Ken Knighton (80)
February 20th, 1944

English footballer and manager (born 1944) – Ken Knighton was born in Darton (Village in the United Kingdom) on February 20th, 1944 and is 80 years old today.

Other personalities born on February 20

81

Mike Leigh

English writer and director (born 1943)

*February 20th, 1943, Brocket Hall

79

Antonio Inoki

Japanese professional wrestler, businessman, and politician (1943-2022)

*February 20th, 1943, Yokohama †October 1st, 2022, Minato

30

Mathias Christiansen

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1994, Bornholm

78

Brenda Blethyn

British actress

*February 20th, 1946, Ramsgate

79

George F. Smoot

American astrophysicist and cosmologist

*February 20th, 1945, Yukon

59

Thomas Kemmerich

German politician

*February 20th, 1965, Aachen

71

J. Geils

American musician

*February 20th, 1946, New York City †April 11th, 2017, Groton

57

Chung So-young

South Korean badminton player

*February 20th, 1967, Gimje

73

Gordon Brown

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010

*February 20th, 1951, Giffnock

82

Mitch McConnell

American politician and lawyer (born 1942)

*February 20th, 1942, Sheffield

21

Olivia Rodrigo

American singer and actress (born 2003)

*February 20th, 2003, Murrieta

58

Urs Fischer

Swiss association football player and manager (born 1966)

*February 20th, 1966, Triengen

36

Rihanna

Barbadian singer and actress (born 1988)

*February 20th, 1988, Saint Michael

89

Jim Poole

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1932, Nashville †November 7th, 2021, Blacksburg

83

Alexander Gauland

German politician, lawyer and journalist

*February 20th, 1941, Chemnitz

70

Patty Hearst

American kidnapping victim

*February 20th, 1954, San Francisco

72

Hans-Jürgen Irmer

German politician

*February 20th, 1952, Limburg an der Lahn

55

Bambang Suprianto

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1969, Surakarta City

78

Sandy Duncan

American singer and actor

*February 20th, 1946, Henderson

79

Andrew Bergman

American film director and screenwriter

*February 20th, 1945, Queens

34

Keigo Sonoda

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1990, Yatsushiro

27

Kurt Cobain

American rock musician (1967–1994)

*February 20th, 1967, Aberdeen †April 5th, 1994, Seattle

42

Felo Feoto

Badminton and football player

*February 20th, 1982, Nukufetau

26

Zhou Haodong

Chinese badminton player

*February 20th, 1998, Ningbo

94

Sidney Poitier

Bahamian and American actor and diplomat (1927–2022)

*February 20th, 1927, Cat Island †January 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

78

Riccardo Cocciante

Italian singer

*February 20th, 1946, Ho Chi Minh City

65

Sabine Kaack

German actress (1959-)

*February 20th, 1959, Nortorf

73

Ivana Trump

Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)

*February 20th, 1949, Zlín †July 14th, 2022, New York City

27

Sammy Skytte

Danish association football player

*February 20th, 1997, Denmark

70

Anthony Head

English actor

*February 20th, 1954, Camden Town

Also born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

79

Mary Robinson

Former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

*May 21st, 1944, Ballina

79

Chris Hillman

American musician

*December 4th, 1944, Los Angeles

79

Arne Lindtner Næss

Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter

*December 19th, 1944, Bergen

79

George Lucas

American filmmaker (born 1944)

*May 14th, 1944, Modesto

80

Françoise Hardy

French singer and songwriter

*January 17th, 1944, 9th arrondissement of Paris

76

Alan Parker

English film producer and director (1944-2020)

*February 14th, 1944, Islington †July 31st, 2020, London

80

Rakel Surlien

Norwegian judge and politician

*February 10th, 1944, Svelvik

73

Wolfgang Bochow

Badminton player

*May 26th, 1944, Brunswick †September 14th, 2017, Siegburg

72

László Csendes

Hungarian actor (1944-2017)

*September 21st, 1944, Rimavská Sobota †March 24th, 2017

72

Sibylle Tönnies

German opinion journalist, sociologist and jurist

*November 24th, 1944, Potsdam †March 25th, 2017

Ken Knighton