1855 – Alice Freeman Palmer, American educator (President of Wesley College), born in Colesville, New York (d. 1902)
1928 – Philip von Schantz, Swedish painter, born in Norrköping, Sweden
(d. 1998)
1939 – Richard Beymer, American stage actor and singer (West Side Story; Diary of Anne Frank), born in Avoca, Iowa
1939 – Ron Nagle, American sculptor, and songwriter, born in San Francisco, California
1940 – Peter McEnery, English actor (Game is Over, Moonspinners), born in Walsall, England
1961 – Martha Hackett, American actress (Star Trek:Voyager), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1967 – Leroy Russel Burrell, American long jumper (Olympics 1996), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1970 – Michael Slater, Australian cricket batsman (74 Tests, 14 x 100, HS 219; NSW CA, Derbyshire CCC) and broadcaster (9 Network, 7 Network), born in Wagga Wagga, Australia
1979 – Jennifer Love Hewitt, American actress (Sarah Reeves-Party of Five), born in Waco, Texas
1987 – Burgess Abernethy, Australian actor, born in Gold Coast, Australia
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 20th February 2023
1835 – Allessandro d’Ancona, Italian philologist, born in Pisa (d. 1914)
1901 – Henry Eyring, Mexican-American chemist (chemical reaction rates), born in Colonia Juárez, Mexico (d. 1981)
1917 – Frederick Page, English aircraft designer and executive (CEO British Aerospace Aircraft Group), born in Wimbledon, England (d. 2005)
1921 – Mervin Shiner, American honky-tonk country and hillbilly singer, born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
1942 – Claude Miller, French film director and screenwriter (Garde a Vue; Little Thief; Wild Child), born in Paris, France (d. 2012)
1959 – Bill Gullickson, American MLB baseball pitcher, 1979-94 (Montreal Expos, Detroit Tigers, and 2 other teams), born in Marshall, Minnesota
1966 – Cecilia Cummins, Clintwood Va, 5th of 5 siblings born on 2/20
1968 – Bennie Goods, CFL defensive tackle (Edmonton Eskimos)
1969 – Vaginal Davis, American drag queen, author and performance artist, born in Los Angeles, California
1983 – Justin Verlander, American baseball player (Houston Astros), born in Manakin-Sabot, Virginia
Famous Birthdays for 19th February 2023
1899 – Yury Olesha, Russian novelist (d. 1960)
1902 – Hugo Haas, Czechoslovakian actor and director (Bait, Pick Up, 2 Smart People), born in Brno, Czechoslovakia (d. 1968)
1942 – Ken Kramer [Kenneth Bentley Kramer], former American Republican member of the House of Representatives, born in Chicago, Illinois
1947 – Peter Bird, British ocean rower (1st to row non-stop solo across the Pacific), (d. 1996)
1953 – Bill Kirchenbauer, American actor and comedian (Coach-Just the 10 of Us), born in Salzburg, Austria
1957 – Falco [Johann “Hans” Hölzel], Austrian rock vocalist (“Rock Me Amadeus”), born in Vienna, Austria
1957 – Ray Winstone, British actor (Scum), born in Homerton, London
1981 – Nicky Shorey, English footballer, born in Romford, England
1981 – (Mary) Beth Ditto [Patterson], American rock singer (The Gossip), and actress, born in Judsonia, Arkansas,
1983 – Assunta De Rossi, Filipino actress
Famous Birthdays for 18th February 2023
1516 – Mary I Tudor [Bloody Mary], Queen of England (1553-58), born in Greenwich, England (d. 1558)
1559 – Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar and theologian (Athenaeus), born in Geneva (d. 1614)
1609 – Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67), born in Dinton, England (d. 1674)
1770 – Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, German composer, born in Elgersburg (d. 1846)
1817 – Lewis Addison Armistead, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1863)
1916 – Betty Gathergood, British curator (Dr. Johnson’s House), born in the United States (d. 1996)
1929 – Agustín González García, Spanish composer (Prince of Viana Prize), born in Alsasua, Navarra
1930 – Gahan Wilson, American author and cartoonist known as the “Michelangelo of the Macabre”, born in Evanston, Illinois (d. 2019)
1931 – Toni Morrison [Chloe Anthony Wofford], American writer (Tar Baby, Beloved, Song of Solomon), first African American woman to win a Nobel Prize (2010), born in Lorain, Ohio (d. 2019)
1937 – Jeff Farrell, American swimmer (Olympics 2 gold-1960)
Famous Birthdays for 17th February 2023
1667 – Georg Bronner, German composer and organist, born in Hamburg (d. 1720) baptismal date
1820 – Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violin prodigy, composer, and teacher (Brussels Conservatory), born in Verviers, United Kingdom of the Netherlands (now Belgium) (d. 1881)
1855 – Aleksander Różycki, Polish pianist, composer, and music teacher, born in Zhitomir, Russian Empire (d. 1915)
1940 – Dennis Gamsy, South African cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests, 5 dismissals; Natal), born in Glenwood, South Africa
1962 – Alison Hargreaves, British mountaineer and 1st woman to climb Mount Everest alone without bottled oxygen (1995), born in Derbyshire, England (d. 1995)
1963 – Jensen Huang, Taiwanese-American businessman and engineer (Nvidia Corporation), born in Tainan, Taiwan
1966 – Ioannis Kalitzakis, Greek footballer, born in Eleusis, Greece
1972 – Stephen Robinson, American rower (Olympics 1996), born in Arlington, Virginia
1974 – Jerry O’Connell, American actor (Scream 2, Andrew-My Secret Identity), born in NYC, New York
1980 – Al Harrington, American basketball player
Famous Birthdays for 16th February 2023
1774 – Pierre Rode, French composer and violinist, born in Bordeaux, Aquitaine (d. 1830)
