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Famous February Birthdays

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Who was Born in February on Your Birthday?

Do you know who was born on your birthday? There are many famous February birthdays displayed below. We hope you find famous and historic people who share your special day.  See who was born in your birth month below.

Did You Know? The song “Happy Birthday to You” was first sung on June 27, 1859

Famous February Birthdays

February 1, 1818 – Frederick Douglass, American author and activist

February 1, 1901 – Clark Gable, actor, “Rhett Butler” in “Gone with the Wind”

February 1, 1938 – Sherman Hemsley, actor, “George” on the TV series “The Jeffersons”

February 2, 1937 – Tommy Smothers, actor, comedian of “The Smothers Brothers”

February 2, 1947 – Farrah Fawcett, TV and Movie actress, starred in “Charlie’s Angels”  

February 2, 1954 – Christie Brinkley, supermodel

February 3, 1894 – Norman Rockwell, renowned painter

February 3, 1918 – Joey Bishop, TV star, comedian

February 3, 1950 – Morgan Fairchild, actress

February 4, 1902 – Charles Lindbergh, aviator,  first to fly solo over the Atlantic ocean

February 4, 1905-  Clyde Tombaugh, astronomer, discovered the planet Pluto

February 4, 1913 – Rosa Parks, civil rights activist

February 4, 1948 – Alice Cooper, rock singer

February 5, 1744 – John Jeffries, America’s first Weatherman. Also, see Weatherman Day

February 5, 1919 – Red Buttons, actor, comedian

February 5, 1934 – Hank Aaron, Hall of Fame Baseball slugger, once long-time record holder for home runs at 755

February 6, 1895 – George Herman “Babe” Ruth, the greatest baseball player of all time

February 6, 1911 – Ronald Reagan, 40th U.S. President (1981-1989)

February 6, 1940 – Tom  Brokaw, popular and respected “NBC News” anchor

February 7, 1812 – Charles Dickens, novelist, “A Christmas Carol”

February 7, 1962 – Garth Brooks, country singer

February 7, 1966 – Chris Rock, comedian, actor

February 8, 1828 – Jules Verne, author, “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”

February 8, 1921 – Lana Turner, actress

February 8, 1925 – Jack Lemmon, actor

February 8, 1931 – James Dean actor

February 8, 1940 – Ted Koppel, newscaster

February 8, 1941 – Nick Nolte, actor

February 9, 1773 – William Henry Harrison, 9th U.S. President (1841) died a month after taking office

February 9, 1943 – Joe Pesci, actor, My Cousin Vinnie

February 9, 1945 – Mia Farrow, actress

February 9, 1977 – Shakira, singer, television personality, The Voice

February 10, 1893 – Jimmy Durante, comedian with a big nose

February 10, 1930 – Robert Wagner, actor

February 10, 1950 – Mark Spitz, 7 gold medals for swimming in the 1972 Olympics

February 10, 1966 – Greg Norman, PGA Golfer from Australia

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Who was born in February?

February 11, 1847 – Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of the light bulb

February 11, 1917 – Sidney Sheldon, author

February 11, 1936 – Burt Reynolds, actor

February 11, 1963 – Sheryl Crow, singer

February 11, 1969 – Jennifer Aniston, TV and movie actress, “Friends”

February 12, 1809 – Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President (1861-1865)

February 12, 1809 – Charles Darwin, Author, “Origin of the Species”, Darwin’s Theory

February 12, 1834 – Paul Bunyan, legendary lumberjack and woodsman

February 12, 1915 – Loren Greene, actor “Ben Cartwright” on the TV series “Bonanza”

February 12, 1955 – Arsenio Hall, talk show host

February 13, 1873 – L.L. Bean, outdoorsman…yes, the clothing line

February 13, 1919 – Tennessee Ernie Ford, country singer/actor

February 13, 1933 – Kim Novak, actress

February 13, 1944 – Jerry Springer, talk show host

February 14, 1859 – George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., invented the Ferris Wheel

February 14, 1894 – Jack Benny, actor, and comedian on Vaudeville, radio, and TV

February 14, 1913 – Jimmy Hoffa, Teamsters union leader mysteriously disappeared in 1971 without a trace

February 14,  1921 – Hugh Downs, co-anchor “20/20”

February 14, 1932 – Vic Morrow, Actor, TV series “Combat”

February 14, 1934 – Florence Henderson, “Carol Brady” of the TV series “The Brady Bunch”

February 15, 1820 – Susan B. Anthony, Women’s Suffrage

February 15, 1927 – Harvey Korman, comedian

February 15, 1951 – Jane Seymour, actress TV series “Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman”

February 15, 1964 – Chris Farley, actor Comedian, SNL

February 16, 1935 – Sonny Bono, actor, singer, “Sonny and Cher”

February 16, 1958 –  Ice-T, actor, rapper, TV series “Law & Order: SVU”

February 16, 1959 – John McEnroe, hot-tempered tennis champion

February 17, 1925 – Hal Holbrook, actor

February 17, 1936 – Jim Brown, Cleveland Browns, greatest runner in NFL history

February 17, 1954 – Rene Russo, Actress

February 17, 1963 – Michael Jordan, one of the greatest players n NBA history

February 17, 1981 – Paris Hilton, actress, socialite, grand-daughter of Conrad Hilton

