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February, 20: Birthdays
Chronological list of birthdays for February, 20
1494 : Johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism)
1507 : Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II)
1523 : Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers)
1632 : Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories)
1633 : Jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher
1656 : Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised
1734 : Franz Ignaz Beck, composer
1745 : Johann Peter Salomon, composer
1751 : J H Voá, writer
1752 : Charles Broche, composer
1763 : Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer
1770 : Ferdinando Carulli, composer
1784 : Adam Black, Edinburgh Scotland, politician/publisher
1791 : Carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen)
1796 : Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician
1802 : Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer
1803 : Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer
1805 : Angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer
1808 : Daumier, Marseilles France, artist
1809 : Albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Neth-Indies
1809 : Henry Walton Wessells, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889
1816 : Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer
1820 : Mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
1827 : Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912
1835 : Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist
1838 : James Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1844 : Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics)
1844 : Mih ly von Munk csy, [Michael von Lieb], Hungarian painter
1852 : Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov)
1854 : Louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth)
1861 : Nicolaas van Meeteren, Cura‡ao, folklorist
1870 : Pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar (Verzen)
1874 : Mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star
1876 : Fyodor Akimenko, composer
1881 : Pedro Mu¤oz Seca, Spanish playwright (Vengeanza de Don Mendo)
1883 : Shiga Naoya, Japan, novelist (Road Through Dark Night)
1886 : Bela Kun, Czehul Romania, head of Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)
1887 : David McKinley Williams, composer
1887 : Hesketh Pearson, England, biographer/playwright (Writ for Libel)
1888 : Georges Bernanos, France, novelist (Diary of a Country Priest)
1888 : Marie Rambert, Warsaw, English ballet producer/director/teacher
1889 : Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer
1893 : Russel Crouse, journalist/novelist/playwright (Life with Father)
1895 : Freida Geiken, autobiographer (National Historic Taping)
1896 : Henri de Lubac sj, French theologist/anti-fascist
1897 : Ivan Albright, Illinois, painter (Door, Window)
1898 : Enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari)
1899 : Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, LI NY, founder (Pan Am Airways)
1899 : Leon Woizikowski, Polish dancer/ballet master (Ballets Russes)
1900 : Antonio Veretti, composer
1900 : Graham Spry, St Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer
1900 : Jean Negulesco
1901 : Ali Muhammad Naguib, Khartoum, president of Egypt (1952-54)
1901 : Cecil H King, Irish/British daily newspaper publisher (Daily Mirror)
1901 : Henry Eyring, Mexican/US chemist
1901 : Louis I Kahn, Estonia, architect (Bryn Mawr dormitory) [or Dec 20]
