Historical Birthday
14 Feb 1462
Edzard I Cirksena the Great earl of East-Friesia (1494-1528)
14 Feb 1468
Johann Werner German mathematician born in Nuremberg Germany (d. 1522)
14 Feb 1487
Henry II of Bavaria Bishop of Utrecht (1524-29) Worms (1523-52) and Freising (1541-52) born in Heidelberg Germany (d. 1552)
14 Feb 1513
Domenico Maria Ferrabosco Italian composer and singer of the Renaissance born in Bologna (d. 1574)
14 Feb 1515
Frederick III the Pious Elector Palatine of the Rhine born in Simmern Germany (d. 1576)
14 Feb 1533
Christianus Adrichomius Dutch Catholic priest and writer (Vita Jesu Christi) born in Delft Netherlands (d. 1585)
14 Feb 1546
Johann Pistorius German theologist and historian born in Nidda Germany (d. 1608)
14 Feb 1572
Hans Christoph Haiden German composer organist and poet
14 Feb 1602
Pier Francesco Cavalli Italian opera composer born in Crema Lombardy Italy (d. 1676)
14 Feb 1621
Sybilla Schwarz German baroque poet born in Greifswald Germany (d. 1638)
14 Feb 1670
Georg Gabriel Schutz German composer born in Nuremberg Germany (d. 1716)
14 Feb 1679
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann German composer born in Ostramondra Thuringia Germany (d. 1735)
14 Feb 1680
John Sidney 6th Earl of Leicester English privy councillor born in Penshurst Place Kent (d. 1737)
14 Feb 1692
Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chausse French writer (Lcole des Mres) born in Paris (d. 1754)
14 Feb 1701
Enrique Florez Spanish historian born in Valladolid Spain (d. 1773)
14 Feb 1760
Richard Allen 1st African American ordained by Methodist-Episcopal church born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1831)
14 Feb 1763
Jean Victor Marie Moreau French general born in Morlaix Brittany France (d. 1813)
14 Feb 1778
Fernando Sor Spanish composer baptized in Barcelona Spain (d. 1839)
14 Feb 1800
Emory Washburn 22nd Governor of Massachusetts (1854-55) born in Leicester Massachusetts (d. 1877)
14 Feb 1806
Lajos Count Batthyany 1st Prime Minister of Hungary born in Pozsony Kingdom of Hungary Austrian Empire (d. 1849)
14 Feb 1812
Alfred Thomas Agate American artist born in Sparta New York (d. 1846)
14 Feb 1813
Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky Russian composer born in Troitsko village Tula Russia (d. 1869)
14 Feb 1813
John McNeil American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Halifax Nova Scotia Canada (d. 1891)
14 Feb 1819
James Green Martin Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Elizabeth City North Carolina (d. 1878)
14 Feb 1819
Christopher Latham Sholes American newspaper man politician and inventor of the typewriter born in Mooresburg Pennsylvania (d. 1890)
14 Feb 1824
Winfield Scott Hancock American politician and Major General (Union Army) born in Montgomeryville Pennsylvania (d. 1886)
14 Feb 1828
Edmond Franois Valentin About French writer (Le Roi des montagnes) born in Dieuze Lorraine (d. 1885)
14 Feb 1829
Alfred Iverson Jr. Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Clinton Georgia (d. 1911)
14 Feb 1835
Francois Haverschmidt Dutch writer (Snikken en grimlachjes) born in Leeuwarden Netherlands (d. 1894)
14 Feb 1838
Margaret E. Knight American inventor (flat-bottomed paper bag) described as a female Thomas Edison born in York Maine (d. 1914)
14 Feb 1845
Cecil De Vere 1st official British chess champion (1866) born in London (d. 1875)
14 Feb 1846
Julian Scott American artist and Civil War Medal of Honor recipient born in Johnson Vermont (d. 1901)
14 Feb 1847
Anna Howard Shaw American suffragette born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne England (d. 1919)
14 Feb 1847
Maria Pia of Savoy Queen of Portugal born in Roal Palace Turin Sardinia (d. 1911)
14 Feb 1848
Benjamin Baillaud French astronomer born in Chalon-sur-Sane France (d. 1934)
14 Feb 1853
Jan van Rijswijck Flemish journalist and Mayor of Antwerp born in Antwerp Belgium (d. 1906)
14 Feb 1856
Frank Harris Irish-American journalist and writer (My Life & Loves) born in Galway Ireland (d. 1931)
14 Feb 1858
C. B. Hawley American organist and composer born in Brookfield Connecticut (d. 1915)
14 Feb 1858
Joseph Thomson Scottish geologist and early African explorer (Thomsons Gazelle) born in Penpont Dumfries Scotland (d. 1895)
14 Feb 1859
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. American engineer and inventor (Ferris Wheel) born in Galesburg Illinois (d. 1896)
14 Feb 1860
Eugen Schiffer German lawyer and liberal politician born in Breslau Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1954)
14 Feb 1860
Waldemar Lindgren Swedish-American Geologist (economic geology ore classification) born in Vassmolsa Kalmar Sweden (d. 1939)
14 Feb 1864
Israel Zangwill Jewish author (Children of The Ghetto) and Zionist leader born in London (d. 1926)
14 Feb 1864
Robert E. Park American sociologist (human ecology marginal man) born in Harveyville Pennsylvania (d. 1944)
14 Feb 1868
Henricus Andreas Poels Dutch Roman Catholic theologist and social foreman born in Venray Netherlands (d. 1948)
14 Feb 1869
Charles Wilson Scottish physicist and meteorologist (Wilson cloud chamber-Nobel) born in Glencorse Scotland (d. 1959)
14 Feb 1871
