February 15 – Famous Birthdays
Jane Seymour (TV ACTRESS) 1951
Galileo Gallilei (INVENTOR) 1564 – 1642
Janice Dickinson (MOODEL) 1955
February 15– Famous Birthdays
0037 Claudius Drusus Germanicus Caesar Nero emperor of Rome (54-68)
1368 Sigismund Nürnberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37)
1483 Babur founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30
1497 Philipp Melanchthon Germany, Protestant reformer
1519 Pedro Menéndez de Aviles explored Florida – founded St Augustine FL
1524 Charles de Guise archbishop/cardinal of Reims
1557 Alfonso Fontanelli composer
1564 Galileo Galilei Pisa, Italy, astronomer/physicist
1571 Michael Praetorius Kreuzberg Germany, music theorist/composer (Syntagma music)
1620 François Charpentier French scholar/archaeologist
1650 Anne Jules duke de Noailles marshal of France (hugenot)
1660 Frans Anneessens Belgian merchant/dean of artisans
1666 Antonio M Valsalva Italian anatomist (eardrums, glottis)
1705 Charles A Vanloo French painter
1707 Claude Prosper Paris France, novelist
1710 Louis XV the Well-Beloved Versailles, King of France (1715-74)
1726 Abraham Clark farmer/lawyer, signed Declaration of Independence
1740 Ernst Eichner composer
1748 Jeremy Bentham London England, philosopher/originator (Utilitarian)
1759 Friedrich A Wolfius [Wolf], German philological (Prolegomena)
1760 Jean-François Le Sueur composer
1764 Jens I Baggesen Danish writer/linguist (Danske V’rker)
1768 Jozef B Cannaert [Olim], Flemish lawyer
1774 W G Frederik prince of Orange
1780 Carel Asser Dutch jurist
1783 Johann Nepomuk Poissl composer
1785 Claude Louis Marie Navier
1789 Friedrich Fesca composer
1795 Charles Niellon Belgian brigade general (10 day campaign)
1797 Henry Engelhard Steinway piano maker (Steinway)
1800 Frederik W Conrad Dutch hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer
1803 John Augustus Sutter Swiss/US colonist of California gold rush fame (New Helvetia CA, Sutter Mill)
1807 Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski composer
1809 Cyrus Hall McCormick inventor (Mechanical reaper)
1811 Domingo F Sarmiento President of Argentina (1868-74)
1812 Charles Lewis Tiffany Killingly CT, jeweler (Tiffany)
1817 Charles F Daubigny French restauranteur/painter
1819 Christopher Sholes Mooresburg PA, inventor (typewriter)
1820 Susan Brownell Anthony Adams MA, women’s suffragette
1821 Abraham de Amorie van der de Have theologist/poet
1822 Theodor Uhlig composer
1823 Li Hung-Tshang Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli Canton
1826 George J Stoney Irish physicist
1828 Johan H van Dale schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Dictionary)
1829 Silas Weir Mitchell US physician/author (Roland Blake)
1834 Sir William Preece English electrical engineer, wireless pioneer
1835 Alexander Stuart Webb Major General (Union Army), died in 1911
1845 Elihu Root (R)/US Secretary of State (1905-09)/Nobel Peace Prize (1912)
1847 Robert Fuchs composer
1855 Gustav Hollaender composer
1856 Frank Harris Galway England, writer
1858 William Pickering Boston, astronomer (9th & 10th moons of Saturn)
1861 Alfred North Whitehead English mathematician/philosopher (Adventures of Ideas)
1861 Halford John Mackinder Gainsborough Lincolnshire, geographer
1866 Bannister Fletcher London, architect & architectural historian
1874 Emilis Melngailis composer
1874 Ernest H Shackleton Kilkee Ireland, explorer (Endurance, Antarctica)
1882 John Barrymore [Blythe], Philadelphia PA, actor (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, The Tempest, Beloved Rogue)
1885 Richard Wurz composer
1886 Sax Rohmer England, author (Dr Fu Manchu)
1887 H M Bateman Sutton Forest New South Wales, cartoonist
1890 Robert Ley German chemist/MP (NSDAP)
1892 James Forrestal US, banker/minister of Navy
1893 Harm H Kamerlingh Onnes painter/etcher/ceramist
1893 Walter Donaldson US pianist/composer (Girl Crazy, Whoopee)
