Traci Adell playmate (July 1994) born in New Orleans Louisiana
17 Feb 1970
Tommy Moe nordic skiier (Olympic-goldsilver-1994) born in Anchorage Alaska
17 Feb 1581
Fausto Poli Italian Catholic Cardinal. private secretary to Pope Urban born in Usigni (d. 1653)
17 Feb 1646
Pierre Le Pesant sieur de Boisguilbert French economist born in Rouen France (d. 1714)
17 Feb 1675
Johann Melchior Conradi German composer born in Oettingen (d. 1756)
17 Feb 1697
Louis-Maurice de La Pierre French composer born in Versailles France (d. 1753)
17 Feb 1723
Tobias Mayer German astronomer method of lunars for longitude determination born in Marbach
17 Feb 1796
Giovanni Pacini Italian composer of opera (Saffo) born in Catania Sicily (d. 1867)
17 Feb 1816
Haller Nutt American rich Southern Plantation owner (Longwood house - largest octagonal house in the US) born at Laurel Hill Plantation Mississippi (d. 1864)
17 Feb 1821
Lola Montez Irish dancer and courtesan born in Grange Ireland (d. 1861)
17 Feb 1831
Francisco Salvador Daniel French composer born in Bourges France (d. 1871)
17 Feb 1844
Aaron Montgomery Ward founded mail-order business (Montgomery Ward) born in Chatham New Jersey (d. 1913)
17 Feb 1849
Selwyn Image English painter and designer (Arts and Crafts Movement) born in Bodiam Sussex (d. 1930)
17 Feb 1891
Georg Britting German poet and writer (d. 1964)
17 Feb 1905
Andy Oberlander AmericanCollege Football Hall of Fame halfback and coach (National Cship 1954) born in Chelsea Massachusetts (d. 1968)
17 Feb 1906
Ramon Tapales Filipino composer and conductor born in Baybay Philippines (d. 1995)
17 Feb 1913
Rene Leibowitz Polish-born French composer (d. 1972)
17 Feb 1914
Albert Westerlinck [Jose J M Aerts pseudoym] Flemish poet writer and priest born in Geel Belgium (d. 1984)
17 Feb 1914
Per-Jakez Helias French Breton writer and actor born in Pouldreuzig Brittany (d. 1995)
17 Feb 1916
Raf Vallone Italian actor (El Cid 2 Women Greek Tycoon) born in Tropea Italy (d. 2002)
17 Feb 1918
Charles Hayes American politician (Rep-D-IL 1983-93) born in Cairo Illinois (d. 1997)
17 Feb 1919
Joe Hunt American tennis player (US Nat Cship 1943) born in San Francisco California (d. 1945)
17 Feb 1937
Mickey McGill American vocalist (Dells-Love is Blue)
17 Feb 1941
Gene Pitney American vocalist and songwriter (Town Without Pity) born in Hartford Connecticut
17 Feb 1942
Huey P. Newton African-American activist revolutionary and co-founder of the Black Panther Party born in Monroe Louisiana (d. 1989)
17 Feb 1948
Jos Jos The Prince of Song [Jos Rmulo Sosa Ortiz] Mexican singer and actor born in Mexico City Mexico (d. 2019)
17 Feb 1948
Rick Majerus American college basketball coach (5 WAC Coach of the Year Uni of Utah) born in Sheboygan Falls Wisconsin (d. 2012)
17 Feb 1965
Michael Bay American film director (Armageddon Pearl Harbor) born in Los Angeles California
17 Feb 1969
Robert Massey American NFL cornerback (NY Giants) born in Rock Hill South Carolina
17 Feb 1969
Tuesday Knight American actress born in Bentwood California
17 Feb 1970
Tim Mahoney American musician born in Omaha Nebraska
17 Feb 1970
Dominic Purcell English-born Australian actor (Prison Break) born in Wallasey England
17 Feb 1444
Rudolf Agricola [Roelof Huysman] Dutch humanistorganist
17 Feb 1583
Johann Henry Alting German theologian born in Emden Saxony (d. 1644)
17 Feb 1699
Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff Prussian architect (Sanssouci) born in n Kuckdel (d. 1753)
17 Feb 1723
Tobias Mayer German astronomer method of lunars for longitude determination born in Marbach (d. 1762)
17 Feb 1758
John Pinkerton Scottish anti-Celtic historian born in Edinburgh Scotland (d. 1826)
17 Feb 1774
Raphaelle Peale American painter (After the Rain-1823) born in Annapolis Maryland (d. 1825)
17 Feb 1816
Friedrich Wilhelm Markull German composer and muscian born in Reichenbach Prussia (1887)
17 Feb 1820
Henri Vieuxtemps Belgium composer and teacher (Brussels Cons) born in Verviers Belgium (d. 1881)
