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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John Adams
Composer
15-Feb-1947   Nixon in China
John Anderson
Politician
15-Feb-1922   Independent candidate for President, 1980
Ken Anderson
Football
15-Feb-1949   Former Cincinnati Bengals QB
Susan B. Anthony
Activist
15-Feb-1820 13-Mar-1906 Women's rights advocate
Allan Arbus
Actor
15-Feb-1918   Dr. Sidney on M*A*S*H
Harold Arlen
Songwriter
15-Feb-1905 23-Apr-1986 Wrote score to Wizard of Oz
Georges Auric
Composer
15-Feb-1899 24-Jul-1983 Theme for Moulin Rouge
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
Military
15-Feb-1519 17-Sep-1574 Founder of St. Augustine, Florida
Mick Avory
Drummer
15-Feb-1944   Former drummer, The Kinks
Frank Ballance
Politician
15-Feb-1942   Congressman from North Carolina, 2003-04
Ian Ballantine
Publisher
15-Feb-1916 9-Mar-1995 Paperback magnate
Nathaniel Bar-Jonah
Criminal
15-Feb-1957 13-Apr-2008 Cannibal child killer, sentenced to 130 years
John Barrymore
Actor
15-Feb-1882 29-May-1942 Romeo and Juliet
Jeremy Bentham
Philosopher
15-Feb-1748 6-Jun-1832 Proponent of Utilitarianism
Marisa Berenson
Actor
15-Feb-1947   Barry Lyndon
Earl Blaik
Football
15-Feb-1897 6-May-1989 Head Coach at Army, 1941-58
Richard Bloch
Business
15-Feb-1926 21-Jul-2004 H&R Block, cancer activist
Claire Bloom
Actor
15-Feb-1931   Crimes and Misdemeanors
Hale Boggs
Politician
15-Feb-1914 16-Oct-1972 Congressman from Louisiana, 1941-72
Scott C. Bone
Politician
15-Feb-1860 27-Jan-1936 Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1921-25
Yelena Bonner
Activist
15-Feb-1923 18-Jun-2011 Activist-wife of Andrei Sakharov
Alex Borstein
Comic
15-Feb-1971   Ms. Swan on MADtv
Brandon Boyd
Musician
15-Feb-1976   Incubus frontman
Susan Brownmiller
Activist
15-Feb-1935   Feminist, Against Our Will
Louis B. Butler, Jr.
Judge
15-Feb-1952   Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court
Ali Campbell
Singer
15-Feb-1959   Lead singer, UB40
Russell H. Conwell
Educator
15-Feb-1843 6-Dec-1925 Founder, Temple University
George A. Cowan
Physicist
15-Feb-1920 20-Apr-2012 Founder, Santa Fe Institute
Mary Jane Croft
Actor
15-Feb-1916 24-Aug-1999 Mary Jane on The Lucy Show
Charles-François Daubigny
Painter
15-Feb-1817 19-Feb-1878 French painter of landscapes, ducks
Horace Dediu
Pundit
15-Feb-1968   Tech industry analyst
Janice Dickinson
Model
15-Feb-1955   1970s supermodel
Nelson Dingley, Jr.
Politician
15-Feb-1832 13-Jan-1899 Congressman from Maine, 1881-99
Walter Donaldson
Songwriter
15-Feb-1893 15-Jul-1947 Yes, Sir, That's My Baby
Paul Ekman
Psychologist
15-Feb-1934   Facial Action Coding System
Michael B. Elefante
Attorney
15-Feb-1944   Partner, Hemenway & Barnes
Hans von Euler-Chelpin
Chemist
15-Feb-1873 7-Nov-1964 Enzymes of sugar fermentation
Terry Everett
Politician
15-Feb-1937   Congressman, Alabama 2nd
Thomas E. Everhart
Physicist
15-Feb-1932   President of CalTech, 1987-97
Shepard Fairey
Artist
15-Feb-1970   Andre the Giant Has A Posse
Chris Farley
Comic
15-Feb-1964 17-Dec-1997 Saturday Night Live
James V. Forrestal
Government
15-Feb-1892 22-May-1949 US Secretary of Defense, 1947-49
Galileo Galilei
Astronomer
15-Feb-1564 8-Jan-1642 Copernican observational astronomer
Joseph R. Gannascoli
Actor
15-Feb-1959   Vito on The Sopranos
Miep Gies
Activist
15-Feb-1909 11-Jan-2010 Sheltered the family of Anne Frank
Sidney Gilliat
Film Director
15-Feb-1908 31-May-1994 Green for Danger
Bruce S. Gordon
Business
15-Feb-1946   President of the NAACP, 2005-07
Darrell Green
Football
15-Feb-1960   Washington Redskins, Hall of Famer
Matt Groening
Cartoonist
15-Feb-1954   Creator of The Simpsons
Charles Édouard Guillaume
Physicist
15-Feb-1861 13-Jun-1938 Invented alloys Invar and Elinvar
Rusty Hamer
Actor
15-Feb-1947 18-Jan-1990 Make Room for Daddy
Rudolph Hargrave
Judge
15-Feb-1925   Justice, Oklahoma Supreme Court
Joseph Hergesheimer
Novelist
15-Feb-1880 25-Apr-1954 Tol'Able David
