February 29

February 29– Famous Birthdays

Mark Foster (ROCK SINGER) 1984

Joey Greco (TV ACTOR) 1972

Dennis Farina (TV ACTOR) 1944 – 2013

February 29– Famous Birthdays

1468 Paul III last Renaissance pope (1534-49)
1692 Edward Cave England, printer (Gentlemen’s Magazine)
1696 Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard composer
1728 Robert Bage English writer (Criticism by Peter Faulkner)
1736 Anna Lee Manchester England, founder (Shaker movement in America)
1784 Franz von Klenze German architect (Hermitage, St-Petersburg)
1792 Gioacchino Rossini Pesaro Italy, composer (Barber of Seville)
1792 Karl Ernst von Baler Russia, naturalist (discovered human ovum)
1796 [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet Belgian astronomer/meteorology
1812 Hermann Hirschboch German composer
1820 Adolf Schimon composer
1828 Antonio Guzman Blanco President of Venezuela
1840 John Philip Holland Liscannor Ireland, pioneer in submarine building
1852 Frederic Hymen Cowen composer
1860 Herman Hollerith inventor (1st electric tabulating machine)
1884 Alfred Sendrey composer
1896 William W Wellman Brookline MA, director (Star is Born)
1896 Omer C F L Tulippe Belgian geographer
1896 Ranchhodji Morarji Desai premier of India (1977-79)
1896 Stanley Swash CEO (Woolworths)
1896 Wladimir Rudolfovich Vogel composer
1900 Yórgos Seféris [Seferi dis], Greek diplomat/poet (Strofi)
1904 Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenberdorft Sr near Hamburg, Germany; had a Christian name for every letter in the alphabet, shortened it to Mr Wolfe Plus 585 Sr
1904 Jimmy Dorsey Shenandoah PA, orchestra leader (Stage Show)
1904 John “Pepper” Martin baseballer (NL stolen base leader 1933,34,36)
1904 Alan Richardson composer
1908 Alf Gover cricketer (bowled in 4 Tests for England/famous coach)
1908 Balthus painter (Valerie)
1916 Dinah Shore Winchester TN,(b. Frances Rose Shore)singer, actress, television personality, and the top-charting female vocalist of the 1940s
1920 Arthur Franz Perth Amboy NJ, actor (Invaders From Mars, Young Lions)
1920 James Mitchell Sacramento CA, actor (Palmer-All My Children)
1920 Louise Wood director of Girl Scouts of USA (1961-72)
1920 Michele Morgan actress (Bluebeard, Joan of Paris)
1924 David Beattie British Governor-General of New Zealand
1924 Otto Hutter physiologist
1928 Alan Loveday British violinist
1928 Joss Ackland London England, actor (Queenie, To Kill a Priest)
1928 McHenry Boatwright signer
1932 Gavin Stevens cricket (Australian bat on 59-60 India/Pakistan tour)
1936 Alex Rocco actor (Blue Knight, Stanley, Stunt Man)
1936 Alwin Schockemohle Germany, equestrian jumper (Olympics-gold-1976)
1936 Henri “Rocket” Richard NHL center (Montréal Canadiens)
1936 Jack R Lousma Grand Rapids MI, Colonel USMC/astronaut (Skylab 3, STS-3)
1940 Gretchen Christopher Olympia WA, American Pop Singer/Songwriter, Founder and Female Lead of The Fleetwoods (Come Softly To Me, Mr Blue)
1944 David Briggs record producer
1944 Dennis Farina Chicago IL, actor (Mike Torello-Crime Story)
1944 Phyllis Frelich Devil’s Lake ND, actor (Love is Never Silent)
1948 Nikolai Pimenov USSR, coxless pair rowers (Olympics-silver-1976)
1948 Yuri Pimenov USSR, coxless pair rowers (Olympics-silver-1976)
1948 Patricia [Anne] McKillip US, sci-fi author (Fool’s Run)
1952 Bart Stupak (Representative-D-MI)
1952 Raisa Smetanina USSR, cross country skier (Olympics-gold-1976, 80, 92)
1952 Raul Gonzalez Mexican 50K speed walker (world record)
1952 Tim[othy] Powers US, sci-fi author (Epitaph in Rust, Night Moves)
1956 Randy Jackson rocker (Zebra-Tell Me What You Want)
1964 Henrik Sundstrom Sweden, tennis star
1964 James RB Ogilvy son of English princess Alexandra
1968 Bryce Paup NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers, Buffalo Bills)
1968 Cary Conklin NFL quarterback (San Francisco 49ers)
1968 Chucky Brown NBA forward (Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks)
1972 Antonio Sabato Jr actor (Jagger Cates-General Hospital)
1972 Chris Devine Allentown PA, diver (Olympics-96)
1972 Cyrus Beasley Rowe NY, rower (Olympics-1996)
1972 Fabien Bownes NFL wide receiver (Chicago Bears)
1972 Mark Farraway CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)
1976 Bryan Gillooly Auburn NY, diver (Olympics-96)

February 29