Tuesday, February 09, 2010



      1830 - Abdul Aziz  (Istanbul Ottoman, 32nd sultan of Turkey, 1861-76)
    1607 - Abraham Megerle  (composer)
    1735 - Adriaan Kluit  (Dutch historian)
    1885 - Alban Berg  (Austrian Composer)
    1885 - Alban Maria Johannes Berg  (Vienna Austria, a Lulu of a composer!)
    1854 - Aletta [Henriette] Jacobs  (1st Dutch female physician)
    1958 - Alexander W. B. Lyle  (Shrewsbury England, PGA golfer, 1988 Phoenix Open)
    1441 - Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani]  (Turkish poet and author, Mahbub al-kulub)
    1944 - Alice Walker  (U.S., novelist, Color Purple, Meridian)
    1876 - Alois Walgrave  (Flemish writer/pastor, Silent hours)
    1966 - Amanda Roocroft  (opera singer)
    1973 - Amber Valletta  (born in Phoenix, Arizona, model, Face, House of Style, Bazaar)
    1744 - Amos Bull  (composer)
    1874 - Amy Lowell  (U.S. poet and critic, Patterns, Sword Blades and Poppy Seed)
    1953 - Andre Sevard  (NHLer)
    1950 - Andrew N Meltzoff  (developmental psychologist)
    1946 - Annette Penhaligon  ()
    1863 - Anthony Hope  (British Writer)
    1953 - Antonius GM 'Toon' Agterberg  (Dutch actor, Hunk)
    1907 - Aubrey 'Dit' Clapper  (NHL hall of famer, Boston Bruins)
    1921 - B M Ducat-Amos  (Air Commandant/director, RAF Nursing Service)
    1943 - Barbara Lewis  (U.S. vocalist, Hello Stranger)
    1892 - Barend ter Haar  (Dutch lawyer, Indonesian adat justice)
    1939 - Barry Mann  (R&B singer, Who Put the Bomp in the Bomp Bomp Bomp)
    1949 - Bernard Gallacher  (British golfer)
    1929 - Bill Barrett  (Rep-R-Nebraska)
    1945 - Bill Bergey  (NFLer)
    1914 - Bill 'Rhymes with Wreck' Veeck  (baseball club owner)
    1902 - Blanche Calloway  (U.S. vocalist/dancer, 12 Clouds of Joy)
    1963 - Bonnie Levin  (Miami Beach, Florida, WPVA volleyballer)
    1974 - Brad Maynard  (punter for the New York Giants)
    1923 - Brendan Behan  (born in Dublin, Ireland, author and poet, Hostage)
    1940 - Brian Bennett  (London, rock drummer, Shadows)
    1901 - Brian Donlevy  (Ireland, actor, Barbary Coast, Glass Key, Wake Island)
    1963 - Brian Greene  (American Physicist)
    1937 - Brian Wenham  (media consultant/journalist)
    1879 - Carl Natanael Berg  (composer)
    1909 - Carmen Miranda  (born in Brazil, vocalist/actress, Copacabana, Date With Judy)
    1942 - Carole King  ([Klein], born in Brooklyn, New York, pianist/singer, Tapestry)
    1897 - Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith  (pioneer Australian aviator)
    1921 - Charles Montgomery Monteith  (publisher)
    1955 - Charles Shaughnessy  (London, actor, Shane-Days of our Lives, Nanny)
    1822 - Charles T Stork  (Dutch industrialist)
    1942 - Charlie Morrow  (composer)
    1902 - Chester H Lauck  (Allene AR, actor, Dreaming Out Loud, 2 Weeks to Live)
    1936 - Clive Swift  (Liverpool, actor, Frenzy, Passage to India)
    1933 - Countess of Airlie  ()
    1771 - Daniel Belknap  (composer)
    1700 - Daniel Bernoulli  (Dutch Mathematician)
    1952 - Danny White  (quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys)
    1965 - David Brandon  (NFL linebacker, Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Falcons)
    1909 - David Dean Rusk  (American Politician)
    1909 - Dean Rusk  (U.S. Secretary of State, 1961-69)
    1951 - Dennis 'Dee Tee' Thomas  (saxophonist, Kool and Gang-Celebration)
    1968 - Derek Strong  (NBA forward, Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic)
    1962 - Diego Perez  (Spain, tennis star)
    1927 - Donald Miller  (CEO, Scottish Power)
    1854 - Edward Carson  (1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader, Irish Unionist Party)
    1867 - Edward Naylor  (composer)
    1708 - Egidio Romoaldo Duni  (composer, opera-comique)
    1930 - Emil Petrovics  (composer)
    1865 - Erich von Drygalski  (Germany, geographer/glaciologist/Antarctic expl)
    1914 - Ernest Tubb  (born in Texas, guitarist/singer, I'm Walking the Floor over You)
    1911 - Eustace Wenworth Roskill  (law lord)
    1775 - Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai  (Hungary, mathematician, parallel axiom)
    1834 - Felix Dahn  (writer)
    1871 - Franc S Finzgar  (Slovenian clergyman/writer, Our Blood)
    1808 - Francesco Gomez da Rocha  (composer)
