Page 2: Famous Personalities Born 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 this day in history 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 February - 20 birth of louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth)   

1861  On this day in history birth of nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist   

1866  On February - 20 birth of carl Westman, Swedish architect and designer (d. 1936)   

1867  Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (d. 1931) was born on February - 20.   

1870  On February - 20 birth of pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar (Verzen)   

1874  Mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star was born on February - 20.   

1876  Fyodor Akimenko, composer was born on this day in history.   

1880  Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French aristocrat and novelist (d. 1923) was born on February - 20.   

1881  Pedro Munoz Seca, Spanish playwright (Vengeanza de Don Mendo) was born on this day in history.   

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

1886  On February - 20 birth of bela Kun, Czehul Romania, head of Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)   

1887  David McKinley Williams, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1889  On February - 20 birth of levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer   

1893  Russel Crouse, journalist/novelist/playwright (Life with Father) was born on this day in history.   

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  On February - 20 birth of ivan Albright, Illinois, painter (Door, Window)   

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

1899  Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, LI NY, founder (Pan Am Airways) was born on February - 20.   

1899  Leon Woizikowski, Polish dancer/ballet master (Ballets Russes) was born on this day in history.   

1900  Antonio Veretti, composer was born on February - 20.   

1900  Graham Spry, St Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer was born on February - 20.   

1900  On this day in history birth of jean Negulesco   

1901  On February - 20 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  On February - 20 birth of henry Eyring, Mexican/US chemist   

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0702  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1194  On this day in history tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies   

1258  Death of Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad on this day in history.   

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.