1838 – Charles C. Walcutt, American general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 1898)
1891 – Max Terhune, American actor (Arizona Stagecoach, Hit the Saddle, Range Justice), born in Franklin, Indiana (d. 1973)
1903 – Chick Hafey, American Baseball HOF outfielder (World Series 1926, 31 St. Louis Cardinals; NL batting champion 1931; MLB All Star 1933), born in Berkeley, California (d. 1973)
1910 – Gunnar Höckert, Finnish athlete (Olympic gold 5,000m 1936), born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 1940)
1910 – Forsyth Hardy, Scottish documentary film pioneer and critic, born in Bathgate, Scotland (d. 1994)
1922 – Elisabeth Carron, American soprano (“The Saint of Bleecker Street”; New York City Opera, 1958-73), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2016)
1923 – James Abdnor, American politician (Senator-R-South Dakota, 1981-87), born in Kennebec, South Dakota (d. 2012)
1962 – Jimmy Kirkwood, Irish-born field hockey player, born in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
1974 – Ian Mcintyre, Canadian NHL left wing (Vancouver Canucks), born in Montreal, Quebec
1982 – Bobi Wine [Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu], Ugandan politician and pop star, born in Mpigi District, Uganda
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 11th February 2024
1821 – Auguste-Édouard Mariette, French Egyptologist (d. 1881)
1914 – Matt Dennis, American pop singer, pianist, composer, and arranger (“Everything Happens To Me”; “Angel Eyes”), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2002)
1919 – Gretchen Fraser, American slalom skier (Olympic gold 1948, 1st American skiing gold), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 1994)
1920 – Farouk I, last King of Egypt (1936-52), born in Abdeen Palace, Cairo, Egypt (d. 1965)
1928 – Conrad Janis, American actor (Mork and Mindy – “Frederick”; Quark; Bonino), and traditional jazz trombonist (Beverly Hills Unlisted Jazz Band), born in New York City (d. 2022)
1935 – Gene Vincent [Vincent Eugene Craddock], American rock guitarist and vocalist (“Be-Bop-A-Lula”), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 1971)
1942 – Tony Colton [Chalk], British singer-songwriter, and record producer (Head, Hands, and Feet), born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England (d. 2020)
1944 – Buddhadev Dasgupta, director (Charachar, Grihajuddha)
1969 – Bryan Eversgerd, American baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals), born in Centralia, Illinois
1974 – Brian Newman, American football guard (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), born in Houston, Texas
Famous Birthdays for 10th February 2024
1696 – Johann Melchior Molter, German composer, born in Tiefenort, Thuringia (now Germany) (d. 1765)
1846 – Ira Remsen, American chemist (d. 1927)
1880 – Jesse G. Vincent, American engineer (designed 1st V-12 engine, Packard automobiles), born in Charleston, Arkansas (d. 1962)
1890 – Boris Pasternak, Russian novelist and poet (Doctor Zhivago, Nobel 1958), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1960)
1903 – Waldemar Hoven, German physician (d. 1948)
1910 – Dominique Pire, Belgian Dominican friar (1958 Nobel Peace Prize for aiding WW II refugees), born in Dinant, Belgium (d. 1969)
1961 – Eva Pfaff, German tennis player (Australian Open doubles 1982 runner-up), born in Königstein im Taunus, Germany
1982 – Iafeta Paleaaesina, New Zealand rugby league footballer, born in Auckland, New Zealand
1988 – Daniel Kwan, American filmmaker (Everything, Everywhere, All at Once), born in Westborough, Massachusetts
1994 – Makenzie Vega, American actress, born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Birthdays for 9th February 2024
1579 – John Meursius [van Meurs], Dutch classical scholar, born in Loosduinen (d. 1639)
1769 – Susette Gontard, the beloved of the poet Friedrich Hölderlin (d. 1802)
1846 – Whitaker Wright, English mining tycoon (d. 1904)
1876 – Martin Stixrud, Norwegian figure skater and coach (Olympic bronze 1920, coached Sonja Henie), born in Oslo, Norway (d. 1964)
1884 – Frederik Gerretson [Geerten Gossaert], Dutch poet and politician, born in Kralingen, Netherlands (d. 1958)
1892 – Peggy Wood, American actress (One Life to Live, Mama), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1978)
1913 – Leo van der Kar, Dutch businessman and sport benefactor (Sports funds) (d. 1992)
1924 – George Guest, Welsh organist and choir director, born in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales (d. 2002)
1957 – Gordon Strachan, Scottish soccer player, 1974-97 (Manchester, Leeds, and 3 other teams), and manager, 1996-2017, born in Edinburgh, Scotland
1974 – Orlando Bobo, guard (Minnesota Vikings)
Famous Birthdays for 8th February 2024
1741 – André Grétry, French opera composer, born in Prince-Bishopric of Liège (now Belgium) (d. 1813)
1807 – Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, English sculptor and naturalist, born in Bloomsbury, London (d. 1894)
1882 – George Siegmann, American actor (Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba, Oliver Twist), born in New York City (d. 1928)
1884 – Reginald “Snowy” Baker, Australian boxer (Olympic silver middleweight 1908), rugby union halfback (2 caps) and actor (The Sword of Valor), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1953)
1897 – Zakir Husain, 3rd President of India (1967-69) and scholar, born in Hyderabad, Hyderabad State (d. 1969)
1921 – Lana Turner, American pin-up model and actress (Peyton Place; The Postman Always Rings Twice; Imitation of Life), born in Wallace, Idaho (d. 1995)
1937 – David Montgomery, American born photographer known for his images of the 1960s, born in Brooklyn, New York
1949 – Scott Allen, American skater (Olympic bronze 1964)
1959 – Heinz Gunthardt, Swiss tennis star
1987 – Carolina Kostner, Italian figure skater (5X European Champion; World Champion, 2012; Olympic bronze, 2014), born in Bolzano, Italy
Famous Birthdays for 7th February 2024
1478 – Thomas More, English philosopher, Renaissance humanist, author (Utopia), statesman (Lord Chancellor 1529-32), and Catholic saint, born in London (d. 1535)
1707 – Carl August Thielo, Danish composer, opera director, and court organist, born in Høsterkøb, Denmark (d. 1763)
1907 – Yevgeniy Abalakov, Soviet mountaineer (d. 1948)
1914 – Ralph Whitlock, British farmer, conservationist, writer, and broadcaster, born in Pitton, Wiltshire,England (d. 1995)
1925 – Marius Constant, Romanian-born French composer and conductor (founded Ars Nova), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2004)
1926 – Mark Taimanov, Russian pianist, born in Kharkiv, Ukraine (d. 2016)
1944 – Michael A. Andrews, American politician (Rep-D-TX, 1983-95), born in Houston, Texas
1970 – Chris Gardocki, NFL punter (Indianapolis Colts)
1971 – Marvin Graves, CFL quarterback (Montreal Alouettes)
1973 – Billy Baumhoff, American soccer midfielder/forward (Olympic gold 1996), born in St Louis, Missouri
Famous Birthdays for 6th February 2024
1878 – Waclaw Gieburowski, Polish conductor and composer, born in Bydgoszcz, Poland (d. 1943)
1879 – Carl Ramsauer, German physicist (Ramsauer-Townsend effect), born in Oldenburg, Germany (d. 1879)
1895 – Babe Ruth, American Baseball Hall of Fame slugger (MLB All-Star 1933, 34; 7 x World Series champion; 12 × AL home run leader 1918–21, 23-24, 1926–31; Boston RS, NY Yankees), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1948)
1897 – Louis Buchalter, Jewish-American mobster (Murder, Inc.), born in New York City (d. 1944)
1902 – Louis Nizer, Jewish-American lawyer (defended blacklisted stars in ’50s, Catspaw), born in London, England (d. 1994)
