| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Billie Joe Armstrong |
Musician |
17-Feb-1972 |
|
Frontman for Green Day |
| Red Barber |
Sports Figure |
17-Feb-1908 |
22-Oct-1992 |
The Voice of the Dodgers |
| Reginald Bartholomew |
Diplomat |
17-Feb-1936 |
|
US Ambassador to Italy, 1993-97 |
| Alan Bates |
Actor |
17-Feb-1934 |
27-Dec-2003 |
Basil in Zorba the Greek |
| Michael Bay |
Film Director |
17-Feb-1964 |
|
Director, The Rock, Armageddon |
| Mary Frances Berry |
Government |
17-Feb-1938 |
|
Civil Rights Commissioner, 1980-2004 |
| Jim Brown |
Football |
17-Feb-1936 |
|
Cleveland Browns RB |
| Kelly Carlson |
Actor |
17-Feb-1976 |
|
Kimber Henry on Nip/Tuck |
| Leonard S. Coleman, Jr. |
Administrator |
17-Feb-1949 |
|
President of MLB National League, 1994-99 |
| Arcangelo Corelli |
Violinist |
17-Feb-1653 |
8-Jan-1713 |
Concerti Grossi |
| Buster Crabbe |
Actor |
17-Feb-1907 |
23-Apr-1983 |
Flash Gordon |
| André Dussollier |
Actor |
17-Feb-1946 |
|
Tais-toi! |
| Isabelle Eberhardt |
Author |
17-Feb-1877 |
21-Oct-1904 |
Transvestite Muslim author |
| Vicente Fernandez |
Singer |
17-Feb-1940 |
|
Mexican singing sensation |
| Dorothy Canfield Fisher |
Author |
17-Feb-1879 |
9-Nov-1958 |
Understood Betsy |
| Randy Forbes |
Politician |
17-Feb-1952 |
|
Congressman, Virginia 4th |
| Kathleen Freeman |
Actor |
17-Feb-1919 |
23-Aug-2001 |
Gen. Burkhalter's sister |
| Brenda Fricker |
Actor |
17-Feb-1945 |
|
My Left Foot |
| Joseph Gordon-Levitt |
Actor |
17-Feb-1981 |
|
Third Rock From the Sun |
| Jim Grobe |
Football |
17-Feb-1952 |
|
Wake Forest Head Coach |
| Romano Guardini |
Religion |
17-Feb-1885 |
1-Oct-1968 |
Roman Catholic theologian |
| Larry The Cable Guy |
Comic |
17-Feb-1963 |
|
Blue Collar comic |
| Taylor Hawkins |
Drummer |
17-Feb-1972 |
|
The Foo Fighters |
| Charles A. Hayes |
Politician |
17-Feb-1918 |
8-Apr-1997 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1983-93 |
| Sadeq Hedayat |
Author |
17-Feb-1903 |
9-Apr-1951 |
The Blind Owl |
| Paris Hilton |
Socialite |
17-Feb-1981 |
|
Unexpected porno actress |
| Hal Holbrook |
Actor |
17-Feb-1925 |
|
Mark Twain Tonight |
| David F. Houston |
Government |
17-Feb-1866 |
2-Sep-1940 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20 |
| Jen-Hsun Huang |
Business |
17-Feb-1963 |
|
CEO of NVIDIA |
| Barry Humphries |
Actor |
17-Feb-1934 |
|
Dame Edna |
| Arthur Hunnicutt |
Actor |
17-Feb-1910 |
26-Sep-1979 |
The Big Sky |
| H. L. Hunt |
Business |
17-Feb-1889 |
29-Nov-1974 |
Founder of Hunt Oil |
| Frederic Eugene Ives |
Inventor |
17-Feb-1856 |
27-May-1937 |
Halftone process |
| Sir James Ivory |
Mathematician |
17-Feb-1765 |
21-Sep-1842 |
Ivory's Theorem |
| Michael Jordan |
Basketball |
17-Feb-1963 |
|
God's gift to basketball, clearly |
| Richard Karn |
Actor |
17-Feb-1956 |
|
Al Borland on Home Improvement |
