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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Tommy Aaron
Golf
22-Feb-1937   Winner, 1973 Masters Tournament
Sid Abel
Hockey
22-Feb-1918 7-Feb-2000 Detroit Red Wings, NHL Hall of Famer
Amy Alcott
Golf
22-Feb-1956   Winner of 5 Majors
Sparky Anderson
Baseball
22-Feb-1934 4-Nov-2010 Reds and Tigers manager
Charles McLean Andrews
Historian
22-Feb-1863 9-Sep-1943 The Colonial Period of American History
John Ashton
Actor
22-Feb-1948   Beverly Hills Cop
David Axelrod
Government
22-Feb-1955   Obama's chief political advisor
Robert Baden-Powell
Military
22-Feb-1857 8-Jan-1941 Founder of the Boy Scout movement
Drew Barrymore
Actor
22-Feb-1975   E.T., The Wedding Singer
Robert F. Bauer
Attorney
22-Feb-1952   White House Counsel
J. Michael Bishop
Scientist
22-Feb-1936   Genetic causes of cancer
James Blunt
Musician
22-Feb-1977   Back To Bedlam
Emperor Bokassa I
Royalty
22-Feb-1921 3-Nov-1996 Central African Emperor
Wayne C. Booth
Critic
22-Feb-1921 10-Oct-2005 The Rhetoric of Fiction
Jane Bowles
Novelist
22-Feb-1917 4-May-1973 Two Serious Ladies
Tom Braden
Columnist
22-Feb-1917 3-Apr-2009 Crossfire, Eight Is Enough
Owen Brewster
Politician
22-Feb-1888 25-Dec-1961 Governor and Senator from Maine
Nacio Herb Brown
Songwriter
22-Feb-1896 28-Sep-1964 Singin' in the Rain
Robert H. Bruininks
Educator
22-Feb-1942   President, University of Minnesota
John W. Bryant
Politician
22-Feb-1947   Congressman from Texas, 1983-97
Luis Buñuel
Film Director
22-Feb-1900 29-Jul-1983 That Obscure Object of Desire
Michael Chang
Tennis
22-Feb-1972   Winner, 1989 French Open
Charles VII
Royalty
22-Feb-1403 22-Jul-1461 King of France, 1422-61
Frederic Chopin
Composer
22-Feb-1810 17-Oct-1849 Composer for the piano
R. G. Collingwood
Historian
22-Feb-1889 9-Jan-1943 The Idea of History
Mildred Davis
Actor
22-Feb-1901 18-Aug-1969 Silent film actress
Jonathan Demme
Film Director
22-Feb-1944   The Silence of the Lambs
Viet Dinh
Government
22-Feb-1968   USA PATRIOT Act mastermind
Paul Dooley
Actor
22-Feb-1928   Grace Under Fire
Rachel Dratch
Actor
22-Feb-1966   Saturday Night Live
Michael J. Dugan
Military
22-Feb-1937   USAF Chief of Staff, 1990
Renato Dulbecco
Scientist
22-Feb-1914 20-Feb-2012 Tumor viruses and host genetics
Julius Erving
Basketball
22-Feb-1950   Forward, Philadelphia 76ers
Charlie Finley
Baseball
22-Feb-1918 19-Feb-1996 Owner of the Oakland A's 1960-80
Bruce Forsyth
TV Personality
22-Feb-1928   Sunday Night at the Palladium
Bill Frist
Politician
22-Feb-1952   US Senate Majority Leader, 2003-07
Dwight Frye
Actor
22-Feb-1899 7-Nov-1943 Renfield in 1931 Dracula
Philip H. Geier, Jr.
Business
22-Feb-1935   CEO of Interpublic Group, 1980-2000
Genesis P-Orridge
Electronic Musician
22-Feb-1950   Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV
Eric Gill
Typographer
22-Feb-1882 17-Nov-1940 Typographer, Gill Sans
Edward Gorey
Author
22-Feb-1925 15-Apr-2000 Amphigorey
David Greene
Film Director
22-Feb-1921 7-Apr-2003 Gray Lady Down
Ellen Greene
Actor
22-Feb-1951   Little Shop of Horrors
Sheila Hancock
Actor
22-Feb-1933   Bedtime
Fred A. Hartley
Politician
22-Feb-1902 11-May-1969 Congressman from New Jersey, 1929-49
Jenna Haze
Pornstar
22-Feb-1982   Cum Dumpsters
Heinrich Hertz
Physicist
22-Feb-1857 1-Jan-1894 Discoverer of electromagnetic radiation
Hugh Hewitt
Radio Personality
22-Feb-1956   Conservative talk radio show
John A. Hill
Publisher
22-Feb-1858 24-Jan-1916 Co-Founder of the McGraw-Hill Companies
James Hong
Actor
22-Feb-1929   Indeed!
Miko Hughes
Actor
22-Feb-1986   Mercury Rising
Nelson Bunker Hunt
Business
22-Feb-1926   Tried to corner the silver market
Steve Irwin
Naturalist
22-Feb-1962 4-Sep-2006 The Crocodile Hunter
Andrew Jacobs, Sr.
Politician
22-Feb-1906 17-Dec-1992 Congressman from Indiana, 1949-51
Pierre Janssen
Astronomer
22-Feb-1824 23-Dec-1907 Solar observer
Robert Kardashian
Attorney
22-Feb-1944 30-Sep-2003 O. J. Simpson's attorney
Thorsten Kaye
Actor
22-Feb-1966   All My Children
Clinton Kelly
TV Personality
22-Feb-1969   What Not to Wear
Ted Kennedy
Politician
22-Feb-1932 25-Aug-2009 US Senator from Massachusetts, 1962-2009
Horst Köhler
Head of State
22-Feb-1943   President of Germany, 2004-10
Paul Kollsman
Inventor
22-Feb-1900 17-Mar-1982 Barometric altimeter
Pat LaFontaine
Hockey
22-Feb-1965   NHL Hall of Famer
Meridel Le Sueur
Novelist
22-Feb-1900 14-Nov-1996 North Star Country
Ervil LeBaron
Criminal
22-Feb-1925 16-Aug-1981 Murderous cult leader
Sheldon Leonard
Actor
22-Feb-1907 10-Jan-1997 Nick the Bartender
Clyde Lewis
Radio Personality
22-Feb-1964   Radio conspiracist
James Russell Lowell
Author
22-Feb-1819 12-Aug-1891 The Biglow Papers
Scott Lowell
Actor
22-Feb-1965   Ted Schmidt on Queer as Folk
Kyle MacLachlan
Actor
22-Feb-1959   Agent Cooper on Twin Peaks
Giulietta Masina
Actor
22-Feb-1921 23-Mar-1994 La Strada
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Poet
22-Feb-1892 19-Oct-1950 Renascence
John Mills
Actor
22-Feb-1908 23-Apr-2005 Ryan's Daughter
Miou-Miou
Actor
22-Feb-1950   Germinal
Jules Munshin
Actor
22-Feb-1915 19-Feb-1970 On the Town
Marni Nixon
Singer
22-Feb-1930   The Voice of Hollywood
Brad Nowell
Musician
22-Feb-1968 25-May-1996 Lead singer of Sublime
Sean O'Faolain
Novelist
22-Feb-1900 20-Apr-1991 Come Back to Erin
Richard B. Ogilvie
Politician
22-Feb-1923 10-May-1988 Governor of Illinois, 1969-73
Don Pardo
TV Personality
22-Feb-1918   Voice announcer
E. J. Peaker
Actor
22-Feb-1944   Hello, Dolly!
Jean-Charles-Athanase Peltier
Physicist
22-Feb-1785 27-Oct-1845 Peltier Effect
Nicholas Pileggi
Author
22-Feb-1933   Goodfellas screenwriter
Nigel Planer
Actor
22-Feb-1953   Neil on The Young Ones
Ramses II
Royalty
22-Feb-1303 BC c. 1213 BC Pharaoh, fought the Hittites
Ishmael Reed
Novelist
22-Feb-1938   The Free-Lance Pallbearers
Johann Reuchlin
Scholar
22-Feb-1455 6-Jun-1522 German humanist and Hebraist
Henry S. Reuss
Politician
22-Feb-1912 12-Jan-2002 Congressman from Wisconsin, 1955-83
Rajon Rondo
Basketball
22-Feb-1986   Boston Celtics point guard
Joanna Russ
Author
22-Feb-1937 29-Apr-2011 The Female Man
Donald S. Russell
Politician
22-Feb-1906 22-Feb-1998 Governor of South Carolina, 1967-71
Jeri Ryan
Actor
22-Feb-1968   Seven of Nine on Star Trek: Voyager
Lea Salonga
Singer
22-Feb-1971   Miss Saigon
Arthur Schopenhauer
Philosopher
22-Feb-1788 21-Sep-1860 Philosopher of Pessimism
William Seabrook
Author
22-Feb-1886 20-Sep-1945 Thoroughly sodden traveling author
Dan Seymour
Actor
22-Feb-1915 25-May-1993 Return of the Fly
Vijay Singh
Golf
22-Feb-1963   Winner of 2004 PGA Championship
David Skaggs
Politician
22-Feb-1943   Congressman from Colorado, 1987-99
Tucker Smallwood
Actor
22-Feb-1944   Space: Above and Beyond
Harley O. Staggers, Jr.
Politician
22-Feb-1951   Congressman from West Virginia, 1983-93
Herbert H. Tate, Jr.
Attorney
22-Feb-1953   President, NJ Board of Public Utilities, 1994-2001
Ladislas V
Royalty
22-Feb-1440 23-Nov-1457 King of Hungary and Bohemia
John G. Vlazny
Religion
22-Feb-1937   Catholic Archbishop of Portland
Gijs de Vries
Politician
22-Feb-1956   EU Terrorism czar
Robert Wadlow
Oddity
22-Feb-1918 15-Jul-1940 Tallest documented individual
Julie Walters
Actor
22-Feb-1950   Educating Rita
George Washington
Head of State
22-Feb-1732 14-Dec-1799 1st US President, 1789-97
Charles E. Whittaker
Judge
22-Feb-1901 26-Nov-1973 US Supreme Court Justice, 1957-62
Jayson Williams
Basketball
22-Feb-1968   Retired and imprisoned NBA player
Kenneth Williams
Actor
22-Feb-1926 15-Apr-1988 Carry on...
James Wlcek
Actor
22-Feb-1964   Sons of Thunder
Bud Yorkin
Film Director
22-Feb-1926   Start the Revolution Without Me
Robert Young
Actor
22-Feb-1907 21-Jul-1998 Marcus Welby, M.D.




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