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February 15, 1991 Nicholas Garland, son of Pamela Sue Martin February 15, 1980 Conor Oberst, American Musician February 15, 1979 Kaj-Erik Eriksen, actor, Quarantine February 15, 1977 Brook Wackman, rocker February 15, 1976 Brandon Boyd, American Musician February 15, 1975 Robert Fuchs, soccer player, PSV February 15, 1974 Erik Schulz, Port Huron, Michigan, pairs skater, & Ilana Goldfogel February 15, 1974 Jodie McMullen, Miss Universe-Australia/Miss Congeniality 1996 February 15, 1974 Tim Hall, running back for the Oakland Raiders February 15, 1974 Ugueth Urbina, Caracas Venezuela, pitcher for the Montreal Expos February 15, 1973 Amy Van Dyken, 50m/100m freestyle/100m butterfly swimmer, Oly-2 g-96 February 15, 1972 Jaromir Jagr, Kladno Cze, NHL right wing, Penguins, Czech Oly-G-1998 February 15, 1972 Lance Scott, NFL offensive linesman for the Arizona Cardinals February 15, 1971 Barbara Failey-Herbert, South Africa, golfer, 1989 winner SA Champ February 15, 1971 Jim Butler, Iowa City Iowa, table tennis player, Olympics-92, 96 February 15, 1971 Renee O'Connor, actress, Xena Warrior Princess February 15, 1971 Tyrone Legette, cornerback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers February 15, 1970 Gloria Trevi, Mexico, sexy spanish vocalist, A Gatas February 15, 1970 Nathaniel Mills, Evanston, Illinois, speed skater 1994 Olympics February 15, 1970 Tyrone Legette, NFL cornerback for the New Orleans Saints February 15, 1969 Brian Williams, Lancaster, South Carolina, pitcher, Detroit Tigers, Astros February 15, 1969 Edgar Bennett, NFL running back, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31 February 15, 1969 Joshua Micah Marshall, American Politician February 15, 1968 Kurt Robin McKinney, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Ned-General Hospital February 15, 1968 Michael Easton, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Tanner-Days of Our Lives February 15, 1967 Michael Easton, actor, Ally McBeal February 15, 1966 Melido Perez, Dominican/US baseball pitcher, New York Yankees February 15, 1966 Petra Huber, Austria, tennis star February 15, 1965 Craig Matthews, cricket pace bowler, South African Test February 15, 1964 Chris Farley, actor, SNL, Wayne's World, Coneheads February 15, 1964 Mark Price, NBA guard, Washington Bullets, Orlando Magic February 15, 1962 [Babette] Renee Props, Oklahoma, actress, Elly Snyder-As the World Turns February 15, 1960 Darrell Green, NFL cornerback for the Washington Redskins February 15, 1960 Jeanne Goldsmith, born in Los Angeles, California, WPVA volleyballer, National-5th-1987 February 15, 1960 Mikey Craig, rock bassist, Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me February 15, 1959 Ali Campbell, British reggae vocalist and guitarist, UB40-Red Red Wine February 15, 1959 Guy De Alwis, cricket wicket-keeper, Sri Lankan mid 80s February 15, 1959 Joe Hesketh, U.S. baseball player for the Boston Red Sox February 15, 1957 Bienvenida Buck, Velencia Spain, lover of British Peter Harding February 15, 1957 Charles Edward Pevensey Tennant, aristocrat February 15, 1957 Jake E Lee, rocker, Badlands-Dreams in the Dark February 15, 1956 Desmond Haynes, cricket, WI opener-greatest batsman in 1-day history February 15, 1956 Hilda Beatriz "Hildita" Guevara, Cuba, daughter of "Che" Guevara February 15, 1955 Bev Francis, Australia, world women's power-lifting champion February 15, 1955 Clive Aslet, British editor, Country Life February 15, 1954 Matt Groening, cartoonist, Life in Hell, Simpsons February 15, 1953 Derek Conway, British MP February 15, 1951 Jane Seymour, [Joyce Frankenberg], England, actress, Dr. Quinn February 15, 1951 Melissa Manchester, born in Bronx, New York, vocalist, Don't Cry Out Loud February 15, 1950 Donna Hanover Giuliani, TV news anchor, WPIX, /wife of Mayor Giuliani February 15, 1950 Nikolai Sergeivich Grekov, Russia, cosmonaut February 15, 1949 Christopher Rouse, composer February 15, 1949 Earl of Carlisle February 15, 1949 Jess Walton, Michigan, actress, Jill Foster Abbott-Young and Restless February 15, 1949 Ken Anderson, NFL quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals February 15, 1948 Ron "Penguin" Cey, born in Tacoma, Washington, 3rd baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers February 15, 1948 Art Spiegelman, American Artist February 15, 1947 Marisa Berenson, New York City, actress, Barry Lyndon, Death in Vienna, SOB February 15, 1947 Rusty Hamer, Tenafly, New Jersey, actor, Rusty-Make Room for Daddy February 15, 1946 Clare Short, British MP February 15, 1946 John Greenway, British MP February 15, 1945 Douglas R Hofstadter, New York City, author, Godel, Escher, Bach February 15, 1945 Douglas Hofstadter, American Writer February 15, 1944 Aleksandr A. Serebrov, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz T-7, T-8, TM-8, TM-17 