17 Feb 1850
Anton Urspruch German composer born in Frankfurt (d. 1907)
17 Feb 1850
Ludwig Bonvin Swiss born composer who worked in America born in Sierre Switzerland ( d. 1939)
17 Feb 1854
Friedrich A. Krupp German steel and arms manufacturer (Krupp AG. - supplied the German Navy)
17 Feb 1855
Aleksander Rycki Polish pianist composer and music teacher born in Zhitomir Russian Empire (d. 1915)
17 Feb 1857
Samuel Sidney McClure Irish-American newspaper editor and publisher
17 Feb 1862
Edward German (Jones) English composer (Merrie England) born in Whitchurch Shropshire (d. 1936)
17 Feb 1864
Andrew Barton Banjo Paterson Australian bush poet (Waltzing Matilda The Man From Snowy River) born near Orange New South Wales (d. 1941)
17 Feb 1870
Louis de Raet Belgian economist and founder of the Flemish Peoples Party
17 Feb 1877
Andr Maginot French politician advocated for the Maginot Line born in Paris France (d. 1932)
17 Feb 1882
Kurt Schindler German born American composer and conductor (d. 1935)
17 Feb 1887
Leevi Antti Madetoja Finnish composer (Pohjalaisia) conductor and teacher born in Oulu Finland (d. 1947)
17 Feb 1888
Otto Stern German American physicist (Stern-Gerlach-experiment Nobel 1943)
17 Feb 1889
H[aroldson] L Hunt Texas oil tycoon (East Texas Oil Field) born near Ramsey Illinois (d. 1974)
17 Feb 1898
Tom Lowry cricketer New Zealand cricketer (NZ batsman in seven Tests & their 1st Test captain) born in Fernhill New Zealand (d. 1976)
17 Feb 1904
Albert Kuyle [Louis Kuitenbrouwer] Dutch writer (Jesus Robe)
17 Feb 1907
Alec Wilder American classical jazz and pop music composer (The Churkendoose) and musicologist (American Popular Song The Great Innovators 1900-1950) born in Rochester New York (d. 1980)
17 Feb 1910
Alfred Mendelsohn Romanian composer and conductor (Romanian National Opera 1944-63) and teacher born in Bucharest Romania (d. 1966)
17 Feb 1914
Albert Westerlinck [Jose J M Aerts pseudoym] Flemish poet writer and priest born in Geel Belgium (d. 1984)
17 Feb 1914
Per-Jakez Helias French Breton writer and actor born in Pouldreuzig Brittany (d. 1995)
17 Feb 1916
Don Tallon Australian cricketer (perhaps Australias greatest wicket-keeper) born in Bundaberg Australia (d. 1984)
17 Feb 1917
Guillermo Gonzlez Camarena Mexican inventor (color television) born in Guadalajara Mexico (d. 1965)
17 Feb 1918
Olive Gibbs English peace campaigner (CND) born in Oxford England
17 Feb 1920
Trevor Oswald Ling English religious studies born in London England (d. 1995)
17 Feb 1922
Tommy Edwards American vocalist (Its All in the Game) born in Richmond Virginia (d. 1969)
17 Feb 1923
Alden Winship Clausen American banker (President of World Bank) born in Hamilton Illinois (d. 2013)
17 Feb 1924
Margaret Truman American presidential daughter writer (Murder at FBI) and pianist born in Independence Missouri (d. 2008)
17 Feb 1924
Gevork Vartanian Soviet intelligence agent (Operation Long Jump) born in Rostov-on-Don (d. 2012)
17 Feb 1925
Fritz Behrendt German Dutch cartoon character (The Slogan)
17 Feb 1925
Hal Holbrook American stage and screen Tony and Emmy award winning actor (All the Presidents Men Mark Twain Tonight) born in Cleveland Ohio (d. 2021) [1]
17 Feb 1926
Friedrich Cerha Austrian composer and conductor born in Vienna Austria
17 Feb 1926
Lee Hoiby American concert pianist and composer (1957 Arts & Letters) born in Madison Wisconsin (d. 2011)
17 Feb 1930
Usko Merilainen Finnish composer born in Tampere Finland (d. 2004)
17 Feb 1932
Buck Trent American banjoist and singer (Hee Haw) born in Spartanburg South Carolina
17 Feb 1935
Johnny Bush American country singer born in Houston Texas (d. 2020)
17 Feb 1935
Christina Pickles UK-born American actress (St Elsewhere) born in Halifax England
17 Feb 1936
Barry Jarman Australian cricket wicket-keeper (19 Tests 54 dismissals) born in Adelaide South Australia (d. 2020)
17 Feb 1936
Peter Walker English cricket batsman (3 Tests Glamorgan CCC) born in Bristol England (d. 2020)
17 Feb 1938
Mary Frances Berry American lawyer and activist head of US Commission on Civil Rights born in Nashville Tennessee
17 Feb 1939
Mary Ann Mobley American model and actress (Miss America-1959 Diffrent Strokes) Biloxi Mississippi (d. 2014)
17 Feb 1939
John Leyton British singer and actor (Johnny Remember Me) born in Frinton-on-Sea England
17 Feb 1940
Willi Holdorf German athlete (Olympic gold United Team of Germany decathlon 1964) born in Blomesche Wildnis Germany (d. 2020)
17 Feb 1941
Heidi Biebi German downhill skier (Olympic gold 1960) born in Oberstaufen West Germany
17 Feb 1944
Bernie Grant British politician (Labour) born in Georgetown British Guiana (d. 2000)
17 Feb 1944
Karl Jenkins Welsh composer (Adiemus) born in Penclawdd Wales
17 Feb 1945
Patricia Morrow American actress (Rita-Peyton Place) born in Los Angeles California
17 Feb 1946
Andre Dussollier French actor (3 Men & a Cradle) born in Annecy France
17 Feb 1947
Dallas Adams British actor painter and writer (Terror From Within)
17 Feb 1947
Dodie Stevens [Geraldine Pasquale] American pop singer (Pink Shoe Laces) born in Chicago Illinois
17 Feb 1950
Rick Medlocke American rock guitaristvocalist (Blackfoot) born in Jackson Florida
17 Feb 1952
Insook Bhushan US table tennis player (Olympic-92) born in Seoul South Korea
17 Feb 1952
Karin Janz East German gymnast (medals at 1968 Olympics born in Lbben East Germany
17 Feb 1954
Rene Russo American model and actress (Ransom) born in Burbank California
17 Feb 1957
Loreena McKennitt Canadian musician and composer born in Morden Manitoba
17 Feb 1958
Heidi Hagman American actress (Linda-Archie Bunkers Place) born in New York City
17 Feb 1962
Hennie Meijer Dutch soccer player (Cambuur L FC Heerenveen)
17 Feb 1962
Lou Diamond Phillips Filipino American actor (La Bamba Stand & Deliver) born at Subic Bay Naval Station Philippines
17 Feb 1962
Tony Blain New Zealand cricketer (NZ Test wicket-keeper)
17 Feb 1966
Melissa Brooke-Belland American musician (Voice of the Beehive-Let it Bee) born in Los Angeles California
17 Feb 1966
Ioannis Kalitzakis Greek footballer born in Eleusis Greece
17 Feb 1966
Michael Lepond American musician (Symphony X) born in Newark New Jersey
17 Feb 1967
Robert Massey American NFL cornerback (Arizona Cardinals Detroit Lions) and coach born in Rock Hill South Carolina
17 Feb 1968
Patrick Uterwijk Dutch pop guitarist (Pestilence Consuming Impulse)
17 Feb 1969
David Klingler American NFL quarterback (Oakland Raiders Cin Bengals) born in Houston Texas
17 Feb 1969
Joel Steed American NFL nose tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers) born in Frankfurt Germany
17 Feb 1969
Levon Kirkland American NFL linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers) born in Lamar South Carolina
17 Feb 1970
Tommy Moe American nordic skier (Olympic-goldsilver-1994) born in Anchorage Alaska
17 Feb 1696
Ernst Gottlieb Baron German lutenist and composer born in Breslau Silesia (d. 1760)
17 Feb 1747
Narciso Casanovas Spanish keyboard player composer and Benedictine monk born in Sabadell Spain (d. 1799)
17 Feb 1752
Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger German playwright (Der Wirrwarr oder Sturm und Drang) and novelist born in the Free Imperial City of Frankfurt (d. 1831)
17 Feb 1774
Raphaelle Peale American painter (After the Rain 1823) born in Annapolis Maryland (d. 1825)
17 Feb 1820
Henri Vieuxtemps Belgian violin prodigy composer and teacher (Brussels Conservatory) born in Verviers United Kingdom of the Netherlands (now Belgium) (d. 1881)
17 Feb 1831
Francisco Salvador Daniel French composer and ethno-musicologist born in Bourges France (d. 1871)
17 Feb 1844
Aaron Montgomery Ward American retailer founded mail-order business (Montgomery Ward) born in Chatham New Jersey (d. 1913)
17 Feb 1882
Kurt Schindler German-American composer and conductor born in Berlin Germany (d. 1935)
17 Feb 1893
