Birthdates which
occurred on 11th February :
1380 Gianfrancesco
Poggio Bracciolini Italy, humanist
1465 Elizabeth of York London, Consort of King Henry VII
1506 Juliana van Stolberg engraver of Nassau
1535 Gregory XIV [Niccolò Sfondrati], Roman Catholic pope (1590-91)
1557 John Wtenbogaert remonstrants theologist
1568 Honoré d'Urfé French writer (L'Astrée)
1657 Bernard Fontenelle France, scientist/writer (Plurality of Worlds)
1755 Albert Christoph Dies composer
1764 Marie-Joseph de Chénier French poet (Cajus Graechus)
1776 Joannis Capodistrias Greek Governor of Troezen (1827-31)
1780 K v Günderode writer
1783 Jarena Lee famous African
1790 Ignaz Assmayer composer
1800 William Henry Fox Talbot Wiltshire England, photographic pioneer
1802 Lydia Maria Child US, author/abolitionist (Juvenile Miscellany)
1810 Loisa Puget composer
1812 Alexander Hamilton Stephens Vice President (Confederacy), died
in 1883
1812 Benjamin Franklin Sands Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883
1819 Samuel Parkman Tuckerman composer
1821 Auguste Édouard Mariette French Egyptologist, (dug out
Sphinx 12/16/42)
1821 Hermann Allmers writer
1829 William Anderson Pile Brevet Major General (Union volunteers),
died in 1889
1830 Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf composer
1830 Peter Arnold Heise composer
1833 Melville Weston Fuller 8th chief justice
1839 Josiah Willard Gibbs theoretical physicist/chemist
1840 Sanuel Dana Greene Lieutenant Commander (Union Navy), died in
1884
1847 Thomas Alva Edison Milan OH, lit up your life (held 1200 patents)
1860 Rachilde [Marguerite Vallette-Eymery], French author (Monsieur
Venus)
1867 August W Messer German philosopher/educator/psychologist
1869 Helene ELJ Kröller-Müller Dutch founder (Kröller-Müller
Museum)
1873 Feodor Chaliapine Russian author/novelist (Pages from My Life)
1874 Elsa Beskow [Maartman], Swedish children's book/fairy tales author
1874 Fritz Bennicke Hart composer
1875 Sara Wennerberg-Reuter composer
1879 Jean Gilbert composer
1882 Gheorghe Cucu composer
1883 Paul August von Klenau Danish composer/conductor (Sulamith)
1887 Ernst "Putzi" Hanfstängl German/US pianist/politician
(NSDAP)
1887 John van Melle South African writer (Dawid Booysen)
1889 John Mills dancer (Mills Brothers)
1889 Vladimir Mikhaylovich Deshevov composer
1890 John P M L de Vries fairy tale writer
1891 J W Hearne cricket leg-spinner (all-rounder for England in 24
Tests)
1893 Johan C P Alberts Dutch literary (Festival)
1894 Alfonso Leng composer
1894 Isaac M Kolthoff chemist (Massenanalyse)
1895 Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky composer
1896 Else Lasker-Schüler writer
1897 Yves de La Casiniere composer
1898 Leo Szilard Hungary, physicist/A-bomb worker/peace activist
19-- Deena Freeman Palo Alto CA, actress (April-Too Close For Comfort)
1900 Thomas Hitchcock Jr great polo player (Westchester Cup 1924,27,30,39)
1900 Hans-Georg Gadamer German philosopher
1903 Hans Redlich composer
1903 Rex Lease West Virginia, actor (Fast Bullets, Sunny Skies, Custer's
Last Stand)
1904 Henry R LaBouisse headed UNICEF (1965-79)
1904 Sir Keith Holyoake New Zealand PM (1960-72)
1905 Beb [Elizabeth] Vuyk Netherlands/Indonesian writer (Camp diary)
1906 Denis Barnett British air chief marshal
1907 E W Swanton author & sports commentator
