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February 18

February 18 – Famous Birthdays

Yoko Ono (ACTIVIST) 1933

 

Molly Ringwald (MOVIE ACTRESS) 1968

 

John Travolta (MOVIE ACTOR) 1954

 

February 18 – Famous Birthdays

1404 Leon B Alberti Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)
1516 Mary I Tudor [Bloody Mary] Greenwich, (1553-58), 1st reigning queen of Great Britain
1559 Isaac Casaubon naturalized English classical scholar, theologian
1609 Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon, English lord chancellor/PM (1660-67)
1632 Giovanni Battista Vitali composer
1677 Jacques Cassini French astronomer (rings of Saturn)
1716 Gaspard Fritz composer
1745 Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta physicist/inventor (battery)
1751 Karl Haack composer
1770 Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck composer
1771 Friedrich Christian Ruppe composer
1775 Thomas Girtin London, artist/watercolorist
1776 John Parry composer
1781 Henry Martyn Truro, missionary
1790 Marshall Hall Basford Nottinghamshire, physician
1795 George Peabody South Danvers MA, merchant/philanthropist
1805 Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough Rear Admiral (Union Navy)
1815 Henri Leys Flemish painter
1817 Lewis Addison Armistead Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1817 Walter Page Lane Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
1819 Joseph Philbrick Webster composer
1829 Jean Jacques Alfred Mouton Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1833 James Deshler Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1836 Ramakrishna Hooghly Bengal, Hindu saint (preached unity of all religions)
1836 Swami Ramakrishna [Gadadhar Chatterji] Indian mystic/Hindu leader
1838 Ernst Mach Chirlitz-Turas Austria, physicist/philosopher/psychologist
1841 Samuel Prowse Warren composer
1844 Willem Maris Dutch painter (Hague School)
1848 Louis Comfort Tiffany glassmaker (stained glass windows)
1849 Alexander L Kielland Norwegian writer/politician (Garman og Worse)
1850 George Henschel composer
1853 August Belmont Jr breeder (Man ‘O War)/founder (New York Jockey Club)
1857 Max Klinger German graphic artist/painter/sculptor
1858 Louise M A princess of Belgium
1859 Sholem Aleichem [Solomon Rabinowitz], author (Fiddler on the Roof)
1860 Anders Zorn Swedish painter/etcher/sculptor (Gustavus Vasa)
1875 Walter Andrae German archaeologist (Babylon, Assur)
1877 Betsy Ranucci-Beckmann [Theodora], Dutch author/actress (Dead Water)
1880 Eric De Lamarter composer
1883 Tom Walls Kingsthorpe England, actor/producer (Undercover)
1884 Burt Mustin Pittsburgh PA, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show)
1887 Nikos Kasandsakis writer
1888 Gladys Cooper England, actress (Margaret-The Rogues)
1889 Sybold van Ravesteyn architect (Blijdorp, CS Rotterdam, Utrecht)
1890 Adolphe Menjou Pittsburgh PA, actor (Front Page, Star is Born)
1890 Edward Arnold New York NY, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington)
1890 Boris L Pasternak Russian poet/writer (Dr Zhivago)
1890 Lauri SA Haarla Finnish (stage)writer (Juudas, Sukeltaja)
1891 Chester Clute New Jersey, actor (Niagra Falls)
1892 Wendell Wilkie Presidential candidate (R-1940)/author (One World)
1895 George “The Gipper” Gipp Notre Dame football star
1895 Semjon Timoshenko Russian marshal/inspector-general (WWII)
1896 André Breton France, surrealist poet/writer (founder of surréalism)
1898 K’Tut Tantri broadcaster/hotelier
1899 Sir Arthur Bryant English historian (King Charles II)
19– Anthony Peña San Antonio TX, actor (Miguel-Young & Restless)
19– Breck Jamison actor (As the World Turns)
1901 Reginald Sheffield London England, actor (Second Chance)
