February 7 - Births

Births

1102 – Empress Matilda, Princess of England and wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1169)
1478 – Sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist and author (d. 1535)
1612 – Thomas Killigrew, English dramatist (d. 1683)
1693 – Empress Anna of Russia (d. 1740)
1741 – Henry Fuseli, Swiss artist (d. 1825)
1758 – Benedikt Schack, Czech composer and tenor (d. 1826)
1804 – John Deere, American manufacturer (Deere & Company) (d. 1886)
1812 – Charles Dickens, English novelist (d. 1870)
1837 – Sir James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (d. 1915)
1842 – Alexandre Ribot, French statesman (d. 1923)
1867 – Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (d. 1957)
1870 – Alfred Adler, Austrian psychologist (d. 1937)
1873 – Thomas Andrews, British shipbuilder on the RMS Titanic (d. 1912)
1877 – G. H. Hardy, English mathematician (d. 1947)
1878 – Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (d. 1936)
1885 – Sinclair Lewis, American writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1951)
1885 – Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (d. 1953)
1886 – Yehezkel Abramsky, Russian rabbi, head of the London Beth Din for 17 years (d. 1976)
1887 – Eubie Blake, American musician and composer (d. 1983)
1889 – Harry Nyquist, important contributor to information theory (d. 1976)
1891 – Ann Little, American actress (d. 1984)
1895 – Anita Stewart, American film actress (d. 1961)
1898 – Dock Boggs, American musician (d. 1971)
1901 – Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand politician (d. 1989)
1905 – Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1983)
1905 – Paul Nizan, French author (d. 1940)
1906 – Oleg Antonov, Soviet aircraft designer (d. 1984)
1906 – Puyi, Emperor of China (d. 1967)
1907 – Yevgeniy Abalakov, Soviet mountaineer (d. 1948)
1908 – Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (d. 1983)
1908 – Fred Gipson, American author (d. 1973)
1909 – Hélder Câmara, Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1999)
1909 – Wilhelm Freddie, Danish painter (d. 1995)
1909 – Amedeo Guillet, former officer of the Italian Army (d. 2010)
1909 – Silvio Zavala, Mexican historian
1912 – Russell Drysdale, Australian Artist (d. 1981)
1912 – Roberta McCain, American, mother of John McCain
1914 – Ramón Mercader, Spanish assassin of Leon Trotsky (d. 1978)
1915 – Eddie Bracken, American actor (d. 2002)
1915 – Teoctist, Ex-Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (d. 2007)
1918 – Markey Robinson, Northern Irish painter (d. 1999)
1920 – Oscar Brand, Canadian folk musicologist
1920 – An Wang, Chinese computer pioneer (d. 1990)
1922 – Hattie Jacques, English actress (d. 1980)
1923 – Martha Holmes, American photographer (d. 2006)
1923 – Dora Bryan, English actress and singer
1925 – Hans Schmidt, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2012)
1926 – John Frank Davidson, British chemical engineer and Royal Medal holder
1926 – Konstantin Feoktistov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2009)
1927 – Juliette Gréco, French singer and actor
1927 – Vladimir Kuts, Russian runner (d. 1975)
1929 – Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chilean filmmaker
1932 – Gay Talese, American author
1932 – Al Worden, American astronaut
1933 – John Anderton, English footballer
1934 – Eddie Fenech Adami, Maltese politician, Prime Minister (1987-1996, 1998-2004); President (2004-2009)
1934 – King Curtis, American saxophonist (d. 1971)
1934 – Earl King, American musician (d. 2003)
1935 – Herbert Kohl, American politician
1937 – Juan Pizarro, Puerto Rican baseball player
1938 – S. Ramachandran Pillai, Indian communist leader
1939 – Ray Taliaferro, American radio talkshow host
1941 – Peter Foxhall, Australian evangelist
1943 – Gareth Hunt, English actor (d. 2007)
1945 – Gerald Davies, Welsh rugby player
1945 – Ian Jack, Scottish journalist
1946 – Hector Babenco, Brazilian film director
1946 – Sammy Johns, American country singer and songwriter
1946 – Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (d. 2011)
1946 – Gérard Jean-Juste, Haitian priest and activist (d. 2009)
1947 – Wayne Allwine, American voice artist (d. 2009)
1949 – Joe English, American drummer (Wings, Sea Level)
1949 – Paulo César Carpegiani, Brazilian footballer and coach
1949 – Jacques Duchesneau, Canadian civil servant and Chief of Police
1951 – Benny Ayala, baseball player
