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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Homer M. Adkins
Politician
15-Oct-1890 26-Feb-1964 Governor of Arkansas, 1941-45
Spottiswoode Aitken
Actor
16-Apr-1868 26-Feb-1933 Silent film actor
William Bulow
Politician
13-Jan-1869 26-Feb-1960 US Senator from South Dakota, 1931-43
Jack Clayton
Film Director
1-Mar-1921 26-Feb-1995 The Great Gatsby
David Doyle
Actor
1-Dec-1929 26-Feb-1997 Bosley on Charlie's Angels
Theodore Eicke
Military
17-Oct-1892 26-Feb-1943 Inspector of Concentration Camps
Roy Eldridge
Jazz Musician
30-Jan-1911 26-Feb-1989 Swing-era jazz trumpeter
Erik XIV
Royalty
13-Dec-1533 26-Feb-1577 King of Sweden, 1560-68
Levi Eshkol
Head of State
25-Oct-1895 26-Feb-1969 Third Prime Minister of Israel
Max Faulkner
Golf
29-Jul-1916 26-Feb-2005 Winner, 1951 British Open
Cornelius Felton
Scholar
6-Nov-1807 26-Feb-1862 Classical scholar of Greek
Fernandel
Actor
8-May-1903 26-Feb-1971 Prolific French comedy star
Constance Ford
Actor
1-Jul-1923 26-Feb-1993 Ada Hobson on Another World
Slim Gaillard
Jazz Musician
4-Jan-1916 26-Feb-1991 Cee-ment mixer, put-ti put-ti
Richard Jordan Gatling
Inventor
12-Sep-1818 26-Feb-1903 Inventor of the Gatling Gun
Thomas Watt Gregory
Government
6-Nov-1861 26-Feb-1933 US Attorney General, 1914-19
Henry A. Grunwald
Journalist
3-Dec-1922 26-Feb-2005 Managing Editor of Time, 1968-79
Cynthia H. Hall
Judge
19-Feb-1929 26-Feb-2011 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1984-97
Howard Hanson
Composer
28-Oct-1896 26-Feb-1981 Symphony No. 4
Bill Hicks
Comic
16-Dec-1961 26-Feb-1994 Visionary comedian, met untimely death
Wilford B. Hoggatt
Politician
11-Sep-1865 26-Feb-1938 Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1906-09
Frieda Inescort
Actor
29-Jun-1901 26-Feb-1976 A Place in the Sun
Karl Jaspers
Philosopher
23-Feb-1883 26-Feb-1969 Existential thinker
Johnny Kerr
Basketball
17-Jul-1932 26-Feb-2009 Chicago Bulls coach, commentator
Tjalling C. Koopmans
Economist
28-Aug-1910 26-Feb-1985 Linear programming
Louis Hippolyte LaFontaine
Head of State
4-Oct-1807 26-Feb-1864 Twice Co-Premier of Canada
Richmond Lattimore
Poet
6-May-1906 26-Feb-1984 Translator of Iliad and Odyssey
Harry Lauder
Singer
4-Aug-1870 26-Feb-1950 Roamin' in the Gloamin'
Robert R. Livingston
Politician
27-Nov-1746 26-Feb-1813 Architected the Louisiana Purchase
Sybil Ludington
Military
5-Apr-1761 26-Feb-1839 "The female Paul Revere"
Francis Marion
Military
c. 1732 26-Feb-1795 The Swamp Fox
Trayvon Martin
Victim
5-Feb-1995 26-Feb-2012 Shot and killed by George Zimmerman
John L. Mason
Inventor
1832 26-Feb-1902 Invented the screw-neck jar
James A. McClure
Politician
27-Dec-1924 26-Feb-2011 US Senator from Idaho, 1973-91
Carl Menger
Economist
28-Feb-1840 26-Feb-1921 Founder, Austrian School of Economics
Porphyry of Gaza
Religion
c. 350 AD 26-Feb-420 AD Bishop of Gaza
Jef Raskin
Computer Programmer
9-Mar-1943 26-Feb-2005 Designed Macintosh human interface
Wendy Richard
Actor
20-Jul-1943 26-Feb-2009 Are You Being Served?
Edward G. Robinson, Jr.
Relative
19-Mar-1933 26-Feb-1974 Edward G. Robinson's troubled son
Theodore W. Schultz
Economist
30-Apr-1902 26-Feb-1998 Investment in Human Capital
Alois Senefelder
Inventor
6-Nov-1771 26-Feb-1834 Inventor of lithography
Gabor Szabo
Jazz Musician
8-Mar-1936 26-Feb-1982 Innovative jazz guitarist
Giuseppe Tartini
Violinist
8-Apr-1692 26-Feb-1770 Trillo del Diavolo
Porter E. Thompson
Business
1916 26-Feb-2008 President of Bechtel, 1975-83
Lawrence Tierney
Actor
15-Mar-1919 26-Feb-2002 Joe Cabot in Reservoir Dogs
Boris Trajkovski
Head of State
25-Jun-1956 26-Feb-2004 President of Macedonia, 1999-2004
Otto Wallach
Chemist
27-Mar-1847 26-Feb-1931 Terpenes and essential oils
Silas Warner
Computer Programmer
18-Aug-1949 26-Feb-2004 Castle Wolfenstein
Tony Young
Actor
28-Jun-1937 26-Feb-2002 Taggart




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