Wally Pipp American baseball first baseman (World Series 1923 AL HR leader 1916 17 NY Yankees) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 1965)
17 Feb 1898
Tom Lowry New Zealand cricket batsman (7 Tests 2 x 50s first NZ Test captain) President NZ Thoroughbred Breeders Association 1951-65 born in Fernhill New Zealand (d. 1976)
17 Feb 1905
Andy Oberlander American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Dartmouth College National Cship 1954) born in Chelsea Massachusetts (d. 1968)
17 Feb 1905
Orville Hoppy Jones American bass singer and cellist (The Ink Spots - If I Didnt Care) born in Chicago Illinois (1944)
17 Feb 1907
Marjorie Lawrence Australian-American operatic soprano (Wagner Interrupted Melody) born in Deans Marsh Australia (d. 1979)
17 Feb 1908
Red Barber American baseball broadcaster (Cincinnati Reds 193438 Brooklyn Dodgers 193953 NY Yankees 195466) born in Columbus Mississippi (d. 1992)
17 Feb 1909
Jef Scherens Belgian track cyclist (World Cships gold sprint 1932-37 47) born in Werchter Belgium (d. 1986)
17 Feb 1913
Oskar Danon Yugoslav conductor (Belgrade Opera 1944-65) born in Sarajevo Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) (d. 2009)
17 Feb 1915
Homer Keller American classical composer born in Oxnard California (d. 1996)
17 Feb 1916
Don Tallon Australian cricket wicket-keeper (21 Tests 58 dismissals 2 x 50s Queensland CA) born in Bundaberg Australia (d. 1984)
17 Feb 1916
Alexander Obolensky Russian prince and English rugby union winger (4 caps Leicester Tigers RUFC Oxford Uni RFC) born in Saint Petersburg Russia (d. 1940)
17 Feb 1916
Vivian McGrath Australian tennis player (Australian Cship 1937) born in Merrendee Australia (d. 1978)
17 Feb 1919
Joe Hunt American tennis player (US National Cship 1943) born in San Francisco California (d. 1945)
17 Feb 1920
Paul Fetler American composer (December Stillness Three Poems By Walt Whitman) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 2018)
17 Feb 1923
Boniface Buddy DeFranco Italian-American jazz clarinetist and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra) born in Camden New Jersey (d. 2014)
17 Feb 1925
Hal Holbrook American stage and screen Tony and Emmy award-winning actor (All the Presidents Men Mark Twain Tonight) born in Cleveland Ohio (d. 2021) [1]
17 Feb 1925
Ron Goodwin English composer and conductor Plymouth Devon England (d. 2003)
17 Feb 1926
Lee Hoiby American concert pianist and composer (1957 Arts & Letters Summer and Smoke) born in Madison Wisconsin (d. 2011)
17 Feb 1929
Dame Patricia Routledge British stage and screen actress and singer (Keeping Up Appearances Talking Heads A Lady of Letters) born in Tranmere Birkenhead
17 Feb 1931
Buddy Ryan American football coach (Philadelphia Eagles Arizona Cardinals) born in Frederick Oklahoma (d. 2016)
17 Feb 1932
Charles Buck Trent American banjoist and singer (Hee Haw) born in Spartanburg South Carolina
17 Feb 1936
John Leyton British actor and singer (Johnny Remember Me) born in Frinton-on-Sea England
17 Feb 1937
Mickey McGill American vocalist (Dells - Love is Blue) born in Chicago Illinois
17 Feb 1940
Dennis Gamsy South African cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests 5 dismissals Natal) born in Glenwood South Africa
17 Feb 1940
Vicente Fernndez Mexican Grammy Award-winning singer known as El Rey de la Msica Ranchera (The King of Ranchera Music) actor and film producer born in Huentitn El Alto Jalisco Mecico (d. 2021)
17 Feb 1941
Gene Pitney American vocalist and songwriter (Town Without Pity Hello Mary Lou Hes A Rebel) born in Hartford Connecticut (d. 2006)
17 Feb 1941
Heidi Biebl German alpine skier (Olympic gold womens downhill 1960) born in Oberstaufen Germany (d. 2022)
17 Feb 1946
Valdemar Bandolowski Danish sailor (Olympic gold Soling class 1976 80) born in Esbnderup Denmark
17 Feb 1947
Ben Cramer Dutch pop and musical theater singer (De Clown) born in Amsterdam. Holland
17 Feb 1948
Rick Majerus American college basketball coach (5 WAC Coach of the Year Uni of Utah) born in Sheboygan Falls Wisconsin (d. 2012)
17 Feb 1950
Rick Medlocke American rock guitarist and vocalist (Blackfoot) born in Jackson Florida
17 Feb 1952
Karin Bttner-Janz German artistic gymnast (Olympic gold GDR vault uneven bars 1968 World Cships gold uneven bars 1970) born in Lbben Germany
17 Feb 1957
Loreena McKennitt Canadian world and Celtic harpist accordion and piano player singer and composer (The Mummers Dance) born in Morden Manitoba
17 Feb 1959
Rowdy Gaines American swimmer (Olympic gold 100m 4x100m relay 4x100m medley 1984 5 x World Cship gold 1978 82) and broadcaster (NBC) born in Winter Haven Florida
17 Feb 1961
Guy McIntyre American football guard (Super Bowl 1984 88 89 SF 49ers 5 Pro Bowl All-Pro 1992 Philadelphia Eagles) born in Thomasville Georgia
17 Feb 1962
David McComb Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Triffids 1976-89 d The Blackeyed Susans 198993) born in Perth Australia (d. 1999)
17 Feb 1962
Tony Blain New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper (11 Tests 21 dismissals 2 x 50s Central Districts CA Canterbury CA) born in Nelson New Zealand
17 Feb 1963
Jensen Huang Taiwanese-American businessman and engineer (Nvidia Corporation) born in Tainan Taiwan
17 Feb 1966
Quorthon [Thomas Forsberg] Swedish heavy and Viking metal musician and record producer (Bathory) born in Stockholm Sweden (d. 2004)
17 Feb 1968
Bryan Cox American NFL linebacker and coach (Pro Bowl 1992 94 95 Super Bowl 2001 NE Patriots Miami Dolphins Chicago Bears) born in East St. Louis Illinois
17 Feb 1968
Patrick Uterwijk Dutch heavy metal guitarist (Pestilence - Consuming Impulse) born in The Netherlands
17 Feb 1969
David Douillet French politician & judoka born in Rouen France
17 Feb 1970
Tim Mahoney American rock guitarist (311) born in Omaha Nebraska
17 Feb 1971
Martyn Bennett [-Knight] Canadian-Scottish celtic-fusion piper pianist and composer born in St. Johns Newfoundland and Labrador (d. 2005)
17 Feb 1971
Jeremy Edwards British actor (Holby City) born in London England
17 Feb 1971
Denise Richards American actress (The World is not Enough) born in Downers Grove Illinois
17 Feb 1444
Rudolphus Agricola [Roelof Huysman] Dutch humanist and scholar (De inventione dialectica) born in Baflo (d. 1485) (alternate date 1443)
17 Feb 1653
Arcangelo Corelli Italian composer and violinist (Concerti Grossi) born in Fusignano Italy (d. 1713)
17 Feb 1699
Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff Prussian architect (Sanssouci) and painter born in Kuckdel Poland (d. 1753)
17 Feb 1740
Horace Bndict de Saussure Swiss physicist and geologist born in Conches Switzerland (d. 1799)
17 Feb 1796
Giovanni Pacini Italian opera composer (Saffo) and educator born in Catania Sicily (d. 1867)
17 Feb 1816
Friedrich Wilhelm Markull German composer and musician born in Reichenbach Prussia (d. 1887)
17 Feb 1837
Samuel van Houten Dutch politician and philosopher (child labor laws) born in Groningen Netherlands (d. 1930)
17 Feb 1848
Louisa Lawson Australian writer publisher (The Dawn) and suffragist who founded The Dawn Club born in Gulgong New South Wales (d. 1920)
17 Feb 1850
Ludwig Bonvin Swiss born composer who worked in America born in Sierre Switzerland (d. 1939)
17 Feb 1854
Friedrich Alfred Krupp German steel and arms manufacturer (Krupp AG. - supplied the German Navy) born in Essen Province of Westphalia (d. 1902)
17 Feb 1855
Otto Liman von Sanders German general in Turkey during WWI born in Stolp Prussia (d. 1929)
17 Feb 1857
Samuel Sidney McClure Irish-American newspaper editor publisher and muckracker (McClures Magazine) born in County Antrim Ireland (d. 1949)
17 Feb 1869
Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho Portuguese cartographer and aviator (1st flight across the south Atlantic) born in Lisbon Portugal (d. 1959)
17 Feb 1870
Louis de Raet Belgian economist and founder of the Flemish Peoples Party born in Brussels Belgium (d. 1914)
