February Birthdays

February Birthdays

February Birthdays

 

February Birthdays. There are a bunch of interesting Happy Birthdays in February. Let’s have a happy birthday party for all of them!

February 1, 1818 – Frederick Douglass, American author and activist

February 1, 1901 – Clark Gable, actor, “Rhett Butler” in “Gone with the Wind”

February 1, 1938 – Sherman Hemsley, actor, “George” on the TV series “The Jeffersons”

February 2, 1937 – Tommy Smothers, actor, comedian of “The Smothers Brothers”

February 2, 1947 – Farrah Fawcett, TV and Movie actress, starred in “Charlie’s Angels”

February 2, 1954 – Christie Brinkley, supermodel

February 3, 1894 – Norman Rockwell, renowned painter

February 3, 1918 – Joey Bishop, TV star, comedian

February 3, 1950 – Morgan Fairchild, actress

February 4, 1902 – Charles Lindbergh, aviator,  first to fly solo over the Atlantic ocean

February 4, 1905-  Clyde Tombaugh, astronomer – scientist, discovered planet Pluto

February 4, 1913 – Rosa Parks, civil rights activist

February 4, 1948 – Alice Cooper, rock singer

February 5, 1744 – John Jeffries, America’s first Weatherman. Also see Weatherman Day

February 5, 1919 – Red Buttons, actor, comedian

February 5, 1934 – Hank Aaron, Hall of Fame Baseball slugger, once long-time record holder for home runs at 755

February 6, 1895 – George Herman “Babe” Ruth, the greatest baseball player of all time

February 6, 1911 – Ronald Reagan, 40th U.S. President (1981-1989)

February 6, 1940 – Tom  Brokaw, popular and respected “NBC News” anchor

February 7, 1812 – Charles Dickens, novelist, “A Christmas Carol”

February 7, 1962 – Garth Brooks, country singer

February 7, 1966 – Chris Rock, comedian, actor

February 8, 1828 – Jules Verne, author, “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”

February 8,1921 – Lana Turner, actress

February 8, 1925 – Jack Lemmon, actor

February 8, 1931 – James Dean actor

February 8, 1940 – Ted Koppel, newscaster

February 8, 1941 – Nick Nolte, actor

February 9, 1773 – William Henry Harrison, 9th U.S. President (1841) died a month after taking office

February 9, 1943 – Joe Pesci, actor, My Cousin Vinnie

February 9, 1945 – Mia Farrow, actress

February 9, 1977 – Shakira, singer, television personality, The Voice

February 10, 1893 – Jimmy Durante, comedian with a big nose

February 10, 1930 – Robert Wagner, actor

February 10, 1950 – Mark Spitz, 7 gold medals for swimming in 1972 Olympics

February 10, 1966 – Greg Norman, PGA Golfer fro Australia

February 11, 1847 – Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of the light bulb

February 11, 1917 – Sidney Sheldon, author

February 11, 1936 – Burt Reynolds, actor

February 11, 1963 – Sheryl Crow, singer

February 11, 1969 – Jennifer Aniston, TV and movie actress, “Friends”

February 12, 1809 – Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President (1861-1865)

February 12, 1809 – Charles Darwin, Author, “Origin of the Species”, Darwin’s Theory

February 12, 1915 – Loren Greene, actor “Ben Cartwright” on TV series “Bonanza”

February 12, 1955 – Arsenio Hall, talk show host

February 13, 1873 – L.L. Bean, outdoorsman…yes, the clothing line

February 13, 1919 – Tennessee Ernie Ford, country singer/actor

February 13, 1933 – Kim Novak, actress

February 13, 1944 – Jerry Springer, talk show host

February 14, 1859 – George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., invented the Ferris Wheel

February 14, 1894 – Jack Benny, actor, comedian on Vaudeville, radio and TV

February 14, 1913 – Jimmy Hoffa, Teamsters union leader who mysteriously disappeared in 1971 without a trace

February 14,  1921 – Hugh Downs, co-anchor “20/20”

February 14, 1932 – Vic Morrow, Actor, TV series “Combat”

February 14, 1934 – Florence Henderson, “Carol Brady” of TV series “The Brady Bunch”

February 15, 1564 – Galileo Galilei, Italian inventor, invented the telescope

February 15, 1820 – Susan B. Anthony, Women’s Suffrage

February 15, 1927 – Harvey Korman, comedian

February 15, 1951 – Jane Seymour, actress TV series “Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman”

February 15, 1964 – Chris Farley, actor Comedian, SNL

February 16, 1935 – Sonny Bono, actor, singer, “Sonny and Cher”

February 16, 1958 –  Ice-T, actor, rapper , TV series “Law & Order: SVU”

February 16, 1959 – John McEnroe, hot tempered tennis champion

February 17, 1925 – Hal Holbrook, actor

February 17, 1936 – Jim Brown, Cleveland Browns, greatest runner in NFL history

February 17, 1954 – Rene Russo, actress

February 17, 1963 – Michael Jordan, one of greatest players n NBA history

February 17, 1981 – Paris Hilton, actress, socialite, grand-daughter of Conrad Hilton

