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Notable Birthdays on February 23
Paul II - 1417 [Pietro Barbo], Italy, Pope (1464-71)
Pope Paul II - 1417
Jean-Baptiste Morin - 1583 French scientist
Jacob Colijn(s) - 1614 Dutch coat of arms painter
Cornelis Galle II - 1615 Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised
Samuel Pepys - 1633 London England, navy expert/composer (Diary, Memoirs)
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi - 1646 Japanese shogun
Arabella Churchill - 1648 English mistress of James II of England
John Blow - 1649 composer of 1st English opera (Venus " Adonis) (baptized)
George Friedrich Handel - 1685 Halle Germany, organist/composer (Messiah)
Wilhelmus Schortinghuis - 1700 Dutch theologist (Profound Christianity)
Richard Price - 1723 Welsh philosopher
Josiah Hornblower - 1729 American statesman
Christian Joseph Lidarti - 1730 composer
Mayer Amschel Rothschild - 1734 Frankfurt, founder (House of Rothschild)
John Walter II - 1776 London, chief proprietor (The Times, 1812-47)
Emma Willard - 1787 US, opens school for young ladies (Hall of Fame)
Istvan Ferenczi - 1792 Hungarian sculptor
George Washington Hewitt - 1811 composer
George Watts - 1817 London, painter
Jeremy F Gilmer - 1818 Maj Gen/Chief Engineer Confederate War Dept
Herman N van der Tuuk - 1824 Dutch philologist (Tobasch' Grammar)
Lewis Cass Hunt - 1824 Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
Hendrik W Mesdag - 1831 Dutch painter (Panorama Mesdag)
Gustav Hermann Nachtigal - 1834 German physician/colonizer/consul in Tunis
Gilbert Moxley Sorrel - 1838 Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
Carl Menger - 1840 Austrian economist
Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann - 1842 German philosopher
Thomas Paine Westendorf - 1848 composer
César Ritz - 1850 Swiss hotelier
Franz von Stuck - 1863 German painter (Der Krieg)
Barney Dreyfuss - 1865 baseball owner (Pitts Pirates)
W E B DuBois - 1868 famous African black civil rights activist and leader
William E B Du Bois - 1868 Mass, civil rights writer (Souls of Black Folk)
Nadezhda Konstantinova Krupskaya - 1869 Russian revolutionary (Soc-Dem)
Dmitri Arakishvili - 1873 composer
Liang Qichao - 1873 Chinese scholar
Konstantin Päts - 1874 Estonian PM (1921-23, 1932-33), dictator (1933-40)
Jozef E Stokvis - 1875 journalist/Dutch MP (SDAP)
Agnes M Royden - 1876 writer
Wadi' Sabra - 1876 composer
Kazimir Malevich - 1878 Ukrainian painter and art theorist
Agnes Arber - 1879 English biologist/philosopher (Mind " the Eye)
Norman Lindsay - 1879 Creswick Victoria, artist/novelist
Edgar Istel - 1880 composer
Titus [Anno S] Brandsma - 1881 Dutch philosopher
Ladislav Vycpalek - 1882 composer
Karl Jaspers - 1883 Oldenburg Germany, existentialist philosopher
Victor Fleming - 1883 Pasadena Cal, director (Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind)
Frank Cellier - 1884 Surbiton England, actor (Quiet Wedding, Big Blockade)
Herman Courtens - 1884 Belgian painter
Albert Edward Sammons - 1886 composer
Ventura Garcia Calderon - 1886 Peruvian diplomat/author
Oskar Frederik Lindberg - 1887 composer
Cyril Delevanti - 1889 England, actor (Lucius-Jefferson Davis, Black Eye)
Frederik M baron of Asbeck - 1889 Dutch lawyer (League of Nations)
