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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Business
2-Nov-1885 25-Feb-1974 Chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank, 1934-53
A. R. Ammons
Poet
18-Feb-1926 25-Feb-2001 Sphere
William Robert Anderson
Military
17-Jun-1921 25-Feb-2007 Commander, USS Nautilus
J. Hugo Aronson
Politician
1-Sep-1891 25-Feb-1978 Governor of Montana, 1953-61
Philip Pendleton Barbour
Judge
25-May-1783 25-Feb-1841 US Supreme Court Justice, 1836-41
Peter Benenson
Activist
31-Jul-1921 25-Feb-2005 Founder of Amnesty International
Don Bradman
Cricket
27-Aug-1908 25-Feb-2001 Greatest batsman of all time
Johnny Burke
Songwriter
3-Oct-1908 25-Feb-1964 Swinging on a Star
Samuel Butler
Poet
8-Feb-1612 25-Feb-1680 Hudibras
James Coco
Actor
21-Mar-1928 25-Feb-1987 Only When I Laugh
John L. Duvall
Politician
29-Nov-1874 25-Feb-1962 Indianapolis mayor, took Klan bribes
Philip Jose Farmer
Author
26-Jan-1918 25-Feb-2009 Riverworld saga
Edward A. Hannegan
Politician
25-Jun-1807 25-Feb-1859 US Senator, committed suicide
Anna Harrison
First Lady
25-Jul-1775 25-Feb-1864 Wife of US President William Henry Harrison
Robert Hayden
Poet
4-Aug-1913 25-Feb-1980 Words in the Mourning Time
Eliza Haywood
Novelist
c. 1693 25-Feb-1756 Secret Histories, Novels and Poems
Melville J. Herskovits
Anthropologist
10-Sep-1895 25-Feb-1963 The Myth of the Negro Past
Barney Hill
Hoaxer
20-Jul-1922 25-Feb-1969 Self-proclaimed UFO abductee
Russell Hunter
Actor
18-Feb-1925 25-Feb-2004 Scottish actor
Erland Josephson
Actor
15-Jun-1923 25-Feb-2012 The Sacrifice
David T. Kearns
Business
11-Aug-1930 25-Feb-2011 CEO of Xerox, 1985-91
Henri Landru
Criminal
1869 25-Feb-1922 Bluebeard murderer of 10 widows
Otto Ludwig
Playwright
11-Feb-1813 25-Feb-1865 Der Erbförster
Steele MacKaye
Playwright
6-Jun-1842 25-Feb-1894 Founder of New York's Lyceum Theatre
Myra McDaniel
Attorney
13-Dec-1932 25-Feb-2010 Texas Secretary of State, 1984-87
Darren McGavin
Actor
7-May-1922 25-Feb-2006 A Christmas Story
John McGraw
Baseball
7-Apr-1873 25-Feb-1934 NY Giants manager for 30 years
Charles L. McNary
Politician
12-Jun-1874 25-Feb-1944 US Senator from Oregon, 1917-44
Grace Metalious
Novelist
8-Sep-1924 25-Feb-1964 Peyton Place
George R. Minot
Doctor
2-Dec-1885 25-Feb-1950 Liver therapy for pernicious anemia
Elijah Muhammad
Religion
7-Oct-1897 25-Feb-1975 Nation of Islam
Haing S. Ngor
Victim
22-Mar-1940 25-Feb-1996 The Killing Fields
Paul Julius Reuter
Journalist
21-Jul-1816 25-Feb-1899 Founder of Reuters News Agency
Mark Rothko
Painter
25-Sep-1903 25-Feb-1970 Painter of fuzzy rectangles
Glenn Seaborg
Physicist
19-Apr-1912 25-Feb-1999 Co-Discoverer of Plutonium
Alberto Sordi
Actor
15-Jun-1920 25-Feb-2003 I Vitelloni
Martha Stewart
Actor
7-Oct-1922 25-Feb-2012 In a Lonely Place
The Svedberg
Chemist
30-Aug-1884 25-Feb-1971 Inventor of the ultracentrifuge
Sir John Tenniel
Artist
28-Feb-1820 25-Feb-1914 Illustrator for Punch
Albrecht von Wallenstein
Military
24-Sep-1583 25-Feb-1634 Attempted to unite Germany
St. Walpurgis
Religion
c. 710 AD 25-Feb-779 AD English missionary to Germany
Tennessee Williams
Playwright
26-Mar-1911 25-Feb-1983 The Glass Menagerie
Christopher Wren
Architect
20-Oct-1632 25-Feb-1723 Designed St. Paul's Cathedral


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