Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of February 27:

0280 Constantine the Great Roman emperor (306-37), adopted Christianity

1539 Franciscus Raphelengius Dutch book publisher

1622 Rembrandt Carel Fabritius Dutch painter

1649 Johann Philipp Krieger composer

1702 Johann Valentin Gorner composer

1745 Silverius Muller composer

1746 Gian Francesco Fortunati composer

1759 Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab composer

1784 Elias Annes Borger Dutch theologist/poet (To the Rhine)

1784 Job Plimpton composer

1792 Don Joaquin B F Espartero Spanish adventurer/field marshal

1802 William George Frederick Cavendish Bentinck Lord George Bentinck

1807 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Portland ME, poet (Hiawatha)

1811 [Catherine] Mildred Lee sister of US General Robert E Lee

1822 Eugene Gautier composer

1823 Ferdinand Van Derveer Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1892

1823 William Buel Franklin Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1903

1827 Richard W Johnson Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1897

1832 Alfred Pollard Edward Civil War journalist, died in 1872

1835 Charles Cartuyvels Belgian pulpitorator

1835 Richard Garnett English author (Ananda the Miracle Worker)

1841 [Eleanor] Agnes Lee daughter of US General Robert E Lee

1846 Joaquin Valverde composer

1847 Dame Ellen Alice Terry Coventry England, Shakespearian stage actress

1848 Charles Hubert H Parry England, musicologist/composer (Jerusalem)

1850 Henry Edwards Huntington US, railroad exec

1861 Rudolph Steiner Kraljevic Austria, founder (doctrine of anthroposophy movement)

1867 Irving Fisher US economist (compensating dollar)

1867 Wilhelm Peterson-Berger composer

1869 Alice Hamilton physician/writer (workmen's compensation laws)

1870 Louis Coerne composer

1874 Max Ettinger composer

1879 Jose Sancho Marraco composer

1881 Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers Dutch mathematician

1881 Sveinn Bjrnsson 1st President of Iceland (1944-52)/poet (Figur ild)

1886 Hugo L Black Alabama, (Senator-D-AL)/78th US Supreme Court justice (1937-71)

1887 James D Innes English painter

1888 Lotte Lehmann Perleberg Germany, soprano (Fidello)

1891 David Sarnoff US, radio/TV pioneer/CEO (RCA)

1891 Georges E Migot French composer

1892 William Demarest St Paul MN, actor (Uncle Charlie-My 3 Sons)

1893 Joseph Messner composer

1893 Ralph Linton US cultural anthropologist (Tree of Culture)

1894 Robert-Lucien Siohan composer

1895 Edward Brophy actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy, Cameraman, Doughboys)

1897 Bernard F Lyot French astronomer (Lyot filter)

1897 G Paul H Schuitema graphicdesigner/photographer (System-O-Color)

1898 Allison Danzig sports writer (Tennis Pictorial History)

1898 Rutkowski Bronislaw composer

1899 Charles H Best Maine, physiologist/co-discoverer of diabetes treatment (Insulin)

1899 Ian Keith Boston MA, actor (Rochefort-3 Musketeers)

1899 Sulo Nikolai Salonen composer

19-- Stephen Yates actor (Another World, Guiding Light)

19-- Tim Topper Baltimore MD, actor (Evan-Seven Brides for Seven Brothers)

1901 Marino Marini Italian sculptor/painter

1902 Gene Sarazen Harrison NY, PGA golfer (Masters 1935, US Open 1922, 32)

1902 John Steinbeck Salinas CA, author (Grapes of Wrath-Nobel 1962)

1902 Marian Anderson singer, banned by D A R

1902 Ethelda Bleibtrey 100 meter/300 meter US swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1920)

1903 Reginald Gardiner Wimbledon England, actor (Great Dictator)

1904 James Thomas Farrell US, author (Studs Lonigan trilogy)

1904 Renaat Verheijen Flemish actor/director (Innocent Heart)

1905 Franchot Tone Niagara Falls NY, actor (Dr Freeland-Ben Casey)

1905 Charles de Keukeleire Belgian director (Evil Eye)

1906 Alexander Matheson New Zealand cricket pace bowler (2 Tests 1930-31)

1906 H Algernon F "Algy" Rumbold English diplomat (South Africa/Tibet)

1907 Gerhard Alexander [Veldheer], Dutch actor (Prince Willem of Orange)

1909 Elisabeth Welch singer (Song of Freedom, Over the Moon)

1910 Joan Bennett Palisades NJ, actress (Elizabeth-Dark Shadows, Little Women, Disraeli)

1910 Peter De Vries Chicago IL, author (Reuben Reuben, The Prick of Noon)

1912 Hugues Panassié French jazz saxophonist/author (Hot Club of France)

1912 Lawrence Durrell Darjeeling India, writer (Alexandria Quartet)

1913 Frank Allaun British MP (L)

1913 Irwin Shaw US, novelist (Rich Man Poor Man)

1915 Arthur Gilson Belgian attorney/minister of Defense (1958- )

1917 John Bowden Connally Jr Floresville TX, (Governor/Senator-D/R-TX), Wounded in the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy

1919 Roman Haubenstock-Ramati composer

1920 Jose Melis Havana Cuba, orchestra leader (Jack Paar Program)

1920 David Vere Bendall former diplomat

1920 Reg Simpson cricketer (prolific England opener 1948-55)

1921 Andras Szollosy composer

1921 Michael Fox US, actor (Saul-Bold & Beautiful, Young Frankenstein)

1922 Mervyn Jones author (Nobody's Fault, 5 Hungarian Writers)

1923 Dexter Gordon US, tenor saxophonist/actor (Connection)

1923 Viktor Kalabis composer

1924 M M Shearer former Lord Lieutenant of Shetland

1924 Norman Marshall cricketer (brother of Roy, one Test for West Indies 1955)

1925 Hugh Leggatt art dealer

1925 Michael Kaye director (City of London Festival)

1925 Richard AFM Auwerda Dutch journalist/writer

1926 Sir Peter Emery British MP

1927 Lord Belhaven & Stenton

1927 Michael Butler Pro-Provost/chairman (Royal College of Art)

1930 Joanne Woodward Thomasville GA, actress (3 Faces of Eve, Rachel)

1930 Lieux Dressler actress (Alice Grant-General Hospital)

1931 Andrew Sloan Chief Constable (Strathcourt)

1932 Elizabeth Taylor London, actress (Cleopatra) violet eyes

1932 Lord Young of Graffham CEO (Cables & Wireless)

1932 Dolf Zwerver Dutch painter

1933 Edward Lucie-Smith poetry critic

1933 Raymond Berry Texas, NFL hall of famer (Baltimore Colts)

1933 6th marquess of Bute Scottish large landowner/bibliophile

1933 Geoffrey Maitland Smith CEO (Sears)

1933 Malcolm Wallop (Senator-R-WY, 1977- )

1934 Van Williams Fort Worth TX, actor (Green Hornet, Tycoon)

1934 [Navarre] Scott Momaday US author (House Made of Dawn, Pulitzer 1969)

1934 Ralph Nader Winsted CT, consumer advocate (Unsafe at Any Speed)

1935 Mirella Freni Modena Italy, lyric soprano (Madame Butterfly)

1935 Alberto Remedios opera/concert singer

1936 Roger M Mahoney Hollywood CA, archbishop of Los Angeles (1985- )

1936 Chuck Glaser Spalding NB, singer (Glaser Brothers-Getting to Me Again)

1936 Timothy Spall actor (1871, Life is Sweet, Crusoe, Remembrance)

1936 Virginia Maskell actress (Suspect, Doctor in Love, Man Upstairs)

1937 L Jay Silvester US, discus thrower (Olympics-silver-1972)

1937 Barbara Babcock Pasadena CA, actress (Dr Quinn, Dallas, Hill St Blues)

1937 Donald MacKay CEO (Scottish Enterprise)

1937 Viscount Head

1938 Pascale Petit Paris, actor (Code Name Jaguar, End of Desire)

1939 Peter Revson auto racer (1971 Indianapolis pole winner)

1939 Antoinette Sibley ballerina (Turning Point)

1939 Kenzo Takada Japanese director (Dream After Dream)

1939 Lester King cricketer (West Indies fast bowler, 2 Tests 1962-68, 9 wickets)

1940 Howard Hesseman Salem OR, actor (Dr Johnny Fever-WKRP, Head of Class)

1940 Barbara Kelly CEO (Scottish Consumer Council)

1941 Paddy Ashdown New Delhi India, 1st leader of Britain's Social/Liberal Democrat Party

1941 Ian McGarry General Secretary (British Actors' Equity Association)

1941 Sandy Wilson director (Harmony Cats, American Boyfriends)

1942 Charlayne Hunter-Gault Due West SC, news reporter (McNeil-Lehrer)

1943 Mary Frann St Louis MO, actress (Joanna-Newhart, Days of Our Lives)

1944 Alan Fudge Wichita KS, actor (Man From Atlantis, Paper Dolls)

1944 Graeme Pollock cricketer (South African batting prodigy)

1944 Roger Scruton philosopher

1945 Daniel Olbrychski Poland, actor (La Truite)

1947 Gidon Kremer Riga Latvia, violinist (Tchaikovsky Prize 1970)

1947 Ashley Woodcock cricketer (one Test Australia vs New Zealand 1974, only knock 27)

1947 Marian G Klaren Dutch mime/actress (Red Cabbage)

1948 Eddie Gray rock guitarist (Tommy James & Shondells-Crystal Blue Persuasion)

1948 Stephen Curtis CEO (DVLA)

1950 Franco Moschino fashion Designer

1950 Julia Neuberger British Rabbi

1951 Lee Atwater Republican National Committee Chairman (1989-91)

1951 Steve Harley London England, rocker (Cockney Rebel-Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me))

1952 Dwight Elmo Jones Houston TX, basketball player (Olympics-silver-1972)

1952 Henk Westbroek Dutch singer (Good Cause)

1952 Kevin Raleigh rock vocalist/keyboardist (Michael Stanley Band)

1954 Neal Schon rock guitarist (Journey-Open Arms, Bad English)

1955 Garry Christian rocker

1955 Sally Spencer actress (M J McKinnon-Another World)

1957 Adrian Smith heavy metal guitarist (Iron Maiden-Aces High)

1960 Paul Humphreys rock keyboardist/synthesizer player (OMD-Crush, Pacific Age)

1960 Stoney Jackson Richmond VA, actor (White Shadow, Insiders)

1960 Andres Gomez Ecuador, tennis pro (Madrid Grand Prix-1990)

1960 Bolik Dahan Suriname singer/radio host (Radio KBC)

1960 John van Grinsven soccer player (MVV)

1961 James Worthy NBA forward (Los Angeles Lakers, 1988 Playoff MVP)

1961 Grant Shaud actor (Miles Silverburg-Murphy Brown)

1962 Adam Baldwin Chicago IL, actor (Full Metal Jacket, My Bodyguard)

1962 Grant Show Detroit MI, actor (Jake Hanson-Melrose Place)

1962 Kory Tarpenning Portland OR, pole vaulter

1962 Veronica Ribot-Canales Buenos Aires Argentina, US diver (Olympics-96)

1963 Francesco Cancellotti Italy, tennis star

1964 April Heinrichs Littleton CO, US women's soccer coach (Olympics-96)

1964 Ewen Vernal British pop bassist (Deacon Blue-Your Town)

1964 Richard de Vries soccer player (De Graafschap)

1965 Sandra Cecchini Bologna Italy, tennis star (1995 Warsaw doubles)

1966 Gregg Rainwater actor (Buck Cross-The Young Riders)

1966 Chris Howard US baseball catcher (Seattle Mariners)

1966 Pete Smith US baseball player (Atlanta Braves, New York Mets)

1967 Dallas Eakins Dade City, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets)

1967 Frantisek Kaberle Brno Czechoslovakia, hockey forward (Team Czechoslovakian Republic)

1967 Robert Kron Brno Czechoslovakia, NHL right wing (Hartford Whalers)

1968 Loy Vaught NBA forward (Los Angeles Clippers)

1968 Mike Sullivan Marshfield, NHL center (Calgary Flames)

1968 Ron Cox NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears)

1969 Victoria Fair Jackson MI, Miss Michigan-America (1990)

1969 Greg Stevenson Sherbrooke Québec Canada, rower (Olympics-11-92, 96)

1969 Robert Massey NFL cornerback (New York Giants)

1969 Robert Molenaar Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam)

1969 Willie Banks US baseball pitcher (Chicago Cubs)

1970 David White NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills)

1971 Ivan Robinson Philadelphia PA, US boxer (Olympics-92)

1971 Jaroslav Modry Ceske-budejovice C, NHL defenseman (Ottawa Senators)

1971 Rich Tylski guard/center (Jacksonville Jaguars)

1973 "Pooh" Clark rocker (High-5)

1973 Terence Davis WLAF wide receiver (London Monarchs)

1974 Chris Dishman guard (Arizona Cardinals)

1974 Jim Maher cricketer (Queensland lefty batsman victorious 1995 side)

1975 Christina Nigra actress (Out of This World)

1975 Dana Marie Lane Cheyenne WY, Miss Wyoming-America (1995)

1975 Duce Staley running back (Philadelphia Eagles)

1975 Marcus Robinson wide receiver (Chicago Bears)

1976 Tony Gonzalez tight end (Kansas City Chiefs)

1980 Chelsea Victoria Clinton Daughter of Bill & Hillary Clinton



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Deaths which occurred on February 27:

1167 Robert of Melun English philosopher/bishop of Hereford, dies

1656 Johan van Heemskerk Dutch lawyer/writer/interpreter, dies

1706 John Evelyn diarist, dies

1731 Angelo Predieri composer, dies at 76

1733 Johann Adam Birkenstock composer, dies at 46

1735 John Arbuthnot physician/mathematician, dies

1779 Jan Nepveu Dutch Governor-General of Suriname (1769-79), dies at 59

1797 Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele composer, dies at 61