Gerda Lundequist Swedish actress (The Saga of Gsta Berling) born in Stockholm Sweden (d. 1959)
14 Feb 1878
Julius Nieuwland Belgian-American chemist (inventor of neoprene) born in Hansbeke Belgium (d. 1936)
14 Feb 1880
Aida Overton Walker African-American dancer and singer (In Dahomey Salome) born in Richmond Virginia (d. 1914)
14 Feb 1880
Edgar Bainton British-Australian composer born in Hackney London (d. 1956)
14 Feb 1881
Otto Selz German psychologist born in Munich Germany (d. 1943)
14 Feb 1881
William John Gruffydd Welsh poet and scholar born in Gorffwysfa Bethel Wales (d. 1954)
14 Feb 1882
George Jean Nathan American editor author and critic (American Mercury) born in Fort Wayne Indiana (d. 1958)
14 Feb 1882
Ignaz Friedman Polish pianist and composer born in Podgrze Krakw Austrian Poland (d. 1948)
14 Feb 1884
Hezekiah M. Washburn American Presbyterian Congo missionary born in Brooksville Bracken Kentucky (d. 1972)
14 Feb 1884
Joe Jagersberger Austrian-American racing driver born in Wiener Neustadt Austria (d. 1952)
14 Feb 1884
Kostas Varnalis Greek poet born in Burgas Bulgaria (d. 1974)
14 Feb 1885
Syed Zafarul Hasan Indian-Pakistani Prominent Muslim philosopher (d. 1949)
14 Feb 1886
Theodor Werner German painter born in Jettenburg Germany (d. 1969)
14 Feb 1890
Nina Hamnett Welsh artist and writer born in Tenby Pembrokeshire Wales (d. 1956)
14 Feb 1892
Nikolaj A. Orloff Russian-British pianist (Chopin) born in Yelets Oryol Governorate Russian Empire (d. 1964)
14 Feb 1892
Radola Gajda Czech military commander and politician born in Kotor Austria-Hungary (d. 1948)
14 Feb 1893
Kay Fisker Danish architect (Hornbeck House Copenhagen) born in Frederiksberg Denmark (d. 1965)
14 Feb 1894
Jack Benny [Benjamin Kubelski] American comedian (The Jack Benny Program) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 1974)
14 Feb 1895
Max Horkheimer German philosopher and sociologist (Studies in prejudice) born in Zuffenhausen Stuttgart Germany (d. 1973)
14 Feb 1896
Edward Arthur Milne English astrophysicist (kinematic relativity) born in Yorkshire England (d. 1950)
14 Feb 1897
Jorgen Bentzon Danish composer born in Copenhagen Denmark (d. 1951)
14 Feb 1898
Fritz Zwicky Swiss astronomer (supernova dark matter) born in Varna Bulgaria (d. 1974)
14 Feb 1899
John Herman Randall Jr. American philosopher (Western Man) born in Grand Rapids Michigan (d. 1980)
14 Feb 1899
Lovro von Matai Croatian conductor and composer (Bruckner Medal) born in Suak Croatia (d. 1985)
14 Feb 1902
Fred Scott American vocalist and actor (Melody of the Plains Vincent Lopez) born in Fresno California (d. 1991)
14 Feb 1902
Ray Crash Corrigan American actor (Crash Corrigans Ranch) born in Milwaukee Wisconsin (d. 1976)
14 Feb 1902
Thelma Ritter American actress (Miracle on 34th Street) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1969)
14 Feb 1903
Stuart Stu Erwin American actor (The Stu Erwin Show) born in Squaw Valley California (d. 1967)
14 Feb 1907
Johnny Longden Canadian Racing Hall of Fame jockeytrainer (1943 Crown on Count Fleet) born in Wakefield Yorkshire England (d. 2003)
14 Feb 1907
Florence Rice American actress (Fast Company Double Wedding Riding on Air) born in Cleveland Ohio (d. 1974)
14 Feb 1909
A Moses Klein poet (Hath Not a Jew...) born in Montreal Quebec
14 Feb 1911
Willem J Kolff DutchUS internistinventor (Artificial Kidney)
14 Feb 1912
Edmund George Love American teacherhistorianauthor (A Small Bequest)
14 Feb 1912
Juan Pujol Garcia [GarboArabel] Spanish BritishGerman double agent
14 Feb 1913
Woody Hayes [Wayne] college football coach (Ohio 1968 coach of the year)
14 Feb 1913
Ab [Albert] Visser Dutch poetwriter (Man Without a Head)
14 Feb 1913
James Pike bishop (Beyond Anxiety) born in Oklahoma City Oklahoma
14 Feb 1913
Jimmy Hoffa Teamsters leader who disappeared in 1975
14 Feb 1913
Mel Allen American sportscaster (voice of NY Yankees) born in Birmingham Alabama
14 Feb 1914
Margarete Mewes Nazi overseer at concentration camp
14 Feb 1915
Irving Gordon American songwriter born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1996)
14 Feb 1916
Edward Platt actor (Chief-Get Smart) born in Staten Island New York
14 Feb 1916
Masaki Kobayashi Japanese director (Joi-uchi)
14 Feb 1916
Wawrzyniec Zulawski Polish composer (d. 1957)
14 Feb 1917
Herbert A Hauptman American x-ray crystallographer (Nobel 1985) born in NYC New York
14 Feb 1921
Hugh Downs TV journalist (2020 Concentration) born in Akron Ohio
14 Feb 1921
Skeezix of Gasoline Alley discovered on Wallets doorstep
14 Feb 1922
Murray the K [Kaufman] American disk jockey (5th Beatle) born in NYC New York (d. 1982)
14 Feb 1923
Jay Hebert American golfer (PGA Championship 1960) born in St. Martinville Louisiana (d. 1997)
14 Feb 1924
Arghyris Kounadis Greek composer born in Istanbul Turkey (d. 2011)
14 Feb 1924
Patricia Knatchbull 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma born in Westminster London England (d. 2017)
14 Feb 1925
Elliot Lawrence orchestra leader (Guide Right Howard Cosell) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
14 Feb 1927
Lois Maxwell [Hooker] Canadian actress (Goldfinger Dr. No Miss Moneypenny) born in Kitchener Ontario (d. 2007)
14 Feb 1928
