1881 – Fernand Léger, French painter (d. 1955)
1892 – Ugo Betti, Italian playwright
1916 – Basil Hembry, farmer/campaigner
1919 – Frank van Klingeren, Dutch architect (De Meerpaal, Dronten)
1948 – Rod Grams, (Rep-R-Minnesota), (d. 2013)
1950 – Robert-John Stips, rock keyboardist/singer (The Nits)
1951 – Stan Papi, American baseball player
1951 – Patrick Bergin, Irish actor
1969 – Dallas Drake, Trail, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets)
1969 – Chris Crooms, WLAF safety (Barcelona Dragons)
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 3rd February 2019
1805 – Otto T Freiherr von Manteuffel, premier Prussia
1845 – Ernest von Wildenbruch, German playwright (Sedan)
1887 – Silvio d’Amico, Italian theater critic (Tramonto del grande attore)
1887 – Juan Negrín, Spanish Prime Minister (d. 1956)
1929 – Russell Arms, vocalist (Your Hit Parade), born in Berkeley, California
1938 – Emile Griffith, American boxer, (world welterweight, middleweight and junior middleweight champion), born in Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands (d. 2013)
1941 – Chuck Tharp, rock vocalist (Fireballs)
1952 – Jack Fields, (Rep-R-TX, 1981- )
1957 – Michele Greene, actress (Abby Perkins-LA Law), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
1972 – Jermaine Smith, NFL defensive tackle (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31)
Famous Birthdays for 2nd February 2019
1455 – King John of Denmark (d. 1513)
1912 – Millvina Dean, last living survivour of the RMS Titanic.
1931 – Judith Viorst, American author
1932 – Robert Mandan, American actor best known for his role as Chester Tate in US sitcom “Soap”, born in Clever, Missouri (d. 2018)
1949 – Tom Tripplehorn, rocker (Gary Lewis and Playboys-This Diamond Ring)
1961 – Lauren Lane, American actress (C. C. Babcock-The Nanny), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1966 – Tony Plourde, Chibougamau Quebec, sabre (Olympics 1996)
1968 – Scott Erickson, pitcher (Minnesota Twins, Balt Orioles), born in Long Beach, California
1968 – Simon Wickham-Smith, composer and Mongolist
1977 – Heather Martin, American gospel singer
Famous Birthdays for 1st February 2019
1550 – John Napier, Scottish mathematician and inventor (logarithms), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1617)
1789 – Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer
1879 – Sydney Baynes, composer
1902 – Langston Hughes, American poet (Weary Blues) and playwright (Mulatto), born in Joplin, Missouri (d. 1967)
1906 – Helen Chandler, American actress (Christopher Strong, Dracula), born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1965)
1922 – Bogumil Witalis Andrzejewski, professor of Cushtic Languages
1958 – Luther Blissett, Jamaican-born English footballer, born in Falmouth, Jamaica
1964 – Dwayne Goettel, Canadian musician
1968 – Kent Mercker, American MLB pitcher (Atlanta Braves, Balt Orioles), born in Dublin, Ohio
1971 – Michael C. Hall, American actor (Dexter, Six Feet Under), born in Raleigh, North Carolina
Famous Birthdays for 31st January 2019
1894 – Isham Jones, American musician, bandleader and songwriter (Star Dust, I’ll See You in My Dreams), born in Coalton, Ohio (d. 1956)
1902 – Jean C M Picart le Doux, French carpet designer
1909 – Foley Newns, British colonial administrator
1920 – Stewart L Udall, St Johns Ariz, US Secretary of Interior (1961-69)
1935 – Bojidar Dimov, composer
1954 – Adrian Vandenberg, Dutch rock guitarist (Whitesnake), born in the Hague, Netherlands
1961 – Lloyd Cole, English rocker (Lloyd Cole and the Commotions), born in Buxton, Derbyshire
1974 – Tory Toogood, Australian rower (Olympics 1996)
1982 – Elena Paparizou, Swedish-born Greek singer, born in Borås, Sweden
1985 – Mario Williams, American football defensive end, born in Richlands, North Carolina
Famous Birthdays for 30th January 2019
1687 – [Johann] Balthasar Neumann, German architect, baptized
