February 15: Today's Notable Birthdays

Is February 15th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on February 15th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

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February 15th was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

February 15th Birthdays: Famous Artists

American composer ("It's Only a Paper Moon," "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," "Stormy Weather" and "That Old Black Magic") and Academy Award winner (1939) Hyman (Harold Arlen) Arluck was born on February 15, 1905.

Charles-Francois Daubigny, French painter (Andrsy sur Oise, Moonlight, Return of the Flock, Springtime and Villerville sur Mer), was born on February 15, 1817.

German composer Michael Praetorius was born on February 15, 1571.

February 15th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Ken Anderson, American professional football player (Cincinnati Bengals), was born on February 15, 1949.

American professional baseball player Ronald Charles (Ron) Cey (Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland Athletics) was born on February 15, 1948.

Darrell Green, American professional football player (Washington Redskins), was born on February 15, 1960.

British race car driver and Triple Crown champion Norman Graham Hill was born on February 15, 1929.

Jaromir Jagr, Czechoslovakian professional hockey player (New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitols) and Olympic gold medalist (1998), was born on February 15, 1972.

Amy Van Dyken, American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist (1996 and 2000), was born on February 15, 1973.

February 15th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

American author Susan Brownmiller (Against Our Will: Men Women, and Rape, Femininity, In Our Time, Shirley Chisholm: A Biography, Seeing Vietnam: Encounters of the Road and Heart and Waverly Place) was born on February 15, 1935.

Matt Groening, American cartoonist (Futurama, Life in Hell and The Simpsons), was born on February 15, 1954.

February 15th Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders

American inventor and agricultural implement manufacturer Cyrus Hall McCormick (The McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which later became International Harvester Company) was born on February 15, 1809. Cyrus Hall McCormick invented the mechanical reaper.

Cuban fashion designer Adolfo Sardina was born on February 15, 1933.

German-American piano maker Henrich Engelhard (Henry Steinway) Steinweg (Steinway and Sons) was born on February 15, 1797.

Charles Lewis Tiffany, American jeweler (Tiffany and Company), was born on February 15, 1812.

February 15th Birthdays: Famous Performers

Allan Arbus, American actor (Cinderella Liberty, Greaser's Palace, M*A*S*H, Scream and W.C. Fields and Me), was born on February 15, 1918.

British rock drummer and percussionist Michael Charles (Mick) Avory (The Kinks) was born on February 15, 1944.

American actor John Sidney Blyth Barrymore (Rasputin and the Empress and The Royal Family) was born on February 15, 1882. John Barrymore was brother to actors Lionel Barrymore and Ethel Barrymore and father to actors Diana Barrymore and John Drew Barrymore. Actress Drew Barrymore is John Barrymore's granddaughter.

Stevie Benton, American heavy metal rock bassist and singer (Drowning Pool), was born on February 15, 1971.

Marisa Berenson, American model and actress (Barry Lyndon, Cabaret, Death in Venice and Playing for Time), was born on February 15, 1946.

Patricia (Claire Bloom) Blume, British actress (Alexander the Great, Anastasia, Anna Karenina, As the World Turns, Backstairs at the White House, The Blind Goddess, Brideshead Revisited, The Brothers Karamazov, The Buccaneer, Charley, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Daylight, Limelight, Queenie, Richard III, Separate Tables, Shadowlands, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, The Ten Commandments and Wuthering Heights) and author (Leaving a Doll's House: A Memoir and Limelight and After: The Education of an Actress), was born on February 15, 1931. Claire Bloom married actor Rod Steiger, film producer Hillard Elkins and author Philip Roth.

Brandon Boyd, American alternative rock singer (Incubus), was born on February 15, 1976.

American rock bassist David Brown (Santana) was born on February 15, 1947.

Ashley Lyn (Ashley Tesoro) Cafagna, American model, country music singer and actress (The Bold and the Beautiful and Saved by the Bell: The New Class), was born on February 15, 1983.

British reggae guitarist and singer Alistair (Ali) Campbell (UB40) was born on February 15, 1959.

Jamaican-British rock bassist and D.J. Michael Emile (Mikey) Craig (Culture Club) was born on February 15, 1960.

Michael Easton, American actor (413 Hope St., Ally McBeal, Days of Our Lives, Mutant X, One Life to Live, Port Charles, The Practice, Total Recall 2070, Two and VR.5) and author (Eighteen Straight Whiskeys and Soul Stealer), was born on February 15, 1967.

Christopher Crosby (Chris) Farley, American comedian and actor (Almost Heroes, Beverly Hills Ninja, Billy Madison, Black Sheep, Coneheads, Saturday Night Live, Tommy Boy, Wayne's World and Wayne's World 2), was born on February 15, 1964.

British actress (Blackout, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, East of Eden, Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble, Lassiter, Live and Let Die, The New Swiss Family Robinson, Onassis: The Richest Man in the World,Somewhere in Time, War and Remembrance Wedding Crashers and Yesterday's Children), author (Jane Seymour's Guide to Romantic Living and This One & That One: Cookies in the Dark) and voice-over artist (Quest for Camelot) Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina (Jane Seymour) Frankenberg was born on February 15, 1951.