1894 Oswaldo Aranha Brazil, lawyer/statesman (1st President of UN)
1896 Arthur Shields Dublin Ireland, actor (River, Enchanted Island)
1897 Earl H Blaik Detroit MI, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1965)
1898 Ibuse Masuji Japanese writer (Yôhai Taichô, Kuroi Ame)
1898 Toto (Antonio de Curtis), Naples Italy, actor (Motorizzate, Noi Duri)
1899 Gale Sondergard Litchfield MN, actress (Cat & Canary, Road to Rio)
1899 Georges Auric Lodève France, composer (It Always Rains on Sunday)
1899 Lillian Disney Mrs Walt Disney
19– Claire Yarlett England, actress (Rituals, Dynasty)
19– Kevin Cloud Hartford CT, rocker (Rhythm Syndicate)
1901 André Parrot French archaeologist/theologist (Assur)
1901 Christmas Humphreys England, lawyer/writer/Buddhist (Awakening of Zen)
1901 Paul Haesaerts Flemish architect/painter (Animisme)
1904 Antonin Magne French bicyclist (Tour de France 1931, 34)
1904 Mary Adshead muralist/painter
1905 Harold Arlen [Hyman Arluck], US, composer (Over the Rainbow)
1906 Stephen Brown CEO (Stone-Platt Industries)
1907 Cesar Romero New York NY, actor (Joker-Batman, Ocean’s 11, The Thin Man)
1907 Jean Langlais composer
1908 Sidney Gilliat producer
1908 Ypk fan der Fear Frisian writer (Reade Runen)
1909 Harold Beeley British diplomat
1910 9th Earl of Jersey English large landowner/art collector
1911 Leonard Woodcock labor leader (UAW)
1912 George Mikes Hungary, British writer (How to Be an Alien)
1913 Willy Vandersteen Belgian cartoonist (Suske & Wiske)
1914 Arthur Sydney Martin spy catcher
1914 Kevin McCarthy Seattle WA, actor (Invasion of Body Snatchers, Howling)
1914 R W Woods bishop (Worcester)
1915 Paul Ferris British author
1916 Ian Ballantine publisher (Ballantine Books)
1918 Alan Arbus New York NY, actor (Dr Sidney Freedman-MASH)
1920 Ingmar Milveden composer
1920 Piet van Aken Flemish writer (Devil Sails to US, Niggers)
1920 Richard O’Brien CEO (Manpower Services Commission)
1922 Herman Kahn New Jersey, writer (Thinking About the Unthinkable)
1923 Keene Curtis Salt Lake City UT, actor (Magician, Amanda’s)
1923 Yelena Bonner Moscow, soviet dissident/wife of Andre Sakharov
1923 Justice Drake British justice
1927 Harvey Korman Chicago IL, actor (Carol Burnett Show, Blazing Saddles)
1927 Frank Dunlop director (Edinburgh International Festival)
1927 Gottfrid Grasbeck composer
1927 William Bentley diplomat
1929 James Schlesinger US Secretary of Defense (1973-75)
1929 Countess of Dysart
1929 Gerald Harper broadcaster/actor (Tunes of Glory, Extra Day)
1929 Graham Hill London England, auto racer (1962, 68 international racing champion)
1930 C F Payne Cleveland OH, British chief constable
1931 [Patricia] Claire Bloom London, actress (Charly, Look Back in Anger)
1931 W K Reid British ombudsman
1932 Adrian Swire British aircraft magnate (Cathay Pacific)
1933 Adolfo Cardones Cuba, fashion designer (Nancy Reagan)
1934 Niklaus Wirth Switzerland, computer programmer/inventor (PASCAL)
1935 John R Block US Secretary of Agriculture (1981-86)
1935 Roger B Chaffee Grand Rapids MI, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut
1935 Susan Brownmiller Brooklyn NY, feminist author (Against Our Wills)
1936 Andrew Miller British principal (Stirling U)
1937 Nicholas Bayne diplomat
1937 P J Squire British headmaster (Bedford Modern School)
1937 Terry Everett (Representative-R-AL)
1937 Zoltan Pesko composer
1938 Jack Tinker drama critic
1938 Lord Justice Ward British judge
1939 Ollie Ellefsäter Norway, 3K steeplechase (Olympics-1960)
1939 Jo Clayton US, sci-fi author (Irsud, Maeve, Star Hunters)
1939 Tony Bloom deputy CEO (Sketchley)
1941 Brian Holland US pianist/producer (Holland/Dozier/Holland)
1941 Dan Crompton Nottinghamshire, Chief Constable
1941 Florinda Bolkan Ceara Brazil, actress (Damned, Last Valley, Word)
1944 Mick Avory rock drummer (Kinks-Lola)
1944 Aleksandr A Serebrov USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-7, T-8, TM-8, TM-17)
