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===1901–present=== *[[1904]] – [[Mary Adshead]], English painter (d. 1995)<ref>{{cite web |title=OBITUARY: Mary Adshead |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-mary-adshead-1599840.html |website=The Independent |access-date=21 February 2020 |language=en |date=7 September 1995 |archive-date=5 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105071013/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-mary-adshead-1599840.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1904 – [[Antonin Magne]], French cyclist and manager (d. 1983) *[[1905]] – [[Harold Arlen]], American composer (d. 1986)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Feb. 15: Alex Borstein, Megan Thee Stallion |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/02/15/Famous-birthdays-for-Feb-15-Alex-Borstein-Megan-Thee-Stallion/5451676423176/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=14 February 2024 |date=15 February 2023}}</ref> *[[1907]] – [[Jean Langlais]], French organist and composer (d. 1991) * 1907 – [[Cesar Romero]], American actor (d. 1994)<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1908]] – [[Sarto Fournier]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 38th [[Mayor of Montreal]] (d. 1980) *[[1909]] – [[Miep Gies]], Austrian-Dutch humanitarian, helped hide [[People associated with Anne Frank|Anne Frank and her family]] (d. 2010)<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1910]] – [[Irena Sendler]], Polish nurse and humanitarian, [[Righteous Gentile]] (d. 2008) *[[1912]] – [[George Mikes]], Hungarian-English journalist and author (d. 1987) *[[1913]] – [[Erich Eliskases]], Austrian chess player (d. 1997) *[[1914]] – [[Hale Boggs]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1972) * 1914 – [[Kevin McCarthy (actor)|Kevin McCarthy]], American actor (d. 2010) *[[1916]] – [[Mary Jane Croft]], American actress (d. 1999) *[[1918]] – [[Allan Arbus]], American actor and photographer (d. 2013) * 1918 – [[Hank Locklin]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009) *[[1919]] – [[Ducky Detweiler]], American baseball player and manager (d. 2013) *[[1920]] – [[Endicott Peabody]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 62nd [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (d. 1997) * 1920 – [[Eio Sakata]], Japanese [[Go (game)|Go]] player (d. 2010) *[[1921]] – [[Norman C. Deno]], American chemist and plant scientist, (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Norman C. Deno Obituary |url=https://nargs.org/news/2017-09-24/norman-c-deno-obituary |work=[[Centre Daily Times]] |date=September 24, 2017 |access-date=February 13, 2021}}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[John B. Anderson]], Swedish-American lawyer and politician (d. 2017) *[[1923]] – [[Yelena Bonner]], Soviet-Russian activist (d. 2011) *[[1924]] – [[Robert Drew]], American director and producer (d. 2014) *[[1925]] – [[Angella D. Ferguson]], American pediatrician *[[1927]] – [[Frank Dunlop (director)|Frank Dunlop]], English actor and director * 1927 – [[Harvey Korman]], American actor and comedian (d. 2008)<ref name="UPI"/> * 1927 – [[Yehoshua Neuwirth]], Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 2013) *[[1928]] – [[Joseph Willcox Jenkins]], American composer, conductor, and educator (d. 2014) *[[1929]] – [[Graham Hill]], English racing driver and businessman (d. 1975) * 1929 – [[James R. Schlesinger]], American economist and politician, 12th [[United States Secretary of Defense]] (d. 2014) *[[1930]] – [[Bruce Dawe]], Australian poet and academic (d. 2020)<ref name="Romei">{{cite news |last1=Romei |first1=Stephen |title=Australian poet Bruce Dawe dies, aged 90 |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/australian-poet-bruce-dawe-dies-aged-90/news-story/d7bf787e77b62b3f07ac61c47af492d9 |access-date=2 April 2020 |work=The Australian |publisher=News Limited |date=2 April 2020 |archive-date=11 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611113439/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE_a&dest=&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&crawler=true&nk=c34877c4d4e2918b832d2bfaf017a68c-1591875279 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1931]] – [[Claire Bloom]], English actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1931 – [[Jonathan Steele (journalist)|Jonathan Steele]], English journalist and author *[[1934]] – [[Jimmy Bloomfield]], English footballer and manager (d. 1983) * 1934 – [[Graham Kennedy]], Australian television host and actor (d. 2005) * 1934 – [[Niklaus Wirth]], Swiss computer scientist, created the [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal programming language]] (d. 2024) * 1934 – [[Abe Woodson]], American football player and minister (d. 2014) *[[1935]] – [[Susan Brownmiller]], American journalist and author * 1935 – [[Roger B. Chaffee]], American lieutenant, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1967)<ref>{{cite web |title=Roger B. Chaffee {{!