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Birthdays in History for Friday 6th February 2015

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1461 - Dzore Drzic, Croatian poet
1564 - Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus)
1577 - Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (d. 1599)
1608 - Antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher
1611 - Chongzhen Emperor, 16th and last Ming Emperor of China (d. 1644)
1612 - Antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist
1637 - Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan
1639 - Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (d. 1691)
1665 - Anne Stuart, Queen of England (1702-14)
1673 - Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich, composer
1695 - Andre Cheron, composer
1695 - Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1726)
1705 - Johann Matthias Leffloth, composer

Chinese Emperor Chongzhen(1611)1732 - Charles Lee, General in the American Revolution (d. 1782)
1744 - Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (d. 1795)
1748 - Adam Weishaupt, founder of the Bavarian Illuminati (d. 1811)
1753 - Evariste Desire Desforges chevalier de Parny, French poet
1756 - Aaron Burr, Newark NJ, (D-R), 3rd US VP (1801-05), dueler
1757 - Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Polish scholar and statesman. (d. 1841)
1778 - Ugo Foscolo, Italy, poet (Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis)
1793 - Pietro Rovelli, composer
1797 - Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs
1802 - Charles Wheatstone, English physicist/musician [or Feb 7]
1804 - Ragnerus L van Andringa de Kempenaer, Dutch officer/swindler
1807 - Hans Matthison-Hansen, composer
1811 - Henry George Liddell, father of the Alice in Alice in Wonderland (d. 1898)
1818 - William Maxwell Evarts, (Union), (d. 1901)
1830 - Marcellus Monroe Crocker, Brig gen (Union volunteers), (d. 1865))
1832 - John Brown Gordon, Major General (Confederate Army), (d. 1904)

Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart (1833)1833 - J.E.B. Stuart [James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart], Patrick County, Virginia, Confederate General
1833 - José María de Pereda, Spanish novelist (d. 1906)
1834 - William Dorsey Pender, Major General (Confederate Army), (d. 1863)
1834 - Ema Puksec, Croatian singer (d. 1889)
1834 - Edwin Klebs, Kaliningrad Russia, German Physician and Bacteriologist known for his work on the bacterial theory of infection and his discovery, with F. A. J. Löffler, of the diphtheria bacillus (Klebs-Löffler bacillus)
1838 - Henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], England, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet)
1838 - Yisrael Meir Kagan, Chofetz Chayim (d. 1933)
1848 - Luigi Mancinelli, composer
1853 - Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist (d. 1901)
1860 - Johan [Eliza J] de Meester, Dutch journalist/writer (Geertje)
1864 - John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author/poet (Anarchists)
1866 - Karl T Sapper, German geography/geologist (Vulkankunde)
1872 - Theodor Lessing, writer [or Feb 8]
1874 - Milton Bennett Medary, US, architect (Washington Chapel)
1875 - Leonid Gobyato, Russian general (d. 1915)
1876 - Wilhelm Schmidtbonn[-Schmidt], German playwright (Der Sprechende Eros)
1878 - Waclaw Gieburowski, composer
1879 - Carl Ramsauer, professor of physics and a research physicist (Ramsauer-Townsend effect), born in Berlin, Germany
1881 - Karl Weigl, composer
1887 - Josef Frings, German Archbishop of Cologne (d. 1978)
1888 - Ljudmil Stojanow, Bulgarian poet (Metsh i Slowo, Cholera)
1889 - Karel Wellens, Flemish painter
1889 - Siegfried Kracauer, writer
1892 - William Parry Murphy, American physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1987)
1893 - Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, pres of UN General Assembly (1962-63)
1894 - Eric Partridge, New Zealand lexicographer (d. 1979)
1895 - George Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, Maryland, baseball great (NY Yankees)
1897 - Alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti, Brazil, director (Nicholas Nickleby)

