Born on October 20th, 1721
Weekday
Monday
October 20th, 1721 was a Monday.
Zodiac
♎
Libra (The Scales)
September 24th, 1721 - October 23rd, 1721
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 110,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 516 days, exactly on September 16th, 2025, people who were born on October 20th, 1721 will be 111,000 days old!
110,484 Days
15,783 Weeks
3,629 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on October 20th?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 20th
Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 20th?
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91 Fayard Nicholas
Choreographer, dancer, actor
*October 20th, 1914, Mobile †January 24th, 2006, Los Angeles
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59 Kamala Harris
Vice president of the United States since 2021
*October 20th, 1964, Oakland Medical Center
92 John Dewey
American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer (1859–1952)
*October 20th, 1859, Burlington †June 1st, 1952, New York City
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85 Dolores Hart
American Roman Catholic religious sister, and former actress
*October 20th, 1938, Chicago
82 James Chadwick
English physicist (1891-1974), who discovered the neutron in 1932
*October 20th, 1891, Bollington †July 24th, 1974, Cambridge
69 Jerry Orbach
American actor and singer (1935-2004)
*October 20th, 1935, New York City †December 28th, 2004, New York City.jpg "Viggo Mortensen")
Same year
Born in 1721
50 Tobias Smollett
18th-century poet and author from Scotland
*March 19th, 1721, Cardross †September 17th, 1771, Livorno
42 Madame de Pompadour
Chief mistress of Louis XV of France (1721-1764)
*December 29th, 1721, Paris †April 15th, 1764, VersaillesJean-Philippe Baratier
German scholar (1721-1740)
*January 19th, 1721, Schwabach †October 5th, 1740, Halle (Saale)Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes
French statesman (1721-1794)
*December 6th, 1721, Paris †April 22nd, 1794, Paris
72 Roger Sherman
Early American lawyer and politician, Founding Father of the United States (1721-1793)
*April 19th, 1721, Newton †July 23rd, 1793, New Haven
46 John Frederick, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1721-1767)
*January 8th, 1721, Rudolstadt †July 10th, 1767, Rudolstadt
48 Mark Akenside
English poet and physician
*November 9th, 1721, Newcastle upon Tyne †June 23rd, 1770, London
77 Christian Gotthelf von Gutschmid
German politician (1721-1798)
*December 12th, 1721, Kahren †December 30th, 1798, Dresden
52 Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz
German general
*February 3rd, 1721, Kalkar †August 27th, 1773, Oława
71 Franz Anton Knittel
German theologian
*April 3rd, 1721, Salzdahlum †December 10th, 1792, Wolfenbüttel
76 Johann Samuel Diterich
German Archdeacon and parson (1721-1797)
*January 1st, 1721, Berlin †January 1st, 1797, Berlin.jpg "Eliphalet Dyer")
85 Eliphalet Dyer
American judge and politician
*September 14th, 1721, Windham †May 13th, 1807, Windham
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford
British politician (1721-1803)
*August 4th, 1721, Swynnerton †October 26th, 1803, Trentham GardensPhilipp Friedrich Gmelin
German professor of botany and chemistry (1721-1768)
*August 19th, 1721, Tübingen †May 9th, 1768, TübingenCountess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken
German noble (1721-1774)
*March 9th, 1721, Ribeauvillé †March 30th, 1774, DarmstadtBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on October 20th
Fixed holidays (Christian feast days) which are celebrated on October 20th.
Margaret Marie Alacoque (in Canada, moved from Oct. 16)
Christian feast daysen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Mary_AlacoquePaul of the Cross (in USA, moved from Oct. 19)
Christian feast daysen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_of_the_CrossOctober 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast daysen.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_20_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Arbor Day (Czech Republic)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbor_DayHeroes' Day (Kenya)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes'_DayRevolution Day (Guatemala), one of the two Patriotic Days (Guatemala)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_GuatemalaVietnamese Women's Day (Vietnam)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_VietnamWorld Osteoporosis Day
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Osteoporosis_DayWorld Statistics Day
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Statistics_DayDate as a Roman numeral / digit
20.10.1721
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | X = 10 | I = 1 |
Leap year
No: With 365 days 1721 is a normal year and no leap year.