1903 Nikolaj V Podgorny President of USSR (1965-77)
1907 Billy Dewolfe Wollaston MA, actor (Good Morning World)
1907 Harm van Riel Dutch politician (Dutch Liberal Party)
1909 Matti Jarvinen Finland, javelin thrower (Olympics-gold-1932)
1909 Wallace Stegner novelist/critic (Pulitzer-1971-Angle of Repose)
1912 Heinz Kühn German premier (North-Rhine Westphalia)
1913 Dane Clark Brooklyn NY, actor (Wire Service, Bold Venture, Perry Mason)
1913 Artur Axmann Nazi youth leader
1914 Pee Wee King Milwaukee WI, country singer (Pee Wee King Song)
1914 Edward George Edwards chemist
1915 David van de Woestijne Flemish pianist/composer (Les Aéronautes)
1915 Marcel Landowsky composer
1916 Jean Drapeau mayor of Montréal (1954-1957, 1960-1986)
1916 Betty Phyllis Gathergood curator
1917 Phyllis Calvert London, actress (Man in Grey)
1920 Bill Cullen Pittsburgh PA, TV game show host (over 20 different games)
1920 Jack Palance [Walter Palanuik], Lattimer PA, actor (City Slickers)
1921 Barbara Hale actress (Della Street-Perry Mason)
1922 Allan Melvin Kansas City MO, actor (Phil Silvers Show, Barney-All in the Family)
1922 Helen Gurley Brown Portland ME, author/publisher (Cosmopolitan)
1922 Eric Gairy premier (Grenada)
1923 Allan Melvin Kansas City MO, actor (Brady Bunch, Barney-All in Family)
1924 Günter Haese German sculptor/graphic artist (Guggenheim prize 1967)
1925 George Kennedy New York NY, actor (Cool Hand Luke, Airport, Blue Knight)
1926 Len Ford NFL end (Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers)
1926 Harry “Little” Caesar blues singer/actor (City Heat, Homer & Eddie)
1927 Fazal Mahmood cricketer (Pakistani medium-pace workhorse 1952-62)
1927 John W Warner (Senator-R-VA, 1979- ), married Liz Taylor
1927 Tabe Bas actor/opera vocalist (Leiser Wolf in Anatevka)
1928 Jim McElreath auto racer (1970 Ontario 500)
1929 Leonard Cyril Deighton English author (Ipcress File, Fighter)
1930 Theodore C Freeman Haverford PA, captain USAF/astronaut
1931 Toni Morrison Ohio, novelist (Tar Baby, Beloved, Song of Solomon)
1931 Dieter Schonbach composer
1931 Johnny Hart cartoonist
1931 Maxwell Thurman US General
1931 Swraj Paul Indian/British industrial/multi-millionaire (Caparo)
1932 Milos Forman Cáslav Czechoslovakia, director (One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Amadeus, Ragtime)
1933 Kim Novak Chicago IL, actress (Vertigo, Of Human Bondage)
1933 Mary Ure England, model/actress (Reflection of Fear, Windom’s Way)
1933 Yoko Ono Lennon [Mrs John Lennon], Tokyo Japan, singer(?)
1933 Bobby Robson British soccer coach (PSV)
1933 Elisabeth S “Elly” Belder-Ameling Dutch soprano
1934 Aldo Ceccato Milan Italy, conductor (Detroit Symphony Orchestra 1973-77)
1936 Marin Sorescu poet/dramatist
1936 Ronald William Eastman cinematographer
1937 Jeff Farrell US swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1960)
1938 Manny Mota baseball outfielder (Los Angeles Dodgers)
1938 Barry Knight cricketer (England all-rounder mid-60s)
1938 Elke Erb writer
1939 Claude Ake political scientist
1939 Marlos Nobre composer
1939 Petronella CM “Carletta” Banning actress (Potasch & Perlemoer)
1941 David Blue [Cohen], Providence RI, rocker (Cupid’s Arrow)
1941 Herb Santiago vocalist (Frankie Lymon & Teenagers-Why Do Fools Fall)
1941 Irma Thomas [Lee], US vocalist (It’s Raining)
1945 Judy Rankin St Louis MO, LPGA golfer (Vare Trophy 1976-77)
1945 Michael Nader St Louis MO, actor (Peter-Gidget, Dex Dexter-Dynasty)
1947 Carlos A Lopes Portugal, marathon runner (Olympics-gold-1984)
1947 Dennis De Young Chicago IL, vocalist (Styx-Grand Illusion, Its Raining Again)
1947 Eliot L Engel (Representative-D-NY)
1947 Princess Maria Christina [Marijke], of Netherlands