17 Feb 1877
Henri Vandeputte Belgian author and poet (Lhomme Jeune) (d. 1952)
17 Feb 1877
Isabelle Eberhardt Swiss explorer and writer of North Africa born in Geneva Switzerland (d. 1904)
17 Feb 1879
Dorothy Canfield Fisher American novelist and social reformer (managed 1st US adult education program helped conscientious objectors) born in Lawrence Kansas (d. 1958)
17 Feb 1884
Arthur Vanderpoorten Belgian politician (Minister of Internal Affairs 1940) born in Puurs Belgium (d. 1945)
17 Feb 1888
Otto Stern German-American physicist (Stern-Gerlach-experiment Nobel 1943) born in Sohrau Prussia German Empire (d. 1969)
17 Feb 1892
Theodor Plievier German writer (Des Kaisers Kulis [The Kaisers Coolies] Stalingrad) born in Berlin German Empire (d. 1955)
17 Feb 1895
Anita Stewart American silent film actress (South of Hell Mountain) producer and mystery novelist born in Brooklyn NYC (d. 1961)
17 Feb 1905
Orville Hoppy Jones American bass singer and cellist (The Ink Spots - If I Didnt Care) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 1944)
17 Feb 1906
Galo Plaza Lasso Ecuadorian statesman (President of Ecuador 1948-52 head of OAS1968-75) born in New York City (d. 1987)
17 Feb 1907
Charles B. Timmer Dutch translator and writer (Russia Black on White) (d. 1991)
17 Feb 1914
Arthur Kennedy American Tony Award-winning stage and screen actor (Death of a Salesman Fantastic Voyage Peyton Place Some Came Running) born in Worcester Massachusetts (d. 1990)
17 Feb 1917
Whang-Od [Maria Ogga] Butbut-Filipina tattoo artist considered a National Living Treasure and the last living mambabatok a traditional Kalinga tattooist who tattooed headhunters likely born in Buscalan Kalinga Philippines [1]
17 Feb 1918
Olive Gibbs British politician anti-nuclear activist and peace campaigner born in Oxford England (d. 1995)
17 Feb 1924
Margaret Truman American presidential daughter writer (Murder at FBI) and pianist born in Independence Missouri (d. 2008)
17 Feb 1928
Marta Romero Puerto Rican actress (La Divina InfielThe Shadow of the Bat)& singer (Es tarde ya (Its Too Late Now)) born in Ponce Puerto Rico (d. 2013)
17 Feb 1933
Craig L. Thomas American politician (Senator-R-Wyoming 1995-2007 Rep-R-Wyoming 1989-95) born in Cody Wyoming (d. 2007)
17 Feb 1937
Mickey McGill American doo-wop vocalist (The Dells - Love is Blue) born in Chicago Illinois
17 Feb 1938
Alan Rees Welsh rugby union fly-half (3 Tests Maesteg RFC) rugby league five eighth (Leeds RLFC) and cricket all-rounder (Glamorgan CCC) born in Talbot Wales (d. 2022)
17 Feb 1948
Jos Jos [Jos Rmulo Sosa Ortiz] Mexican singer and actor known as The Prince of Song born in Mexico City Mexico (d. 2019)
17 Feb 1950
Rickey Medlocke American rock guitarist vocalist and drummer (Blackfoot 1969-97 - Highway Song Gimme Gimme Gimme Lynyrd Skynyrd 1971-72 and 1996-present) born in Jackson Florida
17 Feb 1954
Brian Houston New Zealand-Australian founder of megachurch Hillsong born in Auckland New Zealand
17 Feb 1954
Rene Russo American model and actress (Nightcrawler Ransom Lethal Weapon 3 & 4) born in Burbank California
17 Feb 1962
David McComb Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Triffids 1976-89 The Blackeyed Susans 198993) born in Perth Australia (d. 1999)
17 Feb 1962
Samuel Bayer American music video director born in Syracuse New York
17 Feb 1966
Melissa Brooke-Belland American musician (Voice of the Beehive - Let it Bee) born in Los Angeles California
17 Feb 1444
Rudolphus Agricola [Roelof Huysman] Dutch humanist scholar (De inventione dialectica) poet and organist born in Baflo Groningen the Hanseatic League (now Netherlands) (d. 1485) (alternate date 1443)
17 Feb 1667
Georg Bronner German composer and organist baptized in Hamburg Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1720)
17 Feb 1854
Friedrich Alfred Krupp German steel and arms manufacturer (Krupp AG - supplied the German Navy) born in Essen Province of Westphalia (d. 1902)
17 Feb 1907
Charlie Spivak Ukrainian-American big band trumpeter and bandleader born in Kiev Ukraine Russian Empire (now Kyiv Ukraine (d. 1982)
17 Feb 1910
Marc Lawrence [Max Goldsmith] American character actor (Man With Golden Gun) born in New York City (d. 2005)
17 Feb 1913
Ren Leibowitz Polish-French jazz pianist classical composer conductor and educator born in Warsaw Poland (d. 1972)
17 Feb 1913
Wallace Coulter American inventor and entrepreneur (Coulter Principle - made complete blood counts possible) born in Little Rock Arkansas (d 1998) [1]
17 Feb 1924
Gevork Vartanian Soviet intelligence agent (Operation Long Jump) born in Rostov-on-Don Russia (d. 2012)
17 Feb 1925
Fritz Behrendt German Dutch cartoon character (The Slogan) (d. 2008)
17 Feb 1925
Ron Goodwin English composer and conductor born in Plymouth England (d. 2003)
17 Feb 1926
Friedrich Cerha Austrian composer (Baal) and conductor (Ensemble Die Reihe) born in Vienna Austria (d. 2023)
17 Feb 1928
Marta Romero Puerto Rican actress (La Divina Infiel The Shadow of the Bat) and singer (Es tarde ya (Its Too Late Now)) born in Ponce Puerto Rico (d. 2013)
17 Feb 1929
Chaim Potok American novelist (Promise) born in New York City
17 Feb 1930
Roger Craig American baseball pitcher (World Series 1955 59 - BrooklynLA Dodgers 1964 St. Louis Cardinals) and manager (SD Padres 1978-79 SF Giants 1985-92) born in Durham North Carolina (d. 2023)
17 Feb 1934
Alan Bates British actor (Zorba the Greek An Unmarried Woman The Rose) born in Allestree Derby England (d. 2003)
17 Feb 1934
Barry Humphries Australian Tony Award-winning comedian actor and author known for his stage alter egos (Dame Edna Everage Sir Les Patterson) born in Melbourne Victoria (d. 2023) [1]
17 Feb 1936
Barry Jarman Australian cricket wicket-keeper (19 Tests 54 dismissals South Australia) born in Adelaide Australia (d. 2020)
17 Feb 1946
Zina Bethune American actress (Nurses Whos That Knocking at My Door) born in New York City (d. 2012)
17 Feb 1948
Jos Jos [Jos Rmulo Sosa Ortiz] Mexican singer and actor known as The Prince of Song born in Mexico City (d. 2019)
17 Feb 1956
Jeffrey Foskett American session and touring singer and guitarist (The Beach Boys Brian Wilson Wondermints) born in San Jose California (d. 2023)
17 Feb 1964
Jim Jordan American politician (Rep-R-Ohio 2007-) born in Troy Ohio
17 Feb 1969
David Douillet French politician and judoka born in Rouen France
17 Feb 1969
Tony Underwood English rugby union wing (27 Tests England 1 British & Irish Lions Leicester Tigers) born in Ipoh Malaysia
17 Feb 1444
Rudolphus Agricola [Roelof Huysman] Dutch humanist scholar (De inventione dialectica) poet and organist born in Baflo Groningen the Hanseatic League (d. 1485) (alternate date 1443)
17 Feb 1519
Franois de Lorraine 2nd Duke of Guise French soldier famous for the defense of Metz and statesman as Grand Chamberlain of France born in Bar France (d. 1563)
17 Feb 1653
Arcangelo Corelli Italian composer and violinist (Concerti Grossi) born in Fusignano Duchy of Modena and Reggio (d. 1713)
17 Feb 1667
Georg Bronner German composer and organist baptized in Hamburg Holy Roman Empire (d. 1720)
17 Feb 1675
Johann Melchior Conradi German composer born in Oettingen County of Oettingen Holy Roman Empire (d. 1756)
17 Feb 1718
Matthew Tilghman American delegate to the Continental Congress born on The Hermitage plantation Maryland (d. 1790)
17 Feb 1796
Giovanni Pacini Italian opera composer (Saffo) and educator born in Catania Kingdom of Sicily (d. 1867)
17 Feb 1796
Philipp Franz von Siebold German physician and botanist who introduced Western medicine to Japan born in Wrzburg (d. 1866)
17 Feb 1804
Samuel Read Anderson American soldier in the Mexican-American War and Confederate general born in Bedford County Virginia (d. 1883)
17 Feb 1820
Elzar-Alexandre Taschereau Catholic cardinal Archbishop of Quebec born in Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce Lower Canada (d. 1898)
