History Births on February 21

Johnny Echols, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Johnny_Echols

Maurice Bembridge, English golfer

#Maurice_Bembridge

Kel Tremain, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1992)

#Kel_Tremain

Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (d. 1891)

#Léo_Delibes

Carly Colón, Puerto Rican professional wrestler

#Carly_Colón

Bob Ryan, American journalist and author

#Bob_Ryan

Mattias Tedenby, Swedish ice hockey player

#Mattias_Tedenby

Harald V of Norway

#Harald_V_of_Norway

Anthony Daniels, English actor and producer

#Anthony_Daniels

Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral and politician (d. 1781)

#Edward_Hawke,_1st_Baron_Hawke

Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean educator and politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe (d. 2019)

#Robert_Mugabe

Jean-Jacques Burnel, English bass player, songwriter, and producer

#Jean-Jacques_Burnel

Charles Scribner I, American publisher, founded Charles Scribner's Sons (d. 1871)

#Charles_Scribner_I

Douglas Bader, English captain and pilot (d. 1982)

#Douglas_Bader

Charlotte Church, Welsh singer-songwriter and actress

#Charlotte_Church

Raymond Queneau, French poet and author (d. 1976)

#Raymond_Queneau

Zachary Scott, American actor (d. 1965)

#Zachary_Scott

Bill Slayback, American baseball player and singer (d. 2015)

#Bill_Slayback

Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, Indian chemist and academic (d. 1955)

#Shanti_Swaroop_Bhatnagar

Sari Essayah, Finnish athlete and politician

#Sari_Essayah

James Dean Bradfield, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (Manic Street Preachers)

#James_Dean_Bradfield

Abe no Seimei, Japanese astrologer (d. 1005)

#Abe_no_Seimei

Eric Wilson, American bass player and drummer

#Eric_Wilson_(bassist)

Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (d. 1949)

#Harry_Stack_Sullivan

Richard T. Whitcomb, American aeronautical engineer (d. 2009)

#Richard_T._Whitcomb

Christine Ebersole, American actress and singer

#Christine_Ebersole

Nina Simone, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2003)

#Nina_Simone

Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)

#Henrik_Dam

Kumail Nanjiani, Pakistani-American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and podcast host

#Kumail_Nanjiani

Kim Coates, Canadian actor

#Kim_Coates

Olympia Snowe, American politician

#Olympia_Snowe

Andrew Ellis, New Zealand rugby player

#Andrew_Ellis

Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (d. 1987)

#Andrés_Segovia

Ron Clarke, Australian runner and politician, Mayor of the Gold Coast (d. 2015)

#Ron_Clarke

Mary Chapin Carpenter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Mary_Chapin_Carpenter

Joe Alwyn, English actor

#Joe_Alwyn

Steve Leo Beleck, Cameroonian footballer

#Steve_Leo_Beleck

Aunjanue Ellis, American actress and producer

#Aunjanue_Ellis

Braylon Edwards, American football player

#Braylon_Edwards

Ji So-yun, South Korean footballer

#Ji_So-yun

Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1857)

#Carl_Czerny

Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader (d. 1973)

#Mirra_Alfassa

Rue McClanahan, American actress (d. 2010)

#Rue_McClanahan

Ann Sheridan, American actress and singer (d. 1967)

#Ann_Sheridan

Peter III of Russia (d. 1762)

#Peter_III_of_Russia

Peter Gethin, English race car driver (d. 2011)

#Peter_Gethin

Tony Meola, American soccer player and manager

#Tony_Meola

Jonathan Safran Foer, American novelist

#Jonathan_Safran_Foer

Jennifer Love Hewitt, American actress and producer

#Jennifer_Love_Hewitt

Vince Welnick, American keyboard player (d. 2006)

#Vince_Welnick

Chantal Claret, American singer-songwriter

#Chantal_Claret

Kelsey Grammer, American actor, singer, and producer

#Kelsey_Grammer

John Henry Newman, English cardinal (d. 1890)

#John_Henry_Newman

Cathy Richardson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Cathy_Richardson

Sacha Guitry, Russian-French actor, director, and playwright (d. 1957)

