Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 20

1844  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1852  On February - 20 birth of nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov)   

1854  Louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth) was born on February - 20.   

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

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

1874  On February - 20 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  Pedro Munoz Seca, Spanish playwright (Vengeanza de Don Mendo) was born on February - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1888  On this day in history 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  On February - 20 birth of levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer   

1893  On February - 20 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  On February - 20 birth of henri de Lubac sj, French theologist/anti-fascist   

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  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 February - 20.   

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  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  On this day in history birth of cecil H King, Irish/British daily newspaper publisher (Daily Mirror)   

1901  On this day in history 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  Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies on February - 20.   

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

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  On this day in history martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies