Famous Births on 1 Mar

Famous Births on 1 Mar

1432 - Isabel of Coimbra, queen of Portugal (d. 1455)
1445 - Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (d. 1510)
1456 - King Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary (d. 1516)
1474 - Angela Merici, Italian nun (d. 1540)
1547 - Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (d. 1628)
1597 - Jean-Charles de la Faille, Belgian mathematician (d. 1652)
1610 - John Pell, English mathematician (d. 1685)
1657 - Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (d. 1740)
1683 - Caroline of Ansbach, wife of George II of Great Britain (d. 1737)
1732 - William Cushing, 2nd Chief Justice of the United States. (d. 1810)
1760 - François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French revolutionary (d. 1794)
1769 - François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, French general (d. 1796)
1807 - Wilford Woodruff, fourth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1898)
1810 - Frédéric Chopin, Polish-born composer (d. 1849)
1812 - Augustus Pugin, English-born architect (d. 1852)
1817 - Giovanni Duprè, Italian sculptor (d. 1882)
1821 - Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Catholic bishop (d. 1896)
1837 - William Dean Howells, American writer, historian, and politician (d. 1920)
1842 - Nicholaos Gysis, Greek painter (d. 1901)
1848 - Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Irish-born American sculptor (d. 1907)
1852 - Théophile Delcassé, French statesman (d. 1923)
1858 - Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1918)
1863 - Alexander Golovin, Russian painter (d. 1930)
1865 - Abe Iso, Japanese politician (d. 1949)
1871 - Ben Harney, American composer and ragtime pianist (d. 1938)
1876 - Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian IOC president (d. 1942)
1880 - Giles Lytton Strachey British writer (d. 1932)
1886 - Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter and poet (d. 1980)
1888 - Ewart Astill, English cricketer (d. 1948)
1889 - Watsuji Tetsuro, Japanese philosopher (d. 1960)
1892 - Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (d. 1927)
1893 - Mercedes de Acosta, American socialite (d. 1968)
1896 - Moriz Seeler, German writer and producer (d. 1942)
1896 - Dimitris Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (d. 1960)
1899 - Erich von dem Bach, Nazi official (d. 1972)
1904 - Glenn Miller, American bandleader (d. 1944)
1904 - Paul Hartman, American actor (d. 1973)
1905 - Doris Hare, Welsh actress (d. 2000)
1910 - Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002)
1910 - David Niven, English actor (d. 1983)
1912 - Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter, archbishop of Toronto (d. 2003)
1913 - Ralph Ellison, American writer (d. 1994)
1914 - Harry Caray, American sportscaster (d. 1998)
1917 - Robert Lowell, American poet (d. 1977)
1918 - Gladys Noon Spellman, American politician (d. 1988)
1918 - João Goulart, President of Brazil (d. 1976)
1918 - Roger Delgado, English actor (d. 1973)
1920 - Howard Nemerov, American poet (d. 1991)
1920 - Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1984)
1921 - Terence Cardinal Cooke, American Catholic archbishop (d. 1983)
1921 - Richard Wilbur, American poet
1922 - William Gaines, American publisher (d. 1992)
1922 - Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1995)
1923 - Kuczka Péter, Hungarian writer and editor (d. 1999)
1924 - Deke Slayton, American astronaut (d. 1993)
1926 - Robert Clary, French-born actor
1926 - Pete Rozelle, American commissioner of the NFL (d. 1996)
1926 - Cesare Danova, Italian-born American actor (d. 1992)
1927 - Harry Belafonte, American musician and activist
1927 - Robert Bork, American legal scholar
1928 - Jacques Rivette, French film director
1928 - Seymour Papert, South African mathematician
1929 - Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident (d. 1978)
1930 - Gastone Nencini, Italian cyclist (d. 1980)
1935 - Robert Conrad, American actor
1936 - Monique Bégin, French-Canadian politician
1936 - Jean-Edern Hallier, French author (d. 1997)
1937 - Jed Allan, American actor
1939 - Leo Brouwer, Cuban composer and guitarist
1940 - Robert Grossman, American illustrator
1942 - Richard Bowman Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
1943 - Rashid Sunyaev, Russian physicist
1943 - José Ángel Iribar, Spanish footballer
1943 - Richard H. Price, American physicist
1943 - Akinori Nakayama, Japanese gymnast
1943 - Gil Amelio, American venture capitalist
1944 - John Breaux, U.S. Senator from Louisiana
1944 - Mike d'Abo, English singer (Manfred Mann)
1944 - Roger Daltrey, English musician (The Who)
1945 - Dirk Benedict, American actor
1946 - Elvin Bethea, American football player
1946 - Gerry Boulet, French-Canadian singer (d. 1990)
1946 - Lana Wood, American actress
1947 - Alan Thicke, Canadian actor and songwriter
1948 - Burning Spear, Jamaican singer and musician
1952 - Martin O'Neill, Northern Irish footballer and manager
1952 - Leigh Matthews, Australian rules footballer
1952 - Steven Barnes, American writer
1953 - Richard Bruton, Irish politician and economist
1954 - Catherine Bach, American actress
1954 - Ron Howard, American actor and director
1956 - Timothy Daly, American actor
1958 - Bertrand Piccard, Swiss balloonist and psychiatrist
1958 - Nik Kershaw, English musician
1958 - Chosei Komatsu, Japanese conductor
1960 - William Bennett, English musician (Whitehouse)
1963 - Dan Michaels, American musician and record producer
1963 - Rob Affuso, American drummer
1963 - Thomas Anders, German singer (Modern Talking)
1963 - Ron Francis, Canadian ice hockey player
1964 - Clinton Gregory, American musician
1964 - Paul Le Guen, French football manager
1965 - Stewart Elliott, Canadian jockey
1965 - Booker Huffman, American professional wrestler
1965 - Mary Lou Lord, American singer/songwriter
1966 - Susan Auch, Canadian speed-skater
1967 - Aron Winter, Dutch footballer
1967 - Yelena Afanasyeva, Russian athlete
1967 - George Eads, American actor
1969 - Dafydd Ieuan, Welsh drummer (Super Furry Animals)
1969 - Doug Creek, American baseball player
1969 - Javier Bardem, Spanish actor
1971 - Tyler Hamilton, American cyclist
1973 - Jack Davenport, English actor
1973 - Ryan Peake, Canadian guitarist (Nickelback)
1973 - Carlo Resoort, Dutch DJ
1973 - Chris Webber, American basketball player
1974 - Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American actor
1974 - Stephen Davis, American football player
1976 - Dave Malkoff, American TV News Reporter
1976 - Peter F. Bell, Australian rules footballer
1977 - Rens Blom, Dutch athlete
1977 - Esther Cañadas, Spanish actress and supermodel
1978 - Alicia Leigh Willis, American actress
1978 - Jensen Ackles, American actor
1978 - Donovan Patton, Guamanian television star
1980 - Djimi Traoré, Malian footballer
1980 - Shahid Afridi, Pakistani cricketer
1980 - Abdur Rehman, Pakistani cricketer
1981 - Brad Winchester, American ice hockey player
1981 - Will Power, Australian racing driver
1981 - Adam LaVorgna, American actor
1981 - Ana Hickmann, Brazilian supermodel
1983 - Daniel Carvalho, Brazilian footballer
1983 - Elan Sara DeFan, Mexican singer-songwriter
1983 - Chris Hackett, English footballer
1983 - Blake Hawksworth, Canadian baseball player
1984 - Naima Mora, American model
1984 - Alexander Steen, Canadian-born Swedish ice hockey player
1985 - J Leman, American Football Player
1985 - Andreas Ottl, German footballer
1986 - Jonathan Spector, American soccer player
1987 - Sammie, American singer
1988 - Katija Pevec, American actress
1989 - Sonya Kitchell, American singer
1989 - Carlos Vela, Mexican footballer
1990 - Harry Eden, English actor
1990 - Nikolas Tsattalios, Australian soccer player
40 - Martial, Latin poet (d. 102)

Famous Births on 28 Feb

Famous Births on 28 Feb

1155 - Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183)
1261 - Margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283)
1409 - Elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442)
1533 - Michel de Montaigne, French writer (d. 1592)
1552 - Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632)
1573 - Elias Holl, German Architect (d. 1646)
1612 - John Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686)
1670 - Benjamin Wadsworth, American President of Harvard University (d. 1737)
1675 - Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (d. 1726)
1683 - René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (d. 1757)
1704 - Louis Godin, French astronomer (d. 1760)
1712 - Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French military commander (d. 1759)
1724 - George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, British field marshal (d. 1807)
1812 - Berthold Auerbach, German poet and author (d. 1882)
1820 - John Tenniel, English illustrator (d. 1914)
1823 - Ernest Renan, French philosopher (d. 1892)
1824 - Blondin, French tightrope walker (d. 1897)
1833 - Alfred von Schlieffen, German field marshal (d. 1913)
1838 - Maurice Lévy, French engineer (d. 1910)
1840 - Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892)
1841 - Adrien Albert Marie de Mun, French politician (d. 1914)
1851 - Samuel W. McCall, 47th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1923)
1865 - Wilfred Grenfell, medical missionary (d. 1940)
1878 - Pierre Fatou, French mathematician (d. 1929)
1878 - Artur Kapp, Estonian composer (d. 1952)
1882 - Pádraic Ã" Conaire, Irish writer (d. 1928)
1882 - José Vasconcelos, Mexican writer (d. 1959)
1882 - Geraldine Farrar, American soprano (d. 1967)
1894 - Ben Hecht, American playwright (d. 1964)
1895 - Marcel Pagnol, French novelist, playwright and film director (d. 1974)
1896 - Philip Showalter Hench, American physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
1900 - Wolfram Hirth, German pilot (d. 1959)
1901 - Linus Pauling, American chemist and activist, Nobel laureate (d. 1994)
1903 - Vincente Minnelli, American film director (d. 1986)
1906 - Bugsy Siegel, American gangster (d. 1947)
1907 - Milton Caniff, American cartoonist (Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon) (d. 1988)
1908 - Billie Bird, American actress (d. 2002)
1908 - Alexander Golitzen, American art director (d. 2005)
1909 - Stephen Spender, English poet (d. 1995)
1912 - Clara Petacci, Italian mistress of Benito Mussolini (d. 1945)
1915 - Ketti Frings, American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter, (d. 1981)
1915 - Peter Medawar, Brazilian-born scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1987)
1915 - Zero Mostel, American actor (d. 1977)
1916 - Cesar Climaco, Filipino politician (d. 1984)
1921 - Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (d. 2006)
1923 - Charles Durning, American actor
1925 - Harry H Corbett, English actor (d. 1982)
1926 - Svetlana Alliluyeva, Soviet defector, daughter of Joseph Stalin
1929 - Hayden Fry, American football coach
1929 - Frank Gehry, Canadian-American architect
1929 - John Montague, Irish poet
1929 - Joseph Rouleau, French Canadian bass opera singer
1930 - Gavin MacLeod, American actor
1930 - Leon Neil Cooper, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1931 - Dean Smith, American basketball coach
1932 - Don Francks, Canadian actor
1933 - Miro Steržaj, Slovenian 9-pin bowler
1933 - Rein Taagepera, Estonian politician
1939 - Tommy Tune, American dancer
1939 - Daniel C. Tsui, Chinese-born physicist, Nobel laureate
1940 - Mario Andretti, Italian-American race car driver and one-time F1 world champion
1940 - Joe South, American singer
1942 - Dino Zoff, Italian footballer
1942 - Brian Jones, English musician (The Rolling Stones) (d. 1969)
1942 - Frank Bonner, American actor
1943 - Barbara Acklin, American soul singer (d. 1998)
1943 - Charles Bernstein, American composer
1944 - Win Aung, Burmese politician
1944 - Kelly Bishop, American actress
1944 - Sepp Maier, German footballer
1945 - Bubba Smith, American football player and actor
1946 - Robin Cook, British politician (d. 2005)
1947 - Stephanie Beacham, English actress
1948 - Steven Chu, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1948 - Mike Figgis, English director
1948 - Bernadette Peters, American actress and singer
1948 - Mercedes Ruehl, American actress
1951 - Bill Cratty, American modern dancer and choreographer (d. 1998)
1952 - William Finn, American composer
1953 - Ingo Hoffmann, Brazilian racing driver
1953 - Paul Krugman, American economist
1954 - Brian Billick, American football coach
1955 - Gilbert Gottfried, American comedian
1956 - Adrian Dantley, American basketball player
1956 - Jimmy Nicholl, Canadian-born Northern Irish footballer
1956 - Mike Tenay, American wrestling commentator
1957 - Paul Delph, American musician and producer (d. 1996)
1957 - Ainsley Harriott, British celebrity chef
1957 - John Turturro, American actor
1957 - Cindy Wilson, American singer (The B-52's)
1958 - Jeanne Mas, French singer and actress
1960 - Dorothy Stratten, Canadian actress (d. 1980)
1961 - Rae Dawn Chong, Canadian actress
1961 - Mark Latham, Australian politician
1961 - René Simard, French Canadian singer and TV host
1961 - Eric Bachelart, Belgian racing driver
1963 - Claudio Chiappucci, Italian cyclist
1964 - Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Uzbekistan cyclist
1966 - Paulo Futre, Portuguese footballer
1967 - Colin Cooper, English footballer
1968 - Stéphan Lebeau, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 - Butch Leitzinger, American race car driver
1969 - Robert Sean Leonard, American actor
1969 - Tor Øivind Ødegaard, Norwegian track runner
1969 - Patrick Monahan, American singer (Train)
1970 - Daniel Handler, American writer, better known as Lemony Snicket
1970 - Noureddine Morceli, Algerian athlete
1971 - Peter Stebbings, Canadian actor
1971 - Junya Nakano, Japanese composer
1971 - Tristan Louis, American writer
1972 - Rory Cochrane, American actor
1973 - Eric Lindros, Canadian ice hockey player
1973 - Nicolas Minassian, French racing driver
1974 - Lee Carsley, Irish footballer
1974 - Moana Mackey, New Zealand politician
1975 - Mike Rucker, American football player
1976 - Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Canadian actor
1976 - Adam Pine, Australian swimmer
1976 - Ali Larter, American actress and model
1977 - Jason Aldean, American country singer
1978 - Benjamin Raich, Austrian Olympic skier
1978 - Jamaal Tinsley, American basketball player
1978 - Mariano Zabaleta, Argentine tennis player
1979 - Primož Peterka, Slovenian ski jumper
1979 - Ivo Karlović, Croatian tennis player
1979 - Michael Bisping, English mixed martial artist
1979 - Sébastien Bourdais, French racing driver
1980 - Tayshaun Prince, American basketball player
1980 - Piotr Giza, Polish footballer
1980 - Lucian Bute, Romanian-born Quebec boxer
1980 - Pascal Bosschaart, Dutch footballer
1981 - Brian Bannister, American baseball player
1981 - Florent Serra, French tennis player
1982 - Natalia Vodianova, Russian supermodel
1984 - Karolína Kurková, Czech supermodel
1984 - Ben Fagan, American musician and reality show contestant
1985 - Fefe Dobson, Canadian singer
1985 - Jelena Janković, Serbian tennis player
1987 - Kerrea Gilbert, English footballer
1988 - Markéta Irglová, Czech songwriter and actress
1989 - Zhang Liyin, Chinese R&B singer
1991 - Sarah Bolger, Irish actress
2007 - Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco

Famous Births on 27 Feb

Famous Births on 27 Feb

1691 - Edward Cave, English editor and publisher (d. 1754)
1711 - Constantine Mavrocordatos, Prince of Wallachia and Prince of Moldavia (d. 1769)
1779 - Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1842)
1807 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet (d. 1882)
1831 - Hiram Bond Everest, American cofounder of The Vacuum Oil Company (d. 1913)
1862 - Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and shooter (d. 1937)
1877 - Walter Briggs, Sr., American entrepreneur and sports team owner (d. 1952)
1878 - Alvan T. Fuller, 50th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)
1886 - Hugo Black, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1971)
1888 - Lotte Lehmann, German singer (d. 1976)
1888 - Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist (d. 1974)
1888 - Earl Caddock, American professional wrestler (d. 1950)
1890 - Freddie Keppard, American jazz musician (d. 1933)
1891 - David Sarnoff, Russian-born broadcast pioneer (d. 1971)
1891 - Anne Samson, oldest-ever nun documented (d. 2004)
1892 - William Demarest, American actor (d. 1983)
1897 - Marian Anderson, American contralto (d. 1993)
1899 - Charles Best, Canadian medical scientist (d. 1978)
1902 - Gene Sarazen, American golfer (d. 1999)
1902 - John Steinbeck, American writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1968)
1903 - Grethe Weiser, German actress (d. 1970)
1904 - James T. Farrell, American writer (d. 1979)
1904 - Yulii Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist (d. 1996)
1904 - André Leducq, French cyclist (d. 1980)
1904 - Chick Fullis, American baseball player (d. 1946)
1905 - Franchot Tone, American actor (d. 1968)
1907 - Mildred Bailey, American singer (d. 1951)
1910 - Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, American aircraft engineer (Lockheed Skunk Works; d. 1990)
1910 - Peter De Vries, American writer (d. 1993)
1910 - Joan Bennett, American actress (d. 1990)
1910 - Ted Horn, American race car driver (d. 1948)
1912 - Lawrence Durrell, British writer (d. 1990)
1912 - Kusumagraj, Indian writer (d. 1999)
1913 - Irwin Shaw, American writer (d. 1984)
1913 - Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish president (d. 1989)
1917 - John Connally, American politician (d. 1993)
1922 - Hans Rookmaaker, Dutch professor and art historian (d. 1977)
1923 - Dexter Gordon, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1990)
1925 - Samuel Dash, American Congressional counsel (d. 2004)
1926 - David H. Hubel, Canadian neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate
1927 - Lynn Cartwright, American actress (d. 2004)
1927 - Guy Mitchell, American singer (d. 1999)
1928 - Ariel Sharon, former Prime Minister of Israel
1929 - Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer
1929 - Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach (d. 2008)
1930 - Joanne Woodward, American actress
1930 - Peter Stone, American writer (d. 2003)
1930 - Paul von Ragué Schleyer, American chemist
1932 - Elizabeth Taylor, British-American actress
1933 - Raymond Berry, American football player
1934 - Vincent Fourcade, French interior designer (d. 1992)
1934 - N. Scott Momaday, American writer
1934 - Ralph Nader, American consumer activist
1934 - Van Williams, American actor
1935 - Mirella Freni, Italian soprano
1936 - Ron Barassi, Australian rules footballer
1936 - Roger Mahony, fourth Archbishop of Los Angeles
1937 - David Ackles, American singer songwriter (d. 1999)
1937 - Barbara Babcock, American actress
1939 - Peter Revson, American racecar driver (d. 1974)
1940 - Howard Hesseman, American actor
1940 - Bill Hunter, Australian actor
1941 - Paddy Ashdown, British politician
1942 - Robert H. Grubbs, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1942 - Charlayne Hunter-Gault, American journalist
1942 - Michel Forget, French Canadian actor
1943 - Mary Frann, American actress (d. 1998)
1943 - Morten Lauridsen, American composer
1944 - Roger Scruton, British philosopher
1944 - Ken Grimwood, American writer (d. 2003)
1945 - Carl Anderson, American singer and actor (d. 2004)
1947 - Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist
1951 - Steve Harley, British rock musician (Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel)
1952 - Stathis Psaltis, Greek actor
1953 - Gabriela Svobodová, Czech cross country skier
1954 - Neal Schon, American musician (Journey)
1955 - Peter Christopherson, English musician and video director
1957 - Adrian Smith, English musician (Iron Maiden)
1957 - Danny Antonucci, Canadian animator
1957 - Viktor Markin, Russian athlete
1957 - Timothy Spall, English actor
1958 - Naas Botha, South African rugby union footballer
1958 - Nancy Spungen, American murder victim of Sid Vicious (d. 1978)
1959 - Johnny Van Zant, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
1960 - Andrés Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player
1961 - James Worthy, American basketball player
1962 - Adam Baldwin, American actor
1962 - Grant Show, American actor
1963 - Pär Nuder, Swedish politician
1964 - Todd Bodine, American race car driver
1965 - Noah Emmerich, American actor
1965 - Joakim Sundström, Swedish sound editor and sound designer
1965 - Frank Peter Zimmermann, German violinist
1966 - Donal Logue, Canadian actor
1968 - Matt Stairs, Canadian baseball player
1969 - Brad Vander Ark, American musician
1970 - Michael A. Burstein, American writer
1970 - Kent Desormeaux, American jockey
1970 - Matthias Lechner, German art director
1970 - Patricia Petibon, French opera singer
1971 - Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, American singer (TLC)
1971 - Derren Brown, British psychological illusionist
1973 - Ali Tabatabaee, American Iranian rapper (Zebrahead)
1973 - Mark Taylor, Welsh rugby union footballer
1973 - Peter André, Australian singer - Husband to Katie Price, Glamour model
1975 - Prodromos Korkizoglou, Greek decathlete
1975 - Shelby Walker, American mixed martial artist (d. 2006)
1976 - Tony Gonzalez, American football player
1977 - James Wan, Australian film director
1977 - Ji Sung, South Korean actor
1977 - Lance Hoyt, American professional wrestler
1978 - James Beattie, English footballer
1980 - Bobby Valentino, American singer
1980 - Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton
1981 - Josh Groban, American singer
1981 - Elodie Ouédraogo, Belgian athlete
1983 - Devin Harris, American basketball player
1983 - Hayley Angel Wardle, English actress
1983 - Kate Mara, American actress
1984 - David Noel, American basketball player
1984 - Antti Tuisku, Finnish singer
1984 - Lotta Schelin, Swedish female footballer
1985 - Juliana Imai, Brazilian model
1985 - Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Russian Footballer
1989 - Kelly Breeding, American singer from B5
1991 - Azeem Rafiq, Yorkshire CCC & English U15 captain
272 - Constantine I, Roman emperor (d. 337)

Famous Births on 26 Feb

Famous Births on 26 Feb

1361 - Wenceslaus, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia (d. 1419)
1564 - Christopher Marlowe, English dramatist (d. 1593)
1587 - Stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639)
1671 - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713)
1672 - Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757)
1714 - James Hervey, English clergyman and writer (d. 1758)
1715 - Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (d. 1771)
1720 - Gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1803)
1746 - Archduchess Marie Amalie of Austria, duchess of Piacenza (d. 1806)
1749 - Jeremy Bentham, English jurist (d. 1832)
1786 - François Arago, French mathematician (d. 1853)
1799 - Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (d. 1864)
1802 - Victor Hugo, French writer (d. 1885)
1808 - Honoré Daumier, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 1879)
1808 - Nathan Kelley,American architect, active mainly in Ohio, (d.1871)
1814 - Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist (d. 1876)
1829 - Levi Strauss, German-born clothing designer (d. 1902)
1846 - William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, American frontiersman (d. 1917)
1852 - John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon, advocate of dietary reform (d. 1943 )
1857 - Émile Coué, French psychologist (d. 1926)
1858 - Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist (d. 1917)
1861 - King Ferdinand of Bulgaria (d. 1948)
1861 - Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary, Lenin's wife (d. 1939)
1866 - Herbert Henry Dow, American chemical industrialist (d. 1930)
1879 - Frank Bridge, English composer (d. 1941)
1882 - Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (d. 1968)
1885 - Aleksandras Stulginskis, President of Lithuania (d. 1969)
1887 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player (d. 1950)
1887 - William Frawley, American actor (d. 1966)
1887 - Stefan Grabinski, Polish writer (d. 1936)
1893 - I. A. Richards, English literary critic (d. 1979)
1899 - Max Petitpierre, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1994)
1902 - Jean Bruller, alias Vercors, French writer and illustrator (d. 1991)
1903 - Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
1906 - Madeleine Carroll, English actress (d. 1987)
1907 - Dub Taylor, American actor (d. 1994)
1908 - Tex Avery, American cartoonist (d. 1980)
1908 - Leela Majumdar, Bengali writer (d. 2007)
1908 - Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (d. 1949)
1909 - King Talal of Jordan (d. 1972)
1909 - Fanny Cradock, English food writer and broadcaster (d. 1994)
1911 - Tarō Okamoto, Japanese avant-garde artist (d. 1996)
1912 - Dane Clark, American actor (d. 1998)
1913 - George Barker, English poet (d. 1991)
1914 - Robert Alda, American actor (d. 1986)
1916 - Jackie Gleason, American actor, writer, composer, and comedian (d. 1987)
1918 - Otis Ray Bowen, American politician (Indiana Governor) and physician
1918 - Theodore Sturgeon, American writer (d. 1985)
1919 - Mason Adams, American actor (d. 2005)
1919 - Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer (d. 2003)
1920 - Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist, writer and traveller (d. 2006)
1920 - Tony Randall, American actor (d. 2004)
1920 - Danny Gardella, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1921 - Betty Hutton, American actress and singer (d. 2007)
1922 - Margaret Leighton, British actress (d. 1976)
1926 - Miroslava Stern, Mexican actress (d. 1955)
1927 - Tom Kennedy, American game show host
1928 - Monique Leyrac, French Canadian singer and actress
1928 - Anatoli Filipchenko, Soviet cosmonaut
1928 - Fats Domino, American musician
1930 - Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (d. 2005)
1931 - Ally MacLeod, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2004)
1932 - Johnny Cash, American singer (d. 2003)
1934 - Robert Novak, American political columnist
1937 - Hagood Hardy, Canadian musician and composer (d. 1997)
1938 - Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot freedom fighter (d. 1957)
1939 - Josephine Tewson, English actress
1941 - Tony Ray-Jones, British photographer (d. 1972)
1943 - Bill Duke, American actor and director
1943 - Dante Ferretti, Italian art director and costume designer
1945 - Peter Brock, Australian motorsports champion (d. 2006)
1945 - Bob Hite, American singer and harmonicist (Canned Heat) (d. 1981)
1945 - Giannis Ioannidis, Greek basketball coach and politician
1945 - Marta Kristen, Norwegian actress
1945 - Mitch Ryder, American musician (The Detroit Wheels)
1946 - Ahmed H. Zewail, Egyptian chemist, Nobel laureate
1947 - Sandie Shaw, English singer
1949 - Elizabeth George, American novelist
1949 - Emma Kirkby, British early music singer
1950 - Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand
1950 - Jonathan Cain, American musician (Journey, Bad English, The Babys)
1953 - Michael Bolton, American singer
1954 - Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan, Prime Minister of Turkey
1956 - Keisuke Kuwata, Japanese singer
1957 - David Muldrow Beasley, American politician
1957 - Joe Mullen, American ice hockey player
1958 - Karen Berger, American comic book editor
1958 - Michel Houellebecq, French novelist
1958 - Greg Germann, American actor
1959 - Rolando Blackman, American basketball player
1960 - Jaz Coleman, British musician
1962 - Kelly Gruber, former Major League Baseball player
1964 - Mark Dacascos, American actor and martial artist
1966 - Najwa Karam, Lebanese singer
1967 - Currie Graham, Canadian actor
1968 - Tim Commerford, American bass player (Rage Against the Machine)
1968 - Ed Quinn, American Actor
1968 - J.T. Snow, American baseball player
1969 - Hitoshi Sakimoto, Japanese composer
1971 - Hélène Ségara, French singer
1971 - Max Martin, Swedish composer and producer
1971 - Erykah Badu, American singer
1973 - Marshall Faulk, American football player
1973 - Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Norwegian retired footballer
1973 - Jenny Thompson, American swimmer
1974 - Sébastien Loeb, French rally driver
1976 - Nikolaos Siranidis, Greek diver
1976 - Chad Urmston, American musician
1977 - Shane Williams, Welsh International Rugby Player
1977 - Josh Towers, Major League Baseball player
1977 - Greg Rikaart, American actor
1977 - Marty Reasoner, American ice hockey player
1978 - Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye, Senegalese footballer
1978 - Marc Hynes, British racing driver
1978 - John Tartaglia, Broadway performer and "Muppeteer"
1979 - Shalim Ortiz, Puerto Rican singer/actor
1979 - Pedro Mendes, Portuguese footballer
1979 - Mariano Bainotti, Argentine racing driver
1979 - Corinne Bailey Rae, English singer
1980 - Alex Fong, Hong Kong singer
1980 - Gary Majewski, Major League Baseball player
1981 - Kertus Davis, American NASCAR driver
1981 - Johnathan Wendel, American professional video gamer
1982 - Song Hye Kyo, South Korean model and actress
1983 - Kara Monaco, American model
1984 - Natalia Lafourcade, Mexican singer
1984 - Emmanuel Adebayor, Togolese footballer
1985 - Alexandria Hilfiger, American actress, daughter of Tommy Hilfiger
1986 - Crystal Kay, Japanese singer
1986 - Teresa Palmer, Australian model and actress
1986 - Makelele, Brazilian footballer
1987 - Julia Bond, American porn star
1993 - Taylor Dooley, American actress

Famous Births on 25 Feb

Famous Births on 25 Feb

1398 - Xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435)
1591 - Friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635)
1643 - Ahmed II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1695)
1663 - Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718)
1682 - Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (d. 1771)
1692 - Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775)
1707 - Carlo Goldoni, Italian writer (d. 1793)
1714 - René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, Chancellor of France (d. 1792)
1714 - Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet, British admiral (d. 1782)
1725 - Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (d. 1798)
1752 - John Graves Simcoe, first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada (d. 1806)
1778 - José de San Martín, Argentine general and liberator of South America (d. 1850)
1841 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter, graphic artist and sculptor (d. 1919)
1842 - Karl May, German writer (d. 1912)
1845 - George Reid, fourth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1918)
1855 - George Bonnor, Australian cricketer (d. 1912)
1855 - Cesário Verde, Portuguese poet (d. 1886)
1860 - Sir William Ashley, economic historian (d. 1927)
1866 - Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher (d. 1952)
1873 - Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor (d. 1921)
1877 - Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist (d. 1935)
1883 - Princess Alice of Albany, Countess of Athlone (d. 1981)
1885 - Sylvia Brett, Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak (d. 1971)
1888 - John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State (d. 1959)
1889 - Homer S. Ferguson, United States Senator (d. 1982)
1890 - Dame Myra Hess, English pianist (d. 1965)
1890 - Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet politician (d. 1986)
1894 - Meher Baba, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1969)
1895 - Lew Andreas, American basketball coach (d. 1984)
1901 - Zeppo Marx, American actor (d. 1979)
1903 - King Clancy, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986)
1908 - Frank G. Slaughter, American novelist (d. 2001)
1910 - Millicent Fenwick, American fashion editor and politician (d. 1992)
1912 - Brenda Joyce, American actress
1913 - Jim Backus, American actor (d. 1989)
1913 - Gert Fröbe, German actor (d. 1988)
1914 - John Arlott, English cricket journalist (d. 1991)
1916 - Reinhard Bendix, German sociologist (d. 1991)
1917 - Anthony Burgess, English author (d. 1993)
1918 - Barney Ewell, American athlete (d. 1996)
1918 - Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (d. 1995)
1918 - Rena Kyriakou, Greek pianist (d. 1994)
1919 - Karl H. Pribram, Austrian neuroscientist
1920 - Gérard Bessette, Canadian author (d. 2005)
1921 - Pierre Laporte, Canadian statesman (d. 1970)
1927 - Ralph Stanley, American musician
1928 - Larry Gelbart, American comedy writer
1929 - Christopher George, American actor (d. 1983)
1929 - Tommy Newsom, American bandleader (d. 2007)
1932 - Tony Brooks, English race car driver
1932 - Faron Young, American singer (d. 1996)
1934 - Bernard Bresslaw, English actor (d. 1993)
1934 - Tony Lema, American golfer (d. 1966)
1935 - Sally Jessy Raphaël, American talk show host
1937 - Barbara Piasecka Johnson, widow of John Seward Johnson I
1937 - Bob Schieffer, American broadcast journalist
1937 - Tom Courtenay, English actor
1938 - Diane Baker, American actress
1938 - Herb Elliott, Australian runner
1940 - Billy Packer, American sports broadcaster
1940 - Danny Cater, American baseball player
1940 - Ron Santo, American baseball player
1942 - Karen Grassle, American actress
1943 - Wilson da Silva Piazza, Brazilian footballer
1943 - George Harrison, English musician (The Beatles) (d. 2001)
1945 - Herbert Léonard, French singer
1945 - Elkie Brooks, English singer
1946 - Franz Xaver Kroetz, German dramatist
1946 - Jean Todt, French executive director of Scuderia Ferrari
1947 - Lee Evans, American athlete
1947 - Doug Yule, American bass guitarist (The Velvet Underground)
1948 - Aldo Busi, Italian writer
1948 - Danny Denzongpa, Indian actor
1949 - Ric Flair, American professional wrestler
1950 - Neil Jordan, Irish director
1950 - Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina
1950 - Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish alpine skier (d. 2006)
1951 - Don Quarrie, Jamaican runner
1951 - James Brown, American sportscaster
1951 - César Cedeño, Dominican baseball player
1952 - Inger Segelström, Swedish politician
1952 - Joey Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer (d. 2000)
1952 - Jerry Chamberlain, American musician
1953 - José María Aznar, former Prime Minister of Spain
1953 - Kim Yeong-cheol, South Korean actor
1954 - John Doe, American musician
1958 - Kurt Rambis, American basketball player
1959 - Carl Marotte, Canadian actor
1959 - Mike Peters, Welsh musician (The Alarm)
1960 - Stefan Blöcher, German field hockey player
1960 - Tony Grimaud, Maltese-born singer and songwriter
1961 - Davey Allison, American race car driver (d. 1993)
1961 - Todd Blackledge, American football player
1962 - Birgit Fischer, German kayaker
1963 - Paul O'Neill, American baseball player
1964 - Don Majkowski, American football player
1964 - Lee Evans, English comedian
1965 - Carrot Top, American comedian
1965 - Brian Baker, American guitarist
1966 - Samantha Phillips, American actress
1966 - Nancy O'Dell, American reporter and television personality
1966 - Téa Leoni, American actress
1966 - Samson Kitur, Kenyan athlete (d. 2003)
1966 - Alexis Denisof, American actor
1968 - Sandrine Kiberlain, French actress
1968 - Evridiki, Greek Cypriot singer
1969 - Paul Trimboli, Australian soccer player
1970 - Julie Hesmondhalgh, English actress
1971 - Daniel Powter, Canadian musician
1971 - Dave Harris, American disc jockey
1971 - Sean Astin, American actor
1973 - Justin Jeffre, American singer (98 Degrees)
1973 - Anson Mount, American actor
1973 - Julio José Iglesias, Spanish singer
1973 - Normann Stadler, German triathlete
1975 - Chelsea Handler, American comedian and actress
1976 - Rashida Jones, American actress, writer, model, and musician
1976 - Chris Pitman, American keyboardist and member of Guns N' Roses
1977 - Josh Wolff, American footballer
1977 - Sarah Jezebel Deva, English singer
1979 - Jennifer Ferrin, American actress
1979 - David Hoflin, Swedish-born Australian Actor
1980 - Antonio Burks, American basketball player
1980 - Christy Knowings, American actress
1981 - Misty Giles, American beauty queen and Survivor contestant
1981 - Park Ji-Sung, South Korean footballer
1981 - Shahid Kapoor, Indian actor
1981 - Jamie Lynn, American model
1982 - Chris Baird, Irish footballer
1982 - Anton Volchenkov, Russian ice hockey player
1982 - Bert McCracken, American singer (The Used)
1982 - Maria Kanellis, American model and professional wrestler
1982 - Tara Wilson, Canadian actress
1983 - Eduardo da Silva, Brazilian-born Croatian footballer
1984 - Lovefoxxx, Brazilian singer (CSS)
1984 - Logan Leistikow, American director and actor
1985 - Joakim Noah, American basketball player
1985 - Benji Marshall, New Zealand rugby player
1986 - Justin Berfield, American actor
1986 - James and Oliver Phelps, English actors
1986 - Danny Saucedo, Swedish singer
1987 - Eva Avila, Canadian singer
1991 - Tony Oller, American actor
1998 - Brendon Baerg, American actor

Famous Births on 24 Feb

Famous Births on 24 Feb

1103 - Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156)
1304 - Ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. 1368) ?
1463 - Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian humanist (d. 1494)
1500 - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1558)
1545 - Don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578)
1557 - Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1619)
1597 - Vincent Voiture, French poet (d. 1648)
1619 - Charles Le Brun, French artist (d. 1690)
1622 - Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665)
1684 - Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (d. 1738)
1693 - James Quin, English actor (d. 1766)
1709 - Jacques de Vaucanson, French inventor (d. 1782)
1723 - John Burgoyne, British general (d. 1792)
1774 - Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)
1786 - Martin W. Bates. U.S. Senator from Delaware (d. 1869)
1786 - Wilhelm Grimm, German philologist and folklorist (d. 1859)
1831 - Leo von Caprivi, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1899)
1836 - Winslow Homer, American artist (d. 1910)
1842 - Arrigo Boito, Italian composer (d. 1918)
1846 - Luigi Denza, Italian composer (d. 1922)
1848 - Andrew Inglis Clark, Tasmanian politician (d. 1907)
1852 - George Moore, Irish writer (d. 1933)
1866 - Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev, Russian physicist (d. 1912)
1866 - Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (d. 1961)
1874 - Honus Wagner, American baseball player (d. 1955)
1877 - Ettie Rout, New Zealand activist (d. 1936)
1885 - Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1939)
1885 - Chester Nimitz, U.S. admiral (d. 1966)
1890 - Marjorie Main, American actress (d. 1975)
1898 - Kurt Tank, German aeronautical engineer and test pilot (d. 1983)
1909 - August Derleth, American writer (d. 1971)
1914 - Zachary Scott, American actor (d. 1965)
1914 - Ralph Erskine, British architect (Byker Wall) (d. 2005)
1919 - Árpád Bogsch, Hungarian turned American international civil servant (d. 2004)
1919 - Betty Marsden, English comedy actress (d. 1998)
1921 - Douglass Watson, American actor (d. 1989)
1921 - Abe Vigoda, American actor
1922 - Richard Hamilton, English painter
1922 - Steven Hill, American actor
1923 - David Soyer, American cellist
1926 - Jean Alexander, English actress
1926 - John Gunther Dean, American diplomat
1927 - Emmanuelle Riva, French actress
1928 - Barbara Lawrence, American actress
1931 - Dominic Chianese, American actor
1932 - Michel Legrand, French composer
1932 - John Vernon, Canadian actor (d. 2005)
1933 - Judah Folkman, American cancer researcher
1934 - Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2000)
1934 - Renata Scotto, Italian soprano
1934 - Linda Cristal, Argentina-born actress
1938 - Kathleen Margaret Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow, British Baroness and Methodist reverend
1938 - Phil Knight, American sportswear manufacturer
1938 - James Farentino, American actor
1940 - Pete Duel, American actor (d. 1971)
1940 - Denis Law, Scottish footballer
1941 - Joanie Sommers, American singer and actress
1942 - Joe Lieberman, American politician
1942 - Paul Jones, English singer (Manfred Mann)
1942 - Colin Bond, Australian racing driver
1943 - Pablo Milanés, Cuban musician
1943 - Terry Semel, American business executive
1943 - Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer
1944 - Nicky Hopkins, British musician (d. 1994)
1945 - Barry Bostwick, American actor
1946 - Grigory Margulis, Russian mathematician
1946 - John Stapleton, English television presenter
1947 - Rupert Holmes, English musician
1947 - Edward James Olmos, American actor
1948 - Dennis Waterman, British actor
1948 - Tim Staffell, English singer
1948 - Walter Smith, Scottish football manager
1948 - J. Jayalalithaa, Indian politician
1950 - George Thorogood, American Singer and Guitarist
1951 - Tony Holiday, German singer (d. 1990)
1951 - Debra Jo Rupp, American actress
1951 - Helen Shaver, Canadian actress
1955 - Steve Jobs, American computer pioneer
1955 - Alain Prost, French race car driver and four-time F1 world champion
1956 - Eddie Murray, American baseball player
1956 - Judith Butler, American philosopher
1956 - Paula Zahn, American journalist
1958 - Sammy Kershaw, American musician
1958 - Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer
1959 - Beth Broderick, American actress
1962 - Michelle Shocked, American musician
1962 - Teri Weigel, American pornography actress
1962 - Outi Mäenpää, Finnish actress
1963 - Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey player
1964 - Andy Crane, British children's television presenter
1964 - Todd Field, American actor and film director
1964 - Bill Bailey, British comedian
1964 - Russell Ingall, Australian racing driver
1965 - Lloyd McGrath, former English footballer
1965 - Jane Swift, former acting Governor of Massachusetts
1966 - Billy Zane, American actor
1966 - René Arocha, Cuban baseball player
1968 - Mitch Hedberg, American comedian (d. 2005)
1970 - Jeff Garcia, American football player
1970 - Jonathan Ward, American television and movie actor
1970 - Kienast quintuplets, American quintuplets
1971 - Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish Formula One driver
1971 - Brian Savage, Canadian ice hockey player
1972 - Manon Rhéaume, Canadian female ice hockey player
1973 - Richard Clapp, Canadian baseball player
1973 - Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player
1973 - Jordan Jovtchev, Bulgarian gymnast
1973 - Chris Fehn, American percussionist (Slipknot)
1974 - Bonnie Somerville, American actress and singer
1974 - Mike Lowell, Puerto Rican baseball player
1974 - Karim Bagheri, Iranian footballer
1974 - Chad Hugo, American musician and producer (The Neptunes)
1975 - Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian fiddler
1975 - Maurizio Giuliano, writer and traveller
1976 - Marco Campos, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1995)
1976 - Zach Johnson, professional golfer
1976 - Crista Flanagan, American television comedian
1976 - Bradley McGee, Australian cyclist
1976 - Eric Griffin, American rock guitarist
1976 - Matt Skiba, American musician (Alkaline Trio,Heavens)
1977 - Floyd Mayweather Jr, American boxer
1977 - Jason Akermanis, Australian rules footballer
1977 - Bronson Arroyo, American baseball player
1978 - John Nolan, American musician (Straylight Run)
1978 - Shinya, Japanese musician (Dir en grey)
1979 - Jesse Billauer, American quadriplegic surfer
1980 - Anton Gustafsson, Swedish rock music fan (d. 2003)
1980 - Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese professional wrestler
1980 - Roman Sloudnov, Russian swimmer
1981 - Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
1981 - Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer
1982 - Klára Zakopalová, Czech tennis player
1982 - Emanuel Villa, Argentine footballer
1982 - Nick Blackburn, American baseball player
1984 - Clivio Piccione, Monegasque racing driver
1984 - Sterling James Keenan, American professional wrestler
1986 - Wojtek Wolski, Polish Ice hockey player
1987 - Daniel Reilly, British entrepreneur
1987 - Mayuko Iwasa, Japanese entertainer and model
1987 - Chieko Kawabe, Japanese singer, model and actress
1989 - Kosta Koufos, American-Greek basketball player

Famous Births on 23 Feb

Famous Births on 23 Feb

1417 - Pope Paul II (d. 1471)
1583 - Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656)
1633 - Samuel Pepys, English naval administrator and man of letters, posthumously famous as a diarist (d. 1703)
1646 - Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709)
1648 - Arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730)
1680 - Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, French colonizer and Governor of Louisiana (d. 1767)
1685 - Georg Friedrich Handel, German/British Baroque composer (d. 1759)
1723 - Richard Price, Welsh philosopher (d. 1791)
1729 - Josiah Hornblower, American statesman (d. 1809)
1743 - Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German-born banker (d. 1812)
1809 - William Sprague, American minister and politician from Michigan (d. 1868)
1842 - Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (d. 1906)
1850 - César Ritz, Swiss hotelier (d. 1918)
1868 - W.E.B. DuBois, American civil rights leader (d. 1963)
1873 - Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (d. 1929)
1874 - Konstantin Päts, Estonian president (d. 1956)
1878 - Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian painter and art theorist (d. 1935)
1883 - Karl Jaspers, German philosopher (d. 1969)
1889 - Victor Fleming, American director (d. 1949)
1889 - Musidora, French actress and director (d. 1957)
1891 - Harold Horder, Australian Rugby League player (d. 1978)
1899 - Erich Kästner, German writer (d. 1974)
1899 - Norman Taurog, American film director (d. 1981)
1901 - Edgar Ende, German painter (d. 1965)
1904 - Terence Fisher, English film director (d. 1980)
1904 - William L. Shirer, American historian (d. 1993)
1904 - Leopold Trepper, Soviet spy (d. 1982)
1908 - William McMahon, twentieth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1988)
1914 - Theofiel Middelkamp, Dutch cyclist (d. 2005)
1915 - Paul Tibbets, US Air Force retired Brigadier General and Pilot of B-29 "Enola Gay" over Hiroshima (d. 2007)
1915 - Jon Hall, American actor (d. 1979)
1918 - Richard G. Butler, American fascist (d. 2004)
1920 - Paul Gérin-Lajoie, French Canadian politician
1923 - Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan politician
1924 - Allan McLeod Cormack, South-African born physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
1924 - Claude Sautet, French film director (d. 2000)
1927 - Régine Crespin, French operatic soprano (d. 2007)
1928 - Vasili Lazarev, cosmonaut (d. 1990)
1928 - Hans Herrmann, German race car driver
1929 - Elston Howard, American Baseball Player
1931 - Tom Wesselmann, American collage artist (d. 2004)
1932 - Majel Barrett, American actress
1937 - Tom Osborne, American football coach and politician
1938 - Diane Varsi, American actress (d. 1992)
1940 - Peter Fonda, American actor
1941 - Ron Hunt, baseball player
1943 - Fred Biletnikoff, American football player and coach
1944 - Bernard Cornwell, English historical novelist
1944 - John Sandford, American novelist
1944 - Johnny Winter, American musician
1945 - Allan Boesak, South African activist
1946 - Rusty Young, American country-rock guitarist (Poco)
1947 - Pia Kjærsgaard, Danish politician
1947 - John McWethy, American journalist (d. 2008)
1948 - Doug Moench, American comic book writer
1949 - Marc Garneau, French Canadian astronaut
1950 - Maxi, Irish singer and radio personality
1951 - Ed Jones, American football player
1951 - Patricia Richardson, American actress
1952 - Brad Whitford, American musician (Aerosmith)
1953 - Satoru Nakajima, Japanese racing driver
1954 - Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine
1955 - Tom Bodett, American voice actor, radio personality, and writer
1955 - Howard Jones, British pop singer
1958 - Tony Barrell, English writer and journalist
1958 - David Sylvian, English musician (Japan, Nine Horses)
1959 - Richard Dodds, British field hockey player
1960 - Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan
1960 - Alan Griffin, Australian politician
1961 - Kelly Hansen, American drummer (Summer Lights)
1962 - Michael Wilton, American musician (Queensrÿche)
1963 - Bobby Bonilla, former baseball player
1963 - Radosław Sikorski, Polish politician
1964 - John Norum, Norwegian guitarist (Europe)
1965 - Veronica Webb, American supermodel and actress
1965 - Helena Suková, former Czech tennis player
1965 - Michael Dell, American computer manufacturer
1965 - Kristin Davis, American actress
1967 - Tamsin Greig, English actress
1968 - Justin Bell, British racing driver
1969 - Marc Wauters, Belgian cyclist
1969 - Michael Campbell, New Zealand golfer
1970 - Niecy Nash, American actress
1970 - Marie-Josée Croze, French Canadian actress
1971 - Jeong Chan, South Korean actor
1971 - Don Maxwell, Canadian cricketer
1971 - Melinda Messenger, English television presenter
1971 - Joe-Max Moore, American soccer player
1972 - Rondell White, American baseball player
1972 - Steve Holy, American country singer
1973 - Jack Case, American artist
1973 - Lars-Olof Johansson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)
1974 - Leko, American DJ
1974 - Jaime Villarreal, Mexican musician
1974 - Herschelle Gibbs, South African cricketer
1975 - Natalia Verbeke, Argentine actress
1975 - Robert Lopez, American composer
1975 - Michael Cornacchia, American actor
1976 - Kelly Macdonald, British actress
1976 - Scott Elarton, American baseball player
1977 - Kristina Å migun, Estonian cross-country skier
1978 - René Pérez, Puerto Rican musician (Calle 13)
1978 - Dan Snyder, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
1979 - D-Roc, American rapper (Ying Yang Twins)
1980 - Karan Singh Grover, an Indian television actor
1981 - Gareth Barry, English footballer
1981 - Charles Tillman, American football player
1982 - Adam Hann-Byrd, American actor
1982 - Karan Singh Grover, Indian Television Actor
1983 - Aziz Ansari, Indian American Comedian
1983 - Emily Blunt, British actress
1983 - Mido, Egyptian footballer
1983 - Mirco Bergamasco, Italian rugby player
1986 - Holly Brook, American musician
1986 - Kazuya Kamenashi, Japanese pop star (KAT-TUN)
1986 - Jerod Mayo, American Football player
1989 - Evan Bates, American ice dancer
1994 - Dakota Fanning, American actress

