| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Hugh J. Addonizio |
Politician |
31-Jan-1914 |
2-Feb-1981 |
Mayor of Newark, 1962-70 |
| Wendy Barrie |
Actor |
18-Apr-1912 |
2-Feb-1978 |
The Private Life of Henry VIII |
| Claude Brown |
Author |
23-Feb-1937 |
2-Feb-2002 |
Manchild in the Promised Land |
| Alan Bullock |
Historian |
13-Dec-1914 |
2-Feb-2004 |
Historian of Hitler, Stalin |
| Bob Burns |
Actor |
2-Aug-1890 |
2-Feb-1956 |
The Arkansas Traveler |
| Earl Butz |
Government |
3-Jul-1909 |
2-Feb-2008 |
Ford's disgraced Secretary of Agriculture |
| Pope Clement XIII |
Religion |
7-Mar-1693 |
2-Feb-1769 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1758-69 |
| Gaston, duc d'Orléans |
Royalty |
25-Apr-1608 |
2-Feb-1660 |
Treacherous heir of Louis XIII |
| John Forster |
Author |
2-Apr-1812 |
2-Feb-1876 |
Life of Charles Dickens |
| Carl Goerdeler |
Politician |
31-Jul-1884 |
2-Feb-1945 |
Politician, hanged by the Nazis |
| Charley Grapewin |
Actor |
20-Dec-1869 |
2-Feb-1956 |
Tobacco Road |
| Lou Harrison |
Composer |
14-May-1917 |
2-Feb-2003 |
Musical wayfarer |
| Rondo Hatton |
Actor |
22-Apr-1894 |
2-Feb-1946 |
Horror actor afflicted with acromegaly |
| Martin J. Hillenbrand |
Diplomat |
1-Aug-1915 |
2-Feb-2005 |
US Ambassador to Germany, 1972-76 |
| Luc Holste |
Scholar |
27-Sep-1596 |
2-Feb-1661 |
German humanist and librarian |
| Boris Karloff |
Actor |
23-Nov-1887 |
2-Feb-1969 |
Horror actor |
| Gene Kelly |
Actor |
23-Aug-1912 |
2-Feb-1996 |
Singin' in the Rain |
| Franz Kotzwara |
Composer |
1730 |
2-Feb-1793 |
The Battle of Prague |
| Imre Lakatos |
Philosopher |
9-Nov-1922 |
2-Feb-1974 |
Philosopher of Science and Mathematics |
| Thomas W. Lamont |
Business |
30-Sep-1870 |
2-Feb-1948 |
Banker and diplomat |
| Samuel P. Langley |
Astronomer |
22-Aug-1834 |
2-Feb-1906 |
Heavier-than-air flying machine |
| Valery Larbaud |
Author |
29-Aug-1881 |
2-Feb-1957 |
Poèmes par un riche amateur |
| Joshua Lederberg |
Biologist |
23-May-1925 |
2-Feb-2008 |
Genetic properties of bacteria |
| Alistair MacLean |
Novelist |
28-Apr-1922 |
2-Feb-1987 |
The Guns of Navarone |
| Robert McAlmon |
Author |
9-Mar-1896 |
2-Feb-1956 |
Village: As It Happened |
| Dmitri Mendeleev |
Chemist |
8-Feb-1834 |
2-Feb-1907 |
Periodic Table of the Elements |
| Julia Morgan |
Architect |
20-Jan-1872 |
2-Feb-1957 |
Designed Hearst Castle |
| Barry Morse |
Actor |
10-Jun-1918 |
2-Feb-2008 |
Lt. Gerard on The Fugitive |
| Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina |
Composer |
c. 1525 |
2-Feb-1594 |
Italian Renaissance composer |
| Bert Parks |
TV Personality |
30-Dec-1914 |
2-Feb-1992 |
Host of the Miss America Pageant |
| Fred Perry |
Tennis |
18-May-1909 |
2-Feb-1995 |
Winner of 14 Grand Slam titles |
| Donald Pleasence |
Actor |
5-Oct-1919 |
2-Feb-1995 |
The Great Escape |
| Johannes Popitz |
Government |
2-Dec-1884 |
2-Feb-1945 |
Prussian finance minister 1933-44 |
| Joe M. Rodgers |
Business |
12-Nov-1933 |
2-Feb-2009 |
US Ambassador to France, 1985-89 |
| Bertrand Russell |
Mathematician |
18-May-1872 |
2-Feb-1970 |
Mathematician, atheist, and social critic |
| Herbert Samuel |
Politician |
6-Nov-1870 |
2-Feb-1963 |
High Commissioner of Palestine, 1920-25 |
| Max Schmeling |
Boxing |
28-Sep-1905 |
2-Feb-2005 |
Fought Joe Louis twice |
| Martin Schongauer |
Engraver |
1445 |
2-Feb-1491 |
The Wise and Foolish Virgins |
| Bertrand H. Snell |
Politician |
9-Dec-1870 |
2-Feb-1958 |
Congressman from New York, 1915-39 |
| William H. Stein |
Chemist |
25-Jun-1911 |
2-Feb-1980 |
Amino-acid analyzer |
| Sid Vicious |
Bassist |
10-May-1957 |
2-Feb-1979 |
Sex Pistols bassist |
| Willard Waterman |
Actor |
29-Aug-1914 |
2-Feb-1995 |
The Great Gildersleeve |
| George H. Whipple |
Scientist |
28-Aug-1878 |
2-Feb-1976 |
Bile, hemoglobin, and the liver |
| William C. Whitney |
Business |
5-Jul-1841 |
2-Feb-1904 |
US Secretary of the Navy, 1885-89 |
| G. Mennen Williams |
Politician |
23-Feb-1911 |
2-Feb-1988 |
Governor of Michigan, 1949-61 |
| Warren Zimmermann |
Diplomat |
16-Nov-1934 |
2-Feb-2004 |
US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1989-92 |
