|
History Home Events Birthdays Deaths Years |
|
Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy! |
|
February 20 Birthdays in History - February 20 Deaths - February 20 Events
|
|
February 20, 1979 Jennifer Love Hewitt, actress, Sarah Reeves-Party of Five February 20, 1978 Andrea Moody, Abbotsford BC, 4X100 swimmer 1996 Olympics February 20, 1978 Jay Hernandez, American Actor February 20, 1977 Sarah Ryan, Adelaide SA Australia, swimmer 1996 Olympics February 20, 1977 Stephon Marbury, NBA guard, Minnesota Timberwolves February 20, 1977 Veronica Ledesma, Miss Universe-Argentina 1996 February 20, 1975 Brendan Witt, Humboldt, NHL defenseman for the Washington Capitals February 20, 1975 Brian Littrell, singer, Backstreet Boys February 20, 1975 Ismael Kirui, Marakwet Kenya, 5k runner February 20, 1974 Katerina Kroupova, Olomouc Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1994 Futures-Sofia-BUL February 20, 1973 Vladimir Iiic, WLAF defensive end, Barcelona Dragons, Rhein Fire February 20, 1972 Corinna Harney, Bremerhaven Germany, playmate, Aug, 1991 February 20, 1972 Tom Gough, 200 lbs, 91 kg, U.S. weightlifter, Olympics-14th-1996 February 20, 1971 Jari Litmanen, soccer player, Ajax February 20, 1971 Shalanda Burt, U.S. murderess February 20, 1970 Bryan Robinson, defensive end for the St. Louis Rams February 20, 1970 Cheyenne Brando, Papeete Tahiti, daughter of Marlon February 20, 1970 Jeff Robinson, NFL defensive end, Denver Broncos, St. Louis Rams February 20, 1970 Leo Stefan, Chelyabinsk RUS, hockey forward, Team Germany February 20, 1969 Tommy Vardell, NFL running back, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions February 20, 1969 [Touchdown] Tommy Vardell, NFL running back for the Cleveland Browns February 20, 1968 Bennie Goods, CFL defensive tackle for the Edmonton Eskimos February 20, 1968 Lorraine Olivia, Geneva, Illinois, playmate, Nov, 1990 February 20, 1967 Andrew Shue, actor, Melrose Place February 20, 1967 Broderick Thomas, NFL linebacker, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Minnesota, Cowboys February 20, 1967 Chris Singleton, NFL linebacker for the Miami Dolphins February 20, 1967 Kurt Cobain, rock vocalist, Nirvana, /husband of Courtney Love February 20, 1967 Kurt Knudsen, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers February 20, 1967 Lili Taylor, actress, Ransom, Short Cuts February 20, 1967 Rebekka Lynn Armstrong, Bakersfield California, playmate, Sep, 1986 February 20, 1967 Theresa Luke, Vancouver BC, rower 1996 Olympics February 20, 1967 Tom Waddle, NFL player, Chicago Bears/Cincinnati Bengals February 20, 1966 Britt Hager, NFL linebacker, Denver Broncos, St. Louis Rams February 20, 1966 Cecilia Cummins, Clintwood, Virginia, 5th of 5 siblings born on 2/20 February 20, 1966 Cindy Crawford, born in Dekalb, Illinois, super model, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit February 20, 1966 Dennis Allen Mitchell, Cherry Point, North Carolina, 100m/200m, 1996 Olympics silver February 20, 1966 Derek Lilliquist, U.S. baseball pitcher, Cleveland Indians, Atl Braves February 20, 1965 Federica Moro, Carate Brianza Italy, Miss Italy, 1982 February 20, 1964 Christian Ruuttu, Lappeenranta FIN, hockey forward, Team Finland February 20, 1964 French Stewart, New Mexico, actor, Harry Solomon-Third Rock From the Sun February 20, 1964 Jeffrey Allan Maggert, Columbia, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1993 Walt Disney February 20, 1963 Charles Barkley, Leads Ab, NBA forward, Phoenix, Rockets, Oly-gold-96 February 20, 1963 Ian Brown, English rock vocalist, Stone Roses-Made of Stone February 20, 1963 William Baldwin, New York, actor, Backdraft, Sliver, Flatliners February 20, 1962 Adam Schreiber, NFL center/guard, Atlanta Falcons, New York Giants February 20, 1962 Joel Ellis, rocker February 20, 1962 Ria Coyne, Scranton Penn, comedienne, Betsy-Batman Forever February 20, 1961 Claudia Cummins, Clintwood, Virginia, 4th of 5 siblings born on 2/20 February 20, 1961 Imogen Stubbs, Rothbury England, actress, Summer Story February 20, 1961 Steve Lundquist, U.S. swimmer, Olympics-2 gold-1984 February 20, 1960 Kee Marcello, rocker, Europe-Final Countdown February 20, 1960 Mark Reilly, [Matt Bianco], rocker, Indio-Big Harvest February 20, 1960 Joel Hodgson, American Entertainer February 20, 