1881 – Maurits Uyldert, Dutch poet and writer (Youth of a Poet) (d. 1966)
1886 – Andrew Ducat, English cricketer and footballer international (Test for Eng 1921), born in London, England (d. 1942)
1921 – Araucaria [John Galbraith Graham], British crossword compiler (The Guardian) and priest, born in Oxford, England (d. 2013)
1932 – Gretchen Wyler, American actress, dancer (Silk Stockings), and animal rights activist, born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma (d. 2007)
1934 – Ted Taylor, American gospel and RandB-singer (“Be Ever Wonderful”), born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, (d. 1987)
1953 – André St. Laurent, Canadian NHL hockey forward, 1973-90 (New York Islanders, Detroit Red Wings, and 2 other teams), born in Rouyn, Quebec
1964 – Ching-Wan [Sean] Lau, Hong Kong actor (Life Without Principle), born in Hong Kong
1972 – Jerome Bettis, American Pro Football HOF running back (Super Bowl 2005 Pittsburgh Steelers; First-team All-Pro 1993, 96; 6 × Pro Bowl), born in Detroit, Michigan
1982 – Lupe Fiasco [Wasalu Jaco] American rapper, (Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool), born in Chicago Illinois
Famous Birthdays for 15th February 2023
1368 – Sigismund, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37), born in Nuremberg, Kingdom of Germany (d. 1437)
1893 – Walter Donaldson, American pianist and popular song composer (“Makin’ Whoopee”; “My Blue Heaven”; My Buddy”), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1947)
1898 – Totò [Antonio Clemente], Italian actor (Motorizzate, Noi Duri) commonly referred to as the most popular Italian comedian of all time, born in Naples, Italy (d. 1967)
1916 – Ian Ballantine, American publisher (Ballantine Books), born in New York City (d. 1995)
1954 – Pamela Theresa Jiles, American 4X400m relayer (Olympic silver 1976), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1968 – Axelle Red, Belgian singer and songwriter, born in Hasselt, Belgium
1968 – Mieke Suys, Belgian triathlete, born in Ghent, Belgium
1969 – Edgar Bennett, NFL running back (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31), born in Jacksonville, Florida
1974 – Jodie McMullen, Miss Universe-Australia/Miss Congeniality (1996)
1981 – Olivia Longott, American hip-hop and RandB singer (G-Unit), born in Brooklyn, New York
Famous Birthdays for 14th February 2023
1860 – Eugen Schiffer, German lawyer and liberal politician, born in Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1954)
1892 – Nikolaj A. Orloff, Russian-British pianist (Chopin), born in Yelets, Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1964)
1926 – Alfred Körner, Austrian soccer striker (47 caps; Rapid Wien), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2020)
1931 – Phyllis McGuire, American pop vocalist (McGuire Sisters – “Sincerely”; “Sugartime”), born in Middletown, Ohio (d. 2020)
1935 – David Wilson, Scottish administrator and 27th Governor of Hong Kong (1987-92), born in Alloa, Scotland
1945 – K M Jenkins, British director of personnel (Royal Mail)
1959 – Anny Schilder, Dutch pop singer (BZN, 1976-84 – “Mon Amour”), born in Volendam, Netherlands
1968 – Chris Lewis, English cricket all-rounder (32 Tests, 93 wickets; 53 ODIs), born in Georgetown, Guyana
1969 – Roy Barker, American NFL defensive end (Minnesota Vikings, SF 49ers), born in NYC, New York
1972 – Drew Bledsoe, American NFL quarterback (NE Patriots), born in Ellensburg, Washington
Famous Birthdays for 13th February 2023
1877 – Jāzeps Mediņš, Latvian composer, born in Kaunas, Latvia, Russian Empire (d. 1947)
1895 – Fred Essler, Austrian actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1973)
1918 – Irv Cottler, American session and touring drummer (Frank Sinatra; Dinah Shore), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1989)
1919 – Eddie Robinson, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Grambling 408 wins), born in Jackson, Louisiana (d. 2007)
1937 – Ali El-Maak, Sudanese writer, born in Omdurman, Sudan (d. 1992)
1964 – Mark Patton, US interior designer and actor (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Come back to the Five and Dime), born in Kansa City, Missouri
1966 – Tally Chanel, Israeli actress (Warrior Queen), born in Tel Aviv, Israel
1970 – Karoline Krüger, Norwegian singer, born in Bergen, Norway
1978 – Mini Andén, Swedish model and actress, born in Stockholm, Sweden
1988 – Keegan Hirst, British footballer (Wakefield Trinity) and England’s 1st openly gay professional player, born in Batley, West Yorkshire
Famous Birthdays for 12th February 2023
1438 – Adolf van Egmond, Duke of Guelders, Count of Zutphen, born in Grave (d. 1477)
1567 – Thomas Campion, English composer, poet and physician, born in London, England (d. 1620)
1606 – John Winthrop, the Younger, Governor of Connecticut (d. 1676)
1768 – Francis II, last Holy Roman emperor (1792-1806), Emperor of Austria (1804-35) born in Florence Italy (d. 1835)
1903 – Joseph F. Biroc, American cinematographer (d. 1996)
1915 – Andrew Goodpaster, American general (NATO Supreme Allied Commander 1969-74), born in Granite City, Illinois (d. 2005)
1942 – Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel
1952 – Michael McDonald, American rock singer and keyboardist (Doobie Brothers – “What A Fool Believes”), born in St. Louis, Missouri
1968 – Chynna Phillips, American pop vocalist (Wilson Philips – “Hold On”), born in Los Angeles, California
1978 – Brett Hodgson, Australian rugby league footballer, born in Liverpool, Australia