1831 – Filippo Marchetti, Italian opera composer, born in Bolognola, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1902)
1851 – Mordecai Sherwin, English cricket wicket-keeper (3 Tests, 7 dismissals; Nottinghamshire CCC), born in Kimberley, England (d. 1910)
1884 – Hildo Krop, Dutch modernistic sculptor, born in Steenwijk, Netherlands (d. 1970)
1891 – Alan Bridge, American actor (North of Arizona, Badmen of the Hills), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1957)
1916 – Mordecai Seter, Israeli composer, born in Novorossiysk, Russia (d. 1994)
1920 – Tony Randall [Leonard Rosenberg], American actor (Felix-Odd Couple), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma (d. 2004)
1927 – Donald Gramm, American concert and opera bass-baritone, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1983)
1928 – Anatoli Vassilyevich Filipchenko, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 7, 16), born in Davydovka, USSR
1928 – Monique Leyrac, French Canadian singer and actress (Lights of My City; Act of the Heart), born in Montreal, Quebec
1987 – Juliet Simms, American singer and songwriter (Automatic Loveletter), born in San Francisco, California
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Famous Birthdays for 25th February 2023
1900 – Jed Harris, Austrian-born American theatre producer and director (Billy Rose Show, Operation Mad Ball), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1979)
1906 – Howard Zahniser, American environmental activist (father of Wilderness Act), born in Franklin, Pennsylvania (d. 1864)
1907 – Sabahattin Ali, Turkish poet, author and journalist (Esirler, Içimizdeki Şeytan), born in Eğridere, Gümülcine, Ottoman Empire (d. 1948)
1919 – Fitz de Jong Edz, Dutch historian (director of IISG), born in Meppel, Netherlands (d. 1989)
1920 – Gérard Bessette, Canadian author (d. 2005)
1935 – Sally Jessy Raphael, American TV talk show host (Sally), born in Easton, Pennsylvania
1940 – George Paul, CEO (Norwich Union Insurance Group)
1952 – Joey Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer (d. 2000)
1957 – Stuart “Woody” Wood, Scottish pop guitarist (Bay City Rollers – “Saturday Night”), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
1982 – Anton Volchenkov, Russian ice hockey player
Famous Birthdays for 24th February 2023
1597 – Vincent Voiture, French poet (d. 1648)
1622 – Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665)
1831 – Leo von Caprivi, German politician (Chancellor of Germany 1890-94), born in Charlottenburg, Prussia (d. 1899)
1858 – Arnold Dolmetsch, French-Bohemian musician, instrument builder, and promoter of early music, born in LeMans, France (d. 1940)
1874 – Honus Wagner, American Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop (8 x NL batting champion; 5 × NL RBI / stolen base leader; Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Chartiers Borough, Pennsylvania (d. 1955)
1942 – Joe Lieberman, (Sen-D Connecticut)
1943 – Terry Semel, American business executive
1972 – Larry Amar, Camarillo California, field hockey midfielder/captain (Olympics 1996)
1976 – Matt Skiba, American musician (Alkaline Trio, Heavens)
1987 – Mayuko Iwasa, Japanese entertainer and model
Famous Birthdays for 23rd February 2023
1882 – Ladislav Vycpalek, Czech composer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (d. 1969)
1908 – Ray Brown, American Baseball HOF pitcher (NgL World Series 1943, 44; Triple Crown 1938; Homestead Grays), born in Alger, Ohio (d. 1965)
1920 – Hall Overton, American jazz pianist, and jazz and classical composer (Enchanted Pear Tree), born in Bangor, Michigan
1920 – David Wright, South African-British poet (Deafness: A Personal Account), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1994)
1920 – John St Aubyn, 4th Baron St Levan, English peer (St Michael’s Mount), born in London (d. 2013)
1930 – Harry Boldt, German Fed Rep, equestrian dressage (Olympic gold 1976)
1949 – Barbara York, Canadian composer (A Butterfly in Time), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 2020)
1955 – Howard Jones, British rock pianist, and singer-songwriter (Things Can Only Get Better), born in Southampton, England
1966 – Didier Queloz, Swiss astronomer (discovered 1st exoplanet), 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics, born in Switzerland
1969 – Marc Wauters, Belgian cyclist, born in Hasselt, Belgium
Famous Birthdays for 22nd February 2023
1796 – Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician and sociologist (body mass index scale), born in Ghent, French Republic (d. 1874)
1825 – Jean Baptiste Salpointe, second Archbishop of Santa Fe, born in Saint-Maurice de Pionsat, France (d. 1898)
1905 – Luis Sandi, Mexican musician and composer, born in Mexico City (d. 1996)
1921 – Wayne Booth, American literary critic, born in American Fork, Utah (d. 2005)
1923 – Gigliola Frazzoni, Italian operatic soprano, born in Bologna, Italy (d. 2016)
1937 – Joanna Russ, American sci-fi author (Hugo, Female Man, Alyx), born in NYC, New York
1944 – Robert Kardashian, American lawyer, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2003)
1959 – Kyle MacLachlan, American actor (Blue Velvet, Dune, Twin Peaks), born in Yakima, Washington
1959 – Jiří Čunek, Czech politician, born in Zlín, Czechia
1961 – Debbie Linden, Scottish actress (Kenny Everett Show), born in Glasgow, Scotland
Famous Birthdays for 21st February 2023
