1685 – Aaron Hill, English playwright/poet (Tragedy of Zara)
1847 – A N Hornby, cricketer (pioneering England Test batsman)
1888 – Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian poet (Hermeticism) and journalist, born in Alexandria (d. 1970)
1910 – Douglas Spencer, American actor (The Thing from Another World, This Island Earth, River of No Return), born in Princeton, Illinois (d. 1960)
1913 – Douglas Slocombe, British cinematographer (Kind Hearts and Coronets, Raiders of the Lost Ark), born in London (d. 2016)
1914 – Larry Adler, Balt, hamonicist (Harmonicats) (blacklisted performer)
1951 – Bob [Robert] Iger, American entertainment executive (CEO of The Walt Disney Company), born in NYC, New York
1964 – Arthur Lenk, Israeli diplomat, born in Paterson, New Jersey
1968 – Ryan Bowen, American baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins), born in Fort Madison, Iowa
1982 – Justin Gatlin, American sprinter (Olympic gold 100m 2004), born in Brooklyn, New York City
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 9th February 2019
1906 – Gwen Catley, British(?) soprano
1908 – Jackie Fields, American featherweight boxer (Olympic gold 1924)
1911 – William Darby, American WWII Army officer (d. 1945)
1924 – George Guest, British organist
1928 – Rinus Michels, Dutch football coach (d. 2005)
1936 – Clive Swift, actor (Frenzy, Passage to India), born in Liverpool, England
1937 – Brian Wenham, media consultant/journalist
1957 – Mohammed Valli Moosa, South African leader (UDF)
1968 – Paul Claxton, American professional golfer, born in Vidalia, Georgia
1980 – Shelly Martinez, American wrestler
Famous Birthdays for 8th February 2019
1897 – Zakir Husain, 3rd President of India (1967-69) and scholar, born in Hyderabad, Hyderabad State (d. 1969)
1900 – Ivan Ivanov-Vano Soviet animator and Russian animation director (d. 1987)
1903 – Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia’s founding father, 1st Prime Minister of Malaya (1957-63) and Malaysia (1963-70), born in Alor Star, Kedah (d. 1990)
1925 – Jack Lemmon, actor (Days of Wine and Roses, Missing), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1930 – James Deetz, American anthropologist (d. 2000)
1950 – Michael Goodroe, rock bassist (Motels-Only the Lonely)
1951 – Camille LaPierre, NHLer
1960 – Dino Ciccarelli, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (most goals for NHL undrafted player, 608), born in Sarnia, Ontario
1976 – Holly Manthei, Edina Minn, soccer midfielder/forward (Olympics 1996)
1982 – Eric Alexander, American football player
Famous Birthdays for 7th February 2019
1839 – Nicolaas G Pierson, Dutch banker/Suriname premier (1897-1901)
1863 – Mieczyslaw Soltys, composer
1887 – Eubie Blake, US ragtime composer/pianist (Memories of You) (d. 1983), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1904 – Milton Krims, American screenwriter (Prince of Foxes), born in NYC, New York (d. 1988)
1921 – Bryan Woods, soldier/clerk
1949 – Paulo César Carpegiani, Brazilian footballer and coach
1955 – Charlie Puleo, baseball player
1972 – Robyn Lively, American actress
1985 – Tina Majorino, actress, (Waterworld, When a Man Loves a Woman)
1986 – Michael Orozco, American footballer
Famous Birthdays for 6th February 2019
1778 – Ugo Foscolo, Italian poet (Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis), born in Zakynthos Island, Greece (d. 1827)
1838 – Henry Irving [John Brodribb], British Victorian actor, 1st actor to receive a knighthood (knighted 1895) and the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula, born in Bradford, England (d. 1905)
1919 – Louis Heren, English foreign correspondent and writer (China’s Three Thousand Years), born in London, United Kingdom (d. 1995)
1919 – Lindsay Tuckett, South African cricketer (son of Len, 9 Tests for South Africa 1947-49), born in Durban, South Africa (d. 2016)
1946 – Jim Turner, American politician, born in Fort Lewis, Washington
1967 – Randy Hilliard, American football defensive back (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1967 – Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (Zard), born in Kurume, Japan (d. 2007)
1970 – Per Frandsen, Danish footballer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
1975 – Tomoko Kawase, Japanese singer, born in Kyoto, Japan
1980 – Luke Ravenstahl, American politician, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Famous Birthdays for 5th February 2019
1703 – Gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (d. 1764)
1723 – John Witherspoon, Scottish-American president of the College of New Jersey who signed the Declaration of Independence, born in Gifford, Scotland (d. 1794)
1862 – Felipe Villanueva y Gutierrez, Mexican composer
1908 – Daisy and Violet Hilton, British conjoined twins (d. 1969)
1933 – Ron Wilson, US percussionist (Joy of Cooking)
1946 – Charlotte Rampling, English actress (Zardoz, Night Porter, Verdict), born in Sturmer, United Kingdom
1949 – David Sullivan, Welsh businessman and pornographer (Sunday Sport), born in Cardiff, United Kingdom
1964 – Laura Linney, American actress (The Truman Show, Mystic River), born in Manhattan, New York
1978 – Brian Russell, American football player, born in Scotland, United Kingdom
1985 – Lindsey Cardinale, American singer, born in Hammond, Louisiana
Famous Birthdays for 4th February 2019
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)
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