1831 – Filippo Marchetti, Italian opera composer, born in Bolognola, Papal States (d. 1902)
1868 – Leonard Borwick, English concert pianist, born in Walthamstow, England (d. 1925)
1898 – Julien de Valckenaere, Belgian poet, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1958)
1945 – Jan Klijnjan, Dutch soccer attacking midfielder (11 caps; FC Dordrecht, Sparta Rotterdam, FC Sochaux), born in Papendrecht, Netherlands (d. 2022)
1966 – Jennifer Grant, American actress (Celeste-Beverly Hills 90210), born in Burbank, California
1972 – Scott Turner, American politician (Texas House of Representatives 2013-17) and NFL cornerback (Washington Redskins, SD Chargers, Denver Broncos), born in Richardson, Texas
1973 – Marshall Faulk, American College-Pro Football HOF running back (Super Bowl XXXIV St Louis Rams; NFL MVP 2000; First-team All-Pro 1999, 2000, 01; 7 × Pro Bowl; Indianapolis Colts), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1978 – Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye, Senegalese soccr defender (36 caps; ASEC Ndiambour, Lens, Bolton Wanderers, Stoke City), born in Dakar, Senegal
1981 – Fatal1ty [Johnathan Wendel], American professional video gamer and 12x FPS champion, born in Kansas City, Kansas
1982 – Katherine Hull Kirk, Australian golfer (British Open 2010 runner-up; 3 LPGA Tour titles), born in Brisbane, Queensland
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 25th February 2026
1854 – Charles Lang Freer, American industrialist and art collector; endowed Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art, born in Kingston New York (d. 1919)
1901 – Zeppo Marx [Herbert Manfred Marx], American comedian and actor (Marx Brothers), born in New York City (d. 1979)
1918 – Rena Kyriakou, Greek pianist and composer, born in Herakleion, Crete, Greece (d. 1994)
1927 – Ralph Stanley, American bluegrass musician, born in Dickenson County, Virginia (d. 2016)
1931 – Edward Kellett-Bowman, British businessman and politician (Member of European Parliament, 1979-84 and 1988-99), born in Leeds, England (d. 2022)
1945 – Elkie Brooks [Elaine Bookbinder], British rock singer (“Pearl’s A Singer”), born in Manchester, England
1946 – Jean Todt, French rally driver and CEO of Ferrari F1 team (2006-09), born in Pierrefort, France
1966 – Alexis Denisof, American actor (Angel), born in Salisbury, Maryland
1966 – Nancy O’Dell, American reporter and television personality (Entertainment Tonight), born in Sumter, South Carolina
1967 – Kang-ho Song, South Korean actor (Parasite), born in Gimhae, South Korea
Famous Birthdays for 24th February 2026
1501 – Sixt Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer and humanist (Suzanna), born in Augsburg (d. 1554)
1905 – Eric Boyland, English biochemist (Cancer research), born in Manchester (d. 2002)
1912 – Július Kowalski, Slovak composer, born in Ostrava, Austrian Silesia (d. 2003)
1944 – Nicky Hopkins, British rock session pianist (Rolling Stones (1967-75); The Who – “Getting In Tune”; The Kinks – “Sunny Afternoon”; Beatles – “Revolution”; John Lennon – “Jealous Guy”; Quicksilver Messenger Service), born in Perivale, Middlesex (d. 1994)
1948 – Luis Galván, Argentine soccer centre back (37 caps; Talleres de Córdoba 267 games), born in Fernández, Argentina (d. 2025)
1968 – Mitch Hedberg, American stand-up comedian, born in St. Paul, Minnesota (d. 2005)
1973 – Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey right wing (MVP NHL All-Star Game 2009; Stanley Cup 1994 NY Rangers; Olympic gold 1992), born in Tolyatti, Russia
1976 – Matt Skiba, American punk rock singer-songwriter (Blink-182, 2015-22; Alkaline Trio; Heavens), born in Chicago, Illinois
1980 – Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese professional wrestler (WWE), born in Mineyama, Japan
1989 – Daniel Kaluuya, British actor and writer (Get Out), born in London, England
Famous Birthdays for 23rd February 2026
1811 – George Washington Hewitt, American composer, born in New York City (d. 1893)
1817 – George Frederic Watts, British painter and sculptor of the Symbolist movement (“Hope”; “Love and Life”), born in London (d. 1904)
1895 – Richard Goolden, British actor (Two Days to Live, School for Husbands), born in London, England (d. 1981)
1911 – Walter Allen, English writer and literary critic, born in Birmingham, England (d. 1995)
