History Births on February 20

Ian Brown, English singer-songwriter and musician

#Ian_Brown

Tony Wilson, English journalist and businessman (d. 2007)

#Tony_Wilson

Ellen Gilchrist, American novelist, short story writer, and poet

#Ellen_Gilchrist

Johann Christian Reil, German physician, physiologist, and anatomist (d. 1813)

#Johann_Christian_Reil

Benjamin Waugh, English activist, founded the NSPCC (d. 1908)

#Benjamin_Waugh

Kurt Cobain, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1994)

#Kurt_Cobain

Jennifer O'Neill, American model and actress

#Jennifer_O'Neill

Henry James Pye, English poet and politician (d. 1813)

#Henry_James_Pye

Jari Litmanen, Finnish footballer

#Jari_Litmanen

Ki Bo-bae, South Korean archer

#Ki_Bo-bae

Eleanor of Aragon, queen of John I of Castile (d. 1382)

#Eleanor_of_Aragon,_Queen_of_Castile

Georges Bernanos, French soldier and author (d. 1948)

#Georges_Bernanos

Brian McCann, American baseball player

#Brian_McCann_(baseball)

E. H. Harriman, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1909)

#E._H._Harriman

Ivana Trump, Czech-American socialite and model

#Ivana_Trump

Hod Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1907)

#Hod_Stuart

Carl Westman, Swedish architect, designed the Stockholm Court House and Röhsska Museum (d. 1936)

#Carl_Westman

Buffy Sainte-Marie, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer

#Buffy_Sainte-Marie

Elie Nadelman, Polish-American sculptor (d. 1946)

#Elie_Nadelman

Tom Harris, Scottish journalist and politician

#Tom_Harris_(British_politician)

Louis Zborowski, English race car driver and engineer (d. 1924)

#Louis_Zborowski

Richard Beymer, American actor, director, and cinematographer

#Richard_Beymer

William Prescott, American colonel (d. 1795)

#William_Prescott

Antonio Inoki, Japanese wrestler, mixed martial artist, and politician

#Antonio_Inoki

Mary Garden, Scottish-American soprano and actress (d. 1967)

#Mary_Garden

Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist and philosopher (d. 1906)

#Ludwig_Boltzmann

Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1992)

#Cornelius_Vanderbilt_Whitney

Lauren Ambrose, American actress and producer

#Lauren_Ambrose

Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban singer and musician (d. 2005)

#Ibrahim_Ferrer

Louis-Alexandre Berthier, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (d. 1815)

#Louis-Alexandre_Berthier

Tom Waddle, American football player and sportscaster

#Tom_Waddle

Patty Hearst, American actress and author

#Patty_Hearst

Stephon Marbury, American basketball player

#Stephon_Marbury

Gloria Vanderbilt, American actress, fashion designer, and socialite (d. 2019)

#Gloria_Vanderbilt

Leonore Annenberg, American businesswoman and diplomat (d. 2009)

#Leonore_Annenberg

Miles Teller, American actor

#Miles_Teller

Joel Hodgson, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter

#Joel_Hodgson

Elseid Hysaj, Albanian footballer

#Elseid_Hysaj

Hidilyn Diaz, Filipino weightlifter

#Hidilyn_Diaz

Peter Osgood, English footballer (d. 2006)

#Peter_Osgood

Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English politician, Treasurer of the Navy (d. 1712)

#Thomas_Osborne,_1st_Duke_of_Leeds

Shigeo Nagashima, Japanese baseball player and coach

#Shigeo_Nagashima

Tochinishiki Kiyotaka, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th Yokozuna (d. 1990)

#Tochinishiki_Kiyotaka

Gail Kim, Canadian professional wrestler

#Gail_Kim

Sidney Poitier, Bahamian-American actor, director, and diplomat

#Sidney_Poitier

Kealoha Pilares, American football player

#Kealoha_Pilares

Nancy Wilson, American singer and actress (d. 2018)

#Nancy_Wilson_(jazz_singer)

Kjell Ove Hauge, Norwegian school principal and track and field athlete

#Kjell_Ove_Hauge

Francesco Maria II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, last Duke of Urbino (d. 1631)

#Francesco_Maria_II_della_Rovere,_Duke_of_Urbino

Sandy Duncan, American actress, singer, and dancer

#Sandy_Duncan

Danis Tanovi?, Bosnian director and screenwriter

#Danis_Tanovi?

