Died On February 20th
Discover the most famous people who died on February 20. The list includes people like Frederick Douglass, Hunter S. Thompson, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Robert Peary. Famous personalities featured on this list, include journalists, political leaders, soldiers and actors and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Canada & France and many more countries.
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Birthdate: February 14, 1818
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Talbot County, Maryland, United States
Died: 1895
Birthdate: July 18, 1937
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Died: 2005
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
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Dick York(Best Known for His Role ‘Darrin Stephens’ on the ABC Sitcom ‘Bewitched’)
Birthdate: September 4, 1928
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
Died: 1992
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Sandra Dee(Actress and Model Best Known for Her Film ‘Until They Sail’)
Birthdate: April 23, 1942
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bayonne, New Jersey, United States
Died: 2005
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
Birthdate: April 28, 1916
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Renazzo di Cento, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Died: 1993
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Chester W. Nimitz(American Admiral Known for His Role as Commander in Chief of US Pacific Fleet in World War II)
Birthdate: February 24, 1885
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Fredericksburg, Texas, United States
Died: 1966
Birthdate: February 12, 1884
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 1980
Birthdate: March 13, 1741
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: 1790
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Gene Siskel
(Film critic. Journalist)
Birthdate: January 26, 1946
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 1999
Birthdate: May 9, 1907
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Johnson County, Missouri, United States
Died: 1976
Birthdate: December 2, 1924
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 2010
Birthdate: April 7, 1897
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: 1972
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
Birthdate: May 6, 1856
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Cresson, Pennsylvania
Died: 1920
Birthdate: September 6, 1879
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: 1936
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
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Yaroslav the Wise
(Prince)
Birthdate: 0978 AD
Birthplace: Ukraine
Died: 1054
Birthdate: July 31, 1919
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Green River
Died: 2006
Birthdate: November 14, 1948
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 2005
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Percy Grainger(Composer, Arranger and Pianist Known for His Folk-Dance Tune ‘Country Gardens’)
Birthdate: July 8, 1882
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Brighton, Australia
Died: 1961
Birthdate: 1563 AD
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1626
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John Raitt
(Actor and singer)
Birthdate: January 29, 1917
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Santa Ana, California
Died: 2005
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Habibullah Khan
(Emir of Afghanistan from 1901 to 1919)
Birthdate: June 3, 1872
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Tashkent
Died: 1919
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Troy Jackson
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: January 11, 1973
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Queens, New York, United States
Died: 2011
Height: 6'10" (208 cm)
Birthdate: June 28, 1906
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Katowice, Poland
Died: 1972
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Muhammad Asad
(For English Translation of Quran, 'The Message of The Qur'an")
Birthdate: July 2, 1900
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lviv, Ukraine
Died: 1992
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Paul Marcinkus
(American Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church)
Birthdate: January 15, 1922
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Cicero, Illinois, United States
Died: 2006
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Washakie
(American Saints)
Birthdate: 1808 AD
Birthplace: United States
Died: 1900
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Henry Percy, 1st earl of Northumberland
(Admirals)
Birthdate: November 10, 1341
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Northumberland, England
Died: 1408
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Robert Bolt
(Playwright and a two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter)
Birthdate: August 15, 1924
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Sale, Cheshire, England
Died: 1995
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Oswald Avery
(Biologist, Physician, Geneticist)
Birthdate: October 21, 1877
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Halifax
Died: 1955
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Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia
(Duke)
Birthdate: April 27, 1701
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Turin, Italy
Died: 1773
Birthdate: September 28, 1852
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Paris
Died: 1907
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Garrick Utley
(Television Journalist)
Birthdate: November 19, 1939
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 2014
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Christopher Nolan
(Author)
Birthdate: September 6, 1965
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Mullingar, Ireland
Died: 2009
Birthdate: October 29, 1711
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bologna, Italy
Died: 1778
Birthdate: October 8, 1930
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Died: 1996
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Damdin Sükhbaatar
(Army Leader)
Birthdate: February 2, 1893
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Khuree, Qing Empire, Mongolia
Died: 1923
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Maurice Blanchot
(Former writer, philosopher, and literary theorist)
Birthdate: September 22, 1907
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Devrouze, Saône-et-Loire, France
Died: 2003
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Nereo Rocco
(Football player and manager)
Birthdate: May 20, 1912
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Trieste, Italy
Died: 1979
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Matilde Hidalgo
(The First Ecuadorian Woman to Exercise Suffrage)
Birthdate: September 29, 1889
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Loja, Ecuador
Died: 1974
Birthdate: November 20, 1946
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Laventille, Trinidad and Tobago
Died: 2012
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Chelo Alonso
(Cuban Actress & Sex Symbol)
Birthdate: April 10, 1933
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Camagüey, Cuba
Died: 2019
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Kobayashi Takiji
(Japanese Writer of Proletarian Literature)
Birthdate: October 13, 1903
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Odate, Akita, Japan
Died: 1933
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Waldo R. Tobler
(American-Swiss Cartographer and Geographer)
Birthdate: November 16, 1930
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Portland, Oregon, United States
Died: 2018
Birthdate: October 5, 1887
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bayonne
Died: 1976
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Nicholas Bacon
(Politician)
Birthdate: October 13, 1509
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1579
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René Dubos
(French-American Experimental Pathologist, Microbiologist, Humanist, Environmentalist, and Writer)
Birthdate: February 20, 1901
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, France
Died: 1982
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Tirso de Molina
(Spanish Poet and Roman Catholic Monk Known for Writing 'The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest')
Birthdate: March 24, 1583
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: 1648
Birthdate: January 26, 1369
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Genazzano, Italy
Died: 1431
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Leone Sextus Tollemache
Birthdate: June 10, 1884
Sun Sign: Gemini
Died: 1917
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Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa
(Monarch)
Birthdate: February 6, 1872
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Muharraq, Bahrain
Died: 1942