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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Ansel Adams
Photographer
20-Feb-1902 22-Apr-1984 Yosemite photographer
Edward Albert
Actor
20-Feb-1951 22-Sep-2006 Butterflies Are Free
Robert Altman
Film Director
20-Feb-1925 20-Nov-2006 M*A*S*H
Lauren Ambrose
Actor
20-Feb-1978   Six Feet Under
Leonore Annenberg
Socialite
20-Feb-1918 12-Mar-2009 Wife of Walter Annenberg
Victor G. Atiyeh
Politician
20-Feb-1923   Governor of Oregon, 1979-87
Malcolm Atterbury
Actor
20-Feb-1907 16-Aug-1992 Vaudevillian, character actor
Charles Barkley
Basketball
20-Feb-1963   NBA player scored over 23,000 points
Walter Becker
Musician
20-Feb-1950   Co-Founder of Steely Dan
Andrew Bergman
Screenwriter
20-Feb-1945   Striptease
Georges Bernanos
Novelist
20-Feb-1888 5-Jul-1948 The Diary of a Country Priest
Louis Alexandre Berthier
Military
20-Feb-1753 1-Jun-1815 Napoleon's chief of staff
Richard Beymer
Actor
20-Feb-1938   Tony in West Side Story
Amanda Blake
Actor
20-Feb-1929 16-Aug-1989 Kitty Russell on Gunsmoke
Whitney Blake
Actor
20-Feb-1925 28-Sep-2002 Mrs. B on Hazel
Brenda Blethyn
Actor
20-Feb-1946   Secrets & Lies
Ludwig Boltzmann
Physicist
20-Feb-1844 5-Sep-1906 Atoms and molecules
Michael R. Bowlin
Business
20-Feb-1943   CEO of ARCO, 1994-2000
Gordon Brown
Politician
20-Feb-1951   UK Prime Minister, 2007-10
Ian Brown
Musician
20-Feb-1963   The Stone Roses
John Browne
Business
20-Feb-1948   CEO of British Petroleum, 1995-2007
Herbert Brownell, Jr.
Government
20-Feb-1904 1-May-1996 US Attorney General, 1953-57
Forbes Burnham
Head of State
20-Feb-1923 6-Aug-1985 President of Guyana, 1980-85
Riccardo Chailly
Conductor
20-Feb-1953   Director, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Isaac Chauncey
Military
20-Feb-1772 27-Feb-1840 US Naval commander, War of 1812
Michael Clemente
Film/TV Producer
20-Feb-1956   Senior VP for News, Fox News Channel
Kurt Cobain
Musician
20-Feb-1967 5-Apr-1994 Lead singer of Nirvana
Roy Cohn
Government
20-Feb-1927 2-Aug-1986 Joseph McCarthy's henchman
Oscar Collazo
Assassin
20-Feb-1914 21-Feb-1994 Attempted assassin of Truman
Cindy Crawford
Model
20-Feb-1966   House of Style
Russel Crouse
Playwright
20-Feb-1893 3-Apr-1966 The Sound of Music
Carl Czerny
Pianist
20-Feb-1791 15-Jul-1857 Pianist, composer of piano exercises
John Charles Daly
Game Show Host
20-Feb-1914 24-Feb-1991 Host of What's My Line?
Honoré Daumier
Artist
20-Feb-1808 11-Feb-1879 Caricaturist and satirist
Majandra Delfino
Actor
20-Feb-1981   Maria DeLuca on Roswell
Sandy Duncan
Actor
20-Feb-1946   Valerie
Ron Eldard
Actor
20-Feb-1965   Det. Jim Dunbar on Blind Justice
Christoph Eschenbach
Conductor
20-Feb-1940   Music Director, Orchestre de Paris
Phil Esposito
Hockey
20-Feb-1942   Bruins legend, Hall of Famer
Louis Ferreira
Actor
20-Feb-1967   Everett Young on Stargate Universe
Donald M. Fraser
Politician
20-Feb-1924   Mayor of Minneapolis, 1980-93
Mary Garden
Singer
20-Feb-1874 3-Jan-1967 Operatic soprano
Willie Garson
Actor
20-Feb-1964   Stanford Blatch on Sex and the City
J. Geils
Guitarist
20-Feb-1946   Centerfold
Ellen Gilchrist
Author
20-Feb-1935   In the Land of Dreamy Dreams
Gale Gordon
Actor
20-Feb-1906 30-Jun-1995 The Lucy Show
Margot Grahame
Actor
20-Feb-1911 1-Jan-1982 The Informer
Rachel Griffiths
Actor
20-Feb-1968   Brenda Chenowith on Six Feet Under
Antonio Guzmán Blanco
Head of State
20-Feb-1829 28-Jul-1899 President of Venezuela, 1870-88
Randa Haines
Film Director
20-Feb-1945   Children of a Lesser God
Chick Harbert
Golf
20-Feb-1915 1-Sep-1992 Winner, 1954 PGA Championship
