Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 20:
Japan's Empress Michiko is 83.
Rockabilly singer Wanda Jackson is 80.
Former actress Rev. Mother Dolores Hart is 79.
Ric Lee, drummer with Ten Years After, is 72.
Actor William "Rusty" Russ is 67.
Al Greenwood, keyboards and synthesizer with Foreigner, is 66.
Actress Melanie Mayron ("thirtysomething") is 65.
Movie director Danny Boyle is 61.
Actor Viggo Mortensen ("Lord of the Rings") is 59.
Mark King of Level 42 is 59.
Governor General Julie Payette is 54.
Drummer Jim "Soni" Sonefeld of Hootie and the Blowfish is 53.
Bassist Doug Eldridge of Oleander is 50.
"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin is 49.
Political commentator and blogger Michelle Malkin is 47.
Actor Kenneth Choi ("Sons of Anarchy") is 46.
Rapper Snoop Dogg (born Calvin Broadus) is 46.
Country singer Jimi Westbrook of Little Big Town is 46.
Singer Dannii Minogue is 46.
Actor Sam Witwer is 40.
Actor John Krasinski ("The Office") is 38.
Bassist Daniel Tichenor of Cage the Elephant is 38.
Actress Katie Featherston ("Paranormal Activity") is 35.
Actress Jennifer Nicole Freeman ("My Wife And Kids") is 32.
Pop singer Jess Glynne is 28.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1873, Nellie McClung, suffragist, reformer and legislator. (Sept. 1, 1951)
In 1882, actor Bela Lugosi. (Aug. 16, 1956)
In 1980, jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton. (July 10, 1941)
In 1904, Canadian politician Tommy Douglas. (Feb. 24, 1986)
In 1908, country and gospel singer-songwriter Stuart Hamblen. (March 8, 1989)
In 1913, country entertainer Grandpa Jones. (Feb. 19, 1998)
In 1925, humorist Art Buchwald. (Jan. 17, 2007)
In 1927, pop psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers. (May 13, 2013)
In 1931, New York Yankee legend Mickey Mantle. (Aug. 13, 1995)
In 1931, baritone Bernard Turgeon. (Oct. 25, 2016)
In 1932, actor William Christopher ("MASH"). (Dec. 31, 2016)
In 1934, trumpeter Bill Chase. (Aug. 9, 1974)
In 1934, jazz tenor saxophonist Eddie Harris. (Nov. 5, 1996)
In 1935, actor Jerry Orbach. (Dec. 28, 2004).
In 1950, Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer Tom Petty. (Oct. 2, 2017)
In 1952, actor Bill Nunn ("Sirens"). (Sept. 24, 2016)
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