| Arthur Kennedy |
Actor |
17-Feb-1914 |
5-Jan-1990 |
The Man from Laramie |
| Friedrich Maximilian Klinger |
Playwright |
17-Feb-1752 |
9-Mar-1831 |
Sturm under Drang |
| Hendrik Kramers |
Physicist |
17-Feb-1894 |
24-Apr-1952 |
Kramers dispersion theory |
| Marc Lawrence |
Actor |
17-Feb-1910 |
28-Nov-2005 |
Prolific character actor |
| Rick Majerus |
Basketball |
17-Feb-1948 |
|
Basketball Coach |
| Johann Tobias Mayer |
Astronomer |
17-Feb-1723 |
20-Feb-1762 |
Kosmographische Nachrichten |
| Valeria Mazza |
Model |
17-Feb-1972 |
|
Argentine supermodel |
| James Millican |
Actor |
17-Feb-1910 |
24-Nov-1955 |
American character actor |
| Mary Ann Mobley |
Model |
17-Feb-1939 |
|
Miss America 1959 |
| Lola Montez |
Dancer |
17-Feb-1821 |
17-Jan-1861 |
Mistress of Ludwig I of Bavaria |
| Wayne Morris |
Actor |
17-Feb-1914 |
14-Sep-1959 |
Paths of Glory |
| Huey Newton |
Activist |
17-Feb-1942 |
22-Aug-1989 |
Black Panther |
| Andre Norton |
Author |
17-Feb-1912 |
17-Mar-2005 |
Witch World series |
| Jerry O'Connell |
Actor |
17-Feb-1974 |
|
Fat kid in Stand By Me |
| Lou Diamond Phillips |
Actor |
17-Feb-1962 |
|
Young Guns II |
| Christina Pickles |
Actor |
17-Feb-1935 |
|
Judy Geller on Friends |
| Gene Pitney |
Singer/Songwriter |
17-Feb-1940 |
5-Apr-2006 |
60s teen idol and songwriter |
| Chaim Potok |
Novelist |
17-Feb-1929 |
23-Jul-2002 |
The Chosen |
| Dominic Purcell |
Actor |
17-Feb-1970 |
|
Prison Break |
| Denise Richards |
Actor |
17-Feb-1971 |
|
Starship Troopers |
| Nicholas Ridley |
Politician |
17-Feb-1929 |
4-Mar-1993 |
Thatcherite MP and Minister |
| Jason Ritter |
Actor |
17-Feb-1980 |
|
Kevin on Joan of Arcadia |
| Patricia Routledge |
Actor |
17-Feb-1929 |
|
Hetty Wainthropp |
| Rene Russo |
Actor |
17-Feb-1954 |
|
Outbreak |
| Buddy Ryan |
Football |
17-Feb-1934 |
|
Retired NFL Coach |
| Bill Sali |
Politician |
17-Feb-1954 |
|
Congressman, Idaho 1st |
| Martha R. Seger |
Government |
17-Feb-1932 |
|
Federal Reserve Governor, 1984-91 |
| Jeremy Slate |
Actor |
17-Feb-1926 |
19-Nov-2006 |
The Mini-Skirt Mob |
| Otto Stern |
Physicist |
17-Feb-1888 |
17-Aug-1969 |
Molecular beam experiment |
| Craig Thomas |
Politician |
17-Feb-1933 |
4-Jun-2007 |
US Senator from Wyoming, 1995-2007 |
| Margaret Truman |
Relative |
17-Feb-1924 |
29-Jan-2008 |
Harry S. Truman's mystery novelist daughter |
| Raf Vallone |
Actor |
17-Feb-1916 |
31-Oct-2002 |
The Greek Tycoon |
| Henri Vieuxtemps |
Violinist |
17-Feb-1820 |
6-Jun-1881 |
Belgian violinist and composer |
| Aaron Montgomery Ward |
Business |
17-Feb-1844 |
7-Dec-1913 |
Founded Montgomery Ward company |
| Thomas J. Watson |
Business |
17-Feb-1874 |
19-Jun-1956 |
Founder of IBM |
| Bryan White |
Country Musician |
17-Feb-1974 |
|
Someone Else's Star |
| Bonnie Wright |
Actor |
17-Feb-1991 |
|
Ginny Weasley in Harry Potter |
