Historical birthday on this day

01 Feb 1261

Walter de Stapledon English bishop (1308-26) born in Annery Devonshire England (d. 1326)

01 Feb 1459

Conrad Celtes German humanist scholar born in Wipfeld Germany (d. 1508)

01 Feb 1462

Johannes Trithemius German cryptographer born in Trittenheim Germany (d. 1516)

01 Feb 1552

Edward Coke English Chief Justice and politician (defended common law) born in Mileham Norfolk England (d. 1634)

01 Feb 1605

Isaac Aboab da Fonseca Portuguese rabbi scholar and writer born in Castro Daire Portugal (d. 1693)

01 Feb 1633

Gabriel Schutz German composer and musician (d. 1710)

01 Feb 1635

Marquard Gude German archaeologist and classical scholar famous for his collection of Greek and Latin inscriptions born in Rendsburg Holstein (d. 1689)

01 Feb 1659

Jacob Roggeveen Dutch navigator and explorer (Easter Island) born in Middleburg Netherlands (d. 1729)

01 Feb 1663

Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo Filipino Religious Sister of the Roman Catholic Church born in Bonondo Manila Philippines (d. 1748)

01 Feb 1669

Miguel Lopez Spanish composer and organist born in Villarroya de la Sierra (d. 1723)

01 Feb 1673

Alessandro Marcello Italian composer born in Venice Italy (d. 1747)

01 Feb 1687

Johann Adam Birkenstock German composer and violinist born in Alsfeld Hessen (d. 1733)

01 Feb 1690

Francesco Maria Veracini Italian opera composer born in Florence Italy (d. 1768)

01 Feb 1707

Frederick Louis English prince of Wales and son of George II born in Hanover Germany (d. 1751)

01 Feb 1710

Konrad Ernst Ackermann German actor and theatre director (Die Oberpfalz) born in Schwerin Germany (d. 1771)

01 Feb 1757

John Philip Kemble British actor and director (Drury Lane Covent Garden) born in Prescot Lancashire England (d. 1823)

01 Feb 1758

Agustn de Betancourt Spanish civil engineer (steam engines hot air balloons) born in Puerto de la Cruz Tenerife (d. 1824)

01 Feb 1761

Christian Hendrik Persoon South African mycologist (d. 1836)

01 Feb 1763

Thomas Campbell founder (Church of Disciples in America)

01 Feb 1791

Charles J Sax Belgian music instrument builder

01 Feb 1796

Abraham Emanuel Frhlich Swiss poet (d. 1865)

01 Feb 1801

Thomas Cole American romantic landscape painter (Hudson River School)

01 Feb 1801

mile Littr French lexicographer (d. 1881)

01 Feb 1805

Auguste Blanqui French revolutionary (workers leader)

01 Feb 1807

William Bowen Campbell American politician and Civil War Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Sumner County Tennessee (d. 1867)

01 Feb 1810

Charles Lenox Remond African American orator and abolitionist (d. 1873) born in Salem Massachusetts

01 Feb 1819

Henry Lawrence Eustis American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Boston Massachusetts (d. 1885)

01 Feb 1820

George Hendric Houghton American Protestant Episcopal clergyman (d. 1897)

01 Feb 1829

John Potts Slough American politician lawyer and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Cincinnati Ohio (d. 1867)

01 Feb 1833

Henry McNeal Turner Newberry South Carolina Minister and politician 1st African American Methodist Bishop (d. 1915)

01 Feb 1839

James A Herne [J Aherne] US playwright (Hearts of Oak)

01 Feb 1841

William Henry Davenport American stage magician claimed to be a spirit medium born in Buffalo New York (d. 1877)

01 Feb 1844

Eduard Adolf Strasburger German botanist (Angiospermen)

01 Feb 1859

Victor Herbert composer (Babes in Toyland Kiss in Dark) born in Dublin Ireland

01 Feb 1869

Johannes Frits Bakker Sr. actor (Holland Tooneelgezelschap) born (d. 1943)

01 Feb 1872

Paul Fort French poetfounder of Vers et Prose

01 Feb 1872

Jerome F. Donovan American politician (d. 1949)

01 Feb 1872

Andrew Kehoe American mass murderer (d. 1927)

01 Feb 1873

Clara Butt Southwick Sussex contralto (Country of Hope & Glory)

01 Feb 1873

John Barry Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1901)

01 Feb 1874

Hugo von Hofmannsthal Austrian poetdramatistessayist

01 Feb 1878

Hattie Wyatt Caraway politicianteacher1st woman elected to senate

01 Feb 1880

Antonio Guarnieri Italian opera conductor (La Scala) born in Venice Italy (d. 1952)

01 Feb 1880

Francesco Balilla Pratella Italian composer born in Lugo Italy (d. 1955)

01 Feb 1883

Yevgeny Vakhtangov Armenian-Russian theatrical director of the Moscow Art Theatre (Vakhtangov Theatre) born in Vladikavkaz Russia (d. 1922)

01 Feb 1884

Yevgeny Zamyatin Russian novelistplaywright (We)

01 Feb 1887

Charles Nordhoff English-born author (d. 1947)

01 Feb 1889

Gertrude Caton-Thompson British archaeologist (Zimbabwe So Arabia)

01 Feb 1892

Rudolf Mengelberg Dutch composer and musicologist (Amsterdam Concert Hall) born in Krefeld (d. 1959)

01 Feb 1894

James P. Johnson American pianist and composer (Charleston) born in New Brunswick New Jersey (d. 1955)

01 Feb 1896

Anastasio Somoza Garca [Tacho] General dictator and President of Nicaragua (1937-56) born in San Marcos Nicaragua (d. 1956)

01 Feb 1897

Denise Robins romantic novelist (1st Long Kiss) born in London England

01 Feb 1900

Stephen Potter humoristwriter (School for Scoundrels Shipbuilders)

01 Feb 1902

Carlo Borbolla Cuban composer born in Manzanillo (d. 1990)

01 Feb 1902

Therese Brandl Nazi concentration camp guard (d. 1947 by execution)

01 Feb 1903

Georg Rendl Austria minerbeekeeperwriter (The Bees Novel)

01 Feb 1904

S J Perelman American author humorist and screenwriter (The New Yorker Around the World in 80 Days) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1979)

