1887 – Mary Ellen Chase, educator/author (Windswept, 1959 Sarah Hale Award)
1902 – Hanns Neupert, German piano builder/author (Das Klavichord)
1908 – Romulo Betancourt, President of Venezuela (1945-48, 1958-64)
1920 – Del Wood [Adelaide Hazelwood], American country musician, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1989)
1922 – Andre Asriel, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria
1930 – Jules van Neerven, Dutch economist and editor (Limbourg Daily), born in Eindhoven, Netherlands
1944 – Ranjit Fernando, Sri Lankan cricket wicket-keeper (1975 World Cup), born in Colombo, Sri Lanka
1956 – Amy Alcott, American golfer (5-time major title winner; US Open 1980), born in Kansas City, Missouri
1961 – Marla O’Hara, American WPVA volleyballer (Santa Cruz-3rd-1991), born in Gardena, California
1988 – Kevin Borlée, Belgian athlete, born in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 21st February 2020
1705 – Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. 1781)
1857 – Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907)
1880 – Frank Orth, American actor (Boston Blackie, Brothers), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1962)
1888 – Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Religious Build Up)
1912 – Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist (Arkadia 598-Schubert)
1933 – Nina Simone [Eunice Waymon], American singer and civil rights activist (I Loves You, Porgy), born in Tyron, North Carolina (d. 2003)
1961 – Abhijit Banerjee, American economist, 2019 Nobel Prize for Economics, born in Mumbai, India
1969 – James Dean Bradfield, Welsh singer-songwriter (Manic Street Preachers), born in Pontypool, Wales
1969 – Corey Harris, American blues and reggae guitarist (The Blues miniseries, From Mississippi to Mali), born in Denver, Colorado
1973 – Heri Joensen, Faroese musician, born in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Famous Birthdays for 20th February 2020
1779 – Augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington
1792 – Eliza Courtney, English illegitimate daughter of Charles Grey and Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, born in Aix-en-Provence (d. 1859)
1827 – Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, American politician, lawyer and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Unadilla, New York (d. 1912)
1850 – Nérée Beauchemin, Canadian physician and poet (d. 1931)
1881 – Pedro Munoz Seca, Spanish playwright (Vengeanza de Don Mendo)
1907 – Nadine Conner, California, soprano (Carmen, Pamina-Magic Flute)
1942 – David O’Dowd, Chief Constable (Northamptonshire)
1943 – Aleksandr Pavlovich Alexandrov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-9, TM-3)
1951 – Gordon Brown, British Labour Prime Minister (2007–10), born in Giffnock, Scotland
1962 – Kenn Nesbitt, American children’s author
Famous Birthdays for 19th February 2020
1762 – Friedrich Franz Hurka, Czech tenor and composer (d. 1805)
1792 – Roderick Murchison, Muir of Ord Ross-shire, Scottish Geologist (Silurian system)
1898 – Lauwrens Voorthuyzen, [Lou de Palingboer], Dutch sect leader
1934 – David Hugh Jones, Poole Dorset England, director (Betrayal)
1951 – Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (Db), Pakistani Islamic Sufi Scholar
1960 – Keith Musa[kawukhathi] Zondi, South African head of Inkatha Youth Brigade
1977 – Ola Salo, Swedish singer (The Ark)
1986 – Reon Kadena, Japanese model/actress
1986 – Marta, Brazilian footballer
1986 – Maria Mena, Norwegian singer
Famous Birthdays for 18th February 2020
1771 – Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer and violinist, brother of Christian Friedrich Ruppe
1817 – Lewis Addison Armistead, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1863)
1892 – Wendell Wilkie, American Presidential candidate (R-1940)/author (One World), (d. 1944)
1901 – Reginald Sheffield, British actor (Suspicion, Of Human Bondage, Second Chance), born in London, England (d. 1957)
1933 – Yoko Ono Lennon [Mrs John Lennon], Japanese singer and artist, born in Tokyo, Japan
1938 – Manny Mota, Dominican baseball outfielder (LA Dodgers), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1946 – Michael Buerk, British newsreader
1948 – Keith Knudsen, American drummer, vocalist and songwriter (Doobie Brothers), born in Le Mars, Iowa (d. 2005)
1960 – Greta Scacchi, Italian actress (Coca-Cola Kid, White Mischief), born in Milan, Italy
1983 – Roberta Vinci, Italian tennis player (5 Grand Slam doubles titles), born in Taranto, Italy
