1795 – William Lyon Mackenzie, Canadian-American newspaper publisher, politician, and failed rebel leader, born in Dundee, Scotland (d. 1861)
1864 – W. H. R. Rivers, British psychiatrist (d. 1922)
1878 – Joseph Gustav Mraczek, German violinist, conductor, composer (Max und Moritz) and pedagogue, born in Brno, Bohemia (d. 1944)
1931 – Geoffrey de Bellaigue, French-British art curator (The Royal Collection, 1972-88), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France (d. 2013)
1947 – Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (d. 1987)
1949 – Mike Gibbins, Welsh musician and drummer (Badfinger – “Come and Get It”; “No Matter What”), born in Swansea, Wales (d. 2005)
1965 – Fran Harris, American basketball guard (FIBA World C’ship gold 1986; Houston Comets, Utah Starzz) and broadcaster (ESPN), born in Dallas, Texas
1971 – Isaiah Rider, American basketball guard (NBA C’ship 2001 LA Lakers; NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion 1994; Minnessota Timberwolves), born in Oakland, California
1979 – Pete Doherty, British singer-songwriter (The Libertines), born in Hexham, Northumberland, England
1984 – Jaimie Alexander, American actress (Blindspot), born in Greenville, South Carolina
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Famous Birthdays for 8th March 2025
1872 – Paul Juon, Russian-Swiss violinist and composer, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1940)
1934 – Martí Vergés, Spanish soccer midfielder (12 caps; FC Barcelona), born in Vidreres, Spain (d. 2021)
1946 – Randy Meisner, American rock bassist and vocalist (Rick Nelson’s Stone Canyon Band; Linda Ronstadt; The Eagles, 1971-77 – “Take It To The Limit”), born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska (d. 2023)
1951 – Phil Edmonds, English cricket spin bowler (51 Tests, 125 wickets, BB 7/66; Middlesex CCC), born in Lusaka, Zambia
1953 – Kathy Shower, American model and Playboy playmate (May 1985, Playmate of the Year 1986), born in Brookville, Ohio
1959 – Aidan Quinn, American actor (Desperately Seeking Susan, Elementary), born in Rockford, Illinois
1960 – Buck Williams, NBA forward (Portland Trail Blazers, NY Knicks)
1977 – James Van Der Beek, American actor (Dawson’s Creek), born in Cheshire, Connecticut
1982 – Leonidas Kabantais, Greek footballer
1997 – Ewan Mitchell, English actor known for “House of the Dragon”, born in Derby, England
Famous Birthdays for 28th February 2025
1857 – Gustave Kerker, German born American composer for Broadway musicals (The Belle of New York), born in Hertford, Germany (d. 1923)
1882 – Richard Stein, German composer, born in Halle, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1942)
1882 – Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress (Story of American Singer), born in Melrose, Massachusetts (d. 1967)
1912 – Clara Petacci, Italian mistress of Benito Mussolini, born in Rome, Italy (d. 1945)
1920 – Marjorie Sweeting, English geomorphologist, born in London (d. 1994)
1925 – C. Herbert Oliver, American clergyman and civil rights activist (Inter-Citizens Committee), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2021)
1945 – Mimsy Farmer, American actress (Devil’s Angel, Road to Salina), born in Chicago, Illinois
1957 – Ian Stanley, British rock keyboardist and songwriter (Tears For Fears, 1981-87 – “Shout”; “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”), born in Bath, England
1971 – Junya Nakano, Japanese video game composer (Threads Of Fate; Final Fantasy X), born in Kyoto, Japan
1973 – Gary Walker, American NFL defensive tackle/defensive end, 1995-2005 (Houston Oilers, and 2 other teams), born in Royston, Georgia
Famous Birthdays for 27th February 2025
1745 – Silverius Muller, Austrian composer, priest, and educator, born in Oberhöflein, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1812)
1888 – Earl Caddock, American professional wrestler (d. 1950)
1912 – Lawrence Durrell, Indian-British writer (Private Country, Alexandria Quartet), born in Jalandhar, Punjab, British India (d. 1990)
1923 – Peter Fowler, British physicist who studied cosmic rays and radiation, born in England (d. 1996)
1962 – Adam Baldwin, American actor (Full Metal Jacket; My Bodyguard), born in Winnetka, Illinois
1963 – Francesco Cancellotti, Italian tennis star, born in Perugia, Italy
1971 – Jaroslav Modry, Czech NHL defenseman (Ottawa Senators), born in České Budějovice, Czechia
1971 – Rich Tylski, American football player (Jacksonville Jaguars), born in San Diego, California
1974 – Chris Dishman, American football offensive lineman (Arizona Cardinals), born in Cozad, Nebraska
1980 – Bobby V [Wilson], American RandB singer, formerly known as Bobby Valentino (Mista – “Blackberry Molasses”. dolo – “Slow Down”), born in Jackson, Mississippi
Famous Birthdays for 22nd February 2025
1785 – Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, French Physicist (Peltier effect 1834), born in Ham, France (d. 1845)
1840 – August Bebel, German socialist politician (one of the founders of the Social Democratic Worker’s Party of Germany), born in Deutz (d. 1913)
1842 – Leon Vanderkindere, Belgian historian and mayor (Ukkel), born in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek (d. 1906)
1857 – Heinrich Hertz, German physicist, 1st to broadcast and receive radio waves, born in Hamburg, German Confederation (d. 1894)
1877 – Yme Schuitmaker, Frisian-Dutch potato merchant, actor, and playwright (Maerteblom (Snowdrop); Lysbet), born in Frjentsjer, Friesland, Dutch Republic (d. 1961)
1883 – Alfred Wikenhauser, German RC exegetist (John-Apokalyps), born in Engen, Germany (d. 1960)
1907 – Robert Young, American actor (Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby, M.D.), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1998)
1922 – Felix Werder, German-born Australian composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2012)
1944 – E. J. Peaker, American actress (That’s Life), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
1986 – Rajon Rondo, American basketball player, born in Louisville, Kentucky
Famous Birthdays for 15th February 2025
1759 – Friedrich August Wolf, German philologist (Prolegomena), born in Hainrode (d. 1824)
1829 – Silas Weir Mitchell, American physician (discovered causalgia, erythromelalgia) and author (Roland Blake, Hugh Wynne), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1914)
1856 – Emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist who developed a classification system for mental illness, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1926)
1873 – Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-born Swedish biochemist who investigated the fermentation of sugar and enzymes (Nobel 1929), born in Augsburg, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1964)
1923 – Yelena Bonner, Soviet dissident and wife of Andre Sakharov, born in Merv, Turkmenistan, Soviet Union (d. 2011)
1945 – John Helliwell, British rock Saxophonist (Supertramp – “The Logical Song”), born in Todmorden, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
1956 – Desmond Haynes, West Indian cricket batsman and administrator (116 Tests; 7,487 runs @ 42.29; 238 ODIs; Director WI Cricket Board), born in Saint James, Barbados
1964 – Chris Farley, American actor and comedian (SNL, Wayne’s World, Coneheads), born in Madison, Wisconsin (d. 1997)
1970 – Gloria Trevi, Mexican singer and songwriter (Que Hago Aqui?), born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
1970 – Tyrone Legette, NFL cornerback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), born in Columbia, South Carolina
Famous Birthdays for 7th February 2025
1688 – Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel [Marijke Meu], Princess of Orange and ancestor of all currently reigning monarchs in Europe, born in Kassel (d. 1765)
1862 – Bernard Maybeck, American architect (Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco), born in New York City (d. 1957)
1904 – Milton Krims, American screenwriter (Prince of Foxes), born in New York City (d. 1988)
1919 – Desmond Doss, American soldier and 1st conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor who was the subject of the film Hacksaw Ridge, born in Lynchburg, Virginia (d. 2006)
1924 – Johnny Jordaan [Johannes van Musscher], Dutch pop and levenslied singer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1989)
1935 – Herb Kohl, American businessman (Kohls department stores; Milwaukee Bucks, 1985-2014), politician (US Senator (D) from Wisconsin, 1989-2013), and philanthropist, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2023)
1954 – Dieter Bohlen, German pop singer-songwriter, record producer, and television personality, born in Berne, West Germany
1975 – Alexandre Daigle, NHL center (Ottawa Senators), born in Montreal, Quebec
1979 – Cerina Vincent, American actress (Stuck In The Middle), and author (Hot Chick books), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
1992 – Maimi Yajima, Japanese J-pop singer (lead singer of Cute) and actress, born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Famous Birthdays for 31st January 2025
1633 – Nathaniel Crew, English influential bishop (Bishop of Oxford and Durham), born in Steane, England (d. 1721)
1673 – Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest and saint who preached Mariology (Secret of the Rosary; True Devotion to Mary), born in Montfort-sur-Meu, France (d. 1716)
1869 – Henri Carton de Wiart, Belgian count and politician (Prime Minister of Belgian 1920-21), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1951)
1917 – Erich Geiringer, New Zealand general practitioner campaigner (founder of the New Zealand Medical Association), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1995)
1941 – Eugène Terre’Blanche, South African white supremacist and leader of the far-right Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging, born in Ventersdorp, Transvaal Province, South Africa (d. 2010)
1946 – Jonathan Banks, actor (Armed and Dangerous, Cold Steel), born in Washington, D.C.
1949 – Carol Hawkins, English actress (Dialing for Dingbats), born in Chipping Barnet, United Kingdom
1951 – Juan de Dios Castillo, Mexican soccer coach (Copa Centroamericana 2011 Honduras; El Salvador), born in Mexico City (d. 2014)
1966 – Charles Dimry, American football cornerback (Tampa Bay Bucs, Philadelphia Eagles), born in San Diego, California
1986 – Yves Makabu-Makalambay, Congolese football goalkeeper, born in Brussels, Belgium
Famous Birthdays for 15th January 2025
1842 – Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1925)
1885 – Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician, born in Wolfurt, Austria (d. 1973)
1926 – Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss star of German cinema (The Last Bridge, Gervaise), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2005)
1936 – Concepcion Picciotto, American peace activist (longest political protest in US history, outside The White House), born in Vigo, Spain (d. 2016)
1946 – Bobby Bloom, American singer-songwriter (“Montego Bay”), born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 1974)
1956 – Paul Parker, English cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1981), born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
1960 – David Zaslav, American media executive (Warner Bros), born in New York City
1973 – Essam El-Hadary, Egyptian footballer, born in Damietta Governorate, Egypt
1975 – Shahab Tolouie, Iranian Persian-Falmenco fusion guitarist, composer, and singer, born in Shahsavar, Mazandaran Province, Iran
1997 – Valentina Zenere, Argentine actress (Soy Luna, Elite), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Famous Birthdays for 7th January 2025
1710 – Josef Antonin Sehling, Bohemian violinist and composer, born in Toužim, Western Bohemia (d. 1756)
1786 – John Catron, American Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, born in Pennsylvania (d. 1865)
1892 – Rudolf Moser, Swiss composer, born in Niederuzwyl, Switzerland (d. 1960)
1899 – Kenneth Thomson, American character actor (Broadway Melody, Little Giant), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1967)
1907 – Nicanor Zabaleta, Spanish harpist, born in San Sebastián, Spain (d. 1993)
1928 – William Peter Blatty, American scriptwriter and author of The Exorcist, born in New York City (d. 2017)
1941 – John Walker, English chemist (1997 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for adenosine triphosphate), born in Halifax, England
1949 – Anne Schedeen, American actress, born in Portland, Oregon
1962 – Ron Rivera, American football linebacker (Super Bowl XX Chicago Bears) and head coach (Carolina Panthers 2011–19; Washington 2020-23), born in Fort Ord, California
1962 – Taja Sevelle [Nancy Richardson], American RandB-pop singer-songwriter (“Love Is Contagious”), food security advocate (Urban Farming), and novelist, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota