February 19
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Birthdays

Nicolas 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 Cedrick Hardwicke 1893 - Actor ("The Hunchchback 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 (Spirit) 1948

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")

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