1959 Bill Gullickson, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers February 20, 1959 Joel Rifkind, New York serial killer February 20, 1959 Scott Evans Brayton, racing car driver February 20, 1958 Carol Ficatier, Auscene France, playmate, December, 1985 February 20, 1958 James Wilby, Burma, actor, Howards End, Maurice February 20, 1956 Charles Cummins, Clintwood, Virginia, 3rd of 5 siblings born on 2/20 February 20, 1955 Kelsey Grammer, born in Virgin Islands, actor, Fraiser Crane-Cheers/Fraiser February 20, 1954 Anthony Stewart Head, actor, Buffy Vampire Slayer February 20, 1954 Jon Brant, rock bassist, Cheap Trick February 20, 1954 Patty Hearst Shaw, SF, famous kidnap hostage, Tanya February 20, 1954 Vasili Vasilyevich Tsibliyev, Rus col/cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-17, TM-25 February 20, 1954 Patty Hearst, American Celebrity February 20, 1953 Carol Cummins, Clintwood, Virginia, 2nd of 5 siblings born on 2/20 February 20, 1953 Riccardo Chailly, Milan Italy, conductor, West Berlin Symph Orch February 20, 1952 Catherine Cummins, Clintwood, Virginia, 1st of 5 siblings born on 2/20 February 20, 1951 Bonnie Lauer, LPGA golfer February 20, 1951 Edward Albert, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Jeff-Falcon Crest, Butterflies are Free February 20, 1951 Gordon Brown, British MP February 20, 1951 Kathy Baillie, Morristown, New Jersey, country vocalist, Baille Boys-Oh Heart February 20, 1951 Phil Neal, English soccer player February 20, 1951 Randy California, [Wolfe], Cal, guitarist, Spirit-I Got a Line on You February 20, 1950 John Voldstad, Oslo Norway, actor, Darryl-Newhart February 20, 1950 Walter Becker, New York City, rock bassist, Steely Dan-Peg February 20, 1949 Eddie Hemmings, cricket off-spinner, immense England February 20, 1949 Ivana Trump, Gottwaldov Cz, ex-wife of Donald Trump, 1st Wives Club February 20, 1948 A C Fabian, astronomer February 20, 1948 Barry Wordsworth, conductor February 20, 1948 Billy Zoom, musician February 20, 1948 Gerda Boykin, LPGA golfer February 20, 1948 John Browne, group chief executive, British Petroleum Company February 20, 1947 Andre van Duin, [Kyvon], Dutch entertainer, Bloemkoole February 20, 1947 Jennifer O'Neill, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, actress, Summer of '42 February 20, 1946 Brenda Blethyn, actress, Secrets and Lies February 20, 1946 J[erome] Geils, New York City, rock guitarist, J Geils Band-Centerfold February 20, 1946 Mieke H. A. Boers-Wijnberg, Dutch MP, CDA February 20, 1946 Sandy Duncan, Henderson, Texas, actress, Hogan Family February 20, 1945 Alan Hull, singer/composer February 20, 1945 Andrew Bergman, director/screenwriter, Soapdish, Honeymoon in Vegas February 20, 1944 Lew Soloff, born in Brooklyn, New York, rocker, Blood, Sweat and Tears February 20, 1944 Roger Knapman, British MP February 20, 1944 Willem van Hanegem, Dutch soccer champ/coach, Feyenoord February 20, 1943 Aleksandr Pavlovich Alexandrov, Russian, cosmonaut, Soyuz T-9, TM-3 February 20, 1943 Antonio Inoki, [Kanji Rikidozan], wrestler, NJPW/JWA February 20, 1943 Lord McNally February 20, 1943 Mike Leigh, dramatist/director, High Hopes, Secrets and Lies February 20, 1942 Charlie Gillett, Lancashire, rock broadcaster, Sound of the City February 20, 1942 Claude Miller, director, Garde a Vue, Little Thief, Wild Child February 20, 1942 David O'Dowd, Chief Constable, Northamptonshire February 20, 1942 Mitch McConnell, Sen-R-KY, 1985- February 20, 1942 Peter Strauss, Croton-on-Hudson, New York, actor, Rich Man Poor Man February 20, 1942 Phil Esposito, NHL center/GM, Bruins, Rangers February 20, 1941 Buffy Sainte-Marie, Maine, folksinger, Now That the Buffalo Are Gone February 20, 1940 Barbara Laine Ellis, singer February 20, 1940 Christoph Eschenbach, Breslau, Germany, pianist/conductor February 20, 1940 Jimmy Greaves, British broadcaster/soccer player February 20, 1940 RA Weiss, director, Institute of Cancer Research February 20, 1940 V Payne, British headmistress, Malvern Girls' College February 20, 1939 Barbara Ellis, Olympia, Washington, rocker, Fleetwoods February 20, 1939 Roy George Elroy Josephs, jazz dance teacher February 20, 1938 Jack Bicknell, WLAF head coach, Barcelona Dragons February 20, 1938 Mona Mitchell, Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Alexandra