17 Feb 1820
Henri Vieuxtemps Belgian violin prodigy composer and teacher (Brussels Conservatory) born in Verviers United Kingdom of the Netherlands (d. 1881)
17 Feb 1831
Francisco Salvador Daniel French composer and ethnomusicologist born in Bourges France (d. 1871)
17 Feb 1836
Gustavo Adolfo Bcquer Spanish Romantic poet (Rimas y leyendas) born in Seville Spain (d. 1870)
17 Feb 1850
Anton Urspruch German composer born in Free City of Frankfurt German Confederartion (d. 1907)
17 Feb 1858
Ernest Ford English composer born in Warminster Wiltshire England (d. 1919)
17 Feb 1861
Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont German princess and Duchess of Albany born in Arolsen Waldeck and Pyrmont (d. 1922)
17 Feb 1862
Edward German (Jones) English composer (Merrie England) born in Whitchurch Shropshire England (d. 1936)
17 Feb 1862
Mori gai Japanese novelist (The Wild Geese) poet and surgeon born in Iwami Province Japan (d. 1922)
17 Feb 1863
Fyodor Sologub Russian Symbolist novelist poet and translator born in St. Petersburg Russia (d. 1927)
17 Feb 1864
(Andrew) Banjo Paterson Australian journalist poet (Clancy of the Overflow) and lyricist (Waltzing Matilda) born near Orange New South Wales Australia (d. 1941)
17 Feb 1864
Jozef Murga Slovak priest and inventor who achieved radiotelegraph transmission between Wilkes-Barre and Scranton in 1905 born in Tajov Austria-Hungary (d. 1929)
17 Feb 1877
Henri Vandeputte Belgian author and poet (Lhomme Jeune) born in Brussels Belgium (d. 1952)
17 Feb 1891
Georg Britting German poet and writer (Fratricide in the Backwater) born in Regensburg Germany (d. 1964)
17 Feb 1904
Hans Morgenthau German-American political scientist international relationship expert and author (Politics Among Nations) born in Coburg German Empire (d. 1980)
17 Feb 1907
Charles B. Timmer Dutch translator and writer (Russia Black on White) born in Amsterdam (d. 1991)
17 Feb 1913
Oskar Danon Yugoslav conductor (Belgrade Opera 1944-65) born in Sarajevo Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 2009)
17 Feb 1913
Wallace Coulter American inventor and entrepreneur (Coulter Principle - made complete blood counts possible) born in Little Rock Arkansas (d. 1998) [1]
17 Feb 1917
Abdur Rahman Badawi Egyptian Existentialist philosopher and poet born in Sharabass Egypt (d. 2002)
17 Feb 1922
Enrico Banducci American owner of influential stand-up club Hungry i born in Bakersfield California (d. 2007)
17 Feb 1923
(Boniface) Buddy DeFranco Italian-American jazz clarinetist and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra) born in Camden New Jersey (d. 2014)
17 Feb 1925
Fritz Behrendt German-Dutch political cartoonist (Het Parool De Telegraaf New York Herald Tribune) born in Berlin Weimar Republic (d. 2008)
17 Feb 1929
Chaim Potok [Herman Potok] American novelist (The Promise The Chosen) and rabbi born in The Bronx New York City (d. 2022)
17 Feb 1930
Ruth Rendell English thriller writer (Inspector Wexford novels) born in South Woodford Essex England (d. 2015)
17 Feb 1938
Charles Buck Trent American country and bluegrass banjoist dobro player and singer (Hee Haw) born in Spartanburg South Carolina (d. 2023)
17 Feb 1938
mile Lejeune Belgian soccer defender (10 caps RFC Lige 276 games) born in Dalhem Belgium (d. 2024)
17 Feb 1939
Mary Ann Mobley American model and actress (Miss America 1959 Diffrent Strokes) born in Biloxi Mississippi (d. 2014)
17 Feb 1947
Dallas Adams British actor painter and writer (Terror From Within) born in London (d. 1991)
17 Feb 1951
Lou Ann Barton American blues singer born in Fort Worth Texas
17 Feb 1959
Aryeh Deri Israeli politician Vice Prime Minister of Israel (2022-23) born in Meknes Morocco
17 Feb 1966
Luc Robitaille Canadian Hockey HOF left wing (3 x Stanley Cup 8 x NHL All Star World Cship gold 1994) and executive (president LA Kings) born in Montreal Quebec
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