    1602 - Franciscus van de Enden  (Flemish jesuit/free thinker/tutor of Spinoza)
    1928 - Frank Frazetta  (American Artist)
    1772 - Frans Mikael Franzen  (Finnish-Swedish poet, Abo)
    1834 - Franz Xaver Witt  (composer)
    1884 - Frederik Gerretson  ([Geerten Gossaert], Dutch poet/politician)
    1926 - Garret FitzGerald  (Prime Minister of Ireland)
    1953 - Gary Franks  (Rep-R-Connecticut)
    1903 - Georg Trexler  (composer)
    1866 - George Ade  (U.S., journalist/playwright/humorist, Fables in Slang)
    1924 - George Guest  (British organist)
    1578 - Giambattista Andreini  (Italian playwright/actor, L'adamo)
    1970 - Glenn McGrath  (cricketer, NSW and Australian fast bowler 1993-)
    1971 - Gonzalo Floyd  (CFL defensive end for the Hamilton Tiger Cats)
    1957 - Gordon Strachan  (soccer player)
    1970 - Grant Moorhead  (New Plymouth NZ, Australasia golfer)
    1906 - Gwen Catley  (British soprano)
    1914 - Gypsy Rose Lee  (born in Seattle, Washington stripper, or 0109 or 0208)
    1909 - Harald Genzmer  (composer)
    1909 - Heather Angel  (Oxford England, actress, Informer, Last of Mohicans)
    1741 - Henri-Joseph Rigel  (composer)
    1887 - Henry Zimmerman  (baseball player, 1912-batted .372 with 14 HRs)
    1871 - Howard T Ricketts  (U.S. pathologist, studied typhus fever)
    1912 - Hubert William Dean  (air armaments specialist)
    1908 - Jackie Fields  (U.S., featherweight boxer 1924 Olympics gold)
    1890 - Jacobus J P Oud  (Dutch architect/co-founder, Stijl)
    1879 - Jacques Bainville  (French historian/essayist/journalist)
    1910 - Jacques Lucien Monod  (French Scientist)
    1910 - Jacques Monod  (French biochemist)
    1922 - James C 'Jim' Laker  (Bradford England, cricket off spinner)
    1943 - James King  (born in New Orleans, Louisiana, basketball player, 1968 Olympics gold)
    1929 - James Mulcro Drew  (composer)
    1966 - James 'Rachel' Bolan  (Pt Pleasant, New Jersey, rocker, Skid Row-Psycho Love)
    1949 - Janet Issaca Ashford  (writer)
    1939 - Janet Suzman  (South Africa, actress, Dry White Season, Nuns on the Run)
    1972 - Jason George  (actor, Michael Bourre-Sunset Beach)
    1971 - Jason Mathews  (NFL tackle for the Indianapolis Colts)
    1951 - Jay Inslee  (Rep-D-Washington)
    1969 - Jeff Pahukoa  (NFL guard and tackle for the Atlanta Falcons)
    1971 - Jim Miller  (NFL quarterback, Pittsburgh Steelers, Atl Falcons, Jaguars)
    1969 - Jimmy Smith  (NFL wide receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars)
    1955 - Jm J Bullock  (Casper Wyoming, actor, Monroe-Too Close for Comfort)
    1933 - Jo Ann Prentice  (LPGA golfer)
    1947 - Joe Ely  (Amarillo, Texas, country vocalist, Honky Tonk Masquerade)
    1943 - Joe Pesci  (Newark, New Jersey, actor, Half Nelson, Goodfellas)
    1857 - Johannes T de Visser  (theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education)
    1934 - John A. Ziegler  (Jr., Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 4th NHL President, 1977-92)
    1826 - John Alexander Logan  (Major General Union volunteers, died in 1886)
    1909 - John Eustace Theodore Brancker  (lawyer/parliamentarian)
    1961 - John Kruk  (U.S. baseball 1st baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies)
    1579 - John Meursius  ([van Meurs], Dutch historian)
    1981 - John Walker Lindh  (American Criminal)
    1974 - John Wallace  (NBA forward for the Toronto Raptors)
    1937 - Johnny Sayles  (U.S. vocalist, You Made Me Wiggle)
    1943 - Jonny Nilsson  (Sweden, 10K speed skater 1964 Olympic gold)
    1943 - Joseph E. Stiglitz  (American Economist)
    1949 - Judith Light  (Trenton, New Jersey, Angela-Who's the Boss, 1 Life to Live)
    1933 - Justice Johnson  ()
    1756 - Karel Blazej Kopriva  (composer)
    1967 - Kate Golden  (Beaumont Texas, LPGA golfer, 1992 Ping/Welch-5th)
    1923 - Kathryn Grayson  (born in North Carolina, vocalist/actress, Anchors Aweigh, Kiss Me Kate)
    1971 - Ken Felder  (U.S. baseball outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers)
    1853 - Leander Starr Jameson  (PM of South African Cape colony)
    1929 - Lennox Butler  (cricketer, 1 Test WI vs. Aust 1955, 16 and 2-151)
    1965 - Lennox Lewis  (born in London, England, Super HW boxer 1988 Olympics gold)
