Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 20

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

1848  Edward Henry Harriman, American railroad executive (d. 1909) was born on this day in history.   

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

1852  Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov) was born on February - 20.   

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

1861  On February - 20 birth of nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist   

1866  On this day in history birth of carl Westman, Swedish architect and designer (d. 1936)   

1867  On this day in history 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 February - 20 birth of mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star   

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

1880  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of bela Kun, Czehul Romania, head of Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)   

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

1887  On this day in history birth of hesketh Pearson, England, biographer/playwright (Writ for Libel)   

1888  Georges Bernanos, France, novelist (Diary of a Country Priest) was born on this day in history.   

1888  Marie Rambert, Warsaw, English ballet producer/director/teacher was born on February - 20.   

1889  Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1893  Elizabeth Holloway Marston, American psychologist (d. 1993) was born on February - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1899  Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, LI NY, founder (Pan Am Airways) was born on this day in history.   

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

1900  On February - 20 birth of antonio Veretti, composer   

1900  On February - 20 birth of graham Spry, St Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer   

1900  On this day in history birth of jean Negulesco   

1901  On this day in history birth of ali Muhammad Naguib, Khartoum, president of Egypt (1952-54)   

1901  Cecil H King, Irish/British daily newspaper publisher (Daily Mirror) was born on this day in history.   

1901  Henry Eyring, Mexican/US chemist was born on February - 20.   

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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  Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1408  Death of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342) on this day in history.   

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