Douglas Hofstadter
Author
15-Feb-1945   Godel, Escher, Bach
Sherry Jackson
Actor
15-Feb-1942   Make Room for Daddy
Jaromir Jagr
Hockey
15-Feb-1972   Dallas Stars
Matthew Josephson
Historian
15-Feb-1899 13-Mar-1978 The Robber Barons
Herman Kahn
Scholar
15-Feb-1922 7-Jul-1983 Hudson Institute founder
Roland Kibbee
Screenwriter
15-Feb-1914 5-Aug-1984 A Night in Casablanca
Foy D. Kohler
Diplomat
15-Feb-1908 23-Dec-1990 US Ambassador to USSR, 1962-66
Harvey Korman
Comic
15-Feb-1927 29-May-2008 The Carol Burnett Show
Emil Kraepelin
Psychiatrist
15-Feb-1856 7-Oct-1926 Manic depression and schizophrenia
Stephen Krasner
Educator
15-Feb-1942   State Dept Policy Planning Dir., 2005-07
Jean Langlais
Composer
15-Feb-1907 8-May-1991 Organist and composer
Robert Ley
Military
15-Feb-1890 25-Oct-1945 Nazi union buster, slave master
Louis XV
Royalty
15-Feb-1710 10-May-1774 King of France, 1715-74
Melissa Manchester
Singer/Songwriter
15-Feb-1951   Adult contemporary songwriter
Joshua Micah Marshall
Pundit
15-Feb-1969   Talking Points Memo
Kevin McCarthy
Actor
15-Feb-1914 11-Sep-2010 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Cyrus McCormick
Inventor
15-Feb-1809 13-May-1884 Invented grain harvester
Christopher McDonald
Actor
15-Feb-1955   Happy Gilmore
Philipp Melanchthon
Religion
15-Feb-1497 19-Apr-1560 Confession of Augsburg
Cathy E. Minehan
Business
15-Feb-1947   President of the Boston Fed, 1994-2007
S. Weir Mitchell
Novelist
15-Feb-1829 4-Jan-1914 The Case of George Dedlow
Sara Jane Moore
Assassin
15-Feb-1930   Tried to kill President Ford
John W. Nordstrom
Business
15-Feb-1871 1-Oct-1963 Founder of Nordstrom
Renée O'Connor
Actor
15-Feb-1971   Gabrielle on Xena: Warrior Princess
Conor Oberst
Singer/Songwriter
15-Feb-1980   Emo cloud responsible for Bright Eyes
Endicott Peabody
Politician
15-Feb-1920 1-Dec-1997 Governor of Massachusetts, 1963-65
Charles Willson Peale
Painter
15-Feb-1741 22-Feb-1827 Early American portrait painter
Francis A. Pratt
Business
15-Feb-1827 10-Feb-1902 Co-Founder of Pratt & Whitney
Louis Renault
Engineer
15-Feb-1877 24-Oct-1944 Founder of Renault
Robert K. Ressler
Author
15-Feb-1937   Whoever Fights Monsters
Cesar Romero
Actor
15-Feb-1907 1-Jan-1994 The Joker on Batman
Elihu Root
Government
15-Feb-1845 7-Feb-1937 Senator, Secretary of War, State
Robert E. Rossiter
Business
15-Feb-1946   CEO of Lear
Adolfo Sardina
Fashion Designer
15-Feb-1933   Designer favored by Nancy Reagan
Wallace Sargent
Astronomer
15-Feb-1935   Astrophysicist at CalTech
James R. Schlesinger
Government
15-Feb-1929   Served Nixon, Ford, Carter
Jane Seymour
Actor
15-Feb-1951   Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Ernest Shackleton
Explorer
15-Feb-1874 5-Jan-1922 Antarctic explorer
Sigismund
Royalty
15-Feb-1368 9-Dec-1437 Holy Roman Emperor, 1433-37
Brendon Small
Comic
15-Feb-1975   Home Movies, Metalocalypse
Gale Sondergaard
Actor
15-Feb-1899 14-Aug-1985 Anthony Adverse
Art Spiegelman
Cartoonist
15-Feb-1948   Maus
John Augustus Sutter
Explorer
15-Feb-1803 18-Jun-1880 California gold rush
Henry Threadgill
Jazz Musician
15-Feb-1944   Jazz saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist
Charles Lewis Tiffany
Business
15-Feb-1812 18-Feb-1902 Founder of Tiffany & Co.
Totò
Actor
15-Feb-1898 15-Apr-1967 The Hawks and the Sparrows
Gloria Trevi
Musician
15-Feb-1968   Mexican Madonna
Amy Van Dyken
Swimmer
15-Feb-1973   Winner of 6 Olympic gold medals
Jerome R. Waldie
Politician
15-Feb-1925 3-Apr-2009 Congressman from California, 1966-75
Alfred North Whitehead
Mathematician
15-Feb-1861 30-Dec-1947 Metaphysical mathematician
Niklaus Wirth
Computer Programmer
15-Feb-1934   Inventor of Pascal, Modula-2
Leonard Woodcock
Labor Leader
15-Feb-1911 16-Jan-2001 5th UAW President, 1970-77
Meg Wyllie
Actor
15-Feb-1917 1-Jan-2002 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
Sarah Wynter
Actor
15-Feb-1973   Kate Warner on 24


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