1920 – John St Aubyn, 4th Baron St Levan, English peer (St Michael’s Mount), born in London (d. 2013)
1938 – Diane Varsi, American actress (Allison-Peyton Place, Bloody Mama), born in San Mateo California (d. 1992)
1947 – Pia Kjærsgaard, Danish politician, co-founder of the Danish People’s Party, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
1951 – Debbie Friedman, American singer-songwriter and arranger of Jewish religious music (“Mi Shebeirach”), born in Utica, New York (d. 2011)
1965 – Helena Suková, Czech tennis player (14 Grand Slam doubles and mixed doubles titles), born in Prague, Czech Republic
1989 – Evan Bates, American ice dancer (World C’ship gold 2023 [Madison Chock]; Olympic silver team 2022), born in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Famous Birthdays for 22nd February 2026
1749 – Johann Nikolaus Forkel, German musicologist (1st biography of Johann Sebastian Bach), born in Meeder, Coburg (d. 1818)
1779 – Joachim Nicolas Eggert, Swedish violinist and composer, born in Ginst, Rügen Island, Swedish Pomerania (d. 1813)
1828 – Robert Alexander Cameron, American soldier and newspaper publisher (Union Army), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1894)
1897 – Bob Ysaguirre, American jazz double bass and tuba player (Don Redman Orchestra), born in Belize, British Honduras (d. 1982)
1901 – Charles Evans Whittaker, American Supreme Court justice (1957-62), born near Troy, Kansas (d. 1973)
1908 – Romulo Betancourt, President of Venezuela (Acción Democrática: 1945-48, 1959-64) known as “The Father of Venezuelan Democracy”, born in Guatire, Venezuela (d. 1981)
1915 – Gus Lesnevich, American boxer (World Light-Heavyweight C’ship 1941-48), born in Cliffside Park, New Jersey (d. 1964)
1928 – Paul Dooley, American character actor (Sixteen Candles; Strange Brew; Grace Under Fire), comedian, and screenwriter (The Electric Company), born in Parkersburg, West Virginia
1939 – George Haslam, British avant-garde jazz baritone saxophonist, and tárogató player, born in Preston, Lancashire, England
1959 – Jiří Čunek, Czech politician, born in Zlín, Czechia
Famous Birthdays for 21st February 2026
1684 – Justus van Effen, Dutch writer (founded Holland Spectator), born in Utrecht (d. 1735)
1705 – Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer, won naval victory in Battle of Quiberon Bay, born in London (d. 1781)
1783 – Catharina of Württemberg, Queen consort of Westphalia (1807-13) as wife of Jérôme Bonaparte, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1835)
1800 – John Henry Winder, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Somerset County, Maryland (d. 1865)
1836 – (Clement) Léo Delibes, French romantic composer (Coppélia; Sylvia; Le roi l’a dit; Lakmé), born in Saint-Germain-du-Val, France (d. 1891)
1900 – Jeanne Aubert [Perrinot], French stage, silent and sound screen actress, and singer, born in Paris (d. 1988)
1940 – Bruno Bolchi, Italian soccer midfielder (4 caps; Inter, Verona, Atalanta, Torino) and manager (AC Cesena, Bari, Messina, Genoa), born in Milan, Italy (d. 2022)
1948 – Larry Ragland, American comedian (Keep on Truckin’), born in Richmond, Virginia
1949 – Ronnie Hellström, Swedish soccer goalkeeper (77 caps; Hammarby IF, 1. FC Kaiserslautern; Sweden Player of the Year 1971, 78), born in Malmö, Sweden (d. 2022)
1961 – Yobes Ondieki, Kenyan athlete (World C’ship gold 5,000m 1991; 10,000m WR 1993 26:58.38), born in Kisii, Kenya
Famous Birthdays for 20th February 2026
1794 – William Carleton, Irish writer and novelist (Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry), born in Clogher, County Tyrone, Ireland (d. 1869)
1915 – Chick Harbert, American golfer (PGA C’ship 1954), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 1992)
1925 – Frank Isola, American jazz drummer (Stan Getz; Gerry Mulligan; Mose Allison), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2004)
1928 – Roy Face, American baseball relief pitcher (6 × MLB All-Star; World Series, 1960 – Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Stephentown, New York (d. 2026)
1940 – Barbara Ellis, American pop vocalist (Fleetwoods – “Mr. Blue”; “Come Softly To Me”), born in Olympia, Washington
1947 – Vladimir Kuzyutkin, Russian volleyball coach (Russia Women – World Cup gold 2010; Bulgaria Women), born in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia (d. 2022)