}} American astronaut |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Roger-B-Chaffee |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 January 2021 |language=en |archive-date=29 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129031135/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Roger-B-Chaffee |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1935 – [[Gene Hickerson]], American football player (d. 2008) *[[1937]] – [[Gregory Mcdonald]], American author (d. 2008)<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/oct/06/usa| work= [[The Guardian]]| title= Obituary: Gregory McDonald| first= Michael | last= Carlson| date= October 5, 2008| access-date= July 7, 2017}}</ref> * 1937 – [[Coen Moulijn]], Dutch footballer (d. 2011) *[[1940]] – [[İsmail Cem İpekçi]], Turkish journalist and politician, 45th [[List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)|Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (d. 2007) * 1940 – [[Hamzah Haz]], Indonesian journalist and politician, 9th [[Vice President of Indonesia]] (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Loasana |first=Nina A. |date=July 24, 2024 |title=Former vice president Hamzah Haz dies at 84 - Politics |url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2024/07/24/former-vice-president-hamzah-haz-dies-at-84.html |access-date=July 25, 2024 |website=The Jakarta Post |language=en}}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[Florinda Bolkan]], Brazilian actress * 1941 – [[Brian Holland]], American songwriter and producer<ref name="AP"/> *[[1944]] – [[Mick Avory]], English musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"/> *[[1945]] – [[Jack Dann]], American-Australian author and poet * 1945 – [[Douglas Hofstadter]], American author and academic *[[1946]] – [[Clare Short]], English civil servant and politician, [[Secretary of State for International Development]] * 1946 – [[John Trudell]], American author, poet, and actor (d. 2015)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Berumen |first1=Frank Javier Garcia |title=American Indian Image Makers of Hollywood |date=2020 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476636474 |pages=234–236}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[John Adams (composer)|John Adams]], American composer * 1947 – [[Marisa Berenson]], American model and actress<ref name="AP"/> *[[1948]] – [[Art Spiegelman]], Swedish-American cartoonist and critic *[[1949]] – [[Ken Anderson (quarterback)|Ken Anderson]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Today is legendary Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Ken Anderson's birthday |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/picture-gallery/sports/nfl/bengals/2020/02/15/today-legendary-cincinnati-ohio-bengals-nfl-quarterback-ken-anderson-birthday/4725555002/ |publisher=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]] |access-date=4 February 2023 |date=15 February 2020}}</ref> *[[1951]] – [[Markku Alén]], Finnish racing driver * 1951 – [[Melissa Manchester]], American singer-songwriter and actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1951 – [[Jane Seymour (actress)|Jane Seymour]], English-American actress, producer, and jewelry designer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for February 15, 2023 includes celebrities Megan Thee Stallion, Amber Riley |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/02/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-february-15-2023-includes-celebrities-megan-thee-stallion-amber-riley.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=14 February 2024 |date=15 February 2023}}</ref> *[[1952]] – [[Tomislav Nikolić]], Serbian politician, 4th [[President of Serbia]] * 1952 – [[Nikolai Sorokin]], Russian actor and director (d. 2013) *[[1953]] – [[Ernie Howe]], English footballer and manager<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.11v11.com/players/ernie-howe-26483/|title=Ernie Howe|website=11v11.com|access-date=10 February 2020|archive-date=3 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103145230/https://www.11v11.com/players/ernie-howe-26483/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1953 – [[Lynn Whitfield]], American actress and producer<ref name="AP"/> *[[1954]] – [[Matt Groening]], American animator, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/> *[[1955]] – [[Janice Dickinson]], American model, agent, and author<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/starinterviews/introducing-the-new-janice-dickinson--what-americas-top-model-did-next-6572343.html|title=Introducing the new Janice Dickinson – what America's top model did|date=March 1, 2011|first=Amira|last=Hashish|work=[[London Evening Standard]]|quote=Yes, I turned 56 on February 16.| archive-date= May 31, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531022633/http://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/starinterviews/introducing-the-new-janice-dickinson-what-americas-top-model-did-next-6572343.