1952 – Vasco Rossi, Italian singer
1953 – Dan Quisenberry, American baseball player (d. 1998)
1954 – Dieter Bohlen German composer
1954 – Brian Morton, Scottish writer
1955 – Rolf Benirschke, American football player
1955 – Miguel Ferrer, American actor
1956 – Emo Philips, American comedian
1956 – Mark St. John, American musician (Kiss) (d. 2007)
1957 – Richard Cook, British jazz writer (d. 2007)
1957 – Carney Lansford, American baseball player
1958 – Matt Ridley, British scientist and writer
1960 – Robert Smigel, American actor and comedian
1960 – James Spader, American actor
1962 – Garth Brooks, American singer
1962 – David Bryan, American musician (Bon Jovi)
1962 – Eddie Izzard, British actor and comedian
1964 – Ashok Banker, Indian novelist
1964 – Ray Mears, British survival expert and TV presenter
1964 – Cynthia Woodhead, American swimmer
1965 – Jason Gedrick, American actor
1965 – Petr Váša, Czech poet, singer-songwriter, experimental actor and artist
1965 – Chris Rock, American actor and comedian
1966 – Kristin Otto, German swimmer
1967 – Richie Burnett, Welsh darts player
1967 – Cheung Man, Hong Kong actress
1968 – Peter Bondra, Slovak ice hockey player
1968 – Sully Erna, American singer (Godsmack)
1968 – Mark Tewksbury, Canadian swimmer
1969 – Adriano, Brazilian footballer
1969 – Yves Racine, Canadian ice hockey player
1970 – Stanley Roberts, American basketball player
1971 – Anita Tsoy, Russian singer
1972 – Essence Atkins, American actress
1972 – Robyn Lively, American actress
1972 – Amon Tobin, Brazilian musician
1973 – Irina Björklund, Finnish actress
1973 – Juwan Howard, American basketball player
1974 – Cheryl Cosim, Filipina journalist
1974 – J Dilla, American record producer (d. 2006)
1974 – Nujabes, Japanese hip hop producer (d. 2010)
1974 – Danny Goffey, British musician (Supergrass)
1974 – Steve Nash, Canadian basketball player
1975 – Wes Borland, American guitarist (Limp Bizkit)
1975 – Alexandre Daigle, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 – Kelly Choi, Korean/American TV hostess
1976 – Sreto Ristić, German footballer
1977 – Georgios Alexopoulos, Greek footballer
1977 – Paul Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Japanese footballer
1977 – Dimitris Papanikolaou, Greek basketball player
1977 – Mariusz Pudzianowski, Polish strongman
1978 – David Aebischer, Swiss ice hockey player
1978 – Endy Chávez, Venezuelan baseball player
1978 – Ashton Kutcher, American actor
1978 – Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian footballer
1979 – Daniel Bierofka, German footballer
1979 – Nicola Campedelli, Italian footballer
1979 – Jon Leicester, American baseball player
1979 – Cerina Vincent, American actress
1980 – Kevin J. Boyle, American politician
1980 – Maximiliano Cejas, Argentine footballer
1981 – Lee Ok-Sung, South Korean boxer
1981 – Darcy Dolce Neto, Brazilian footballer
1982 – Osamu Mukai, Japanese actor
1982 – Mickael Pietrus, French basketball player
1983 – Scott Feldman, American baseball player
1983 – Teshome Getu, Ethiopian footballer
1983 – Georgios Gougoulias, Greek footballer
1983 – Federico Marchetti, Italian footballer
1983 – Christian Klien, Austrian racing driver
1983 – Sho Kamogawa, Japanese football player
1984 – Trey Hardee, American decathlete
1985 – Tina Majorino, American actress
1985 – Devis Nossa, Italian footballer
1985 – Deborah Ann Woll, American actress
1986 – Michael Orozco Fiscal, American footballer
1986 – Lina Stančiūtė, Lithuanian tennis player
1986 – Pippa Wilson, British sailor
1986 – Stephen Colletti, American TV star
1987 – Joe Cardle, British footballer
1987 – Kerli, Estonian singer
1988 – Lee Don-Ku, South Korean ice hockey player
1988 – Nikola Fraňková, Czech tennis player
1988 – Albin Hodza, French footballer
1988 – Lee Joon, Korean singer (MBLAQ)
1988 – Ai Kago, Japanese singer (W and Minimoni)
1988 – Matthew Stafford, American football player
1989 – Nick Calathes, Greek basketball player
1989 – Louisa Lytton, British actress
1989 – Alexis Rolín, Uruguayan footballer
1990 – Anna Abreu, Finnish singer
1990 – Neil Etheridge, English/Filipino footballer
1990 – Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player
1991 – Zhou Yimiao, Chinese tennis player
1992 – Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer (Cute)
1993 – David Dorfman, American actor
1996 – David Castro, American actor
1996 – Mai Hagiwara, Japanese singer (Cute)