Famous Birthdays for February 19Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikolaj Kopernick) 1473 - Polish astronomer, known for the Copernican theory: the sun is the center of our universe David Garrick 1717 - Actor, playwright Sven Hedin (Sven Anders Hedin) 1865 - Explorer, geographer Sir Cedric Hardwicke 1893 - Actor ("The Hunchhback of Notre Dame", "The Ten Commandments") Louis Calhern (Carl Henry Vogt) 1895 - Actor ("The Count of Monte Cristo", "Blackboard Jungle") Nydia Westman 1902 - Actress ("Strange Justice", "The Velvet Touch") John Bubbles (John William Sublett) 1902 - Actor ("Porgy and Bess"[1953 on Broadway], "Cabin in the Sky") Susan Fleming 1909 - ("Range Feud") Merle Oberon (Thompson) 1911 - Actress ("Wuthering Heights", "The Oscar") Stan Kenton 1912 Dick Siebert (Richard Walther Siebert) 1912 - Baseball player Eddie Arcaro 1916 - Jockey, won two Triple Crowns (1941, 1928) Carson McCullers 1917 - Author ("The Member of the Wedding", "Reflections in a Golden Eye") Lee Marvin 1924 - Actor ("The Caine Mutiny", "The Dirty Dozen", "Delta Force") John Frankenheimer 1930 - Director Russ Nixon 1935 - Baseball player Bob Engemann 1936 - Singer (The Lettermen) Carlin Glynn 1940 Smokey Robinson 1940 - Singer (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles) Bobby Rogers 1940 - Singer (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles) Paul Krause 1942 - Football player Bob Menne 1942 - Golfer Lou Christie (Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco) 1943 - Singer Michael Nader 1945 Bruce Fairbairn 1947 - Actor Mark Andes 1948 - Musician (Spirit, Canned Heat) Tony Iommi 1948 - Musician (Black Sabbath) Amy Tan 1952 - Author Francis Buchholz 1954 - Musician (Scorpions) Eddie Brown 1952 - Football player Jeff Daniels 1955 - Actor ("The Purple Rose of Cairo", "Terms of Endearment") Ray Winstone 1957 - Actor Peter Holsapple (dB's) 1956 Dave Wakeling (English Beat, General Public, Bang!) 1956 Lorraine Crook 1957 Falco (Johann Holzel) 1957 - Singer Prince Andrew 1960 - British Duke of York Hana Mandlikova 1962 - Tennis player Seal 1963 - Singer (Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel) Justine Bateman 1966 - Actress ("Family Ties") Benicio Del Toro 1967 - Actor Haylie Duff 1985 - Singer, actress ("7th Heaven") Victoria Justice 1993 - Singer, actress ("Victorious") |
