Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Alvar Aalto |
Architect |
3-Feb-1898 |
11-May-1976 |
Finnish modernist architect, furniture designer |
Howard Ahmanson, Jr. |
Philanthropist |
3-Feb-1950 |
|
Reclusive fundamentalist-Christian philanthropist |
Kenneth Anger |
Film Director |
3-Feb-1930 |
|
Pioneer avant-garde filmmaker |
Gustavo Arellano |
Journalist |
3-Feb-1979 |
|
ĦAsk a Mexican! |
Paul Auster |
Novelist |
3-Feb-1947 |
|
New York Trilogy |
Walter Bagehot |
Economist |
3-Feb-1826 |
24-Mar-1877 |
Editor of The Economist, 1860-77 |
Spencer Fullerton Baird |
Naturalist |
3-Feb-1823 |
19-Aug-1887 |
History of North American Birds |
Jim Balsillie |
Business |
3-Feb-1961 |
|
Co-CEO, Research In Motion, 2010-12 |
Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo |
Activist |
3-Feb-1948 |
|
Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient |
Fortunato P. Benavides |
Judge |
3-Feb-1947 |
|
5th Circuit Court of Appeals |
Robert J. Bentley |
Politician |
3-Feb-1943 |
|
Governor of Alabama |
Shelley Berman |
Comic |
3-Feb-1926 |
|
Inside Shelley Berman |
Beau Biden |
Politician |
3-Feb-1969 |
|
Attorney General of Delaware |
Joey Bishop |
Comic |
3-Feb-1918 |
17-Oct-2007 |
Rat Pack member |
Elizabeth Blackwell |
Doctor |
3-Feb-1821 |
31-May-1910 |
America's first woman doctor |
Lizzie Borden |
Film Director |
3-Feb-1958 |
|
Born in Flames |
James Bridges |
Film Director |
3-Feb-1936 |
6-Jun-1993 |
Urban Cowboy and The Paper Chase |
Victor Buono |
Actor |
3-Feb-1938 |
1-Jan-1982 |
King Tut on Batman |
Anne M. Burke |
Judge |
3-Feb-1944 |
|
Justice, Illinois Supreme Court |
Richard R. Burt |
Diplomat |
3-Feb-1947 |
|
US Ambassador to Germany, 1985-89 |
Thomas Calabro |
Actor |
3-Feb-1959 |
|
Dr. Michael Mancini on Melrose Place |
Mary Carlisle |
Actor |
3-Feb-1912 |
|
Dead Men Walk |
Hodding Carter |
Journalist |
3-Feb-1907 |
4-Apr-1972 |
Delta Democrat-Times |
André Cayatte |
Film Director |
3-Feb-1909 |
6-Feb-1989 |
Verdict |
Michael Cimino |
Film Director |
3-Feb-1939 |
|
The Deer Hunter |
Gordon Coates |
Head of State |
3-Feb-1878 |
27-May-1943 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1925-28 |
Andrew Conru |
Business |
3-Feb-1968 |
|
Creator of Friendfinder |
Frank Coraci |
Film Director |
3-Feb-1966 |
|
The Waterboy |
Mariclare Costello |
Actor |
3-Feb-1936 |
|
Let's Scare Jessica to Death |
Tom Creavy |
Golf |
3-Feb-1911 |
3-Mar-1979 |
Winner, 1931 PGA Championship |
Luigi Dallapiccola |
Composer |
3-Feb-1904 |
19-Feb-1975 |
Canti di Prigionia |
Blythe Danner |
Actor |
3-Feb-1943 |
|
Futureworld |
Dave Davies |
Singer/Songwriter |
3-Feb-1947 |
|
The Kinks |
Warwick Davis |
Actor |
3-Feb-1970 |
|
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
Elisa Donovan |
Actor |
3-Feb-1971 |
|
Clueless |
Carl Theodor Dreyer |
Film Director |
3-Feb-1889 |
20-Mar-1968 |
Greatest Danish film director |
Dennis Edwards |
Singer |
3-Feb-1943 |
|
The Temptations |
Morgan Fairchild |
Actor |
3-Feb-1950 |
|
Jordan Roberts on Falcon Crest |
John Fiedler |
Actor |
3-Feb-1925 |
25-Jun-2005 |
Voice of Piglet |
Jack M. Fields |
Politician |
3-Feb-1952 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1981-97 |
Isla Fisher |
Actor |
3-Feb-1976 |
|
Shannon Reed on Home and Away |
Friedrich Karl Flick |
Business |
3-Feb-1927 |
5-Oct-2006 |
Richest man in Austria |
Pretty Boy Floyd |
Criminal |
3-Feb-1904 |
22-Oct-1934 |
Bank robber |
Pamela Franklin |
Actor |
3-Feb-1950 |
|
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |
Peggy Ann Garner |
Actor |
3-Feb-1932 |
16-Oct-1984 |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil |
Head of State |
3-Feb-1830 |
22-Aug-1903 |
UK Prime Minister three times |
Guy M. Gillette |
Politician |
3-Feb-1879 |
3-Mar-1973 |
US Senator from Iowa, 1949-55 |
Retief Goosen |
Golf |
3-Feb-1969 |
|
Winner US Open, 2001 and 2004 |
Keith Gordon |
Actor |
3-Feb-1961 |
|
Christine |
Tom Graves |
Politician |
3-Feb-1970 |
|
Congressman, Georgia 9th |
Horace Greeley |
Author |
3-Feb-1811 |
29-Nov-1872 |
The Tribune |
Michele Greene |
Actor |
3-Feb-1962 |
|
Abby Perkins on LA Law |
Bob Griese |
