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Birthdays in History for Monday 17th February 2014

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Isn't it fun to scroll through this list, largely of people you have never heard of but may want to know more about..you never know what will just pique your curiosity or remind you of someone you had forgot all about
 
1444 - Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist
1490 - Charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy)
1519 - Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563)
1581 - Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)
1583 - J Henry Alting, Dutch theologist
1646 - Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)
1653 - Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi)
1667 - Georg Bronner, composer
1675 - Johann Melchior Conradi, composer
1696 - Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer
1697 - Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer
1699 - Hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect (Sanssouci)
1718 - Matthew Tilghman, American Continental Congressman (d. 1790)
1723 - Tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination
1740 - Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist
1747 - Narciso Casanovas, composer
1752 - Friedrich M Klinger, German playwright (Wirrwarr)
1754 - Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer
1754 - Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803)
1758 - John Pinkerton, Scottish historian
1774 - Raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)
1781 - René-Theophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor (stethoscope)
1796 - Giovanni Pacini, composer
1796 - Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (d. 1866)
1804 - Samuel Read Anderson, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1883
1816 - Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer
1816 - Haller Nutt, Southern Plantation owner (d. 1864)
1820 - Henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons)
1820 - Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Catholic cardinal (d. 1898)
1821 - Lola Montez, Irish dancer (d. 1861)
1824 - William Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1903
1831 - Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer
1836 - Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (d. 1870)
1837 - Francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902
1837 - Sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws)
1844 - A Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward)
1848 - Louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (d. 1920)
1849 - Selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter
1850 - Anton Urspruch, composer
1850 - Ludwig Bonvin, composer
1854 - Friedrich A Krupp, German arms manufacturer
1855 - Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I)
1857 - Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher
1858 - Ernest Ford, composer
1861 - Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (d. 1922)
1862 - Edward German (Jones), Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer
1862 - Mori Ōgai, Japanese novelist and poet (d. 1922)
1863 - Fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927)
1864 - Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, NSW Australia, poet (Waltzing Matilda)
1864 - Jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor (d. 1929)
1867 - William Cadbury, England, chocolate manufacturer (Cadbury)
1870 - Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder (Flemish People's Party)
1874 - Thomas J Watson, US, representative/founder (IBM)
1877 - Henri Vandeputte, Belgian author/poet (L'homme Jeune)
1877 - Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (d. 1904)
1877 - André Maginot, French politician (d. 1932)
1879 - Dorothy Canfield Fisher, US, novelist (Book-of-Month-Club)
1880 - Alvaro Obregon, general/president Mexico (1920-24)
1882 - Kurt Schindler, composer
1884 - Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish minister of Internal affairs (1940)
1885 - Steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943)
1887 - Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer
1888 - Henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award)
1888 - Otto Stern, German/US physicist (Stern-Gerlach-experiment, Nobel 1943)
1888 - Ronald Aburthnott Knox, English priest/writer (Viaduct Murder)
1889 - H[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire
1891 - Georg Britting, writer
1892 - Theodor Plievier, German writer (Des Kaisers Kulis, Stalingrad)
1893 - Wally Pipp, American baseball player (d. 1965)
1895 - Anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain)
1895 - Edna Park Edwards, PA
1897 - Johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady)
1898 - Tom Lowry, cricketer (NZ batsman in seven Tests & their 1st Test capt)
1902 - Marian Anderson, Phila, operatic contralto (banned by D.A.R.)
