February 2, 1925 David Abell Wood, priest
February 2, 1925 Michel Paul Philippot, composer
February 2, 1924 Tine Balder, [Clementine AL Cobbaut], Flemish actress, Antigone
February 2, 1923 Al "Red" Schoendienst, baseball manager/2nd baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals
February 2, 1923 Bonita Granville, New York City, actress, Hitler's Children, Lone Ranger
February 2, 1923 James Dickey, Atlanta, poet/actor, Deliverance
February 2, 1923 Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Smith, Texas, journlist/author, WNBC, New York Daily News
February 2, 1923 Peter Fowler, physicist
February 2, 1920 An Wang, founder, Wang Labs, Wang Computers
February 2, 1919 Allie Reynolds, New York Yankee pitcher, 1952 AL ERA leader, 2.07,
February 2, 1919 Lisa Debeljevic-della Casa, Swiss vocalist
February 2, 1918 Hella [S Lelyveld-]Haasse, Dutch author, Cider for Poor People
February 2, 1915 Evert Werkman, Dutch journalist, Het Parool
February 2, 1915 Abba Eban, Israeli Diplomat
February 2, 1912 Burton Lane, Broadway composer, Finian's Rainbow
February 2, 1912 Stefan Schnabel, German actor, Anna, Dracula's Widow, Firefox
February 2, 1911 Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist/composer
February 2, 1911 Johan J "Jussi" Bjorling, Swedish tenor
February 2, 1910 Charlotte Auerbach, computer Pioneer/Mathematician
February 2, 1910 Hendrik H K Beernink, Dutch politician, CHU
February 2, 1909 Franc Albertson, Fergus Falls, Minnesota, actor, Psycho, Alice Adams
February 2, 1908 Anita Garvin, actress, Swiss Miss, Blotto, Charlatan, Hats Off
February 2, 1908 Cal Tinney, Oklahoma, comedian, Stop Me If You Heard This One
February 2, 1908 Clarence "Buster" Crabbe, California, swimmer 1932 Olympics gold /actor
February 2, 1908 Pavel Sivic, composer
February 2, 1908 Renzo Rossellini, Italian composer
February 2, 1907 Bernardas Brazdzionis, Lithuania, poet/editor/critic
February 2, 1905 Ayn Rand, writer, Atlas Shrugged, Fountainhead
February 2, 1905 Jean-Pierre Guerlain, cosmetics pioneer
February 2, 1904 Buzurg Alavi, Persian author, Panjah va sih nafar, Namal'ha
February 2, 1904 Jose Enrique Pedreira, composer
February 2, 1903 Frank McGrath, Mound City, Missouri, actor, Wagon Train
February 2, 1902 Tyra Ryman, Arboga Sweden, actress, Peter the Tramp
February 2, 1901 Connie Gilchrist, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Cry Havoc, Letter to 3 Wives
February 2, 1901 Jascha Heifetz, Vilna Lithuania, U.S. violin virtuoso, Carnegie Hall
February 2, 1900 Asa Smith Bushnell, Jr., Springfield Ohio, Sec of U.S. Olympics, 1945-65
February 2, 1899 Benny Rubin, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor/comedian, Benny Rubin Show
February 2, 1898 Josephina J "Fien" de la Mar, Dutch actress, Theatre De la Mar
February 2, 1896 Jane Wilde, writer
February 2, 1895 George S Halas, [Papa Bear], end/coach, Bears, co-founder NFL
February 2, 1895 George Halas, American Coach
February 2, 1891 Antonio Segni, premier/president, Italy
February 2, 1891 Frank Foyston, NHL Hall of Famer, Seattle
February 2, 1890 Jean J M de Lattre de Tassigny, French gen, Indo-China
February 2, 1888 Candelario Huizar, composer
February 2, 1888 Frank Lloyd, Scotland, actor and director, Mutiny on Bounty, Oliver Twist
February 2, 1886 Kurt Baschwitz, German/Dutch sociologist/journalist, Du und
February 2, 1886 William R Benet, writer
February 2, 1885 Aldo Palazzeschi, [Giurlani], Italian writer, I cavalli bianchi
February 2, 1884 Julis Deutsch, Austria politician/General Spanish rep army
February 2, 1884 S Z Sakall, Budapest Hungary, actor, Dolly Sisters, Casablanca
February 2, 1883 Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin, composer
February 2, 1882 James Joyce, Ire, novelist/poet, Dubliners, Ulysses, Finnigan's Wake
February 2, 1882 James Stephens, Irish poet, Crock of Gold
February 2, 1881 Karl Frederick, pistol champ, Olympics gold 1920
February 2, 1878 Christian Gauss, educator/writer, Phi Beta Kappa award namesake
February 2, 1875 Annette Kolb, German/French author, Small Fanfare
February 2, 1875 Fritz Kreisler, Vienna Austria, violinist and composer
February 2, 1874 Ernest Shackleton, Irish Explorer
February 2, 1873 Freiherr Konstantin von Neurath, German Secretary of State, 1932-38
February 2, 1873 Johan P earl van Limburg Stirum, Dutch diplomat
February 2, 1873 Leopold Fall, Austria, operetta composer, Dollar Princess
February 2, 1864 Margot Asquith, English Author
February 2, 1861 Mehmed VI, last sultan of Ottoman Empire, 1918-22
February 2, 1861 Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey, 1918-22
February 2, 1861 Solomon R Guggenheim, philanthropist, Guggenheim Museum New York City
February 2, 1859 Havelock Ellis, U.S. physician/sexologist, Psychology of Sex
February 2, 1859 Henry Havelock Ellis, British Psychologist
February 2, 1857 Jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector
February 2, 1856 Makar Grigori Ekmalyan, composer
February 2, 1852 Hamid Abdulhak, Istanbul, Turkish romantic poet/playwright
February 2, 1852 Teunis Stoel, actor and director, Small Theater, Rotterdam
February 2, 1850 Carel V Gerritsen, Dutch free thinker
February 2, 1847 Jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer
February 2, 1844 Leander Schlegel, composer
February 2, 1840 Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer
February 2, 1835 Luigi Manzotti, Milano, ballet choreographer
February 2, 1827 Abner Monroe Perrin, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1864
February 2, 1827 Oswald Aschenbach, German painter
February 2, 1820 Hans E Schack, Danish politician/writer, Phantasterne
February 2, 1817 John Glover, English chemist, sulfuric acid
February 2, 1817 Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer
February 2, 1815 Nathaniel Collins McLean, Brig Gen Union volunteers, died in 1905
February 2, 1813 Jozsef Eotvos, Hungarian Minister of Education, 1848
February 2, 1804 Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer
February 2, 1803 Albert Sidney Johnston, Gen Confederate Army, died in 1862
February 2, 1802 Jean-Baptiste JD Boussingault, French chemist
February 2, 1780 Johannes van den Bosch, Governor-General, Netherlands East Indies
February 2, 1773 Vincenc Tomas Vaclav Tucek, composer
February 2, 1748 Christian Gottfried Thomas, composer
February 2, 1714 Gottfried August Homilius, composer
February 2, 1669 Louis Marchand, composer
February 2, 1650 Nell [Eleanor] Gwyn, English actress/mistress, King Charles II
February 2, 1649 Benedict XIII, [Pierfrancesco Orsini], Italy, 245th pope, 1724-30
February 2, 1600 Gabriel Naude, France, librarian, Mazarin Library
February 2, 1595 Jacob van Campen, painter/architect, New Church, Amsterdam
February 2, 1583 Anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poet
February 2, 1502 Damiao de Gois, Portuguese humanist scholar