Famous Births on 22 Feb

Famous Births on 22 Feb

1040 - Rashi, French rabbi (d. 1105)
1403 - Charles VII of France (d. 1461)
1440 - Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (d. 1457)
1500 - Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (d. 1564)
1612 - George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English statesman (d. 1677)
1705 - Peter Artedi, Swedish naturalist (d. 1735)
1714 - Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French historian (d. 1795)
1732 - George Washington, First President of the United States (d. 1799)
1756 - Georg Friedrich von Martens, German diplomat (d. 1821)
1778 - Rembrandt Peale, American artist (d. 1860)
1788 - Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (d. 1860)
1796 - Alexis Bachelot, French missionary (d. 1837)
1796 - Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, Belgian mathematician (d. 1874)
1806 - Józef Kremer, Polish messianistic philosopher (d. 1875)
1810 - Frédéric Chopin, Polish-French composer and pianist (d. 1849)
1817 - Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, German mathematician (d. 1880)
1819 - James Russell Lowell, American poet and essayist (d. 1891)
1824 - Pierre Janssen, French astronomer (d. 1907)
1825 - Jean Baptiste Salpointe, second Archbishop of Santa Fe (d. 1898)
1839 - Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (d. 1906)
1840 - August Bebel, German politician (d. 1913)
1849 - Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin, Russian mathematician (d. 1915)
1857 - Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English founder of the Boy Scouts (d. 1941)
1857 - Heinrich Hertz, German physicist (d. 1894)
1864 - Jules Renard, French author (d. 1910)
1874 - Bill Klem, American baseball umpire (d. 1951)
1878 - Walter Ritz, Swiss physicist (d. 1909)
1879 - Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Danish physical chemist (d. 1947)
1880 - Frigyes Riesz, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1956)
1881 - Joseph B. Ely, American politician (d. 1956)
1882 - Eric Gill, British sculptor (d. 1940)
1883 - Marguerite Clark, American actress (d. 1940)
1886 - Hugo Ball, German author and poet (d. 1927)
1887 - Ksawery Tartakower, Polish chess player (d. 1956)
1888 - Owen Brewster, American politician (d. 1961)
1889 - Olave Baden-Powell, English founder of the Girl Guide (d. 1977)
1891 - Vlas Chubar, Soviet politician (d. 1939)
1892 - Edna St. Vincent Millay, American writer (d. 1950)
1895 - Victor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Peruvian politician (d. 1979)
1897 - Karol Åšwierczewski, Polish general (d. 1947)
1899 - Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (d. 1986)
1899 - George O'Hara, American actor (d. 1966)
1899 - Dwight Frye, American actor (d. 1943)
1900 - Luis Buñuel, Spanish-born film director (d. 1983)
1900 - Seán Ã" Faoláin, Irish author (d. 1991)
1902 - Fritz Strassmann, German physicist (d. 1980)
1903 - Robert Weede, American baritone (d. 1972)
1903 - Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian Nazi (d. 1969)
1903 - Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer (d. 1990)
1907 - Sheldon Leonard, American actor (d. 1997)
1907 - Robert Young, American actor (d. 1998)
1908 - Sir John Mills, English actor (d. 2005)
1911 - Bill Baker, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1913 - Buddy Tate, American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (d. 2001)
1914 - Renato Dulbecco, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate
1917 - Jane Bowles, American playwright (d. 1973)
1918 - Sid Abel, Canadian hockey player (d. 2000)
1918 - Charlie Finley, American sports entrepreneur (d. 1996)
1918 - Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer
1918 - Robert Wadlow, American tallest ever-human (d. 1940)
1921 - Giulietta Masina, Italian actress (d. 1994)
1921 - David Greene, British television director (d. 2003)
1921 - Wayne Booth, American literary critic (d. 2005)
1921 - Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Central African Republic leader (d. 1996)
1922 - Jesús Iglesias, Argentine racing driver (d. 2005)
1925 - Edward Gorey, American illustrator (d. 2000)
1926 - Bud Yorkin, American film director
1926 - Kenneth Williams, English actor (d. 1988)
1928 - Paul Dooley, American actor
1928 - Bruce Forsyth, British entertainer
1928 - Clarence 13X, American religious leader (d. 1969)
1929 - Rebecca Schull, American actress
1929 - James Hong, American actor
1930 - Marni Nixon, American singer
1930 - James McGarrell, American painter
1932 - Ted Kennedy, American politician
1933 - Katharine, Duchess of Kent
1933 - Bobby Smith, English footballer
1934 - Sparky Anderson, American baseball manager
1936 - Ernie K-Doe, American singer (d. 2001)
1936 - J. Michael Bishop, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate
1938 - Steve Barber, American baseball player (d. 2007)
1938 - Ishmael Reed, American writer
1938 - Pierre Vallières, French-Canadian politician (d. 1995)
1940 - Billy Name, American photographer
1940 - Johnson Mlambo, South African politician
1941 - Hipólito Mejía, Dominican politician
1942 - Christine Keeler, English model and showgirl
1943 - Terry Eagleton, British theorist
1943 - Horst Köhler, President of Germany
1944 - Tom Okker, Dutch tennis player
1944 - Robert Kardashian, American lawyer (d. 2003)
1944 - Jonathan Demme, American director
1945 - Leslie Charleson, American actress
1945 - Oliver, American singer (d. 2000)
1947 - Carol Burns, Australian actress
1948 - John Ashton, American actor
1949 - Olga Morozova, Russian tennis player
1949 - Niki Lauda, Austrian race car driver and entrepreneur
1950 - Julie Walters, English actress
1950 - Genesis P-Orridge, English musician and performer
1950 - Miou-Miou, French actress
1950 - Lenny Kuhr, Dutch singer
1950 - Ellen Greene, American actress
1950 - Julius Erving, American basketball player
1952 - Bill Frist, American politician
1953 - Nigel Planer, British actor
1953 - Graham Lewis, English musician (Wire)
1955 - Tim Young, Canadian ice hockey player
1959 - Jiří Čunek, Czech politician
1959 - Kyle MacLachlan, American actor
1961 - Akira Takasaki, Japanese guitarist
1962 - Les Wallace, Scottish darts player
1962 - Lenda Murray, American bodybuilder
1962 - Steve Irwin, Australian herpetologist (d. 2006)
1963 - Vijay Singh, Fijian golfer
1964 - Gigi Fernandez, Puerto Rican tennis player
1965 - Pat Lafontaine, American ice hockey player
1965 - Dean Karr, American director and photographer
1965 - Chris Dudley, American basketball player
1966 - Aiden Shaw, English pornographic actor
1966 - Thorsten Kaye,Daytime actor and poet
1966 - Brian Greig, Australian politician
1966 - Rachel Dratch, American actress and comedienne
1967 - Alf Poier, Austrian comedian
1968 - Elna Reinach, South African tennis player
1968 - Jeri Ryan, American actress
1968 - Bradley Nowell, American musician (d. 1996)
1968 - Jayson Williams, American basketball player
1968 - Shawn Graham, Canadian politician
1969 - Clinton Kelly, American television personality
1969 - Byron Stroud, American bassist
1969 - Brian Laudrup, Danish footballer
1969 - Hans Klok, Dutch illusionist
1969 - Joaquín Cortés, Spanish dancer
1969 - Thomas Jane, American actor
1970 - Dominic Roussel, Canadian ice hockey player
1971 - Lea Salonga, Filipina actress and singer
1972 - Michael Chang, American tennis player
1972 - Claudia Pechstein, German speed skater
1973 - Einar Kristian Tveitå, Norwegian athlete
1973 - Claus Lundekvam, Norwegian footballer
1973 - Juninho Paulista, Brazilian footballer
1974 - James Blunt, English musician
1974 - Chris Moyles, English DJ
1975 - Drew Barrymore, American actress
1976 - Faan Rautenbach, South African rugby player
1977 - Timo Rose, German filmmaker
1977 - Hakan Yakin, Swiss footballer
1979 - Brett Emerton, Australian footballer
1979 - Lee Na-young, South Korean actress
1981 - Fredson Camara, Brazilian footballer
1982 - Jenna Haze, American pornographic actress
1982 - Robert Weiner, Jr., American water polo player
1984 - Venetian Princess Internet (You tube) Star (Real Name: Jodie-Amy Rivera)
1985 - Hameur Bouazza, Algerian footballer
1985 - Sean Garballey, American politician
1986 - Miko Hughes, American actor
1986 - Rajon Rondo, American basketball player
1988 - Przemysław Kazimierczak, Polish footballer
1989 - Alia Sabur, American college educator

Famous Births on 21 Feb

Famous Births on 21 Feb

1484 - Elector Joachim I of Brandenburg (d. 1535)
1556 - Sethus Calvisius, German calendar reformer (d. 1615)
1675 - Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750)
1705 - Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. 1781)
1721 - John McKinly, American physician (d. 1796)
1723 - Louis-Pierre Anquetil, French historian (d. 1808)
1728 - Tsar Peter III of Russia, husband of Catherine the Great (d. 1762)
1783 - Princess Catharina of Württemberg, Queen consort of Westphalia (d. 1835)
1791 - Carl Czerny, Austrian composer (d. 1857)
1794 - Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Mexican president (d. 1876)
1801 - John Henry Newman, English Catholic cardinal (d. 1890)
1817 - Jose Zorrilla y Moral, Spanish dramatist (d. 1893)
1821 - Charles Scribner, American publisher (d. 1871)
1836 - Léo Delibes, French composer (d. 1891)
1844 - Charles-Marie Widor, French composer (d. 1937)
1860 - Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod, Czech journalist (d. 1927)
1860 - Goscombe John, Welsh sculptor (d. 1952)
1865 - John Haden Badley, English school founder (d. 1967)
1867 - Otto Hermann Kahn, German millionaire (d. 1934)
1875 - Jeanne Calment, French supercentenarian and longest-lived human on record (d. 1997)
1876 - Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (d. 1956)
1878 - The Mother, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1973)
1880 - Waldemar Bonsels, German writer (d. 1952)
1885 - Sacha Guitry, Russian dramatist (d. 1957)
1888 - Clemence Dane, British novelist and playwright (d. 1965)
1893 - Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (d. 1987)
1893 - Celia Lovsky, Russian-born actress (d. 1979)
1895 - Carl Peter Henrik Dam Danish biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1976)
1900 - Madeleine Renaud, French theater actress (d. 1994)
1903 - Fairfax M. Cone, American advertising executive (d. 1977)
1903 - Anaïs Nin, French writer (d. 1977)
1903 - Raymond Queneau, French poet and novelist (d. 1976)
1907 - W. H. Auden, English poet (d. 1973)
1910 - Eddie Waring, British sports commentator (d. 1986)
1910 - Carmine Galante, Italian-born gangster (d. 1979)
1910 - Douglas Bader, British pilot (d. 1982)
1913 - Roger Laurent, Belgian racing driver (d. 1997)
1915 - Ann Sheridan, American actress (d. 1967)
1917 - Lucille Bremer, American actress (d. 1996)
1924 - Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe
1925 - Sam Peckinpah, American director (d. 1984)
1927 - Pierre Mercure, French-Canadian musician and composer (d. 1966)
1927 - Hubert de Givenchy, French fashion designer
1927 - Erma Bombeck, American humorist (d. 1996)
1929 - Roberto "Chespirito" Carlos Bolaños, Mexican actor
1929 - James Beck, English actor (d. 1973)
1933 - Nina Simone, American singer (d. 2003)
1934 - Rue McClanahan, American actress
1935 - Mark McManus, Scottish actor (d. 1994)
1935 - Jean Pelletier, French Canadian political operative
1936 - Barbara Jordan, American politician (d. 1996)
1937 - Gary Lockwood, American actor
1937 - King Harald V of Norway
1940 - John Lewis, American politician and 1960s Civil Rights Movement activist
1940 - Peter Gethin, British racing driver
1941 - James Wong, Hong Kong composer (d. 2004)
1942 - Margarethe von Trotta, German actress and film director
1943 - David Geffen, American record producer
1945 - Paul Newton, British musician
1945 - D'Anna Fortunato, American mezzo-soprano
1946 - Vito Rizzuto, Sicilian-born alleged mafia boss
1946 - Bob Ryan, Boston sports columnist
1946 - Alan Rickman, English actor
1946 - Anthony Daniels, British actor
1946 - Tyne Daly, American actress
1947 - Johnny Echols, American musician
1947 - Olympia Snowe, American politician
1947 - Victor Sokolov, Russian journalist (d. 2006)
1949 - Jerry Harrison, American musician
1949 - Ronnie Hellström, Swedish footballer
1951 - Vince Welnick, American musician (The Grateful Dead) (d. 2006)
1952 - Jean Jacques Burnel, British musician
1953 - Christine Ebersole, American actress
1953 - William Petersen, American actor
1954 - Mike Pickering, English disc jockey and musician
1954 - Ivo Van Damme, Belgian athlete (d. 1976)
1955 - Sir Steven Fayburgh, British diplomat
1955 - Kelsey Grammer, American actor
1958 - Alan Trammell, baseball player and manager
1958 - Jack Coleman, American actor
1958 - Mary Chapin Carpenter, American singer
1958 - Jake Burns, Irish singer
1959 - José María Cano, Spanish musician
1959 - Emmett McAuliffe, American radio show host and lawyer
1960 - Steve Wynn, American singer (
1961 - Bertha Faye, American wrestler (d. 2001)
1961 - Martha Hackett, American actress
1961 - Christopher Atkins, American actor
1961 - Davey Allison, American race car driver (d. 1993)
1962 - Vanessa Feltz, British television presenter
1962 - Chuck Palahniuk, American writer
1962 - David Foster Wallace, American writer
1963 - William Baldwin, American actor
1964 - Mark E. Kelly and Scott J. Kelly, American astronauts
1964 - Jane Tomlinson, British cancer campaigner (d. 2007)
1964 - Huw Higginson, British actor
1967 - Leroy Burrell, American runner
1969 - James Dean Bradfield, Welsh musician
1969 - Tony Meola, American footballer
1969 - Eric Wilson, American musician
1970 - Michael Slater, Australian cricketer
1971 - Randy Blythe, American musician
1972 - Seo Taiji, Korean musician
1973 - Heri Joensen, Faroese musician
1973 - Bowie Tsang, Taiwanese singer and TV host
1974 - Wish Bone, American rapper, (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
1974 - Roberto Heras, Spanish cyclist
1974 - Iván Campo, Spanish footballer
1976 - Ryan Smyth, Canadian hockey player
1977 - Steve Francis, American basketball player
1977 - Chad Hutchinson, baseball and football player
1977 - Kevin Rose, American television host and Internet entrepreneur
1978 - Nicole Parker, American actress
1978 - Kim Ha Neul, South Korean actress
1978 - Park Eun-hye, South Korean actress
1979 - Jennifer Love Hewitt, American actress
1979 - Lonnie Ford, American football player
1979 - Carly "Carlito" Colón, Puerto Rican professional wrestler
1979 - Pascal Chimbonda, French footballer
1980 - Brad Fast, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 - Jim Vandermeer, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 - Parthiva Sureshwaren, Indian racing driver
1980 - Tiziano Ferro, Italian singer
1982 - Chantal Claret, American musician
1982 - Bernhard Auinger, Austrian racing driver
1983 - Braylon Edwards, American football player
1983 - Franklin Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player
1984 - Andrew Ellis, New Zealand rugby union player
1984 - David Odonkor, German footballer
1984 - Karina, Japanese model and actress
1985 - Bob Burton, American speedcuber
1985 - Georgios Samaras, Greek footballer
1986 - Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
1986 - Charlotte Church, Welsh singer
1987 - Ellen Page, Canadian actress
1987 - Burgess Abernethy, Australian Actor
1989 - Corbin Bleu, American actor and singer
1989 - Kristin Herrera, American actress
1989 - Scout Taylor-Compton, American actress
1989 - Josh Walker, English footballer