February 15, 1944 Mick Avory, rock drummer, Kinks-Lola February 15, 1944 Tineke Netelenbos, Dutch MP, PvdA February 15, 1941 Brian Holland, U.S. pianist/producer, Holland/Dozier/Holland February 15, 1941 Dan Crompton, Nottinghamshire, Chief Constable February 15, 1941 Florinda Bolkan, Ceara Brazil, actress, Damned, Last Valley, Word February 15, 1939 Jo Clayton, U.S., sci-fi author, Irsud, Maeve, Star Hunters February 15, 1939 Ollie Ellefsater, Norway, 3K steeplechase, Olympics-1960 February 15, 1939 Tony Bloom, deputy CEO, Sketchley February 15, 1938 Jack Tinker, drama critic February 15, 1938 Lord Justice Ward, British judge February 15, 1937 Nicholas Bayne, diplomat February 15, 1937 P J Squire, British headmaster, Bedford Modern School February 15, 1937 Terry Everett, Rep-R-Alabama February 15, 1937 Zoltan Pesko, composer February 15, 1936 Andrew Miller, British principal, Stirling U February 15, 1935 John R Block, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1981-86 February 15, 1935 Roger B Chaffee, Grand Rapids Michigan, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut February 15, 1935 Susan Brownmiller, Brooklyn, feminist author, Against Our Wills February 15, 1935 Roger B. Chaffee, Astronaut February 15, 1934 Niklaus Wirth, Switzerland, computer programmer/inventor, PASCAL February 15, 1934 Graham Kennedy, Australian Entertainer February 15, 1933 Adolfo, Cardones Cuba, fashion designer, Nancy Reagan February 15, 1932 Adrian Swire, British aircraft magnate, Cathay Pacific February 15, 1931 W K Reid, British ombudsman February 15, 1931 [Patricia] Claire Bloom, London, actress, Charly, Look Back in Anger February 15, 1931 Claire Bloom, British Actress February 15, 1930 C F Payne, Cleveland, British chief constable February 15, 1929 Countess of Dysart, February 15, 1929 Gerald Harper, broadcaster/actor, Tunes of Glory, Extra Day February 15, 1929 Graham Hill, London, auto racer, 1962, 68 international racing champ February 15, 1929 James R. Schlesinger, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1973-75 February 15, 1927 Frank Dunlop, director, Edinburgh International Festival February 15, 1927 Gottfrid Grasbeck, composer February 15, 1927 Harvey Korman, Chicago, actor, Carol Burnett Show, Blazing Saddles February 15, 1927 William Bentley, diplomat February 15, 1923 Justice Drake, British justice February 15, 1923 Keene Curtis, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Magician, Amanda's February 15, 1923 Yelena Bonner, Moscow, soviet disident/wife of Andre Sakharov February 15, 1922 Herman Kahn, New Jersey, writer, Thinking About the Unthinkable February 15, 1920 Ingmar Milveden, composer February 15, 1920 Piet van Aken, Flemish writer, Devil Sails to U.S., Niggers February 15, 1920 Richard O'Brien, CEO, Manpower Services Commission February 15, 1918 Alan Arbus, New York City, actor, Dr. Sidney Freedman-M*A*S*H February 15, 1916 Ian Ballantine, publisher, Ballantine Books February 15, 1915 Paul Ferris, British author February 15, 1914 Arthur Sydney Martin, spy catcher February 15, 1914 Kevin McCarthy, Seattle, actor, Invasion of Body Snatchers, Howling February 15, 1914 R. 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Woods, bishop, Worcester February 15, 1913 Willy Vandersteen, Belgian cartoonist, Suske and Wiske February 15, 1912 George Mikes, Hungary, British writer, How to Be an Alien February 15, 1911 Leonard Woodcock, labor leader, UAW February 15, 1910 9th earl of Jersey, English large landowner/art collector February 15, 1909 Harold Beeley, British diplomat February 15, 1908 Sidney Gilliat, producer February 15, 1908 Ypk fan der Fear, Frisian writer, Reade Runen February 15, 1907 Cesar Romero, born in New York City, actor, Joker-Batman, Ocean's 11, Thin Man February 15, 1907 Jean Langlais, composer February 15, 1906 Stephen Brown, CEO, Stone-Platt Industries February 15, 1905 Harold Arlen, [Hyman Arluck], U.S., composer, Over the Rainbow February 15, 1904 Antonin Magne, French bicyclist, Tour de France 1931, 34 February 15, 1904 Mary Adshead, muralist/painter February 15, 1901 Andre Parrot, French archaeologist/theologist, Assur February 15, 1901 Christmas Humphreys, England, lawyer/writer/Buddhist, Awakening of Zen February 15, 1901 Paul Haesaerts, Flemish architect/painter, Animisme February 15, 1899 Gale Sondergard, Litchfield, Minnesota, actress, Cat and Canary, Road to Rio February 15, 1899 Georges Auric, Lodve France, Composer February 15, 1899 Lillian Disney, Mrs. Walt Disney February 15, 1898 Ibuse Masuji, Japanese writer, Yohai Taicho, Kuroi Ame February 15, 1898 Toto, Antonio de Curtis, Naples Italy, actor, Motorizzate, Noi Duri February 15, 1897 Earl H Blaik, Det, college football hall of fame coach, elected 1965 February 15, 1896 Arthur Shields, Dublin Ireland, actor, River, Enchanted Island February 15, 1894 Oswaldo