1903 – Claudio Arrau, Chilean pianist (Boston Symphony Orchestra), born in Chillán, Chile (d. 1991)
1922 – Denis Norden, British television personality, born in London (d. 2018)
1929 – Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta, Venezuelan writer, born in Boconó, Venezuela (d. 2011)
1986 – Brendan Taylor, Zimbabwean cricketer, born in Harare, Zimbabwe
1993 – Tinashe [Kachingwe], American actress and singer (Nightride), born in Lexington, Kentucky
Famous Birthdays for 5th February 2024
1852 – Terauchi Masatake, Japanese soldier and politician (Prime Minister of Japan 1916-18), born in Hirai Village, Japan (d. 1919)
1862 – Felipe Villanueva y Gutierrez, Mexican composer and violinist of the Porfiriato period, born in Tecámac, Mexico (d. 1893)
1871 – Jovan Dučić, Herzegovinian Serb poet (Blue Legends), born in Trebinje, Ottoman Empire (d. 1943)
1942 – Susan Hill, English playwright (Magic Apple Tree)
1943 – Nolan Bushnell, American electrical engineer (founded Atari, created Pong), born in Clearfield, Utah
1949 – David Sullivan, Welsh businessman and pornographer (Sunday Sport), born in Cardiff, United Kingdom
1951 – Elizabeth Swados, American composer and playwright (1972 TONY), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2016)
1969 – Bobby Brown, American singer-songwriter (“My Prerogative”), born in Roxbury, Massachusetts
1970 – Darren Lehmann, Australian cricket batsman (27 Tests @ 44.95, 5 x 100s; 117 ODIs) and coach (Australia 2013-18), born in Gawler, Australia
1989 – Cristine Reyes, Filipino actress, born in Marikina, Philippines
Famous Birthdays for 4th February 2024
1549 – Eustache du Caurroy, French renaissance compose, born in Gerberoy (d. 1609)
1769 – Samuel Wiselius, Dutch lawyer, patriot and writer (helped dismantle Dutch East India Co), born in Amsterdam (d. 1845)
1872 – Gotse Delchev, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary, born in Kukush, Ottoman Empire (d. 1903)
1903 – Edwin Denby, American dance critic and poet (Snoring in N; Horse Eats Hat), born in Tientsin, China (d. 1924)
1915 – William Talman, American actor (Crashout, The Hitch-Hiker, Perry Mason), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1968)
1940 – Theodore “Ted” Stanley, American anesthesiologist and medical entrepreneur (created the fentanyl lollipop), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2017)
1953 – Svetlana Ulmasova, USSR, 3K (world title 1978)
1974 – Chris Ward, American NFL defensive end (Baltimore Ravens)
1974 – Mijntje Donners, Dutch hockey international
1996 – Connie Han, American jazz pianist, born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Birthdays for 3rd February 2024
1821 – Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician who was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, born in Bristol, England (d. 1910)
1912 – Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist and Minister of Information (Free French forces), born in Montpellier, France (d. 1990)
1927 – Joan Lowery Nixon, American writer (d. 2003)
1930 – Gillian Ayres, British abstract painter and printmaker, born in Barnes, London (d. 2018)
1932 – Peggy Ann Garner, American actress (Little Women, Daisy Kenyon), born in Canton, Ohio (d. 1984)
1951 – Felipe Munoz, Mexican 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic gold 1968)
1952 – Fred Lynn, American baseball outfielder (Boston, California, Baltimore), born in Chicago, Illinois
1970 – Keith Carney, NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks, Team US), born in Providence, Rhode Island
1984 – Elizabeth Holmes, American entrepreneur and convicted fraudster (former CEO of Theranos and once the youngest self-made female billionaire – Forbes 2014), born in Washington, D.C.
1995 – Aimee Lou Wood, English actress (Sex Education), born in Stockport, England