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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
James Abdnor
Politician
13-Feb-1923 16-May-2012 US Senator from South Dakota, 1981-87
Aníbal Acevedo-Vilá
Politician
13-Feb-1962   Governor of Puerto Rico, 2005-09
Pope Alexander VII
Religion
13-Feb-1599 22-May-1667 Roman Catholic Pope, 1655-67
Herbert A. Allen, Sr.
Business
13-Feb-1908 18-Jan-1997 Allen & Company, Inc.
Mel Allen
Sports Journalist
13-Feb-1913 16-Jun-1996 Sportscaster, Voice of the Yankees
Pernilla August
Actor
13-Feb-1958   The Best Intentions
Elizabeth F. Bagley
Diplomat
13-Feb-1952   US Ambassador to Portugal, 1994-97
Sir Joseph Banks
Botanist
13-Feb-1743 19-Jun-1820 Accompanied James Cook
Percy N. Barnevik
Business
13-Feb-1941   CEO of ABB, 1988-96
Patty Berg
Golf
13-Feb-1918 10-Sep-2006 Winner of 15 major titles
Lyle Bettger
Actor
13-Feb-1915 24-Sep-2003 The Greatest Show on Earth
Michael A. Bilandic
Politician
13-Feb-1923 16-Jan-2002 Mayor of Chicago, 1976-79
Jesse Birdsall
Actor
13-Feb-1963   Nicholas Beckett on Bugs
Caroline Blakiston
Actor
13-Feb-1933   Lady Patience Hardacre on Brass
Samuel Blanc
Inventor
13-Feb-1883 20-Dec-1964 Founder of Roto-Rooter
John R. Block
Government
13-Feb-1935   US Secretary of Agriculture, 1981-86
Richard Blumenthal
Government
13-Feb-1946   US Senator from Connecticut
Anders Behring Breivik
Criminal Defendant
13-Feb-1979   Norwegian Spree Killer
Boudleaux Bryant
Songwriter
13-Feb-1920 25-Jun-1987 Wake Up, Little Susie
Sir Henry Bulwer
Diplomat
13-Feb-1801 23-May-1872 Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
Antony Burgmans
Business
13-Feb-1947   Chairman of Unilever, 1999-2007
Feodor Chaliapin
Singer
13-Feb-1873 12-Apr-1938 Operatic bass
Stockard Channing
Actor
13-Feb-1944   The First Lady on The West Wing
Lord Randolph Churchill
Politician
13-Feb-1849 24-Jan-1895 Father of Winston Churchill
Robert J. Eaton
Business
13-Feb-1940   CEO of Chrysler, 1993-98
Richard Eden
Actor
13-Feb-1959   RoboCop TV series
Eileen Farrell
Singer
13-Feb-1920 23-Mar-2002 Operatic soprano
Feist
Singer/Songwriter
13-Feb-1976   The Reminder
David Dudley Field
Attorney
13-Feb-1805 13-Apr-1894 Spurred codification of US law
George Fitzmaurice
Film Director
13-Feb-1885 13-Jun-1940 The Son of the Sheik
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Country Musician
13-Feb-1919 17-Oct-1991 Sixteen Tons
Pauline Frederick
Journalist
13-Feb-1906 9-May-1990 ABC and NBC reporter
Peter Gabriel
Musician
13-Feb-1950   Former lead singer, Genesis
Galen Gering
Actor
13-Feb-1971   Passions
Sheldon G. Gilgore
Business
13-Feb-1932 12-Feb-2010 CEO of Searle, 1986-95
Leopold Godowsky
Pianist
13-Feb-1870 21-Nov-1938 Exceptional Polish-American pianist
Wardell Gray
Jazz Musician
13-Feb-1921 25-May-1955 Tenor sax bop-jazzman
Stephen Hadley
Government
13-Feb-1947   National Security Advisor, 2005-09
Donna Hanover
Radio Personality
13-Feb-1950   WOR Radio Morning Co-Host, NYC
Roy Harrod
Economist
13-Feb-1900 9-Mar-1978 Towards a Dynamic Economics
Peter Hook
Bassist
13-Feb-1956   Bassist for Joy Division and New Order
Kelly Hu
Actor
13-Feb-1968   Cradle 2 the Grave
