Wednesday, February 3, 2016

February 4 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths


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Birthdays

VIP

1947James Danforth "Dan" Quayle
      American sergeant, lawyer, and politician
      44th Vice President of the United States, 1989-1993
      U.S. Senator, R. IN, 1981-1989
      U.S. Representative, R. IN, 1977-1981


Notable

1505 – Mikołaj Rej, Polish poet and author (d. 1580)
1575 – Pierre de Bérulle  (d. 1629)
      French cardinal and theologian
      founded the French school of spirituality
1639 – Alessandro Melani, Italian composer (d. 1703)
1646 – Hans Erasmus Aßmann  (d. 1699)
      German poet and politician
1676 – Giacomo Facco, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1753)
1677 – Johann Ludwig Bach  (d. 1731)
      German violinist and composer
1688 – Pierre de Marivaux  (d. 1763)
      French author and playwright
1725 – Dru Drury, English entomologist and author (d. 1804)
1740 – Carl Michael Bellman  (d. 1795)
      Swedish poet and composer
1778 – Augustin Pyramus de Candolle  (d. 1841)
      Swiss botanist, mycologist, and academic
1790:  John Bachman  (d. 24 Feb 1874)
      American Lutheran minister, social activist and naturalist
1799 – Almeida Garrett  (d. 1854)
      Portuguese journalist and author
1808 – Josef Kajetán Tyl, Czech actor and playwright (d. 1856)
1831 – Oliver Ames  (d. 22 Oct 1895)
      American financier and politician
      35th Governor of Massachusetts
1842:  Georg Brandes   (d. 19 Feb 1927)
      Danish critic and scholar
1846 – Nikolay Umov  (d. 1915)
      Russian physicist and mathematician
1848 – Jean Aicard  (d. 1921)
      French poet, author, and playwright
1849 – Jean Richepin  (d. 1926)
      French poet, author, and playwright
1865 – Abe Isoo, Japanese minister and politician (d. 1949)
1870 – Constant van Langhendonck  (d. 1944)
      Belgian horse rider
1871 – Friedrich Ebert  (d. 1925)
      German politician, 1st President of Germany
1872 – Gotse Delchev, Greek activist and educator (d. 1903)
1873 – Étienne Desmarteau  (d. 1905)
      Canadian shot putter and discus thrower
1875 – Ludwig Prandtl  (d. 1953)
      German physicist and engineer
1877 – Eddie Cochems  (d. 1953)
      American football player and coach
1881 – Fernand Léger, French painter and sculptor (d. 1955)
1881 – Eulalio Gutiérrez  (d. 1939)
      Mexican revolutionary general and President of Mexico
1883 – Jakob Sildnik  (d. 1973)
      Estonian photographer and director
1887 – Anna Hedvig Büll  (d. 1981)
      Estonian-German missionary
1891 – M. A. Ayyangar  (d. 1978)
      Indian lawyer and politician
      2nd Speaker of the Lok Sabha
1892:  Ugo Betti  (d. 9 Jun 1953)
      Italian judge and playwright
1892 – Andrés Nin, Spanish politician (d. 1937)
1892 – E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet and academic (d. 1964)
1895 – Nigel Bruce, English actor (d. 1953)
1896 – Friedrich Glauser, Austrian-Swiss author (d. 1938)
1896 – Friedrich Hund  (d. 1997)
      German physicist and academic
1897 – Ludwig Erhard  (d. 1977)
      German soldier and politician
      2nd Chancellor of West Germany
1900 – Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (d. 1977)
1902 – Charles Lindbergh  (d. 26 Aug 1974)
      American pilot and explorer
1902 – Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross  (d. 2003)
      German-English lawyer and politician
      Attorney General for England and Wales
1903 – Alexander Imich  (d. 2014)
      Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, and academic
1904 – MacKinlay Kantor  (d. 1977)
      American author and screenwriter
1906 – Dietrich Bonhoeffer  (d. 9 Apr 1945)
      German pastor and theologian
1906 – Clyde Tombaugh  (d. 1997)
      American astronomer and academic, discovered Pluto
1908 – Julian Bell, English poet and academic (d. 1937)
1912 – Ola Skjåk Bræk  (d. 1999)
      Norwegian banker and politician
      Norwegian Minister of Industry
1912 – Erich Leinsdorf  (d. 1993)
      Austrian-American conductor
1912 – Byron Nelson  (d. 26 Sep 2006)
      American golfer and sportscaster
1912 – Louis-Albert Vachon, Canadian cardinal (d. 2006)
1913 – Rosa Parks, American activist (d. 24 Oct 2005)