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1955 – [[Christopher McDonald]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Christopher McDonald |url=https://www.playbill.com/person/christopher-mcdonald-vault-0000073839 |publisher=[[Playbill]] |access-date=4 February 2023}}</ref> *[[1956]] – [[Desmond Haynes]], Barbadian cricketer and coach * 1956 – [[Ann Westin]], Swedish comedian *[[1958]] – [[Chrystine Brouillet]], Canadian author * 1958 – [[Tony McKegney]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1958 – [[Matthew Ward (singer)|Matthew Ward]], American singer-songwriter *[[1959]] – [[Ali Campbell]], English singer-songwriter and musician<ref name="AP"/> * 1959 – [[Joseph R. Gannascoli]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1959 – [[Brian Propp]], Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster * 1959 – [[Hugo Savinovich]], Ecuadorian wrestler and sportscaster *[[1960]] – [[Darrell Green]], American football player * 1960 – [[Jock Hobbs]], New Zealand rugby player (d. 2012) *[[1962]] – [[Milo Đukanović]], Montenegrin politician, 29th [[Prime Minister of Montenegro]] *[[1963]] – [[Steven Michael Quezada]], American actor, comedian, and politician<ref name="AP"/> *[[1964]] – [[Chris Farley]], American comedian and actor (d. 1997)<ref name="UPI"/> * 1964 – [[Leland D. Melvin]], American engineer and astronaut<ref name="UPI"/> * 1964 – [[Mark Price]], American basketball player and coach *[[1965]] – [[Craig Matthews]], South African cricketer *[[1967]] – [[Jane Child]], Canadian singer-songwriter and producer * 1967 – [[Syed Kamall]], English academic and politician * 1967 – [[Craig Simpson]], Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster *[[1969]] – [[Birdman (rapper)|Birdman]], American rapper and producer<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1970]] – [[Shepard Fairey]], American artist and activist *[[1971]] – [[Alex Borstein]], American actress, voice artist, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/> * 1971 – [[Renee O'Connor]], American actress, director, and producer<ref name="AP"/> *[[1972]] – [[Jaromír Jágr]], Czech ice hockey player *[[1973]] – [[Kateřina Neumannová]], Czech skier * 1973 – [[Amy van Dyken]], American swimmer * 1973 – [[Sarah Wynter]], Australian actress<ref name="AP"/> *[[1974]] – [[Miranda July]], American actress, director, and screenwriter<ref name="UPI"/> * 1974 – [[Ugueth Urbina]], Venezuelan baseball player * 1974 – [[Alexander Wurz]], Austrian racing driver and businessman *[[1975]] – [[Serge Aubin]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1975 – [[Sébastien Bordeleau]], Canadian-French ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Sebastien Bordeleau |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/sebastien-bordeleau-8459494 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=14 February 2024}}</ref> * 1975 – [[Annemarie Kramer]], Dutch sprinter * 1975 – [[Brendon Small]], American animator, producer, screenwriter, and actor *[[1976]] – [[Brandon Boyd]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/> * 1976 – [[Óscar Freire]], Spanish cyclist * 1976 – [[Ronnie Vannucci Jr.]], American musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"/> *[[1977]] – [[Álex González (shortstop, born 1977)|Álex González]], Venezuelan baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Alex Gonzalez |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/alex-gonzalez-136460 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=14 February 2024}}</ref> * 1977 – [[Ronald Petrovický]], Slovak ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ronald Petrovicky |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/ronald-petrovicky-8465180 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=14 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1979]] – [[Hamish Marshall]], New Zealand cricketer * 1979 – [[James Marshall (cricketer)|James Marshall]], New Zealand cricketer *[[1980]] – [[Conor Oberst]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/> *[[1981]] – [[Heurelho Gomes]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=39556|title=Heurelho Gomes|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=10 February 2020|archive-date=19 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019130626/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=39556|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1981 – [[Matt Hoopes]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1981 – [[Rita Jeptoo]], Kenyan runner * 1981 – [[Diego Martínez (Mexican footballer, born 1981)|Diego Martínez]], Mexican footballer * 1981 – [[Vivek Shraya]], Canadian singer and songwriter *[[1982]] – [[Shameka Christon]], American basketball player * 1982 – [[James Yap]], Filipino basketball player *[[1983]] – [[Eddie Basden]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Eddie Basden |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/101188/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=14 February 2024}}</ref> * 1983 – [[Don Cowie (footballer)|Don Cowie]], Scottish footballer * 1983 – [[David Degen]], Swiss footballer * 1983 – [[Philipp Degen]], Swiss footballer * 1983 – [[Russell Martin (baseball)|Russell Martin]], Canadian baseball player *[[1984]] – [[Gary Clark Jr.]], American singer-songwriter and musician<ref name="AP"/> * 1984 – [[Duffer brothers|Matt Duffer]], American film director, writer, and producer<ref name="UPI"/> * 1984 – [[Duffer brothers|Ross Duffer]], American film director, writer, and producer<ref name="UPI"/> * 1984 – [[Nate Schierholtz]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nate Schierholtz |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/nate-schierholtz-435625 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=14 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Serkan Kırıntılı]], Turkish footballer * 1985 – [[Natalie Morales (actress)|Natalie Morales]], American actress and director<ref name="AP"/> *[[1986]] – [[Valeri Bojinov]], Bulgarian footballer * 1986 – [[Johnny Cueto]], Dominican baseball player * 1986 – [[Amber Riley]], American actress and singer<ref>{{cite web |title=Happy Birthday, Amber Riley! |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/o4ndte/happy-birthday-amber-riley |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204065306/https://www.mtv.com/news/o4ndte/happy-birthday-amber-riley |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 4, 2023 |publisher=[[MTV]] |access-date=4 February 2023 |date=15 February 2013}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Laura Sallés]], Andorran judoka<ref>{{cite web |title=Laura SALLES LOPEZ - Olympic {{!