1908 Josh White rocker
1908 Sutan Takdir Alishahbana Indonesian linguistic/author/novelist
1908 Vivian [Ernest] Fuchs geologist/explorer (British Antarctic Survey)
1909 Max Baer [The Livermore Larruper] Omaha NB, heavyweight boxing
champion (1934-35)/actor (The Prizefighter and the Lady)
1909 Joseph L Mankiewicz Wilkes-Barre PA, film writer/director (Sleuth)
1911 Alec Cairncross chancellor (Glasgow U)
1912 Roy Fuller England, poet/novelist (Lost Season)
1912 Rudolf Firkusny Napajedla Czechoslovakia, pianist (Julliard)
1913 Lucio Diestro San Pedro composer
1914 Matt Dennis Seattle WA, singer (Matt Dennis Show)
1914 French Duynstee Dutch constitutional lawyer
1914 Menelaos Pallantios composer
1914 Winand J Borgerhoff Mulder court judge of Amsterdam
1915 Haakon Stotijn Dutch oboist (VARA Orchestra, Orkestgebouw Orchestra)
1915 Mervyn Levy artist/critic
1915 Patrick Leigh Fermor author
1916 Bernice Levin Neugarten social scientist/gerontologist
1917 Sidney Sheldon novelist (1947 Academy Award, 1959 Tony, Bloodline)
1917 Richard Jock Kinneir graphic designer
1919 Gretchen Fraser Tacoma WA, slalom skier (Olympics-gold-1948)
1920 Billy Halop New York NY, actor (Bert Munson-All in the Family)
1920 Daniel F[rancis] Galouye US, sci-fi author (Dark Universe, Last
Leap)
1920 Farouk I Cairo, last King of Egypt (1936-52)
1920 Paul Peter Piech artist
1921 Eva Gabor Budapest Hungary, actress (Lisa-Green Acres, Gigi)
1921 Lloyd Bentsen (Senator-D-TX) (1988 Democratic Vice-Presidential
nominee)
1922 Leslie Nielsen Regina Sask, actor (Forbidden Planet, Naked Gun)
1922 Tudor Jarda composer
1923 Baroness Sharples
1923 Ronald Arculus British diplomat
1924 Mary Tregear Oriental art historian
1925 Dr Virginia E Johnson sexologist (Masters & Johnson)
1925 Kim Stanley [Patricia Reid], Tularosa NM, actress (Right Stuff)
1925 Peter Berger British Vice-Admiral
1925 Virginia E Johnson doctor/sexologist (Masters & Johnson)
1926 Paul Bocuse France, great chef (Legion of Honor)
1926 Alexander Gibson British conductor/founder (Scottish Opera)
1928 Conrad Janis New York NY, actor (Mork & Mindy, Quark, Bonino)
1928 Archibald Forster CEO (Esso UK)
1928 Gerry Alexander cricket wicketkeeper (West Indies of 50s &
60s)
1928 Raoul Cita rocker
1929 Leonard Gregory Kastle composer
1930 Alevtina Koltschina USSR, cross country relay skier (Olympics-gold-1960)
1930 C H Dearnley organist
1930 Earl of Rosebery
1931 Larry Merchant author/boxing commentator (Showtime)
1932 Jerome Lowenthal Philadelphia PA, pianist/professor (Jerusalem
Academy of Music)
1932 Dennis Skinner MP
1934 Mary Quant Kent England, fashion designer (Chelsea Look, Mod
Look)
1934 Tina Louise New York NY, actress (Ginger-Gilligan's Island, Julie-Dallas)
1934 Francesco Pennisi composer
1934 John Surtees British race car driver
1934 Patrick Holmes Sellors ophthalmologist
1935 Bent Lorentzen composer
1935 Gene Vincent Norfolk VA, rock guitarist/vocalist (Be-Bop-A-Lula)
1936 Burt Reynolds Waycross GA, actor (Evening Shade, Striptease,
Cannonball Run, Smokey and the Bandit, Dan August, Deliverance)
1937 Bill Lawry cricketer (dour Australian lefty opener, Can talk
a bit)
1937 Lodewijk Boer Dutch violinist/playwright (The Family)
1937 Marilyn Butler Rector (Exeter College-Oxford)
1937 Peter Lashley cricketer (4 Tests for West Indies 1960-66)
