1494 – Francois Rabelais, French satirist (Gargantua and Pantagruel), born in La Devinière, Touraine, Kingdom of France (d. 1553)
1881 – Kliment J Woroshilov, marshal/president USSR (1953-60)
1884 – Rolland Beaumont, cricketer (South African batsman in 5 tests 1912-14)
1897 – Ludwig Erhard, chancellor of Germany (CDU)
1908 – Gordon Fraser, newscaster (All Star News), born in Lawrence, Massachusetts
1912 – Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian-born American conductor, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1993)
1949 – Roy Yeager, American musician (Atlanta Rhythm Section), born in Greenwood, Mississippi
1953 – Jerome Powell, American Chair of the US Federal Reserve (2018-), born in Washington, D.C.
1972 – Kelvin Anderson, CFL running back (Calgary Stampeders)
1988 – Jeff Horn, Australian professional boxer (WBO welterweight title 2017), born in Brisbane, Australia
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Famous Birthdays for 3rd February 2022
1817 – Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, French geologist (d. 1881)
1887 – Juan Negrín, Spanish Prime Minister (d. 1956)
1898 – Paul Urysohn, Russian mathematician
1927 – Ilias Rosidis, Greek soccer defender (29 caps; Olympiacos FC), born in Neo Faliro, Piraeus, Greece (d. 2019)
1935 – Johnny “Guitar” Watson, rock guitarist
1948 – Henning Mankell, Swedish playwright and author (Wallander novels), born in Stockholm (d. 2015)
1956 – John Jefferson, American football player
1966 – Sean Patrick Wade, NZ marathoner (Olympics 1996), born in Houston, Texas
1970 – Richard Kotzen, American rock musician, born in Reading, Pennsylvania
1986 – David Edwards, Welsh soccer midfielder (43 caps; Wolverhampton Wanderers 284 games), born in Pontesbury, England
Famous Birthdays for 2nd February 2022
1455 – King John of Denmark (d. 1513)
1748 – Christian Gottfried Thomas, composer
1857 – Jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector
1903 – Frank McGrath, American actor (The Reluctant Astronaut, Wagon Train), born in Mound City, Missouri (d. 1967)
1905 – Jean-Pierre Guerlain, French cosmetics pioneer
1923 – Peter Fowler, physicist
1944 – Katherine Crawford, actress (Gemini Man, Captains and Kings), born in Los Angeles, California
1967 – Laurent Nkunda, Congolese general
1972 – Lance Brown, NFL defensive back (Arizona Cardinals)
1974 – J R Conrad, offensive tackle/guard (NY Jets)
Famous Birthdays for 1st February 2022
1836 – Emil Hartmann, Danish organist and composer (Towards The Light), born in Copenhagen (d. 1898)
1839 – James A Herne [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak)
1878 – Milan Hodža, Slovak politician (d. 1944)
1880 – Francesco Balilla Pratella, Italian composer, born in Lugo, Italy (d. 1955)
1902 – Carlo Borbolla, Cuban pianist, organist, and composer, born in Manzanillo, Cuba (d. 1990)
1920 – Zao Wou-Ki, Chinese French painter (Juin-Octobre 1985), born in Beijing, China (d. 2013)
1924 – Emmanuel Scheffer, Israeli soccer coach (Israel 1968–70, 78–79; only World Cup appearance 1970), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2012)
1950 – Mike Campbell, American guitarist (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Breakdown”), born in Panama City, Florida
1964 – Sharon Bruneau, Canadian actress (Sensuous Muscle), born in Toronto, Ontario
1964 – Kaitlin Hopkins, American actress (Kelsey-Another World), born in NYC, New York
Famous Birthdays for 31st January 2022
1784 – Carl Wilhelm Henning, German composer and conductor, born in Öls (d. 1867)
1820 – William B. Washburn, 28th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1887)
1900 – Betty Parsons, American artist and art dealer, born in NYC, New York (d. 1982)
1901 – Jan Dieters, Dutch politician and resistance fighter who was the head of the Communist Party of the Netherlands, born in Slochteren (d. 1943)
1911 – Eddie Byrne, British actor (Star Wars, Island of Terror), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1981)
1914 – Carey Loftin, American actor (Duel, The French Connection), born in Blountstown, Florida (d. 1997)
1974 – Lorenzo Styles, American football linebacker (Atlanta Falcons), born in Sharon, Pennsylvania
1977 – Kate Shindle, American actress, born in Toledo, Ohio
1980 – Tiffany Limos, American actress, born in Dallas, Texas
1982 – Yuniesky Betancourt, Cuban baseball shortstop, born in Santa Clara, Cuba
Famous Birthdays for 30th January 2022
1754 – John Lansing Jr., American lawyer and statesman, born in Albany, New York (d. 1829)
1841 – Alfred Townsend George, American Civil War journalist, born in Georgetown, Delaware (d. 1914)
1894 – Marcel Canneel, Flemish painter (Reuzenstoet) (d. 1953)
1911 – Roy Eldridge, American jazz trumpet player (Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1989)
1920 – Patrick Heron, British abstract painter, born in Leeds, South Yorkshire (d. 1999)
1925 – Dorothy Malone, American actress (At Gunpoint, Night and Day, Peyton Place), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2018)
1938 – Islam Karimov, President of Uzbekistan (1991-2016), born in Samarkand (d. 2016)
1962 – Abdullah II of Jordan, King of Jordan (1999-present), born in Amman, Jordan
1966 – Daphne Ashbrook, American actress (Liz-Our Family Honor), born in Long Beach, California
1971 – Chris Slade, American football player (New England Patriots), born in Newport News, Virginia
Famous Birthdays for 29th January 2022
1754 – Moses Cleaveland, founder of Cleveland (d. 1806)
1864 – Adolf Philipp, composer
1918 – John Forsythe, actor (Bachelor Father, Charlie’s Angels, Dynasty), born in Penns Grove, New Jersey (d. 2010)
1933 – Margaret Laird, Commissioner (Third Church Estates)
1944 – Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda (1986-) and rebel leader, born in Ntungamo, Uganda
1952 – Kenn Kweder, American rock and folk singer-songwriter (“Diablo”; “Suzy Said So”; “Mommy And Daddy”), born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
1960 – Cho-Liang Lin, American classical violinist (Queen Sophia prize, 1977), and teacher (Juilliard, 1991-present) born in Hsinchu, Taiwan
1969 – Robert Young, American football player (St Louis Rams), born in Jackson, Mississippi
1979 – Andrew Keegan, American actor (Step by Step, Party of Five), born in Los Angeles, California
1980 – Ivan Klasnić, Croatian football player, born in Hamburg, Germany
Famous Birthdays for 28th January 2022
1611 – Johannes Hevelius, Danzig, astronomer (star cataloger)
1706 – John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor)
1722 – Johann Ernst Bach, composer
1864 – Herbert Akroyd Stuart, English engineer – inventor of the first compression ignition engine (d. 1927)
1922 – Robert W. Holley, American biochemist who worked with RNA (Nobel Prize 1968), born in Los Gatos, California (d. 1991)
1931 – Timothy Kitson, British politician
1937 – Bette Howland [Lee Sotonoff], American writer and literary critic (Blue in Chicago, The iron year), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2017)
1949 – Eddie Bayers, American session drummer, based in Nashville, born in Patuxent, Maryland
1969 – Kathryn Morris, American actress
1974 – Tony Delk, NBA guard (SF Warriors)
Famous Birthdays for 27th January 2022
1701 – Johann N von Hontheim, German church historian/suffragan (bishop)
1715 – Vaclav Kalous [Simon à Scto Bartholomaeo], Czech composer, born in Solnice (d. 1786)
1805 – Maria Anna of Bavaria, queen consort of Saxony (d. 1877)
1858 – Neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Dutch/French/Belgian painter’s model/writer
1925 – Geoffrey Tucker, British political consultant
1942 – Tasuku Honjo, Japanese immunologist (Nobel Prize for medicine 2018), born in Kyoto, Japan
1947 – Björn Afzelius, Swedish singer (d. 1999)
1950 – Derek Acorah, English spirit medium and TV personality (Most Haunted), born in Bootle, England
1956 – Mimi Rogers, actress (Paper Dolls, The Rousters), born in Coral Gables, Florida
1959 – Patti Cohoon, actress (Molly-Here Come the Brides), born in Whittier, California
Famous Birthdays for 26th January 2022
1781 – Ludwig Joachim “Achim” von Arnim, German poet (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
1902 – Romney Brent, Mexican-American actor and writer (Dinner at the Ritz), born in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico (d. 1976)
1905 – Maria Augusta von Trapp, Austrian singer who inspired the “Sound of Music”, born in Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1987)
1938 – Bill Wurtzel, American jazz and classical guitarist (Count Basie), born in Forestburgh, New York
1942 – Nigel Walmsley, chairman (Carlton UK Television)
1943 – Peter Kenton Winkler, American pianist, symphonic and theatrical composer, born in Los Angeles, California
1948 – Laurence “Corky” Laing, Canadian rock drummer and songwriter (Mountain, Cork), born in Montreal, Quebec
1953 – Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark, born in Ginnerup, Denmark
1986 – Matt Heafy, American-Japanese musician (Trivium), born in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
1988 – Mia Rose, British-Portuguese pop singer, born in Wimbledon, London