Famous Birthdays for 17th February 2020
1747 – Narciso Casanovas, composer
1909 – Marjorie Lawrence, Australia, soprano (Venus-Tannhäuser)
1913 – Rene Leibowitz, Polish-born French composer (d. 1972)
1929 – Chaim Potok, American novelist (Promise), born in NYC, New York
1946 – Valdemar Bandolowski, Danish sailor (Olympic gold 1976, 80)
1954 – Rene Russo, actress (Ransom)
1962 – Tony Blain, cricketer (NZ Test wicket-keeper)
1971 – Denise Richards, American actress
1978 – Jacob Wetterling, American kidnapping victim, born in Long Praire, Minnesota (d. 1989)
1981 – Donielle Thompson, Wheatridge CO, gymnast (World-bronze-95, Olympics 1996)
Famous Birthdays for 16th February 2020
1222 – Nichiren, Japan, Buddhist priest/saint
1866 – William “Sliding Billy” Hamilton, NJ, hall of fame baseball player
1886 – Van Wyck Brooks, NJ, literary historian/writer (Ordeal of Mark Twain)
1904 – Ellis Achong, cricketer (West Indian SLA, 8 wickets in 6 Tests)
1924 – James Swaffield, director-general (Swaffield and Clerk to the GLC)
1938 – Barry Primus, American actor (Sgt McKenna-Cagney and Lacey, Boxcar Bertha), born in NYC, New York
1946 – J R Farndon, British consultant surgeon
1958 – John Morse, American golfer (US Open 1996 4th), born in Marshall, Michigan
1968 – Erik Regtop, Dutch soccer player (SC Heerenveen), born in Schoonebeek, Netherlands
1987 – Theresa Goh, Singaporean Paralympic swimmer
Famous Birthdays for 15th February 2020
1873 – Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-born Swedish biochemist who investigated the fermentation of sugar and enzymes (Nobel 1929), born in Augsburg, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1964)
1899 – Gale Sondergaard, American actress (The Letter, Road to Rio), born in Litchfield, Minnesota (d. 1985)
1901 – Paul Haesaerts, Flemish architect/painter (Animisme)
1909 – Miep Gies, Dutch biographer of Anne Frank
1923 – Yelena Bonner, soviet disident/wife of Andre Sakharov, born in Moscow, Russia
1935 – Susan Brownmiller, feminist author (Against Our Wills), born in Brooklyn, New York
1941 – Brian Holland, American pianist, songwriter and producer (Holland–Dozier–Holland), born in Detroit, Michigan
1968 – Axelle Red, Belgian singer and songwriter, born in Hasselt, Belgium
1988 – Hironori Kusano, Japanese singer (NEWS), born in Yokohama, Japan
1990 – Erwin Sak, Polish football goalkeeper (Stomil Olstyn), born in Lublin, Poland
Famous Birthdays for 14th February 2020
1894 – Jack Benny [Benjamin Kubelski], American comedian (The Jack Benny Program), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1974)
1912 – Edmund George Love, American teacher/historian/author (A Small Bequest)=
1931 – Phyllis McGuire, vocalist (McGuire Sisters), born in Middletown, Ohio
1942 – Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican auto racer (youngest F1 driver ever to race for Ferrari), born in Mexico City, Mexico (d. 1962)
1947 – Salah-ud-Din, cricketer (played 5 Tests for Pakistan 1965-69)
1947 – Tim Buckley, singer-songwriter, born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1975)
1947 – Judd Gregg, (Rep-R-NH, 1981- )
1960 – Eric Shea, American actor (Yours, Mine and Ours, The Poseidon Adventure), born in Los Angeles, California
1963 – Jeff Dellenbach, US NFL center (NE Patriots, GB Packers-Super Bowl 31), born in Wausau, Wisconsin
1968 – Chris Lewis, English cricket all-rounder (32 Tests, 93 wickets; 53 ODIs), born in Georgetown, Guyana
Famous Birthdays for 13th February 2020
1440 – Hartmann Schedel, German physician, humanist and historian, born in Nuremberg, Germany (d. 1514)
1480 – Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal, Treviso, Venice, Italy (d. 1542)
1870 – Leopold Godowsky, Polish pianist and composer (Java Suite, 53 Studies on Chopin’s Études) born in Žasliai, Russian Empire (now Lithuania), (d. 1938)
1920 – Eileen Farrell, opera soprano (Interrupted Melody), born in Willimantic, Connecticut
1920 – Boudleaux Bryant, American country music and pop songwriter (Rocky Top, Love Hurts, Bye Bye Love), born in Shellman, Georgia (d. 1987)
1939 – Valery Rozhdestvensky, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 23), born in Leningrad, Soviet Union (d. 2011)
1944 – Jerry Springer, English-born US talk show host (Jerry Springer Show), born in London, England
1945 – David Tremlett, English artist, born in Dartford, United Kingdom
1946 – Louis Kondos, Greek actor, born in Athens, Greece
1959 – Gaston Gingras, Canadian ice hockey defenceman