01 Feb 1905

Ernst Carl Gerlach Stueckelberg Basel Switzerland eminent mathematician and physicist

01 Feb 1906

Hildegarde Adell Wisc night club vocalist (Ill Be Seeing You)

01 Feb 1906

Pierre Cardevielle French composerconductor (Amants Captifs)

01 Feb 1906

Helen Chandler American actress (Christopher Strong Dracula) born in Charleston South Carolina (d. 1965)

01 Feb 1907

Alan Strode Campbell Ross professor (coined the terms U & non-U)

01 Feb 1907

Camargo Guarnieri Brazilian composer born in Tiet So Paulo (d. 1993)

01 Feb 1907

John Canaday art critic (Metropolitan Museum of Art Portfolios)

01 Feb 1908

Albie Booth collegiate Hall of Fame football star (Yale)

01 Feb 1908

George Pal HungarianUS director (When Worlds Collide Puppetoons)

01 Feb 1909

Douglas Hall Governor (Somaliland Protectorate)

01 Feb 1909

George Beverly Shea American gospel singer born in Winchester Ontario

01 Feb 1910

Jahangir Khan cricketer (father of Majid Indian player 1932-36)

01 Feb 1910

Michael Kanin American director writer and actor (Woman of the Year Teachers Pet) born in Rochester New York (d. 1993)

01 Feb 1914

A K Hangal Indian freedom fighter and Bollywood character actor (Aaina Sholay) born in Sialkot Punjab British India (d. 2012)

01 Feb 1915

Stanley Matthews 1st British soccer player to be knighted

01 Feb 1916

Gordon Hobday Lord Lieutenant (Nottinghamshire)

01 Feb 1916

Bruce Gordon American actor (The Untouchables) born in Fitchburg Massachusetts (d. 2011)

01 Feb 1920

Zao Wou-Ki Chinese French painter (Juin-Octobre 1985) born in Beijing China (d. 2013)

01 Feb 1921

Peter Sallis British actor (Wallace and Gromit Last of the Summer Wine) born in Twickenham England (d. 2017)

01 Feb 1922

Renata Tebaldi lyric soprano born in Pesaro Italy (d. 2004)

01 Feb 1922

Bogumil Witalis Andrzejewski professor of Cushtic Languages

01 Feb 1922

Clifford McWatt cricketer (WI wicket-keeper in 6 Tests 1954-55)

01 Feb 1924

H. Richard Hornberger American writer (d. 1997)

01 Feb 1926

Douglas Johnson British historian born in Edinburgh (d. 2005)

01 Feb 1926

Stuart Whitman American actor (Capt Apache Ransom Cimarron Strip) born in San Francisco California

01 Feb 1926

Vivian Maier American street photographer unknown until her death born in New York City (d. 2009)

01 Feb 1927

Galway Kinnell American author (Body Rags Book of Nightmares) born in Providence Rhode Island (d. 2014)

01 Feb 1928

Peter Gordon Dorrell archaeologist and photographer

01 Feb 1928

Sir Samuel Sam Edwards Welsh physicist (condensed matter physics) born in Swansea Wales (d. 2015)

01 Feb 1928

Eric Evans English dean of St Pauls born in Tenby Wales (d. 1996)

01 Feb 1928

Ursula Mamlok German American avant-garde composer born in Berlin (d. 2016)

01 Feb 1931

Madeline Berthod Swiss downhill skier (Olympic gold 1956)

01 Feb 1931

Mark Richmond CEO (Science & Engineering Research Council)

01 Feb 1932

John Hart American TV journalist (CBS News Retrospective NBC News) born in Denver Colorado

01 Feb 1932

John Nott British policitican(C) Secretary of State for Defence during Falkland War born in Bideford Devon

01 Feb 1933

Reynolds Price American writer (Strengthened by a Pale Green Light)

01 Feb 1934

Bob Shane vocalist (Kingston Trio-Scarlet Ribbons)

01 Feb 1935

Ruth Clarke Moderator (General Assembly of the United Reform Church)

01 Feb 1935

Vladimir Viktorovich Aksyonov USSR cosmonaut (Soyuz 22 T-2)

01 Feb 1936

G H Blake Principal (Collingwood College Durham U)

01 Feb 1936

Azie Taylor Morton 35th Treasurer of the United States (d. 2003)

01 Feb 1937

Don Everly American singer and half of the rock and roll duo The Everly Brothers (Bye Bye Love Wake Up Little Susie) born in Brownie Kentucky

01 Feb 1937

Ray Sawyer American singer (Dr Hook) born in Chickasaw Alabama (d. 2018)

01 Feb 1937

Garrett Morris actor (SNL Martin Carwash) born in New Orleans Louisiana

01 Feb 1938

Jimmy Carl Black rocker (Mothers Of Invention)

01 Feb 1938

Sherman Hemsley actor (All in the Family Jeffersons Amen) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 2012)

01 Feb 1938

Manuel Ycaza Panamanian jockey (Racing Hall of Fame) born in Panama (d. 2018)

01 Feb 1940

Bibi Besch actress (Star Trek 2 Beast Within) born in Vienna Austria

01 Feb 1940

Herve Filion sulky driver (1969 Canadian Sports Hall of Fame)

01 Feb 1941

Anatoliy Firssov USSR ice hockey player (Olympic gold 1964 68 72)

01 Feb 1941

Franco Nones Italian 30K cross country skier (Olympic gold 1968)

01 Feb 1942

Dave Sincock cricketer (chinaman bowler played for Aust 1964-66)

01 Feb 1942

Terry Jones Welsh comedian (Monty Python) born in Colwyn Bay North Wales

01 Feb 1942

Muna Wassef Wassef is a well known SyrianArab movie star and a United Nations Goodwill ambassador.