Glen Hanlon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Glen_Hanlon

Jean Erdman, American dancer and choreographer

#Jean_Erdman

Peter Marinello, Scottish footballer

#Peter_Marinello

A. P. Lucas, English cricketer (d. 1923)

#A._P._Lucas

Sengoku Hidehisa, Daimy? (d. 1614)

#Sengoku_Hidehisa

Joshua Slocum, Canadian sailor and adventurer (d. 1909)

#Joshua_Slocum

Andrew Shue, American actor and activist, founded Do Something

#Andrew_Shue

Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (d. 1923)

#Jacques_d'Adelswärd-Fersen

Mitch McConnell, American lawyer, and politician

#Mitch_McConnell

TJ Kirk, American YouTube personality and podcast host

#TJ_Kirk

Edward Albert, American actor (d. 2006)

#Edward_Albert

Karim Bagheri, Iranian footballer and manager

#Karim_Bagheri

Judith Montefiore, British linguist, travel writer, philanthropist (d. 1862)

#Judith_Montefiore

Anthony Head, English actor

#Anthony_Head

Jose Morales, Puerto Rican-American baseball player

#José_Morales_(catcher)

Roy Face, American baseball player and carpenter

#Roy_Face

Claude Miller, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)

#Claude_Miller

Walter Becker, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2017)

#Walter_Becker

Lew Soloff, American trumpet player, composer, and actor (d. 2015)

#Lew_Soloff

Imanol Harinordoquy, French rugby player

#Imanol_Harinordoquy

Charles Barkley, American basketball player and sportscaster

#Charles_Barkley

Willie Garson, American actor and director

#Willie_Garson

Roy Cohn, American lawyer and political activist (d. 1986)

#Roy_Cohn

Ryan Sweeney, American baseball player

#Ryan_Sweeney

Liván Hernández, Cuban baseball player

#Liván_Hernández

Nicolas Chédeville, French musette player and composer (d. 1782)

#Nicolas_Chédeville

René Dubos, French-American biologist and author (d. 1982)

#René_Dubos

Eliza Courtney, French daughter of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (d. 1859)

#Eliza_Courtney

Ansel Adams, American photographer and environmentalist (d. 1984)

#Ansel_Adams

Johann Heinrich Voss, German poet, translator, and academic (d. 1826)

#Johann_Heinrich_Voss

Julia Volkova, Russian singer and actress

#Julia_Volkova

Tony Hibbert, English footballer

#Tony_Hibbert

Poison Ivy, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Poison_Ivy_(musician)

Jan Blahoslav, Czech writer (d. 1571)

#Jan_Blahoslav

Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Health

#Mariliza_Xenogiannakopoulou

Fred Jackson, American football player

#Fred_Jackson_(American_football)

Lim Kit Siang, Malaysian lawyer and politician

#Lim_Kit_Siang

William Carleton, Irish author (d. 1869)

#William_Carleton

Charles Auguste de Bériot, Belgian violinist and composer (d. 1870)

#Charles_Auguste_de_Bériot

Brenda Blethyn, English actress

#Brenda_Blethyn

Jay Johnson Morrow, American engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (d. 1937)

#Jay_Johnson_Morrow

Robert Huber, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Robert_Huber

Jean Kennedy Smith, American diplomat, 25th United States Ambassador to Ireland

#Jean_Kennedy_Smith

Trevor Noah, South African comedian, actor, and television host

#Trevor_Noah

Bobby Unser, American race car driver

#Bobby_Unser

Gillian Lynne, English ballerina, choreographer, and director (d. 2018)

#Gillian_Lynne

Willem van Hanegem, Dutch footballer and coach

#Willem_van_Hanegem

Robert Altman, American director and screenwriter (d. 2006)

#Robert_Altman

Jocelyn Rae, English-Scottish tennis player

#Jocelyn_Rae

Niclas Wallin, Swedish ice hockey player

#Niclas_Wallin

Richard Matheson, American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)

#Richard_Matheson

Alexei Kosygin, Russian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1980)

#Alexei_Kosygin

Hulusi Behçet, Turkish dermatologist and physician (d. 1948)

#Hulusi_Behçet

Jan de Baen, Dutch painter (d. 1702)

#Jan_de_Baen

John Milnor, American mathematician and academic

#John_Milnor

Louise, Princess Royal of England (d. 1931)

#Louise,_Princess_Royal

Justin Verlander, American baseball player

#Justin_Verlander

Neil Primrose, Scottish drummer

#Neil_Primrose_(musician)

David Corn, American journalist and author

#David_Corn

Amanda Blake, American actress (d. 1989)