Football |
3-Feb-1945 |
|
Dolphins QB #12 |
John W. Hanes |
Business |
3-Feb-1850 |
22-Sep-1903 |
Hosiery magnate |
Bridget Hanley |
Actor |
3-Feb-1941 |
|
Candy Pruitt on Here Come the Brides |
Tim Heidecker |
Comic |
3-Feb-1976 |
|
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! |
Henry Heimlich |
Doctor |
3-Feb-1920 |
|
Heimlich maneuver |
Louis Henyey |
Astronomer |
3-Feb-1910 |
18-Feb-1970 |
Henyey method |
Douglas Holtz-Eakin |
Economist |
3-Feb-1958 |
|
McCain chief economic advisor |
Hamilton James |
Business |
3-Feb-1951 |
|
President of Blackstone Group |
Albert Sidney Johnston |
Military |
3-Feb-1803 |
6-Apr-1862 |
Confederate General felled at Shiloh |
Joseph Eggleston Johnston |
Military |
3-Feb-1807 |
21-Mar-1891 |
Confederate General, surrendered to Sherman |
Gaston Julia |
Mathematician |
3-Feb-1893 |
19-Mar-1978 |
Creator of the Julia Sets |
Arthur Kane |
Bassist |
3-Feb-1949 |
13-Jul-2004 |
Former New York Dolls bassist |
Joette Katz |
Judge |
3-Feb-1953 |
|
Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court |
Sean Kingston |
Rapper |
3-Feb-1990 |
|
Beautiful Girls |
Kathleen Kinmont |
Actor |
3-Feb-1965 |
|
Gangland |
Nathan Lane |
Actor |
3-Feb-1956 |
|
The Producers |
Sidney Lanier |
Poet |
3-Feb-1842 |
7-Sep-1881 |
Important Southern lyrical poet |
Arthur Levitt |
Business |
3-Feb-1931 |
|
SEC Chairman, 1993-2001 |
Fred Lynn |
Baseball |
3-Feb-1952 |
|
American League MVP 1975 |
Greg Mankiw |
Economist |
3-Feb-1958 |
|
George W Bush economist |
Gideon Mantell |
Geologist |
3-Feb-1790 |
10-Nov-1852 |
English paleontologist and geologist |
Megan McCafferty |
Novelist |
3-Feb-1973 |
|
Juvenile novelist, Sloppy Firsts |
Stephen McHattie |
Actor |
3-Feb-1947 |
|
Cold Squad |
James C. McReynolds |
Judge |
3-Feb-1862 |
24-Aug-1946 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1914-41 |
Thomas Mellon |
Business |
3-Feb-1813 |
3-Feb-1908 |
Patriarch of the Mellon dynasty |
Felix Mendelssohn |
Composer |
3-Feb-1809 |
4-Nov-1847 |
Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Paul R. Michel |
Judge |
3-Feb-1941 |
|
US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit |
James A. Michener |
Novelist |
3-Feb-1907 |
16-Oct-1997 |
South Pacific |
Clarence E. Mulford |
Novelist |
3-Feb-1883 |
10-May-1956 |
Hopalong Cassidy |
Don Ohlmeyer |
Business |
3-Feb-1945 |
|
President of NBC West Coast |
Lynn Patrick |
Hockey |
3-Feb-1912 |
26-Jan-1980 |
Bruins, St. Louis Blues GM |
Adrian R'Mante |
Actor |
3-Feb-1978 |
|
Esteban on The Suite Life |
Lee Ranaldo |
Guitarist |
3-Feb-1956 |
|
Sonic Youth |
Norman Rockwell |
Painter |
3-Feb-1894 |
8-Nov-1978 |
Saturday Evening Post artist |
J. Roy Rowland |
Politician |
3-Feb-1926 |
|
Congressman from Georgia, 1983-95 |
Melanie Safka |
Singer/Songwriter |
3-Feb-1947 |
|
Brand New Key |
Ryne Sanborn |
Actor |
3-Feb-1989 |
|
High School Musical |
Paul Sarbanes |
Politician |
3-Feb-1933 |
|
US Senator from Maryland, 1977-2007 |
Nahum Sokolow |
Activist |
3-Feb-1859 |
17-May-1936 |
World Zionist Organization |
Steven Stapleton |
Musician |
3-Feb-1957 |
|
Nurse With Wound |
Gertrude Stein |
Author |
3-Feb-1874 |
27-Jul-1946 |
Avant-garde writer, salon |
Antonio José de Sucre |
Military |
3-Feb-1795 |
4-Jun-1830 |
South American revolutionary |
Fran Tarkenton |
Football |
3-Feb-1940 |
|
That's Incredible! |
E. P. Thompson |
Historian |
3-Feb-1924 |
28-Aug-1993 |
The Making of the English Working Class |
Maura Tierney |
Actor |
3-Feb-1965 |
|
Abby from ER |
Robert W. Upton |
Politician |
3-Feb-1884 |
28-Apr-1972 |
US Senator from New Hampshire, 1953-54 |
Frankie Vaughan |
Singer |
3-Feb-1928 |
18-Sep-1999 |
Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl |
William C. Warren |
Educator |
3-Feb-1909 |
11-Sep-2000 |
Dean of Columbia Law School, 1952-70 |
Johnny "Guitar" Watson |
Guitarist |
3-Feb-1935 |
17-May-1996 |
Gangster of Love |
Simone Weil |
Philosopher |
3-Feb-1909 |
24-Aug-1943 |
The Iliad, or the Poem of Force |
Daddy Yankee |
Singer |
3-Feb-1976 |
|
Reggaeton singer, Gasolina |
Richard Yates |
Novelist |
3-Feb-1926 |
7-Nov-1992 |
Revolutionary Road |