    1913 - Leo van der Kar  (masseur/businessman/founder, Sports funds)
    1950 - Lloyd Weldon Keasor  (Pumphrey, Maryland, wrestler 1976 Olympics silver)
    1933 - Lord Williams of Elvel  ()
    1748 - Luther Martin  (American Politician)
    1946 - M J H Sterling  (Vice-Chancellor, Brunel University)
    1963 - Madusa Miceli  ([Debra Ann], Milan Italy, wrestler, WCW)
    1947 - Major Harris  (U.S. R&B-singer, Love won't Let me wait)
    1968 - Marcus Meloan  (Agana Guam, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 U.S. Amat Champ)
    1962 - Martin D Lascelles  (grandson of English princess Mary)
    1876 - Martin Stixrud  (Norway, figure skater, Olympic-bronze-1920)
    1914 - Max Manus  (resistance fighter)
    1979 - Mena Suvari  (American Actress)
    1945 - Mia Farrow  (American Actress)
    1963 - Mike Rindel  (cricketer, N Transvaal opening bat ODI ton vs. Pak 1995)
    1942 - Milos Stedron  (composer)
    1957 - Mohammed Valli Moosa  (South African leader, UDF)
    1865 - Mrs [Beatrice] Patrick Campbell  (England, actress, Pygmalion)
    1867 - Natsume Soseki [Natsume Kinnosuke]  (Japanese author, Kokoro)
    1972 - Norbert Rosza  (Hungarian swimmer, 100m freestyle record)
    1927 - Norman Adams  (painter/ceramic sculptor)
    1923 - Norman E. Shumway  (born in Michigan, pioneer cardiac transplant surgeon)
    1974 - Orlando Bobo  (guard for the Minnesota Vikings)
    1971 - Pat O'Neill  (NFL punter/place kicker for the New England Patriots)
    1968 - Paul Claxton  (Vidalia Georgia, Nike golfer, NIKE Central Georgia Open-38th)
    1935 - Paul Flynn  (MP)
    1942 - Peder Lunde  (Jr., Norway, yachtsman 1960 Olympics gold)
    1960 - Peggy A. Whitson  (Mt Ayr Iowa, PhD/astronaut)
    1892 - Peggy Wood  (born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, One Life to Live, Mama)
    1951 - Penny Peyser  (Irvington, New York, actress, Rich Man Poor Man, Knots Landing)
    1969 - Peta Edebone  (Australian softball outfielder 1996 Olympics bronze)
    1956 - Philip Jackson Ford  (Jr., North Carolina, basketball player 1976 Olympics gold)
    1891 - Pietro Nenni  (Italy, socialist/minister of foreign affairs, 1946-47)
    1964 - Rachel Bolan  (rocker, Skid Row)
    1914 - Ralph Herman  (born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, orch leader, Circus Time)
    1953 - Rick Wagoner  (American Businessman)
    1931 - Robert Morris  (sculptor)
    1928 - Roger Mudd  (Washington D.C., news ancher, CBS Weekend News, NBC Evening News)
    1891 - Ronald Colman  (England, 1947 Acad Award actor, Tale of 2 Cities)
    1943 - Ryland Davies  (tenor)
    1814 - Samuel Jones Tilden  (philanthropist for New York Public Library)
    1958 - Sandy Lyle  (British golfer)
    1971 - Sharon Case  (Det, Michigan, actress, Sharon Collins-Young and Restless)
    1941 - Sheila James Kuehl  (politician/actress, Zelda-Dobie Gillis)
    1875 - Sidney Hugo Nicholson  (composer)
    1940 - Smokey Robinson  (rocker, & Miracles-Tears of Clown)
    1943 - Squire Fridell  (born in Oakland California, actor, Rosetti and Ryan)
    1967 - Stevon Moore  (NFL safety, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens)
    1950 - Terry Hawkins  (theatre administrator)
    1969 - Thomas Brandl  (Bad Tolz GER, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998)
    1882 - Thomas Campbell  (South African cricket wicketkeeper, 5 Tests 1909-12)
    1969 - Todd Lyght  (U.S. football quarterback for the St. Louis Rams)
    1967 - Todd Pratt  (U.S. baseball catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies)
    1963 - Travis Tritt  (Marietta, Georgia, country vocalist, Country Club)
    1954 - Ulrich Walter  (German FR, cosmonaut)
    1783 - Vasili A. Zjukovski  (Russian folk poet/translator, Homer)
    1925 - Vic Wertz  (baseball player)
    1887 - Vital Celen  (Flemish writer, Puppy Love)
    1874 - Vsevolod Meyerhold  (Russian theatrical director/actor, Houligan)
    1780 - Walenty Karol Kratzer  (composer)
    1846 - Wilhelm Maybach  (German engineer, designer of 1st Mercedes)
    1929 - Willem Kersters  (Flemish composer, Parwati, Gospel Song)
    1773 - William Henry Harrison  (Virginia, Whigs, 9th President, March 4-April 4, 1841)
    1931 - Xavier Benguerel  (composer)
    1979 - Zhang Ziyi  (Chinese Actress)
    1979 - Ziyi Zhang  (Chinese Actress)