February 2 – Famous Birthdays
Shakira (POP SINGER) – 1977
Gerard Pique (SOCCER PLAYER) – 1987
Emily Rose (TV ACTRESS) – 1981
February 2 – Famous Birthdays
1502 Damiao de Góis Portuguese humanist scholar
1583 Anna Roemers Visscher Dutch poetess
1595 Jacob van Campen painter/architect (New Church, Amsterdam)
1600 Gabriel Naudé France, librarian (Mazarin Library)
1649 Benedict XIII [Pierfrancesco Orsini], Italy, 245th pope (1724-30)
1650 Nell [Eleanor] Gwyn English actress/mistress (King Charles II)
1669 Louis Marchand composer
1714 Gottfried August Homilius composer
1748 Christian Gottfried Thomas composer
1754 Charles-Maurice duke of Talleyrand-Périgord French bishop/premier (1815)
1773 Vincenc Tomas Vaclav Tucek composer
1780 Johannes van den Bosch Governor-General (Netherlands East Indies)
1802 Jean-Baptiste Boussingault French chemist
1803 Albert Sidney Johnston General (Confederate Army), mortally wounded at Shiloh in 1862
1804 Leopold Eugen Mechura composer
1813 József Eötvös Hungarian Minister of Education (1848)
1815 Nathaniel Collins McLean Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
1817 John Glover English chemist (sulfuric acid)
1817 Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura composer
1820 Hans E Schack Danish politician/writer (Phantasterne)
1827 Abner Monroe Perrin Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1827 Oswald Aschenbach German painter
1835 Luigi Manzotti Milano, ballet choreographer
1840 Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray composer
1844 Leander Schlegel composer
1847 Jules François Blasini Curaçaos pianist/composer
1850 Carel V Gerritsen Dutch free thinker
1852 Hâmid Abdülhak Istanbul, Turkish romantic poet/playwright
1852 Teunis Stoel actor/director (Small Theater, Rotterdam)
1856 Makar Grigori Ekmalyan composer
1857 Jan Six Dutch art historian/art collector
1859 Havelock Ellis US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex)
1861 Solomon R Guggenheim philanthropist (died aboard the Titanic)
1861 Mehmed VI Vahideddin last sultan of Ottoman Empire (1918-22)
1873 Freiherr Konstantin von Neurath German Secretary of State (1932-38)
1873 Johan P Earl van Limburg Stirum Dutch diplomat
1873 Leopold Fall Austria, operetta composer (Dollar Princess)
1875 Fritz Kreisler Vienna Austria, violinist/composer
1875 Annette Kolb German/French author (Small Fanfare)
1878 Christian Gauss educator/writer (Phi Beta Kappa award namesake)
1881 Karl Frederick pistol champion (Olympics-gold-1920)
1882 James Joyce Ireland, novelist/poet (Dubliners, Ulysses, Finnigan’s Wake)
1882 James Stephens Irish poet (Crock of Gold)
1883 Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin composer
1884 S Z Sakall Budapest Hungary, actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca)
1884 Julis Deutsch Austria politician/General Spanish Republican Army
1885 Aldo Palazzeschi [Giurlani], Italian writer (I cavalli bianchi)
1886 Kurt Baschwitz German/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Du und)
1886 William R Benét writer
1888 Candelario Huizar composer
1888 Frank Lloyd Scotland, actor/director (Mutiny on Bounty, Oliver Twist)
1890 Charles Correll actor (Andy-Amos & Andy radio program)
1890 Jean J M de Lattre de Tassigny French General (Indo-China)
1891 Frank Foyston NHL Hall of Famer (Seattle)
1891 Antonio Segni premier/president (Italy)
1895 George S Halas [Papa Bear], end/coach (Bears), co-founder NFL
1896 Jane Wilde writer
1898 Josephina J “Fien” de la Mar Dutch actress (Theatre De la Mar)
1899 Benny Rubin Boston MA, actor/comedian (Benny Rubin Show)
19– Greg Antonacci New York NY, actor(Vinnie-Busting Loose)/director(Perfect Strangers)
1900 Asa Smith Bushnell Jr Springfield OH, Secretary of US Olympics (1945-65)
1901 Connie Gilchrist Brooklyn NY, actress (Cry Havoc, Letter to 3 Wives)
1901 Jascha Heifetz Vilna Lithuania, US violin virtuoso (Carnegie Hall)
1902 Tyra Ryman Arboga Sweden, actress (Peter the Tramp)
1903 Frank McGrath Mound City MO, actor (Wagon Train)
1904 Buzurg Alavi Persian author (Panjah va sih nafar, Namal’ha)
1904 Jose Enrique Pedreira composer
1905 Ayn Rand writer (Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead)
1905 Jean-Pierre Guerlain cosmetics pioneer