Juan Garcia Hortelano Spanish author (Tormenta de verano)
14 Feb 1929
Vic Morrow American actor (Combat Roots Twilight Zone the Movie) born in NYC New York (d. 1982)
14 Feb 1930
Duncan Montgomery Stewart principal (Lady Margaret Hall-Oxford)
14 Feb 1931
Bernie Boom Boom Geoffrion NHL right wing (Canadiens Rangers)
14 Feb 1931
Phyllis McGuire vocalist (McGuire Sisters) born in Middletown Ohio
14 Feb 1931
Brian Kelly American actor (Flipper Straightaway) born in Detroit Michigan (d. 2005)
14 Feb 1932
Alexander Kluge German author and film director (Yesterday Girl) born in Halberstadt Province of Saxony
14 Feb 1932
Jack Hibbert director (Central Statistical Office)
14 Feb 1932
Leo Thorsness American Vietnam War pilot (Medal of Honor) born in Walnut Grove Minnesota (d. 2017)
14 Feb 1933
Andrey Mikhaylovich Volkonsky Russian composer born in Geneva Switzerland (d. 2008)
14 Feb 1933
Bertram Jay Turetzky US contrabassist composer and educator born in Norwich Connecticut
14 Feb 1933
Evelyn Ebsworth Vice-Chancellor (Durham U) born in Richmond United Kingdom (d. 2015)
14 Feb 1933
Madhubala [Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi] Indian actress regarded as The Venus of Indian Cinema born in Delhi India (d. 1969)
14 Feb 1934
Florence Henderson actress and singer (Carol in The Brady Bunch) born in Dale Indiana (d. 2016)
14 Feb 1934
Marlene Matthews Australia sprinter (Olympic 2 bronze-1956)
14 Feb 1935
Christine CT Christel Adelaar Dutch actress (Pipo the Clown)
14 Feb 1935
David Wilson Scottish administrator and 27th Governor of Hong Kong (1987-92) born in Alloa Scotland
14 Feb 1935
Mary Mickey Wright American golfer (2nd most LPGA Tour wins 82) born in San Diego California
14 Feb 1936
Andrew Prine American actor (V W.E.B. Wide Country) born in Jennings Florida
14 Feb 1936
Fanne Foxe [Annabella Battistella] Argentina (Wilbur Mills affair)
14 Feb 1938
Lee Chamberlin American actor (Once Upon a Family Rupture Fatale) born in NYC New York
14 Feb 1939
Michael Rudman English theater director and producer (Donkeys Years)
14 Feb 1940
Porpoise 1st born in captivity in US (Marineland Fla)
14 Feb 1942
Margaret Wright chief commissioner (Guide Association)
14 Feb 1942
Ricardo Rodrguez Mexican racing driver (d. 1962)
14 Feb 1942
Michael Bloomberg American philanthropist politician and CEO of Bloomberg L.P. born in Boston Massachusetts
14 Feb 1943
Eric Anderson American vocalist (Avalanche Be True to You) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
14 Feb 1943
Isral Ischa Meijer Dutch journalist critic and author (Een Dik Uur Ischa Boezemvriend) born in Amsterdam Netherlands (d. 1995)
14 Feb 1943
Maceo Parker American tenor saxophonist (Parliament-Funkadelic Kings One Mo Roots) born in Kinston North Carolina
14 Feb 1943
Robert Bob Murphy Jr American PGA golfer (1968 Philadelphia Classic) born in Brooklyn New York
14 Feb 1943
Aaron Russo American political activist movie producer and director (Trading Places Wise Guys The Rose) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 2007)
14 Feb 1944
Alan Parker English actor (Bugsy Malone Evita)
14 Feb 1944
Bruce Summerhays PGA golfer (Provo Open-1966 91 93) born in St Louis Missouri
14 Feb 1944
Ronnie Peterson Swedish racing driver (d. 1978)
14 Feb 1945
Gregory Hines American actordancer (White Nights Taps) born in NYC New York
14 Feb 1945
K M Jenkins British director of personnel (Royal Mail)
14 Feb 1945
Ladislao Mazurkiewicz Piripolis Uruguay football goalkeeper (d. 2013)
14 Feb 1946
Tina Aumont actress (Master of Love Casanova) born in Hollywood California
14 Feb 1946
Bernard Dowiyogo President of Nauru (d. 2003)
14 Feb 1947
Tim Buckley singer-songwriter born in Washington D.C. (d. 1975)
14 Feb 1947
Heidemarie Rosendahl German FR long jumper (Olympic gold 1972)
14 Feb 1947
Salah-ud-Din cricketer (played 5 Tests for Pakistan 1965-69)
14 Feb 1948
... Teller magician (Penn & Teller) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
14 Feb 1948
Jackie Martling Jackie the Jokeman comedian (Howard Stern Show)
14 Feb 1950
Raymond van het Groenewoud Belgian vocalistactor (Brussels by Night)
14 Feb 1951
Kevin Keegan British soccer playermanager (Newcastle United)
14 Feb 1951
JoJo Starbuck American ice skater born in Birmingham Alabama
14 Feb 1953
Carmine Rojas American composer musical director and bass guitarist (Joe Bonamassa) born in Brooklyn New York City
14 Feb 1955
Jeremy Lascelles British grandson of English princess Mary
14 Feb 1955
Carol Kalish American publishing executive (d. 1991)
14 Feb 1955
Rip Rogers US professional wrestler born in Seymour Indiana
14 Feb 1956
Dave Dravecky US pitcher & amputee (SF Giants) born in Youngstown Ohio
14 Feb 1956
Howard Edward Davis Jr. boxer (Olympic silver 1976) born in Glen Cove New York (d. 2015)
14 Feb 1957
Soile Isokoski Finnish soprano born in Posio Finland
14 Feb 1452
Pandolfo Petrucci Italian ruler of the Republic of Siena (1500-12) during the Renaissance. born in Siena Italy (d. 1512)
14 Feb 1804
Otis Tufts American machinist and inventor who built printing machines steam engines firefighting equipment and invented the steam pile driver born in Cambridge Massachusetts (d. 1869)
14 Feb 1913