01 Feb 1943

Tina Sloan NY actress (Lillian-Guiding Light Search for Tomorrow)

01 Feb 1944

Leo Burmester American actor (Flo Chiefs Abbys Odd Jobs) born in Louisville Kentucky

01 Feb 1944

Tommy Duffy American musician (Echoes) born in Brooklyn New York

01 Feb 1944

Mike Enzi American politician born in Bremerton Washington

01 Feb 1944

Paul Blair American MLB outfielder (Baltimore Orioles) born in Cushing Oklahoma (d. 2013)

01 Feb 1945

Ole Buck Danish composer born in Copenhagen Denmark

01 Feb 1946

Bart Braverman American actor (Bobby-Vega Roy-New Odd Couple) born in Los Angeles California

01 Feb 1946

Elisabeth Sladen English actress (Doctor Who The Sarah Jane Adventures) born in Liverpool England

01 Feb 1947

Adam Ingram British politician born in Glasgow United Kingdom

01 Feb 1947

Terry Hibbitt English football player born in Bradford United Kingdom (d. 1994)

01 Feb 1947

Mike Brant Israeli pop singer born in Famagusta Cyprus (d. 1975)

01 Feb 1947

Normie Rowe Australian singer born in Melbourne Australia

01 Feb 1948

Debbie Austin American golfer (7 LPGA Tour wins) born in Oneida New York

01 Feb 1949

Jimmy Lee Thorpe American PGA golfer (1985 Greater Milwaukee Open) born in Roxboro North Carolina

01 Feb 1950

Mike Campbell American guitarist (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers-Breakdown) born in Panama City Florida

01 Feb 1951

Andrew Smith British politician born in Wokingham United Kingdom

01 Feb 1952

Roger Y. Tsien American chemist (Nobel Prize 2008) born in New York City New York (d. 2016)

01 Feb 1953

Andy Mill American skier & husband of Chris Everet born in Fort Collins Colorado

01 Feb 1953

Brendan Batson English former footballer born in St. Georges Grenada

01 Feb 1954

Billy Mumy American actor (Will Robinson-Lost in Space Dear Brigitte) born in San Gabriel California

01 Feb 1954

Chuck Dukowski American musician (Black Flag) born in Long Beach California

01 Feb 1955

Kate Ashbrook British general secretary of the Open Spaces Society

01 Feb 1955

Virginia Leng British equestrian competitor (1986 World Champion) born in Malta

01 Feb 1955

Ernie Camacho American baseball player born in Salinas California

01 Feb 1956

Brahmanandam Indian film actor & comedian born in Sattenapalle India

01 Feb 1956

Exene Cervenka American musician born in Chicago Illinois

01 Feb 1956

Mike Kitchen Canadian ice hockey player & coach born in Newmarket Canada

01 Feb 1957

Donna Adamek American bowler (BWAA Woman of Year 1978-81) born in Duarte California

01 Feb 1958

Maureen Madill British golfer (British Open Amateur 1979) born in Coleraine United Kingdom

01 Feb 1958

Jackie Shroff Indian actor born in Udgir India

01 Feb 1958

Luther Blissett Jamaican-born English footballer born in Falmouth Jamaica

01 Feb 1959

Carolyn Hill American LPGA golfer (1994 McCalls Classic) born in Santa Monica California

01 Feb 1959

Mike Horan American NFL punter (NY Giants) born in Orange California

01 Feb 1959

Wade Wilson American NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys) born in Greenville Texas

01 Feb 1961

Daniel M. Tani American astronaut born in Ridley Park Pennsylvania

01 Feb 1961

Gina Hull American LPGA golfer (1989 USX Golf Classic-8th) born in Jacksonville Florida

01 Feb 1962

Jos Luis Cuciuffo Argentinian footballer born in Crdoba Argentina (d. 2004)

01 Feb 1962

Tomoyasu Hotei Japanese guitarist born in Takasaki Japan

01 Feb 1963

Takashi Murakami Japanese artist born in Tokyo Japan

01 Feb 1964

Jani Lane American musician & singer (Warrant-Cherry Pie) born in Akron Ohio

01 Feb 1964

Kaitlin Hopkins American actress (Kelsey-Another World) born in New York City New York

01 Feb 1964

Sharon Bruneau Canadian actress (Sensuous Muscle) born in Toronto Ontario

01 Feb 1964

Mario Pelchat Canadian francophone singer born in Dolbeau-Mistassini Canada

01 Feb 1964

Linus Roache English actor born in Manchester United Kingdom

01 Feb 1965

Brandon Lee American actor (Showdown in Little Tokyo) born in Oakland California (d. 1993)

01 Feb 1965

David Callaghan South African cricketer (South African all-rounder in one-dayers 1992) born in Queenstown South Africa

01 Feb 1965

Sherilyn Fenn American actress (2 Moon Junction Twin Peaks) born in Detroit Michigan

01 Feb 1810

Charles Lenox Remond African-American orator and abolitionist born in Salem Massachusetts (d. 1873)

01 Feb 1881

Tip Snooke South African cricket all-rounder and captain (26 Tests 35 wickets) born in St Marks Eastern Cape South Africa (d. 1966)

01 Feb 1884

Bradbury Robinson Jr. American football pioneer (threw first legal forward pass in the history of American football 1906) born in Bellevue Ohio (d. 1949)

01 Feb 1884

Rosey Rowswell American MLB broadcaster (Pittsburgh Prates 1936-54) born in Alton Illinois (d. 1955)

01 Feb 1895

Conn Smythe Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame team owner (Toronto Maple Leafs 1927-61 Stanley Cup x 8) born in Toronto Ontario (d. 1980)

01 Feb 1896

Frank Lane American MLB executive (GM Chicago WS St. Louis Cardinals Cleveland Indians KC Athletics Milwaukee Brewers) born in Cincinnati Ohio (d. 1981)

01 Feb 1899

Al Watrous American golfer (British Open 1926 runner-up) born in Yonkers New York (d. 1983)

01 Feb 1900

Clarence Bud Pinkston American diver (Olympic gold 10m platform silver 3m springboard 1920) born in Wichita Kansas (d. 1961)

01 Feb 1903

Carl Reynolds American baseball outfielder (2nd player in MLB history to hit home runs in 3 consecutive innings 1930 Chicago WS) born in LaRue Texas (d. 1978)

01 Feb 1908

Albie Booth American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Yale University) born in New Haven Connecticut (d. 1959)

01 Feb 1908

George Pal HungarianAmerican director (When Worlds Collide Puppetoons)

01 Feb 1910

Jahangir Khan Indian cricket fast bowler (4 Tests India Pakistan selector) born in Jalandhar Punjab India (d. 1988)