Anthony Head
Actor
20-Feb-1954   Rupert Giles on Buffy
Patty Hearst
Victim
20-Feb-1954   Kidnapped by SLA
David Herman
Actor
20-Feb-1967   MADtv
Jay Hernandez
Actor
20-Feb-1978   Crazy/Beautiful
Joel Hodgson
Comic
20-Feb-1960   Created Mystery Science Theater 3000
Larry Hovis
Actor
20-Feb-1936 9-Sep-2003 Sgt. Carter on Hogan's Heroes
Robert Huber
Chemist
20-Feb-1937   Proteins of photosynthesis
Robin E. Hudson
Judge
20-Feb-1952   Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court
Brion James
Actor
20-Feb-1945 7-Aug-1999 Leon the replicant in Blade Runner
Sharpe James
Politician
20-Feb-1936   Mayor of Newark, 1986-2006
Julia Jentsch
Actor
20-Feb-1978   The Edukators
Frank Jordan
Politician
20-Feb-1935   Mayor of San Francisco 1993-97
k-os
Rapper
20-Feb-1972   Joyful Rebellion
Louis Kahn
Architect
20-Feb-1901 17-Mar-1974 Prominent architect
Kathleen Kennedy
Relative
20-Feb-1920 13-May-1948 Sister of John F. Kennedy
Miranda Kerr
Model
20-Feb-1983   Australian fashion model
Herb Kohler
Business
20-Feb-1939   Chairman and President, Kohler Co.
G. P. Koirala
Head of State
20-Feb-1925 20-Mar-2010 Four-Time Prime Minister of Nepal
Alexei Kosygin
Head of State
20-Feb-1904 18-Dec-1980 Premier of the Soviet Union, 1964-80
Mike Leigh
Film Director
20-Feb-1943   Naked, Topsy-Turvy
Brian Littrell
Singer
20-Feb-1975   The Backstreet Boys
Stephon Marbury
Basketball
20-Feb-1977   NBA Point Guard
Vincent Massey
Government
20-Feb-1887 30-Dec-1967 Governor-General of Canada, 1952-59
Richard Matheson
Author
20-Feb-1926   I Am Legend
Mitch McConnell
Politician
20-Feb-1942   US Senator from Kentucky
Thomas J. McIntyre
Politician
20-Feb-1915 8-Aug-1992 US Senator from New Hampshire, 1962-79
Harold M. Messmer, Jr.
Business
20-Feb-1946   CEO of Robert Half International
Jennifer O'Neill
Actor
20-Feb-1948   Summer of '42
Ken Olsen
Business
20-Feb-1925 6-Feb-2011 Founder of Digital Equipment Corporation
Roger Penske
Business
20-Feb-1937   CEO of Penske Corporation
Sidney Poitier
Actor
20-Feb-1927   In The Heat Of The Night
Henry Polic II
Actor
20-Feb-1945   Jerry Silver on Webster
Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Novelist
20-Feb-1925 30-Apr-2006 The Fugitive
Sam Rice
Baseball
20-Feb-1890 13-Oct-1974 Washington Senators Hall-of-Famer
Rihanna
Singer
20-Feb-1988   Umbrella
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Singer/Songwriter
20-Feb-1941   Universal Soldier
Andrew Shue
Actor
20-Feb-1967   Melrose Place
Andy Sidaris
Film Director
20-Feb-1931 7-Mar-2007 Hard Ticket to Hawaii
Jean Kennedy Smith
Diplomat
20-Feb-1928   US Ambassador to Ireland, 1993-98
George F. Smoot
Physicist
20-Feb-1945   Big bang
Kath Soucie
Actor
20-Feb-1967   Rugrats
French Stewart
Actor
20-Feb-1964   Third Rock from the Sun
Peter Strauss
Actor
20-Feb-1947   The Jericho Mile
Imogen Stubbs
Actor
20-Feb-1961   Twelfth Night
Lili Taylor
Actor
20-Feb-1967   Six Feet Under
Ivana Trump
Relative
20-Feb-1949   Donald Trump's first ex-wife
Bobby Unser
Auto Racing
20-Feb-1934   Indy car racer, 1963-81
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
20-Feb-1924   Designer jeans
Gabriele Veneziano
Physicist
20-Feb-1942   Father of string theory
Justin Verlander
Baseball
20-Feb-1983   Detroit Tigers pitcher
Julia Volkova
Musician
20-Feb-1985   t.A.T.u.'s butchy brunette
Roland West
Film Director
20-Feb-1885 31-Mar-1952 The Bat Whispers
James Wilby
Actor
20-Feb-1958   Maurice
Nancy Wilson
Singer
20-Feb-1937   Jazz and pop diva
Tony Wilson
TV Personality
20-Feb-1950 10-Aug-2007 Founder of Factory Records




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