Woody Hayes American College Football Hall of Fame coach (National Cship 1954 57 61 68 70 Ohio State) born in Clifton Ohio (d. 1987)
14 Feb 1914
Norman Von Nida Australian golfer coach broadcaster (British Open 1948 3rd) born in Sydney NSW (d. 2007)
14 Feb 1932
Banjo Matthews American auto racer owner constructer (A. J. Foyt Cale Yarborough) born in Akron Ohio (d. 1996)
14 Feb 1933
Richard Dick Yarmy American actor (Get Smart Arnie Bone) born in NYC New York (d. 1992)
14 Feb 1934
Florence Henderson American actress and singer (Carol in The Brady Bunch) born in Dale Indiana (d. 2016)
14 Feb 1935
Mickey Wright American golfer (13 major titles 82 LPGA Tour wins) born in San Diego California
14 Feb 1942
Ricardo Rodrguez Mexican auto racer (youngest F1 driver ever to race for Ferrari) born in Mexico City Mexico (d. 1962)
14 Feb 1943
Bob Murphy Jr American golfer (PGA Cship 1970 runner-up 11 Senior PGA Tour titles) born in Brooklyn New York
14 Feb 1945
Ladislao Mazurkiewicz Uruguayan soccer goalkeeper (36 caps Atltico Mineiro) born in Piripolis Uruguay (d. 2008)
14 Feb 1951
Kevin Keegan English soccer forward manager (England 63 caps Liverpool Newcastle United) born in Armthorpe Doncaster
14 Feb 1452
Pandolfo Petrucci Italian ruler of the Republic of Siena (1500-12) during the Renaissance born in Siena Italy (d. 1512)
14 Feb 1513
Domenico Maria Ferrabosco Italian composer & singer of the Renaissance born in Bologna (d. 1574)
14 Feb 1515
Frederick III the Pious Elector Palatine of the Rhine born in Simmern Germany (d. 1576)
14 Feb 1533
Christianus Adrichomius Dutch Catholic priest & writer (Vita Jesu Christi) born in Delft Netherlands (d. 1585)
14 Feb 1546
Johann Pistorius German theologist & historian born in Nidda Germany (d. 1608)
14 Feb 1804
Otis Tufts American machinist & inventor who built printing machines steam engines firefighting equipment and invented the steam pile driver born in Cambridge Massachusetts (d. 1869)
14 Feb 1847
Anna Howard Shaw American suffragette born in Newcastle upon Tyne England (d. 1919)
14 Feb 1860
Eugen Schiffer German lawyer & liberal politician born in Breslau Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1954)
14 Feb 1870
Bob Quinn American MLB executive (owner Boston Red Sox 192333 part owner Boston Braves 193645 President National Baseball Hall of Fame 194851) born in Columbus Ohio (d. 1954)
14 Feb 1880
Aida Overton Walker African-American dancer & singer (In Dahomey Salome) born in Richmond Virginia (d. 1914)
14 Feb 1881
William John Gruffydd Welsh poet & scholar born in Gorffwysfa Bethel Wales (d. 1954)
14 Feb 1882
Ignaz Friedman Polish pianist & composer born in Podgrze Krakw Austrian Poland (d. 1948)
14 Feb 1890
Nina Hamnett Welsh artist & writer born in Tenby Pembrokeshire Wales (d. 1956)
14 Feb 1892
Radola Gajda Czech military commander & politician born in Kotor Austria-Hungary (d. 1948)
14 Feb 1895
Max Horkheimer German philosopher & sociologist (Studies in prejudice) born in Zuffenhausen Stuttgart Germany (d. 1973)
14 Feb 1899
Lovro von Matai Croatian conductor & composer (Bruckner Medal) born in Suak Croatia (d. 1985)
14 Feb 1902
Fred Scott American vocalist & actor (Melody of the Plains Vincent Lopez) born in Fresno California (d. 1991)
14 Feb 1908
Lennie Hayton American pianist composer conductor and arranger (Paul Whiteman Bing Crosby MGM) born in New York City (d. 1971)
14 Feb 1909
A. Moses Klein Canadian poet (Hath Not a Jew...) born in Montreal Quebec
14 Feb 1911
Willem J. Kolff Dutch-American internist & inventor (Artificial Kidney)
14 Feb 1912
Edmund George Love American historian & author (A Small Bequest)
14 Feb 1912
Juan Pujol Garcia [GarboArabel] Spanish BritishGerman double agent
14 Feb 1913
James Pike American bishop (Beyond Anxiety) born in Oklahoma City Oklahoma
14 Feb 1916
Edward Platt American actor (Chief-Get Smart) born in Staten Island New York (d. 1974)
14 Feb 1916
Wawrzyniec uawski Polish composer born in Zakopane Poland Russian Empire (d. 1957)
14 Feb 1921
Hugh Downs American TV journalist (2020 Concentration) born in Akron Ohio (d. 2020)
14 Feb 1921
Jeanne Demessieux French organist and composer (Te Deum) born in Montpellier France (d. 1968)
14 Feb 1926
Alfred Krner Austrian soccer striker (47 caps Rapid Wien) born in Vienna Austria (d. 2020)
14 Feb 1931
Phyllis McGuire American pop vocalist (McGuire Sisters - Sincerely Sugartime) born in Middletown Ohio (d. 2020)
14 Feb 1932
Banjo Matthews American auto racer owner and constructor (A. J. Foyt Cale Yarborough) born in Akron Ohio (d. 1996)
14 Feb 1933
Bertram Turetzky American classical jazz klezmer double bassist composer pedagogue and author (The Contemporary Contrabass) born in Norwich Connecticut
14 Feb 1934
Bruce Headley American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner (Breeders Cup Sprint 2000 Kona Gold) born in Baldwin Park California (d. 2021)
14 Feb 1936
Fanne Foxe [Annabella Battistella] Argentine-American exotic dancer famous for her involvement in a sex scandal with Wilbur Mills born in Nueve de Julio Argentina
14 Feb 1936
Takuo Aoyagi Japanese engineer who invented the pulse oximeter born in Niigata Prefecture Japan (d. 2020)
14 Feb 1937