1901 : Ren‚ Jules Dubos, France, US microbiologist/author (Health & Disease)
1902 : Ansel Adams, photographer (1966 ASMP Award)
1903 : Ella Maillart, explorer
1903 : Karel Janacek, composer
1903 : Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer
1904 : Aleksei N Kosygin, Soviet premier (1964-80)
1904 : Armin Loos, composer
1904 : Bramwell Fletcher, Yorkshire England, actor (White Cargo, Mummy)
1905 : Jascha Golowanjuk, Swedish writer (Acrobat)
1907 : Malcolm Atterbury, Phila, actor (Jonas-Thicker than Water, Apples Way)
1907 : Nadine Conner, Calif, soprano (Carmen, Pamina-Magic Flute)
1907 : Owain Jenkins, company director
1908 : Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1)
1908 : Rosalind Laura Burke, aviatrix
1910 : Julian Trevelyan, English Surrealist painter/collage maker
1910 : Millicent Fenwick, (Rep-R-NJ 1975-82)
1911 : Margot Grahame
1911 : Robert Guyn McBride, Tucson Arizona, composer (Mexican Rhapsody)
1913 : Jozef Kresanek, composer
1913 : Mary Durack, poet
1913 : Nadine Conner, US, opera singer (Carmen, La Boh‚me)
1913 : Rex Tucker, TV writer/director
1914 : John Daly, S Africa, newscaster/TV game show host (What's My Line)
1914 : Marion Kettlewell, British director (WRNS)
1914 : Willem J H Baart, Dutch vicar (Cuentanan di Nanzi)
1915 : Philip Friend, Horsham England, actor (Vulture, Fur Collar)
1916 : Jackie Gleason, Bkln NY, comedian (Ralph Kramden-Honeymooners)
1916 : Julius Juzeliunas, composer
1916 : Paul Tripp, NYC, TV host (Mr I Magination)
1917 : Frederick Page, CEO (British Aerospace Aircraft Group)
1920 : Armin Schibler, Dutch Swiss composer (Devil in the Winter Palace)
1920 : Liesbeth Tonckens, [Wilhelmina], actress/lecturer (Free People)
1921 : Amanda Blake, [Beverly], Buffalo NY, actress (Kitty Russell-Gunsmoke)
1921 : Joseph Albert Walker, Wash DC, test pilot (X-15)
1921 : Nurv Shiner, singer
1921 : Ruth Gipps, British(?) conductor/composer
1923 : Forbes Burnham, premier Guyana (1964-85)
1924 : Gloria Vanderbilt, don't my jeans look great (poor little rich girl)
1924 : Sidney Poitier, actor (Porgy & Bess, A Raisin in the Sun) or 1927
1925 : Alex La Guma, Cape Town South Africa, novelist (A Walk in the Night)
1925 : Pramudya Ananta Tur, Javanese author (Anak semua bangsa)
1925 : Robert Altman, Kansas City MO, director (Nashville, M*A*S*H)
1926 : Cameron Rusby, British Vice-Admiral
1926 : Edgar Meuli, cricketer (opened NZ batting in Test v S Africa 1953)
1926 : Kenneth H Olsen, US, engineer/founder (Digital Equipment Corp)
1926 : Robert Eugene Richards, Ill, pole vaulter (Olympic-gold-48, 52, 56)
1927 : Roy Cohn, lawyer, "grand inquisitor" (for Sen Joseph McCarthy)
1928 : Donald Longmore, British cardiac surgeon
1928 : Elroy Face, baseball pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1929 : Toshiro Mayuzumi, Yokohama Japan, composer (Sphenogramme)
1930 : Bill Walker, British MP
1930 : Patricia Smith, New Haven Ct, actress (Bob Newhart Show)
1933 : Hannes Postma, Dutch graphic artist
1934 : Bobby Unser, auto racer (1968, 75, 81 Indianapolis 500)
1934 : Lady Wharton
1936 : Larry Hovis, Wapito Wash, comedian (Gomer Pyle, Hogan's Heroes)
1936 : Marj Dusay, [Mahoney], Russell Ks, actress (Kate-Bret Maverick)
1936 : Roy Beggs, British MP
1937 : David Ackles, Illinois, vocalist/songwriter (American Gothic)
1937 : Nancy Wilson, Chillicothe Ohio, jazz vocalist (Feel Like Making Love)
1937 : Robert Huber, Munich Germany, biochemist (Nobel 1988)
1937 : Roger Penske, auto racer
