| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| John Quincy Adams |
Head of State |
11-Jul-1767 |
23-Feb-1848 |
6th US President, 1825-29 |
| Carl Anderson |
Singer |
27-Feb-1945 |
23-Feb-2004 |
Jesus Christ, Superstar |
| Leo Baekeland |
Scientist |
14-Nov-1863 |
23-Feb-1944 |
Father of plastics |
| Joanna Baillie |
Playwright |
11-Sep-1762 |
23-Feb-1851 |
Family Legend |
| Joseph W. Barr |
Government |
17-Jan-1918 |
23-Feb-1996 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1968-69 |
| Pedro Bloch |
Playwright |
17-Apr-1914 |
23-Feb-2004 |
The Hands of Eurydice |
| Adrian Boult |
Conductor |
8-Apr-1889 |
23-Feb-1983 |
Conductor, BBC Symphony Orchestra, 1930-50 |
| Anson Burlingame |
Diplomat |
14-Nov-1820 |
23-Feb-1870 |
US Ambassador to China, 1861-70 |
| Frederick Busch |
Novelist |
1-Aug-1941 |
23-Feb-2006 |
Don't Tell Anyone |
| Paul Claudel |
Poet |
6-Aug-1868 |
23-Feb-1955 |
French poet and diplomat |
| Robert L. Cochran |
Politician |
28-Jan-1886 |
23-Feb-1963 |
Governor of Nebraska, 1935-41 |
| Don Cornell |
Singer |
21-Apr-1919 |
23-Feb-2004 |
Big band singer, It Isn't Fair |
| Ernest Dowson |
Poet |
2-Aug-1867 |
23-Feb-1900 |
English Decadent poet |
| José Napoleón Duarte |
Head of State |
23-Nov-1925 |
23-Feb-1990 |
President of El Salvador, 1984-89 |
| Edward Elgar |
Composer |
2-Jun-1857 |
23-Feb-1934 |
Pomp and Circumstance |
| Melvin Franklin |
Singer |
12-Oct-1942 |
23-Feb-1995 |
Bass vocals for The Temptations |
| Carl Friedrich Gauss |
Mathematician |
30-Apr-1777 |
23-Feb-1855 |
Perhaps the greatest German mathematician |
| James Herriot |
Novelist |
3-Oct-1916 |
23-Feb-1995 |
All Creatures Great and Small |
| John Keats |
Poet |
31-Oct-1795 |
23-Feb-1821 |
English romantic poet |
| Esmond Knight |
Actor |
4-May-1906 |
23-Feb-1987 |
The River |
| Fuzzy Knight |
Actor |
9-May-1901 |
23-Feb-1976 |
American character actor |
| William F. Knowland |
Politician |
26-Jun-1908 |
23-Feb-1974 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Frank Launder |
Film Director |
28-Jan-1906 |
23-Feb-1997 |
The Belles of St. Trinian's |
| Stan Laurel |
Actor |
16-Jun-1890 |
23-Feb-1965 |
Laurel and Hardy |
| Étienne Louis Malus |
Physicist |
23-Jun-1775 |
23-Feb-1812 |
Polarization of light by reflection |
| Nellie Melba |
Singer |
19-May-1861 |
23-Feb-1931 |
Operatic soprano |
| Robert K. Merton |
Sociologist |
4-Jul-1910 |
23-Feb-2003 |
On the Shoulders of Giants |
| Luis Palés Matos |
Poet |
20-Mar-1898 |
23-Feb-1959 |
Tuntún de pasa y griferia |
| G. Frederick Reinhardt |
Diplomat |
21-Oct-1911 |
23-Feb-1971 |
US Ambassador to Italy, 1961-68 |
| Joshua Reynolds |
Painter |
16-Jul-1723 |
23-Feb-1792 |
English portraitist |
| Florence Rice |
Actor |
14-Feb-1911 |
23-Feb-1974 |
At the Circus |
| Dickinson W. Richards |
Scientist |
30-Oct-1895 |
23-Feb-1973 |
Cardiac catheterization |
| Harry Ruby |
Songwriter |
27-Jan-1895 |
23-Feb-1974 |
Who's Sorry Now? |
| Robert Smalls |
Politician |
5-Apr-1839 |
23-Feb-1915 |
Slave elected to Congress from South Carolina |
| Horst Wessel |
Activist |
9-Oct-1907 |
23-Feb-1930 |
Nazi martyr |
| Jessamyn West |
Author |
18-Jul-1902 |
23-Feb-1984 |
The Friendly Persuasion |
| Archibald Yell |
Politician |
9-Aug-1797 |
23-Feb-1847 |
Congressman and Governor of Arkansas |