Carlos Campos Chilean soccer striker (39 caps Universidad de Chile 259 games) born in Santiago Chile (d. 2020)
14 Feb 1940
Willie Hunter Scottish soccer forward (3 caps Motherwell) and manager (Queen of the South Inverness Caledonian) born in Edinburgh Scotland (d. 2020)
14 Feb 1944
Alan Parker English director (Bugsy Malone Midnight Express) born in London England (d. 2020)
14 Feb 1945
Gregory Hines American actor and dancer (White Nights Taps) born in NYC New York (d. 2003)
14 Feb 1945
Ladislao Mazurkiewicz Uruguayan soccer goalkeeper (36 caps Atltico Mineiro) born in Piripolis Uruguay (d. 2013)
14 Feb 1949
Richard E Neal American politician (Rep-D-Massachusetts)
14 Feb 1950
Raymond van het Groenewoud Belgian vocalist & actor (Brussels by Night)
14 Feb 1951
Michael Doucet singer & musician (Beausoleil)
14 Feb 1951
Sylvain Sylvain [Mizrahi] Egyptian-American rock guitarist (New York Dolls) born in Cairo Egypt (d. 2021)
14 Feb 1953
Carmine Rojas American composer musical director and bass guitarist (David Bowie Joe Bonamassa) born in Brooklyn New York City
14 Feb 1778
Fernando Sor Spanish classical guitarist and composer (Twelve Studies) baptized in Barcelona Spain (d. 1839)
14 Feb 1897
Jrgen Bentzon Danish composer born in Copenhagen Denmark (d. 1951)
14 Feb 1915
Irving Gordon American songwriter (Unforgettable Me Myself And I) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1996)
14 Feb 1925
Elliot Lawrence [Broza] American jazz pianist film score composer (Network) arranger and orchestra leader (Tony and Emmy Award broadcasts As The World Turns 1981-93) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 2021)
14 Feb 1925
Gwendolyn Faison American politician (Mayor of Camden New Jersey 2000-10) born in Clinton North Carolina (d. 2021)
14 Feb 1929
Vic Morrow [Morozoff] American film and television actor (Combat Cimmaron Roots Twilight Zone The Movie) born in NYC New York (d. 1982)
14 Feb 1934
Florence Henderson American actress (The Brady Bunch - Carol) and singer born in Dale Indiana (d. 2016)
14 Feb 1934
Michel Corboz Swiss conductor (founded LEnsemble Vocal de Lausanne 1961) born in Marsens Switzerland
14 Feb 1936
Charlie Burns Canadian ice hockey forward (world champion Whitby Dunlops 1958) and coach (Minnesota North Stars) born in Detroit Michigan (d. 2021)
14 Feb 1937
Magic Sam [Maghett] American blues guitarist (Feelin Good (Were Gonna Boogie)) born in Granada County Mississippi (d. 1969)
14 Feb 1941
Paul Tsongas American politician (Sen-D-Mass) born in Lowell Massachusetts (d. 1997)
14 Feb 1941
Big Jim Sullivan [Tomkins] British session and touring rock guitarist sitar and banjo player born in Uxbridge Middlesex England (d. 2012)
14 Feb 1943
Maceo Parker American tenor saxophonist (James Brown Parliament-Funkadelic Kings One Mo Roots) born in Kinston North Carolina
14 Feb 1404
Leon B. Alberti Italian Renaissance humanist and architect (Tempio Malatestiano Palazzo Rucellai Santa Maria Novella) born in Genoa Republic of Genoa (d. 1472)
14 Feb 1462
Edzard I Cirksena Edzard the Great Count of East Frisia (1494-1528) who waged three-year war with Saxony (d. 1528)
14 Feb 1572
Hans Christoph Haiden German composer organist and poet (d. 1617)
14 Feb 1867
Sakichi Toyoda Japanese inventor and industrialist (Toyota Industries) born in Yamaguchi Ttmi Province (now Kosai Shizuoka) Japan (d. 1930)
14 Feb 1902
Thelma Ritter American character actress (All About Eve Rear Window Pillow Talk) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1969)
14 Feb 1903
Fritz Bchtger German composer educator and modern music proponent (Association for Contemporary Music Studio for New Music) born in Munich Germany (d. 1978)
14 Feb 1904
Charles Oatley English electrical engineer (developed scanning electron microscope) born in From England (d. 1996)
14 Feb 1904
Hertha Kuusinen Finnish communist politician (daughter of Otto Ville Kuusinen) born in Luhanka Finland (d. 1974)
14 Feb 1907
Johnny Longden Canadian hall of fame jockey and trainer (1943 Triple Crown on Count Fleet) born in Wakefield Yorkshire England (d. 2003)
14 Feb 1909
A. M. Klein Canadian modernist Jewish poet (Hath Not a Jew...) born in Ratno Ukraine (d. 1972)
14 Feb 1911
Willem J. Kolff Dutch-American Physician and Biomedical Engineer (artificial kidney hemodialysis) born in Leiden Netherlands (d. 2009)
14 Feb 1912
Edmund G. Love American historian and author (A Small Bequest Subways Are for Sleeping) born in Flushing Michigan (d. 1990)
14 Feb 1912
Juan Pujol Garcia Spanish double agent (spied for Britain codename Garbo pretended to spy for Nazi Germany codename Arabel) born in Barcelona Spain (d. 1988)
14 Feb 1912
Ollie Harrington American cartoonist (Bootsie) born in Valhalla New York (d. 1995)
14 Feb 1913
Ab Visser Dutch poet and writer (Man Without a Head) born in Groningen Netherlands (d. 1982)
14 Feb 1913
James Pike American Episcopal controversial bishop (Beyond Anxiety) born in Oklahoma City Oklahoma (d. 1969)
14 Feb 1913
Jimmy Hoffa American Union leader (Leader of Teamsters Union with ties to organized crime disappeared mysteriously in 1975) born in Brazil Indiana (d. 1975) [1]
14 Feb 1913
Mel Allen American sportscaster (voice of NY Yankees) born in Birmingham Alabama (d. 1996)
