1543 – Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)
1844 – Willem Maris, Dutch painter (Hague School), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1910)
1890 – Edward Arnold, American actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), born in New York City (d. 1956)
1897 – Charles Kuentz, WW1 veteran, changed nationality 4 times (d. 2005)
1929 – Leonard Cyril Deighton, English author (Ipcress File, Fighter)
1939 – Petronella CM “Carletta” Banning, actress (Potasch and Perlemoer)
1947 – Carlos A Lopes, Portuguese marathon runner (Olympic gold 1984)
1950 – John Hughes, American film director (Breakfast Club; Ferris Bueller’s Day Off), born in Lansing, Michigan (d. 2009)
1951 – Isabel Preysler, Philippines-born Spanish socialite, born in Manila, Philippines
1980 – Nikolai Antropov, Kazakh ice hockey player, born in Ust’-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
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Famous Birthdays for 17th February 2024
1718 – Matthew Tilghman, American Continental Congressman (d. 1790)
1752 – Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger, German playwright (Der Wirrwarr, oder Sturm und Drang) and novelist, born in the Free Imperial City of Frankfurt (d. 1831)
1804 – Samuel Read Anderson, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1883)
1907 – Alec Wilder, American classical, jazz, and pop music composer (The Churkendoose), and musicologist (American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950), born in Rochester, New York (d. 1980)
1908 – Staats Cotsworth, American actor (Hamlet, Peyton Place), born in Oak Park, Illinois (d. 1979)
1916 – Vivian McGrath, Australian tennis player (Australian C’ship 1937), born in Merrendee, Australia (d. 1978)
1936 – John Leyton, British actor and singer (“Johnny Remember Me”), born in Frinton-on-Sea, England
1969 – Joel Steed, American NFL nose tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Frankfurt, Germany
1972 – Lloy Ball, American volleyball setter (Olympic gold team 2008; NORCECA C’ship gold 2007; World League gold 2008; International Volleyball HOF), born in Ft Wayne, Indiana
1988 – Natascha Kampusch, Austrian kidnapping victim
Famous Birthdays for 16th February 2024
1761 – Charles Pichegru, French army general and royalist who plotted to overthrow Napoleon, born in Arbois, Franche-Comté (now France) (d. 1804)
1836 – Benjamin Edward Woolf, British-American violinist, composer (The Mighty Dollar), playwright, and journalist, born in London, England (d. 1901)
1886 – Andrew Ducat, English cricketer and footballer international (Test for Eng 1921), born in London, England (d. 1942)
1887 – Kathleen Clifford, American actress (When the Clouds Roll by), born in Charlottesville, Virginia (d. 1962)
1921 – Hua Guofeng, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (1976-81) and Premier of the People’s Republic of China (1976-80), born in Jiaocheng County, Shanxi (d. 2008)
1935 – (Salvatore) “Sonny” Bono, American musician, vocalist (Sonny and Cher – “I Got You Babe”), songwriter (“Bang Bang”; “Needles and Pins”), actor (Hairspray), and politician (US Congress (R)-CA, 1995-98), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1998)
1935 – Kenneth Price, ceramic artist and print maker (Hot Bottoms; Tamed), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2012)
1948 – Eckhart Tolle, German-born author (The Power of Now) and spiritual teacher, born in Lünen, Germany
1953 – Janice Dickinson, American model (Vogue) and TV personality (America’s Next Top Model), born in Brooklyn, New York
1975 – Vanina Ickx, Belgian racing driver
Famous Birthdays for 15th February 2024
1811 – Domingo F Sarmiento, President of Argentina (1868-74), born in San Juan, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (d. 1888)
1890 – Robert Ley, German Nazi politician, born in Niederbreidenbach, Germany (d. 1945)
1929 – Gerald Harper, British broadcaster and actor (Tunes of Glory, Extra Day), born in London
1930 – Frank Navarro, American college football coach (Williams College, Columbia University, Princeton University), born in White Plains, New York (d. 2021)
1937 – Coen Moulijn, Dutch soccer winger (38 caps; Feyenoord 487 games, European Cup 1970), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2011)
1949 – Ken Anderson, NFL quarterback (Cincinnati Bengals)
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
1962 – Renee Props, American actress (Elly Snyder-As the World Turns), born in Oklahoma
1963 – Srettha Thavisin, Thai real estate tycoon and politician (Prime Minister of Thailand 2023-), born in Bangkok, Thailand
1995 – Megan Thee Stallion [Pete], American rapper, singer, and songwriter (“Savage”; Good News), born in San Antonio, Texas
Famous Birthdays for 14th February 2024
1859 – George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., American engineer and inventor (Ferris Wheel), born in Galesburg, Illinois (d. 1896)
1936 – Charlie Burns, Canadian ice hockey forward (world champion Whitby Dunlops 1958) and coach (Minnesota North Stars), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2021)
1936 – Takuo Aoyagi, Japanese engineer who invented the pulse oximeter, born in Niigata Prefecture, Japan (d. 2020)
1941 – Big Jim Sullivan [Tomkins], British session and touring rock guitarist, sitar, and banjo player, born in Uxbridge, Middlesex, England (d. 2012)
1970 – Richard Smehlik, Czech NHL defenseman (Team Czech Rep, Buffalo), born in Ostrava, Czechia
1973 – Tyus Edney, American basketball player (Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings), born in Gardena, California
1978 – Danai Gurira, Zimbabwean-American actress and playwright (The Walking Dead; Black Panther), born in Grinnell, Iowa
1978 – Laurie Schwoy, American soccer forward (4 caps; North Carolina Tar Heels women, Philadelphia Charge FC), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1979 – Pablo Pallante, Uruguayan footballer, born in Montevideo, Uruguay
1988 – Ángel Di María, Argentine footballer, born in Rosario, Argentina
Famous Birthdays for 13th February 2024
1849 – Lord Randolph Churchill, English politician, (chancellor of the Exchequer, father of Winston Churchill), born in London, England (d. 1895)
1895 – Fred Essler, Austrian actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1973)
1921 – Wardell Gray, American swing and bebop jazz tenor saxophonist, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 1955)
1952 – Ed Gagliardi, American rock bassist (Foreigner – “Cold As Ice”), born in New York City, (d. 2014)
1955 – Jan de Ligt, Dutch pop-rock saxophonist (I’ve Got the Bullets; Gruppo Sportivo), born in The Netherlands
1958 – Marc Emery, Canadian cannabis activist, born in London, Canada
1961 – Les Warner, British musician and producer (The Cult – “Fire Woman”), born in Fulham, United Kingdom
1966 – Neal McDonough, American actor (Band of Brothers; Desperate Housewives; Suits), born in Dorchester, Massachusetts
1975 – Ben Collins, English auto racer (ASCAR Racing Series 2003) and stunt driver (former Top Gear ‘Stig’), born in Bristol, England
1985 – Alexandros Tziolis, Greek footballer, born in Katerini, Greece
Famous Birthdays for 12th February 2024
1838 – Charles C. Walcutt, American general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 1898)
1891 – Max Terhune, American actor (Arizona Stagecoach, Hit the Saddle, Range Justice), born in Franklin, Indiana (d. 1973)
1903 – Chick Hafey, American Baseball HOF outfielder (World Series 1926, 31 St. Louis Cardinals; NL batting champion 1931; MLB All Star 1933), born in Berkeley, California (d. 1973)
1910 – Gunnar Höckert, Finnish athlete (Olympic gold 5,000m 1936), born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 1940)
1910 – Forsyth Hardy, Scottish documentary film pioneer and critic, born in Bathgate, Scotland (d. 1994)
1922 – Elisabeth Carron, American soprano (“The Saint of Bleecker Street”; New York City Opera, 1958-73), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2016)
1923 – James Abdnor, American politician (Senator-R-South Dakota, 1981-87), born in Kennebec, South Dakota (d. 2012)
1962 – Jimmy Kirkwood, Irish-born field hockey player, born in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
1974 – Ian Mcintyre, Canadian NHL left wing (Vancouver Canucks), born in Montreal, Quebec
1982 – Bobi Wine [Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu], Ugandan politician and pop star, born in Mpigi District, Uganda
Famous Birthdays for 11th February 2024
1821 – Auguste-Édouard Mariette, French Egyptologist (d. 1881)
1914 – Matt Dennis, American pop singer, pianist, composer, and arranger (“Everything Happens To Me”; “Angel Eyes”), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2002)
1919 – Gretchen Fraser, American slalom skier (Olympic gold 1948, 1st American skiing gold), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 1994)
1920 – Farouk I, last King of Egypt (1936-52), born in Abdeen Palace, Cairo, Egypt (d. 1965)
1928 – Conrad Janis, American actor (Mork and Mindy – “Frederick”; Quark; Bonino), and traditional jazz trombonist (Beverly Hills Unlisted Jazz Band), born in New York City (d. 2022)
1935 – Gene Vincent [Vincent Eugene Craddock], American rock guitarist and vocalist (“Be-Bop-A-Lula”), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 1971)
1942 – Tony Colton [Chalk], British singer-songwriter, and record producer (Head, Hands, and Feet), born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England (d. 2020)
1944 – Buddhadev Dasgupta, director (Charachar, Grihajuddha)
1969 – Bryan Eversgerd, American baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals), born in Centralia, Illinois
1974 – Brian Newman, American football guard (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), born in Houston, Texas
Famous Birthdays for 10th February 2024
1696 – Johann Melchior Molter, German composer, born in Tiefenort, Thuringia (now Germany) (d. 1765)
1846 – Ira Remsen, American chemist (d. 1927)
1880 – Jesse G. Vincent, American engineer (designed 1st V-12 engine, Packard automobiles), born in Charleston, Arkansas (d. 1962)
1890 – Boris Pasternak, Russian novelist and poet (Doctor Zhivago, Nobel 1958), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1960)
1903 – Waldemar Hoven, German physician (d. 1948)
1910 – Dominique Pire, Belgian Dominican friar (1958 Nobel Peace Prize for aiding WW II refugees), born in Dinant, Belgium (d. 1969)
1961 – Eva Pfaff, German tennis player (Australian Open doubles 1982 runner-up), born in Königstein im Taunus, Germany
1982 – Iafeta Paleaaesina, New Zealand rugby league footballer, born in Auckland, New Zealand
1988 – Daniel Kwan, American filmmaker (Everything, Everywhere, All at Once), born in Westborough, Massachusetts
1994 – Makenzie Vega, American actress, born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Birthdays for 9th February 2024
1579 – John Meursius [van Meurs], Dutch classical scholar, born in Loosduinen (d. 1639)
1769 – Susette Gontard, the beloved of the poet Friedrich Hölderlin (d. 1802)
1846 – Whitaker Wright, English mining tycoon (d. 1904)
1876 – Martin Stixrud, Norwegian figure skater and coach (Olympic bronze 1920, coached Sonja Henie), born in Oslo, Norway (d. 1964)
1884 – Frederik Gerretson [Geerten Gossaert], Dutch poet and politician, born in Kralingen, Netherlands (d. 1958)
1892 – Peggy Wood, American actress (One Life to Live, Mama), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1978)
1913 – Leo van der Kar, Dutch businessman and sport benefactor (Sports funds) (d. 1992)
1924 – George Guest, Welsh organist and choir director, born in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales (d. 2002)
1957 – Gordon Strachan, Scottish soccer player, 1974-97 (Manchester, Leeds, and 3 other teams), and manager, 1996-2017, born in Edinburgh, Scotland
1974 – Orlando Bobo, guard (Minnesota Vikings)