LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Sergei Averintsev	Author	10-Dec-1937	21-Feb-2004	Myth of the Peoples of the World
Frederick G. Banting	Scientist	14-Nov-1891	21-Feb-1941	Discovered insulin
A. L. Barker	Novelist	13-Apr-1918	21-Feb-2002	Innocents
George Bascom	Military	c. 1837	21-Feb-1862	Launched Cochise on the warpath
Jacques Becker	Film Director	15-Sep-1906	21-Feb-1960	Le Trou
Pope Benedict XIII	Religion	2-Feb-1649	21-Feb-1730	Roman Catholic Pope, 1724-30
Hieronymus Bock	Botanist	1498	21-Feb-1554	Arranged and ordered plants systematically
Ina Claire	Actor	15-Oct-1893	21-Feb-1985	Ninotchka
Oscar Collazo	Assassin	20-Feb-1914	21-Feb-1994	Attempted assassin of Truman
John S. Cooper	Politician	23-Aug-1901	21-Feb-1991	US Senator from Kentucky
George Henry Corliss	Inventor	2-Jun-1817	21-Feb-1888	Corliss valve and steam engines
Gertrude B. Elion	Scientist	23-Jan-1918	21-Feb-1999	Developed medicines for leukemia, herpes, AIDS
Bernard Fall	Journalist	19-Nov-1926	21-Feb-1967	Scholar of the Vietnam conflict
Howard Florey	Scientist	24-Sep-1898	21-Feb-1968	Isolated penicillin
Margot Fonteyn	Dancer	18-May-1919	21-Feb-1991	Exceptional British ballerina
Nikolai Gogol	Author	19-Mar-1809	21-Feb-1852	Dead Souls, The Overcoat
George Ellery Hale	Astronomer	29-Jun-1868	21-Feb-1938	Palomar Observatory founder, astronomer
Louis Hayward	Actor	19-Mar-1909	21-Feb-1985	The Man in the Iron Mask
Harriet Goodhue Hosmer	Sculptor	9-Oct-1830	21-Feb-1908	19th c. American sculptor in Rome
William K. Howard	Film Director	16-Jun-1899	21-Feb-1954	Fire Over England
Guillermo Cabrera Infante	Novelist	22-Apr-1929	21-Feb-2005	Tres Tristes Tigres
Pope Julius II	Religion	5-Dec-1443	21-Feb-1513	Roman Catholic Pope, 1503-13
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes	Physicist	21-Sep-1853	21-Feb-1926	Liquefied helium and discovered superconductivity
Harvey Kurtzman	Cartoonist	3-Oct-1924	21-Feb-1993	Founding editor, Mad magazine
Mary Lasker	Activist	30-Nov-1900	21-Feb-1994	Health care advocate
Malcolm X	Activist	19-May-1925	21-Feb-1965	Nation of Islam
James H. McGraw	Publisher	17-Dec-1860	21-Feb-1948	Co-Founder of the McGraw-Hill Companies
Robin Moore	Author	31-Oct-1925	21-Feb-2008	The Green Berets
Daniel Pearl	Journalist	10-Oct-1963	21-Feb-2002	Murdered Wall Street Journal reporter
Russell W. Peterson	Politician	3-Oct-1916	21-Feb-2011	Governor of Delaware, 1969-73
Gershom Scholem	Historian	5-Dec-1897	21-Feb-1982	Revolutionized the study of Kabbalah
Dr. Gene Scott	Religion	14-Aug-1929	21-Feb-2005	Eccentric televangelist
Mikhail Sholokhov	Author	24-May-1905	21-Feb-1984	The Silent Don
Robert Southwell	Religion	c. 1561	21-Feb-1595	Catholic martyr, hanged at Tyburn
Baruch de Spinoza	Philosopher	24-Nov-1632	21-Feb-1677	Rationalist, lensmaker
John Thaw	Actor	3-Jan-1942	21-Feb-2002	Inspector Morse
Jethro Tull	Agriculturalist	1674	21-Feb-1741	The Horse-hoeing Husbandry
Ernest Vandiver	Politician	3-Jul-1918	21-Feb-2005	Governor of Georgia, 1959-63
Mary Edwards Walker	Doctor	26-Nov-1832	21-Feb-1919	First female US Army surgeon
James Wieghart	Journalist	16-Aug-1933	21-Feb-2010	Editor, NY Daily News, 1982-84
Bertram D. Wolfe	Historian	19-Jan-1896	21-Feb-1977	Three Who Made a Revolution

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