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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Edmund Andros
Government
6-Dec-1637 24-Feb-1714 American colonial governor
David Ballantyne
Novelist
14-Jun-1924 24-Feb-1986 The Cunninghams
John Barron
Journalist
26-Jan-1930 24-Feb-2005 Soviet espionage expert
Bruce Bennett
Actor
19-May-1906 24-Feb-2007 Played Tarzan in 1930s movie serials
Roman Bohnen
Actor
24-Nov-1894 24-Feb-1949 Of Mice and Men
Hjalmar Branting
Politician
23-Nov-1860 24-Feb-1925 Swedish Prime Minister
Virginia Bruce
Actor
29-Sep-1910 24-Feb-1982 The Invisible Woman
Octavia Butler
Novelist
22-Jun-1947 24-Feb-2006 Patternmaster
Henry Cavendish
Chemist
10-Oct-1731 24-Feb-1810 Discovered hydrogen
Jonathan Cilley
Politician
2-Jul-1802 24-Feb-1838 US Congressman from Maine, 1837-38
Tony Conigliaro
Baseball
7-Jan-1945 24-Feb-1990 Boston Red Sox
Frank Conroy
Actor
14-Oct-1890 24-Feb-1964 The Ox-Bow Incident
Norris Cotton
Politician
11-May-1900 24-Feb-1989 US Senator from New Hampshire, 1954-74
John Charles Daly
Game Show Host
20-Feb-1914 24-Feb-1991 Host of What's My Line?
Ray Eliot
Football
13-Jun-1905 24-Feb-1980 Illini Head Coach, 1942-59
Malcolm Forbes
Business
19-Aug-1919 24-Feb-1990 Forbes publisher, Faberge collector
Robert Fulton
Inventor
14-Nov-1765 24-Feb-1815 Inventor of the submarine and steamboat
George Gobel
Comic
20-May-1919 24-Feb-1991 Hollywood Square
Irving M. Ives
Politician
24-Jan-1896 24-Feb-1962 US Senator from New York, 1947-59
Pierre Janet
Psychologist
30-May-1859 24-Feb-1947 Founder of Automatic Psychology
Edward Judd
Actor
4-Oct-1932 24-Feb-2009 First Men in the Moon
Don Knotts
Actor
21-Jul-1924 24-Feb-2006 Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show
Robert M. La Follette, Jr.
Politician
6-Feb-1895 24-Feb-1953 US Senator, committed suicide
Gaston Modot
Actor
30-Dec-1887 24-Feb-1970 Age of Gold
Bobby Moore
Soccer
12-Apr-1941 24-Feb-1993 Captain, 1966 World Cup team
Conrad Nagel
Actor
16-Mar-1897 24-Feb-1970 The Thirteenth Chair
Derek Nimmo
Actor
19-Sep-1930 24-Feb-1999 All Gas and Gaiters
Antonio Prohias
Artist
17-Jan-1921 24-Feb-1998 Spy vs. Spy
John Randolph
Actor
1-Jun-1915 24-Feb-2004 Prizzi's Honor
Johnnie Ray
Musician
10-Jan-1927 24-Feb-1990 Cry/The Little White Cloud That Cried
Jean Rogers
Actor
25-Mar-1916 24-Feb-1991 Dale Arden in Flash Gordon serials
Claude Shannon
Scientist
30-Apr-1916 24-Feb-2001 Pioneer in information theory
Dinah Shore
Singer
29-Feb-1916 24-Feb-1994 See the U-S-A in a Chev-ro-let
H. Allen Smith
Author
19-Dec-1907 24-Feb-1976 Low Man on a Totem Pole
Mel Stewart
Actor
19-Sep-1929 24-Feb-2002 Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Robert Strausz-Hupé
Diplomat
25-Mar-1903 24-Feb-2002 US Ambassador to Turkey, 1981-89
Gerd von Rundstedt
Military
12-Dec-1875 24-Feb-1953 German Field Marshall
Dennis Weaver
Actor
4-Jun-1924 24-Feb-2006 Sam McCloud in McCloud
Johannes Wier
Doctor
1515 24-Feb-1588 First modern physician
Henny Youngman
Comic
16-Mar-1906 24-Feb-1998 Take my wife, please




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