1903 - Johannes Linthorst Homan, director of the queen in Groningen
1904 - Albert Kuyle, [Louis Kuitenbrouwer], Dutch writer (Jesus' Robe)
1904 - Hans Morgenthau, German political philosopher (d. 1980)
1906 - Galo Plaza Lasso, pres of Ecuador (1948-52), head of OAS (1968-75)
1906 - Ramon Tapales, composer
1907 - Alec Wilder, Rochester NY, composer (1973 ASCAP award)
1907 - Charles B Timmer, Dutch translator/writer (Russia Black on White)
1908 - Staats Cotsworth, Oak Park IL, actor (Peyton Place)
1908 - Walter L "Red" Barber, Miss, sports announcer (Bkln Dodgers, NY Yanks)
1909 - Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist (champ sprinter 1932-37)[NS]
1909 - Marjorie Lawrence, Australia, soprano (Venus-Tannhäuser)
1910 - Ai Qing, poet
1910 - Marc Lawrence, NYC, actor (Man With Golden Gun)
1911 - Arthur Hunnicutt, Gravelly AR, actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising)
1912 - Andre Norton, American author (d. 2005)
1913 - Josephine F "Fietje" van Anrooy, Dutch actress/director
1913 - Oskar Danon, composer
1913 - Rene Leibowitz, composer
1914 - Albert Westerlinck, [Jose J M Aerts], Flemish literary
1914 - Arthur Kennedy, Worcester Mass, actor (Fantastic Voyage, Peyton Place)
1914 - Per-Jakez Helias, writer/teacher
1914 - [Bert de] Wayne Morris, Los Angeles California, WW II-pilot/actor (Paths of Glory)
1915 - Homer Keller, composer
1916 - Don Tallon, cricketer (perhaps Australia's greatest wicket-keeper)
1916 - Raf Vallone, Tropea Italy, actor (El Cid, 2 Women, Greek Tycoon)
1916 - Alexander Obolensky, Russian prince and famed Rugby Union footballer who played for England.(d. 1940)
1917 - Abdur Rahman Badawi, Egyptian philosopher (d. 2002)
1917 - Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican inventor (d. 1965)
1918 - Charles A Hayes, (Rep-D-IL, 1983- )
1918 - Olive Gibbs, peace campaigner
1919 - Jock Mahoney, Chicago, actor (Dallas, Yancy Derringer, Day of Fury)
1919 - Joseph R Hunt, tennis champ (US Open-1943)
1919 - Kathleen Freeman, Chicago Ill, actress (Beverly Hillbillies)
1920 - Colin Franklin, doctor
1920 - Paul Fetler, composer
1920 - Trevor Oswald Ling, religious studies professor
1922 - Tommy Edwards, rock vocalist (It's All in the Game)
1922 - Enrico Banducci, American nightclub owner (d. 2007)
1922 - Marshall Teague, American race car driver (d. 1959)
1923 - Alden Winship Clausen, Hamilton Ill, banker (Pres of World Bank)
1924 - Margaret Truman, Mo, pres daughter/writer (Murder at FBI)/pianist
1924 - Gevork Vartanian, Iran, Soviet intelligence agent (Operation Long Jump), (d. 2012)
1925 - Fritz Behrendt, German/Dutch cartoon character (The Slogan)
1925 - Hal Holbrook, Cleveland, actor (All the President's Men, Mark Twain)
1925 - Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (d. 2003)
1926 - Friedrich Cerha, composer
1926 - Lee Hoiby, Madison Wisconsin, composer (1957 Arts & Letters)
1928 - Marta Romero, Puerto Rican actress & singer
1929 - Chaim Potok, NYC, novelist (Promise)
1929 - Paul Meger, Canadian ice hockey player
1930 - Usko Merilainen, composer
1930 - Ruth Rendell, English writer
1932 - Buck Trent, Spartanburg SC, banjoist/singer (Hee Haw)
1933 - Bobby Lewis, rocker (Tossin' & Turnin')
1933 - Craig Thomas, (Rep-R-Wyoming)
1934 - Alan Bates, Allestree England, actor (Zorba the Greek, Unmarried Woman)
1934 - Barry Humphries, Australia TV host (Dame Edna Everage)
1934 - Buddy Ryan, NFL coach (Philadelphia Eagles, Phoenix Cardinals)
1935 - Johnny Bush, country singer
1935 - Christina Pickles, UK-born American actress
1936 - Barry Jarman, cricketer (Australian wicket-keeper in 60's)
1936 - Jim Brown, Ga, NFL full back (Cleveland Browns)/actor (Dirty Dozen)
1936 - Peter Walker, cricket all-rounder (Glamorgan did little for Eng 1960)
1937 - Mickey McGill, US vocalist (Dells-Love is Blue)
1938 - Mary Frances Berry, educator/head (US Commission on Civil Rights)
1939 - Mary Ann Mobley, Biloxi Ms, Miss America-1959/actr (Diff'rent Strokes)
1939 - John Leyton, British singer
1940 - Dennis Gamsy, cricketer (South African bat in 2 Tests v Australia 1970)
1941 - Gene Pitney, Hartford Ct, vocalist/songwriter (Town Without Pity)
1941 - Heidi Biebi, German Fed Rep, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1960)
1942 - Huey Newton, Black Panther leader
1944 - Bernie Grant, British politician (Labour)
1944 - Karl Jenkins, Welsh composer
1945 - Brenda Fricker, Dublin Ireland, actress (My Left Foot)
1945 - Patricia Morrow, actress (Rita-Peyton Place)
1945 - Willie J L Swildens-Rozendal, Dutch MP (PvdA)
1946 - Andre Dussollier, Annecy France, actor (3 Men & a Cradle)
1946 - Valdemar Bandolowski, Denmark, yachting (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
1946 - Zina Bethune, NYC, actress (Nurses, Who's That Knocking at My Door), (d. 2012)
1947 - Ben Cramer, Dutch vocalist (Clown)
1947 - Dallas Adams, British actor/painter/writer (Terror From Within)
1947 - Dodie Stevens, actress (Mary Hartman!)