Aranha, Brazil, lawyer/statesman, 1st President of UN February 15, 1893 Harm H Kamerlingh Onnes, painter/etcher/ceramist February 15, 1893 Walter Donaldson, U.S. pianist/composer, Girl Crazy, Whoopee February 15, 1892 James Forrestal, U.S., banker/minister of Navy February 15, 1890 Robert Ley, German chemist/MP, NSDAP February 15, 1887 H M Bateman, Sutton Forest NSW, cartoonist February 15, 1886 Sax Rohmer, England, author, Dr. Fu Manchu February 15, 1885 Richard Wurz, composer February 15, 1882 John Barrymore, [Blythe], Philadelphia, actor, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde February 15, 1874 Emilis Melngailis, composer February 15, 1874 Ernest H Shackleton, Kilkee Ireland, explorer, Endurance, Antarctica February 15, 1866 Bannister Fletcher, London, architect and architectural historian February 15, 1861 Alfred North Whitehead, Engl mathematician/philosopher, Adv of Ideas February 15, 1861 Halford John Mackinder, Gainsborough Lincolnshire, geographer February 15, 1858 William Pickering, Boston, astronomer, 9th and 10th moons of Saturn February 15, 1856 Frank Harris, Galway England, writer February 15, 1855 Gustav Hollaender, composer February 15, 1847 Robert Fuchs, composer February 15, 1845 Elihu Root, R, /U.S. Secretary of State, 1905-09, /Nobel Peace Prize, 1912 February 15, 1835 Alexander Stuart Webb, Major General Union Army, died in 1911 February 15, 1834 William Preece, English electrical engineer/wireless pioneer February 15, 1829 Silas Weir Mitchell, U.S. physician/author, Roland Blake February 15, 1828 Johan H van Dale, schoolmaster, New Dutch Language Dictionary February 15, 1826 George J Stoney, Irish physicist February 15, 1823 Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli Canton February 15, 1822 Theodor Uhlig, composer February 15, 1821 Abraham de Amorie van der de Have, theologist/poet February 15, 1820 Susan Brownell Anthony, Adams Massachusetts, woman's suffragette February 15, 1820 Susan B. Anthony, American Activist February 15, 1819 Christopher Sholes, Mooresburg Penn, inventor, typewriter February 15, 1817 Charles F Daubigny, French restauranteur/painter February 15, 1812 Charles Lewis Tiffany, Killingly, Connecticut, jeweler, Tiffany February 15, 1811 Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina, 1868-74 February 15, 1809 Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor, Mechanical reaper February 15, 1807 Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer February 15, 1803 John Augustus Sutter, Swiss/US colonist, New Helvetia California, Sutter Mill February 15, 1800 Frederik W. Conrad, Dutch hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer February 15, 1797 Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker, Steinway February 15, 1795 Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general, 10 day campaign February 15, 1789 Friedrich Fesca, composer February 15, 1785 Claude Louis Marie Navier February 15, 1783 Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer February 15, 1780 Carel Asser, Dutch jurist February 15, 1774 W G Frederik, prince of Orange February 15, 1768 Jozef B Cannaert, [Olim], Flemish lawyer February 15, 1766 Thomas Malthus, Rookery Surrey UK, economist/demographer February 15, 1764 Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist, Danske V'rker February 15, 1760 Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer February 15, 1759 Friedrich A. Wolfius, [Wolf], German philological, Prolegomena February 15, 1748 Jeremy Bentham, London, England philosopher/originator, Utilitarian February 15, 1740 Ernst Eichner, composer February 15, 1726 Abraham Clark, farmer/lawyer, signed Declaration of Independence February 15, 1710 Louis XV the Well-Beloved, Versailles, King of France, 1715-74 February 15, 1707 Claude Prosper, Paris, France, novelist February 15, 1705 Charles A. Vanloo, French painter February 15, 1666 Antonio M Valsalva, Italian anatomist, eardrums, glottis February 15, 1660 Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/dean of artisans February 15, 1650 Anne Jules duke de Noailles, marshal of France, hugenot February 15, 1620 Francois Charpentier, French scholar/archaeologist February 15, 1571 Michael Praetorius, Kreuzberg Germany, composer, Syntagma music February 15, 1564 Galileo Galilei, Pisa Italy, astronomer/physicist February 15, 1557 Alfonso Fontanelli, composer February 15, 1524 Charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims February 15, 1519 Pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer, found St. Augustine Florida February 15, 1497 Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant February 15, 1483 Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30 February 15, 1368 Sigismund, Nurnberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor, 1410-37 February 15, 37 Claudius Drusus Germanicus Caesar Nero, emperor of Rome, 54-68 |