February 20 - Births

Births

1631 – Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English statesman (d. 1712)
1633 – Jan de Baen, Dutch portrait painter (d. 1702)
1705 – Nicolas Chédeville, French composer, musette player and musette maker (d. 1782)
1726 – William Prescott, American Revolutionary War colonel (Battle of Bunker Hill) (d. 1795)
1743 – Anna Laetitia Barbauld, English poet (d. 1825)
1745 – Henry James Pye, English poet (d. 1813)
1751 – Johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (d. 1826)
1753 – Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (d. 1815)
1757 – John 'Mad Jack' Fuller, English philanthropist (d. 1834)
1759 – Johann Christian Reil, German physician, founder of psychiatry (d. 1813)
1761 – Ludwig Abeille, German pianist and composer (d. 1838)
1763 – Adalbert Gyrowetz, Bohemian composer (d. 1850)
1794 – William Carleton, Irish novelist (d. 1869)
1802 – Charles de Bériot, Belgian violinist (d. 1870)
1819 – Alfred Escher, Swiss politician, railroad entrepreneur (d. 1882)
1839 – Benjamin Waugh, social reformer; founder of the NSPCC (d. 1908)
1844 – Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist (d. 1906)
1844 – Joshua Slocum, Canadian seaman and adventurer (d. 1909)
1848 – Edward Henry Harriman, American railroad executive (d. 1909)
1850 – Nérée Beauchemin, Canadian physician and poet (d. 1931)
1859 – Eliza Courtney, Illegitimate daughter of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire and Charles Grey
1866 – Carl Westman, Swedish architect and designer (d. 1936)
1874 – Mary Garden, Scottish operatic soprano (d. 1967)
1879 – Hod Stuart, Canadian hockey player (d. 1907)
1867 – Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (d. 1931)
1880 – Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French aristocrat and novelist (d. 1923)
1887 – Vincent Massey, Governor-General of Canada (d. 1967)
1888 – Georges Bernanos, French writer (d. 1948)
1893 – Russel Crouse, American playwright (d. 1966)
1893 – Elizabeth Holloway Marston, American psychologist (d. 1993)
1898 – Jimmy Yancey, American pianist (d. 1951)
1899 – Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman (d. 1992)
1901 – Cecil Harmsworth King, English newspaper owner (d. 1987)
1901 – Muhammad Naguib, President of Egypt (d. 1984)
1901 – Ramakrishna Ranga Rao of Bobbili, Chief Minister of Madras Presidency (d. 1978)
1902 – Ansel Adams, American photographer (d. 1984)
1904 – Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1980)
1906 – Gale Gordon, American television and radio actor (d. 1995)
1907 – Malcolm Atterbury, American actor (d. 1992)
1912 – Pierre Boulle, French author (d. 1994)
1913 – Tommy Henrich, American baseball player (d. 2009)
1914 – John Daly, South African–born broadcaster (d. 2001)
1916 – Jean Erdman, American dancer
1917 – Juan Vicente Torrealba, Venezuelan harpist and composer
1918 – Leonore Annenberg, American billionaire (d. 2009)
1919 – James O'Meara, British Battle of Britain Spitfire Flying Ace (d. 1974)
1920 – Evgeny Dragunov, Russian weapons designer (d. 1991)
1920 – Carl Schwende, Canadian Olympic fencer (d. 2002)
1923 – Forbes Burnham, President of Guyana (d. 1985)
1924 – Gloria Vanderbilt, American socialite and clothing designer
1925 – Robert Altman, American film director (d. 2006)
1925 – Tochinishiki Kiyotaka, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th Yokozuna (d. 1990)
1925 – Heinz Kluncker, German trade union leader (d. 2005)
1926 – Adolf Bechtold, German footballer (d. 2012)
1926 – Richard Matheson, American author
1927 – Roy Cohn, American lawyer (d. 1986)
1927 – Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2005)
1927 – Sidney Poitier, American actor
1928 – Roy Face, American baseball relief pitcher
1928 – Jean Kennedy Smith, American diplomat
1929 – Amanda Blake, American actress (d. 1989)
1930 – Willie Cunningham, Northern Irish footballer (d. 2007)
1932 – Adrian Cristobal, Filipino writer (d. 2007)
1934 – Bobby Unser, American racing driver
1936 – Marj Dusay, American actress
1936 – Larry Hovis, American actor (d. 2003)
1936 – Shigeo Nagashima, Japanese baseball player and coach
1937 – Robert Huber, German chemist, Nobel laureate
1937 – Roger Penske, American racing driver, race team owner and entrepreneur
1937 – Nancy Wilson, American Jazz singer
1938 – Richard Beymer, American actor
1939 – Frank Arundel, English footballer (d.1994)
1940 – John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley, former chief executive at BP
1940 – Jimmy Greaves, English footballer
1941 – Lim Kit Siang, Democratic Socialist opposition party in Malaysia
1941 – Buffy Sainte-Marie, Canadian singer
1942 – Phil Esposito, Canadian ice hockey player
1942 – Charlie Gillett, British radio DJ
1942 – Mitch McConnell, American politician, senior senator of Kentucky
1942 – Claude Miller, French film director and screenwriter
1943 – Moshe Cotel, American composer and pianist
1943 – Antonio Inoki, Japanese professional wrestler
1943 – Mike Leigh, British film director
1944 – Robert de Cotret, Canadian politician (d. 1999)