1948 - José José, Mexican singer and actor
1949 - Fred Frith, English guitarist/violinist/bassist (Skeleton Crew)
1950 - Rick Medlocke, rock guitarist/vocalist (Blackfoot)
1952 - Guillermo Vilas, tennis player (1977 US Open)
1952 - Insook Bhushan, Seoul Korea, US US table tennis player (Olympic-92)
1952 - Karin Janz, East German gymnast
1953 - Janice Dickinson, Brooklyn New York, American model (Vogue)
1954 - Rene Russo, actress (Ransom)
Novelist Mo Yan (1955) 1955 - Mo Yan, Chinese novelist
1956 - Richard Karn, American actor
1957 - Loreena McKennitt, Canadian musician
1958 - Heidi Hagman, actress (Linda-Archie Bunker's Place)
1958 - Karen Lende O'Connor, Concord Ma, equestrian 3-day (Oly-silver-96)
1959 - Ambrose "Rowdy" Gaines, US, 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1984)
1959 - Daniel Ray "Danny" Ainge, basketball & football star
1959 - Richard Karn, Seattle WA, actor (Al-Home Improvement)
1959 - Rowdy Gaines, US swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1984)
1959 - Aryeh Deri, Israeli rabbi and politician
1961 - Deb[ra] Richardson, Minneapolis MN, beach volleyballer (Olympics-96)
1961 - Guy McIntyre, NFL guard (Philadelphia Eagles)
1962 - David McComb, Australia, vocalist/songwriter (Triffids)
1962 - Hennie Meijer, soccer player (Cambuur L, FC Heerenveen)
1962 - Lou Diamond Phillips, Philippines, actor (La Bamba, Stand & Deliver)
1962 - Tony Blain, cricketer (NZ Test wicket-keeper)
1962 - Samuel Bayer, American music video director
1963 - Dan Reed, rocker/actor (HOTS, Lake Consequence)
Basketball Superstar Michael Jordan (1963) 1963 - Michael Jordan, NBA guard/forward (Chicago Bulls) and sports superstar
1963 - Larry the Cable Guy, American comedian
1964 - Mike Campbell, Seattle WA, pitcher (Chicago Cubs)
1964 - Buster Olney, American sports columnist
1965 - Clayton Prince, Phila, actor (Hairspray, Reuben-Another World)
1965 - Jim Bowie, Japanese/US baseball infielder (Oakland Athletics)
1965 - Michael Bay, American film director
1966 - Luc Robitaille, Montreal, NHL left wing (NY Rangers, Pitts Penguins)
1966 - Melissa Brooke-Belland, rocker (Voice of the Beehive-Let it Bee)
1966 - Ioannis Kalitzakis, Greek footballer
1966 - Quorthon, Swedish musician (Bathory) (d. 2004)
1966 - Michael Lepond, American musician
1967 - Gary Shuchuk, Edmonton, NHL center (LA Kings)
1967 - Michelle Forbes, Austin TX, actress (Ensign Ro-Star Trek Next Gen)
1967 - Chanté Moore, American singer
1968 - Bryan Cox, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins, Chicago Bears)
1968 - Celita Schutz, Riverdale NJ, half-middleweight judoka (Olympics-96)
1968 - Patrick Uterwijk, pop guitarist (Pestilence, Consuming Impulse)
1968 - Bryan Cox, National Football League player
1969 - David Klingler, NFL quarterback (Oakland Raiders, Cin Bengals)
1969 - Joel Steed, NFL nose tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1969 - Levon Kirkland, NFL linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1969 - Traci Adell, New Orleans La, playmate (July, 1994)
1969 - Tuesday Knight, American actress
1970 - Tommy Moe, Anchorage Alaska, nordic skiier (Olympic-gold/silver-1994)