#Sacha_Guitry

Barbara Jordan, American lawyer and politician (d. 1996)

#Barbara_Jordan

Roberto Heras, Spanish cyclist

#Roberto_Heras

Clemence Dane, English author and playwright (d. 1965)

#Clemence_Dane

Heri Joensen, Faroese singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Heri_Joensen

Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, 5th King of Bhutan

#Jigme_Khesar_Namgyel_Wangchuck

Jake Burns, Northern Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Jake_Burns

José María Cano, Spanish singer-songwriter and painter

#José_María_Cano

Tyne Daly, American actress and singer

#Tyne_Daly

Tiziano Ferro, Italian singer-songwriter and producer

#Tiziano_Ferro

Plamen Oresharski, Bulgarian economist and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Bulgaria

#Plamen_Oresharski

Chuck Palahniuk, American novelist and journalist

#Chuck_Palahniuk

Floor Jansen, Dutch singer, songwriter, and vocal coach

#Floor_Jansen

Charalampos Mavrias, Greek footballer

#Charalampos_Mavrias

Devon Travis, American baseball player

#Devon_Travis

Scott Kelly, American captain, pilot, and astronaut

#Scott_Kelly_(astronaut)

Ilmari Juutilainen, Finnish soldier and pilot (d. 1999)

#Ilmari_Juutilainen

John Rawls, American philosopher and academic (d. 2002)

#John_Rawls

Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (d. 1996)

#Lucille_Bremer

Mark Kelly, American captain, pilot, and astronaut

#Mark_Kelly

Jack Ramsay, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2014)

#Jack_Ramsay

David Foster Wallace, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2008)

#David_Foster_Wallace

Alan Trammell, American baseball player, coach, and manager

#Alan_Trammell

W. H. Auden, English-American poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1973)

#W._H._Auden

Justin Roiland, American animator, writer and voice actor

#Justin_Roiland

Thelma Estrin, American computer scientist and engineer (d. 2014)

#Thelma_Estrin

Anton Vratuša, Prime Minister of Slovenia (1978-1980) (d. 2017)

#Anton_Vratuša

Seo Taiji, South Korean singer-songwriter

#Seo_Taiji

Sam Peckinpah, American director and screenwriter (d. 1984)

#Sam_Peckinpah

Shane Gibson, American guitarist (stOrk and Jonathan Davis and the SFA) (d. 2014)

#Shane_Gibson_(musician)

Kevin Rose, American businessman and television host, founded Digg

#Kevin_Rose

Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland, English Earl (d. 1549)

#Ralph_Neville,_4th_Earl_of_Westmorland

Raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian military commander (d. 1680)

#Raimondo_Montecuccoli

Celia Lovsky, Austrian-American actress (d. 1979)

#Celia_Lovsky

John Haden Badley, English author and educator, founded the Bedales School (d. 1967)

#John_Haden_Badley

Claudia Jones, Trinidad-British journalist and activist (d. 1964)

#Claudia_Jones

Sophie Turner, English actress

#Sophie_Turner

Mélanie Laurent, French actress

#Mélanie_Laurent

Vitaly Churkin, Russian diplomat, former Ambassador of Russia to the United Nations (d. 2017)

#Vitaly_Churkin

Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician, 8th President of Mexico (d. 1876)

#Antonio_López_de_Santa_Anna

Catharina of Württemberg (d. 1835)

#Catharina_of_Württemberg

Steve Francis, American basketball player

#Steve_Francis

Jerry Harrison, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Jerry_Harrison

Tadd Dameron, American pianist and composer (d. 1965)

#Tadd_Dameron

Michael Slater, Australian cricketer and sportscaster

#Michael_Slater

Jamaal Westerman, American football player

#Jamaal_Westerman

William Baldwin, American actor

#William_Baldwin

Goscombe John, Welsh-English sculptor and academic (d. 1952)

#Goscombe_John

James Wisniewski, American ice hockey player

#James_Wisniewski

Margarethe von Trotta, German actress, director, and screenwriter

#Margarethe_von_Trotta

Hans Erni, Swiss painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 2015)