Famous Births on 20 Feb

Famous Births on 20 Feb

1631 - Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English statesman (d. 1712)
1745 - Henry James Pye, English poet (d. 1813)
1751 - Johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (d. 1826)
1753 - Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (d. 1815)
1757 - John 'Mad Jack' Fuller, English philanthropist (d. 1834)
1794 - William Carleton, Irish novelist (d. 1869)
1802 - Charles de Bériot, Belgian violinist (d. 1870)
1819 - Alfred Escher, Swiss politician, railroad entrepreneur (d. 1882)
1839 - Benjamin Waugh, American minister; founder of the NSPCC (d. 1908)
1844 - Joshua Slocum, Canadian seaman and adventurer (d. 1909)
1844 - Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist (d. 1906)
1848 - Edward Henry Harriman, American railroad executive (d. 1909)
1850 - Nérée Beauchemin, Canadian physician and poet (d. 1931)
1866 - Carl Westman, Swedish architect and designer (d. 1936)
1867 - Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (d. 1931)
1880 - Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French aristocrat and novelist (d. 1923)
1887 - Vincent Massey, Governor-General of Canada (d. 1967)
1888 - Georges Bernanos, French writer (d. 1948)
1893 - Russel Crouse, American playwright (d. 1966)
1893 - Elizabeth Holloway Marston, American psychologist (d. 1993)
1898 - Enzo Ferrari, Italian automobile manufacturer, designer and racing car driver (d. 1988)
1898 - Jimmy Yancey, American pianist (d. 1951)
1899 - Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman (d. 1992)
1901 - Cecil Harmsworth King, English newspaper owner (d. 1987)
1901 - Muhammad Naguib, President of Egypt (d. 1984)
1902 - Ansel Adams, American photographer (d. 1984)
1904 - Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1980)
1906 - Gale Gordon, American television and radio actor (d. 1995)
1907 - Malcolm Atterbury, American actor (d. 1992)
1912 - Pierre Boulle, French author (d. 1994)
1914 - John Daly, South African-born broadcaster (d. 2001)
1918 - Leonore Annenberg American Billionaire
1920 - Evgeny Dragunov, Russian weapons designer (d. 1991)
1923 - Forbes Burnham, President of Guyana (d. 1985)
1924 - Gloria Vanderbilt, American socialite and clothing designer
1925 - Heinz Kluncker, German trade union leader
1925 - Robert Altman, American film director (d. 2006)
1926 - Richard Matheson, American author
1927 - Roy Cohn, American lawyer (d. 1986)
1927 - Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2005)
1927 - Sidney Poitier, American actor
1929 - Amanda Blake, American actress (d. 1989)
1930 - Willie Cunningham, Northern Irish footballer
1932 - Adrian Cristobal, Filipino writer (d. 2007)
1934 - Bobby Unser, American racing driver
1936 - Shigeo Nagashima, Japanese baseball player and coach
1936 - Larry Hovis, American actor (d. 2003)
1936 - Marj Dusay, American actress
1937 - Robert Huber, German chemist, Nobel laureate
1937 - Roger Penske, American racing driver, race team owner and entrepreneur
1937 - Nancy Wilson, American singer
1938 - Richard Beymer, American actor
1939 - Frank Arundel, English footballer
1940 - Jimmy Greaves, English footballer
1941 - Buffy Sainte-Marie, Canadian singer
1941 - Lim Kit Siang, Democratic Socialist opposition party in Malaysia
1942 - Phil Esposito, Canadian ice hockey player
1942 - Charlie Gillett, British radio DJ
1942 - Mitch McConnell, American politician
1942 - Claude Miller, French film director and screenwriter
1943 - Mike Leigh, British film director
1943 - Antonio Inoki, Japanese professional wrestler
1944 - Robert de Cotret, French Canadian politician (d. 1999)
1944 - Willem van Hanegem, Dutch footballer and coach
1945 - Annu Kapoor, Indian actor
1945 - Brion James, American actor (d. 1999)
1945 - Andrew Bergman, American screenwriter and film director
1946 - Brenda Blethyn, English actress
1946 - Richard Cocciante, French-Italian singer and songwriter
1946 - Sandy Duncan, American singer and actress
1946 - J. Geils, American guitarist (The J. Geils Band)
1947 - Peter Strauss, American actor
1947 - Peter Osgood, English footballer (d. 2006)
1947 - Eggert Magnusson, Icelandic football executive
1947 - André van Duin, Dutch comedian
1948 - Pierre Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player
1948 - Jennifer O'Neill, Brazilian-born actress
1949 - Ivana Trump, Czech-born American socialite
1950 - Tony Wilson, British journalist and impresario (d. 2007)
1950 - Ken Shimura, Japanese performer and actor
1950 - Walter Becker, American guitarist (Steely Dan)
1951 - Phil Neal, English footballer
1951 - Randy California, American guitarist (Spirit) (d. 1997)
1951 - Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1951 - Edward Albert, American actor (d. 2006)
1953 - Riccardo Chailly, Italian conductor
1953 - Poison Ivy, American musician (The Cramps)
1954 - Jon Brant, American musician (Cheap Trick)
1954 - Anthony Stewart Head, English actor
1954 - Patty Hearst, American socialite
1956 - Rick Green, Canadian ice hockey player
1957 - Glen Hanlon, Canadian ice hockey coach
1957 - Charlie Adler, American voice actor
1959 - Bill Gullickson, American baseball player
1960 - Joel Hodgson, American comedian (Mystery Science Theater 3000)
1960 - Kee Marcello, Swedish guitarist
1962 - Kenn Nesbitt, American children's author
1963 - Marilisa Xenogiannakopoulou, Greek politician
1963 - Jon Lynn Christensen, former Nebraska Congressman
1963 - Ian Brown, English singer (The Stone Roses)
1963 - Charles Barkley, American basketball player
1964 - French Stewart, American actor
1964 - Rodney Rowland, American actor
1966 - Cindy Crawford, American model
1967 - Kurt Cobain, American musician (Nirvana) (d. 1994)
1967 - Katherine Soucie, American voice actress
1967 - Andrew Shue, American television actor
1967 - Lili Taylor, American actress
1968 - Ted Hankey, English darts player
1969 - Vaginal Davis, American drag queen and performance artist
1969 - Gedo, Japanese professional wrestler
1969 - Danis Tanovic, Bosnian film director and screenwriter
1969 - Tommy Vardell, National Football League fullback
1971 - Jari Litmanen, Finnish footballer
1971 - Shawn McKenzie, American programmer
1972 - Brent Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player
1972 - K-OS, Canadian musician/rapper
1974 - Ophelie Winter, French actress
1975 - Liván Hernández, Cuban baseball player
1975 - Brian Littrell, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
1976 - Rohan Gavaskar, Left-handed batsman, India ODI 2004 (son of Sunil Gavaskar)
1976 - Ed Graham, English drummer (The Darkness)
1976 - Gail Kim, Canadian professional wrestler
1977 - Amal Hijazi, Lebanese singer and model
1977 - T.J. Slaughter, American football player
1977 - Stephon Marbury, American basketball player
1977 - Bartosz Kizierowski, Polish swimmer
1978 - Lauren Ambrose, American actress
1978 - Jakki Degg, English glamour model/actress
1978 - Jay Hernandez, American actor
1978 - Julia Jentsch, German actress
1980 - Artur Boruc, Polish footballer
1980 - Imanol Harinordoquy, French rugby union footballer
1981 - Chris Thile, American musician
1981 - Tony Hibbert, English footballer
1982 - Jason Hirsh, American baseball player
1983 - Jose Morales, Puerto Rican baseball player
1983 - Justin Verlander, American baseball player
1985 - Ryan Sweeney, American baseball player
1985 - Yulia Volkova, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.)
1986 - Dilaver Güçlü, Turkish footballer
1988 - Rihanna, Barbadian singer
1989 - Melanie Leishman, Canadian actress

Famous Births on 19 Feb

Famous Births on 19 Feb

1473 - Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)
1526 - Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)
1552 - Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630)
1630 - Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)
1660 - Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)
1717 - David Garrick, British actor (d. 1779)
1722 - Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (d. 1774)
1743 - Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer (d. 1805)
1780 - Richard McCarty, American politician (d. 1844)
1802 - Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1881)
1804 - Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, German physician (d. 1878)
1804 - David Wark, Canadian politician (d. 1905)
1821 - August Schleicher, German linguist (d. 1868)
1833 - Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1906)
1859 - Svante Arrhenius, Swedish chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1927)
1865 - Sven Hedin, Swedish explorer (d. 1952)
1876 - Constantin Brancusi, Romanian sculptor (d. 1957)
1877 - Gabriele Münter, German painter (d. 1962)
1880 - Alvaro Obregon, Mexican president (d. 1928)
1888 - José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian writer (d. 1928)
1888 - Aurora Quezon, First Lady of the Philippines (d. 1949)
1893 - Sir Cedric Hardwicke, British actor (d. 1964)
1895 - Louis Calhern, American actor (d. 1956)
1896 - André Breton, French poet (d. 1966)
1897 - Alma Rubens, American actress (d. 1931)
1899 - Yury Olesha, Russian novelist (d. 1960)
1902 - Kay Boyle, American writer (d. 1992)
1904 - Havank, Dutch writer (d. 1964)
1911 - Merle Oberon, British actress (d. 1979)
1912 - Saul Chaplin, American composer (d. 1997)
1913 - Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, pretender to the Brazilian throne (d. 2007)
1914 - Jacques Dufilho, French comedian (d. 2005)
1916 - Eddie Arcaro, American jockey (d. 1997)
1917 - Carson McCullers, American author (d. 1967)
1920 - C. Z. Guest, American socialite (d. 2003)
1920 - Jaan Kross, Estonian writer (d. 2007)
1920 - George Rose, British music hall entertainer (d. 1988)
1924 - David Bronstein, Ukrainian chess player (d. 2006)
1924 - Lee Marvin, American actor (d. 1987)
1924 - Bruce Norris, American ice hockey executive (d. 1986)
1929 - Jacques Deray, French film director (d. 2003)
1930 - John Frankenheimer, American film director (d. 2002)
1934 - Carole Eastman, American screenwriter (d. 2004)
1936 - Sam Myers, American musician and songwriter (d. 2006)
1936 - Marin Sorescu, Romanian writer and novelist (d. 1997)
1937 - Robert "Bilbo" Walker Jr., American blues guitarist
1939 - Gwen Taylor, English actress
1940 - Saparmurat Niyazov, President of Turkmenistan (d. 2006)
1940 - Smokey Robinson, American singer
1941 - David Gross, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1942 - Paul Krause, American football player
1943 - Lou Christie, American singer
1943 - Homer Hickam, American author and retired NASA engineer
1943 - Tim Hunt, British biochemist, Nobel laureate
1945 - Michael Nader, American actor
1946 - Karen Silkwood, American activist (d. 1974)
1946 - Peter Hudson, Australian rules footballer
1946 - Paul Dean, Canadian guitarist (Loverboy)
1947 - Tim Shadbolt, mayor of Invercargill, New Zealand
1948 - Mark Andes, American musician
1948 - Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician (d. 2002)
1948 - Big John Studd, American professional wrestler (d. 1995)
1948 - Tony Iommi, British guitarist of Black Sabbath.
1949 - Dan Bunten, American software developer (d. 1998)
1949 - William Messner-Loebs, American comics writer
1950 - Andy Powell, British musician
1951 - Stephen Nichols, American actor
1951 - Shaykh ul-Islam Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (Db), Pakistani Islamic Sufi scholar
1952 - Amy Tan, American novelist
1952 - Rodolfo Neri Vela, Mexican astronaut
1953 - Massimo Troisi, Italian actor (d. 1994)
1953 - Cristina Elisabet Fernández - Argentinian politician
1954 - Socrates, Brazilian footballer
1955 - Jeff Daniels, American actor
1956 - Dave Wakeling, English musician (English Beat, General Public)
1956 - Roderick MacKinnon, American biologist, Nobel laureate
1956 - Kathleen Beller, American actress
1957 - Falco, Austrian singer (d. 1998)
1957 - Ray Winstone, British actor
1958 - Helen Fielding, English writer
1960 - Andrew, Duke of York
1960 - Leslie Ash, English actress
1961 - Andy Wallace, English race car driver
1961 - Justin Fashanu, English footballer (d. 1998)
1962 - Hana Mandlíková, Czech tennis player
1962 - John Laroche, American orchid poacher
1963 - Laurell K. Hamilton, American writer
1963 - Seal, English singer
1964 - Dmitri Lipskerov, Russian writer
1964 - Sonu Walia, Indian actress
1966 - Enzo Scifo, Belgian footballer
1966 - Paul Haarhuis, Dutch tennis player
1966 - Justine Bateman, American actress
1967 - Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican actor
1969 - Burton C. Bell, American vocalist
1971 - Miguel Batista, Dominican baseball player
1971 - Gil Shaham, Israeli/American violinist
1971 - Lisa McCune, Australian actress
1972 - Francine, American professional wrestler
1974 - Danny Doring, American professional wrestler
1975 - Mikko Kavén, Finnish footballer
1975 - Katja Schuurman, Dutch actress and singer
1975 - Daewon Song, Korean professional skateboarder
1977 - Gianluca Zambrotta, Italian footballer
1977 - Ola Salo, Swedish singer (The Ark)
1978 - Michalis Konstantinou, Greek-Cypriot footballer
1978 - Immortal Technique, American rapper
1979 - Steve Cherundolo, American soccer player
1979 - Mariana Ochoa, Mexican singer and actress
1979 - Clinton Morrison, Irish footballer
1979 - Mariska, Finnish rapper
1980 - Neleh Dennis, American Survivor contestant
1980 - Mike Miller, American basketball player
1980 - Ma Lin, Chinese table tennis player
1981 - Daniel Letterle, American Actor and Singer
1981 - Vitas, Russian singer
1981 - Nicky Shorey, English footballer
1981 - Gil Reyes, American boxer
1981 - Beth Ditto, American singer (The Gossip)
1981 - Ronnie Arniell, Canadian professional wrestler
1983 - Assunta De Rossi, Filipino actress
1983 - Mika Nakashima, Japanese singer/actress
1984 - Chris Richardson, American Idol finalist
1985 - Arielle Kebbel, American actress
1985 - Haylie Duff, American singer/actress
1986 - Kyle Chipchura, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 - Reon Kadena, Japanese model/actress
1986 - Henri Karjalainen, Finnish racing driver
1986 - Maria Mena, Norwegian singer
1986 - Marta, Brazilian footballer
1993 - Victoria Justice, American Actress notably for her roles in The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody, and as Lola Martinez in Nickelodeon show Zoey 101

