February 12.
...Charles Darwin FTW!
Abraham Lincoln, nice.......
Actually, I've heard of a lot of those people on my list. Hell, I've even met a few.
Births
* 1074 ? Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101)
* 1218 ? Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256)
* 1567 ? Thomas Campion, English composer and poet (d. 1620)
* 1606 ? John Winthrop, the Younger, Governor of Connecticut (d. 1676)
* 1637 ? Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist (d. 1680)
* 1663 ? Cotton Mather, New England minister (d. 1728)
* 1665 ? Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (d. 1721)
* 1704 ? Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (d. 1772)
* 1728 ? Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (d. 1799)
* 1753 ? François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (d. 1798)
* 1768 ? Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1835)
* 1775 ? Louisa Adams, First Lady of the United States, wife of John Quincy Adams (d. 1852)
* 1777 ? Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet (d. 1843)
* 1777 ? Bernard Courtois, French chemist (d. 1838)
* 1785 ? Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist (d. 1838)
* 1788 ? Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (d. 1869)
* 1791 ? Peter Cooper, American Industrialist, inventor and philanthropist (d. 1883)
* 1794 ? Alexander Petrov, Russian chess player (d. 1867)
* 1804 ? Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (d. 1865)
* 1809 ? Charles Darwin, English naturalist (d. 1882)
* 1809 ? Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (d. 1865)
* 1828 ? George Meredith, English writer (d. 1909)
* 1843 ? John Graham Chambers, English athlete who wrote the Queensberry rules for boxing (d. 1883)
* 1857 ? Bobby Peel, English cricketer (d. 1943)
* 1861 ? Lou Andreas-Salome, Russian-born author (d. 1937)
* 1865 ? Kazimierz Tetmajer, Polish poet and writer (d. 1940)
* 1870 ? Marie Lloyd, English music-hall performer (d. 1922)
* 1876 ? Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama (d. 1933)
* 1880 ? John L. Lewis, American labor union leader (d. 1969)
* 1881 ? Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (d. 1931)
* 1884 ? Max Beckmann, German artist (d. 1950)
* 1884 ? Marie Vassilieff, Russian artist (d. 1957)
* 1884 ? Johan Laidoner, Estonian military commander (d. 1953)
* 1885 ? Julius Streicher, Nazi German publisher (d. 1946)
* 1889 ? Bhante Dharmawara, Cambodian monk and supercentenarian (d. 1999)
* 1893 ? Omar Bradley, American general, the last surviving five-star general in the United States and the 1st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (d. 1981)
* 1897 ? Vola Vale, American actress (d. 1970)
* 1898 ? Wallace Ford, English-born actor (d. 1966)
* 1900 ? Roger J. Traynor, American judge (d. 1983)
* 1902 ? William Collier, American stage and film actor (d. 1987)
* 1903 ? Chick Hafey, baseball player (d. 1973)
* 1903 ? Joseph F. Biroc, American cinematographer (d. 1996)
* 1904 ? Ted Mack, American television host (d. 1976)
* 1907 ? Clifton C. Edom, American photojournalism educator (d. 1991)
* 1908 ? Jacques Herbrand, French logician and mathematician (d. 1931)
* 1908 ? Jean Effel, French painter and journalist (d. 1982)
* 1908 ? August Neo, Estonian wrestler (d. 1982)
* 1909 ? Sigmund Rascher, German SS doctor (d. 1945)
* 1911 ? Stephen H. Sholes, American recording executive (d. 1968)
* 1912 ? R. F. Delderfield, English author (d. 1972)
* 1914 ? Tex Beneke, American musician and band leader (d. 2000)
* 1914 ? Arvid Pardo, Maltese diplomat, a.k.a "Father of the Law of the Sea Conference" (d. 1999)
* 1915 ? Lorne Greene, Canadian actor (d. 1987)
* 1916 ? Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1998)
* 1917 ? Raizo Matsuno, Japanese politician (d. 2006)
* 1918 ? Julian Schwinger, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1994)
* 1919 ? Forrest Tucker, American actor (d. 1986)
* 1920 ? William Roscoe Estep, Baptist historian and professor (d. 2000)
* 1920 ? Pran, Indian actor
* 1922 ? Hussein bin Dato' Onn, Malaysian Prime Minister (d. 1990)
* 1923 ? Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film and opera director and designer
* 1923 ? Chaskel Besser, Orthodox rabbi (d. 2010)
* 1925 ? Sir Anthony Berry, British politician (d. 1984)
* 1926 ? Joe Garagiola, American baseball player and announcer
* 1926 ? Charles Van Doren, American quiz show contestant
* 1930 ? John Doyle, Irish hurler
* 1930 ? Arlen Specter, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania
* 1931 ? Janwillem van de Wetering, Dutch author
* 1932 ? Axel Jensen, Norwegian author (d. 2003)
* 1932 ? Julian Lincoln Simon, American economist and author (d. 1998)
* 1934 ? Anne Krueger, American economist
* 1934 ? Bill Russell, American basketball player
* 1934 ? Annette Crosbie, Scottish actress
* 1935 ? Gene McDaniels, American singer
* 1936 ? Joe Don Baker, American actor
* 1936 ? Paul Shenar, American actor
* 1937 ? Charles Dumas, American athlete (d. 2004)
* 1938 ? Judy Blume, American author
* 1938 ? Johnny Rutherford, American race car driver
* 1938 ? Peter Temple-Morris, Baron Temple-Morris, British politician
* 1939 ? Ray Manzarek, American keyboardist (The Doors)
* 1940 ? Richard Lynch, American actor
* 1941 ? Naomi Uemura, Japanese adventurer
* 1942 ? Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel
* 1942 ? Pat Dobson, American baseball player (d. 2006)
* 1944 ? Moe Bandy, American singer
* 1945 ? Maud Adams, Swedish actress
* 1945 ? David Friedman, American economist
* 1946 ? Cliff DeYoung, American actor and musician
* 1946 ? Jean Eyeghe Ndong, Prime Minister of Gabon
* 1946 ? Ajda Pekkan, Turkish singer
* 1947 ? Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indian leader of Damdami Taksal (d. 1984)
* 1947 ? Jim Durham, American sportscaster
* 1948 ? Raymond Kurzweil, American inventor and author
* 1948 ? Mike Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1949 ? Joaquín Sabina, Spanish singer and songwriter
* 1950 ? Michael Ironside, Canadian actor
* 1950 ? Steve Hackett, English guitarist (Genesis)
* 1951 ? Steven Parent, Manson murder victim (d. 1969)
* 1952 ? Michael McDonald, American musician
* 1952 ? Simon MacCorkindale, British actor
* 1953 ? Joanna Kerns, American actress
* 1953 ? Nabil Shaban, British actor
* 1953 ? Robin Thomas, American actor
* 1954 ? Tzimis Panousis, Greek musician and stand-up comedian
* 1954 ? Philip Zimmermann, American cryptographer
* 1955 ? Arsenio Hall, American actor and talk show host
* 1955 ? Bill Laswell, American bassist and record producer
* 1955 ? Chet Lemon, American baseball player
* 1956 ? Brian Robertson, Scottish musician (Thin Lizzy and Motörhead)
* 1958 ? Grant McLennan, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens) (d. 2006)
* 1958 ? Bobby Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1959 ? Larry Nance, American basketball player
* 1959 ? Dan Puric, Romanian actor, director and writer
* 1959 ? Sigrid Thornton, Australian actress
* 1960 ? George Gray, American professional wrestler
* 1961 ? Jim Harris, Canadian politician
* 1962 ? Jimmy Kirkwood, Irish-born field hockey player
* 1963 ? John Michael Higgins, American actor
* 1963 ? Ed Lover, American radio personality
* 1967 ? Chris McKinstry, Canadian computer scientist
* 1967 ? Chitravina N. Ravikiran, Indian composer and musician
* 1968 ? Josh Brolin, American actor
* 1968 ? Grégory Charles, French Canadian singer, dancer, pianist, radio and television host
* 1968 ? Christopher McCandless, American nomad, subject of biography Into the Wild (d. 1992)
* 1968 ? Chynna Phillips, American singer
* 1968 ? Kyle Vincent, American singer/songwriter
* 1969 ? Darren Aronofsky, American director and writer
* 1969 ? Hong Myung-Bo, Korean footballer
* 1969 ? Meja, Swedish singer
* 1969 ? Brad Werenka, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1970 ? Jim Creeggan, Canadian bassist (Barenaked Ladies)
* 1970 ? Judd Winick, writer and artist
* 1972 ? Lance Hill, American football (soccer) player
* 1972 ? Ajay Naidu, Indian-American actor
* 1972 ? Owen Nolan, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1973 ? Gianni Romme, Dutch speed skater
* 1973 ? Tara Strong, Canadian voice actress
* 1974 ? Toranosuke Takagi, Japanese race car driver
* 1974 ? Fonzworth Bentley, American hip-hop artist
* 1975 ? Scot Pollard, American basketball player
* 1976 ? Christian Cullen, New Zealand rugby union footballer
* 1976 ? Silvia Saint, Czech pornographic actress
* 1977 ? Jimmy Conrad, American soccer player
* 1978 ? Brett Hodgson, Australian rugby league footballer
* 1978 ? Gethin Jones, Welsh television presenter
* 1978 ? Silver Meikar, Estonian politician
* 1979 ? Richard Barnwell, English footballer
* 1979 ? Antonio Chatman, American football player
* 1979 ? Matt Mauck, American football player
* 1979 ? Jesse Spencer, Australian actor
* 1980 ? Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spanish tennis player
* 1980 ? Sarah Lancaster, American actress
* 1980 ? Christina Ricci, American actress
* 1981 ? Lisa Hannigan, Irish singer
* 1982 ? Louis Tsatoumas, Greek long jumper
* 1983 ? Carlton Brewster, American football player
* 1984 ? Lolly Badcock, English pornographic actress
* 1984 ? Brad Keselowski, American racing car driver
* 1984 ? Peter Vanderkaay, American swimmer
* 1984 ? Aylar Lie, Norwegian model
* 1984 ? Alexandra Dahlström, Swedish actress
* 1985 ? Saskia Burmeister, Australian actress
* 1988 ? Nana Eikura, Japanese actress
* 1991 ? Faisal ibn Hamad Al Khalifah, prince of Bahrain (d. 2006)
* 1993 ? Jennifer Stone, American actress
* 1074 ? Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101)
* 1218 ? Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256)
* 1567 ? Thomas Campion, English composer and poet (d. 1620)
* 1606 ? John Winthrop, the Younger, Governor of Connecticut (d. 1676)
* 1637 ? Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist (d. 1680)
* 1663 ? Cotton Mather, New England minister (d. 1728)
* 1665 ? Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (d. 1721)
* 1704 ? Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (d. 1772)
* 1728 ? Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (d. 1799)
* 1753 ? François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (d. 1798)
* 1768 ? Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1835)
* 1775 ? Louisa Adams, First Lady of the United States, wife of John Quincy Adams (d. 1852)
* 1777 ? Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet (d. 1843)
* 1777 ? Bernard Courtois, French chemist (d. 1838)
* 1785 ? Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist (d. 1838)
* 1788 ? Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (d. 1869)
* 1791 ? Peter Cooper, American Industrialist, inventor and philanthropist (d. 1883)
* 1794 ? Alexander Petrov, Russian chess player (d. 1867)
* 1804 ? Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (d. 1865)
* 1809 ? Charles Darwin, English naturalist (d. 1882)
* 1809 ? Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (d. 1865)
* 1828 ? George Meredith, English writer (d. 1909)
* 1843 ? John Graham Chambers, English athlete who wrote the Queensberry rules for boxing (d. 1883)
* 1857 ? Bobby Peel, English cricketer (d. 1943)
* 1861 ? Lou Andreas-Salome, Russian-born author (d. 1937)
* 1865 ? Kazimierz Tetmajer, Polish poet and writer (d. 1940)
* 1870 ? Marie Lloyd, English music-hall performer (d. 1922)
* 1876 ? Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama (d. 1933)
* 1880 ? John L. Lewis, American labor union leader (d. 1969)
* 1881 ? Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (d. 1931)
* 1884 ? Max Beckmann, German artist (d. 1950)
* 1884 ? Marie Vassilieff, Russian artist (d. 1957)
* 1884 ? Johan Laidoner, Estonian military commander (d. 1953)
* 1885 ? Julius Streicher, Nazi German publisher (d. 1946)
* 1889 ? Bhante Dharmawara, Cambodian monk and supercentenarian (d. 1999)
* 1893 ? Omar Bradley, American general, the last surviving five-star general in the United States and the 1st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (d. 1981)
* 1897 ? Vola Vale, American actress (d. 1970)
* 1898 ? Wallace Ford, English-born actor (d. 1966)
* 1900 ? Roger J. Traynor, American judge (d. 1983)
* 1902 ? William Collier, American stage and film actor (d. 1987)
* 1903 ? Chick Hafey, baseball player (d. 1973)
* 1903 ? Joseph F. Biroc, American cinematographer (d. 1996)
* 1904 ? Ted Mack, American television host (d. 1976)
* 1907 ? Clifton C. Edom, American photojournalism educator (d. 1991)
* 1908 ? Jacques Herbrand, French logician and mathematician (d. 1931)
* 1908 ? Jean Effel, French painter and journalist (d. 1982)
* 1908 ? August Neo, Estonian wrestler (d. 1982)
* 1909 ? Sigmund Rascher, German SS doctor (d. 1945)
* 1911 ? Stephen H. Sholes, American recording executive (d. 1968)
* 1912 ? R. F. Delderfield, English author (d. 1972)
* 1914 ? Tex Beneke, American musician and band leader (d. 2000)
* 1914 ? Arvid Pardo, Maltese diplomat, a.k.a "Father of the Law of the Sea Conference" (d. 1999)
* 1915 ? Lorne Greene, Canadian actor (d. 1987)
* 1916 ? Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1998)
* 1917 ? Raizo Matsuno, Japanese politician (d. 2006)
* 1918 ? Julian Schwinger, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1994)
* 1919 ? Forrest Tucker, American actor (d. 1986)
* 1920 ? William Roscoe Estep, Baptist historian and professor (d. 2000)
* 1920 ? Pran, Indian actor
* 1922 ? Hussein bin Dato' Onn, Malaysian Prime Minister (d. 1990)
* 1923 ? Franco Zeffirelli, Italian film and opera director and designer
* 1923 ? Chaskel Besser, Orthodox rabbi (d. 2010)
* 1925 ? Sir Anthony Berry, British politician (d. 1984)
* 1926 ? Joe Garagiola, American baseball player and announcer
* 1926 ? Charles Van Doren, American quiz show contestant
* 1930 ? John Doyle, Irish hurler
* 1930 ? Arlen Specter, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania
* 1931 ? Janwillem van de Wetering, Dutch author
* 1932 ? Axel Jensen, Norwegian author (d. 2003)
* 1932 ? Julian Lincoln Simon, American economist and author (d. 1998)
* 1934 ? Anne Krueger, American economist
* 1934 ? Bill Russell, American basketball player
* 1934 ? Annette Crosbie, Scottish actress
* 1935 ? Gene McDaniels, American singer
* 1936 ? Joe Don Baker, American actor
* 1936 ? Paul Shenar, American actor
* 1937 ? Charles Dumas, American athlete (d. 2004)
* 1938 ? Judy Blume, American author
* 1938 ? Johnny Rutherford, American race car driver
* 1938 ? Peter Temple-Morris, Baron Temple-Morris, British politician
* 1939 ? Ray Manzarek, American keyboardist (The Doors)
* 1940 ? Richard Lynch, American actor
* 1941 ? Naomi Uemura, Japanese adventurer
* 1942 ? Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel
* 1942 ? Pat Dobson, American baseball player (d. 2006)
* 1944 ? Moe Bandy, American singer
* 1945 ? Maud Adams, Swedish actress
* 1945 ? David Friedman, American economist
* 1946 ? Cliff DeYoung, American actor and musician
* 1946 ? Jean Eyeghe Ndong, Prime Minister of Gabon
* 1946 ? Ajda Pekkan, Turkish singer
* 1947 ? Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indian leader of Damdami Taksal (d. 1984)
* 1947 ? Jim Durham, American sportscaster
* 1948 ? Raymond Kurzweil, American inventor and author
