Famous Birthdays for 20th February 2023
1835 – Allessandro d’Ancona, Italian philologist, born in Pisa (d. 1914)
1901 – Henry Eyring, Mexican-American chemist (chemical reaction rates), born in Colonia Juárez, Mexico (d. 1981)
1917 – Frederick Page, English aircraft designer and executive (CEO British Aerospace Aircraft Group), born in Wimbledon, England (d. 2005)
1921 – Mervin Shiner, American honky-tonk country and hillbilly singer, born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
1942 – Claude Miller, French film director and screenwriter (Garde a Vue; Little Thief; Wild Child), born in Paris, France (d. 2012)
1959 – Bill Gullickson, American MLB baseball pitcher, 1979-94 (Montreal Expos, Detroit Tigers, and 2 other teams), born in Marshall, Minnesota
1966 – Cecilia Cummins, Clintwood Va, 5th of 5 siblings born on 2/20
1968 – Bennie Goods, CFL defensive tackle (Edmonton Eskimos)
1969 – Vaginal Davis, American drag queen, author and performance artist, born in Los Angeles, California
1983 – Justin Verlander, American baseball player (Houston Astros), born in Manakin-Sabot, Virginia