Joseph Gannascoli, American actor (Blowfish, Ed Wood, Mickey Blue Eyes and The Sopranos), was born on February 15, 1959.

Rusty Hamer, American actor (Dance with Me Henry, Make Room for Daddy and Make Room for Granddaddy), was born on February 15, 1947.

British progressive rock keyboardist and saxophonist John Helliwell (Supertramp) was born on February 15, 1945.

Brian Holland, American R&B and soul singer and songwriter ("Baby Love," "Don't Leave Me Starvin' for Your Love" and "Stop in the Name of Love"), was born on February 15, 1941. Brian Holland was part of the famous Motown songwriting trio, Holland-Dozier-Holland.

Matthew Hoopes, American Christian punk rock guitarist (Relient K) was born on February 15, 1981.

American actress Sherry Jackson (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Breaking Point, The Incredible Hulk, Ma and Pa Kettle, The Mini-Skirt Mob and Stingray) was born on February 15, 1942.

Harvey Korman, American comedian, actor (Blazing Saddles and High Anxiety) and television personality (The Carol Burnett Show, The Danny Kaye Show and The Tim Conway Show), was born on February 15, 1927.

American country music singer Lawrence Hankins (Hank) Locklin ("Please Help Me I'm Falling" and "Send Me the Pillow You Dream On") was born on February 15, 1918.

Melissa Manchester, American singer, songwriter ("Don't Cry Out Loud," "Midnight Blue," "Through the Eyes of Love" and "You Should Hear How She Talks About You") and actress (Blossom, Fame and For the Boys), was born on February 15, 1951.

American actor Kevin McCarthy (Buffalo Bill and the Indians, Final Approach, Ghoulies 3, The Howling, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Matinee) was born on February 15, 1914. Kevin McCarthy was brother to author Mary McCarthy.

Christopher McDonald, American actor (The Bronx Is Burning, Family Law, Flubber, Grumpy Old Men, Happy Gilmore, Leave It to Beaver, North Shore, The Perfect Storm, Quiz Show, Requiem for a Dream, Terminal Velocity, Thelma and Louise and Veronica's Closet) and voice-over artist (The Iron Giant and Superman: The Animated Series), was born on February 15, 1955.

American actress Evelyn Renee O'Connor (Xena: Warrior Princess) was born on February 15, 1971.

Michael Reynolds, American country music singer (Pinmonkey), was born on February 15, 1964.

Cesar Romero, Cuban-American actor (Batman, Captain from Castile and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.), was born on February 15, 1907. Cesaro Romero played the first Joker, an archvillian on the television Batman series.

American jazz saxophonist, flautist and songwriter Henry Threadgill was born on February 15, 1944.

Ronnie Vannucci, Jr., American rock drummer and percussionist (The Killers), was born on February 15, 1976.

Matthew Ward (2nd Chapter of Acts) was born on February 15, 1958.

American actress Lynn Whitfield (Eve's Bayou, The Josephine Baker Story and A Thin Line Between Love and Hate) was born on February 15, 1953.

Sarah Wynter, Australian actress (24, The 6th Day, Dead Like Me, The Dead Zone, Lost Souls, Three Dollars and Windfall), was born on February 15, 1973.

February 15th Birthdays: Famous Scientists

Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer, philosopher, mathematician and author (Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences), was born on February 15, 1564.

Pedro Menendez de Aviles, Spanish explorer, naval officer and colonizer, was born on February 15, 1519. Pedro Menendez de Aviles founded Saint Augustine, Florida.

British Antarctic explorer and author (The Heart of the Antarctic) Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton was born on February 15, 1874. Sir Henry Ernest Shackleton's ship was the Endurance.

Irish electrophysicist George Johnstone Stoney was born on February 15, 1826.

British mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead was born on February 15, 1861. Alfred North Whitehead's books included Adventures of Ideas, The Aims of Education and Other Essays, The Concept of Nature, Essays in Science and Philosophy, The Organisation of Thought, Principia Mathematica, The Principle of Relativity, Principles of Natural Knowledge, Process and Reality, Religion in the Making, Science and the Modern World and Symbolism.

February 15th Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders

American suffragist and women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony was born on February 15, 1820. Susan B. Anthony cofounded the American National Woman Suffrage Association. She was the first American woman to be honored with her image imprinted on a coin, the Susan B. Anthony dollar.

Oswaldo Aranha, Brazilian attorney, statesman, diplomat and United Nations President, was born on February 15, 1894.

King Louis XV of France was born on February 15, 1710.

Elihu Root, U.S. Senator (R-NY), 41st U.S. Secretary of War (under 25th U.S. President William McKinley and 26th U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt), 38th U.S. Secretary of State (under 26th U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt) and Nobel Peace Prize winner (1912), was born on February 15, 1845.

Argentine President Domingo Sarmiento, was born on February 15, 1811.

Sigismund, Emperor of Rome, was born on February 15, 1368.

American pioneer and author (New Helvetia Diary and Statement Regarding Early California Experiences) John Augustus Sutter was born on February 15, 1803. John Sutter built Sutter's Fort near Sacramento, California. The California Gold Rush of 1849 began after prospector James Marshall discovered gold while constructing a sawmill on John Sutter's land.

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