Famous Births on 18 Feb

Famous Births on 18 Feb

1374 - Saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)
1486 - Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer
1516 - Queen Mary I of England (d. 1558)
1530 - Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)
1543 - Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)
1559 - Isaac Casaubon, French classical scholar (d. 1614)
1602 - Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)
1609 - Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English historian (d. 1674)
1635 - Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1680)
1642 - Marie Champmeslé, French actress (d. 1698)
1658 - Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (d. 1743)
1745 - Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (d. 1827)
1814 - Samuel Fenton Cary, U. S. Congressman (d. 1900)
1836 - Sri Ramakrishna, Bengali saint, guru of Swami Vivekananda (d. 1886)
1838 - Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist (d. 1916)
1846 - Wilson Barrett, English playwright (d. 1904)
1848 - Louis Comfort Tiffany, American glass artist (d. 1933)
1849 - Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author (d. 1906)
1859 - Sholom Aleichem, Russian Yiddish humorist (d. 1916)
1870 - William Laurel Harris, American mural painter, writer (d. 1924)
1871 - Harry Brearley, English inventor (d. 1948)
1883 - Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek author (d. 1957)
1884 - Andrew Watson Myles, Canadian politician (d. 1970)
1888 - George Papandreou, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1968)
1890 - Edward Arnold, American actor (d. 1956)
1890 - Adolphe Menjou, American actor (d. 1963)
1892 - Wendell Willkie, American politician (d. 1944)
1896 - Andre Breton, French writer (d. 1966)
1897 - Charles Kuentz, WW1 veteran, changed nationality 4 times (d.2005)
1898 - Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet (d. 1980)
1901 - Reginald Sheffield, British actor (d. 1957)
1902 - Walter Herbert, German-born conductor and impresario (d. 1975)
1903 - Nikolai Podgorny, President of the Soviet Union (d. 1983)
1906 - Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician (d. 1980)
1907 - Oscar Brodney, American screenwriter (d. 2008)
1909 - Wallace Stegner, American writer (d. 1993)
1914 - Pee Wee King, American country musician and songwriter (d. 2000)
1915 - Phyllis Calvert, British actress (d. 2002)
1916 - Jean Drapeau, Quebec politician, mayor of Montreal (d. 1999)
1918 - Jane Loevinger, American psychologist (d. 2008).
1919 - Jack Palance, American actor (d. 2006)
1920 - Eric Gairy, Grenadan politician (d. 1997)
1920 - Bill Cullen, American game show host (d. 1990)
1922 - Helen Gurley Brown, American editor
1922 - Allan Melvin, American actor (d. 2008)
1922 - Juhan Smuul, Estonian author (d. 1971)
1924 - Louis Laberge, Quebec labour union leader (d. 2002)
1924 - Humberto Fernández Morán, Venezuelan scientist (d. 1999)
1925 - George Kennedy, American actor
1925 - Marcel Barbeau, Quebec artist
1927 - John Warner, American politician
1927 - Luis Arroyo, Puerto Rican baseball player
1928 - Tom Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player
1929 - Len Deighton, British author
1929 - André Mathieu, Quebec composer (d. 1968)
1930 - Gahan Wilson, American cartoonist
1931 - Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (d. 2007)
1931 - Toni Morrison, American writer, Nobel laureate
1931 - Bob St. Clair, American football player
1932 - Miloš Forman, Czech film director
1933 - Yoko Ono, Japanese-born singer
1933 - Sir Bobby Robson, English football manager
1933 - Mary Ure, Scottish actress (d. 1975)
1935 - Michel Aoun, Lebanese prime minister
1936 - Dick Duff, Canadian ice hockey player
1936 - Jean Auel, American writer
1938 - István Szabó, Hungarian film director
1938 - Manny Mota, Dominican baseball player
1939 - Dal Maxvill, American baseball player
1939 - Marek Janowski, Polish-born conductor
1939 - Claude Ake, Nigerian political scientist
1941 - Irma Thomas, American singer
1943 - Graeme Garden, Scottish writer
1944 - Pat Bowlen, owner of the Denver Broncos
1945 - Judy Rankin, American golfer
1946 - Michael Buerk, British newsreader
1946 - Jean-Claude Dreyfus, French actor
1947 - Dennis DeYoung, American musician (STYX)
1947 - Princess Christina of the Netherlands
1947 - Carlos Lopes, Portuguese athlete
1947 - Eliot Lance Engel, American politician
1948 - Sinéad Cusack, Irish actress
1948 - Keith Knudsen, American drummer and songwriter (The Doobie Brothers) (d. 2005)
1949 - Gary Ridgway, American serial killer
1950 - John Hughes, American director
1950 - Cybill Shepherd, American actress
1950 - Michel Gauthier, Quebec politician
1951 - Isabel Preysler, Philippines-born Spanish socialite
1952 - Maurice Lucas, American basketball player
1952 - Juice Newton, American singer
1953 - Robbie Bachman, Canadian drummer (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
1954 - John Travolta, American actor
1955 - Raymond Rougeau, Canadian professional wrestler
1955 - Miles Tredinnick, English playwright
1956 - Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer (d. 1997)
1957 - Marita Koch, German athlete
1957 - Vanna White, American game show presenter
1958 - Giovanni Lavaggi, Italian racing driver
1958 - Gar Samuelson, American drummer (d. 1999)
1960 - Andy Moog, Canadian ice hockey player
1960 - Greta Scacchi, Australian actress
1960 - Carol McGiffin, British TV and radio presenter
1962 - Julie Strain, American actress
1963 - Henry Winter, English football journalist
1964 - Matt Dillon, American actor
1964 - Paul Hanley, British musician (The Fall, Tom Hingley and the Lovers)
1965 - Dr. Dre, American rapper
1965 - Gregory Scott Johnson, American murderer (d. 2005)
1966 - Guy Ferland, American television director
1967 - Harry Van Barneveld, Belgian judoka
1967 - Tracey Edmonds, American film and television producer
1967 - Roberto Baggio, Italian footballer
1968 - Molly Ringwald, American actress
1969 - Alexander Mogilny, Russian ice hockey player
1969 - Jason Sutter, American drummer (Smash Mouth, American Hi-Fi)
1970 - Raine Maida, Canadian musician (Our Lady Peace)
1970 - Susan Egan, American actress
1971 - Constantin Popa, Romanian-Israeli basketball player
1973 - Claude Makélélé, French footballer
1974 - Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russian tennis player
1974 - Ruby Dhalla, Canadian politician
1974 - Jamey Carroll, American baseball player
1975 - Sarah Brown, American actress
1975 - Keith Gillespie, Irish footballer
1975 - Gary Neville, English footballer
1976 - Chanda Rubin, tennis star
1976 - Leilani Munter, American race car driver
1977 - Chrissie Wellington, British triathlete
1977 - Sean Watkins, American guitarist and songwriter
1977 - Kátia, Brazilian footballer
1978 - Josip Šimunić, Croatian footballer
1980 - Regina Spektor, Russian-born singer and songwriter
1980 - Nikolai Antropov, Kazakh ice hockey player
1981 - Andrei Kirilenko, Russian basketball player
1981 - Ivan Sproule, Irish footballer
1981 - Kim Jae Won, South Korean actor
1981 - Alex Rios, American baseball player
1983 - Jason Maxiell, American basketball player
1983 - Jermaine Jenas, English footballer
1983 - Juelz Santana, American rapper
1984 - Buddy Nielsen, American singer (Senses Fail)
1985 - Anton Ferdinand, English footballer
1985 - Lee Boyd Malvo, American serial killer
1986 - Marc Torrejón, Spanish footballer
1988 - Maiara Walsh, American actress
1988 - Shane Lyons, actor and private chef