John Hunter
Doctor
13-Feb-1728 16-Oct-1793 English pathologist
Robert H. Jackson
Judge
13-Feb-1892 9-Oct-1954 US Supreme Court Justice, 1941-54
Betty James
Business
13-Feb-1918 20-Nov-2008 Slinky entrepreneur
cEvin Key
Musician
13-Feb-1961   Skinny Puppy
Mike Krzyzewski
Basketball
13-Feb-1947   Duke Head Coach
Carol Platt Liebau
Pundit
13-Feb-1967   Prude
Carol Lynley
Actor
13-Feb-1942   Return to Peyton Place
Thomas Malthus
Economist
13-Feb-1766 29-Dec-1834 Essay on the Principle of Population
Neal McDonough
Actor
13-Feb-1966   Medical Investigation, Boomtown
Maureen F. McHugh
Novelist
13-Feb-1959   After the Apocalypse
Randy Moss
Football
13-Feb-1977   Tennessee Titans wide reciever
Kitten Natividad
Pornstar
13-Feb-1948   Large-breasted Russ Meyer beauty
David Naughton
Actor
13-Feb-1951   An American Werewolf in London
Jay Nixon
Politician
13-Feb-1956   Governor of Missouri
Kim Novak
Actor
13-Feb-1933   Vertigo doppelganger
Susan Oliver
Actor
13-Feb-1932 10-May-1990 Actress-cum-Aviatrix
Elaine Pagels
Historian
13-Feb-1943   The Gnostic Gospels
Gary Patterson
Football
13-Feb-1960   Head Coach, Texas Christian
Mark Pincus
Business
13-Feb-1966   Founder of Zynga
Ben Powers
Actor
13-Feb-1949   Keith Anderson on Good Times
Francis Pym
Politician
13-Feb-1922 6-Mar-2008 UK Foreign Secretary, 1982-83
Oliver Reed
Actor
13-Feb-1938 2-May-1999 Lion of the Desert
Eddie Robinson
Football
13-Feb-1919 3-Apr-2007 Grambling Head Coach, 1941-97
Henry Rollins
Musician
13-Feb-1961   Black Flag
Samuel I. Rosenman
Government
13-Feb-1896 24-Jun-1973 White House Counsel, 1943-46
Matt Salinger
Actor
13-Feb-1960   Son of J.D. Salinger
U Aung San
Government
13-Feb-1915 19-Jul-1947 Secured independence from Britain for Burma
Gideon Daniel Searle
Business
13-Feb-1846 25-Jan-1917 Founder of Searle Pharmaceuticals
George Segal
Actor
13-Feb-1934   Fun with Dick and Jane
William Shockley
Physicist
13-Feb-1910 12-Aug-1989 Co-Inventor of the transistor
Sheldon Silver
Politician
13-Feb-1944   Speaker, NY State Assembly
Georges Simenon
Novelist
13-Feb-1903 4-Sep-1989 Prolific Belgian-French novelist
Jerry Springer
Talk Show Host
13-Feb-1944   The Jerry Springer Show
Mats Sundin
Hockey
13-Feb-1971   Toronto Maple Leafs
Mena Suvari
Actor
13-Feb-1979   American Beauty and American Pie
Bo Svenson
Actor
13-Feb-1944   North Dallas Forty
Peter Tork
Musician
13-Feb-1942   Guitar and vocals for The Monkees
Omar Torrijos
Head of State
13-Feb-1929 1-Aug-1981 Dictator of Panama, 1968-81
Bess Truman
First Lady
13-Feb-1885 18-Oct-1982 First Lady under Harry S. Truman
Barry Tubb
Actor
13-Feb-1963   Lonesome Dove
Murray Turoff
Scientist
13-Feb-1936   Computer conferencing and instant messaging
Richard Tyson
Actor
13-Feb-1961   Kindergarten Cop
Katsuaki Watanabe
Business
13-Feb-1942   CEO of Toyota
Robbie Williams
Singer
13-Feb-1974   Former member of Take That
Grant Wood
Painter
13-Feb-1892 12-Feb-1942 American Gothic
Chuck Yeager
Aviator
13-Feb-1923   Test pilot, first to break speed of sound
Brook Yeaton
Actor
13-Feb-1968   Prop guy, actor, Traci Lords' ex-husband




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