The Famous Birthdays: Celebrity birthdays and famous people biographies

Famous people who died on February 20th

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass (1818 - 1895)

American author and activist
Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson (1937 - 2005)

American journalist and author
Gene Siskel

Gene Siskel (1946 - 1999)

American journalist and critic
Sandra Dee

Sandra Dee (1942 - 2005)

American actress
Dick York

Dick York (1928 - 1992)

American actor
Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884 - 1980)

American daughter of Theodore Roosevelt
Ferruccio Lamborghini

Ferruccio Lamborghini (1916 - 1993)

Italian industrialist and automobile manufacturer, created Lamborghini
Robert Peary

Robert Peary (1856 - 1920)

American explorer
Kathryn Kuhlman

Kathryn Kuhlman (1907 - 1976)

American evangelist
Sarah Kane

Sarah Kane (1971 - 1999)

English playwright
Walter Winchell

Walter Winchell (1897 - 1972)

Journalist, commentator
Curt Gowdy

Curt Gowdy (1919 - 2006)

American sports announcer
Andreas Brehme

Andreas Brehme (1960 - 2024)

German footballer
Chester W. Nimitz

Chester W. Nimitz (1885 - 1966)

United States Navy fleet admiral
Andreas Hofer

Andreas Hofer (1767 - 1810)

Austrian innkeeper and activist
William Wallace Lincoln

William Wallace Lincoln (1850 - 1862)

Son of Abraham Lincoln
Vinny Vella

Vinny Vella (1947 - 2019)

American actor
Alexander Haig

Alexander Haig (1924 - 2010)

American general and diplomat, 59th United States Secretary of State