01 Feb 1915

Stanley Matthews CBE English soccer forward (54 caps Stoke City Blackpool 1st British player to be knighted) born in Stoke-on-Trent England (d. 2000)

01 Feb 1915

Gus Tinsley American College Football Hall of Fame end and coach (All-American 1935 36 coach LSU 1948-55 NFL Chicago Cardinals) born in Ruple Louisiana (d. 2002)

01 Feb 1917

Eiji Sawamura Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (first no-hitter in Japanese pro baseball 1936) born in Ujiyamada Mie Prefecture Japan (d. 1944)

01 Feb 1922

Clifford McWatt West Indian cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 10 dismissals) born in Georgetown Guyana (d. 1997)

01 Feb 1924

Emmanuel Scheffer Israeli soccer coach (Israel 196870 7879 only World Cup appearance 1970) born in Berlin Germany (d. 2012)

01 Feb 1931

Madeleine Berthod Swiss alpine skier (Olympic gold womens downhill 1956) born in Chteau dOex Vaud Switzerland

01 Feb 1938

Jacky Cupit American golfer (US Open runner-up 1963 PGA Tour Rookie of Year 1961 4 titles) born in Longview Texas

01 Feb 1938

Manuel Ycaza Panamanian jockey (Belmont Stakes 1964 Racing Hall of Fame) born in Panama (d. 2018)

01 Feb 1940

Herv Filion Canadian harness racing driver (World Driving Cship 1970 Harness Tracks of America Driver of the Year 1969-74 76 78 81 89) born in Angers Quebec (d. 2017)

01 Feb 1941

Anatoli Firsov Russian ice hockey left wing (Olympic gold 1964 68 72 8 x World Cship gold) born in Moscow Russia (d. 2000)

01 Feb 1941

Franco Nones Italian cross country skier (Olympic gold 30k 1968 first non-Scandinavian and SovietRussian male to win Olympic cross-country gold) born in Castello-Molina di Fiemme Italy

01 Feb 1942

David Sincock Australian cricket spin bowler (3 Tests 8 wickets) born in Adelaide South Australia

01 Feb 1942

Terry Jones Welsh comedian (Monty Python) born in Colwyn Bay Denbighshire Wales (d. 2020)

01 Feb 1942

Muna Wassef Syrian actress (The Message) and UN Goodwill ambassador born in Damascus Syria

01 Feb 1944

Paul Blair American baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 1969 73 World Series 1966 70 77-78 Gold Glove Award 1967 6975 Baltimore Orioles) born in Cushing Oklahoma (d. 2013)

01 Feb 1946

Karen Krantzcke Australian tennis player (Australian Open doubles 1968 Federation Cup 1970) born in Brisbane Australia (d. 1977)

01 Feb 1949

Jim Thorpe American golfer (The Tradition 2002 3 PGA Tour titles) born in Roxboro North Carolina

01 Feb 1950

Rich Williams American guitarist (Kansas) born in Topeka Kansas

01 Feb 1952

Roger Y. Tsien American chemist (Nobel Prize 2008) born in NYC New York (d. 2016)

01 Feb 1953

Andy Mill American alpine skier (non-placed Olympics World Cships ex-husband of tennis player Chris Evert) born in Fort Collins Colorado

01 Feb 1956

Mike Kitchen Canadian ice hockey defenceman (NJ Devils) and coach (St. Louis Blues 2003-07) born in Newmarket Canada

01 Feb 1957

Donna Adamek American tenpin bowler (BWAA Woman of Year 1978-81) born in Duarte California

01 Feb 1958

Maureen Madill Irish golfer (British Open Amateur 1979 Curtis Cup 1980 coach 1998-2004) born in Coleraine Northern Ireland

01 Feb 1958

Luther Blissett English soccer striker (14 caps Watford Bournemouth) born in Falmouth Jamaica

01 Feb 1959

Mike Horan American NFL punter (Pro Bowl 1988 All-Pro 1988 Denver Broncos Super Bowl 1999 St. Louis Rams) born in Orange California

01 Feb 1959

Wade Wilson American NFL quarterback (Super Bowl 1995 Dallas Cowboys Pro Bowl 1988 Minnesota Vikings) born in Greenville Texas

01 Feb 1961

Volker Fried German field hockey player (Olympic gold 1992 silver 1984 88 290 caps) born in Osnabrck Niedersachsen Germany

01 Feb 1962

Jos Luis Cuciuffo Argentinian soccer defender (21 caps Vlez Srsfield Boca Juniors Nmes Olympique) born in Crdoba Argentina (d. 2004)

01 Feb 1962

Manuel Amoros French soccer defender (82 caps Monaco Marseille) born in Nmes France

01 Feb 1791

Charles-Joseph Sax Belgian music instrument builder of wind and brass instruments whose son invented the saxophone born in Dinant Wallonia Belgium (d. 1865)

01 Feb 1839

James A Herne [J Aherne] US playwright (Hearts of Oak)

01 Feb 1869

Johannes Frits Bakker Sr. actor (Holland Tooneelgezelschap) (d. 1943)

01 Feb 1884

Bradbury Robinson Jr. American football pioneer who threw first legal forward pass in the history of American football in 1906 born in Bellevue Ohio (d. 1949)

01 Feb 1934

Bob Shane American folk vocalist (Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley) born in Hilo Territory of Hawaii (d. 2020)

01 Feb 1937

Tony Waiters English soccer goalkeeper (5 caps Blackpool) and manager (Canada Plymouth Argyle Vancouver Whitecaps) born in Southport England (d. 2020)

01 Feb 1942

Milt Sunde American NFL guard (Pro Bowl 1966 NFL Champion 1969 Minnesota Vikings) born in Minneapolis Minnesota (d. 2020)

01 Feb 1945

Yasuhiro Takai Japanese baseball first baseman designated hitter and broadcaster (NPB record 27 career pinch-hit home runs Hankyu Braves) born in Imabari Japan (d. 2019)

01 Feb 1958

Kevin McCarra Scottish sports journalist (The Guardian Scotland on Sunday The Times) born in Glasgow Scotland (d. 2020)

