List of Famous people born on February 20th

Rudolf Edlinger was a Social Democratic Party of Austria politician who served as Austrian Finance Minister (1997–2000) under Chancellor Viktor Klima. He was the president of the football club SK Rapid Wien between 2001 and 2013.

Hennadiy Viktorovych Balashov is a Ukrainian businessman, blogger, politician and leader of 5.10 political party. He is an advocate of a radical reform of Ukraine's tax system, so-called "Tax Paradise for humanity".

Laureano Eleuterio Gómez Castro was a Colombian politician and civil engineer who served as the 18th President of Colombia from 1950 to 1953. In November 1951 poor health led him to cede presidential power to Roberto Urdaneta Arbelaez. On 13 June 1953, when he tried to resume his presidency, he was overthrown in a military coup led by Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. During the three decades prior to being elected president, Gómez was a radical leader of the Conservative Party and is widely considered to be one of the most brilliant and potent orators of the Congress of Colombia. However, he remains a controversial figure because of his sympathy for authoritarian regimes and the dictatorial nature of his government.

Johann Georg Reißmüller was a German journalist, a co-publisher of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). He was a correspondent in Belgrade, then the capital of Yugoslavia, from 1967 to 1971. When the country broke up, he was instrumental in Germany recognizing Croatia and Slovenia.

Emad Mohamed Abd El Naby Ibrahim Moteab is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as a striker.

Zakaria Moumni ; born 4 February 1980 is a former Kickboxer who was detained by the Moroccan authority between September 2010 and February 2012.

Spencer Burdette Patton is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers organization. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers and Chicago Cubs and for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Helen Murray Free is a retired American chemist and educator. She received a B.S. with honors in Chemistry from The College of Wooster in 1944 and an M.A. in management from Central Michigan University in 1978. In 1947 she married Alfred Free, a fellow researcher in urinalysis. She is most known for revolutionizing many self-testing systems for diabetes and other diseases while working at Miles Laboratories, which is now Ascensia Diabetes Care. The pioneering of the dip-and-read strips, which are still used to this day, allowed for testing to be more convenient and efficient, enabling doctors and patients to no longer be reliant on laboratories for results.

Alexander Aronovich Gurshtein was a Soviet/Russian astronomer and historian of science.

Erich Hasenkopf was an Austrian football defender who played for Austria in the 1960 European Nations' Cup. He also played for Wiener Sport-Club.