Mobster Louis Buchalter(1897)1897 - Louis Buchalter, Jewish American mobster (Murder, Inc.), born in NYC, New York
1899 - Ramon Novarro, [Jose RG Samaniegos], Durango Mexico, actor (Ben Hur)
1900 - Roy Smeck, guitarist/banjoist
1900 - Rudolf Vornlund, Swedish playwright (Heliga Familjen)
1901 - Ben Lyon, actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Night Nurse), born in Atlanta, Georgia
1902 - Louis Nizer, lawyer (defended blacklisted stars in '50s, Catspaw)
1902 - George Brunies, American musician (d. 1974)
1903 - John Dunning, cricketer (NZ medium-fast bowler of 30's)
1903 - Pieter G Buckinx, Flemish writer (Temptation of Poverty)
1904 - Claudio Arrau, Chile, composer/pianist (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
1905 - Władysław Gomułka, Polish communist leader (d. 1982)
1907 - Sam Green, industrialist/inventor
1908 - Amintore Fanfani, premier of Italy
1908 - Edward Lansdale, general/model (Quiet American, Ugly American)
1908 - Thomas Dorrington Tomlinson, national Park Warden
1909 - Israel Citkowitz, composer
1910 - George H Poyser, English soccer player/manager (Brentford)
1910 - Irmgard Keun, German author (d. 1982)
1910 - Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-born gangster (d. 1993)
1911 - A W "Dooley" Briscoe, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests for South Africa 30's)

US President & Actor Ronald Reagan (1911)1911 - Ronald Reagan, Tampico IL, actor (Bedtime for Bonzo) and 40th US President (R) (1981-89)
1912 - Eva Braun, mistress (Adolf Hitler)
1913 - John Lund, actor (Wackiest Ship in the Army), born in Rochester, New York
1913 - Mary Nicol Leakey, palaeontologist
1914 - Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor (d. 2005)
1915 - Derk Roemers, Dutch politician (Soc-Dem)
1916 - Bill Doggett, rocker
1916 - John Crank, British mathematician (d. 2006)
1917 - Zsa Zsa Gabor, [Zsa Sari], Budapest, actress (Queen of Outer Space)
1917 - Arthur Gold, Toronto, Canada, pianist
1917 - Liberato Firmino Sifonia, composer

Paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey (1913)1918 - Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author (d. 2007)
1919 - Lindsay Tuckett, cricketer (son of Len, 9 Tests for South Africa 1947-49)
1919 - Louis Heren, journalist/writer (China's Three Thousand Years)
1920 - James H Scheuer, (Rep-D-NY, 1965-73, 75- )
1921 - Bob Scott [Robert], Ruby player (All Black, 1946-54), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 2012)
1922 - Patrick MacNee, actor (Jonathan Steed-Avengers), born in London, England
1922 - Denis Norden, British television personality
1923 - Maurice Le Roux, composer
1924 - Billy Wright, English soccer player
1924 - Paolo Volponi, Italian communist/author (Road to Rome)
1924 - Jin yong, Chinese novelist
1926 - Haskell Wexler, American cinematographer
1926 - Walker Edmiston, American actor (d. 2007)
1927 - Smokey Burgess, baseball catcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1929 - Sixten Jernberg, Sweden, skier (Olympic-gold-1956/60/64), (d. 2012)
1929 - Pierre Brice, French actor
1929 - Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta, Venezuelan writer
1931 - Fred Trueman, English cricketer ("Fiery Fred",307 wickets for England)
1931 - Rip Torn, Tx, actor (Coma, Summer Rental, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
1931 - Mamie Van Doren, American actress
1932 - Francois Truffaut, Paris, director (Jules & Jim, Fahrenheit 451)
1932 - Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary (d. 1959)
1933 - Leslie Crowther, English TV-comic/quizmaster
1933 - Mamie Van Doren, Rowena SD, actress (Navy vs Night Monsters) [or 2/2]
1933 - Walter E Fauntroy, (Rep-D-DC, 1971- )
1934 - Bernard Erhard, American voice actor (d. 2000)
1936 - Otis Williams, rocker (Charms)
1936 - J. Howard Marshall III, American businessman
1937 - Baldev Singh Chahal, campaigner
1938 - Ellsworth Milburn, composer
1939 - Mike Farrell, St Paul Minn, actor (BJ Honeycutt-M*A*S*H, Battered)
1940 - Jimmy Tarbuck, English comic/golfer
1940 - Tom Brokaw, Yankton SD, news anchor (NBC Nightly News 1982- )
1941 - Gigi Perreau, actress (Journey to Center of Time), born in Los Angeles, California
1941 - Stephen Albert, composer
1942 - John London, bassist (Michael Nesmith band)
1942 - Sarah Brady, American gun-control activist
1942 - James Loewen, American sociologist and historian
1943 - Fabian [Fabiano Anthony Forte], American vocalist (Turn Me Loose, Tiger), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1943 - Gayle Hunnicutt, Fort Worth Tx, actress (Legend of Hell House, Dallas)
1944 - Michael Tucker, Balt MD, actor (Stuart Markowitz-LA Law)
1944 - Christine Boutin, French politician