01 Feb 1961

Jim Pace American auto racer (24 Hours of Daytona 1996) born in Monticello Mississippi (d. 2020)

01 Feb 1633

Gabriel Schtz German musician composer and teacher born in The Free and Hanseatic City of Lbeck (now Lbeck Germany) (d. 1710)

01 Feb 1659

Jacob Roggeveen Dutch navigator and explorer (1st European to discover Easter Island) born in Middleburg Netherlands (d. 1729)

01 Feb 1669

Miguel Lopez Spanish composer and organist born in Villarroya de la Sierra Aragon Spain (d. 1723)

01 Feb 1789

Hippolyte-Andr-Baptiste Chlard French violist composer and conductor born in Paris (d. 1861)

01 Feb 1801

Adolf Fredrik Lindblad Swedish lieder and classical composer born in Sknninge Sweden (d. 1878)

01 Feb 1836

Emil Hartmann Danish organist and composer (Towards The Light) born in Copenhagen (d. 1898)

01 Feb 1859

Victor Herbert American cellist composer and conductor (Babes in Toyland Eileen) born in Guernsey Bailiwick of Guernsey (d. 1924) [he believed he was born in Dublin Ireland] [1]

01 Feb 1869

Johannes Frits Bakker Sr. Dutch actor (Holland Tooneelgezelschap) (d. 1943)

01 Feb 1873

Clara Butt British contralto (Country of Hope & Glory Elgars Sea Pictures) born in Southwick Sussex England (d. 1936)

01 Feb 1877

Thomas Frederick Dunhill British composer (The Wind Among The Reeds) and teacher born in London (d. 1946)

01 Feb 1880

Antonio Guarnieri Italian cellist and opera conductor (La Scala 1929-50) born in Venice Italy (d. 1952)

01 Feb 1881

Jos Ignacio Quintn Puerto-Rican composer (El coqu Requiem por Angel Misln) born in Caguas Puerto Rico (d. 1925)

01 Feb 1892

Rudolf Mengelberg Dutch composer and musicologist (Amsterdam Concert Hall) born in Krefeld Germany (d. 1959)

01 Feb 1894

James P. Johnson American pianist and composer (The Charleston If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)) born in New Brunswick New Jersey (d. 1955)

01 Feb 1902

Carlo Borbolla Cuban pianist organist and composer born in Manzanillo Cuba (d. 1990)

01 Feb 1904

Joe Tricky Sam Nanton American trombonist and plunger-mute pioneer (Duke Ellington Orchestra) born in New York City (d. 1946)

01 Feb 1906

Hildegarde [Sell] American cabaret vocalist (Leave It To The Girls Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup) born in Adell Wisconsin (d. 2005)

01 Feb 1906

Pierre Cardevielle French conductor composer (lgie de Duino) music critic (Monde musicale) and teacher born in Paris (d. 1969)

01 Feb 1906

Pierre Capdevielle French composer conductor music critic and educator born in Paris (d. 1969)

01 Feb 1915

Stanley Matthews English soccer forward (54 caps Stoke City Blackpool 1st British player to be knighted) born in Stoke-on-Trent England (d. 2000)

01 Feb 1917

Edward Simons American classical violinist and conductor (Rockland Symphony 1962-2017) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (d. 2018)

01 Feb 1918

Maurice Laing English builder (John Laing & Son) born in Carlisle England (d. 2008)

01 Feb 1922

Renata Tebaldi Italian lyric soprano born in Pesaro Italy (d. 2004)

01 Feb 1923

Ursula Mamlok (nee Meyer) German-American avant-garde composer and teacher born in Berlin Germany (d. 2016)

01 Feb 1930

Shahabuddin Ahmed President of Bangladesh 1996-2001) born in Pemal Bengal Presidency British India (now Bangladesh)

01 Feb 1933

Sadao Watanabe Japanese jazz and bossa nova saxophonist and flute player born in Utsunomiya Japan

01 Feb 1937

(Isaac) Don Everly American rock and roll singer-guitarist (The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love Wake Up Little Susie When WIll I Be Loved) born in Brownie Kentucky (d. 2021)

01 Feb 1938

Jimmy Carl Black [Inkanish] American rock drummer (Mothers Of Invention 1965-69 Muffin Men 1993-2008) born in El Paso Texas (d. 2008)

01 Feb 1938

Sherman Hemsley American actor (All in the Family The Jeffersons Amen) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 2012)

01 Feb 1939

Del McCoury American bluegrass guitarist and singer born in York Pennsylvania

01 Feb 1939

Claude Franois French pop singer-songwriter (Comme dhabitude) born in Ismalia Egypt (d. 1978)

01 Feb 1939

Joe Sample American jazz and session keyboardist and composer (The Jazz Crusaders) born in Houston Texas (d. 2014)

01 Feb 1944

Mike Enzi American accountant and politician (US Senator from Wyoming (R) 1997-2021) born in Bremerton Washington (d. 2021)

01 Feb 1946

Carol Neblett American operatic soprano (Metropolitan Opera 1979-93) born in Modesto California (d. 2017)

01 Feb 1950

Mike Campbell American guitarist (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Breakdown) born in Panama City Florida

01 Feb 1951

Clide Sonny Landreth American blues and zydeco slide guitar player born in Canton Mississippi

01 Feb 1952

Antnio Lima Pereira Portuguese soccer central defender (20 caps FC Porto) born in Pvoa de Varzim Portugal (d. 2022)

01 Feb 1957

Dennis Brown Jamaican reggae singer (Money In My Pocket) born in Kingston Jamaica (d. 1999)

01 Feb 1763

Thomas Campbell Irish-American clergyman (founder of Disciples of Christ movement in America) born in County Down Ireland (d. 1854)

01 Feb 1801

Thomas Cole American romantic landscape painter (Hudson River School) born in Bolton le Moors Lancashire (d. 1848)

01 Feb 1805

Auguste Blanqui French revolutionary socialist (Blanquist movement and workers leader) born in Puget-Thniers France (d. 1881)

01 Feb 1827

Alphonse de Rothschild French banker born in Paris France (d. 1905)

01 Feb 1839

James A. Herne American playwright playwright (Hearts of Oak) born in Troy New York (d. 1901)