1938 Boris Majorov USSR, ice hockey (Olympics-gold-1964)
1938 General Manuel Antonio Noriega Panamanian General/dictator (1983-1990)
1938 Yevgeniy Majorov USSR, ice hockey (Olympics-gold-1964)
1938 Bevan Congdon cricketer (New Zealand batsman of 60s & 70s)
1938 Willy Correa de Oliveira composer
1939 Gerry Goffin Queens NY, rock lyricist (married Carole King)
1939 Bryan Gould MP
1939 Jane [Hyatt] Yolen US, sci-fi author (Spider Jane, Heart's Blood)
1940 Bobby "Boris" Pickett rocker (Monster Mash)
1940 Calvin Fowler Pittsburgh PA, basketball player (Olympics-gold-1968)
1940 John Fink Detroit MI, actor (Dr Adam Hudson-Nancy)
1941 Sergio Mendes jazz/pop musician (Brazil '66/'77/'88)
1941 Glenn Randall Jr stuntman (Species, Mrs Soffel, Return of the
Jedi)
1941 Jeremy Mackenzie General
1942 Archie comic book character
1942 Archie Andrews comic book character (Archie)
1942 James Couchman MP
1942 Leon Haywood US vocalist/keyboardist (It's Got to be Mellow)
1942 Otis Clay US gospel/R&B-singer (That's how it is)
1942 Tony Colton rock producer (On the Boards)
1943 Iain Cameron British brigadier
1943 Win Griffiths MP
1944 Bert Greene golfer
1944 Buddhadev Dasgupta director (Charachar, Grihajuddha)
1944 Michael G Oxley (Representative-R-OH, 1981- )
1946 M C Walker CEO (Iceland Frozen Foods)
1946 Timothy Chambers pediatrician
1948 Sue Bernard Los Angeles CA, playmate (December 1966)
1949 Charlie Hargrett rock guitarist (Blackfoot)
1950 Clarence Ellis NFLer
1950 Earnest Jim Istook (Representative-R-OK)
1950 Johanna E "Joke" Beerens actress (Schipper Next to
God)
1950 Rochelle Fleming US soul vocalist (First Choice, Smarty Pants)
1953 Philip Anglim San Francisco CA, actor (Dane-Thorn Birds)
1953 Stephen D Thorne Frankfurt-on-Main, German, Lieutenant Commander
USN/astronaut
1953 Alan Rubin music figure (Blues Brothers)
1954 Catherine Hickland Ft Lauderdale, actress (Capitol, Star Trek
IV)
1956 Kathleen Beller Queens NY, actress (Ft Apache the Bronx, Touched)
1958 Michael Jackson controller (BBC2)
1958 Regina Marsikova Czechoslovakia, tennis star
1959 Corinne Shigemoto US judo coach (Olympics-96)
196- Bianca Ferguson actress (Felicia Jones-General Hospital)
1960 Richard A Mastracchio Waterbury CT, astronaut
1961 Mary Docter US, 3000 meter speed skater (Olympics-1980, 84, 88,
92)
1961 Becky LeBeau Los Angeles CA, vocalist (Mischief)
1961 Carey Lowell New York NY, actress (Me & Him, Guardian, Dangerously
Close)
1962 Scott Kolden Torrance CA, actor (Scott-Me & the Chimp)
1962 Sheryl Crow Kennett MO, singer/songwriter (All I Wanna Do, If
It Makes You Happy)
1963 Todd Benzinger US baseball player (San Francisco Giants)
1965 Angie Ridgeway Wabash IN, LPGA golfer (1992 Sara Lee-8th)
1965 Stephen Gregory New York NY, actor (Chase-Young & Restless)
1966 Alexander Semak Ufa Russia, NHL center (New York Islanders)
1966 Anthony Parker NFL cornerback (Minnesota Vikings, St Louis Rams,
Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1966 Patrick Kuhnen West Germany, tennis star
1966 Stephen Gregory New York NY, actor (Chase-Young & Restless)
1967 Barbara Byrne Princeton NJ, rower (Olympics-96)
1967 Chris Reohr Ridley Park PA, fencer (Olympics-96)
1967 Derek King Hamilton, NHL left wing (New York Islanders)
1967 John Patterson US baseball infielder (San Francisco Giants)