1720 – Charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist and entomologist, born in Finspång, Sweden (d. 1778)
1912 – Francis Schaeffer, American Evangelical theologian and pastor (d. 1984)
1914 – David Wayne, American stage and screen actor (Andromeda Strain, Adam’s Rib), born in Traverse City, Michigan (d. 1995)
1937 – Vanessa Redgrave, British actress (Blow-Up, Julia, Orient Express), born in London, England
1938 – Marcel P. A. van Dam, Dutch politician/CEO (VARA Radio/TV)
1971 – Kimo Von Oelhoffen, American football defensive tackle (Cin Bengals), born in Kaunakakai, Hawaii
1974 – Jemima Khan, English socialite, born in London, United Kingdom
1979 – Karen Smith, Australian hockey player (Olympics 1996)
1986 – Nick Evans, American baseball player, born in Glendale, Arizona
Famous Birthdays for 29th January 2019
1905 – Barnett Newmann, New York, US painter, (postpainterly abstraction)
1911 – George Burns, British major-general
1915 – Frederic Ramsey Jr, folklorist/author
1945 – Jim Nicholson, Irish politician
1947 – David Byron [Garrick], British vocalist and songwriter (Uriah Heep), born in Epping, England (d. 1985)
1954 – Oprah Winfrey, American TV talk show host and actress (The Oprah Winfrey Show, Colour Purple), born in Kosciusko, Mississippi
1964 – John Habyan, American baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1971 – Jamal Fountaine, NFL defensive end (SF 49ers, Atlanta Falcons)
1971 – Chris Vargas, CFL quarterback (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1974 – Jeff Mitchell, corner (Baltimore Ravens)
Famous Birthdays for 28th January 2019
598 – Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor of China (626-49), born at Wugong (d. 649)
1611 – Johannes Hevelius, Danzig, astronomer (star cataloger)
1884 – Jean Felix Piccard, Swiss scientist/explorer (balloonist) twin brother of Auguste Piccard
1886 – Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (d. 1973)
1920 – James Whyte, Moderator (General Assembly of Church of Scotland)
1931 – Timothy Kitson, British politician
1932 – Thomas J Bliley Jr, (Rep-R-VA, 1981- )
1950 – Barbi Benton, [Klein], California, Playboy model (Hee Haw, Sugar Time!)
1967 – Jan Lamb, Hong Kong disc jockey and stand-up comedian
1976 – Jarrod Montague, American drummer (Taproot)
Famous Birthdays for 27th January 2019
1821 – John Chivington, American officer, (d. 1892)
1826 – Richard Taylor, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), (d. 1879)
1858 – Neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Dutch/French/Belgian painter’s model/writer
1918 – William Seawell, United States Army Brigadier General (d. 2005)
1944 – Peter Akinola, Nigerian religious leader
1948 – Mikhail Baryshnikov, Riga Latvia, ballet dancer (That’s Dancing)
1950 – Derek Acorah, English spirit medium and TV personality (Most Haunted), born in Bootle, England
1964 – Jack Haley, NBA center (Chicago Bulls)
1969 – Kristen Danihy, Lawton Oklahoma, team handball circle/wing (Olympics 1996)
1970 – Dario Brose, US soccer halfback (Olympic-92), born in Queens, New York
Famous Birthdays for 26th January 2019
1716 – George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville
1771 – Jacob Andries van Braam, colonial director (Suriname)
1887 – François Faber, Luxembourgian cyclist (Tour de France 1909), born in Aulnay-sur-lton, France (d. 1915)
1918 – Vito Scotti [Scozarri], American actor (The Godfather, Flying Nun, Barefoot in the Park), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1996)
1923 – Anne Jeffreys [Annie Carmichael], American singer and actress (Dick Tracy, Topper, General Hospital), born in Goldsboro, North Carolina (d. 2017)
1945 – Mick Hill, cricketer (NSW all-rounder 1964-75)
1962 – Oscar Ruggeri, Argentine footballer
1971 – Lamar Mills, WLAF DE (Amsterdam Admirals)
1971 – Min Tang, Hunan China, tennis star (1995 Futures-Canberra AUS)
1997 – Pasaye, twin born 92 days after his brother (Oct 26), born in Palatine, Illinois