1924 – Billy Wright, English soccer defender (105 caps, captain x 90; Wolverhampton Wanderers 490 games) and manager (Arsenal 1962-66), born in Ironbridge, England (d. 1994)
1932 – Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary, born in Havana, Cuba (d. 1959)
1946 – Jim Turner, American politician, born in Fort Lewis, Washington
1949 – Mike Batt, British director, actor, composer, and former Deputy Chairman (British Phonographic Industry), born in Southampton, England
1951 – Maria Christina, Belgian princess and daughter of Leopold III, born in Brussels, Belgium
1963 – David Capel, English cricket all-rounder (15 Tests; 21 wickets; 23 ODIs), born in Northampton, England (d. 2020)
1967 – Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (Zard), born in Kurume, Japan (d. 2007)
1970 – Per Frandsen, Danish footballer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
1980 – Kim Poirier, Canadian actress, born in Drummondville, Canada
1981 – Jens Lekman, Swedish musician, born in Angered, Sweden
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Famous Birthdays for 5th February 2023
1775 – Margaretha Jacoba de Neufville, Dutch author (De Schildknaap – 1st Dutch historical novel) (d. 1856)
1903 – Ivan Galamian, American violinist and violin teacher, born in Tabriz, Persia (d. 1981)
1908 – Daisy and Violet Hilton, British conjoined twins, born in Brighton, England (d. 1969)
1921 – Ken Adam, British film production designer (James Bond sets), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2016)
1938 – Dick van Niehoff, Dutch vocalist (Fouryo)
1947 – David Ladd, American actor (Raymie, Catlow, Misty, Deathline), born in Los Angeles, California
1971 – Marcus Redman, American actor (Raymond-Doogie Howser)
1976 – John Aloisi, Australian footballer, born in Adelaide, Australia
1980 – Tiwa Savage, Nigerian singer-songwriter (Kele, Kele, Kele), born in Isale Eko, Lagos State, Nigeria
1985 – Crystal Hunt, American actress, born in Clearwater, Florida
Famous Birthdays for 4th February 2023
1904 – Herman Bernard Wiardi Beckman, Dutch politician (SDAP, captured and killed at Dachau), born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 1945)
1938 – Joe Beard, American blues guitarist (No More Cherry Rose), born in Ashland, Mississippi
1950 – Robert-John Stips, rock keyboardist/singer (The Nits)
1969 – Brad Cornett, American baseball pitcher, appeared in 14 games (Toronto Blue Jays, 1994-95), Brad Cornett
1970 – John Frascatore, American baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1970 – Todd Peterson, NFL kicker (Seattle Seahawks)
1973 – Oscar De La Hoya, American boxer (Olympic gold 1992, 6-weight world champion), born in Los Angeles, California
1975 – Konstantinos Nebegleras, Greek footballer
1987 – Lucie Šafářová, Czech tennis player, born in Brno, Czechia
1988 – Jeff Horn, Australian professional boxer (WBO welterweight title 2017), born in Brisbane, Australia
Famous Birthdays for 3rd February 2023
1830 – Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1885-86, 1886-92 and 1895-1902), born in Hatfield, England (d. 1903)
1888 – Joris Baers, Belgian priest and librarian(founded magazine Boekengids), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1975)
1899 – Lao She, Chinese writer (d. 1966)
1915 – Bill Miller, American jazz pianist and arranger (Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Jr.), born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 2006)
1936 – Jim Marshall, American photographer (The Beatles final concert in San Francisco; Woodstock Festival), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2010)
1941 – Neil Bogart, American record executive (d. 1982)
1949 – Hennie Kuiper, Dutch cyclist
1949 – (Arnold} “Bake” McBride, American MLB baseball outfielder, 1973-83, Rookie of the Year; All-Star (St. Louis Cardinals; Philadelphia Phillies, and 1 other team), born in Fulton, Missouri
1957 – Luc Van Hove, Belgian contemporary classical composer (Stradella), born in Wilrijk, Belgium
1959 – (Laurence) “Lol” Tolhurst, British rock keyboardist and drummer/drum machine player (The Cure, 1978-89 – “Boys Don’t Cry” “The Lovecats”), born in Horley, England
Famous Birthdays for 2nd February 2023
1695 – William Borlase, English naturalist (d. 1772)
1780 – Johannes van den Bosch, Dutch colonial administrator (Governor-General of Dutch East Indies 1830-33), born in Herwijnen, Dutch Republic (d. 1844)
1817 – Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, Spanish composer (Father of the modern Sardana), born in Alcalá la Real, Spain (d. 1875)
1875 – Annette Kolb, German author (Small Fanfare) and pacifist, born in Munich (d. 1967)
1905 – Jean-Pierre Guerlain, French cosmetics pioneer (d. 1996)
1924 – Sonny Stitt [Edward Hammond Boatner Jr], American jazz saxophonist (Blows the Blues), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1982)
1947 – Derek Shulman, Scottish musician (Gentle Giant), born in Glasgow
1954 – Jayantha Amerasinghe, cricketer (2 Tests for Sri Lanka v NZ 1983)
1966 – Tony Plourde, Chibougamau Quebec, sabre (Olympics 1996)
1979 – Irini Terzoglou, Greek shot putter
Famous Birthdays for 1st February 2023
1757 – John Philip Kemble, British actor and director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden), born in Prescot, Lancashire, England (d. 1823)
1887 – Dirk Roosenburg, Dutch architect (KLM building and design), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1962)
1907 – John Canaday, American art critic (Metropolitan Museum of Art Portfolios), born in Fort Scott, Kansas (d. 1985)
1921 – Peter Sallis, British actor (Wallace and Gromit, Last of the Summer Wine), born in Twickenham, England (d. 2017)
1926 – Douglas Johnson, British historian, born in Edinburgh (d. 2005)
1935 – Ruth Clarke, Moderator (General Assembly of the United Reform Church)
1944 – Mike Enzi, American accountant, and politician (US Senator from Wyoming (R), 1997-2021), born in Bremerton, Washington (d. 2021)
1952 – António Lima Pereira, Portuguese soccer central defender (20 caps; FC Porto), born in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal (d. 2022)
1957 – Dennis Brown, Jamaican reggae singer (“Money In My Pocket”), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1999)
1971 – Michael C. Hall, American actor (Dexter, Six Feet Under), born in Raleigh, North Carolina
Famous Birthdays for 31st January 2023
1734 – Robert Morris, English-born merchant and American founding father (signed US Declaration of Independence), born in Liverpool, Enhland (d. 1784)
1882 – Josef van Schaik, Dutch politician and lawyer (Vice-Premier of the Netherlands), (d. 1962)
1913 – Wayne Millner, American NFL Hall of Fame football end, 1936-45 (Boston/Washington Redskins), and US Navy WWII veteran, born in Roxbury Massachusetts (d. 1976)
1917 – Erich Geiringer, New Zealand general practitioner campaigner (founder of the New Zealand Medical Association), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1995)
1941 – Richard Gephardt, American politician (Rep-D-MO, 1977-2005), born in St. Louis, Missouri
1947 – Jim Nollman, American theatre composer, born in Boston, Massachusetts
1949 – Johan Derksen, Dutch footballer and sports journalist, born in Heteren, Netherlands
1954 – Faoud Bacchus, West Indies cricketer (West Indian bat late 70’s), born in Georgetown, Guyana
1971 – Patrick Kielty, Northern Irish comedian, born in Dundrum, United Kingdom
1976 – Buddy Rice, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 2004, 24 Hours of Daytona 2009), born in Phoenix, Arizona
Famous Birthdays for 30th January 2023
1775 – Walter Savage Landor, English poet and writer (Imaginary Conversations), born in Warwick, England (d. 1864)
1909 – Saul David Alinsky, American radical writer (John L Lewis), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1972)
1927 – Ahmed Abdul-Malik [Jonathan Tim, Jr.], American jazz double bassist and oud player (Odetta; Thelonius Monk), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1993)
1931 – John Crosbie, Canadian politician, born in St. John’s, Canada (d. 2020)
1943 – Marta Minujín, Argentine artist (Parthenon of Banned Books), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1947 – Martin Christoph Redel, German composer, born in Detmold, Germany
1956 – Jeremy Gittins, English actor, born in Manchester, United Kingdom
1968 – Felipe VI [Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y de Grecia], King of Spain (2014-), born in Madrid, Spain
1968 – Bob Nardella, Italian-American ice hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998, Chicago Wolves), born in Melrose Park, Illinois
1975 – Juninho Pernambucano, Brazilian footballer, born in Pernambuco, Brazil
Famous Birthdays for 29th January 2023
1887 – Albert Conti, Austrian actor (Jazz Heaven, Doomed Battalion), born in Trieste, Austria-Hungary (d. 1967)
1889 – Francisco Santiago, Filipino pianist, composer (Taga-ilog Symphony), conductor, and pedagogue, born in Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippines (d. 1947)
1901 – Allen B. DuMont, American engineer and inventor (perfected commercial practical cathode ray tube), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1965)
1919 – Doyle Royal, American collegiate soccer coach (NCAA C’ship 1968; University of Maryland 1946-73) and tennis coach (U of Maryland 1954-80), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2020)
1936 – James Jamerson, American session pop and RandB bass guitarist (Motown Records), born in Edisto, South Carolina (d. 1983)
1939 – Germaine Greer, Australian feminist and author (Female Eunuch), born in Melbourne, Victoria
1960 – James “JG” Thirlwell, Australian musician, composer and record producer, born in Melbourne
1963 – Bob Holly ‘Hardcore Holly’, American professional wrestler, born in Glendale, California
1964 – Andre Reed, American Pro Football HOF wide receiver (7 x Pro Bowl; Buffalo Bills), born in Allentown, Pennsylvania
1973 – Jason Schmidt, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 2003, 04, 06; Pittsburgh Pirates, SF Giants), born in Lewiston, Idaho
Famous Birthdays for 28th January 2023
1600 – Clement IX [Giulio Rospigliosi], Italian Pope (238th: 1667-69), born in Pistoia, Italy (d. 1669)
1622 – Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (d. 1691)
1691 – Johann Balthasar König, German Baroque composer, mainly of hymn music, born in Cannstatt, Duchy of Württemberg (d. 1758)
1722 – Johann Ernst Bach, German kapellmeister and composer, born in Eisenach (d. 1777)
1878 – Walter Kollo, German composer of operettas, Singspiele, and popular songs (Der Juxbaron), born in Neidenburg, Kingdom of Prussia. (d. 1940)
1900 – A. A. M. Stols, Dutch publisher (History of Ecuador), born in Maastricht, Netherlands (d. 1973)
1910 – Arnold Moss, American actor (Loves of Carmen, Kim, Quebec, Viva Zapata), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1989)
1936 – Enid Castle, principal (Cheltenham Ladies’ College)
1975 – Lee Latchford-Evans, British pop singer (The Steps), born in Chester, England
1977 – Daunte Culpepper, American football player