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February 20 birthdays

313 notable historical figures were born on February 20, and 205 died on this day. Everyone born on February 20 is a Pisces.

18% of February 20 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (88) than any other country.

Born on February 20

• Rihanna (born 1988. Barbadian singer (born 1988))
• Sidney Poitier (1927 to 2022. Bahamian-American actor, filmmaker, diplomat (1927–2022))
• Kurt Cobain (1967 to 1994. American rock musician (1967–1994))
• Mitch McConnell (born 1942. American politician and attorney (born 1942))
• Gordon Brown (born 1951. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010)
• Patty Hearst (born 1954. American kidnapping victim and actress (born 1954))
• Olivia Rodrigo (born 2003. American singer-songwriter and actress (born 2003))
• Ludwig Boltzmann (1844 to 1906. Austrian mathematician and theoretical physicist (1844–1906))
• Stephon Marbury (born 1977. American basketball player (born 1977))
• Louise, Princess Royal (1867 to 1931. British princess (1867–1931))
• Mohamed Naguib (1901 to 1984. President of Egypt from 1953 to 1954)
• George Smoot (1945 to 2025. American astrophysicist (1945–2025))
• Calpernia Addams (born 1971. American LGBT rights activist)
• Louis Kahn (1901 to 1974. Estonian-American architect (1901–1974))
• Béla Kun (1886 to 1938. Hungarian communist revolutionary and politician (1886–1938))
• Zinaida Portnova (1926 to 1944. Soviet partisan (1926–1944))
• Peter Freuchen (1886 to 1957. Danish explorer and anthropologist (1886–1957))
• Rattanbai Jinnah (1902 to 1929. Wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1900 – 1929))
• David Bentley Hart (born 1965. American philosopher and theologian (b. 1965))
• Forbes Burnham (1923 to 1985. Leader of Guyana from 1964 to 1985)
• Fayez al-Sarraj (born 1960. Libyan politician and architect)
• William Gao (born 2003. English actor and musician)
• Elizabeth Holloway Marston (1893 to 1993. American attorney psychologist (1893–1993))
• John Milnor (born 1931. American mathematician (born 1931))
• Robert Altman (1925 to 2006. American filmmaker (1925–2006))
• Riccardo Cocciante (born 1946. Italian-French singer and songwriter (born 1946))
• Abdalá Bucaram (born 1952. President of Ecuador from 1996 to 1997)
• Ansel Adams (1902 to 1984. American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984))
• Andrew Bergman (born 1945. American film director and screenwriter (born 1945))
• Shōji Kawamori (born 1960. Japanese artist and designer)
• Mark Mazower (born 1958. British historian (born 1958))
• Jeffrey A. Kruse (born 1968. U.S. Air Force Lieutenant general)
• Henry Eyring (chemist) (1901 to 1981. Mexican-born American chemist (1901–1981))
• Charles Barkley (born 1963. American basketball player and analyst (born 1963))
• Antonio Guzmán Blanco (1829 to 1899. President of Venezuela (1829–1899))
• Ijaz-ul-Haq (born 1952. Pakistani politician (born 1952))
• Abdul-Rahman al-Bazzaz (1913 to 1973. Iraqi politician, academic and pan-Arab nationalist (1913–1973))
• John Paesano (born 1977. American composer (born 1977))
• Nicolai Hartmann (1882 to 1950. German philosopher (1882–1950))
• Lim Kit Siang (born 1941. Malaysian politician)
• William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp (1872 to 1938. British politician and peer (1872–1938))
• Lev Dovator (1903 to 1941. Soviet military commander)
• Muhammad Abdel Moneim (1899 to 1979. Crown Prince of Egypt and Sudan (1899-1979))
• Prerana Shah Singh (born 1978. Princess of Nepal)
• Eleanor of Aragon (1358 to 1382. Queen of Castile and León from 1379 to 1382)
• Laureano Gómez (1889 to 1965. President of Colombia from 1950 to 1953)
• Linda Carol Brown (1943 to 2018. American activist (1943–2018))
• Manuel Alejandro (born 1933. Spanish composer (born 1933))
• Herbert Brownell Jr. (1904 to 1996. American lawyer and politician (1904–1996))
• Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen (1880 to 1923. French writer and poet (1880–1923))
• Alexander Abramov (born 1959. Russian billionaire businessman)
• Siobhain McDonagh (born 1960. British politician (born 1960))
• Abram Alikhanov (1904 to 1970. Soviet nuclear physicist (1904–1970))
• Sir Robert Hart, 1st Baronet (1835 to 1911. British official in Qing service (1835–1911))
• Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1785 to 1853. Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1831-1848))
• Ivana Trump (1949 to 2022. Ex-wife of Donald Trump (1949–2022))
• Robert Huber (born 1937. German biochemist and Nobel laureate (born 1937))
• Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1894 to 1980. Polish writer (1894–1980))
• Ella Maillart (1903 to 1997. Swiss adventurer)
• Emmy Destinn (1878 to 1930. Czech operatic soprano (1878–1930))

Died on February 20

• Frederick Douglass (1817 to 1895. American abolitionist (1818–1895))
• Joseph (Emperor Joseph II) (1741 to 1790. Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790)
• Callie Siskel (1946 to 1999. American film critic (1946–1999))
• Alexander Haig (1924 to 2010. American politician (1924–2010))
• Yaroslav the Wise (978 to 1054. Grand Prince of Kiev from 1019 to 1054)
• P. G. T. Beauregard (1818 to 1893. Confederate States Army general (1818–1893))
• Martin V (1369 to 1431. Head of the Catholic Church from 1417 to 1431)
• William Wallace Lincoln (1850 to 1862. Third son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln (1850–1862))
• Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906 to 1972. German–American physicist (1906–1972))
• al-Musta'sim (1213 to 1258. 37th and last Abbasid Caliph (r. 1242–1258))
• Rattanbai Jinnah (1902 to 1929. Wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1900 – 1929))
• Kevin Ayers (1944 to 2013. English singer-songwriter (1944–2013))
• Percy Grainger (1882 to 1961. Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist (1882–1961))
• Tōru Takemitsu (1930 to 1996. Japanese composer and writer (1930–1996))
• Hunter S. Thompson (1937 to 2005. American journalist and author (1937–2005))
• Damdin Sükhbaatar (1893 to 1923. Mongolian revolutionary (1893–1923))
• Leonard Woolley (1880 to 1960. British archaeologist (1880–1960))
• Solomon Asch (1907 to 1996. Polish-American psychologist (1907–1996))
• Charles Emmanuel III (1701 to 1773. King of Sardinia from 1730 to 1773)
• Donella Meadows (1941 to 2001. American environmental scientist, teacher, and writer)
• Laura Bassi (1711 to 1778. Italian physicist and academic (1711–1778))
• Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341 to 1408. English noble (1341–1408))
• Henri Moissan (1852 to 1907. French chemist and pharmacist (1852–1907))
• Pope Honorius II (1100 to 1130. Head of the Catholic Church from 1124 to 1130)
• Prince Alexander of the Netherlands (1818 to 1848. Dutch prince (1818–1848))
• Francesco Saverio Nitti (1868 to 1953. Italian economist and political figure (1868–1953))
• René Cassin (1887 to 1976. French jurist and Nobel laureate)
• Mildred Dresselhaus (1930 to 2017. American physicist and nanotechnologist (1930–2017))
• Tancred (1138 to 1194. King of Sicily from 1189 to 1194)
• Hans, King of Denmark (1455 to 1513. Scandinavian king under the Kalmar Union (1455–1513))

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