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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Walter Allen
Novelist
23-Feb-1911 28-Feb-1995 All in a Lifetime
Aziz Ansari
Comic
23-Feb-1983   Parks and Recreation
Majel Barrett
Actor
23-Feb-1932 18-Dec-2008 Widow of Gene Roddenberry
Fred Biletnikoff
Football
23-Feb-1943   Raiders WR, Hall of Famer
John Blow
Composer
23-Feb-1649 1-Oct-1708 Venus and Adonis
Emily Blunt
Actor
23-Feb-1983   The Devil Wears Prada
Tom Bodett
Radio Personality
23-Feb-1955   We'll leave the light on for ya
Clifford G. Bond
Diplomat
23-Feb-1948   US Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2001-04
Bobby Bonilla
Baseball
23-Feb-1963   NY Mets right fielder
Beau Boulter
Politician
23-Feb-1942   Congressman from Texas, 1985-89
Richard Brookhiser
Journalist
23-Feb-1955   National Review
Claude Brown
Author
23-Feb-1937 2-Feb-2002 Manchild in the Promised Land
Richard G. Butler
Activist
23-Feb-1918 8-Sep-2004 Founder of the Aryan Nations
Lee Calhoun
Track and Field
23-Feb-1933 22-Jun-1989 Olympic hurdler
Michael Campbell
Golf
23-Feb-1969   Winner, 2005 US Open
George Cave
Politician
23-Feb-1856 29-Mar-1928 Lord Chancellor of Britain, 1922-28
Roy D. Chapin, Sr.
Government
23-Feb-1880 16-Feb-1936 US Secretary of Commerce, 1932-33
Anna Chapman
Spy
23-Feb-1982   Russian sleeper, Illegals Program
Sylvia Chase
Journalist
23-Feb-1938   Co-Anchor of 20/20
Allan M. Cormack
Physicist
23-Feb-1924 7-May-1998 Computerized axial tomography (CAT scans)
Linda Cristal
Actor
23-Feb-1934   Victoria Cannon on The High Chaparral
S. E. Cupp
Pundit
23-Feb-1979   Losing Our Religion
George E. Curry
Publisher
23-Feb-1947   Emerge editor-in-chief
Robert Curvin
Activist
23-Feb-1934   Former Black Power activist
Kristin Davis
Actor
23-Feb-1965   Good girl Charlotte on Sex and the City
Margaret Deland
Author
23-Feb-1857 13-Jan-1945 Old Chester Tales
Michael Dell
Business
23-Feb-1965   Founder of Dell Computer
George Docking
Politician
23-Feb-1904 20-Jan-1964 Governor of Kansas, 1957-61
W. E. B. Du Bois
Sociologist
23-Feb-1868 27-Aug-1963 Civil rights activist
Ronnie Earle
Government
23-Feb-1942   Travis County, TX District Attorney
Dakota Fanning
Actor
23-Feb-1994   Uptown Girls
Terence Fisher
Film Director
23-Feb-1904 18-Jun-1980 Dracula, Prince of Darkness
Victor Fleming
Film Director
23-Feb-1883 6-Jan-1949 Gone With the Wind
Peter Fonda
Actor
23-Feb-1940   Easy Rider
Jon Hall
Actor
23-Feb-1915 13-Dec-1979 The Hurricane
George Frideric Handel
Composer
23-Feb-1685 14-Apr-1759 Messiah
Kathleen Harrison
Actor
23-Feb-1892 7-Dec-1995 Mrs. Thursday
Eduard von Hartmann
Philosopher
23-Feb-1842 5-Jun-1906 Philosophy of the Unconscious
Marshall Herskovitz
Film/TV Producer
23-Feb-1952   Executive Producer, thirtysomething
James L. Holloway III
Military
23-Feb-1922   Chief of Naval Operations, 1974-78
Karl Jaspers
Philosopher
23-Feb-1883 26-Feb-1969 Existential thinker
Ed "Too Tall" Jones
Football
23-Feb-1951   Dallas Cowboys, 106 career sacks
Howard Jones
Singer/Songwriter
23-Feb-1955   New Song
Diana Kovalchuk
Model
23-Feb-1982   Ukranian supermodel
Dante Lavelli
Football
23-Feb-1923 20-Jan-2009 Cleveland Browns Hall-of-Famer
Frank Luntz
Pundit
23-Feb-1962   Republican pollster, strategist
Kelly Macdonald
Actor
23-Feb-1976   Trainspotting
Haki R. Madhubuti
Author
23-Feb-1942   Black Men: Obsolete, Single, Dangerous?
Kazimir Malevich
Painter
23-Feb-1878 15-May-1935 Founder of Suprematist school
Kenny Marchant
Politician
23-Feb-1951   Congressman, Texas 24th
K. Gunn McKay
Politician
23-Feb-1925 6-Oct-2000 Congressman from Utah, 1971-81
Henry A. McKinnell, Jr.
Business
23-Feb-1943   CEO of Pfizer, 2001-06
William McMahon
Head of State
23-Feb-1908 31-Mar-1988 Prime Minister of Australia, 1971-72
Charles Merz
Journalist
23-Feb-1893 31-Aug-1977 Editor of the New York Times, 1938-61
Ruben Mettler
Business
23-Feb-1924 23-May-2006 CEO of TRW, 1969-77
William H. Moody
Judge
23-Feb-1853 2-Jul-1917 US Supreme Court Justice, 1906-10
George Moore
Novelist
23-Feb-1852 21-Jan-1933 Esther Waters
Prince Naruhito
Royalty
23-Feb-1960   Crown Prince of Japan
Niecy Nash
Actor
23-Feb-1970   Deputy Williams on Reno 911!
Tom Osborne
Football
23-Feb-1937   Congressman from Nebraska, 2001-07
Pope Paul II
Religion
23-Feb-1417 26-Jul-1471 Roman Catholic Pope, 1464-71
Samuel Pepys
Author
23-Feb-1633 26-May-1703 London diarist
Patricia Richardson
Actor
23-Feb-1951   Tim's wife on Home Improvement
Flip Saunders
Basketball
23-Feb-1955   Head Coach, Detroit Pistons
William L. Shirer
Historian
23-Feb-1904 28-Dec-1993 Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Walter Shorenstein
Business
23-Feb-1915 24-Jun-2010 San Francisco real estate mogul
Rodney Slater
Government
23-Feb-1955   US Secretary of Transportation, 1997-2001
David Somerset
Aristocrat
23-Feb-1928   11th Duke of Beaufort
Louis B. Stokes
Politician
23-Feb-1925   Congressman from Ohio, 1969-99
David Sylvian
Musician
23-Feb-1958   Gloomy singer/songwriter
Norman Taurog
Film Director
23-Feb-1899 7-Apr-1981 It Happened at the World's Fair
Virginia Thomas
Activist
23-Feb-1957   Lobbyist, wife of Clarence Thomas
Paul Tibbets
Military
23-Feb-1915 1-Nov-2007 Pilot of the Enola Gay
Diane Varsi
Actor
23-Feb-1938 19-Nov-1992 Peyton Place
Chris Vrenna
Drummer
23-Feb-1967   Drummer for Nine Inch Nails
Veronica Webb
Model
23-Feb-1965   Model, Revlon spokeswoman
G. Mennen Williams
Politician
23-Feb-1911 2-Feb-1988 Governor of Michigan, 1949-61
John G. Winant
Politician
23-Feb-1889 3-Nov-1947 New Hampshire governor, committed suicide
Viktor Yushchenko
Head of State
23-Feb-1954   President of Ukraine, poisoned




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