Musidora - 1889 French actress and director
Harold Horder - 1891 Australian Rugby League player
Kathleen Harrison - 1892 actress (Fast Lady, Big Money, West 11)
Richard Goolden - 1895 London England, actor (School for Husbands)
Reinhard Herbig - 1898 German archaeologist
Erich Kästner - 1899 German writer
Norman Taurog - 1899 American film director
Elinor Remick Warren - 1900 composer
Aartje W "Mien" van It Sant-van Bommel - 1901 author (Mieke-serial)
Edgar Ende - 1901 German painter
Grigori V Aleksandrov - 1903 Russian director (Veselye Rebjata)
Leopold Trepper - 1904 Polish/Israeli spy/founded (CP Palestina)
William L Shirer - 1904 historian (Rise " Fall of 3rd Reich)
Leonidas Zoras - 1905 composer
Anthony Standerwick Heal - 1907 businessman
William McMahon - 1908 PM of Australia (Liberal) (1971-72)
Frank Ward - 1909 cricketer (Australian leggie late 30s)
G Mennen Williams - 1911 Detroit, Sup Court Justice/(Gov-D-Mich, 1949-60)
Walter Ernest Allen - 1911 writer/critic
Charles Leonard - 1913 US, pentathelete (Olympic-1936)
Earl of Lincoln - 1913
Margaret Farrer - 1914 CEO (Central Midwives Board)
Theofiel Middelkamp - 1914 Dutch cyclist
Heinrich Schirmbeck - 1915 German author (Das Spiegellabyrinth)
Jon Hall - 1915 American actor
Paul Tibbets - 1915 US Air Force retired Brigadier General and Pilot of B-29 "Enola Gay" over Hiroshima
George Abel - 1916 Canada, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1972)
Martindale Sidwell - 1916 organist/conductor
William Walsh - 1916 academic
Kenneth Tobey - 1917 actor (Chuck-Whirlybirds) [or Mar 23]
Dom Aelred Watkin - 1918 headmaster (Downside School)
Richard G. Butler - 1918 American fascist
Johnny Carey - 1919 soccer star
Lord Ezra - 1919
David Wright - 1920 poet
Hall Overton - 1920 Bangor Michigan, composer (Enchanted Pear Tree)
Lord St Levan - 1920
Paul Gérin-Lajoie - 1920 French Canadian politician
Dante Lavelli - 1923 AAFC/NFL end wide receiver (Cleveland Browns)
Gery Florizoone - 1923 Flemish poet
Rafael Addiego Bruno - 1923 Uruguayan politician
Lejaren Hiller - 1924 composer
Ian Smith - 1925 cricket leg-spinner (S Afr 1947-58 avg 64.08)
Louis Stokes - 1925 (Rep-D-OH, 1969- )
Regine Crespin - 1926 French vocalist (Sheherazade, Les Nuits D'ete)
Ivan Hrusovsky - 1927 composer
Duke of Beaufort - 1928
Vasily Grigoryevich Lazarev - 1928 Siberia USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12, 18A)
Eduard W "Ed" Bauer - 1929 [Eddy Evers], Dutch actor (Bluejackets)
Elston Howard - 1929 Yankee catcher (1st black NY Yankee/1963 AL MVP)
Richard Moryl - 1929 composer
Gerry Davis - 1930 writer
Harry Boldt - 1930 German Fed Rep, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1976)
Imre Gyongyossy - 1930 film Maker
Jef Geeraerts - 1930 Flemish writer (Black Venus)
Johnny Seven - 1930 NYC, actor (Ironside, Amy Prentiss)
Tom Wesselman - 1931 US sculptor (Great American Nudes)
Tom Wesselmann - 1931 American collage artist
Majel Barrett - 1932 American actress
Donna J Stone - 1933 poet
Lee Calhoun - 1933 Laurel Miss, hurdler (Olympics-gold-56, 60)
Lee Quencey Calhoun - 1933 Laurel MS, 110m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
Lady Digby - 1934
Lord Tugendhat - 1937
Tom Osborne - 1937 college football coach
Diane Varsi - 1938 San Mateo Calif, actress (Peyton Place)