1805 Stefan Paluselli composer, dies at 57

1844 Nicholas Biddle US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85

1852 Joseph Drechsler composer, dies at 69

1862 Gabriele dell' Addolorata patron of Italian Catholic youth, dies at 23

1881 George Colley British governor of Natal/General, dies in battle at 46

1887 Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin Russian composer, dies at 53

1913 Adam Sedgwick English zoologist (Peripatus), dies at 58

1920 Alexandru D Xenopol Romanian historian, dies at 72

1921 Schofield Haigh cricketer (England all-rounder 11 Tests 1898-1912), dies

1923 Charles Francis Abdy Williams composer, dies at 67

1929 Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry composer, dies at 65

1936 Ivan P Pavlov Russian physiologist (reflexes, Nobel 1904), dies at 86

1939 Nadezjda K Krupskaya Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin, dies at 70

1940 Peter Behrens German architect, dies

1942 Karel WFM Doorman Dutch Rear Admiral (Java Sea), KIA at 52

1943 Kostís Palamis Greek poet/scholar (Flogera tou Basília), dies at 84

1945 HJ Lochtman Dutch chaplain/resistance fighter, dies in Bergen-Belsen

1947 Mackinnon of Mackinnon cricketer (Tests England vs Australia 1879), dies at 89

1950 Ivan Goll writer, dies at 58

1952 Theodorus Pangalos Greek General/dictator 1926, dies at 74

1955 Tom Howard comedian (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 66

1956 Frank Dailey orchestra leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54

1956 Günther Ramin German organist/composer/choir conductor, dies at 57

1958 Harry Cohn CEO (Columbia Pictures), dies of a heart attack

1960 Adriano Olivetti Italian engineer/manufacturer, dies at 58

1961 Platt Adams high jumper (Olympics-gold-1912), dies

1962 Willie Best actor (Charlie-My Little Margie), dies at 45

1966 Minerva Urecal actress (Apache Rose, Ghost Crazy), dies at 81

1968 Johannes Tralow writer, dies at 85

1968 Ludvik Podest composer, dies at 46

1969 John Boles actor (Stella Dallas, Curly Top), dies at 73

1970 Robert Bruce Lockhart diplomat/writer, dies

1973 Lucijan Marija Skerjanc Yugoslav composer/conductor, dies at 72

1974 Pat Brady Toledo OH, actor (Roy Rogers Show), dies at 59

1975 Neville Cardus writer/cricketer, dies

1977 Allison Hayes actress (Attack of 50 Foot Woman), dies at 47

1978 Vadim Nikolayevich Salmanov composer, dies at 65

1980 George Tobias actor (Abner Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 78

1982 Malika A Sabirova Russian dancer, dies at 39

1985 J Pat O'Malley actor (My Favorite Martian, Maude), dies at 83

1985 David Huffman actor (FIST, Jane Doe, Firefox, Onion Field), dies

1985 Henry Cabot Lodge (Senator-R)/diplomat, dies at 82

1987 Joan Greenwood English actress (Gentle Sex, Bad Sister), dies at 65

1989 Joe Silver actor (Rage, Rapid, Deathtrap, Shivers), dies at 66

1989 Konrad Lorenz Austria zoologist (Nobel 1973), dies at 85

1991 Artie Mitchell porn producer (Behind the Green Door), shot at 45

1991 H J of Royen manager Dutch (Concertgebouw Orchestra), dies at 52

1991 Robert-Jan Akkerman Dutch diplomat (to Tunis), murdered

1992 Marinus Ruppert Dutch trade union leader (CNV), dies at 80

1992 S I Hayakawa (Senator-R-CA, 1977-83), dies from a stroke at 85

1993 José Duval actor (Juan Valdez), dies at 72

1993 Lillian Gish US actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 96

1993 Ruby Keeler actress (42nd Street), dies of cancer at 83

1994 Harold Acton English/Italian historian/art collector, dies at 84

1994 Karl I Pelgrom Dutch sculptor, dies at 66

1994 Laurence "Bill" Craigie jet pioneer, dies at 92

1994 Leopold "Hans" Kohr Austria social philosopher/economist, dies at 84

1995 Bernard Cornfield financier, dies at 67

1995 Philip Sherrington opus Dei Priest, dies at 51

1996 Franois Chaumette actor (They Never Slept, Christine), dies at 72

1996 George Ian Murray 10th Duke of Atholl, dies at 64

1996 Pat Smythe show jumper, dies at 67

1996 Sylvia Williams museum director/curator, dies at 60

1998 J T Walsh actor (Good Morning Vietnam, Sling Blade), dies from a heart attack at 54

2003 Fred[erick McFeely] Rogers [Mr. Rogers] children's television host, dies from stomach cancer at 74


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