1969 Shannon Long Gladstone Australia, playmate (October 1988)
1969 Bryan Eversgerd US baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1969 Jennifer Aniston Sherman Oaks CA, actress (Rachel-Friends)
1969 Joe Valerio NFL outside corner/tackle (Kansas City Chiefs)
1969 Kevin King US baseball pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
1969 Mark Atkinson cricket wicket-keeper (Tasmanian batsman)
1969 Mary Stoker Miss Wisconsin-USA (1996)
1970 Alistair Brown cricketer (Surrey & England ODI opening batsman
1996)
1970 Jason Allyn Scott Iowa City IA, rower (Olympics-1996)
1971 Jennifer Lynne Faucette Burlington VT, Miss Vermont-America (1995)
1971 John Bock NFL center (New York Jets, Miami Dolphins)
1971 Linda Wild Arlington Heights IL, tennis star (1993 Melbourne
Open)
1972 Dennis Iliohan Dutch soccer player (FC Lisse, ADO Den Haag)
1973 Tom Tumulty linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals)
1974 Brian Newman guard (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1974 Ronnie Ward linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
1974 Wally Richardson quarterback (Baltimore Ravens)
1975 Chuck Watanabe kayak (alternate-Olympics-96)
1975 Jacque Vaughn NBA guard (Utah Jazz)
1975 Kim Weir Miss Nebraska-USA (1997)
1976 Brice Beckham Long Beach CA, actor (Wesley-Mr Belvedere)
1976 Tony Battie NBA forward (Denver Nuggets)
1977 Jessica Carlson Kalamazoo MI, archer (alternate-Olympics-1996)
1977 Stephanie Richardson Toronto Ontario, 200 meter/800 meter swimmer
(Olympics-96)
1977 Veronica Marie Duka Campbellsville KY, Miss Kentucky-America
(1996-Top 10)
1979 Brandy [Norwood] singer (Les Miserables, Moesha)
1980 Matthew Lawrence Montgomery PA, actor (Matthew-Gimme a Break)
1980 Natasha Bobo Watsonville CA, actress (Sally-Together We Stand)
1997 Michael Jackson Jr son of Michael Jackson
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Deaths which occurred
on February 11th:
0641 Heraclius emperor of Byzantium (610-641), dies at about 65
0731 Gregory II Greek-Syrian Pope, dies
0821 Benedict of Aniane saint, dies
0824 Paschal I Italian Pope (817-24), dies
0867 Theodora the Saint, beauty queen/empress of Byzantine, dies
1141 Hugo of St-Victor philosopher/theologist/mystic, dies
1503 Elizabeth of York Consort of King Henry VII, dies on 38th birthday
1543 Ahmed Gran sultan of Adal, dies in battle
1622 Alfonso Fontanelli composer, dies at 64
1650 René Descartes philosopher "I think therefore I am",
stops thinking
1685 David Teniers III Flemish painter, dies at 46
1762 Johann Tobias Krebs composer, dies at 71
1797 Antoine Dauvergne composer, dies at 83
1806 Vicente Martin y Soler composer, dies at 51
1841 J H Ferdinand Olivier German painter, dies at 55
1868 Léon Foucault discovers 1st physical proof of Earth's
rotation, dies
1870 Jacob M de Kempenaer Dutch Minister of Internal Affairs (1848-49),
dies at 76
1870 Leopold Eugen Mechura composer, dies at 66
1879 Honore Daumier caricaturist/painter, dies
1879 Willem J van Zeggelen Dutch author/novelist/writer, dies at 67
1882 Gustav Schmidt composer, dies at 65
1892 Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni composer, dies at 63
1894 Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera composer, dies at 70
1899 George Morgan 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident,