#Hans_Erni

Anaïs Nin, French-American essayist and memoirist (d. 1977)

#Anaïs_Nin

José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1893)

#José_Zorrilla

Andre Barrett, American basketball player

#Andre_Barrett

Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer (d. 1937)

#Charles-Marie_Widor

Jordan Peele, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

#Jordan_Peele

Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1599)

#Philipp_V,_Count_of_Hanau-Lichtenberg

Franklin Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player

#Franklin_Gutiérrez

Georgios Samaras, Greek footballer

#Georgios_Samaras

Otto Hermann Kahn, German banker and philanthropist (d. 1934)

#Otto_Hermann_Kahn

Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (d. 1945)

#Kenneth_J._Alford

Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of War (d. 1945)

#Korechika_Anami

Sethus Calvisius, German astronomer, composer, and theorist (d. 1615)

#Sethus_Calvisius

Ryan Smyth, Canadian ice hockey player

#Ryan_Smyth

Corbin Bleu, American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter

#Corbin_Bleu

Francis Ronalds, British scientist, inventor and engineer who was knighted for developing the first working electric telegraph (d. 1873)

#Francis_Ronalds

David Odonkor, German footballer

#David_Odonkor

Davy Klaassen, Dutch footballer

#Davy_Klaassen

Christopher Atkins, American actor and businessman

#Christopher_Atkins

Dorothy Blum, American computer scientist and cryptanalyst (d. 1980)

#Dorothy_Blum

Riyad Mahrez, Algerian footballer

#Riyad_Mahrez

Ranking Roger, English singer-songwriter and musician

#Ranking_Roger

Richard A. Lupoff, American author

#Richard_A._Lupoff

Frank Brunner, American illustrator

#Frank_Brunner

Larry Drake, American actor (d. 2016)

#Larry_Drake

Iván Campo, Spanish footballer

#Iván_Campo

Hubert de Givenchy, French fashion designer, founded Givenchy (d. 2018)

#Hubert_de_Givenchy

Rebecca Nurse, Massachusetts colonist, executed as a witch (d. 1692)

#Rebecca_Nurse

William Petersen, American actor and producer

#William_Petersen

Mark Ferguson, Australian journalist

#Mark_Ferguson_(news_presenter)

David Geffen, American businessman, co-founded DreamWorks and Geffen Records

#David_Geffen

Brad Fast, Canadian ice hockey player

#Brad_Fast

Alan Rickman, English actor and director (d. 2016)

#Alan_Rickman

Michael McIntyre, English comedian, actor and television presenter

#Michael_McIntyre

Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1535)

#Joachim_I_Nestor,_Elector_of_Brandenburg

Joanna la Beltraneja, princess of Castile (d. 1530)

#Joanna_la_Beltraneja

Jeanne Aubert, French singer and actress (d. 1988)

#Jeanne_Aubert

Brian Rolston, American ice hockey player and coach

#Brian_Rolston

Nurhaci, Manchu emperor (d. 1626)

#Nurhaci

Ronnie Hellström, Swedish footballer

#Ronnie_Hellström

Tang Haochen, Chinese tennis player

Ellen Page, Canadian actress

Marco Paoloni, Italian footballer

Tebogo Jacko Magubane, South African DJ and producer

Pascal Chimbonda, Guadeloupean-French footballer

Owen King, American author

Scott Miller, Australian swimmer

Pierre Fulke, Swedish golfer

Petra Kronberger, Austrian skier

Leroy Burrell, American runner and coach

Greg Turner, New Zealand golfer

Steve Wynn, American singer-songwriter

Christina Rees, British politician

Tony Martin, Trinidadian-American historian and academic (d. 2013)

John Lewis, American activist and politician

Bobby Charles, American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)

Chespirito, Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)

Erma Bombeck, American journalist and author (d. 1996)

Jean Tatlock, American psychiatrist and physician (d. 1944)

Arline Judge, American actress and singer (d. 1974)

Arthur Nock, English theologian and academic (d. 1963)

Nirala, Indian poet and author (d. 1961)

Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian, oldest verified person ever (d. 1997)

Isabella of Portugal (d. 1471)