February 22

Birthdays

  • 1403
    Charles VII, king of France (1422-61) - drove out English
  • 1732
    George Washington, Father figure & President (1789-1796)
  • 1749
    Johann Nikolaus Forkel, musicologist & 1st biographer of Bach
  • 1778
    Rembrandt Peale, U.S. portrait & historical painter
  • 1788
    Arthur Schopenhauer, (the Great Pessimist) German philosopher
  • 1810
    Frederic Chopin, composer
  • 1819
    James Russell Lowell, poet & critic & diplomat & abolitionist
  • 1857
    Heinrich Hertz, physicist & 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves
  • 1857
    Lord Robert Baden-Powell, founder of Boy Scouts & Girl Guides
  • 1864
    Jules Renard, French writer
  • 1876
    Pauline Musters, became shortest adult known (58.9 cm 1' 11.2")
  • 1892
    Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet & dramatist
  • 1892
    David Dubinsky, labor leader
  • 1900
    Giorgios Seferis, Greek poet (Nobel 1963)
  • 1900
    Luis Bu¤uel, Spanish film director (Exterminating Angel & Viridiana)
  • 1907
    Robert Young, Actor (Father Knows Best & Marcus Welby)
  • 1907
    Sheldon Leonard, Actor & producer
  • 1908
    R¢mulo Betancourt, president of Venezuela (1945-48 & 1958-64)
  • 1908
    John Mills, English Actor
  • 1918
    Charles O. Finley, baseball team owner (Oakland A's)
  • 1918
    Robert Wadlow, became tallest known human (2.72 m 8' 11.1")
  • 1932
    Edward M. Kennedy ,(D) senator from Mass
  • 1934
    Sparky Anderson, Cincinnati Reds manager
  • 1950
    Julius (Dr. J) Erving, NBA player
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