dies
1901 Milan I king of Serbia, dies at 56
1903 Henryk Szulc composer, dies at 67
1907 Peter J Savelberg Dutch Limbourg monastery founder, dies at 80
1911 Albert von Rothschild baron/Austrian banker, dies at 66
1922 Gerardus J P Bolland Dutch philosopher (Bolland Society), dies
at 67
1931 Charles Algernon Parsons British inventor (steam turbine), dies
at 76
1939 Franz Schmidt Austrian composer, dies at 64
1940 John Buchan 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada
(1935-40), dies
1941 Rudolf Hilferding German economist/Minister of Finance (SPD),
suicide at 63
1944 Ivan Sollertinski friend of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich,
dies
1945 Al Dubin Swiss songwriter (Tiptoe Thru The Tulips), dies at 53
1945 J S H Lokerman Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Neugengamme
1948 Sergy Eisenstein film director, dies at 50
1961 Eduard R Verkade Dutch actor/director (Pygmalion), dies at 82
1961 Patrice Lumumba 1st premier Congo, murdered at 34
1963 Sylvia Plath poet/novelist (Ariel), kills herself in London at
30
1968 Howard Lindsay US playwright (State of the Union), dies at 78
1969 James Lanphier actor (Flight of Lost Balloon), dies at 48
1970 Emil Abranyi composer, dies at 87
1971 Whitney Young Jr National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria
1972 Jan Wils architect (Olympian Stadium, Amsterdam), dies at 80
1973 Hans D Jensen German physicist (Nobel prize 1963), dies at 65
1974 Anna Q Nilsson actress (Toll Gate, Sorrell & Son), dies at
85
1976 Lee J Cobb actor (12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront), dies at 64
1976 Alice Allen actress (Call of the Hills), dies
1976 Charlie Naughton actor (Frozen Limits), dies at 89
1977 Louis J M Beel Dutch premier (1946-48, 58-59), dies at 74
1978 James B Conant headmaster (Harvard University), dies at 84
1982 Eleanor Powell tap dancer/wife of Glenn Ford, dies of cancer
at 69
1982 Takashi Shimura Japan, actor (Rashomon, 7 Samurais), dies at
76
1985 Heinz Eric Roemheld composer, dies of pneumonia at 83
1985 Henry Hathaway actor/director (Nob Hill), dies of heart attack
at 86
1985 Ulysses Sipmson Kay composer, dies at 68
1986 Frank [Patrick] Herbert sci-fi author (Dune), dies at 65
1989 George O'Hanlon actor/director (Bop Girl, Zamba), dies at 71
1991 Oscar Nitzchke German architect (Alcoa building), dies at 90
1992 Ray Danton US actor/director (Psychic Killer), dies at 60
1993 George A Stephen inventor (Weber Kettle Grill), dies at 71
1993 Joy Garrett actress (Days of Our Lives), dies of liver failure
1993 Oksana Kostina Russian gymnast, dies in an auto accident
1994 Antonio Martin Spanish cyclist, dies in cycling accident at 23
1994 Sorrell Brooke actor (Mayor Hogg-Dukes of Hazzard), dies at 64
1994 William Conrad actor (Cannon), dies of a heart attack at 73
1996 Amelia Rosselli poet, dies at 65
1996 Bob Shaw science fiction writer, dies of cancer at 64
1996 Cyril Poole cricket (Notts 1946-62, England 1951-52 in 3 Tests),
dies
1996 Kebby Musokotwane prime minister of Zambia in (1985-89), dies
1996 Phil Regan actor (Las Vegas Night, Dames, Housewife), dies at
88
1997 Don Porter actor (Gidget), dies at 84
1554 Lady Jane Grey deposed Queen of England, beheaded after 9 day
rule at 17
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