Famous people born on 20 February

• Kurt CobainAmerican rock musician, singer and songwriter · 1967–1994
  27 yrs
• Sidney PoitierBahamian and American actor and diplomat · 1927–2022
  94 yrs
• Ludwig BoltzmannAustrian physicist and philosopher · 1844–1906
  62 yrs
• George F. SmootAmerican astrophysicist and cosmologist · 1945–2025
  80 yrs
• Wu ZetianFounding empress of Zhou dynasty (r. 690–705); de facto ruler of Tang dynasty from 665 to 690 · AD 624–705
  81 yrs
• Robert AltmanAmerican filmmaker · 1925–2006
  81 yrs
• Ansel AdamsAmerican photographer and environmentalist · 1902–1984
  82 yrs
• Ivana TrumpCzech-American businesswoman · 1949–2022
  73 yrs
• Georges Bernanos ↗French writer · 1888–1948
  60 yrs
• Mohamed Naguib ↗1st President of the Republic of Egypt · 1901–1984
  83 yrs
• Béla Kun ↗Hungarian Communist revolutionary and politician, the de facto leader of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919, People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs · 1886–1938
  52 yrs
• Richard Matheson ↗American fiction writer · 1926–2013
  87 yrs
• Pompeu Fabra ↗Catalan linguist · 1868–1948
  80 yrs
• Elizabeth of York ↗Queen of England · 1466–1503
  37 yrs
• Pierre Boulle ↗French novelist · 1912–1994
  81 yrs
• Siniša Mihajlović ↗Serbian football player and manager · 1969–2022
  53 yrs
• Hubert de Givenchy ↗French fashion designer · 1927–2018
  91 yrs
• Louis Kahn ↗Estonian-American architect · 1901–1974
  73 yrs
• Jimmy Greaves ↗English professional football player · 1940–2021
  81 yrs
• Judith Anderson ↗Australian stage and screen actress · 1897–1992
  94 yrs
• Jiah Khan ↗British−American Bollywood actress · 1988–2013
  25 yrs
• Ibrahim Ferrer ↗Cuban singer · 1927–2005
  78 yrs
• Louise, Princess Royal ↗Third child and eldest daughter of Edward VII of the United Kingdom and Alexandra of Denmark · 1867–1931
  63 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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