Reggae Musician Bob Marley(1945)1945 - Bob [Robert Nesta] Marley, Nine Mile St Ann, Jamaican reggae musician and singer-songwriter (Wailers-No Woman)
1946 - Jim Turner, American politician
1946 - Kate McGarrigle, Canadian folk muisc singer-songwriter, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2010)
1947 - Charles Hickcox, US, 200m/400m medley swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1968)
1949 - Frank Rich, US politician (?)
1949 - Manuel Orantes, tennis champ (US Open-1975)
1949 - Richie Zisk, baseball player
1950 - Mike Batt, composer/arranger
1950 - Natalie Cole, vocalist (Pink Cadillac, Miss You Like Crazy), born in Los Angeles, California
1950 - Punky Meadows, Washington DC, rock guitarist (Angel)
1950 - Rich Glover, NFLer
1951 - Maria Christina, Belgian princess/daughter of Leopold III
1951 - Marco Antônio, Brazilian footballer
1951 - Margo [Margeret Catherine O'Donnell ], County Donegal Ireland, Irish singer
1951 - Jacques Villeret, French film actor (d. 2005)
1952 - Richard Charsworth, Australian women field hockey head coach (Oly-96)
1952 - Ricardo Lavolpe, Argentine football coach
1953 - Susie Hutchison, Flintridge California, equestrian show jumper (Olymp-96)
1954 - Scott Kempner, "Top Ten" rocker (Del Lords)
1955 - Eric Money, NBAer
1956 - Jon Walmsley, Lancashire England, actor (Jason-Waltons)
1956 - Linda Grovenor, Baltimore MD, actress (Die Laughing, Wheels of Fire)
1957 - Jerry Marotta, rocker (Orleans-Love Takes Time)
1957 - Kathy Najimy, actress (Sister Act, Veronica's Closet)
1957 - Robert Townsend, comedian/actor (Hollywood Shuffle, Ratboy), born in Chicago, Illinois
1957 - Simon Phillips, Drummer of Toto (band)
1958 - Barry Miller, actor (Fame, Peggy Sue Got Married), born in Los Angeles, California
1958 - Bill Dawley, baseball player
1958 - Cecily Adams, Queens NY, entertainment caster (American Heart)
1958 - Kelly Leadbetter, Phoenix AZ, LPGA golfer (1986 Hennessy French Open)
1958 - Mark Hamilton, Louisville KY, sprint kayak Olympics-96)
1958 - Simon Baker, Australian speed walker, (Olympics-84, 88, 96)
1959 - Ken Nelson, English record producer
1960 - Megan Gallagher, Reading PA, actress (Slap Maxwell, Millennium)
1961 - Yuri Ivanovich Onufriyenko, Russian major/cosmonaut (Mir, Soyuz TM-23)
1961 - Bill Lester, American racecar driver
1962 - Axl Rose, [William Bailey], Lafayette In, vocalist (Guns & Roses)
1963 - David Capel, cricketer (England all-rounder in 15 Tests 1987-90)
1963 - Mike Hough, Montreal, NHL left wing (Florida Panthers)
1963 - Kevin Trudeau, American entrepreneur
1964 - Matt Hayes, Australian soling yachter (Olympics-96)
1964 - Skip Ewing, Redlands California, country vocalist (Coast of Colorado)
1966 - Alex Antonitsch, Austria, tennis star
1966 - Rick Astley, rock vocalist (Never Gonna Give You Up)
1966 - Tom Tupa, NFL punter/quarterback (Cleveland Browns, NE Patriots)
1967 - Bennie Dekker, Dutch soccer player (NEC/AZ/De Graafschap)
1967 - Mike Evans, WLAF defensive tackle (Amsterdam Admirals)
1967 - Randy Hilliard, NFL defensive back (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
1967 - Anita Cochran, American singer
1967 - Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (Zard) (d. 2007)
1968 - Imtiaz Abbasi, UAE cricket wicket-keeper (World Cup 1996)
1968 - Malika Mahfoud, Copenhagen Denmark, golfer (Gippsland Ladies Amateur)
1968 - Richard Newbill, WLAF linebacker (London Monarchs)
1968 - Adolfo Valencia, Colombian footballer
1968 - Akira Yamaoka, Japanese composer