Sylvia Chase - 1938 St Paul Minn, newscaster (ABC Weekend News, 20/20)
Edmund Boyd Fisher - 1939 publisher
Josef Feistmantl - 1939 Austria, lugeist (Olympic-gold-1964)
Jermyn P Brooks - 1940 CEO (Price Waterhouse Europe)
Peter Fonda - 1940 actor (Easy Rider, Lilith, Wild Angels, Trip)
Frank Gerstenberg - 1941 Edinburgh, principal (George Watson's College)
Robin Bynoe - 1941 cricketer (WI opening batsman in 4 Tests 1959-67)
Ron Hunt - 1941 baseball player
Beau Boulter - 1942 (Rep-R-TX, 1985- )
Colin Sanders - 1942 founder (Solid State Logic)
Bobby Wayne Mitchell - 1943 Chatham VA, PGA golfer (1971 Cleveland Open)
Fred Biletnikoff - 1943 NFL wide receiver
Jada Rowland - 1943 NYC, actress (Penny-Hamptons, Amy-Secret Storm)
Bernard Cornwell - 1944 English historical novelist
James Cousins - 1944 British MP
John Sandford - 1944 American novelist
Johnny Winter - 1944 [John Dawson], Leland Miss, guitarist (Silver Train)
Mike Maxfield - 1944 rocker (Billy J Kramer " The Dakotas)
Frank Murray - 1945 police Officer
Rusty Young - 1946 Calif, rock steel guitarist (Poco-Heat of the Night)
Anton Mosimann - 1947 chef
Geoff Cope - 1947 cricketer (England off-spinner 1977-78)
John McWethy - 1947 American journalist
Pia Kjærsgaard - 1947 Danish politician
Shakira Caine - 1947 Guyana, actress (Man Who be King)/Miss Guyana (1967)
Doug Moench - 1948 American comic book writer
Anna-Maria Muller - 1949 German DR, Luge (Olympic-gold-1972)
Larry Demps - 1949 US R"B vocalist (Dramatics-Me " Mrs Jones)
Marc Garneau - 1949 Quebec City Canada, PhD/astronaut (STS 13, 77)
Maureen Hicks - 1949 British MP
Terry "Tex" Comer - 1949 bassist/guitarist
Terry Comer - 1949 rocker
Neil Jordan - 1950 Sligo Ireland, novelist (Dream of a Beast, Past)
Steve Priest - 1950 London, rock bassist (Sweet Hayes)
Ed "Too Tall" Jones - 1951 NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)
Nicholas Kenyon - 1951 controller (BBC Radio 3)
Patricia Richardson - 1951 Bethesada Md, actress (Double Trouble, Home Imp)
Brad Whitford - 1952 Mass, rock guitarist (Aerosmith-Jamie Got a Gun)
Sallie L Baliunas - 1953 astrophysicist
Satoru Nakajima - 1953 Japanese racing driver
Viktor Yushchenko - 1954 President of Ukraine
Howard Jones - 1955 rock pianist/vocalist (Things Can Only Get Better)
David Sylvian - 1958 vocal/guitar (Sylvian Sylvian, Japan-Adolescent Sex)
Ria Brieffies - 1958 Dutch vocalist (Dolly Dots)
John Arthur Wilson - 1959 Ceres CA, PGA golfer (1994 Anheuser-Busch-4th)
Alan Griffin - 1960 Australian politician
Cindy Figg-Currier - 1960 Mt Pleasant MI, golfer (1994 Brit Open-6th)
Gloria von Thurm un Taxis - 1960 Munich German FR, Princess
Maria Gloria von Schoenberg-Glauchau - 1960 wife of prince Thurn un Taxis
Naruhito - 1960 crown prince of Japan
Melinda Mays - 1962 Augusta Ga, playmate (Feb, 1983)
Bobby Bonilla - 1963 NYC, outfielder (NY Mets, Balt Orioles, Marlins)
Debbie Kruck - 1963 Danbury CT, Ms Fitness USA (1994)
Radosław Sikorski - 1963 Polish politician
Reza Abdoh - 1963 theatre director
Robert Collins - 1963 keyboard player
Byron Evans - 1964 NFL linebacker (Phila Eagles)
Dana Katherine Scully - 1964 fictional character (X-Files)
John Norum - 1964 rocker
Helena Sukova - 1965 Prague Czech Rep, tennis star (1985 US Open's Double)
Kristin Davis - 1965 actress (Melrose Place)