1906 Gale Gordon Los Angeles CA, actor (Here’s Lucy, Our Miss Brooks)
1907 Bernardas Brazdzionis Lithuania, poet/editor/critic
1908 Cal Tinney Oklahoma, comedian (Stop Me If You Heard This One)
1908 Anita Garvin actress (Swiss Miss, Blotto, Charlatan, Hats Off)
1908 Pavel Sivic composer
1908 Renzo Rossellini Italian composer
1909 Franc Albertson Fergus Falls MN, actor (Psycho, Alice Adams)
1910 Charlotte Auerbach computer Pioneer/Mathematician
1910 Hendrik H K Beernink Dutch politician (CHU)
1911 Jean-Jacques Grunenwald French organist/composer
1911 Johan J “Jussi” Björling Swedish tenor
1912 Burton Lane Broadway composer (Finian’s Rainbow)
1912 Stefan Schnabel German actor (Anna, Dracula’s Widow, Firefox)
1915 Evert Werkman Dutch journalist (Het Parool)
1918 Hella [S Lelyveld-]Haasse Dutch author (Cider for Poor People)
1919 Allie Reynolds New York Yankee pitcher (1952 AL ERA leader (2.07))
1919 Lisa Debeljevic-della Casa Swiss vocalist
1920 Dr An Wang founder (Wang Labs, Wang Computers)
1923 Al “Red” Schoendienst baseball manager/2nd baseman (St Louis Cards)
1923 Bonita Granville New York NY, actress (Hitler’s Children, Lone Ranger)
1923 Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Smith Ft Worth TX, gossip columnist (New York Daily News, NBC-TV)
1923 James Dickey Atlanta GA, author/poet/actor (Deliverance)
1923 Peter Fowler physicist
1924 Tine Balder [Clementine AL Cobbaut], Flemish actress (Antigone)
1925 David Abell Wood priest
1925 Michel Paul Philippot composer
1926 Elaine Stritch Detroit MI, actress (My Sister Eileen, Company)
1926 Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo 1st Cent American cardinal (Nicaragua)
1926 Valéry Giscard d’Estaing President of France (1974-81)
1926 Wanda Lewis Struther OH, actress (This is Music, Paul Dixon Show)
1926 Nydia M E Ecury Arubian poet/actress (Kantika pa Mama Tera)
1927 Stan Getz Philadelphia PA, jazz tenor saxophonist (Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey)
1927 Friedrich K Flick German industrialist
1927 Richard Ray (Representative-D-GA, 1983- )
1927 Richard Vance Maxfield composer
1928 Howard Caine Nashville TN, actor (Californians)
1928 Alan Fluck musical educationalist
1928 Luigi Ciriaco De Mita PM of Italy (1988-89)
1929 Reiner Bredemeyer composer
1931 Andreas “Andries” van Agt Dutch premier (CDA, 1977-82)
1932 Robert Mandan Clever MO, actor (Chester-Soap, James-3’s a Crowd)
1934 [Clyde] Skip Batten Los Angeles CA, rocker (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn)
1937 Martina Arroyo New York NY, operatic soprano (New York Met)
1937 Tom Smothers New York NY, comedian (Smother Brother Show, Serial)
1939 Rachel English London, author (My 1st 500)
1940 Alan “Tea” Caddy rock guitarist (Tornados-Globetrotter)
1940 Thomas M[ichael] Disch US, sci-fi author (The Man Who Had No Idea, Genocides, 102 H-Bombs)
1941 Serge Alexandrovich Tcherepnin composer
1942 Bo Hopkins Greenville SC, actor (Dynasty, Doc Elliot, Rockford Files)
1942 Graham Nash rocker (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young-Southern Cross, Hollies)
1942 Barry Diller founder (Fox-TV)
1943 Peter MacBeth rocker (Foundations)
1944 Andrew Davis Ashbridge England, conductor (New Philharmonic Orchestra-London)
1944 Katherine Crawford Los Angeles CA, actress (Gemini Man, Captains & the Kings)
1944 Ursula Oppens New York NY, pianist/co-founder (Speculum Musicae-NYC)
1945 Ronnie Goodson rocker
1946 Howard Bellamy Darby FL, vocalist (Bellamy Brothers-Let Your Love Flow)
1947 Aleksandr Medved USSR, wrestler (Olympics-gold-1964, 68, 72)
1947 Mary Farrah Leni Fawcett Corpus Christi TX, actress (Charlie’s Angels, Burning Bed)
1947 Peter Lucia rock drummer (Tommy James & Shondells-Crystal Blue)
1947 Derek Shulman rocker
1948 Alan McKay rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Boogie Wonderland)
1948 Tony DeMeur rocker (Fabulous Poodles-Anna Rexia, Suicide Bridge)
1948 Jessica Savitch Kennett Square PA, news anchor (NBC)
1949 Sherry Mathis Memphis TN, actress (Search for Tomorrow)
1949 Tom Tripplehorn rocker (Gary Lewis & Playboys-This Diamond Ring)
1949 Jetty Weels Surinamese/Dutch vocalist (Mai Tai)
1949 Ross Valory San Francisco CA, rock bassist (Journey-Who’s Crying Now, Open Arms)