14 Feb 1916
Edward Platt American actor (Get Smart - The Chief North By Northwest) born in Staten Island New York (d. 1974)
14 Feb 1916
Marcel Bigeard French general (WWII First Indochina War Algerian War) born in Toul France (d. 2010)
14 Feb 1916
Masaki Kobayashi Japanese film director and screenwriter (Joi-uchi) born in Otaru Japan (d. 1996)
14 Feb 1917
Herbert A. Hauptman American mathematician whose models for determining the chemical crystal structures vital for life revolutionized chemistry (Nobel 1985) born in NYC New York (d. 2011)
14 Feb 1926
(Alexander) Bobby Kok Boer-British classical and session cellist (BBC Symphony George Harrison - When We Was Fab) born in Brakpan Union of South Africa (d. 2015)
14 Feb 1928
Ben Garrido Blaz American politician (Rep-R-Guam 1985-93) born in Agana Guam (d. 2014)
14 Feb 1929
Matthew G. Martinez American politician (Rep-DR-CA 1982-2001) born in Walsenburg Colorado (d. 2011)
14 Feb 1933
Bertram Turetzky American classical jazz klezmer double bassist composer pedagogue and author (The Contemporary Contrabass) born in Norwich Connecticut
14 Feb 1934
Merl Saunders American Hammond B-3 organ player and pianist (Jerry Garcia Band SaundersGarcia) and composer born in San Mateo California (d. 2008)
14 Feb 1939
Chris Pyne British jazz touring and session trombonist (Mike Gibbs Ronnnie Scott Humphrey Lyttelton) born in Bridlington East Riding of Yorkshire England (d. 1995)
14 Feb 1945
Hans-Adam Prince of Liechtenstein (1989-) born in Zrich Switzerland
14 Feb 1945
Vic Briggs British guitarist (The Animals 1966-68) and producer later known as Antion Vikram Singh he created Sikhi devotional and Hawaiian music born in Twickenham England (d. 2021)
14 Feb 1945
William Hill Boner American politician (Rep-D-TN 1979-88) born in Nashville Tennessee
14 Feb 1947
Judd Gregg American politician (Senator-R-NH 1993-2011 Governor of NH 1989-93 Rep-R-NH 1981-89) born in Nashua New Hampshire
14 Feb 1949
Richard E. Neal American politician (Rep-D-Massachusetts)
14 Feb 1513
Domenico Maria Ferrabosco Italian Renaissance composer and singer born in Bologna Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1574)
14 Feb 1572
Hans Christoph Heyden German composer organist and poet born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg Holy Roman Empire (d. 1617)
14 Feb 1670
Georg Gabriel Schutz German composer born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1716)
14 Feb 1845
Cecil De Vere English chess player (1st official British chess champion (1866) born in London England (d. 1875)
14 Feb 1870
Bob Quinn American baseball executive (owner Boston Red Sox 192333 part owner Boston Braves 193645 President National Baseball Hall of Fame 194851) born in Columbus Ohio (d. 1954)
14 Feb 1878
Julius Nieuwland Belgian-American chemist (inventor of 1st synthetic rubber neoprene) born in Hansbeke Belgium (d. 1936)
14 Feb 1916
Marcel Bigeard French general (WWII First Indochina War Algerian War) politician and writer born in Toul France (d. 2010)
14 Feb 1917
Herbert A. Hauptman American mathematician whose models for determining the chemical crystal structures vital for life revolutionized chemistry (Nobel 1985) born in New York City (d. 2011)
14 Feb 1917
Red Hickey American football coach (HC SF 49ers 1959-63 devised shotgun formation) born in Clarksville Arkansas (d. 2006)
14 Feb 1921
Skeezix of Gasoline Alley discovered on Wallets doorstep (cartoon strip character featured in Chicago Tribune)
14 Feb 1922
Murray the K [Kaufman] American disk jockey (5th Beatle) born in New York City (d. 1982)
14 Feb 1929
Vic Morrow [Morozoff] American film and television actor (Combat Cimmaron Roots Twilight Zone The Movie) born in New York City (d. 1982)
14 Feb 1931
Bernie Boom Boom Geoffrion NHL HOF right wing 1950-64 1966-68 (11X All-star 6X Stanley Cup - Montreal Canadiens New York Rangers) and coach (Rangers Atlanta Flames Canadiens) born in Montreal Quebec (d. 2001)
14 Feb 1933
Dick Yarmy American character actor (Get Smart Kentucky Fried Movie Mork & Mindy) born in New York City (d. 1992)
14 Feb 1938
Lee Chamberlin American actor (Once Upon a Family Rupture Fatale) born in New York City
14 Feb 1939
Michael Rudman American theater director and producer working in the UK (Death of the Salesman Donkeys Years) born in Tyler Texas (d. 2023) [1]
14 Feb 1942
Ricardo Rodrguez Mexican auto racer (youngest F1 driver ever to race for Ferrari) born in Mexico City (d. 1962)
14 Feb 1943
Griselda Blanco Cocaine Godmother Colombian drug lord born in Cartagena Colombia (d. 2012)
14 Feb 1944
Ronnie Peterson Swedish auto racer (World F1 Cship runner-up 1971 78) born in rebro Sweden (d. 1978)
14 Feb 1945
Gregory Hines American actor and dancer (White Nights Taps) born in New York City (d. 2003)
14 Feb 1948
(John) Jackie Martling American comedian and gag writer known as Jackie the Jokeman (Howard Stern Show 1983-2001) born in Mineola Long Island New York
14 Feb 1948
(Wladimir) Wally Tax Dutch rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Outsiders Tax Free) born in Amsterdam Netherlands (d. 2005)
14 Feb 1948
Pat OBrien American broadcaster (CBS Sports Entertainment Tonight The Insider) born in Sioux Falls South Dakota.
