Famous Birthdays In February - 20

1844  On February - 20 birth of joshua Slocum, Canadian seaman and adventurer (d. 1909)  

1848  On this day in history birth of edward Henry Harriman, American railroad executive (d. 1909)  

1850  On February - 20 birth of nérée Beauchemin, Canadian physician and poet (d. 1931)  

1852  On this day in history birth of nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov)  

1854  On this day in history birth of louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth)  

1861  Nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist was born on this day in history.  

1866  Carl Westman, Swedish architect and designer (d. 1936) was born on this day in history.  

1867  On February - 20 birth of louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (d. 1931)  

1870  Pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar (Verzen) was born on February - 20.  

1874  On this day in history birth of mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star  

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1876  On this day in history birth of fyodor Akimenko, composer  

1880  On February - 20 birth of jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French aristocrat and novelist (d. 1923)  

1881  On February - 20 birth of pedro Munoz Seca, Spanish playwright (Vengeanza de Don Mendo)  

1883  On February - 20 birth of shiga Naoya, Japan, novelist (Road Through Dark Night)  

1886  Bela Kun, Czehul Romania, head of Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919) was born on February - 20.  

1887  On this day in history birth of david McKinley Williams, composer  

1887  Hesketh Pearson, England, biographer/playwright (Writ for Libel) was born on this day in history.  

1888  Georges Bernanos, France, novelist (Diary of a Country Priest) was born on February - 20.  

1888  On February - 20 birth of marie Rambert, Warsaw, English ballet producer/director/teacher  

1889  Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer was born on February - 20.  

1893  On this day in history birth of russel Crouse, journalist/novelist/playwright (Life with Father)  

1893  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Holloway Marston, American psychologist (d. 1993)  

1895  Freida Geiken, autobiographer (National Historic Taping) was born on this day in history.  

1896  Henri de Lubac sj, French theologist/anti-fascist was born on this day in history.  

1897  Ivan Albright, Illinois, painter (Door, Window) was born on February - 20.  

1898  Enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari) was born on February - 20.  

1899  On this day in history birth of cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, LI NY, founder (Pan Am Airways)  

1899  On February - 20 birth of leon Woizikowski, Polish dancer/ballet master (Ballets Russes)  

1900  On February - 20 birth of antonio Veretti, composer  

1900  Graham Spry, St Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer was born on this day in history.  

1900  Jean Negulesco was born on this day in history.  

1901  Ali Muhammad Naguib, Khartoum, president of Egypt (1952-54) was born on February - 20.  

1901  Cecil H King, Irish/British daily newspaper publisher (Daily Mirror) was born on February - 20.  

1901  Henry Eyring, Mexican/US chemist was born on this day in history.  

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0702  On February - 20 death of k'inich Kan B'alam II, king of the Maya state of Palenque (b. 635)  

1054  On this day in history yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies  

1154  Death of Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett on February - 20.  

1171  On February - 20 death of conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)  

1194  On February - 20 tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies  

1258  Death of Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad on February - 20.  

1408  On this day in history death of henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342)  

1431  Martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies on February - 20.