February 17, 1991 – Ed Sheeran, singer, composer

February 18, 1745 – Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist and inventor of the electric battery

February 18, 1919 – Jack Palance, Oscar-winning actor in the movie “City Slickers”

February 18, 1933 – Yoko Ono, Japanese-American singer-songwriter, married John Lennon

February 18, 1950 – Cybil Shepherd, actress

February 18, 1954 – John Travolta, TV and movie actor, “Welcome Back Kotter”, “Grease”

February 18, 1957 – Vanna White, TV game show “Wheel of Fortune”

February 18, 1964 – Matt Dillon, actor

February 18, 1965 – Dr. Dre, born Andre Romelle Young, rapper, and record producer. 

February 19, 1473 – Nicolas Copernicus, Scientist, controversial theory that the earth rotates around the sun

February 19, 1924 – Lee Marvin, actor

February 19, 1966 – Justine Bateman, actress, TV series “Family Ties”

February 20, 1902 – Ansel Adams, American photographer.

February 20, 1927 – Sidney Poitier, 1st Afro-American to win Academy award

February 20, 1929  – Amanda Blake, a U.S. actress, Played Kitty on the TV western series “Gunsmoke”.

February 20, 1946-  Sandy Duncan, actress

February 20, 1949-  Avana Trump, first wife of Donald Trump

February 20, 1954 – Patty Hearst, kidnapped daughter of William Randolph Hearst

February 20, 1963 – Charles Barkley, Hall of Fame American basketball player, sportscaster

February 20, 1966 – Cindy Crawford, supermodel

February 20, 1988 – Rihanna, singer



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Who was born on your February birthday?

February 21, 1927 – Erma Bombeck, columnist

February 21, 1933 – Rue McClanahan, Actress, TV series “Golden Girls”

February 21, 1946 – Tyne Daly, actress

February 21, 1955 – Kelsey Grammer, actor, television series “Cheers” and “Frasier”.

February 21, 1979 – Jennifer Love Hewitt, actress, television series “Ghost Whisperer” and “9-1-1”.

February 22, 1732 – George Washington, 1st U.S. President (1789-1797)

February 22, 1857 – Lord Robert Baden Powell, founder of Boy Scouts

February 22, 1889 – Lady Olave Baden-Powell, founded Girl Guides, wife of Lord Baden-Powell

February 22, 1907 – Robert Young, “Father Knows Best” and “Marcus Welby, MD”

February 22, 1932 – Edward M. Kennedy, Mass. Senator

February 22, 1962 – Steve “Crocodile Hunter Irwin”

February 22, 1975 –  Drew Barrymore, actress

February 23, 1685 – George Frederic Handel, German Composer

February 23, 1951 – Patricia Richardson, actress, “Jill” on TV series “Home Improvement”

February 23, 1994 –  Dakota Fanning, American actress.

February 24, 1885 – Chester W. Nimitz, U.S Navy commander during WWII

February 24, 1938 – James Farentino, actor

February 24, 1955 – Steven Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computer

February 25, 1851 – Pierre Aguste Renoir, French Impressionist painter

February 25, 1901 – Zeppo Marx, youngest of Marx Brother comedians

February 25, 1935-  Sally Jesse Raphael, talk show host

February 25, 1943 – George Harrison, one of the four “Beatles”

February 25, 1966 – Tea Leoni, actress, “Jurassic Park III”, “Deep Impact”, television series “Madame Secretary”.

February 25, 1971 – Sean Astin, “Samwise” in mega-movies “Lord of the  Rings”

February 26, 1802 – Victor Hugo, author, “Les Miserables”

February 26, 1829 – Levi Strauss, inventor of denim jeans

February 26, 1846 – “Buffalo Bill Cody”, Wild West Show

February 26, 1887 – William Frawley, movie and TV actor, “Fred Mertz” on “I Love Lucy”

February 26, 1916 – Jackie Gleason, actor and comedian

February 26, 1920 – Tony Randall, actor, “The Odd Couple”

February 26, 1930 – Johnny Cash, American country western singer

February 27, 1827 –  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet and writer.

February 27, 1932 – Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress

February 28, 1928 – Fats Domino, pianist

February 26, 1932 – Johnny Cash, country western singer

February 26, 1953 – Michael Bolton, singer

February 27, 1807 – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet

February 27, 1902 – John Steinbeck, author of “Grapes of Wrath”

February 27, 1930 – Joanne Woodward, actress

February 27, 1932 –  Elizabeth Taylor, actress

February 27, 1934 – Ralph Nader, consumer advocate. Were you a “Nader’s Raider?”

February 27, 1981 – Josh Groban, singer

February 28, 1915 – Charles Durning, actor

February 28, 1940 – Mario Andretti, race car drive

February 28, 1948 – Bernadette Peters, actress

February 28, 1955 – Gilbert Gottfried, comedian

February 29, 1692 – In Salem, Ma. several girls are the first to be accused of witchcraft after exhibiting strange behaviors.

February 29, 1916 – Dinah Shore, singer, actress

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