1855 – Alice Freeman Palmer, American educator (President of Wesley College), born in Colesville, New York (d. 1902)
1928 – Philip von Schantz, Swedish painter, born in Norrköping, Sweden
(d. 1998)
1939 – Richard Beymer, American stage actor and singer (West Side Story; Diary of Anne Frank), born in Avoca, Iowa
1939 – Ron Nagle, American sculptor, and songwriter, born in San Francisco, California
1940 – Peter McEnery, English actor (Game is Over, Moonspinners), born in Walsall, England
1961 – Martha Hackett, American actress (Star Trek:Voyager), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1967 – Leroy Russel Burrell, American long jumper (Olympics 1996), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1970 – Michael Slater, Australian cricket batsman (74 Tests, 14 x 100, HS 219; NSW CA, Derbyshire CCC) and broadcaster (9 Network, 7 Network), born in Wagga Wagga, Australia
1979 – Jennifer Love Hewitt, American actress (Sarah Reeves-Party of Five), born in Waco, Texas
1987 – Burgess Abernethy, Australian actor, born in Gold Coast, Australia
Famous Birthdays for 20th February 2023
1835 – Allessandro d’Ancona, Italian philologist, born in Pisa (d. 1914)
1901 – Henry Eyring, Mexican-American chemist (chemical reaction rates), born in Colonia Juárez, Mexico (d. 1981)
1917 – Frederick Page, English aircraft designer and executive (CEO British Aerospace Aircraft Group), born in Wimbledon, England (d. 2005)
1921 – Mervin Shiner, American honky-tonk country and hillbilly singer, born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
1942 – Claude Miller, French film director and screenwriter (Garde a Vue; Little Thief; Wild Child), born in Paris, France (d. 2012)
1959 – Bill Gullickson, American MLB baseball pitcher, 1979-94 (Montreal Expos, Detroit Tigers, and 2 other teams), born in Marshall, Minnesota
1966 – Cecilia Cummins, Clintwood Va, 5th of 5 siblings born on 2/20
1968 – Bennie Goods, CFL defensive tackle (Edmonton Eskimos)
1969 – Vaginal Davis, American drag queen, author and performance artist, born in Los Angeles, California
1983 – Justin Verlander, American baseball player (Houston Astros), born in Manakin-Sabot, Virginia
Famous Birthdays for 19th February 2023
1899 – Yury Olesha, Russian novelist (d. 1960)
1902 – Hugo Haas, Czechoslovakian actor and director (Bait, Pick Up, 2 Smart People), born in Brno, Czechoslovakia (d. 1968)
1942 – Ken Kramer [Kenneth Bentley Kramer], former American Republican member of the House of Representatives, born in Chicago, Illinois
1947 – Peter Bird, British ocean rower (1st to row non-stop solo across the Pacific), (d. 1996)
1953 – Bill Kirchenbauer, American actor and comedian (Coach-Just the 10 of Us), born in Salzburg, Austria
1957 – Falco [Johann “Hans” Hölzel], Austrian rock vocalist (“Rock Me Amadeus”), born in Vienna, Austria
1957 – Ray Winstone, British actor (Scum), born in Homerton, London
1981 – Nicky Shorey, English footballer, born in Romford, England
1981 – (Mary) Beth Ditto [Patterson], American rock singer (The Gossip), and actress, born in Judsonia, Arkansas,
1983 – Assunta De Rossi, Filipino actress
Famous Birthdays for 18th February 2023
1516 – Mary I Tudor [Bloody Mary], Queen of England (1553-58), born in Greenwich, England (d. 1558)
1559 – Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar and theologian (Athenaeus), born in Geneva (d. 1614)
1609 – Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67), born in Dinton, England (d. 1674)
1770 – Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, German composer, born in Elgersburg (d. 1846)
1817 – Lewis Addison Armistead, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1863)
1916 – Betty Gathergood, British curator (Dr. Johnson’s House), born in the United States (d. 1996)
1929 – Agustín González García, Spanish composer (Prince of Viana Prize), born in Alsasua, Navarra
1930 – Gahan Wilson, American author and cartoonist known as the “Michelangelo of the Macabre”, born in Evanston, Illinois (d. 2019)
1931 – Toni Morrison [Chloe Anthony Wofford], American writer (Tar Baby, Beloved, Song of Solomon), first African American woman to win a Nobel Prize (2010), born in Lorain, Ohio (d. 2019)
1937 – Jeff Farrell, American swimmer (Olympics 2 gold-1960)
Famous Birthdays for 17th February 2023
1667 – Georg Bronner, German composer and organist, born in Hamburg (d. 1720) baptismal date
1820 – Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violin prodigy, composer, and teacher (Brussels Conservatory), born in Verviers, United Kingdom of the Netherlands (now Belgium) (d. 1881)
1855 – Aleksander Różycki, Polish pianist, composer, and music teacher, born in Zhitomir, Russian Empire (d. 1915)
1940 – Dennis Gamsy, South African cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests, 5 dismissals; Natal), born in Glenwood, South Africa
1962 – Alison Hargreaves, British mountaineer and 1st woman to climb Mount Everest alone without bottled oxygen (1995), born in Derbyshire, England (d. 1995)
1963 – Jensen Huang, Taiwanese-American businessman and engineer (Nvidia Corporation), born in Tainan, Taiwan
1966 – Ioannis Kalitzakis, Greek footballer, born in Eleusis, Greece
1972 – Stephen Robinson, American rower (Olympics 1996), born in Arlington, Virginia
1974 – Jerry O’Connell, American actor (Scream 2, Andrew-My Secret Identity), born in NYC, New York
1980 – Al Harrington, American basketball player