14 Feb 1949
Jimmie Randell American rock bassist (Jo Jo Gunne The Dead Pyrates Society) born in Dallas Texas
14 Feb 1950
Raymond van het Groenewoud Dutch-Belgian singer-songwriter musician and composer (Meisjes Brussels by Night) born in Schaerbeek Belgium
14 Feb 1950
Roger Fisher American rock guitarist (Heart 1967-80 - Barracuda) born in Seattle Washington
14 Feb 1951
Michael Doucet Cajun-American zydeco folk and blues singer and fiddler (BeauSoleil) born in Scott Louisiana
14 Feb 1953
Wayne Siegel American electro-acoustic contemporary classical composer based in Denmark born in Los Angeles California
14 Feb 1954
Paul Rendall English rugby union prop (28 caps London Wasps RUFC) born in London England (d. 2023)
14 Feb 1955
Carol Kalish American publishing executive (Marvel Comics) (d. 1991)
14 Feb 1404
Leon Battista Alberti Italian Renaissance humanist author (Dinner Pieces) architect (Tempio Malatestiano Palazzo Rucellai Santa Maria Novella) sculptor and cryptographer considered a founder of Western cryptography born in Genoa Republic of Genoa (d. 1472)
14 Feb 1513
Domenico Maria Ferrabosco Italian Renaissance composer and singer born in Bologna Papal States (d. 1574)
14 Feb 1602
Pier Francesco Cavalli Italian opera composer born in Crema Lombardy Republic of Venice (d. 1676)
14 Feb 1670
Georg Gabriel Schutz German composer born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg Holy Roman Empire (d. 1716)
14 Feb 1679
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann German composer born in Ostramondra Thuringia Electorate of Saxony (d. 1735)
14 Feb 1880
Aida Overton Walker African-American dancer and singer (In Dahomey Salome) born in Richmond Virginia (d. 1914)
14 Feb 1880
Edgar Bainton British-Australian composer (And I Saw a New Heaven The Vindictive Staircase) and educator born in Hackney London England (d. 1956)
14 Feb 1885
Syed Zafarul Hasan Pakistani Muslim philosopher (d. 1949)
14 Feb 1897
Jrgen Bentzon Danish composer (Racconto Saturnalia) born in Copenhagen Denmark (d. 1951)
14 Feb 1902
Fred Scott American actor and singing cowboy known as The Silvery-Voiced Buckaroo (Melody of the Plains) born in Fresno California (d. 1991)
14 Feb 1912
Tibor Sekelj Croatian polyglot explorer and writer (Kumewawa the son of the jungle) born in Spisk Sobota Austria-Hungary (d. 1988)
14 Feb 1913
Mel Allen American sportscaster (voice of NY Yankees 22 World Series 24 MLB All Star games) born in Birmingham Alabama (d. 1996)
14 Feb 1915
Irving Gordon American songwriter (Unforgettable Me Myself And I) born in Brooklyn New York City (d. 1996)
14 Feb 1922
Murray the K [Kaufman] American disk jockey sometimes referred to as the 5th Beatle for his early promotion of the group on WINS radio born in New York City (d. 1982)
14 Feb 1924
Arghyris Kounadis Greek composer of opera and film music (The Bewitched Music Stands) born in Istanbul Turkey (d. 2011)
14 Feb 1928
Juan Garcia Hortelano Spanish author (Tormenta de verano - Summer Storm) born in Madrid Spain (d. 1992)
14 Feb 1930
Duncan Montgomery Stewart New Zealand academic and administrator (Lady Margaret Hall-Oxford) born in Chist Church New Zealand (d. 1996)
14 Feb 1931
Bernie Boom Boom Geoffrion Canadian Hockey HOF right wing (11 x NHL All-star 6 x Stanley Cup - Montreal Canadiens New York Rangers) and coach (NY Rangers Atlanta Flames Montreal Canadiens) born in Montreal Quebec (d. 2001)
14 Feb 1932
Banjo Matthews American auto racing constructor (72% of winning cars in top NASCAR division 1974-85 262 wins in 362 Cup races) born in Akron Ohio (d. 1996)
14 Feb 1932
Harriet Andersson Swedish actress (Cries and Whispers Fanny and Alexander) born in Stockholm Sweden
14 Feb 1932
Jack Hibbert British economic statistician (Central Statistical Office 1960-92 as director 1985-92) born in Huddersfield Yorkshire England (d. 2005)
14 Feb 1932
Jocelyn Stevens British media publisher and executive (Queen magazine) and administrator (Royal College of Art 1984-92 English Heritage. 1992-2000) born in Marylebone London England (d. 2014)
14 Feb 1932
Peter Ball British Church of England clergyman (Bishop of Gloucester. 1992-93 Bishop of Lewes 1977-92) and convicted sex offender born in West Sussex England (d. 2019)
14 Feb 1934
Michel Corboz Swiss conductor (founded LEnsemble Vocal de Lausanne 1961) born in Marsens Switzerland (d. 2021)
14 Feb 1935
Christel Adelaar Dutch actress (Pipo the Clown - Mammaloe) born in Semarang Dutch East Indies (d. 2013)
14 Feb 1936