February 17, 1991 – Ed Sheeran, singer, composer

February 18, 1745 – Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist and inventor of electric battery

February 18, 1919 – Jack Palance, Oscar winning actor in movie “City Slickers”

February 18, 1933 – Yoko Ono, Japanese-American singer songwriter, married John Lennon

February 18, 1950 – Cybil Shepherd, actress

February 18, 1954 – John Travolta, TV and movie actor, “Welcome Back Kotter”, “Grease”

February 18, 1957 – Vanna White, TV game show “Wheel of Fortune”

February 18, 1964 – Matt Dillon, actor

February 18, 1965 – Dr. Dre, born Andre Romelle Young, rapper, record producer.

February 19, 1473 – Nicolas Copernicus, Scientist, controversial theory that the earth rotates around the sun

February 19, 1924 – Lee Marvin, actor

February 19, 1966 – Justine Bateman, actress, TV series “Family Ties”

February 20, 1902 – Ansel Adams, American photographer.

February 20, 1927 – Sidney Poitier, 1st Afro-American to win Academy award

February 20, 1929  – Amanda Blake, U.S. actress, Played Kitty on TV western series “Gunsmoke”.

February 20, 1946-  Sandy Duncan, actress

February 20, 1949-  Avana Trump, first wife of Donald Trump

February 20, 1954 – Patty Hearst, kidnapped daughter of William Randolph Hearst

February 20, 1963 – Charles Barkley, Hall of Fame American basketball player, sportscaster

February 20, 1966 – Cindy Crawford, supermodel

February 20, 1988 – Rihanna, singer

February 21, 1927 – Erma Bombeck, columnist

February 21, 1933 – Rue McClanahan, Actress, TV series “Golden Girls”

February 21, 1946 – Tyne Daly, actress

February 21, 1955 – Kelsey Grammer, actor, television series “Cheers” and “Frasier”.

February 21, 1979 – Jennifer Love Hewitt, actress, television series “Ghost Whisperer” and “9-1-1”.

February 22, 1732 – George Washington, 1st U.S. President (1789-1797)

February 22, 1857 – Lord Robert Baden Powell, founder of Boy Scouts

February 22, 1889 – Lady Olave Baden-Powell, founded Girl Guides, wife of Lord Baden-Powell

February 22, 1907 – Robert Young, “Father Knows Best” and “Marcus Welby, MD”

February 22, 1932 – Edward M. Kennedy, Mass. Senator

February 22, 1962 – Steve “Crocodile Hunter Irwin”

February 22, 1975 –  Drew Barrymore, actress

February 23, 1685 – George Frederic Handel, German Composer

February 23, 1951 – Patricia Richardson, actress, “Jill” on TV series “Home Improvement”

February 23, 1994 –  Dakota Fanning, American actress.

February 24, 1885 – Chester W. Nimitz, U.S Navy commander during WWII

February 24, 1938 – James Farentino, actor

February 24, 1955 – Steven Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computer

February 25, 1851 – Pierre Aguste Renoir, French Impressionist painter

February 25, 1901 – Zeppo Marx, youngest of Marx Brother comedians

February 25,1935-  Sally Jesse Raphael, talk show host

February 25, 1943 – George Harrison, one of the four “Beatles”

February 25, 1966 – Tea Leoni, actress, “Jurassic Park III”, “Deep Impact”, television series “Madame Secretary”.

February 25, 1971 – Sean Astin, “Samwise” in mega-movies “Lord of the  Rings”

February 26, 1802 – Victor Hugo, author, “Les Miserables”

February 26, 1829 – Levi Strauss, inventor of denim jeans

February 26, 1846 – “Buffalo Bill Cody”, Wild West Show

February 26, 1887 – William Frawley, movie and TV actor, “Fred Mertz” on “I Love Lucy”

February 26, 1916 – Jackie Gleason, actor and comedian

February 26, 1920 – Tony Randall, actor, “The Odd Couple”

February 26, 1930 – Johnny Cash, American country western singer

February 27, 1827 –  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet and writer.

February 27, 1932 – Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress

February 28, 1928 – Fats Domino, pianist

February 26, 1932 – Johnny Cash, country western singer

February 26, 1953 – Michael Bolton, singer

February 27, 1807 – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet

February 27, 1902 – John Steinbeck, author “Grapes of Wrath”

February 27, 1930 – Joanne Woodward, actress

February 27, 1932 –  Elizabeth Taylor, actress

February 27, 1934 – Ralph Nader, consumer advocate. Were you a “Nader’s Raider?”

February 27, 1981 – Josh Groban, singer

February 28, 1915 – Charles Durning, actor

February 28, 1940 – Mario Andretti, race car drive

February 28, 1948 – Bernadette Peters, actress

February 28, 1955 – Gilbert Gottfried, comedian

February 29, 1916 – Dinah Shore, singer, actress

After all of those, let’s have a toast.

 

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