1951 – Gordon Brown, British Labour Prime Minister (2007–10), born in Giffnock, Scotland
1956 – Charlie Adler, American voice actor (Tiny Toon Adventures), born in Paterson, New Jersey
1959 – Scott Brayton, American auto racer (4 x top 10 finishes Indianapolis 500; 2 x pole), born in Coldwater, Michigan (d. 1996)
1969 – Jason Blum, American producer, founder and CEO of Blumhouse Productions (Whiplash, The Reader, Split), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Birthdays for 19th February 2026
1866 – Mary Anderson, American real estate developer and inventor of the first effective windshield wipers, born in Greene County, Alabama (d. 1953)
1921 – Claude Pascal, French composer, educator (Paris Conservatoire, 1952-87), and music critic (Le Figaro, 1969-79), born in Paris, France (d. 2017)
1936 – Bob Engemann, American pop baritone singer (The Lettermen, 1959-67 – “When I Fall in Love”, “Goin’ Out of My Head”), born in Highland Park, Michigan (d. 2013)
1942 – Ken Kramer [Kenneth Bentley Kramer], former American Republican member of the House of Representatives, born in Chicago, Illinois
1947 – Ferdousi Priyabhashini, Bangladeshi sculptor (Independence Day Award-2010), born in Khulna District, British India (d. 2018)
1949 – Danielle Bunton Berry [Dan Bunten], American software developer (M.U.L.E), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1998)
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
1959 – Roger Goodell, American NFL Commissioner, born in Jamestown, New York
1973 – Terrence Rencher, American NBA guard (Phoenix Suns), born in The Bronx, New York
Famous Birthdays for 18th February 2026
1201 – Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Persian philosopher, architect and mathematician (Tadhkirah fi ʿilm al-hay), born in Ṭūs, Khorāsān (d. 1274)
1530 – Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord known as the “Dragon of Echigo”, born in Echigo Province, Japan (d. 1578)
1831 – Rebecca Lee Crumpler, American physician and medical writer (first African American woman to receive a medical degree), born in Delaware (d. 1895)
1853 – August Belmont Jr., American financier (construction of New York subway, NY Jockey Club), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1924)
1916 – Betty Gathergood, British curator (Dr. Johnson’s House), born in the United States (d. 1996)
1926 – Len Ford, American AAFC and NFL two-way end, 1948-58 (Cleveland Browns, and 2 other teams; 3 x NFL Champion, 4 X Pro Bowl), born in Washington D.C. (d. 1972)
1927 – Fazal Mahmood, Pakistan cricket fast bowler (34 Tests, 139 wickets), born in Lahore, Pakistan (d. 2005)
1940 – Fabrizio de André, Italian singer-songwriter (Storia di un impiegato), born in Genoa, Italy (d. 1999)
1963 – Rob Andrew, English rugby player, born in Richmond, United Kingdom
1992 – Jacqueline Toboni, American actress (Grimm), born in San Francisco, California
Famous Birthdays for 17th February 2026
1863 – Fyodor Sologub, Russian Symbolist novelist, poet and translator, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1927)
1864 – (Andrew) “Banjo” Paterson, Australian journalist, poet (Clancy of the Overflow), and lyricist (“Waltzing Matilda”), born near Orange, New South Wales, Australia (d. 1941)
1904 – Luis A. Ferré, Puerto Rican industrialist and politician (Governor of Puerto Rico, 1969-73), born in Ponce, Puerto Rico (d. 2003)
1929 – Dame Patricia Routledge, British stage and screen actress and singer (Keeping Up Appearances; Talking Heads: A Lady of Letters), born in Higher Tranmere, England (d. 2025)
1948 – Rick Majerus, American college basketball coach (5 × WAC Coach of the Year; Uni of Utah), born in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin (d. 2012)
1969 – Joel Steed, American NFL nose tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Frankfurt, Germany
1971 – Martyn Bennett [-Knight], Canadian-Scottish celtic-fusion piper, pianist, and composer, born in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador (d. 2005)
1975 – Václav “Vinny” Prospal, Czech NHL forward (Team Czech Olympic gold 1998, Philadelphia Flyers, Ottawa Senators, Tampa Bay Lightning), born in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
1979 – Josh Willingham, American MLB baseball outfielder, 2004-14 (Florida Marlins, and 4 other teams), born in Florence, Alabama
1982 – Brian Bruney, American baseball player, born in Astoria, Oregon