1944 Tineke Netelenbos Dutch MP (PvdA)
1945 Douglas R Hofstadter New York NY, author (Gödel, Escher, Bach)
1946 Clare Short British MP
1946 John Greenway British MP
1947 John Adams Worcester MA, composer (Nixon on China)
1947 Rusty Hamer Tenafly NJ, actor (Rusty-Make Room for Daddy)
1947 Marisa Berenson New York NY, actress (Barry Lyndon, Death in Vienna, SOB)
1948 Ron “The Penguin” Cey Tacoma WA, 3rd baseman (Los Angeles Dodgers)
1949 Ken Anderson NFL quarterback (Cincinnati Bengals)
1949 Christopher Rouse composer
1949 Earl of Carlisle
1949 Jess Walton Michigan, actress (Jill Foster Abbott-Young & Restless)
1950 Donna Hanover Giuliani TV news anchor (WPIX)/wife of Mayor Giuliani
1950 Nikolai Sergeivich Grekov Russia, cosmonaut
1951 Melissa Manchester Bronx NY, singer (Don’t Cry Out Loud)
1951 Jane Seymour [Joyce Frankenberg], Middlesex England, actress (Dr Quinn, East of Eden, Lassiter)
1953 Derek Conway British MP
1954 Matt Groening cartoonist (Life in Hell, Simpsons)
1955 Bev Francis Australia, world women’s power-lifting champion
1955 Clive Aslet British editor (Country Life)
1956 Desmond Haynes cricket (West Indies opener-greatest batsman in 1-day history)
1956 Hilda Beatriz “Hildita” Guevara Cuba, daughter of “Che” Guevara
1957 Bienvenida Buck Velencia Spain, lover of British Peter Harding
1957 Charles Edward Pevensey Tennant aristocrat
1957 Jake E Lee rocker (Badlands-Dreams in the Dark)
1959 Ali Campbell British reggae vocalist/guitarist (UB40-Red Red Wine)
1959 Guy De Alwis cricket wicket-keeper (Sri Lankan mid 80s)
1959 Joe Hesketh US baseball player (Boston Red Sox)
1960 Mikey Craig rock bassist (Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me)
1960 Darrell Green NFL cornerback (Washington Redskins)
1960 Jeanne Goldsmith Los Angeles CA, WPVA volleyballer (National-5th-1987)
1962 [Babette] Renee Props Oklahoma, actress (Ellie-As the World Turns, Get Shorty, Weird Science)
1964 Chris Farley actor (Saturday Night Live, Wayne’s World, Coneheads)
1964 Mark Price NBA guard (Washington Bullets, Orlando Magic)
1965 Craig Matthews cricket pace bowler (South African Test)
1966 Melido Perez Dominican/US baseball pitcher (New York Yankees)
1966 Petra Huber Austria, tennis star
1967 Michael Easton actor (Ally McBeal, Total Recall 2070, VR.5, Tanner-Days of Our Lives)
1968 Kurt Robin McKinney Louisville KY, actor (Ned-General Hospital)
1968 Michael Easton Los Angeles CA, actor (Tanner-Days of Our Lives)
1969 Brian Williams Lancaster SC, pitcher (Detroit Tigers, Astros)
1969 Edgar Bennett NFL running back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1970 Gloria Trevi Mexico, sexy Spanish vocalist (A Gatas)
1970 Nathaniel Mills Evanston IL, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
1970 Tyrone Legette NFL cornerback (New Orleans Saints)
1971 Barbara Failey-Herbert South Africa, golfer (1989 winner South Africa Champion)
1971 Jim Butler Iowa City IA, table tennis player (Olympics-92, 96)
1971 Renee O’Connor actress, (Xena Warrior Princess)
1971 Tyrone Legette cornerback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1972 Jaromir Jagr Kladno Czechoslovakia, NHL right wing (Penguins, Czechoslovakia Olympics-gold-1998)
1972 Lance Scott NFL offensive linesman (Arizona Cardinals)
1973 Amy Van Dyken 50 meter/100 meter freestyle/100 meter butterfly swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-96)
1974 Erik Schulz Port Huron MI, pairs skater (& Ilana Goldfogel)
1974 Jodie McMullen Miss Australia-Universe/Miss Congeniality (1996)
1974 Tim Hall running back (Oakland Raiders)
1974 Ugueth Urbina Caracas Venezuela, pitcher (Montréal Expos)
1975 Robert Fuchs soccer player (PSV)
1977 Brook Wackman rocker
1979 Kaj-Erik Eriksen actor (Quarantine)
1983 Ashley Lyn Cafagna Iowa City IA, actress (Kimberly-Bold & the Beautiful, Saved By The Bell: The New Class)
1991 Nicholas Garland son of Pamela Sue Martin
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