Famous Births on 17 Feb

Famous Births on 17 Feb

1490 - Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Constable of France (d. 1527)
1519 - Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563)
1524 - Charles of Guise, French cardinal (d. 1574)
1581 - Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)
1646 - Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)
1653 - Arcangelo Corelli, Italian composer (d. 1713)
1718 - Matthew Tilghman, American Continental Congressman (d. 1790)
1723 - Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (d. 1762)
1752 - Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German writer (d. 1831)
1754 - Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803)
1781 - René Laënnec, French physician (d. 1826)
1792 - Karl Ernst von Baer, German biologist (d. 1876)
1796 - Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (d. 1866)
1816 - Haller Nutt, Southern Plantation owner (d. 1864)
1820 - Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Catholic cardinal (d. 1898)
1820 - Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer (d. 1881)
1821 - Lola Montez, Irish dancer (d. 1861)
1836 - Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (d. 1870)
1844 - Aaron Montgomery Ward, American department store founder (d. 1913)
1848 - Louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (d. 1920)
1854 - Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German industrialist (d. 1902)
1861 - Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (d. 1922)
1862 - Mori ÅŒgai, Japanese novelist and poet (d. 1922)
1863 - Fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927)
1864 - Jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor (d. 1929)
1864 - Banjo Paterson, Australian poet (d. 1941)
1874 - Thomas J. Watson, American computer manufacturer (d. 1956)
1877 - André Maginot, French politician (d. 1932)
1877 - Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (d. 1904)
1885 - Steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943)
1887 - Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (d. 1947)
1888 - Otto Stern, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1969)
1893 - Wally Pipp, American baseball player ([[d. 1965)
1904 - Hans Morgenthau, German political philosopher (d. 1980)
1908 - Red Barber, American baseball announcer (d. 1992)
1908 - Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (d. 2005)
1910 - Marc Lawrence, American actor (d. 2005)
1910 - Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (d. 1979)
1911 - Oskar Seidlin, Silesian-born American literary scholar (d. 1984)
1912 - Andre Norton, American author (d. 2005)
1914 - Arthur Kennedy, American actor (d. 1990)
1914 - Wayne Morris, American actor (d. 1959)
1916 - Raf Vallone, Italian actor (d. 2002)
1916 - Alexander Obolensky, Russian prince and famed Rugby Union footballer who played for England.(d. 1940)
1917 - Abdur Rahman Badawi, Egyptian philosopher (d. 2002)
1917 - Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican inventor (d. 1965)
1919 - Kathleen Freeman, American actress (d. 2001)
1920 - Ivo Caprino, Norwegian animated film director
1922 - Enrico Banducci, American nightclub owner (d. 2007)
1922 - Tommy Edwards, American singer (d. 1969)
1922 - Marshall Teague, American race car driver (d. 1959)
1924 - Margaret Truman, American novelist (d. 2008)
1925 - Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (d. 2003)
1925 - Hal Holbrook, American actor
1928 - Marta Romero, Puerto Rican actress & singer
1929 - Patricia Routledge, English actress
1929 - Chaim Potok, American author (d. 2002)
1929 - Paul Meger, Canadian ice hockey player
1930 - Roger Craig, American baseball player and manager
1930 - Ruth Rendell, English writer
1932 - Buck Trent, American banjo player
1933 - Bobby Lewis, American singer
1933 - Craig L. Thomas, American politician (d. 2007)
1934 - Alan Bates, English actor (d. 2003)
1934 - Barry Humphries, Australian actor and comedian
1935 - Christina Pickles, UK-born American actress
1936 - Jim Brown, American football player
1939 - John Leyton, British singer
1939 - Mary Ann Mobley, American actress and beauty queen
1940 - Gene Pitney, American singer (d. 2006)
1941 - Julia McKenzie, English actress and theatre director
1942 - Huey P. Newton, American political activist (d. 1989)
1944 - Karl Jenkins, Welsh composer
1945 - Brenda Fricker, Irish actress
1945 - Zina Bethune, American actress
1946 - Dodie Stevens, American singer
1948 - José José, Mexican singer and actor
1948 - Rick Majerus, American basketball coach
1949 - Fred Frith, English musician and composer
1952 - Karin Janz, East German gymnast
1953 - Norman Pace, British actor and comic
1954 - Rene Russo, American actress
1955 - Mo Yan, Chinese novelist
1956 - Richard Karn, American actor
1957 - Loreena McKennitt, Canadian musician
1959 - Aryeh Deri, Israeli rabbi and politician
1959 - Neil Lomax, American football player
1962 - Samuel Bayer, American music video director
1962 - Alison Hargreaves, British mountaineer (d. 1995)
1962 - Tyrone "Ty" Jones, American screenwriter
1962 - David McComb, Australian musician (The Triffids) (d. 1999)
1962 - Lou Diamond Phillips, American actor
1963 - Jen-Hsun Huang, American entrepreneur and businessman
1963 - Larry the Cable Guy, American comedian
1963 - Michael Jordan, American basketball player
1964 - Buster Olney, American sports columnist
1965 - Michael Bay, American film director
1966 - Ioannis Kalitzakis, Greek footballer
1966 - Quorthon, Swedish musician (Bathory) (d. 2004)
1966 - Luc Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player
1966 - Michael Lepond, American musician
1967 - Chanté Moore, American singer
1968 - Bryan Cox, National Football League player
1969 - Tuesday Knight, American actress
1970 - Tim Mahoney, American musician (311)
1970 - Tommy Moe, American Olympic skier
1970 - Dominic Purcell, English-born actor
1971 - Martyn Bennett, Canadian composer (d. 2005)
1971 - Jeremy Edwards, British actor
1971 - Denise Richards, American actress
1972 - Yuki Isoya, Japanese singer (formerly Judy and Mary)
1972 - Valeria Mazza, Argentinian model
1972 - Taylor Hawkins, American musician (Foo Fighters)
1972 - Philippe Candeloro, French figure skater
1972 - Billie Joe Armstrong, American musician (Green Day)
1973 - SaRenna Lee, American pornographic actress
1974 - Kaoru, Japanese musician
1974 - Jerry O'Connell, American actor
1974 - Bryan White, American singer
1975 - Vaclav Prospal, Czech ice hockey player
1975 - Todd Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 - Harisu, South Korean singer, model and actress
1975 - Wish Bone, American rapper
1976 - Kelly Carlson, American actress
1976 - Scott Williamson, American baseball player
1978 - Jacob Wetterling, American kidnapping victim
1979 - Dee, Puerto Rican pornographic actress
1979 - Josh Willingham, American baseball player
1980 - Jason Ritter, American actor
1980 - Klemi Saban, Israeli footballer
1980 - Al Harrington, American basketball player
1981 - Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor
1981 - Paris Hilton, American actress and heiress
1982 - Lupe Fiasco, American rapper
1982 - Adriano, Brazilian footballer
1982 - Brian Bruney, American baseball player
1983 - Gérald Cid, French footballer
1983 - Marios Kaperonis, Greek boxer
1984 - AB de Villiers, South African cricketer
1984 - Kenta Kamakari, Japanese actor and seiyuu
1984 - Jimmy Jacobs, American professional wrestler
1985 - Anne Curtis, Filipino actress and commercial model
1986 - Joey O'Brien, Irish footballer
1986 - Sandra Nilsson, Swedish model
1988 - Natascha Kampusch, Austrian kidnapping victim
1991 - Bonnie Wright, British actress
1992 - Meaghan Jette Martin, American child actress and singer
1996 - Sasha Pieterse, South African child actress

Famous Births on 16 Feb

Famous Births on 16 Feb

1032 - Emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067)
1222 - Nichiren Daishonin, Japanese founder of Nichiren Buddhism (d. 1282)
1497 - Philipp Melanchthon, German humanist and reformer (d. 1560)
1519 - Gaspard de Coligny, French Huguenot leader (d. 1572)
1543 - Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590)
1620 - Friedrich Wilhelm I of Brandenburg, Duke of Prussia (d. 1688)
1643 - John Sharp, English Archbishop of York (d. 1714)
1698 - Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (d. 1758)
1727 - Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian scientist (d. 1817)
1740 - Giambattista Bodoni, Italian publisher and engraver (d. 1813)
1761 - Charles Pichegru, French general (d. 1804)
1786 - Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1859)
1802 - Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, American philosopher (d. 1866)
1804 - Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist (d. 1885)
1812 - Henry Wilson, 18th Vice President of US (d. 1875)
1821 - Heinrich Barth, German explorer (d. 1865)
1822 - Sir Francis Galton, English explorer and biologist (d. 1911)
1824 - Peter Kozler, Slovenian cartographer and geographer (d. 1879)
1826 - Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German poet (d. 1886)
1826 - Julia Grant, First Lady of the United States (d. 1902)
1831 - Nikolai Leskov, Russian writer (d. 1895)
1834 - Ernst Haeckel, German zoologist and philosopher (d. 1919)
1838 - Henry Adams, American historian and novelist (d. 1918)
1847 - Philipp Scharwenka, Polish-German composer (d. 1917)
1848 - Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist (d. 1935)
1856 - Rudolph Karstadt, German entrepreneur (d. 1944)
1856 - Willem Kes, Dutch conductor (d. 1934)
1866 - Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet (d. 1949)
1866 - Billy Hamilton (baseball player), MLB Hall of Fame Outfielder (d. 1940)
1874 - Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano (d. 1935)
1876 - George Macaulay Trevelyan, English historian (d. 1962)
1878 - Pamela Colman Smith, artist, writer, designer of the Rider-Waite-Smith deck of tarot cards (d. 1951)
1880 - Frank Burke, American baseball player (d. 1946)
1883 - Elizabeth Craig, British writer (d. 1980)
1884 - Robert J. Flaherty, American filmmaker (d. 1951)
1886 - Van Wyck Brooks, American historian and critic (d. 1963)
1887 - Kathleen Clifford, American actress (d. 1962)
1891 - Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist (d. 1967)
1898 - Katharine Cornell, American actress (d. 1974)
1901 - Vincent Coleman, American actor (d. 1971)
1901 - Wayne King, American musician and orchestra leader (d. 1985)
1901 - Chester Morris, American film actor (d. 1970)
1903 - Edgar Bergen, American ventriloquist (d. 1978)
1903 - George-Henri Lévesque, Quebec priest and sociologist (d. 2000)
1904 - George F. Kennan, American historian, diplomat and political policy-maker (d. 2005)
1906 - Vera Menchik, British-Czech chess player, the first Women's World Champion in chess (d. 1944)
1909 - Richard McDonald, American fast food pioneer (d. 1998)
1909 - Jeffrey Lynn, American actor (d. 1995)
1909 - Hugh Beaumont, American actor (d. 1982)
1915 - Jim O'Hora, American college football coach (d. 2005)
1915 - Elisabeth Eybers, South African poet (d. 2007)
1915 - Michael Relph, British film producer and director (d. 2004)
1916 - Bill Doggett, American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist (d. 1996)
1918 - Patty Andrews, American singer
1920 - Anna Mae Hays, American army general
1921 - Vera-Ellen, American actress (d. 1981)
1921 - Araucaria, British crossword compiler
1921 - Jean Behra, French Formula One driver (d. 1959)
1922 - Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, German night fighter pilot (d. 1950)
1925 - Carlos Paredes, Portuguese guitar master (d. 2004)
1926 - John Schlesinger, English film director (d. 2003)
1927 - June Brown, British actress
1929 - Gerhard Hanappi, Austrian footballer (d. 1980)
1931 - George E. Sangmeister, American politician (d. 2007)
1931 - Ken Takakura, Japanese actor
1932 - Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, President of Sierra Leone
1932 - Harry Goz, American actor (d. 2003)
1932 - Otis Blackwell, American songwriter and singer (d. 2002)
1932 - Gretchen Wyler, American actress and dancer (d. 2007)
1934 - Herbie & Harold Kalin, American singers (d. 2005-Harold / 2006-Herbie)
1934 - Marlene Hagge, American professional golfer
1935 - Sonny Bono, American entertainer & U.S. Congressman (d. 1998)
1936 - Jill Kinmont, American skier
1937 - Yuri Manin, Russian mathematician
1938 - Barry Primus, American actor
1938 - John Corigliano, American composer
1939 - Czesław Niemen, Polish singer-songwriter and composer (d. 2004)
1939 - Adolfo Azcuna, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
1942 - Kim Jong-il, North Korean leader
1943 - Brig Owens, American football player
1944 - António Mascarenhas Monteiro, 2nd President of Cape Verde
1944 - Richard Ford, American novelist
1945 - Jeremy Bulloch, English actor
1945 - Frank Welker, American voice actor
1946 - Ian Lavender, English actor
1948 - Eckhart Tolle, Author and spiritual teacher
1950 - Peter Hain, British politician
1950 - Kazuki Tomokawa, Japanese acid-folk singer
1950 - Roman Tam, Hong Kong famous singer (d. 2002)
1951 - William Katt, American actor
1952 - Barry Foote, Major League Baseball player
1953 - George Martin, American footballer
1953 - Lanny McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player
1953 - Roberta Williams, computer game designer
1954 - Margaux Hemingway, American actress and model (d. 1996)
1954 - Iain Banks, Scottish author
1954 - Michael Holding, West Indian fast bowler cricket
1955 - Hunt Block, American actor
1956 - James Ingram, American singer
1957 - LeVar Burton, American actor
1958 - Ice-T, American rapper, songwriter, and actor
1958 - Lisa Loring, American actress
1958 - Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian basketball player
1958 - Michael W. Burns, American politician
1959 - Kelly Tripucka, American basketball player
1959 - John McEnroe, American tennis player
1960 - Pete Willis, English guitarist (Def Leppard)
1960 - Cherie Chung, Hong Kong actress
1961 - Andy Taylor, English rock guitarist (Duran Duran)
1962 - John Balance, English musician (Coil, Psychic TV) (d. 2004)
1963 - Dave Lombardo, Cuban drummer (Slayer)
1963 - Dano Halsall, Swiss swimmer
1964 - Christopher Eccleston, English actor
1964 - Bebeto, Brazilian footballer
1967 - John Valentin, baseball player
1967 - Keith Gretzky, former hockey player; brother of Wayne Gretzky
1968 - Warren Ellis, British comic book writer
1969 - David Heath, American professional wrestler better known as Gangrel
1970 - D.J. Wallis, American fitness competitor
1970 - Serdar Ortac, Turkish popstar
1970 - Angelo Peruzzi, Italian footballer
1971 - Amanda Holden, British actress
1972 - Jerome Bettis, American football player.
1972 - Sarah Clarke, American actress
1973 - Christian Bassedas, Argentine former footballer
1973 - Cathy Freeman, Australian athlete
1973 - Nikos Kostakis, Greek footballer
1974 - Fanis Katergiannakis, Greek footballer
1974 - Johnny Tri Nguyen, Vietnamese American stuntman and martial arts actor
1975 - Don Jeffcoat, American actor
1975 - Vanina Ickx, Belgian racing driver
1975 - Nanase Aikawa, Japanese singer
1976 - Eric Byrnes, American baseball player
1976 - Kyo, Japanese singer (Dir en grey)
1976 - Joe Odagiri, Japanese actor
1977 - Ian Clarke, Irish computer programmer
1977 - Ahman Green, American football player
1978 - Tia Hellebaut, Belgian athlete
1978 - John Tartaglia, Broadway actor and Muppeteer
1979 - Valentino Rossi, Italian motorcycle racer
1979 - Eric Mun, Korean rapper (Shinhwa)
1980 - Agim Kaba, American actor and film producer
1980 - Ashley Lelie, American football player
1981 - Qyntel Woods, American basketball player
1981 - Jerry Owens, American baseball player
1981 - Jay Howard, British racing driver
1982 - Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, American rapper
1985 - Zoi Dimoschaki, Greek swimmer
1988 - Denílson Pereira Neves, Brazilian footballer
1991 - Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg, Princess of Luxembourg