February 21

February 21 – Famous Birthdays

Ellen Page (MOVIE ACTRESS) 1987

Sophie Turner (TV ACTRESS) 1996

Alan Rickman (MOVIE ACTOR) 1946 – 2016

February 21 – Famous Birthdays

1417 Louis IX Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt)
1484 Joachim I Nestor elector (Brandenburg, Constitution)
1556 Sethus Calvisius composer
1674 Johann Augustin Kobelius composer
1684 Justus van Effen writer/founder (Holland Spectator)
1690 Christoph Stoltzenberg composer
1710 Willem van Haren Frisian nobleman/poet (Human Life)
1728 Peter III Kiel Germany, Russian tsar (1761-62), husband of Catherine
1730 Charles L Fournier Flemish writer/painter
1744 Eise J Eisinga Frisia, built planetarium Franeker
1776 Vincenzo Lavigna composer
1779 Friedrich C von Savigny German lawyer
1785 Karl A Varnhagen von Ense German officer/author (Die Sterner)
1794 Antonio López de Santa Anna President of México (1833-36)
1795 Francisco Manuel da Silva composer
1800 John Henry Winder Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1865
1801 John Henry Newman England, cardinal/churchman/author (Dream of Gerontius)
1801 Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda composer
1802 George Douglas Ramsey Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1882
1805 David Tod US diplomat/(Governor-R-OH, 1861-63)
1814 Nicolo Gabrielli composer
1815 Ernest Meissonier French painter/sculptor
1817 José Zorrilla y Moral Vallodolid Spain, poet/dramatist (El rey Loco)
1821 Charles Scribner US, music publisher (Scribner Catalog)
1829 Johnson Hagood Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1898
1831 Eduard Rappoldi composer
1836 Léo Delibes Saint-Germain-du-Val France, ballet composer (Coppélia)
1836 Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes composer
1836 Emil Hartmann composer
1837 Rosalía de Castro Spanish writer (Canteres Gallegos, Follas Novas)
1844 Charles-Marie Widor Lyons France, composer/professor (Paris Conservatory)
1852 [James] Burner Matthews US playwright/critic (New York Times)
1855 Alice Freeman Palmer educator (Hall of Fame)
1856 Hendrik P Berlage architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam)
1857 Jules de Trooz baron/premier of Belgium (1907)
1861 Pierre Breville composer
1867 Otto Hermann Kahn Banker, organized Metropolitan Opera Company
1875 Jeanne Louise Calment France, world’s oldest woman (died at 122)
1876 Constantin Brancusi Romanian/French sculptor (Princesse X)
1877 Jacob D du Toit [Totius] South African poet/theologist
1878 Fritz Cortolezis composer
1880 Frank Orth Philadelphia PA, actor (Boston Blackie, The Brothers)
1881 Savilly Tartakower Austrian/Polish/French chess player
1883 J M M “Mick” Commaille cricketer (dual South African cricket/soccer representative)
1885 Sacha Guitry France, actor/playwright (Story of a Cheat)
1887 Savielly [Xavier] G Tartakower Austrian/Polish/French chess player
1888 Florence Bates Texas, actress (Moon & Sixpence, Love Crazy, San Antonio)
1888 Willem Banning Dutch theologist/sociologist (Religious Build Up)
1889 Felix Aylmer actor (Anastasia, Hamlet, Iron Duke, Macbeth, St Joan)
1893 Andrés Segovia Linares Spain, classical guitarist
1893 Vsevolod Pudovkin Soviet film director/theorist (Mother, Deserter)
1896 Sylvain Poons Dutch cabaret performer (Blue Jackets)
1897 Celia Lovsky Vienna Austria, actress (Airport, Harlow, T’Pau-Star Trek)
1898 Vassily Vainonen Russian ballet dancers/choreographer (Gayaneh)
1900 Madeleine Renaud French actress/theater director (Plaisir)
1900 Sydney Arnold English comic/actor (Miss Jones & Son)
1902 Arthur D Nock English/US historian (St Paul)
1902 Bob [Hijman] Scholte Dutch vocalist
1902 John Smallenbroek Dutch minister of Internal Affairs
1903 Anaïs Nin Paris, novelist (Winter of Artifice, House of Incense)
