Famous Birthdays for February 20
Today's:
William Prescott 1726 - American Revolutionary soldier, known for the quote "Don't fire until you see the white's of their eyes."
Joseph Jefferson 1829 - Actor ("Rip Van Winkle")
Ansel Adams 1902 - Artist
Aleksei Kosygin 1904 - Soviet premier from 1964-1980
Gale Gordon 1906 - Actor ("The Lucy Show")
Carl Stotz 1910 - Founded Little League baseball organization
John Daly 1914 - Reporter, TV host ("What's My Line")
Chick (Melvin) Harbert 1915 - Golfer
Kenneth H. Olsen 1926
Sidney Poitier 1927 - Actor ("Lilies of the Field", "To Sir With Love")
Gloria Vanderbilt 1924 - Fashion designer
Robert Altman 1925 - Director ("M*A*S*H")
Bob Richards 1926 - Olympic pole-vaulter
Roy Face (Roy Elroy Leon) 1928 - Baseball player
Amanda Blake (Beverly Louise Neill) 1929 - Actress ("Gunsmoke", "The Glass Slipper")
Patricia Smith 1930 - Actress ("Save the Tiger")
Bobby Unser 1934 - Race car driver
Marj Dusay 1936
Nancy Wilson 1937 - Singer
Roger Penske 1937 - Race car driver
Richard Beymer 1938 - Actor ("The Diary of Anne Frank", "West Side Story")
Barbara Ellis 1939 - Musician (Fleetwoods)
Buffy (Beverly) Sainte-Marie 1941 - Singer, songwriter
Clyde Wright 1941 - Baseball player
Phil Esposito 1942 - Hockey player
Sandy Duncan 1946 - Dancer, actress ("Peter Pan", "Roots")
Brenda Blethyn 1946
John W. Geils (J. Geils) 1946 - Musician (The J. Geils Band)
Peter Strauss 1947 - Actor ("Peter Gunn", "The Yearling")
Jennifer O'Neill 1948 - Actress ("Summer of '42")
Pierre Bouchard 1948 - Hockey player
Ivana Trump 1949
Walter Becker 1950 - Musician (Steely Dan)
Edward Albert 1951 - Actor ("Mind Games", "The Heist", "Guarding Tess")
Kathie Baillie 1951
Randy California (Wolfe) 1951 - Singer (Spirit)
Patty Hearst (Patricia Hearst Shaw) 1954 - Publishing heiress, kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) and ultimately joined her captors, pardoned by President Clinton
James Wilby 1958 - Actor ("A Summer Story", "Dreamchild")
Sebastian Steinberg 1959 - Musician (Soul Coughing)
Joel Hodgson 1960
Charles Barkley 1963 - Basketball player
Ian Brown 1963 - Singer (Stone Roses)
French Stewart 1964
Cindy Crawford 1966 - Supermodel, actress ("Fair Game")
Lili Taylor 1967 - Actress
Andrew Shue 1967 - Actor ("Melrose Place")
Kurt Cobain 1967 - Musician, singer (Nirvana)
Brian Littrell 1975 - Singer (The Backstreet Boys)
Jay Hernandez 1978 - Actor
Majandra Delfino 1981 - Actress
Chris Thile 1981 - Musician (Nickel Creek)
Jack Richardson 1985
Rhianna (Robyn Rihanna Fenty) 1988 - Singer, actress ("Battleship")
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