1913 – Richard Seaman, English race car driver (d. 1939)
1914 – Alfred Andersch  (d. 1980)
      German-Swiss author and publisher
1915 – Ray Evans, American songwriter (d. 2007)
1915 – William Talman  (d. 1968)
      American actor and screenwriter
1915 – Norman Wisdom, English comedian and actor (d. 2010)
1916:  Gavin Buchanan Ewart, British poet  (d. 25 Oct 1995)
1917 – Yahya Khan  (d. 1980)
      Pakistan general and politician, 3rd President of Pakistan
1918 – Ida Lupino  (d. 3 Aug 1995)
      English-American actress and director
1918 – Luigi Pareyson, Italian philosopher and author (d. 1991)
1920 – Janet Waldo, American actress and voice artist
1921 – Betty Friedan  (d. 2006)
      American author and feminist activist
1921 – Lotfi A. Zadeh
      Azerbaijani-American mathematician and computer scientist
1922:  William Phipps, American actor and producer
1923 – Bonar Bain, Canadian actor (d. 2005)
1923 – Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor (d. 2013)
1925 – Russell Hoban  (d. 2011)
      American author and illustrator
1925 – Stanley Karnow  (d. 2013)
      American journalist and historian
1925 – Christopher Zeeman
      English mathematician and academic
1926:  Nancy Walker Bush Ellis
      sister of U.S. President George H. W. Bush
1926 – Gyula Grosics  (d. 2014)
      Hungarian footballer and manager
1926 – Dave Sands, Australian boxer (d. 1952)
1927:  Arthur Cohn, Swiss film producer
1927 – Rolf Landauer  (d. 1999)
      German-American physicist and academic
1927 – A. J. P. Ponrajah, Sri Lankan engineer (d. 1986)
1928 – Oscar Cabalén, Argentine racing driver (d. 1967)
1928 – Osmo Antero Wiio  (d. 2013)
      Finnish journalist, academic, and politician
1929 – Jerry Adler, American actor, director, and producer
1929 – Julien Chouinard, Canadian lawyer and judge (d. 1987)
1929 – Eduard Zimmermann, German journalist (d. 2009)
1930 – Tibor Antalpéter  (d. 2012)
      Hungarian volleyball player and diplomat
      Hungarian Ambassador to the United Kingdom
1930 – Jim Loscutoff, American basketball player (d. 2015)
1931 – Isabel Martínez de Perón
      Argentinian politician, 41st President of Argentina
1932:  Robert Lowell Coover
      American author and professor
1933 – Igor Kvasha, Russian actor (d. 2012)
1935 – Wallis Mathias, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1994)
1935 – Ali Nassirian, Iranian actor and screenwriter
1935 – Martti Talvela, Finnish opera singer (d. 1989)
1936 – David Brenner  (d. 15 Mar 2014)
      American comedian, actor, and author
1936:  Gary Conway, American actor and screenwriter
1936 – Claude Nobs  (d. 2013)
      Swiss businessman, founded the Montreux Jazz Festival
1937 – John Devitt, Australian swimmer
1937 – David Newman  (d. 2003)
      American director and screenwriter
1938 – Birju Maharaj, Indian dancer and choreographer
1940 – George A. Romero, American director and producer
1941:  Laisenia Qarase
      6th Prime Minister of Fiji, 2000-2006
1941 – Jiří Raška, Czech skier and coach (d. 2012)
1941 – John Steel, English drummer (The Animals)
1943 – Alberto João Jardim
      Portuguese journalist and politician
      2nd President of the Regional Government of Madeira
1943 – Wanda Rutkiewicz  (d. 1992)
      Lithuanian-Polish mountaineer
1943 – Ken Thompson
      American computer scientist
      co-developed the B programming language
1947 – Dennis C. Blair
      American admiral and politician
      3rd Director of National Intelligence
1948 – Alice Cooper, American singer-songwriter and actor
1948 – Rod Grams, American journalist and politician (d. 2013)
1948 – Mienoumi Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler
1949 – Michael Beck, American actor
1949 – Rasim Delić, Bosnian general (d. 2010)
1951 – Patrick Bergin, Irish actor
1951 – Dariush Eghbali, Iranian singer-songwriter
1952 – Mervyn Cawston, English footballer
1952 – Lisa Eichhorn, American actress and producer
1952 – Jenny Shipley
      New Zealand educator and politician
      36th Prime Minister of New Zealand
1952 – Bolesław Proch, Polish motorcycle racer (d. 2012)
1952 – Li Yinhe, Chinese sociologist and sexologist
1953 – Kitarō (born Masanori Takahashi)
      Japanese keyboard player, composer, and producer
