | Birth | 1937 – Rhys Isaac, South African-Australian historian and author (d. 2010) |
| 131884 | November 20 | Birth | 1937 – René Kollo, German tenor and actor |
| 131885 | November 20 | Birth | 1937 – Ruth Laredo, American pianist and educator (d. 2005) |
| 131886 | November 20 | Birth | 1937 – Eero Mäntyranta, Finnish skier (d. 2013) |
| 131887 | November 20 | Birth | 1937 – Viktoriya Tokareva, Russian author and screenwriter |
| 131888 | November 20 | Birth | 1939 – Dick Smothers, American actor and singer (Smothers Brothers) |
| 131889 | November 20 | Birth | 1940 – Helma Sanders-Brahms, German director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014) |
| 131890 | November 20 | Birth | 1941 – Haseena Moin, Pakistani screenwriter and playwright |
| 131891 | November 20 | Birth | 1941 – Oliver Sipple, American soldier and activist (d. 1989) |
| 131892 | November 20 | Birth | 1942 – Joe Biden, American lawyer and politician, 47th Vice President of the United States |
| 131893 | November 20 | Birth | 1942 – Bob Einstein, American actor, producer, and screenwriter |
| 131894 | November 20 | Birth | 1942 – Norman Greenbaum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 131895 | November 20 | Birth | 1942 – Meredith Monk, American composer and choreographer |
| 131896 | November 20 | Birth | 1942 – Paulos Faraj Rahho, Iraqi archbishop (d. 2008) |
| 131897 | November 20 | Birth | 1943 – Veronica Hamel, American actress and producer |
| 131898 | November 20 | Birth | 1944 – Louie Dampier, American basketball player and coach |
| 131899 | November 20 | Birth | 1944 – Mike Vernon, English record producer, founded Blue Horizon |
| 131900 | November 20 | Birth | 1945 – Paul Langford, English historian and academic |
| 131901 | November 20 | Birth | 1945 – Rick Monday, American baseball player and sportscaster |
| 131902 | November 20 | Birth | 1945 – Nanette Workman, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and actress |
| 131903 | November 20 | Birth | 1946 – Duane Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band, Hour Glass, Derek and the Dominos, and The Allman Joys) (d. 1971) |
| 131904 | November 20 | Birth | 1946 – Greg Cook, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2012) |
| 131905 | November 20 | Birth | 1946 – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow |
| 131906 | November 20 | Birth | 1946 – Judy Woodruff, American journalist and educator |
| 131907 | November 20 | Birth | 1947 – Joe Walsh, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (Eagles, James Gang, and Barnstorm) |
| 131908 | November 20 | Birth | 1948 – John R. Bolton, American lawyer and diplomat, 25th United States Ambassador to the United Nations |
| 131909 | November 20 | Birth | 1948 – Park Chul-soo, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013) |
| 131910 | November 20 | Birth | 1948 – Barbara Hendricks, American-Swedish soprano and actress |