01 Feb 1844

Eduard Adolf Strasburger German botanist (discovered nucleus of plant cells divides during cell division) born in Warsaw Russian Empire (d. 1912)

01 Feb 1844

Granville Stanley Hall American pioneering psychologist born in Ashfield Massachusetts (d. 1924)

01 Feb 1872

Paul Fort French poet (founder of Vers et Prose) born in Reims France (d. 1960)

01 Feb 1874

Hugo von Hofmannsthal Austrian poet dramatist and essayist (founded Salzburg festival) born in Vienna Austria (d. 1929)

01 Feb 1878

Hattie Wyatt Caraway American politician (1st woman elected to US Senate Senator for Arkansas 1931-45) born near Bakerville Tennessee (d. 1950) [1]

01 Feb 1881

Jos Ignacio Quintn Puerto-Rican composer (El coqu Requiem por Angel Misln) born in Caguas Puerto Rico (d. 1925)

01 Feb 1884

Yevgeny Zamyatin Russian writer and Soviet dissident (We) born in Lebedyan Russian Empire (d. 1937)

01 Feb 1885

Camille Chautemps French politician (Prime Minister of France 1930 1933-34 1937-38) born in Paris France (d. 1963)

01 Feb 1887

Dirk Roosenburg Dutch architect (KLM building and design) born in The Hague Netherlands (d. 1962)

01 Feb 1889

Gertrude Caton-Thompson British archaeologist (Zimbabwe So Arabia) born in London England (d. 1985)

01 Feb 1896

Frank Lane American MLB executive (GM Chicago White Sox St. Louis Cardinals Cleveland Indians KC Athletics Milwaukee Brewers) born in Cincinnati Ohio (d. 1981)

01 Feb 1897

Denise Robins English romantic novelist (1st Long Kiss) born in London England (d. 1985)

01 Feb 1900

Stephen Potter English writer and humorist (School for Scoundrels Shipbuilders) born in London England (d. 1969)

01 Feb 1903

Carl Reynolds American baseball outfielder (2nd player in MLB history to hit home runs in 3 consecutive innings 1930 Chicago White Sox) born in LaRue Texas (d. 1978)

01 Feb 1903

Georg Rendl Austrian miner beekeeper and writer (The Bees Novel) (d. 1972)

01 Feb 1905

Ernst Stueckelberg Swiss mathematician and physicist born in Basel Switzerland (d. 1984)

01 Feb 1906

Pierre Capdevielle French conductor composer (lgie de Duino) music critic (Monde musicale) and teacher born in Paris (d. 1969)

01 Feb 1907

Alan Strode Campbell Ross British linguist (coined the terms U & non-U) (d. 1980)

01 Feb 1907

John Canaday American art critic (Metropolitan Museum of Art Portfolios) born in Fort Scott Kansas (d. 1985)

01 Feb 1908

Edward Staempfli Swiss pianist conductor and composer born in Bern Switzerland (d. 2002)

01 Feb 1908

George Pal Hungarian-American film director (When Worlds Collide Puppetoons) born in Cegld Hungary (d. 1980)

01 Feb 1909

Douglas Hall British colonial administrator (last British Governor of Somaliland Protectorate 1959-60) (d. 2004)

01 Feb 1909

George Beverly Shea Canadian-American Grammy Award-winning gospel singer (Billy Graham Crusades 1947-2013) born in Winchester Ontario (d. 2013)

01 Feb 1913

Jeffrey Kindersley Quill British test pilot (Spitfire) born in Littlehampton Sussex (d. 1996)

01 Feb 1916

Gordon Hobday English scientist (developed penicillin with Alexander Fleming worked on Ibuprofen) born in New Sawley Derbyshire (d. 2015)

01 Feb 1917

Mary Jane DeZurik American country singer and hillbilly yodeler (The Cackle Sisters - National Barn Dance Grand Ole Opry) born in Royalton Minnesota (d. 1981)

01 Feb 1922

Clifford McWatt West Indian cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 10 dismissals British Guiana) born in Georgetown Guyana (d. 1997)

01 Feb 1924

Richard Hooker [Heister Richard Hornberger] American army surgeon and novelist (MASH A Novel About Three Army Doctors - inspiration for film and TV series) born in Trenton New Jersey (d. 1997)

01 Feb 1928

Debbie Dean [Reba Smith] American pop singer and songwriter (Motown) born in Corbin Kentucky (d. 2001)

01 Feb 1928

Peter Gordon Dorrell British archaeologist and photographer (d. 1996)

01 Feb 1928

Tom Lantos American politician (Rep-D-CA 1981-2008) born in Budapest Hungary (d. 2008)

01 Feb 1930

Mario Beaulieu Canadian politician (Senator for Quebec 1990-94) born in Plantagenet Ontario (d. 1998)

01 Feb 1937

Maryan Wisniewski French soccer striker (33 caps Lens Sampdoria Saint-tienne Sochaux Grenoble) born in Calonne-Ricouart France (d. 2022)

01 Feb 1937

Ray Sawyer American singer (Dr Hook - song The Cover of Rolling Stone) born in Chickasaw Alabama (d. 2018)

01 Feb 1938

Jacky Cupit American golfer (US Open runner-up 1963 PGA Tour Rookie of Year 1961 4 x PGA titles) born in Longview Texas

01 Feb 1939

Paul Gillmor American politician (Rep-R-Ohio 1989-2007) born in Tiffin Ohio (d. 2007)

01 Feb 1942

David Sincock Australian cricket spin bowler (3 Tests 8 wickets South Australia CA) born in Adelaide South Australia

01 Feb 1944

Henri Depireux Belgian soccer midfielder (2 caps RFC Lige Standard de Lige) and manager (Cameroon Congo DR FC Metz) born in Belgium (d. 2022)

01 Feb 1947

Normie Rowe Australian pop singer (Que Sera Sera) and stage and TV actor (Sons and daughters) born in Melbourne Australia

01 Feb 1955

Virginia Leng British equestrian rider (World Cship individual 1986 Olympic silver x 2 bronze x 2 1984 88) born in Malta

01 Feb 1633

Gabriel Schtz German musician composer and teacher born in the Free Imperial City of Lbeck (d. 1710)

01 Feb 1673

Alessandro Marcello Italian composer born in Venice (d. 1747)

01 Feb 1690

Francesco Maria Veracini Italian opera composer born in Florence Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1768)

01 Feb 1839

James A. Herne American playwright (Hearts of Oak Margaret Fleming) born in Troy New York (d. 1901)

01 Feb 1844

Eduard Adolf Strasburger German botanist who discovered that the nucleus of plant cells divides during cell division born in Warsaw Russian Empire (d. 1912)

01 Feb 1878

Alfrd Hajs Hungarian swimmer (Olympic gold 100200m 1896) soccer forward (1 cap) and manager (Hungary 1906) born in Budapest Hungary (d. 1955)

01 Feb 1880

Antonio Guarnieri Italian cellist and opera conductor (La Scala 1929-50) born in Venice Kingdom of Italy (d. 1952)

01 Feb 1884

Bradbury Robinson Jr. American football pioneer (threw first legal forward pass at a game at Carroll College in Waukesha Wisconsin 1906) born in Bellevue Ohio (d. 1949)

01 Feb 1907

(Mozart) Camargo Guarnieri Brazilian composer pedagogue and conductor born in Tiet So Paulo (d. 1993)

01 Feb 1920

Zao Wou-Ki Chinese French painter (Juin-Octobre 1985) born in Beijing China (d. 2013) alternative date 13 Feb

01 Feb 1922

Bogumil Witalis Andrzejewski Polish-British professor of Cushtic Languages born in Pozna Poland (d. 1994)

01 Feb 1924

Ben Weider Canadian businessman and author (The Murder of Napoleon) born in Montreal Quebec (d. 2008)

01 Feb 1930

Peter Tapsell British Conservative Party politician (Member of Parliament 1959-64 and 1966-2015) born in Hove England (d. 2018)

01 Feb 1938

Heinz Steinmann German soccer defender (3 caps West Germany Schwarz-Wei Essen 1. FC Saarbrcken Werder Bremen) born in Essen Germany (d. 2023)

01 Feb 1947

Mike Brant Israeli pop singer (Laisse-moi taimer (Let Me Love You)) born in Famagusta Cyprus (d. 1975)

01 Feb 1951

Fran Christina American rock and blues drummer (Fabulous Thunderbirds 1977-96 Marcia Ball) born in Westerly Rhode Island

01 Feb 1952

Roger Y. Tsien American chemist (Nobel Prize 2008) born in New York City (d. 2016)

01 Feb 1462

Johannes Trithemius German Benedictine Abbot of Sponheim who amassed a monastery library of 2000 books born in Trittenheim Germany (d. 1516)

01 Feb 1605

Isaac Aboab da Fonseca Portuguese-Jewish rabbi scholar and religious writer prominent in Amsterdam and in Dutch Brazil born in Castro Daire Portugal (d. 1693)

01 Feb 1673

Alessandro Marcello Italian composer born in Venice Republic of Venice (d. 1747)

01 Feb 1687

Johann Adam Birkenstock German composer and violinist born in Alsfeld Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt Holy Roman Empire (d. 1733)

01 Feb 1690

Francesco Maria Veracini Italian opera composer born in Florence Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1768)

01 Feb 1761

Christian Hendrik Persoon Cape Colony-born pioneering mycologist born in Stellenbosch Cape Colony (d. 1836)

01 Feb 1789

Hippolyte-Andr-Baptiste Chlard French violist composer and conductor born in Paris France (d. 1861)

01 Feb 1795

William Dunn Moseley American politician 1st Governor of Florida under statehood born in Lenoir County North Carolina (d. 1863)

01 Feb 1833

Henry McNeal Turner American Methodist Bishop and politician 1st African American army chaplain born in Newberry South Carolina (d. 1915)

01 Feb 1836

Emil Hartmann Danish organist and composer (Towards The Light) born in Copenhagen Denmark (d. 1898)

01 Feb 1877

Thomas Frederick Dunhill British composer (The Wind Among The Reeds) and teacher born in London England (d. 1946)

01 Feb 1894

James P. Johnson American pianist and composer (The Charleston If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)) born in New Brunswick New Jersey (d. 1955)

01 Feb 1902

Therese Brandl German Nazi concentration camp guard (Auschwitz) and convicted war criminal born in Staudach-Egerndach Bavaria German Empire (d. 1947 by execution)

01 Feb 1903

Carl Reynolds American baseball outfielder who was 2nd player in MLB history to hit HRs in 3 consecutive innings 1930 Chicago White Sox born in LaRue Texas (d. 1978)

01 Feb 1904

(Joe) Tricky Sam Nanton American trombonist and plunger-mute pioneer (Duke Ellington Orchestra) born in New York City (d. 1946)

01 Feb 1908

Gene Sheldon American actor (Zorro - Bernardo) mime artist and banjo player born in Columbus Ohio (d. 1982)

01 Feb 1917

Mary Jane DeZurik American country singer and hillbilly yodeler (The Cackle Sisters - National Barn Dance Grand Ole Opry) born in Royalton Minnesota (d. 1981)

01 Feb 1928

Stuart Whitman American actor (Johnny Thunder The Mark The Comancheros Cimarron Strip) born in San Francisco California (d. 2020)

01 Feb 1930

Shahabuddin Ahmed President of Bangladesh 1996-2001) born in Pemal Bengal Presidency British India (now Bangladesh) (d. 2022)

01 Feb 1933

Reynolds Price American writer (A Long and Happy Life Kate Vaiden Strengthened By a Pale Green Light) born in Macon North Carolina (d. 2011)

01 Feb 1935

Ruth Clarke British teacher social activist and religious leader (Moderator - General Assembly of the United Reform Church) born in England (d. 2021)

01 Feb 1935

Vladimir Aksyonov Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 22 Soyuz T-2) born in Kasimovsky District Russia Soviet Union (d. 2024)

01 Feb 1937

Ray Sawyer American rock singer (Dr Hook - The Cover of Rolling Stone) born in Chickasaw Alabama (d. 2018)

01 Feb 1943

Josceline Dimbleby English cookery writer born in Whitney England

01 Feb 1943

Tina Sloan American actress (Lillian in Guiding Light Search for Tomorrow) born in Bronxville New York