Fanne Foxe [Annabella Battistella] Argentine-American exotic dancer famous for her involvement in a sex scandal with US Congressman Wilbur Mills born in Nueve de Julio Argentina (d. 2021)
14 Feb 1938
Paquito Spanish soccer manager (Villarreal CF Valencia CF Rayo Vallecano SAD) and midfielder (9 caps Valencia 212 games) born in Oviedo Spain (d. 2024)
14 Feb 1940
Porpoise First porpoise born in captivity in the US stillborn at Marineland Saint Augustine Florida [1]
14 Feb 1941
Donna Shalala American educator and politician US Secretary of Health under Bill Clinton (Rep-Florida 2019-21) born in Cleveland Ohio
14 Feb 1943
Eric Anderson American folk singer-songwriter (Avalanche Be True to You) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
14 Feb 1946
Bernard Dowiyogo 7x President of Nauru born in Nauru (d. 2003)
14 Feb 1947
Heidemarie Rosendahl German athlete (Olympic gold FRG long jump 4100m relay silver pentathlon 1972) born in Hckeswagen Germany
14 Feb 1947
Pham Tuan Vietnamese fighter pilot and the first Vietnamese cosmonaut (Soyuz 3736) born in Kin Xng Vietnam
14 Feb 1947
Salahuddin Mulla Pakistani cricket all-rounder (5 Tests HS 34no 7 wickets Karachi Pakistan International Airlines) born in Aligarh India
14 Feb 1949
Richard Neal American politician (Rep-D-Massachusetts 1989-) born in Worcester Massachusetts
14 Feb 1955
James Eckhouse American actor (Jim Walsh on Beverly Hills 90210) born in Chicago Illinois
14 Feb 1955
Jeremy Lascelles British music executive CEO of Chrysalis Music second cousin to Charles III born in London
14 Feb 1955
Rip Rogers American professional wrestler born in Seymour Indiana
14 Feb 1956
Howard Davis Jr. American boxer (Olympic gold lightweight 1976) born in Glen Cove New York (d. 2015)
14 Feb 1957
Alan Hunter one of the original MTV VJs born in Birmingham Alabama
14 Feb 1958
Perry Stephens German actor (Loving All My Children) born in Frankfurt Germany
14 Feb 1614
John Wilkins English Anglican clergyman and Bishop of Chester (1668-72) born in Fawsley England(d. 1672)
14 Feb 1784
Heinrich Baermann German clarinet virtuoso and composer born in Potsdam Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1847)
14 Feb 1880
Aida Overton Walker African-American dancer singer and choreographer (In Dahomey Salome) born in Richmond Virginia (d. 1914)
14 Feb 1885
Syed Zafarul Hasan Pakistani prominent Muslim philosopher born in Pakistan (d. 1949)
14 Feb 1900
Jessica Dragonette Italian-American radio singer and honorary US Army colonel born in Calcutta British India (d. 1980)
14 Feb 1902
Thelma Ritter American character actress (All About Eve Rear Window Pillow Talk) born in Brooklyn New York City (d. 1969)
14 Feb 1913
James Pike American Episcopal controversial bishop (Beyond Anxiety) born in Oklahoma City (d. 1969)
14 Feb 1913
Mel Allen American sportscaster (voice of NY Yankees 22 World Series 24 MLB All-Star games) born in Birmingham Alabama (d. 1996)
14 Feb 1914
Norman Von Nida Australian golfer coach broadcaster (British Open 1948 3rd) born in Sydney Australia (d. 2007)
14 Feb 1924
Juan Ponce Enrile [Juanito Furagganan] Filipino lawyer and politician known for withdrawing his support of President Ferdinand Marcos born in Gonzaga Philippines (d. 2025) [1]
14 Feb 1928
Mark Eden [Douglas Malin] British actor (Alan Bradley in Coronation Street) born in London (d. 2021)
14 Feb 1931
Martin Kilson Jr. American scholar and the first African American tenured professor at Harvard born in East Rutherford New Jersey (d. 2019)
14 Feb 1935
Rob McConnell Canadian jazz composer arranger valve trombonist and band leader (The Boss Brass) born in London Ontario (d. 2010)
14 Feb 1936
Anna German Polish popular music singer born in Urgench Uzbekistan Soviet Union (d. 1982)
14 Feb 1939
Razzy Bailey American country music singer-songwriter (Midnight Hauler She Left Love All Over Me) born in Five Points Alabama (d. 2021)
14 Feb 1940
Porpoise 1st porpoise born in captivity in the US (stillborn) born in Marineland Saint Augustine Florida [1]
14 Feb 1941
Tucker Zimmerman American folk music singer-songwriter born in San Francisco California (d. 2026)
14 Feb 1945
Vic Briggs British-American guitarist (The Animals 1966-68) and producer later known as Antion Vikram Singh he created Sikhi devotional and Hawaiian music born in Twickenham England (d. 2021)
14 Feb 1947
Tim Buckley American singer-songwriter (Song to the Siren) born in Washington D.C. (d. 1975)
14 Feb 1948
Richard M. Cohen American three-time Emmy award-winning journalist TV producer and author (CBS News and CNN) born in New York City (d. 2024)
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