1894 – Jack Benny [Benjamin Kubelski], American comedian (The Jack Benny Program), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1974)
1912 – Edmund George Love, American teacher/historian/author (A Small Bequest)=
1931 – Phyllis McGuire, vocalist (McGuire Sisters), born in Middletown, Ohio
1942 – Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican auto racer (youngest F1 driver ever to race for Ferrari), born in Mexico City, Mexico (d. 1962)
1947 – Salah-ud-Din, cricketer (played 5 Tests for Pakistan 1965-69)
1947 – Tim Buckley, singer-songwriter, born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1975)
1947 – Judd Gregg, (Rep-R-NH, 1981- )
1960 – Eric Shea, American actor (Yours, Mine and Ours, The Poseidon Adventure), born in Los Angeles, California
1963 – Jeff Dellenbach, US NFL center (NE Patriots, GB Packers-Super Bowl 31), born in Wausau, Wisconsin
1968 – Chris Lewis, English cricket all-rounder (32 Tests, 93 wickets; 53 ODIs), born in Georgetown, Guyana
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 13th February 2020
1440 – Hartmann Schedel, German physician, humanist and historian, born in Nuremberg, Germany (d. 1514)
1480 – Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal, Treviso, Venice, Italy (d. 1542)
1870 – Leopold Godowsky, Polish pianist and composer (Java Suite, 53 Studies on Chopin’s Études) born in Žasliai, Russian Empire (now Lithuania), (d. 1938)
1920 – Eileen Farrell, opera soprano (Interrupted Melody), born in Willimantic, Connecticut
1920 – Boudleaux Bryant, American country music and pop songwriter (Rocky Top, Love Hurts, Bye Bye Love), born in Shellman, Georgia (d. 1987)
1939 – Valery Rozhdestvensky, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 23), born in Leningrad, Soviet Union (d. 2011)
1944 – Jerry Springer, English-born US talk show host (Jerry Springer Show), born in London, England
1945 – David Tremlett, English artist, born in Dartford, United Kingdom
1946 – Louis Kondos, Greek actor, born in Athens, Greece
1959 – Gaston Gingras, Canadian ice hockey defenceman
Famous Birthdays for 12th February 2020
1828 – Robert Ransom Jr, Major General (Confederate Army), (d. 1892)
1916 – Joseph L Alioto, American politician (Mayor-San Francisco), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1998)
1932 – Axel Jensen, Norwegian author (d. 2003)
1936 – Arnost Parsch, Czech composer, born in Bučovice, Czech Republic (d. 2013)
1945 – Maud Adams, Lulea Sweden, actress (Octopussy, Rollerball, Tattoo)
1948 – Raymond Kurzweil, American inventor and author (Kurzweil reading machine, text-to-speech synthesis), born in NYC, New York
1952 – Salvador Pineda, Mexican actor, born in Huetamo, Mexico
1955 – Bill Laswell, US bassist and record producer, born in Salem, Illinois
1959 – Sigrid Thornton, Australian actress (Amelia Lawson-Guns of Paradise), born in Canberra, Australia
1972 – Latrice Royale [Timothy Wilcots], American drag queen and TV personality (RuPaul’s Drag Race), born in Compton, California
Famous Birthdays for 11th February 2020
1568 – Honoré d’Urfé, French writer (d. 1625)
1810 – Loisa Puget, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1889)
1915 – Patrick Leigh Fermor, author
1916 – Bernice Levin Neugarten, social scientist/gerontologist
1924 – Budge Patty, American tennis player (French C’ship, Wimbledon 1950), born in Fort Smith, Arkansas
1938 – Boris Majorov, USSR, ice hockey (Olympic gold 1964)
1956 – H.R. [Paul D. Hudson], British-American singer (Bad Brains), born in London, England
1961 – Mary Docter, American 3000m speed skater (Olympics 1980, 84, 88, 92), born in Madison, Wisconsin
1966 – Anthony Parker, American NFL cornerback (Minnesota Vikings, St Louis Rams, TB Bucs), born in Sylacauga, Alabama
1990 – Q’orianka Kilcher, American actress and activist (The New World), born in Schweigmatt, Germany
Famous Birthdays for 10th February 2020
1824 – Samuel Plimsoll, inventor (Plimsoll line for ships), born in Bristol, England
1886 – Olin Howland, American actor (Gone with the Wind, Them!, Circus Boy), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1959)
1902 – Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist and Nobel laureate for his work on transistors, born in Amoy, China (d. 1987)
1949 – Harold Sylvester, American actor
1960 – Robert Addie, British actor, born in London, United Kingdom (d. 2003)