February 20, 1937 David Ackles, Illinois, vocalist/songwriter, American Gothic February 20, 1937 Nancy Wilson, Chillicothe Ohio, jazz vocalist, Feel Like Making Love February 20, 1937 Robert Huber, Munich Germany, biochemist, Nobel 1988 February 20, 1937 Roger Penske, auto racer February 20, 1936 Larry Hovis, Wapito Wash, comedian, Gomer Pyle, Hogan's Heroes February 20, 1936 Marj Dusay, [Mahoney], Russell, Kansas, actress, Kate-Bret Maverick February 20, 1936 Roy Beggs, British MP February 20, 1935 Frank Jordan, American Politician February 20, 1934 Bobby Unser, auto racer, 1968, 75, 81 Indianapolis 500 February 20, 1934 Lady Wharton February 20, 1933 Hannes Postma, Dutch graphic artist February 20, 1930 Bill Walker, British MP February 20, 1930 Patricia Smith, New Haven, Connecticut, actress, Bob Newhart Show February 20, 1929 Toshiro Mayuzumi, Yokohama Japan, composer, Sphenogramme February 20, 1928 Donald Longmore, British cardiac surgeon February 20, 1928 Elroy Face, baseball pitcher, Pittsburgh Pirates February 20, 1927 Roy Cohn, lawyer, "grand inquisitor", for Sen Joseph McCarthy February 20, 1926 Cameron Rusby, British Vice-Admiral February 20, 1926 Edgar Meuli, cricketer, opened NZ batting in Test vs. South Africa 1953 February 20, 1926 Kenneth H Olsen, U.S., engineer/founder, Digital Equipment Corp February 20, 1926 Robert Eugene Richards, Illinois, pole vaulter, Olympics gold 48, 52, 56 February 20, 1926 Bob Richards, American Athlete February 20, 1926 Ken Olsen, American Businessman February 20, 1925 Alex La Guma, Cape Town South Africa, novelist, A Walk in the Night February 20, 1925 Pramudya Ananta Tur, Javanese author, Anak semua bangsa February 20, 1925 Robert Altman, born in Kansas City, Missouri, director, Nashville, M*A*S*H February 20, 1924 Gloria Vanderbilt, don't my jeans look great, poor little rich girl February 20, 1924 Sidney Poitier, actor, Porgy and Bess, A Raisin in the Sun, or 1927 February 20, 1923 Forbes Burnham, premier Guyana, 1964-85 February 20, 1921 Amanda Blake, [Beverly], Buffalo, New York, actress, Kitty Russell-Gunsmoke February 20, 1921 Joseph Albert Walker, Washington D.C., test pilot, X-15 February 20, 1921 Nurv Shiner, singer February 20, 1921 Ruth Gipps, British conductor/composer February 20, 1920 Armin Schibler, Dutch Swiss composer, Devil in the Winter Palace February 20, 1920 Liesbeth Tonckens, [Wilhelmina], actress/lecturer, Free People February 20, 1917 Frederick Page, CEO, British Aerospace Aircraft Group February 20, 1916 Jackie Gleason, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Ralph Kramden-Honeymooners February 20, 1916 Julius Juzeliunas, composer February 20, 1916 Paul Tripp, New York City, TV host, Mr I Magination February 20, 1915 Philip Friend, Horsham England, actor, Vulture, Fur Collar February 20, 1914 John Daly, South Africa, newscaster/TV game show host, What's My Line February 20, 1914 Marion Kettlewell, British director, WRNS February 20, 1914 Willem J H Baart, Dutch vicar, Cuentanan di Nanzi February 20, 1913 Jozef Kresanek, composer February 20, 1913 Mary Durack, poet February 20, 1913 Nadine Conner, U.S., opera singer, Carmen, La Boheme February 20, 1913 Rex Tucker, TV writer/director February 20, 1911 Margot Grahame February 20, 1911 Robert Guyn McBride, Tucson Arizona, composer, Mexican Rhapsody February 20, 1910 Julian Trevelyan, English Surrealist painter/collage maker February 20, 1910 Millicent Fenwick, Rep-R-New Jersey 1975-82 February 20, 1908 Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot, BI-1 February 20, 1908 Rosalind Laura Burke, aviatrix February 20, 1907 Malcolm Atterbury, Philadelphia, actor, Jonas-Thicker than Water, Apples Way February 20, 1907 Nadine Conner, California, soprano, Carmen, Pamina-Magic Flute February 20, 1907 Owain Jenkins, company director February 20, 1905 Jascha Golowanjuk, Swedish writer, Acrobat February 20, 1904 Aleksei N Kosygin, Soviet premier, 1964-80 February 20, 1904 Armin Loos, composer February 20, 1904 Bramwell Fletcher, born in Yorkshire, England, actor, White Cargo, Mummy February 20, 1903 Ella Maillart, explorer February 20, 1903 Karel Janacek, composer February 20, 1903 Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer February 20, 1902 Ansel Adams, photographer, 1966 ASMP Award February 20, 1901 Ali Muhammad Naguib, Khartoum, president of Egypt, 1952-54 February 20, 1901 Cecil H King, Irish/British daily newspaper publisher, Daily Mirror February 20, 1901 Henry Eyring, Mexican/US chemist February 20, 1901 Rene Jules Dubos, France, U.S. microbiologist/author, Health and Disease February 20, 1901 Louis Kahn, American Architect February 20, 1900 Antonio Veretti, composer February 20, 1900 Graham Spry, St. Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer February 20, 1900 Jean Negulesco February 20, 1899 Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, LI, New York, founder, Pan Am Airways February 20, 1899 Leon Woizikowski, Polish dancer/ballet master, Ballets Russes February 20, 1898 Enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer, Ferrari February 20, 1897 Ivan Albright, Illinois, painter, Door, Window February 20, 1896 Henri de Lubac sj, French theologist/anti-fascist February 20, 1895 Freida Geiken, autobiographer, National Historic Taping February 20, 1893 Russel Crouse, journalist/novelist/playwright, Life with Father February 20, 1889 Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer February 20, 1888 Georges Bernanos, France, novelist, Diary of a Country Priest February 20, 1888 Marie Rambert, Warsaw, English ballet producer/director/teacher February 20, 1887 David McKinley Williams, composer February 20, 1887 Hesketh Pearson, England, biographer/playwright, Writ for Libel February 20, 1886 Bela Kun, Czehul Romania, head of Hungarian Soviet Republic, 1919 February 20, 1883 Shiga Naoya, Japan, novelist, Road Through Dark Night February 20, 1881 Pedro Munoz Seca, Spanish playwright, Vengeanza de Don Mendo February 20, 1876 Fyodor Akimenko, composer February 20, 1874 Mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star February 20, 1870 Pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar, Verzen February 20, 1861 Nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist February 20, 1854 Louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director, Youth February 20, 1852 Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author, Tjoma Kartashov February 20, 1848 Edward H. Harriman, American Businessman February 20, 1844 Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist, statistical mechanics February 20, 1844 Mihaly von Munkacsy, [Michael von Lieb], Hungarian painter February 20, 1838 James Barbour Terrill, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1864 February 20, 1835 Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist February 20, 1829 Joseph Jefferson, American Artist February 20, 1827 Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1912 February 20, 1820 Mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1895 February 20, 1816 Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer February 20, 1809 Albertus J Duymaer van Twist, Governor-General of Neth-Indies February 20, 1809 Henry Walton Wessells, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1889 February 20, 1808 Daumier, Marseilles France, artist February 20, 1805 Angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer February 20, 1803 Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer February 20, 1802 Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist and composer February 20, 1796 Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician February 20, 1791 Carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer, Schule der Virtuosen February 20, 1784 Adam Black, Edinburgh Scotland, politician/publisher February 20, 1770 Ferdinando Carulli, composer February 20, 1763 Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer February 20, 1752 Charles Broche, composer February 20, 1751 J H Voá, writer February 20, 1745 Johann Peter Salomon, composer February 20, 1734 Franz Ignaz Beck, composer February 20, 1656 Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised February 20, 1633 Jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher February 20, 1632 Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM, 1690-94, /founder, Tories February 20, 1523 Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop, Bohemian brothers February 20, 1507 Gentile Bellini, Italian artist, Sultan Mohammed II February 20, 1494 Johan Friis, chancellor, Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism |