1678 – Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (repelling a raid on Fort Verchères when she was 14 years old), born in Verchères, New France (d. 1747)
1848 – Adelaide Neilson, English stage actress (The Hunchback), born in Leeds, England (d. 1880)
1869 – Henry Wood, British conductor associated with London’s “Proms” concerts, vocal teacher (Gentle Art of Singing), and composer (Fantasia on British Sea Songs), born in London, England (d. 1944)
1895 – Alexander Nicolaas Voormolen, Dutch composer (d. 1980)
1924 – Lilian Velez, Filipno actress (Sa Kabukiran), born in Cebu City, Philippine Islands (d. 1948)
1926 – James Ingram Merrill, American poet/author (Scripts for the Pageant)
1930 – Heiner Geißler, German politician
1933 – Alfredo Landa, Spanish actor (The Crach, Sinatra), born in Pamplona, Spain (d. 2013)
1952 – Robyn Hitchcock, British rock and folk singer-songwriter (The Soft Boys – “Balloon Man”; solo – Moss Elixir), born in Paddington, London, England
1953 – Aleksandr Viktorovich Borodin, Russian cosmonaut
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 2nd March 2023
1824 – [Friedrich] Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer (The Bartered Bride; Má Vlast; Moldau), born in Litomyšl, Bohemia (d. 1884)
1908 – John Brasser, Dutch resistance fighter (White Ko) (d. 1991)
1913 – Mort Cooper, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1942, 43, 45, 46; World Series 1942, 44; NL MVP 1942), born in Atherton, Missouri (d. 1958)
1923 – Orrin Keepnews, American jazz producer and founder of Riverside Records and Milestone Records labels, born in The Bronx, New York
1936 – Buell Neidlinger, American pop, jazz, and classical session cellist and double bassist (Cecil Taylor; Frank Zappa; Duane Eddy), born in New York City (d. 2018)
1956 – John Cowsill, American rock drummer (The Cowsills – “We Can Fly”; Beach Boys, 2000-present), born in Newport, Rhode Island
1977 – Andrew Strauss, English cricket batsman and captain (100 Tests, 21 x 100s, 7,037 runs; 127 ODIs), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
1982 – Kevin Kurányi, German soccer striker (52 caps; Schalke 04, Dynamo Moscow), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1988 – James Arthur, British pop singer (“Say You Won’t Let Go”), born in Middlesbrough, England
1988 – Keith Jack, British pop and theater singer and actor, born in Midlothian, England
Famous Birthdays for 1st March 2023
1432 – Isabel of Coimbra, queen of Portugal (d. 1455)
1732 – William Cushing, 2nd Chief Justice of the United States, born in Scituate, Massachusetts Bay, British America (d. 1810)
1820 – George Davis, Atty Gen (Confederacy), (d. 1896)
1924 – Donald “Deke” Kent Slayton, Sparta Wisc, Major USAF/astro (Apollo 18)
1933 – Myrlie Evers, American politician and commissioner (LA Board of Public works)
1954 – Janis Gill, American country singer (Sweethearts of Rodeo – “Midnight Girl”), born in Torrance, California
1954 – Catherine Bach, Warren Oh, actress (Daisey Duke-The Dukes of Hazzard)
1955 – Jimmy Fortune, American country singer (Statler Brothers – Class of ’57), born in Newport News, Virginia
1956 – Mark Todd, New Zealand equestrian rider (Olympic gold individual eventing 1984, 88), born in Cambridge, New Zealand
1983 – Lupita Nyong’o, Mexican-Kenyan actress (12 Years a Slave), born in Mexico City
Famous Birthdays for 28th February 2023
1675 – Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (d. 1726)
1878 – Pierre Fatou, French mathematician (d. 1929)
1896 – Jud Wilson, American Baseball HOF infielder (NgL World Series 1943, 44; Baltimore Black Sox, Homestead Grays, Philadelphia Stars), born in Remington, Virginia (d. 1963)
1927 – Don Helms, American steel guitarist (Hank Williams’s Drifting Cowboys; Patsy Cline), born in New Brockton, Alabama (d. 2008)
1942 – Bob Collins [Harold Lee], American radio broadcaster (WGN- 720AM, Chicago, 1986-2000), born in Lakeland, Florida (d. 2000)
1955 – Gilbert Gottfried, American stand-up comedian, and actor (SNL; Aladdin – “Iago the Parrot”; The Afflac Duck), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2022)
1973 – Nicolas Minassian, French racing driver
1976 – Ali Larter, American actress and model
1978 – Louise Woodward, English nanny who killed eight-month-old Matthew Eappen in 1997, born in Elton, Cheshire
1979 – Virginia Ledgerwood, American rhythmic gymnast (Olympics 1996), born in Chester, Virginia
Famous Birthdays for 27th February 2023
1921 – András Szőllősy, Hungarian composer, and musicologist (cataloged works of Béla Bartók), born in Orăştie, Hungary (d. 2007)
1924 – Heimo Erbse, German concert, opera, and theater composer (Julietta). born in Rudolstadt, Germany (d. 2005)
1924 – Magnus MacDonald Shearer, former Lord Lieutenant of Shetland
1924 – Norman Marshall, cricketer (brother of Roy, one Test for WI 1955)
1943 – Klaus Köste, German gymnast (Olympic gold 1972- vault), born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 2012)
1944 – Joyce Breach, American jazz cabaret singer, born in Alameda, California
1950 – Julia Neuberger, British rabbi, born in Hampstead, United Kingdom
1965 – Maggie Siu [Mei-Kei Siu], Hong Kong actress, born in Hong Kong
1975 – Shelby Walker, American mixed martial artist, born in Kingsville, Texas (d. 2006)
1978 – James Beattie, English footballer, born in Lancaster, England
Famous Birthdays for 26th February 2023
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
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