1954 – Shigeru Chiba, Japanese actor and voice actor
1955 – Mikuláš Dzurinda
      Slovak politician, Prime Minister of Slovakia
1957 – Don Davis, American composer and conductor
1957:  Evan Wolfson
      American attorney and gay rights advocate
1958 – Tomasz Pacyński, Polish journalist and author (d. 2005)
1958 – Saburō Tokitō, Japanese actor
1959 – Christian Schreier, German footballer and manager
1959 – Lawrence Taylor
      American football player and sportscaster
1960 – Tim Booth, English singer, dancer and actor (James)
1960 – Siobhan Dowd, British author and activist (d. 2007)
1960 – Jenette Goldstein, American actress
1960 – Adrienne King, American actress, dancer, and painter
1960 – Jonathan Larson  (d. 1996)
      American composer and playwright
1961:  Neal Asher, English science fiction writer
1961 – Denis Savard, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1961 – Stewart O'Nan, American novelist
1962:  Clint Black
      American singer, songwriter, record producer,
            multi-instrumentalist, and actor
1962 – Stephen Hammond, English banker and politician
1962:  Jim O'Heir, American actor and comedian
1962 – Alfred Twardecki, Polish historian and curator
1963 – Pirmin Zurbriggen, Swiss skier
1964:  Ann Powers, American writer and pop music critic
1965:  Michael J. Saylor
      American entrepreneur, author, and business executive
      Co-founder of MicroStrategy
1965:  Patrick Whitesell, American talent agent
1966 – Tony Butterfield, Australian rugby league player
1966 – Viatcheslav Ekimov, Russian cyclist
1966 – Kyōko Koizumi, Japanese actress and singer
1966:  Guy Spier, Zurich-based investor and author
1967 – Sergei Grinkov, Russian figure skater (d. 1995)
1967 – Christina Lampe Önnerud, Swedish chemist
1968 – Marko Matvere, Estonian actor
1968 – Kuranosuke Sasaki, Japanese actor
1969:  Joel Burns, American politician
1969 – Duncan Coutts
      Canadian bass player and songwriter (Our Lady Peace)
1969 – Dallas Drake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1970 – Gabrielle Anwar, English actress
1971 – Rob Corddry, American actor and comedian
1971 – Eric Garcetti
      American lieutenant and politician
      42nd Mayor of Los Angeles
1971:  Edward Kitsis
      American film and television writer and producer
1972 – Dara Ó Briain, Irish comedian and television host
1972 – Giovanni Silva de Oliveira
      Brazilian footballer and manager
1972:  Nicolle (Devenish) Wallace
      American author and political commentator
      White House Director of Communications, 2005-2006
1973 – Oscar De La Hoya, American boxer and singer
1973 – James Hird, Australian footballer and coach
1973 – Manny Legace
      Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1974 – Mijntje Donners, Dutch field hockey player
1974 – Urmila Matondkar, Indian actress
1975 – Natalie Imbruglia
      Australian singer-songwriter and actress
1976 – Cam'ron, American rapper, actor and entrepreneur
1977 – Gavin DeGraw, American singer-songwriter and actor
1978 – Shingo Kawaguchi, Japanese actor
1979 – Andrei Arlovski, Belarusian mixed martial artist and actor
1979 – Giorgio Pantano, Italian race car driver
1980 – Raimonds Vaikulis, Latvian basketball player
1981 – Jason Kapono, America basketball player
1981 – Johan Vansummeren, Belgian cyclist
1982 – Chris Sabin, American wrestler
1982 – Ivars Timermanis, Latvian basketball player
1982 – Tomas Vaitkus, Lithuanian cyclist
1982 – Kimberly Wyatt
      American singer-songwriter and dancer
      (The Pussycat Dolls and Her Majesty & the Wolves)
1983:  Hannibal Buress
      American stand-up comedian, actor, and television writer
1983 – Lee Stempniak, American ice hockey player
1984 – Sandeep Acharya, Indian singer (d. 2013)
1984 – Mauricio Pinilla, Chilean footballer
1986 – Mahmudullah Riyad, Bangladeshi cricketer
1987 – Darren O'Dea, Irish footballer
1988:  Carly Patterson
      American singer and gymnast
      2004 Olympic All-Around Champion
1989 – Shogo Suzuki, Japanese actor and musician
1990 – Haruka Tomatsu
      Japanese voice actress and singer (Sphere)
1993 – Grex, Chilean actor
1993 – Jack Wighton, Australian rugby league player
1997 – Ayami Nakajō, Japanese actress and model