#Amanda_Blake

Phil Neal, English footballer and manager

#Phil_Neal

Jiah Khan, Indian singer and actress (d. 2013)

#Jiah_Khan

Lili Taylor, American actress

#Lili_Taylor

Rihanna, Barbadian-American singer-songwriter and actress

#Rihanna

Gale Gordon, American actor (d. 1995)

#Gale_Gordon

Marj Dusay, American actress

#Marj_Dusay

Pierre Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

#Pierre_Bouchard

Bob Richards, American Olympic track and field athlete

#Bob_Richards

Daly Cherry-Evans, Australian rugby league player

#Daly_Cherry-Evans

Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician (d. 1882)

#Alfred_Escher

Calpernia Addams, American actress, author, and activist

#Calpernia_Addams

Joost van der Westhuizen, South African rugby player (d. 2017)

#Joost_van_der_Westhuizen

J. Geils, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)

#J._Geils

Mike Leigh, English director and screenwriter

#Mike_Leigh

Phil Esposito, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager

#Phil_Esposito

Cindy Crawford, American model and businesswoman

#Cindy_Crawford

Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham (d. 1649)

#Arthur_Capell,_1st_Baron_Capell_of_Hadham

Gordon Brown, Scottish historian and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

#Gordon_Brown

Roger Penske, American race car driver and businessman

#Roger_Penske

Peter Strauss, American actor and producer

#Peter_Strauss

Brian Littrell, American singer-songwriter and actor

#Brian_Littrell

Ciro Immobile, Italian footballer

#Ciro_Immobile

Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada (d. 1967)

#Vincent_Massey

Tommy Henrich, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2009)

#Tommy_Henrich

Elizabeth Holloway Marston, American psychologist and author (d. 1993)

#Elizabeth_Holloway_Marston

Siniša Mihajlovi?, Serbian footballer and manager

#Siniša_Mihajlovi?

Forbes Burnham, Guyanese lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Guyana (d. 1985)

#Forbes_Burnham

Ramzee Robinson, American football player

#Ramzee_Robinson

Alan Hull, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)

#Alan_Hull

James O'Meara, English soldier and pilot (d. 1974)

#James_O'Meara

Luke Burgess, English rugby league player

#Luke_Burgess_(rugby_league)

Thomas Cajetan, Italian philosopher (d. 1534)

#Thomas_Cajetan

Kyle Turner, Australian rugby league player

Antonio Pedroza, English-Mexican footballer

Angelique van der Meet, Dutch tennis player

Giovanni Kyeremateng, Italian footballer

Jason Hirsh, American baseball player

Luis Gabriel Rey, Colombian footballer

David Herman, American comedian and actor

Paul Accola, Swiss alpine skier

French Stewart, American actor

Jeff Maggert, American golfer

Cui Yongyuan, Chinese former anchor

Joakim Nystrom, Swedish tennis player

Dwayne McDuffie, American author, screenwriter, and producer, co-founded Milestone Media (d. 2011)

Steve Lundquist, American swimmer

Cándido Muatetema Rivas, Equatoguinean politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (d. 2014)

Bill Gullickson, American baseball player

Scott Brayton, American race car driver (d. 1996)

Jon Brant, American bass player

Randy California, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)

Eddie Hemmings, English cricketer

Robert de Cotret, Canadian economist and politician, 56th Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1999)

Wiley W. Hilburn, American journalist and academic (d. 2014)

Robert Evans, Australian minister and amateur astronomer

David Ackles, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1999)

Larry Hovis, American actor and singer (d. 2003)

Adrian Cristobal, Filipino journalist and author (d. 2007)

María de la Purísima Salvat Romero, Spanish Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (d. 1998)

Matthew Bucksbaum, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded General Growth Properties (d. 2013)

Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress (d. 2004)

Victor G. Atiyeh, American businessman and politician, 32nd Governor of Oregon (d. 2014)

Buddy Rogers, American wrestler (d. 1992)

Karl Albrecht, German businessman, co-founded Aldi (d. 2014)

John Charles Daly, South African-American journalist and game show host (d. 1991)

Pierre Boulle, French soldier and author (d. 1994)

Ramakrishna Ranga Rao of Bobbili, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Madras Presidency (d. 1978)

Muhammad Naguib, Egyptian general and politician, 1st President of Egypt (d. 1984)

Louis Kahn, American architect, designed the Salk Institute, the Kimbell Art Museum and the Bangladesh Parliament Building (d. 1974)

Ante Ciliga, Croatian politician, writer and publisher (d. 1992)

Ivan Albright, American painter (d. 1983)