1903 Thomas Yawkey baseball owner (Boston Red Sox)
1903 Eric Fogg composer
1903 Madeleine Renaud Paris France, actress (Helene, Longest Day)
1903 Raymond Queneau [M Presle], French author (Un Enfant a Dit)
1904 Armand Preud’homme Flemish organist/poet
1907 Wystan Hugh Auden US, poet (Age of Anxiety-Pulitzer 1948)
1909 George G F van Renesse Dutch pianist/music director
1909 Hans Erni Switzerland, painter/sculptor
1909 Helen O Dickens [Henderson], US physician/gynaecologist
1910 Douglas R S Bader British pilot (WWII)
1912 Arline Judge actress (Girls in Chains, Mad Wednesday, Age of Consent)
1912 Nikita Magaloff Russian/Swiss pianist (Arkadia 598-Schubert)
1912 Patrick Murphy English multi-millionaire
1913 Glenn M Anderson (Representative-D-CA, 1969- )
1914 Arnold S Denker New York, US chess champion (1944-46)
1914 Hermanus P “Piet” Mulder Dutch journalist (Parool/VARA)
1915 Ann Sheridan Denton TX, actress (Dodge City, Good Sam, Another World)
1915 Godfrey Brown England, 4 X 400 meter runner (Olympics-gold-1936)
1917 Victor G M Marijnen Dutch premier (1963-65)
1922 Murray “the K” Kaufman NYC DJ (5th Beatle)
1922 Uros Krek composer
1923 Zvi Zeitlin Dubrovnik Yugoslavia, violinist/professor (Eastman School)
1923 Lola Flores entertainer
1923 Lucille Bremer dancer/actress (Ruthless, Ziegfeld Follies)
1924 Robert G Mugabe Premier/President of Zimbabwe
1925 Al Fann Cleveland OH, actor (Alvin-He’s the Mayor)
1925 Jack Ramsay NBA coach
1925 Sam Peckinpah Fresno CA, film director (The Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs)
1926 Hans Andreus [Johan W van der Zant], Dutch poet (Animal Language)
1927 Erma Bombeck Dayton OH, humorist (The Grass is Always Greener…)
1927 Hubert de Givenchy Beauvais France, fashion designer (Audrey Hepburn)
1927 Patricia Benoit Ft Worth TX, actress (As The World Turns, Nancy-Mr Peepers)
1927 Pierre Mercure composer
1930 Elizabeth Adams madame
1931 Larry Hagman TV actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Dallas)
1932 Harald V King of Norway (1991- )
1933 Nina Simone [Eunice Waymon], Tyron NC, singer/pianist (“I Loves You Porgy”)
1934 Rue McClanahan Healdton OK, actress (Maude, Golden Girls)
1935 Mark McManus actor (Taggart, Nightstick, 2000 Weeks, 12th Night)
1936 Barbara Jordan Houston TX, (Representative-D-TX, 1972-78)
1937 Gary Lockwood Van Nuys CA, actor (2001, Survival Zone, Lieutenant)
1937 Ron Clarke Australia, runner (held 19 world records)
1938 Beryl F Anthony Jr (Representative-D-CA, 1979- )
1939 Richard Beymer Avoca IA, actor (West Side Story, Diary of Anne Frank)
1939 Ron Nagle rock producer (Riding with the King)
1940 Peter McEnery England, actor (Game is Over, Moonspinners)
1940 John Lewis (Representative-D-GA)
1941 Charlie Shelburne English earl/large landowner
1942 Margarethe Von Trotta Berlin Germany, actress/director (Marianne)
1943 David Geffen Brooklyn NY, record producer (Geffen, Asylum)
1943 Duncan Swift jazz pianist
1943 Roberto Faenza director (Cop Killers, Corrupt)
1944 Kitty Winn Washington DC, actress (Beacon Hill)
1944 Herman de Coninck Flemish writer/poet (Impossible Work)
1945 Paul Newton rock bassist
1945 Sudhir Naik cricketer (Indian Test batsman in 2 Tests 1974)
1946 Tricia Nixon Cox Richard Milhaus Nixon’s daughter (or 0202)
1946 Tyne Daly Madison WI, actress (Cagney & Lacey, Angel Unchained)
1946 Alan Rickman actor (Robin Hood Prince of Thieves)
1946 Desmond Lewis West Indies cricket batsman/keeper (average 86.33 in 3 Tests)
1947 Jill Eikenberry actress (Ann Kelsey-LA Law)
1947 Olympia J Snowe (Representative-R-ME, 1979- )
1948 Larry Ragland Richmond VA, comedian (Keep on Truckin’)
1949 Jerry Harrison Milwaukee WI, rock keyboardist (Talking Heads-And She Was)
1951 John Parker cricketer (New Zealand batsman of 70s)