1938 : Jack Bicknell, WLAF head coach (Barcelona Dragons)
1938 : Mona Mitchell, Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Alexandra
1939 : Barbara Ellis, Olympia Wa, rocker (Fleetwoods)
1939 : Roy George Elroy Josephs, jazz dance teacher
1940 : Barbara Laine Ellis, singer
1940 : Christoph Eschenbach, Breslau, Germany, pianist/conductor
1940 : Jimmy Greaves, British broadcaster/soccer player
1940 : RA Weiss, director (Institute of Cancer Research)
1940 : V Payne, British headmistress (Malvern Girls' College)
1941 : Buffy Sainte-Marie, Maine, folksinger (Now That the Buffalo Are Gone)
1942 : Charlie Gillett, Lancashire, rock broadcaster (Sound of the City)
1942 : Claude Miller, director (Garde a Vue, Little Thief, Wild Child)
1942 : David O'Dowd, Chief Constable (Northamptonshire)
1942 : Mitch McConnell, (Sen-R-KY, 1985- )
1942 : Peter Strauss, Croton-on-Hudson NY, actor (Rich Man Poor Man)
1942 : Phil Esposito, NHL center/GM (Bruins, Rangers)
1943 : Aleksandr Pavlovich Alexandrov, Russian, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-9, TM-3)
1943 : Antonio Inoki, [Kanji Rikidozan], wrestler (NJPW/JWA)
1943 : Lord McNally
1943 : Mike Leigh, dramatist/director (High Hopes, Secrets & Lies)
1944 : Lew Soloff, Bkln NY, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1944 : Roger Knapman, British MP
1944 : Willem van Hanegem, Dutch soccer champ/coach (Feyenoord)
1945 : Alan Hull, singer/composer
1945 : Andrew Bergman, director/screenwriter (Soapdish, Honeymoon in Vegas)
1946 : Brenda Blethyn, actress (Secrets & Lies)
1946 : J[erome] Geils, NYC, rock guitarist (J Geils Band-Centerfold)
1946 : Mieke H A Boers-Wijnberg, Dutch MP (CDA)
1946 : Sandy Duncan, Henderson Tx, actress (Hogan Family)
1947 : Andr‚ van Duin, [Kyvon], Dutch entertainer (Bloemkoole)
1947 : Jennifer O'Neill, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, actress (Summer of '42)
1948 : A C Fabian, astronomer
1948 : Barry Wordsworth, conductor
1948 : Billy Zoom, musician
1948 : Gerda Boykin, LPGA golfer
1948 : John Browne, group chief executive, British Petroleum Company
1949 : Eddie Hemmings, cricket off-spinner (immense England)
1949 : Ivana Trump, Gottwaldov Cz, ex-wife of Donald Trump (1st Wives Club)
1950 : John Voldstad, Oslo Norway, actor (Darryl-Newhart)
1950 : Walter Becker, NYC, rock bassist (Steely Dan-Peg)
1951 : Bonnie Lauer, LPGA golfer
1951 : Edward Albert, LA Ca, actor (Jeff-Falcon Crest, Butterflies are Free)
1951 : Gordon Brown, British MP
1951 : Kathy Baillie, Morristown NJ, country vocalist (Baille Boys-Oh Heart)
1951 : Phil Neal, English soccer player
1951 : Randy California, [Wolfe], Cal, guitarist (Spirit-I Got a Line on You)
1952 : Catherine Cummins, Clintwood Va, 1st of 5 siblings born on 2/20
1953 : Carol Cummins, Clintwood Va, 2nd of 5 siblings born on 2/20
1953 : Riccardo Chailly, Milan Italy, conductor (West Berlin Symph Orch)
1954 : Anthony Stewart Head, actor (Buffy Vampire Slayer)
1954 : Jon Brant, rock bassist (Cheap Trick)
1954 : Patty Hearst Shaw, SF, famous kidnap hostage (Tanya)
1954 : Vasili Vasilyevich Tsibliyev, Rus col/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-17, TM-25)
1955 : Kelsey Grammer, Virgin Islands, actor (Fraiser Crane-Cheers/Fraiser)
1956 : Charles Cummins, Clintwood Va, 3rd of 5 siblings born on 2/20
1958 : Carol Ficatier, Auscene France, playmate (December, 1985)
1958 : James Wilby, Burma, actor (Howards End, Maurice)
1959 : Bill Gullickson, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
1959 : Joel Rifkind, NY serial killer