1963 – Bennie Thompson, American football safety (Saints, Chiefs, Cleveland Browns/Ravens), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1970 – Brendan Eppert, US speed skater (Olympics 1994), born in St Louis, Missouri
1970 – Alberto Castillo, Dominican-American baseball catcher (NY Mets), born in San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic
1982 – Iafeta Paleaaesina, New Zealand rugby league footballer, born in Auckland, New Zealand
1995 – Lexi Thompson, American golfer (ANA Inspiration 2014), born in Coral Springs, Florida
Famous Birthdays for 9th February 2020
1814 – Samuel Jones Tilden, philanthropist for NY Public Library
1865 – Mrs Patrick Campbell [Beatrice Tanner], English actress (Pygmalion), born in London, England (d. 1940)
1890 – Jacobus J P Oud, Dutch architect/co-founder (Stijl)
1929 – Lennox Butler, cricketer (1 Test WI v Aust 1955, 16 and 2-151)
1942 – Charlie Morrow, composer
1953 – Gabriel Rotello, American television documentary producer
1968 – Alejandra Guzmán, Mexican singer
1973 – Colin Egglesfield, American actor
1981 – Joël Camathias, Swiss racing driver
1983 – Mikel Arruabarrena, Spanish footballer
Famous Birthdays for 8th February 2020
1891 – Edgar Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer
1918 – Lord Maxd Rayne, English broker/multi-millionaire
1921 – Lana Turner, American actress (Survivors, Falcon Crest, The Postman Always Rings Twice), born in Wallace, Idaho (d. 1995)
1946 – “Fito” Adolpho De La Parra, rocker (Canned Heat-Hot Money), born in Los Angeles, California
1953 – Roger Clavet, Québécois politician
1965 – Lee Knight, CFL full back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1976 – Adam Piatt, American baseball player
1977 – Bridgette Kerkove, American actress
1979 – Deng Chao, Chinese actor (The Mermaid, The Dead End), born in Nanchang, China
1982 – Satomi Kōrogi, Japanese voice actress
Famous Birthdays for 7th February 2020
1102 – Empress Matilda, Princess of England and wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1169)
1875 – Walter Courvoisier, composer
1934 – Earl King [Solomon Johnson], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Come On), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1948 – Jimmy Greenspoon, rock organist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World), born in Los Angeles, California
1967 – Sharla Cheung Man, Hong Kong actress (All For the Winner), born in Shanghai, China
1969 – Bucky Richardson, US football quarterback (Houston Oilers)
1970 – Chris Gardocki, NFL punter (Indianapolis Colts)
1972 – Aftab Habib, cricketer (Leicestershire righty batsman 1996)
1973 – Kristin Godridge, Traralgon Aust, tennis star (1993 Futures-Singapore)
1983 – Christian Klien, Austrian racing driver
Famous Birthdays for 6th February 2020
1903 – John Dunning, New Zealand cricketer (NZ medium-fast bowler of 30’s), born in Omaha, New Zealand (d. 1971)
1932 – Francois Truffaut, French director (Jules and Jim, Fahrenheit 451), born in Paris, France (d. 1984)
1944 – Christine Boutin, French politician, born in Levroux, France
1951 – Jacques Villeret, French film actor, born in Loches, France (d. 2005)
1952 – Ricardo Lavolpe, Argentine football coach, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1955 – Eric Money, American NBA player, born in Detroit, Michigan
1970 – Mark Hutton, Australian baseball pitcher (NY Yankees), born in Adelaide, Australia
1980 – Luke Ravenstahl, American politician, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1984 – Brandon Hammond, American actor (Gregory Hines Show), born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1985 – Yang Yu, Chinese swimmer, born in Hangzhou, China
Famous Birthdays for 5th February 2020
1589 – Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet
1775 – Margaretha J de Neufville, author (Small Pligten)
1865 – Harvey Worthington Loomis, American composer (Lyrics of the Red Man), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1930)
1866 – Rossetter Gleason Cole, composer
1889 – E H (Patsy) Hendren, English cricket batsman (51 Tests; 57,611 1st-class runs, 3rd-best ever), born in Turnham Green, Middlesex (d. 1962)
1913 – Rozelle Claxton, pianist/arranger
1932 – Cesare Maldini – Italian footballer and manager
1959 – Jennifer Granholm, Canadian-American politician, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1965 – Ben Lee, American badminton player (Olympic-92), born in Rangoon, Burma
1976 – Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor, born in Mumbai, India