Family



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Patricia Burbank
Linda Bach
Carolyn Rice Vannice
Don Zimmerman


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Deaths

VIP

2000 – Carl Albert  (b. 1908)
      American lawyer and politician
      54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives


Notable

211 – Septimius Severus, Roman emperor (b. 145)
708 – Pope Sisinnius (b. 650)
856 – Rabanus Maurus, Frankish archbishop and theologian (b. 780)
1508 – Conrad Celtes, German poet and scholar (b. 1459)
1555 – John Rogers  (b. 1505)
      English clergyman, Bible translator and commentator
1590 – Gioseffo Zarlino, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1517)
1615 – Giambattista della Porta, Italian playwright and scholar (b. 1535)
1617 – Lodewijk Elzevir  (b. 1546)
      Dutch publisher, co-founded the House of Elzevir
1713 – Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury  (b. 1671)
      English philosopher and politician
1774 – Charles Marie de La Condamine  (b. 1701)
      French mathematician and geographer
1799 – Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect and educator (b. 1728)
1781 – Josef Mysliveček, Czech composer (b. 1737)
1843 – Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (b. 1770)
1894 – Adolphe Sax, Belgian instrument maker, invented the Saxophone (b. 1814)
1905 – Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (b. 1841)
1912 – Franz Reichelt, Austrian-French tailor (b. 1879)
1926 – İskilipli Mehmed Atıf Hoca, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875)
1928 – Hendrik Lorentz  (b. 1853)
      Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1933 – Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
1936 – Wilhelm Gustloff, Swiss politician (b. 1895)
1940 – Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
1943 – Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
1944 – Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)
1945 – Cecil Kimber, English automobile engineer (b. 1888)
1958 – Henry Kuttner, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
1959 – Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress (b. 1880)
1968 – Neal Cassady, American author and poet (b. 1926)
1974 – Satyendra Nath Bose  (b. 1894)
      Indian physicist, mathematician, and academic
1975 – Louis Jordan  (b. 1908)
      American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (Tympany Five)
1982 – Georg Konrad Morgen, German lawyer and judge (b. 1909)
1983 – Karen Carpenter, American musician (The Carpenters) (b. 1950)
1984 – Patrick Nagel, American painter and illustrator (b. 1945)
1987 – Liberace, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and entertainer (b. 1919)
1987 – Meena Keshwar Kamal  (b. 1956)
      Afghan activist
      founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
1987 – Carl Rogers, American psychologist and academic (b. 1902)
1992 – John Dehner, American actor (b. 1915)
1994 – Fred De Bruyne, Belgian cyclist and manager (b. 1930)
1995 – Patricia Highsmith, American writer and novelist (b. 1921)
2001 – Mahmud Esad Coşan  (b. 1938)
      Turkish preacher, author, and academic author
2001 – J.J. Johnson, American trombonist and composer (b. 1924)
2001 – Pankaj Roy, Indian cricketer (b. 1928)
2001 – Iannis Xenakis, Greek-French composer and architect (b. 1922)
2002 – George Nader, American actor (b. 1921)
2002 – Count Sigvard Bernadotte of Wisborg (b. 1907)
2003 – Benyoucef Benkhedda, Algerian pharmacist and politician (b. 1920)
2003 – André Noyelle, Belgian cyclist (b. 1931)
2005 – Ossie Davis, American actor, director, and playwright (b. 1917)
2006 – Betty Friedan, American author and feminist activist (b. 1921)
2007 – José Carlos Bauer, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1925)
2007 – Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian-English poet and translator (b. 1959)
2007 – Barbara McNair, American singer and actress (b. 1934)
2007 – Jules Olitski, Ukrainian-American painter and sculptor (b. 1922)
2008 – Augusta Dabney, American actress (b. 1918)
2008 – Stefan Meller  (b. 1942)
      Polish academic and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland
2010 – Kostas Axelos, Greek-French philosopher and author (b. 1924)
2011 – Martial Célestin  (b. 1913)
      Haitian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Haiti
2011 – Tura Satana, American actress and dancer (b. 1938)
2012 – István Csurka, Hungarian journalist and politician (b. 1934)
2012 – Florence Green, English soldier (b. 1901)
2013 – Donald Byrd, American trumpet player (b. 1932)
2013 – Reg Presley, English singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
2014 – Eugenio Corti, Italian soldier, author, and playwright (b. 1921)
2014 – Dennis Lota, Zambian footballer (b. 1973)
2014 – Wu Ma, Chinese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)


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