* 1948 ? Mike Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1949 ? Joaquín Sabina, Spanish singer and songwriter
* 1950 ? Michael Ironside, Canadian actor
* 1950 ? Steve Hackett, English guitarist (Genesis)
* 1951 ? Steven Parent, Manson murder victim (d. 1969)
* 1952 ? Michael McDonald, American musician
* 1952 ? Simon MacCorkindale, British actor
* 1953 ? Joanna Kerns, American actress
* 1953 ? Nabil Shaban, British actor
* 1953 ? Robin Thomas, American actor
* 1954 ? Tzimis Panousis, Greek musician and stand-up comedian
* 1954 ? Philip Zimmermann, American cryptographer
* 1955 ? Arsenio Hall, American actor and talk show host
* 1955 ? Bill Laswell, American bassist and record producer
* 1955 ? Chet Lemon, American baseball player
* 1956 ? Brian Robertson, Scottish musician (Thin Lizzy and Motörhead)
* 1958 ? Grant McLennan, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens) (d. 2006)
* 1958 ? Bobby Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1959 ? Larry Nance, American basketball player
* 1959 ? Dan Puric, Romanian actor, director and writer
* 1959 ? Sigrid Thornton, Australian actress
* 1960 ? George Gray, American professional wrestler
* 1961 ? Jim Harris, Canadian politician
* 1962 ? Jimmy Kirkwood, Irish-born field hockey player
* 1963 ? John Michael Higgins, American actor
* 1963 ? Ed Lover, American radio personality
* 1967 ? Chris McKinstry, Canadian computer scientist
* 1967 ? Chitravina N. Ravikiran, Indian composer and musician
* 1968 ? Josh Brolin, American actor
* 1968 ? Grégory Charles, French Canadian singer, dancer, pianist, radio and television host
* 1968 ? Christopher McCandless, American nomad, subject of biography Into the Wild (d. 1992)
* 1968 ? Chynna Phillips, American singer
* 1968 ? Kyle Vincent, American singer/songwriter
* 1969 ? Darren Aronofsky, American director and writer
* 1969 ? Hong Myung-Bo, Korean footballer
* 1969 ? Meja, Swedish singer
* 1969 ? Brad Werenka, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1970 ? Jim Creeggan, Canadian bassist (Barenaked Ladies)
* 1970 ? Judd Winick, writer and artist
* 1972 ? Lance Hill, American football (soccer) player
* 1972 ? Ajay Naidu, Indian-American actor
* 1972 ? Owen Nolan, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1973 ? Gianni Romme, Dutch speed skater
* 1973 ? Tara Strong, Canadian voice actress
* 1974 ? Toranosuke Takagi, Japanese race car driver
* 1974 ? Fonzworth Bentley, American hip-hop artist
* 1975 ? Scot Pollard, American basketball player
* 1976 ? Christian Cullen, New Zealand rugby union footballer
* 1976 ? Silvia Saint, Czech pornographic actress
* 1977 ? Jimmy Conrad, American soccer player
* 1978 ? Brett Hodgson, Australian rugby league footballer
* 1978 ? Gethin Jones, Welsh television presenter
* 1978 ? Silver Meikar, Estonian politician
* 1979 ? Richard Barnwell, English footballer
* 1979 ? Antonio Chatman, American football player
* 1979 ? Matt Mauck, American football player
* 1979 ? Jesse Spencer, Australian actor
* 1980 ? Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spanish tennis player
* 1980 ? Sarah Lancaster, American actress
* 1980 ? Christina Ricci, American actress
* 1981 ? Lisa Hannigan, Irish singer
* 1982 ? Louis Tsatoumas, Greek long jumper
* 1983 ? Carlton Brewster, American football player
* 1984 ? Lolly Badcock, English pornographic actress
* 1984 ? Brad Keselowski, American racing car driver
* 1984 ? Peter Vanderkaay, American swimmer
* 1984 ? Aylar Lie, Norwegian model
* 1984 ? Alexandra Dahlström, Swedish actress
* 1985 ? Saskia Burmeister, Australian actress
* 1988 ? Nana Eikura, Japanese actress
* 1991 ? Faisal ibn Hamad Al Khalifah, prince of Bahrain (d. 2006)
* 1993 ? Jennifer Stone, American actress
Abraham Lincoln, nice.......
Actually, I've heard of a lot of those people on my list. Hell, I've even met a few.
