February 14
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[edit] Births
- 1404 - Leone Battista Alberti, Italian painter, poet, and philosopher (died 1472)
- 1483 - Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder of the Moghul dynasty (died 1530)
- 1602 - Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (died 1676)
- 1680 - John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor (died 1737)
- 1692 - Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (died 1754)
- 1701 - Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (died 1773)
- 1763 - Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (died 1813)
- 1766 - Thomas Malthus, English economist (died 1834)
- 1812 - Alfred Thomas Agate, American artist (d. 1846)
- 1819 - Joshua A. Norton, self-titled Emperor Norton I of the United States and Protector of Mexico (died 1880)
- 1847 - Anna Howard Shaw, American women's suffrage leader (died 1919)
- 1848 - Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer (died 1934)
- 1856 - Frank Harris, Irish author and editor (died 1931)
- 1869 - Charles Wilson, Scottish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1959)
- 1884 - Hezekiah M. Washburn, missionary (died 1972)
- 1890 - Nina Hamnett, Welsh artist (died 1956)
- 1894 - Jack Benny, American actor and comedian (died 1974)
- 1895 - Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (died 1973)
- 1898 - Fritz Zwicky, Swiss-American physicist and astronomer (died 1974)
- 1903 - Stu Erwin, American actor (died 1967)
- 1905 - Thelma Ritter, American actress (died 1969)
- 1912 - Tibor Sekelj, Croatian explorer (died 1988)
- 1913 - Mel Allen, American sports reporter (died 1996)
- 1913 - Woody Hayes, American college football coach (died 1987)
- 1913 - Jimmy Hoffa, American labor union leader (disappeared 1975)
- 1916 - Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director
- 1916 - Edward Platt, American actor (died 1974)
- 1917 - Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1921 - Hugh Downs, American game show host
- 1927 - Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress
- 1929 - Vic Morrow, actor (died 1982)
- 1931 - Brian Kelly, American actor (died 2005)
- 1932 - Alexander Kluge, German actor and film director
- 1934 - Michel Corboz, Swiss conductor
- 1934 - Florence Henderson, American actress
- 1936 - Fanne Foxe, Argentine dancer
- 1936 - Andrew Prine, American actor
- 1941 - Donna Shalala, American politician, educator
- 1941 - Paul Tsongas, U.S. Senator (died 1997)
- 1942 - Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City
- 1943 - Maceo Parker, American musician (P-Funk)
- 1944 - Carl Bernstein, American journalist
- 1944 - Alan Parker, British film director and writer
- 1945 - Frank Welker, American actor
- 1946 - Bernard Dowiyogo, President of Nauru (died 2003)
- 1946 - Gregory Hines, American dancer and actor (died 2003)
- 1948 - Pat O'Brien, American sportscaster and television host
- 1948 - Teller, American magician (Penn and Teller)
- 1959 - Renee Fleming, Canadian soprano
- 1960 - Jim Kelly, American football player
- 1960 - Meg Tilly, Canadian actress
- 1962 - Kevyn Aucoin, American cosmetologist
- 1963 - Enrico Colantoni, Canadian actor
- 1963 - Zach Galligan, American actor
- 1967 - Manuela Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player
- 1968 - Jules Asner, American model and television personality
- 1970 - Simon Pegg, English comedian, writer, and actor
- 1971 - Noriko Sakai, Japanese singer
- 1972 - Drew Bledsoe, American football player
- 1972 - Rob Thomas, American musician (matchbox twenty)
- 1973 - Steve McNair, American football player
- 1978 - Richard Hamilton, American basketball player
- 1979 - Antonio Chatman, American football player
- 1980 - Fatima Leyva, Mexican footballer
- 1985 - Philippe Senderos, Swiss footballer
- 1992 - Freddie Highmore, British actor
[edit] Deaths
- 1996 - McLean Stevenson, American actor