1969 - Anna Acker-Macosko, Marshfield WI, LPGA golfer (1995 Gold Coast Tour)
1969 - April Lerman, actress (Lila-Charles in Charge), born in Chicago, Illinois
1969 - Bob Wickman, Green Bay WI, pitcher (Chicago White Sox, NY Yankees)
1969 - Greg Patrick, WLAF safety (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1969 - James Jones, NFL defensive tackle (Denver Broncos, Baltimore Ravens)
1969 - Kurt Abbott, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)
1969 - Rajindra Dhanraj, Trinidad cricket leg-spinner (WI 1994-95)
1969 - Tim Sherwood, English footballer and manager, born in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
1969 - David Hayter, American Voice of Solid Snake
1970 - Jeff Rouse, US, 50m/100m backstroke swimmer (Olymp-gold/silver-92, 96)
1970 - Mark Hutton, Adelaide Australia, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1970 - Per Frandsen, Danish footballer
1971 - Brad Hogg, cricketer (WA chinaman all-rounder, Australia v India 1996)
1971 - Carlos Rogers, NBA forward/center (Toronto Raptors)
1971 - Lance Bade, US double trap (Olympics-bronze-1996), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1971 - Mana Endo, Hiroshima Japan, tennis star (1996 3rd round Aust Open)
1971 - Peter Tchernyshev, St Petersburg Russia, dance skater (& Naomi Lang)
1971 - Dana Eskelson, American actress
1971 - Brian Stepanek, American actor
1972 - David Binn, NFL safety (San Diego Chargers)
1972 - Mark Labbrook, Australian 200m/400m runner (Olympics-96)
1972 - Shawn Respert, NBA guard (Milwaukee Bucks, Toronto Raptors)
1973 - Arie Obdam, Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam)
1973 - Fred Miller, tackle (St Louis Rams)
1973 - Lulama Masikazana, cricket wicket-keeper (Kwazulu for E Province)
1974 - Nathan Davis, defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
1974 - Olaf Lindenbergh, soccer player (Ajax, De Graafschap)
1975 - Chad Allen, Dallas Tx, baseball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
1975 - Leo Insam, hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998)
1975 - Svend-Allan Sørensen, Danish artist
1975 - Tomoko Kawase, Japanese singer
1976 - Elina Zisi, Miss Greece Universe (1997)
1976 - Kim Zmeskal, US gymnist (Olympic-92), born in Houston, Texas
1976 - Tanja Frieden, Swiss snowboarder
1976 - Colin Teo, Singaporean Grand Prix driver
1977 - Jason Euell, English-born footballer
1979 - Dan Bălan, Moldovan singer and former member of the band O-Zone
1980 - Mamiko Noto, Japanese seiyu
1980 - Kim Poirier, Canadian actress
1980 - Luke Ravenstahl, American politician
1981 - Calum Best, American model
1981 - Jens Lekman, Swedish musician
1981 - Ty Warren, National Football League defensive lineman
1982 - Alice Eve, English actress
1982 - Tank, Mandopop singer
1983 - Brodie Croyle, American football player
1983 - S Sreesanth, Indian cricketer
1983 - Jamie Whincup, Australian racing driver
1983 - Melrose Bickerstaff, American fashion model
1983 - Myron Wolf Child, Canadian politician
1984 - Brandon Hammond, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, American actor (Gregory Hines Show)
1984 - Darren Bent, English footballer
1984 - Piret Järvis, Estonian singer
1985 - Yang Yu, Chinese swimmer
1985 - Joji Kato, Japanese speedskater
1985 - Kris Humphries, American basketball player
1986 - Alice Greczyn, American actress
1986 - Brendan Taylor, Zimbabwean cricketer
1988 - Allison Holker, American dancer
1989 - Craig Cathcart, Irish footballer
2004 - Princess Louise of Belgium

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