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.