February 1




Birthdays


Victor Herbert 1859 - Cellist, conductor

John Ford (Sean Aloysius O’Feeney) 1894 - Director

Clark Gable 1901 - Actor ("It Happened One Night", "Gone with the Wind")

Langston Hughes 1902 - Author

S.J. (Sidney) Perelman 1904 - Writer, screenwriter

Renata Tebaldi 1922 - Opera singer

Stuart Whitman 1928 - Actor ("Cimarron Strip", "The Longest Day")

Boris Yeltsin 1931 - Russian president 1991-1999

Bob Shane 1934 - Singer (The Kingston Trio)

Garrett Morris 1937 - Actor, comedian

Don Everly 1937 - Singer (The Everly Brothers)

Ray Sawyer 1937 - Singer (Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show)

Jacky Cupit 1938 - Golfer

Sherman Hemsley 1938 - Actor ("The Jeffersons")

Joe Sample 1939 - Jazz musician

Del McCoury 1939 - Bluegrass singer

Terry Jones 1942 - Comedian ("Monty Python" series)

Wayne Rivers 1942 - Hockey player

Dennis Farina 1944

Paul Blair 1944 - Baseball player

Dick Snyder 1944 - Basketball player

Debbie Austin 1948 - Golfer

Dave Thompson 1949 - Football player

Rick James 1952 - Singer (Songs: "Cold Blooded" and "Super Freak")

Bill Mumy 1954 - Actor ("Twilight Zone-The Movie", "The Rockford Files", writer, producer

Mike Campbell 1954 - Rock musician (Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers)

Exene Cervenka 1956 - Singer (X)

Sherilynn Fenn 1965 - Actress ("Twin Peaks")

Princess Stephanie of Monaco (Stéphanie Marie Elisabeth Grimaldi) 1965 - Singer, youngest child of Grace Kelly and Rainier III of Monaco, recorded "In The Closet" with Michael Jackson.

Lisa Marie Presley 1968 - Musician, daughter of Elvis Presley

Pauly Shore 1970 - Comedian, actor ("Encino Man")

Big Boi 1975 - Rapper (Outkast)

Jarrett Lennon 1982 - Actor ("Freaks and Geeks")