01 Feb 1945

Ole Buck Danish classical pianist and composer born in Copenhagen Denmark

01 Feb 1947

Jessica Savitch American broadcast journalist and pioneering female news anchor (NBC Weekend) born in Wilmington Delaware (d. 1983) [1]

01 Feb 1950

Mike Campbell American rock guitarist (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Breakdown) and producer born in Panama City Florida

01 Feb 1950

Rich Williams American guitarist (Kansas Carry On Wayward Son) born in Topeka Kansas

01 Feb 1951

(Clide) Sonny Landreth American blues and zydeco slide guitar player born in Canton Mississippi

01 Feb 1951

Andrew Smith British politician and MP for Oxford East (1987-2017) born in Wokingham England

01 Feb 1952

Roger Tsien American chemist (Nobel Prize 2008 green fluorescent protein variants) born in New York City (d. 2016) [1]

01 Feb 1954

Chuck Dukowski American punk rock (Black Flag) born in Long Beach California

01 Feb 1956

(Christine) Exene Cervenka American punk rock singer and poet (X) born in Chicago Illinois

01 Feb 1648

Elkanah Settle British poet and playwright (The World in the Moon The Empress of Morocco) born in Dunstable England (d. 1724) [1]

01 Feb 1796

Abraham Emanuel Frhlich Swiss poet and fabulist (Ulrich von Hutten Hundert neue Fabeln) born in Brugg Switzerland (d. 1865)

01 Feb 1801

mile Maximilien Paul Littr French lexicographer philologist and philosopher born in Paris France (d. 1881) [1]

01 Feb 1820

George Hendric Houghton American Protestant Episcopal clergyman and founder of the Church of Transfiguration born in Deerfield Massachusetts (d. 1897)

01 Feb 1828

Meyer Guggenheim Swiss-born patriarch of the Guggenheim family one of the worlds wealthiest families in the 19th century born in Lengnau Switzerland (d. 1905)

01 Feb 1851

Durham White Stevens American diplomat and advisor to the Korean government (1904-08) born in Washington D.C (d. 1908)

01 Feb 1872

Andrew Kehoe American mass murderer (Bath School disaster) born in Tecumseh Michigan (d. 1927)

01 Feb 1872

Jerome F. Donovan American lawyer Democratic politician and US Congress member (1918-21) born in New Haven Connecticut (d. 1949) [1]

01 Feb 1873

Clara Butt British dramatic contralto (Edward Elgar - The Land of Hope and Glory Sea Pictures) born in Southwick Sussex England (d. 1936)

01 Feb 1873

John Barry Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross born in Kilkenny Ireland (d. 1901)

01 Feb 1873

Joseph Allard French Canadian fiddler and composer born in Lery Quebec (d. 1947)

01 Feb 1877

Thomas Dunhill British light classical composer (The Wind Among The Reeds Tantivy Towers) teacher and musicologist born in London England (d. 1946)

01 Feb 1878

Milan Hoda Slovak politician and 10th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia born in Suany Hungary Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1944) [1]

01 Feb 1887

Charles Nordhoff British-American author (The Bounty Trilogy The Hurricane) born in London (d. 1947) [1] [2]

01 Feb 1903

Carl Reynolds American baseball outfielder 1927-39 (Chicago White Sox Boston Red Sox and 3 other tems) who was 2nd player in MLB history to hit HRs in 3 consecutive innings (1930) born in LaRue Texas (d. 1978)

01 Feb 1903

Georg Rendl Austrian writer (The Bees Novel) beekeeper and painter born in Zell am See Austria (d. 1972)

01 Feb 1907

Alan S. C. Ross British linguist who coined the terms U and non-U as class indicators in language usage birthplace unknown (d. 1980) [1]

01 Feb 1909

Douglas Hall 14th Baronet British colonial administrator (last British Governor of Somaliland Protectorate 1959-60) born in England (d. 2004)

01 Feb 1915

Mary Alicia Rhett American actress and portrait painter (Gone with the Wind) born in Savannah Georgia (d. 2014)

01 Feb 1924

Herwig Schopper German physicist and Director-General of CERN (1981-88) born in Landskron Czechoslovakia (d. 2025)

01 Feb 1924

Richard Hooker [H. Richard Hornberger Jr.] American surgeon and author of MASH born in Trenton New Jersey (d. 1997) [1]

01 Feb 1928

Peter Gordon Dorrell British archaeologist and photographer born in the UK (d. 1996)

01 Feb 1930

Marty Reisman American table tennis player (US Mens Champion 1958 and 1960) born in Manhattan New York City (d. 2012)

01 Feb 1932

John Nott British Conservative politician (Member of Parliament 1966-83) who served as Secretary of State for Defence during Falkland War (1981-83) born in Bideford Devon England (d. 2024)

01 Feb 1936

Azie Taylor Morton American civil servant and first African American Treasurer of the United States (1977-81) born in Dale Texas (d. 2003) [1]

01 Feb 1939

Ekaterina Maximova Russian ballerina and star of the Bolshoi Ballet born in Moscow Russia (d. 2009)

01 Feb 1941

Jerry Spinelli American childrens author (Stargirl Wringer) born in Norristown Pennsylvania [1] [2]

01 Feb 1941

Joy Philbin American actress TV host and wife of Regis Philbin (Night and the City Malibu Express) born in New York

01 Feb 1942

Milt Sunde American football guard (Pro Bowl 1966 NFL Cship 1969 Minnesota Vikings) born in Minneapolis Minnesota (d. 2020)

01 Feb 1943

Tina Sloan American actress (Guiding Light Search for Tomorrow) born in Bronxville New York

01 Feb 1944

Tommy Duffy American doo-wop vocalist (The Echoes - Baby Blue) born in Brooklyn New York City

01 Feb 1945

Yasuhiro Takai Japanese baseball first baseman-designated hitter (NPB record 27 career pinch-hit HRs Hankyu Braves) and broadcaster born in Imabari Japan (d. 2019)

01 Feb 1946

Elisabeth Sladen English actress (Doctor Who The Sarah Jane Adventures) born in Liverpool England (d. 2011)

01 Feb 1947

Clark Olofsson Swedish criminal involved in the Norrmalmstorg robbery and siege born in Trollhattan Sweden (d. 2025) [1]

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