Famous Birthdays for February 21

Today's:

Alice Palmer (Alice Elvira Freeman) 1855 - Educator, helped organize American Association of University Women

Andrés Segovia 1893

W.H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden 1907 - Poet

Zachary Scott 1914

Ann Sheridan 1915 - Actress ("Appointment in Honduras," "The Man Who Came to Dinner")

Albert Axelrod 1921 - Fencer, editor (American Fencing Magazine)

Jack Ramsay 1925 - Basketball coach

Sam Peckinpah 1925 - Director

Erma Bombeck 1927 - Humorist, columnist, writer

Hubert de Givenchy 1927 - Fashion designer

Nina Simone (Eunice Waymon) 1933 - Singer, songwriter

Rue McClanahan 1935 - Actress ("The Golden Girls," "Maude," "Mama’s Family")

Barbara Jordan 1936 - Lawyer, U.S. Congresswoman

Ron Clarke 1937 - Runner, broke 17 world records between 1963 and 1970

Gary Lockwood (Yusolfsky) 1937 - Actor ("2001: A Space Odyssey," "Splendor in the Grass")

Ernie McMillan 1938 - Football player

Peter Gethin 1940 - Auto racer

Peter McEnery 1940 - Actor ("Negatives")

David Geffen 1943 - Producer, record executive (Geffen Records)

Jack Billingham 1943 - Baseball player

Danny Grant 1945 - Hockey player

Tyne Daly 1946 - Actress ("Cagney and Lacey", "The Enforcer")

Alan Rickman 1946

Jerry Harrison 1949 - Musician (Talking Heads)

Bill Olds 1951 - Football player

Vince Welnick 1951 - Musician (The Tubes, The Greatful Dead)

Jean-Jacques Burnel 1952 - Musician (The Stranglers)

Ken Huff 1953 - Football player

Jim Pietrzak 1953 - Football player

William Petersen 1953 - Actor ("CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "Fear")

Kelsey Grammer 1955 - Actor ("Cheers," "Frazier")

Jack Coleman 1958

Alan Trammell 1958

Mary Chapin Carpenter 1958 - Singer

Christopher Atkins 1961 - Actor ("Dallas," "The Blue Lagoon")

Ranking Roger (English Beat, General Public) 1961

William "Billy" Baldwin 1963 - Actor ("Backdraft")

Corey Harris 1969

Eric Wilson 1970 - Musician (Sublime)

Jennifer Love Hewitt 1979 - Actress ("Party of Five," "I Know What You Did Last Summer," "Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit")

Charlotte Church 1986 - Singer, actor

Ashley Greene 1987 - Actress ("Twilight" movie series)