1949 Sherry Mathis actress (Search for Tomorrow)
1950 Barbara Sukowa German Federal Republic, actress (Zentropia, Sicilian, Voyager, Lola)
1950 Osamu Kido wrestler (NJPW/UWF)
1951 Kim Zimmer Grand Rapids MI, actress (Guiding Light, Doctors, One Life to Live)
1951 Alphonso Johnson jazz bassist
1953 James Mndaweni South African worker’s union leader/president (NACTU)
1953 Penny Pulz LPGA golfer
1954 Christie Brinkley [Ex-Mrs Billy Joel], model/actress (Sports Illustrated, Vacation)
1954 Jayantha Amerasinghe cricketer (2 Tests for Sri Lanka vs New Zealand 1983)
1955 Michael Talbott Waverly IA, actor (Stan-Miami Vice)
1955 Brent Spiner Houston TX, actor (Data-Star Trek the Next Generation)
1957 Laurie Mann current DPS curator/geek
1957 Sandra Joyce Cagle Milwaukee WI, playmate (February 1980)
1958 Dexter Manley NFLer (Washington Redskins)
1958 Holly Hunter Conyers GA, actress (Broadcast News, Once Around)
1960 Eric Shea actor (Castaway Cowboy)
1960 Lee Chill Cleveland OH, Canadian Tour golfer (1977 Ohio Jr)
1961 Joey Benjamin cricket pace bowler (in St Kitts England in 1994)
1962 Ben Testerman Knoxville TN, tennis star
1962 Michael T Weiss Chicago IL, actor (Jarod – Pretender, Dr Michael Horton-Days of our Lives)
1963 Pebbles Flintstone fictional character on “The Flintstones”
1963 Stephen McGann Liverpool England, actor (Catherine the Great)
1965 Harry Swayne NFL tackle (San Diego Chargers, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1966 Andrei Chesnokov Russia, tennis star
1966 Bob Alan Estes Graham TX, PGA golfer (1994 Texas Open)
1966 Tony Plourde Chibougamau Québec Canada, sabre (Olympics-96)
1966 Victor Muhammad WLAF running back (London Monarchs)
1968 Paul McKenzie Australian Finn class yachter (Olympics-96)
1968 Sari Krooks ice hockey right wing (Finland, Olympics-98)
1968 Scott Erickson Long Beach CA, pitcher (Minnesota Twin, Baltimore Orioles)
1968 Sean Elliott NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs)
1968 Steve Henson NBA guard (Detroit Pistons)
1968 Ventson Donelson CFL cornerback (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1969 Ijaz Ahmed Jr cricketer (one Test Pakistan vs Sri Lanka 1995)
1969 Jeff Christy corner (Minnesota Vikings)
1969 Jody Hull Cambridge, NHL right wing (Florida Panthers)
1970 Chris Luneburg WLAF tackle (London Monarchs)
1970 Diego Martos WLAF linebacker (Barcelona Dragons)
1970 Erik ten Hag soccer player (FC Twente, RKC, FC Utrecht)
1970 Ivan Vukov soccer player (FC Volendam)
1971 Ken Dilger NFL tight end (Indianapolis Colts)
1971 Tony Miller Mount Pleasant TX, 400 meter runner
1972 Charlie Williams NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys)
1972 Ivan Droppa Liptovsky Mikulas Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman (Chicago)
1972 Lance Brown NFL defensive back (Arizona Cardinals)
1973 Sergio Gonzalez rocker (Menudo-Cannonball)
1973 Dan Brandenburg linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
1973 Jose White WLAF/NFL defensive tackle (Minnesota Vikings, Frankfurt Galaxy)
1973 Patrick Jeffers NFL wide receiver (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1973 Radka Bobkova Prague Czechoslovakian Republic, tennis star (quarter Bournemouth)
1973 Tim Denton NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons)
1974 David Buck Honolulu HI, kayak (alternate-Olympics-96)
1974 J R Conrad offensive tackle/guard (New York Jets)
1974 Jeff Cassar soccer goalkeeper (Olympics-gold-96)
1975 Macey Brooks wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys)
1975 Todd Bertuzzi Sudbury Ontario Canada, NHL right wing (New York Islanders)
1976 Steven Dewick Sydney New South Wales Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1978 Annabel Ellwood Canberra Australia, tennis star (1995 Futures NC)
1979 Brandee Dawn McCoskey Miss Alaska Teen-USA (1996)
1979 Lindsay Langston Modesto CA, archer (Olympics-1996)
1979 Petra Cada Prague Czechoslovakia, Canadian table tennis player (Olympics-96)
1984 Trevor Noah South African comedian – began hosting Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” in 2015
1992 Rebop Rundgren son of Michelle Gray & Todd Rundgren
2338 Data android character on Star Trek Next Generation
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