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 February - 20.   

1850  Nérée Beauchemin, Canadian physician and poet (d. 1931) was born on February - 20.   

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

1854  On February - 20 birth of louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth)   

1861  Nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist was born on February - 20.   

1866  Carl Westman, Swedish architect and designer (d. 1936) was born on February - 20.   

1867  Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.   

1870  Pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar (Verzen) was born on this day in history.   

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

1876  On February - 20 birth of fyodor Akimenko, composer   

1880  Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French aristocrat and novelist (d. 1923) was born on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history birth of pedro Munoz Seca, Spanish playwright (Vengeanza de Don Mendo)   

1883  Shiga Naoya, Japan, novelist (Road Through Dark Night) was born on this day in history.   

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

1887  On February - 20 birth of david McKinley Williams, composer   

1887  Hesketh Pearson, England, biographer/playwright (Writ for Libel) was born on February - 20.   

1888  On February - 20 birth of georges Bernanos, France, novelist (Diary of a Country Priest)   

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  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  On this day in history birth of henri de Lubac sj, French theologist/anti-fascist   

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

1898  On February - 20 birth of enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari)   

1899  On February - 20 birth of cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, LI NY, founder (Pan Am Airways)   

1899  On this day in history birth of leon Woizikowski, Polish dancer/ballet master (Ballets Russes)   

1900  Antonio Veretti, composer was born on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history birth of graham Spry, St Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer   

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 this day in history.   

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

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0702  Death of K'inich Kan B'alam II, king of the Maya state of Palenque (b. 635) on February - 20.   

1054  Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies on February - 20.   

1154  On this day in history death of saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett   

1171  Death of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) on February - 20.   

1194  Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies on February - 20.   

1258  On this day in history death of al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad   

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.