February 7: Today's Notable Birthdays

Is February 7th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on February 7th? 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 7th was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

February 7th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Australian painter Ethel Carrick Fox (Arabs Bargaining, Market Under Trees and On Balmoral Beach) was born on February 7, 1872.

February 7th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Vasili Alexeyev, Russian weightlifter and Olympic gold medalist (1972 and 1976), was born on February 7, 1942.

Puerto Rican professional baseball player Juan Ramon Pizarro Cordova (Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Braves, Oakland Athletics and Pittsburgh Pirates) was born on February 7, 1937.

Benigno (Benny Ayala) Felix, Puerto Rican professional baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals), was born on February 7, 1951.

Kenneth Henry, American speed skater and Olympic gold medalist (1952 ), was born on February 7, 1929.

Thomas Hicks, British-American marathoner and Olympic gold medalist (1904), was born on February 7, 1875.

American professional baseball player Burt Carlton (Happy) Hooton (Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers and Texas Rangers) was born on February 7, 1950.

Charles Lamont Jenkins, American runner and Olympic gold medalist (1956), was born on February 7, 1934.

Jack Lovelock, New Zealand-American surgeon, runner and Olympic gold medalist (1936), was born on February 7, 1910.

American professional football player Jeffrey Aloysius Van Note (Atlanta Falcons) was born on February 7, 1946.

February 7th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

Charles Dickens, British novelist (The Adventures of Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Bleak House, The Cricket on the Hearth, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The Old Curiosity Shop and A Tale of Two Cities), was born on February 7, 1812.

Frederick Douglass, American abolitionist leader, newspaper editor (North Star) and author (My Bondage and My Freedom and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass), was born on February 7, 1817.

American social critic, Nobel Prize winner (1930) and novelist Sinclair Lewis (Arrowsmith, Babbitt, Cass Timberlane, Dodsworth, Elmer Gantry, It Can't Happen Here, Kingsblood Royal, Main Street and World So Wide) was born on February 7, 1908. Sinclair Lewis won the Pulitzer Prize in 1925, but he refused it. Sinclair Lewis was married to journalist Dorothy Thompson.

British Chancellor and author Sir Thomas More (A Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation, History of Richard III, Treatise on the Passion and Utopia) was born on February 7, 1478. Thomas More was martyred in 1535 (under orders of British King Henry VIII) and sainted in 1886 by Pope Leo XIII. The classic drama A Man for All Seasons, by Robert Bolt, was based on the life of Sir Thomas More.

Gay Talese, American author (Fame and Obscurity, Honor Thy Father, The Kingdom and the Power, Origins of a Nonfiction Writer, Thy Neighbor's Wife, Unto the Sons and A Writer's Life), was born on February 7, 1932.

Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder, American pioneer and author (By the Shores of Silver Lake, Farmer Boy, The First Four Years, Little House in the Big Woods, Little House on the Prairie, Little Town on the Prairie, The Long Winter, On the Banks of Plum Creek, On the Way Home, These Happy Golden Years and West from Home), was born on February 7, 1867.

February 7th Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders

American agricultural implement manufacturer John Deere (Deere and Company) was born on February 7, 1804.

Chinese-American computer and word processing entrepreneur An Wang (Wang Laboratories) was born on February 7, 1920.

February 7th Birthdays: Famous Performers

American dancer and actress Essence Uhura Atkins (College Years, The Cosby Show, Dance Flick, Deliver Us from Eva, Half and Half, How High and Smart Guy) was born on February 7, 1972.

James Hubert (Eubie) Blake, American pianist, vaudevillian, bandleader and songwriter ("Charleston," "I'm Just Wild About Harry," "It's All Your Fault," "Love Will Find a Way," "Memories of You" and "Shufflin' Along"), was born on February 7, 1883. Eubie Blake received the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981.

American rock guitarist Wesley Louden Borland (Big Dumb Face, Black Light Burns, The Damning Well, From First to Last, Limp Bizkit, Marilyn Manson and Goatslayer) was born on February 7, 1975.

American vaudevillian, radio personality (The Eddie Bracken Show) and actor (Baby's Day Out, Hail the Conquering Hero, Home Alone 2; Lost in New York, The Kiddie Troupers, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, National Lampoon's Vacation, Summer Stock, Tales from the Darkside and Too Many Girls) Edward Vincent (Eddie) Bracken was born on February 7, 1915.

Canadian folk singer, songwriter (Bawdy Songs and Backroom Ballads) and television personality (Let's Sing Out) Oscar Brand was born on February 7, 1920.

Keefe Brasselle, American actor (The Eddie Cantor Story, Janie, A Place in the Sun, River Gang, Skirts Ahoy and The Streets of Sin) and author (The Cannibals), was born on February 7, 1923.

American country music guitarist and singer Troyal Garth Brooks ("Ain't Goin' Down 'Til the Sun Comes Up," "The Dance," "The Fever," "Friends in Low Places," "Good Ride Cowboy," "If Tomorrow Never Comes," "Longneck Bottle," "More Than a Memory," "Much Too Young to Feel This Damn Old," "Papa Loved Mama," "The River," "Rodeo," "She's Every Woman," "Somewhere Other Than the Night," "Standing Outside the Fire," "The Thunder Rolls," "Two of a Kind - Workin' on a Full House," "Two Pina Coladas," "Unanswered Prayers," "What She's Doing Now," "Wild Horses" and "Workin' for a Livin'") was born on February 7, 1962. Garth Brooks married country music singer Trisha Yearwood.

Wilma Lee Leary Cooper, American bluegrass and country music singer (The Leary Family and Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper and the Clinch Mountain Gang), was born on February 7, 1921. Wilma Lee Leary married country music fiddler and singer Stony Cooper. They appeared together often on the Grand Ole Opry and Wheeling Jamboree.

Clarence Linden (Buster) Crabbe, II, American swimmer, and Olympic gold medalist (1932) and actor (Billy the Kid, Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon and Tarzan),was born on February 7, 1908.

American actor Miguel Jose Ferrer (Crossing Jordan, Flashpoint, Hot Shots Part Deux, Point of No Return, Robocop, Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock, Stephen King's The Stand, Traffic and Twin Peaks) was born on February 7, 1955. Miguel Ferrer is the son of actor Jose Ferrer.

Jason Michael (Jason Gedrick) Gedroic, American actor (Backdraft, Boomtown, Born on the Fourth of July, Desperate Housewives, EZ Streets, The Force, The Heavenly Kid, Iron Eagle, Kings of South Beach, The Last Don, Murder One, Sweet Justice and Windfall), was born on February 7, 1965.

American rock keyboardist (Three Dog Night) and author (One Is the Loneliest Number: On the Road and Behind the Scenes with the Legendary Rock Band Three Dog Night) Jimmy Greenspoon was born on February 7, 1948.

Edward John (Eddie) Izzard, British comedian, voice-over artist (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader) and actor (Across the Universe, All the Queen's Men, The Aristocrats, The Avengers, The Cat's Meow, Circus, Inspector Derrick, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Mystery Men, Ocean's Thirteen, Ocean's Twelve, Romance & Cigarettes, The Secret Agent, Shadow of the Vampire, Valkyrie and Velvet Goldmine), was born on February 7, 1962.

Ashton Kutcher, American actor (The Butterfly Effect, Down to You, Dude Where's My Car, The Guardian, Just Married, Miss Guided, Reindeer Games, That '70s Show and What Happens in Vegas) and television personality (Punk'd), was born on February 7, 1978. Ashton Kutcher married actress Demi Moore.

British rock bassist Alan Charles Lancaster (Status Quo) was born on February 7, 1949.

Tina Marie Majorini, American actress (Alice in Wonderland, Andre, Big Love, Camp Wilder, Corrina Corrina, Napoleon Dynamite, Veronica Mars, Waterworld and When a Man Loves a Woman), was born on February 7, 1985.

American rock keyboardist David Bryan Rashbaum (Bon Jovi) was born on February 7, 1962.

Chris Rock, American comedian, author (Rock This) and actor (Bad Company, Beverly Hills Cop II, Beverly Hills Ninja, Bring the Pain, CB4, Head of State, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, In Living Color, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Lethal Weapon 4, Me Myself & Irene, New Jack City and Saturday Night Live), was born on February 7, 1966.

American actor James Spader (Bad Influence, Boston Legal, Crash, Endless Love, The Family Tree, Less Than Zero, Mannequin, The Practice, Pretty in Pink, Secretary, Sex Lies and Videotape, Stargate, True Colors, Wall Street and Wolf) was born on February 7, 1960.

British reggae saxophonist Brian Travers (UB40) was born on February 7, 1959.

February 7th Birthdays: Famous Scientists

Austrian physician, psychologist and author (The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler) Alfred Adler was born on February 7, 1870.

Gardner Quincy Colton, American anesthesiology pioneer, was born on February 7, 1814.

February 7th Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders

Jeanne d'Albret, Navarran Queen, was born on February 7, 1528. Jeanne d'Albret was the mother of French King Henry IV.

Millard Fillmore, 13th U.S. President, was born on February 7, 1800.

Louis III, Bavarian King, was born on February 7, 1845.

Henry Agard Wallace, 33rd U.S. Vice President (to 32nd U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt), was born on February 7, 1888. Henry Wallace, who also served as 11th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and 10th U.S. Secretary of Commerce, was the Progressive Party candidate for the U.S. Presidency in 1948. Harry S. Truman won the election to become the 32nd U.S. President.

Do you know any others who are celebrating birthdays on February 7th?

If you know additional notable people (including yourself) who may be celebrating a birthday on February 7th, please indicate so in a comment below. Thank you!

Happy Birthday, February 7th.

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