Michael Dell - 1965 American computer manufacturer
Sylvie Guillem - 1965 France, ballerina (Royal Ballet)
John Druce - 1966 Peterborough, NHL right wing (Phila Flyers, LA Kings)
Marc Price - 1966 actor/comedian (Skippy-Family Ties)
Chris Vrenna - 1967 American musician, producer and sound engineer Nine Inch Nails, Tweaker
Gord Murphy - 1967 Willowdale, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
Pam Blundell - 1967 fashion designer
Steven C Stricker - 1967 Edgerton WI, PGA golfer (1994 Northern Telecom-2nd)
Tamsin Greig - 1967 English actress
Stephanie Seymour - 1968 SD Calif, actress/model (Sunny Side Up)
Ed McDaniel - 1969 NFL linebacker (Minn Vikings)
Marc Wauters - 1969 Belgian cyclist
Michael Campbell - 1969 Hawera NZ, Australasia golfer
Niecy Nash - 1970 American actress
Carin Hjalmarsson Koch - 1971 Kungalv Sweden, golfer (1995 Pinewild-7th)
Don Maxwell - 1971 Canadian cricketer
Jason Keller - 1971 Scarsdale NY, actor (Jason-Out of the Blue)
Jeong Chan - 1971 South Korean actor
Melinda Messenger - 1971 English television presenter
Shane Keller - 1971 Scarsdale NY, actor (Shane-Out of the Blue)
Torsten Kienass - 1971 Berlin GER, hockey defenseman (Team Germany)
Greg Hill - 1972 NFL running back (KC Chiefs)
Jamie Watson - 1972 NBA forward (Utah Jazz)
Ryan Grigson - 1972 NFL guard/tackle (Detroit Lions)
Steve Holy - 1972 American country singer
Steve Papin - 1972 WLAF running back (Scotland Claymores)
Jack Case - 1973 American artist
Lars-Olof Johansson - 1973 Swedish musician (The Cardigans)
Robert Pipkins - 1973 Staten Island NY, luger (Olympics-1994)
Herschelle Gibbs - 1974 cricketer (South African Test batsman 1996)
Jaime Villarreal - 1974 Mexican musician
Kenyon Cotton - 1974 full back (Baltimore Ravens)
Leko - 1974 American DJ
Bohdan Utihrach - 1975 Czech, tennis star
Chris Garner - 1975 NBA guard (Toronto Raptors)
Michael Cornacchia - 1975 American actor
Michael Tricario - 1975 actor (Randy-Wonder Years)
Natalia Verbeke - 1975 Argentine actress
Pat Barnes - 1975 quarterback (KC Chiefs)
Robert Lopez - 1975 American composer
Dmitriy Dudarev - 1976 hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
Jeff O'Neill - 1976 Richmond Hill, NHL center (Hartford Whalers)
Kelly Macdonald - 1976 British actress
Scott Elarton - 1976 American baseball player
Angie Trostel - 1977 Oxford Ohio, diver (Olympics-96)
Dally Randriantefy - 1977 Antananarivo Madag, tennis star (1993 Marseille)
Kristina Šmigun - 1977 Estonian cross-country skier
Karolina Rantamaki - 1978 ice hockey left wing (Finland, Oly-98)
René Pérez - 1978 Puerto Rican musician (Calle 13)
D-Roc - 1979 American rapper (Ying Yang Twins)
Yvonne Tousek - 1980 Kitchener Ontario, gymnistic (Olympics-96)
Charles Tillman - 1981 American football player
Gareth Barry - 1981 English footballer
Adam Hann-Byrd - 1982 American actor
Karan Singh Grover - 1982 Indian Television Actor
Aziz Ansari - 1983 Indian American Comedian
Emily Blunt - 1983 British actress
Mido - 1983 Egyptian footballer
Mirco Bergamasco - 1983 Italian rugby player
Holly Brook - 1986 American musician
Jerod Mayo - 1986 American Football player
Kazuya Kamenashi - 1986 Japanese pop star (KAT-TUN)
Evan Bates - 1989 American ice dancer
Dakota Fanning - 1994 American actress
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