1944 – Willem van Hanegem, Dutch footballer and coach
1945 – Andrew Bergman, American screenwriter and film director
1945 – Brion James, American actor (d. 1999)
1945 – Alan Hull, English singer-songwriter (Lindisfarne) (d. 1995)
1945 – Annu Kapoor, Indian actor
1946 – Brenda Blethyn, English actress
1946 – Richard Cocciante, French-Italian singer and songwriter
1946 – Sandy Duncan, American singer and actress
1946 – J. Geils, American guitarist (The J. Geils Band)
1947 – André van Duin, Dutch comedian
1947 – Eggert Magnusson, Icelandic football executive
1947 – Peter Osgood, English footballer (d. 2006)
1947 – Peter Strauss, American actor
1948 – Pierre Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player
1948 – Jennifer O'Neill, Brazilian-born actress
1949 – Mab Segrest, American writer and activist
1949 – Ivana Trump, Czech-born American socialite
1950 – Walter Becker, American guitarist (Steely Dan)
1950 – Ken Shimura, Japanese performer and actor
1950 – Tony Wilson, British journalist and impresario (d. 2007)
1951 – Edward Albert, American actor (d. 2006)
1951 – Gordon Brown, British Member of Parliament, Prime Minister (2007–2010)
1951 – Randy California, American guitarist (Spirit) (d. 1997)
1951 – Phil Neal, English footballer
1953 – Riccardo Chailly, Italian conductor
1953 – Poison Ivy, American musician (The Cramps)
1954 – Jon Brant, American musician (Cheap Trick)
1954 – Anthony Head, English actor
1954 – Patty Hearst, American socialite
1954 – Billy Pontoni, Colombian musician
1956 – Charlie Adler, American voice actor
1956 – Rick Green, Canadian ice hockey player
1957 – Glen Hanlon, Canadian ice hockey coach
1958 – James Wilby, English actor
1959 – Scott Brayton, American race car driver (d. 1996)
1959 – Bill Gullickson, American baseball player
1960 – Joel Hodgson, American comedian (Mystery Science Theater 3000)
1960 – Kee Marcello, Swedish guitarist (Europe)
1961 – Imogen Stubbs, British actress
1962 – Kenn Nesbitt, American children's author
1962 – Dwayne McDuffie, American writer of comic books and television (d. 2011)
1963 – Charles Barkley, American basketball player
1963 – Ian Brown, English singer (The Stone Roses)
1963 – Jon Lynn Christensen, former Nebraska Congressman
1963 – Marilisa Xenogiannakopoulou, Greek politician
1964 – Rodney Rowland, American actor
1964 – French Stewart, American actor
1965 – Ron Eldard, American actor
1966 – Cindy Crawford, American model
1967 – Paul Accola, Swiss alpine skier
1967 – Kurt Cobain, American musician (Nirvana) (d. 1994)
1967 – David Herman, American comedian
1967 – Katherine Soucie, American voice actress
1967 – Andrew Shue, American television actor
1967 – Lili Taylor, American actress
1968 – Ted Hankey, English darts player
1969 – Vaginal Davis, American drag queen and performance artist
1969 – Siniša Mihajlović, Serbian footballer
1969 – Gedo, Japanese professional wrestler
1969 – Danis Tanovic, Bosnian film director and screenwriter
1969 – Tommy Vardell, American football player
1971 – Calpernia Addams, transgender activist
1971 – Jari Litmanen, Finnish footballer
1971 – Shawn McKenzie, American programmer
1972 – Brent Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player
1972 – K-OS, Canadian musician/rapper
1973 – Kimberley Davies, Australian actress
1973 – Rohan Alexander, Jamaican-born cricketer
1974 – Kateřina Šišková, Czech tennis player
1974 – Ophelie Winter, French actress
1975 – Liván Hernández, Cuban baseball player
1975 – Brian Littrell, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
1975 – Niclas Wallin, Swedish hockey player
1976 – Rohan Gavaskar, Indian cricketer
1976 – Ed Graham, English drummer (The Darkness and Stone Gods)
1976 – Gail Kim, Canadian professional wrestler
1977 – Bartosz Kizierowski, Polish swimmer
1977 – Stephon Marbury, American basketball player
1977 – T.J. Slaughter, American football player
1977 – Amal Hijazi, Lebanese singer and model
1978 – Lauren Ambrose, American actress
1978 – Jakki Degg, English glamour model/actress
1978 – Jay Hernandez, American actor
1978 – Julia Jentsch, German actress
1980 – Artur Boruc, Polish footballer
1980 – Imanol Harinordoquy, French rugby union footballer
1980 – Luis Gabriel Rey, Colombian footballer
1981 – Tony Hibbert, English footballer
1981 – Fred Jackson, American football player
1981 – Chris Thile, American musician (Nickel Creek and Punch Brothers)
1982 – Fait-Florian Banser, German footballer
1982 – Jason Hirsh, American baseball player
1983 – Jose Morales, Puerto Rican baseball player
1983 – Justin Verlander, American baseball player
1984 – Brian McCann, American baseball player
1984 – Gilles Pagnon, French-German rugby player
1984 – Ramzee Robinson, American football player
1985 – Ryan Sweeney, American baseball player
1985 – Yulia Volkova, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.)
1986 – Diego Reis, Brazilian footballer
1988 – Rihanna, Barbadian singer
1988 – Jiah Khan, Indian actress
1989 – Iga Wyrwal, Polish glamour model
1991 – Giovanni Kyeremateng Italian footballer
1991 – Antonio Pedroza, English-Mexican footballer