1970 - Tim Mahoney, American musician (311)
1970 - Dominic Purcell, English-born actor
1971 - Martyn Bennett, Canadian composer (d. 2005)
1971 - Jeremy Edwards, British actor
1971 - Denise Richards, American actress
Singer Billie Joe Armstrong (1972) 1972 - Billie Joe Armstrong, singer/musician (Green Day)
1972 - Lloy Ball, Ft Wayne Ind, volleyball setter (Olympics-96)
1972 - Richard MacQuire, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1972 - Stephen Robinson, Arlington Va, rower (Olympics-1996)
1972 - Tony Lawson, NSA Australia, diver (Olympics-96)
1972 - Vladimir Vujtek, NHL forward (Team Czech Oly-Gold-1998, Tampa Bay)
1972 - William Floyd, full back (San Francisco 49ers)
1972 - Taylor Hawkins, American musician (Foo Fighters)
1972 - Valeria Mazza, Argentinian model
1972 - Yuki Isoya, Japanese singer (formerly Judy and Mary)
1973 - Chris Robinson, NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies)
1973 - Drew Barry, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks)
1973 - Frank Sanders, NFL wide receiver (Arizona Cardinals)
1973 - Raymond Jackson, NFL defensive back (Buffalo Bills)
1974 - Jerry O'Connell, NYC, actor (Scream 2, Andrew-My Secret Identity)
1974 - Valeria Mazza, Rosario Argentina, model (Cosmo-July 1995)
1974 - Kaoru, Japanese musician
1974 - Bryan White, American singer
1975 - Sung-Hee Park, Pusan Korea, tennis star (1993 Futures-Seoul)
1975 - Todd Harvey, Hamilton, NHL center (Dallas Stars)
1975 - Vaclav Prospal, NHL forward (Team Czech Oly-Gold-1998, Philadelphia)
1975 - Wish Bone, American rapper
1975 - Harisu, South Korean singer, model and actress
1976 - Kelly Carlson, American actress
1976 - Scott Williamson, American baseball player
1978 - Jacob Wetterling, American kidnapping victim
1979 - Josh Willingham, American baseball player
1980 - Shanyn MacEachern, Brampton Ontario, gymnist (Olympics-96)
1980 - Klemi Saban, Israeli footballer
1980 - Al Harrington, American basketball player
1980 - Jason Ritter, American actor
1981 - Donielle Thompson, Wheatridge CO, gymnast (World-bronze-95, Oly-96)
1981 - Lisa Skinner, Queensland Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
Actress & Heiress Paris Hilton (1981) 1981 - Paris Hilton, American actress and heiress
1982 - Joseph Gordon-Levitt, actor (Tommy Solomon-Third Rock From the Sun)
1982 - Adriano, Brazilian footballer
1982 - Lupe Fiasco, American rapper
1982 - Brian Bruney, American baseball player
1983 - Gérald Cid, French footballer
1983 - Marios Kaperonis, Greek boxer
1984 - Jimmy Jacobs, American professional wrestler
1984 - Kenta Kamakari, Japanese actor and seiyuu
1984 - AB de Villiers, South African cricketer
1985 - Anne Curtis, Filipino actress and commercial model
1986 - Joey O'Brien, Irish footballer
1986 - Sandra Nilsson, Swedish model
1988 - Natascha Kampusch, Austrian kidnapping victim
1991 - Bonnie Wright, British actress
1991 - Edward (Ed) Sheeran, Halifax England, singer-songwriter
1992 - Meaghan Jette Martin, American child actress and singer
1996 - Sasha Pieterse, South African child actress

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