1959 : Scott Evans Brayton, racing car driver
1960 : Kee Marcello, rocker (Europe-Final Countdown)
1960 : Mark Reilly, [Matt Bianco], rocker (Indio-Big Harvest)
1961 : Claudia Cummins, Clintwood Va, 4th of 5 siblings born on 2/20
1961 : Imogen Stubbs, Rothbury England, actress (Summer Story)
1961 : Steve Lundquist, US swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1984)
1962 : Adam Schreiber, NFL center/guard (Atlanta Falcons, NY Giants)
1962 : Joel Ellis, rocker
1962 : Ria Coyne, Scranton Penn, comedienne (Betsy-Batman Forever)
1963 : Charles Barkley, Leads Ab, NBA forward (Phoenix, Rockets, Oly-gold-96)
1963 : Ian Brown, English rock vocalist (Stone Roses-Made of Stone)
1963 : William Baldwin, NY, actor (Backdraft, Sliver, Flatliners)
1964 : Christian Ruuttu, Lappeenranta FIN, hockey forward (Team Finland)
1964 : French Stewart, NM, actor (Harry Solomon-Third Rock From the Sun)
1964 : Jeffrey Allan Maggert, Columbia MO, PGA golfer (1993 Walt Disney)
1964 : Terry Ilous, rock vocalist (XYZ, Cannibal Jacket) [or Jun 28]
1965 : Federica Moro, Carate Brianza Italy, Miss Italy (1982)
1966 : Britt Hager, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos, St Louis Rams)
1966 : Cecilia Cummins, Clintwood Va, 5th of 5 siblings born on 2/20
1966 : Cindy Crawford, Dekalb Ill, super model (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit)
1966 : Dennis Allen Mitchell, Cherry Point NC, 100m/200m (Olympics-silver-96)
1966 : Derek Lilliquist, US baseball pitcher (Cleveland Indians, Atl Braves)
1967 : Andrew Shue, actor (Melrose Place)
1967 : Broderick Thomas, NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Minn, Cowboys)
1967 : Chris Singleton, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
1967 : Kurt Cobain, rock vocalist (Pearl Jam)/husband of Courtney Love
1967 : Kurt Knudsen, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
1967 : Lili Taylor, actress (Ransom, Short Cuts)
1967 : Rebekka Lynn Armstrong, Bakersfield Ca, playmate (Sep, 1986)
1967 : Theresa Luke, Vancouver BC, rower (Olympics-96)
1967 : Tom Waddle, NFL player (Chicago Bears/Cincinnati Bengals)
1968 : Bennie Goods, CFL defensive tackle (Edmonton Eskimos)
1968 : Lorraine Olivia, Geneva Ill, playmate (Nov, 1990)
1969 : Tommy Vardell, NFL running back (Cleve Browns, Detroit Lions)
1969 : [Touchdown] Tommy Vardell, NFL running back (Cleveland Browns)
1970 : Bryan Robinson, defensive end (St Louis Rams)
1970 : Cheyenne Brando, Papeete Tahiti, daughter of Marlon
1970 : Jeff Robinson, NFL defensive end (Denver Broncos, St Louis Rams)
1970 : Leo Stefan, Chelyabinsk RUS, hockey forward (Team Germany)
1971 : Jari Litmanen, soccer player (Ajax)
1971 : Shalanda Burt, US murderess
1972 : Corinna Harney, Bremerhaven Germany, playmate (Aug, 1991)
1972 : Tom Gough, 200« lbs (91 kg) US weightlifter (Olympics-14th-1996)
1973 : Vladimir Iiic, WLAF defensive end (Barcelona Dragons, Rhein Fire)
1974 : Katerina Kroupova, Olomouc Czech, tennis star (1994 Futures-Sofia-BUL)
1975 : Brendan Witt, Humboldt, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
1975 : Brian Littrell, singer (Backstreet Boys)
1975 : Ismael Kirui, Marakwet Kenya, 5k runner
1977 : Sarah Ryan, Adelaide SA Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1977 : Stephon Marbury, NBA guard (Minn Timberwolves)
1977 : Veronica Ledesma, Miss Universe-Argentina (1996)
1978 : Andrea Moody, Abbotsford BC, 4X100 swimmer (Olympics-96)
1979 : Jennifer Love Hewitt, actress (Sarah Reeves-Party of Five)
