Who Was Born Today – February 20 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on February 20 | ||
1726 | William Prescott, U.S. Revolutionary War hero at the Battle of Bunker Hill. | |
1808 | Honore Daumier, French caricaturist. | |
1838 | Ludwig Boltzmann, atomic physics engineer | |
1888 | Marie Rambert, ballet dancer and director. | |
1894 | Curt Richter, biologist. | |
1898 | Jimmy Yancey, American blues pianist. | |
1901 | Rene Dubos, microbiologist, developed the first commercial antibiotic. | |
1901 | Louis I. Kahn, architect. | |
1902 | Ansel Adams, American landscape photographer, especially of western wilderness and mountain panoramas. | |
1904 | Aleksey Nikolayevich Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union (1964-1980). | |
1924 | Gloria Vanderbilt, fashion designer | |
1925 | Robert Altman, film director (Nashville, The Player). | |
1927 | Sidney Poitier, American actor, first African American male to win an Oscar (Lillies of the Field). |