}} |url=https://www.olympic.org/laura-salles-lopez |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=30 March 2020 |language=en |date=11 April 2017 |archive-date=5 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805053933/https://www.olympic.org/laura-salles-lopez |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Papu Gómez]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web| title=Papu Gómez on ESPN| url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/149578/papu-gomez| publisher=[[ESPN]]| access-date=August 12, 2022}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Rui Patrício]], Portuguese footballer *[[1989]] – [[Mark Canha]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark Canha |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/mark-canha-592192 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=14 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Callum Turner]], English actor<ref name="AP"/> *[[1991]] – [[Ángel Sepúlveda]], Mexican footballer * 1991 – [[Rich Swann]], American wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Rich Swann |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/17598557/wwe-profile-page-rich-swann |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=14 February 2024 |date=20 September 2016}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Ravi (rapper)|Ravi]], South Korean rapper<ref>{{cite web| title=Ravi Official Profile (Korean Site)| url=http://www.jelly-fish.co.kr/sub/artist_singer02.php?prof_id=26&num=4#a1| publisher=[[Jellyfish Entertainment]]| access-date=May 1, 2016| archive-date=August 1, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801081608/http://www.jelly-fish.co.kr/sub/artist_singer02.php?prof_id=26&num=4#a1| url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Geoffrey Kondogbia]], Central African footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Geoffrey Kondogbia|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/geoffrey-kondogbia/152561/|website=Soccerway|access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Manuel Lanzini]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Manuel Lanzini|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/13872/Manuel-Lanzini/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Sodapoppin]], American Twitch streamer and internet personality<ref>{{cite web| title=Sodapoppin| url=https://toptwitchstreamers.com/streamer/sodapoppin/|website=toptwitchstreamers.com| date=17 December 2018| access-date=August 12, 2022}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Megan Thee Stallion]], American rapper<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-15|title=Megan Thee Stallion's life in photos|url=https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/celebrities/2021/02/15/megan-thee-stallion-birthday-photos-rapper-singer/4474995001/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611132215/https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/celebrities/2021/02/15/megan-thee-stallion-birthday-photos-rapper-singer/4474995001/|archive-date=2021-06-11|access-date=2021-06-24|website=[[USA Today]]|language=en}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Derrick Jones Jr.]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web| title=Official NBA page of Derrick Jones Jr.| url=https://www.nba.com/player/1627884/derrick-jones-jr| publisher=[[NBA]]| access-date=August 12, 2022}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Justin Reid]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Justin Reid |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3931399/justin-reid |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=14 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Zachary Gordon]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1998 – [[George Russell (racing driver)|George Russell]], English racing driver<ref>{{cite web| title=Official Formula One page of George Russell| url=https://www.formula1.com/en/drivers/george-russell.html| publisher=[[Formula One]]| access-date=August 12, 2022}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Jakub Kiwior]], Polish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Jakub Kiwior|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/109478/Jakub-Kiwior/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Šimon Nemec]], Slovak ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Simon Nemec |url=https://www.nhl.com/devils/player/simon-nemec-8483495 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=14 February 2024}}</ref> <!--Do not add your own name or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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