1948 Bruce Francis cricketer (Australian opener in 3 Tests 1972)
1948 Carolyn B Maloney (Representative-D-NY)
1948 Sinead Cusack Ireland, actress (Waterland, Revenge)
1949 Cybill Shepherd Memphis TN, actress (Moonlighting, Last Picture Show)
1949 Jess Walton actress (Jill Abbott-Young & Restless)
1950 John Hughes director (Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller)
1952 Juice Newton [Judy Cohen], Virginia, singer (Angel of the Morning)
1952 Veronica “Randy” Crawford US vocalist (One Day I’ll Fly Away)
1953 Derek Pellicci rock drummer (Little River Band-Help Is On It’s Way)
1953 Nico Arzbach rock guitarist/singer (Stampei, Dike)
1953 Robin Bachman Winnipeg, guitarist (Bachman Turner Overdrive-You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet)
1954 John Travolta Englewood NJ, actor (Welcome Back Kotter, Grease, Pulp Fiction)
1955 Hunt Block Washington DC, actor (Peter-Knots Landing, Ben Warren-Guiding Light)
1957 Marita Koch German DR, 400 meter sprinter (Olympics-gold-1980)
1957 Vanna White [Rosich], North Myrtle Beach SC, TV game show hostess (Wheel of Fortune)
1958 Peter Koech Kiliburani Kenya, 3K steeplechaser (Olympics-silver-1988)
1960 Andy Moog NHL Goalie (Oilers, Bruins, Olympics-Canada-1988)
1960 Greta Scacchi Milan Italy, actress (Coca-Cola Kid, White Mischief)
1960 Roger Wijesuriya cricketer (bowling average 294 in 4 Tests for Sri Lanka)
1961 Alycia Moulton Sacramento CA, tennis star
1962 Gary Reasons NFL linebacker (New York Giants)
1962 Julie Strain Concord CA, actress (Witchcraft IV)
1962 Simon Fletcher NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos)
1963 John Gesek NFL center (Washington Redskins)
1963 Rob Andrew English rugby player
1964 Kevin Tapani Des Moines IA, pitcher (Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twin)
1964 Lisa Elaine Comshaw Akron OH, actress (Scanner Cop, Lukas’ Child)
1964 Matt Dillon New Rochelle NY, actor (Flamingo Kid, Tex, Little Darlings, Kansas)
1965 Dr Dre [Andre Young], rap singer
1965 Peter Martini journalist
1966 Kris King Bracebridge, NHL left wing (Winnipeg Jets)
1966 Phillip De Freitas cricket pace bowler (in Dominica England 1986-95)
1967 Colin Jackson Cardiff England, 100 meter hurdler (Olympics-silver-1988)
1967 John Valentin Mineola NY, infielder (Boston Red Sox)
1967 Matt Turner US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins)
1967 Roberto Baggio
1968 Chris McKendry ESPN sportscaster
1968 Molly Ringwald Roseville CA, actress (16 Candles, Pretty in Pink)
1969 Alexander Mogilny Khavarovsk USSR, 1st soviet hockey star to defect to NHL (Sabres)
1969 Igor Larionov Voskresensk Russia, NHL forward (Team Russia, Detroit)
1970 Tyler Green US baseball pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies)
1971 George Teague NFL safety (Miami Dolphins, Green Bay Packers)
1971 Reggie Holt WLAF safety (London Monarchs)
1972 Lubomir Rybovic Kosice Czechoslovakia, hockey forward (Team Slovakia)
1972 Marc Lillibridge WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals)
1972 Shani Lynn Nielsen New Albany IN, Miss Indiana-America (1996-Top 10)
1974 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Russia, tennis star
1975 Scott Tucker Birmingham AL, 400 meter/800 meter freestyle relay (Olympics-96)
1976 Chanda Rubin Lafayette LA, tennis star (1996 Australian Open doubles)
1976 Jason Podollan Vernon, NHL center (Florida Panthers)
1976 Volker Schenk WLAF RB (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1979 Julia Greville Perth Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1980 Alison Rachel Fitch Hamilton New Zealand, swimmer (Olympics-96)

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