1951 Michael Cotten rock synthesizer (Tubes)
1951 Vince Welnick rock keyboardist (Tubes)
1952 Jean-Jacques Brunel rock bassist (Stranglers-Dreamtime)
1953 Christine Ebersole Park Forest IL, actress (Saturday Night Live, Barbara-Valerie, My Favorite Martian, Tootsie)
1953 William L Petersen actor (Return to Lonesome Dove)
1954 Ivo van Damme Belgium, 800/1500 meter dash (Olympics-silver-1976)
1956 Woody Brown Dayton OH, actor (Cliff-Facts of Life, Flamingo Road, Dominion)
1958 Jack Coleman Easton PA, actor (Steven Carrington-Dynasty)
1958 Jake Steinfeld exercise expert (Body by Jake)
1958 Alan Trammell Garden Grove CA, infielder (Detroit Tigers)
1958 Mary-Chapin Carpenter Princeton NJ, country singer (This Shirt, Shooting Straight in the Dark)
1961 Christopher Atkins Rye NY, actor (Peter-Dallas, Blue Lagoon)
1961 Ranking Roger rock vocalist (English Beat-Drowning)
1961 Yobes Ondieki Kenya, 10K runner (world record)
1963 Greg Turner Dunedin New Zealand, Australasia golfer
1963 Michael Gostigian Newtown Square PA, pentathlete (Olympics-16th-88, 92, 96)
1964 Alana Soares Redondo Beach CA, playmate (March 1983)
1964 Mark E Kelly Orange NJ, Lieutenant USN/astronaut
1964 Scott J Kelly Orange NJ, Lieutenant USN/astronaut
1964 Willie Pless CFL linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)
1965 Jayson Meyer Regina Saskatchewan, hockey defenseman (Team Germany)
1965 Keith Arthurton cricketer (Charlestown, Nevis West Indies lefty bat)
1966 Bronwen Booth London, actress (Andy-One Life to Live, Glory & Honor)
1966 Chris Donnels US baseball infielder (Houston Astros)
1966 Edie Boyer St Paul MN, discus thrower
1966 Tommy Hendricks rocker
1966 Wendy James London England, vocalist (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen)
1967 Bas Roorda Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen, NEC)
1967 Leroy Russel Burrell Philadelphia PA, long jumper (Olympics-96)
1967 Patrick Lodewijks Dutch soccer player (PSV, FC Groningen)
1968 Todd Ferich computer language expert
1968 Pellom McDaniels NFL defensive end (Kansas City Chiefs)
1968 Terry Allen NFL running back (Minnesota Vikings, Washington Redskins)
1969 Dean Noel CFL full back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1969 Petra Kronberger Austrian alpine skier (Olympics-gold-1992)
1970 Javier De La Hoya Mexican/US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins)
1970 Marc Woodard NFL linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles)
1970 Michael Slater cricketer (devastating Australia opening bat since 1993)
1970 Patrick Pilloni hockey forward (Team Austria 1998)
1970 Will Moore NFL wide receiver (New England Patriots, Jacksonville Jaguars)
1971 Arco Jochemsen Dutch soccer player (SVDB, Vitesse)
1971 Jeff Schmidt US baseball pitcher (California Angels)
1971 Jey Phillips WLAF safety (Amsterdam Admirals)
1971 Jose Solano actor (Baywatch)
1971 Terry Mickens NFL wide receiver (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1972 Karl DeWolf hockey defenseman (Team France 1998)
1973 Brian Rolston Flint, NHL left wing (Olympics-1994, New Jersey Devils)
1973 Les Gutches Medford OR, 180½ lbs freestyle wrestler (Olympics-1996)
1974 Alexei Lojkin NHL forward (Belarus, Olympics-98)
1974 Rohsaan Griffin Texas City TX, 200 meter runner
1975 Troy Slaten actor (Jerry-Parker Lewis Can’t Lose)
1975 Scott Miller Sydney New South Wales Australia, swimmer (Olympics-silver-96)
1976 Robin Confer soccer forward (Olympics-96)
1976 Ryan Smyth Banff, NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers)
1979 Jennifer Love Hewitt Waco TX, actress (Party of Five, Time of Your Life, The Audrey Hepburn Story, I Know What You Did Last Summer)
1986 Amedeo Belgium, son of princess Astrid/arch duke Lorenz

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