February 17th Birthdays

Rock and R & B singer, Bobby Lewis, was born on this day in 1933 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Here is his 1961 No. hit song, Tossing’ and Turnin’, from the days when milk was still delivered. Bobby passed away at the age of 95 on April 28, 2020.

Also born on February 17th:

• 1929
  Patricia Routledge, English actress
• 1930
  Roger Craig, American baseball player, manager
• 1935
  Christina Pickles, UK-born American actress
• 1938
  Martha Henry, American-born Canadian actress
• 1939
  John Leyton, British singer
• 1941
  Julia McKenzie, English actress, theatre director
• 1945
  Zina Bethune, American actress
  Brenda Fricker, Irish actress
• 1946
  Dodie Stevens, American singer
• 1948
  José José, Mexican singer
• 1949
  Fred Frith, English musician, composer
  Don Scardino, American TV director, actor
• 1953
  Norman Pace, British actor, comedian
• 1954
  Rene Russo, American actress
• 1956
  Richard Karn, American actor
• 1959
  Neil Lomax, American football player
• 1962
  Tyrone “Ty” Jones, American screenwriter
  Lou Diamond Phillips, American actor
• 1963
  Michael Jordan, American basketball player
  Larry the Cable Guy, American comedian, actor
• 1966
  Michael Lepond, American musician
• 1967
  Chanté Moore, American singer
• 1968
  Bryan Cox, American football player
• 1969
  Tuesday Knight, American actress
• 1970
  Dominic Purcell, English-born actor
• 1971
  Jeremy Edwards, British actor
  Denise Richards, American actress
• 1972
  Billie Joe Armstrong, American musician
• 1972
  Ralphie May, American comedian
• 1973
  Drew Barry, American basketball player
• 1974
  Jerry O’Connell, American actor
  Bryan White, American singer
• 1976
  Kelly Carlson, American actress
  Scott Williamson, American baseball player
• 1979
  Josh Willingham, American baseball player
• 1980
  Al Harrington, American basketball player
  Jason Ritter, American actor
• 1981
  Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor
  Paris Hilton, American actress and heiress
• 1982
  Brian Bruney, American baseball player
• 1991
  Bonnie Wright, British actress
• 1992
  Meaghan Jette Martin, American actress, singer
• 1994
  Angie Miller, American singer-songwriter
• 1996
  Sasha Pieterse, South African-born American actress

February Birthday Calendar

Died on February 17th:

• 1856
  Heinrich Heine, German poet, journalist (58)
• 1909
  Geronimo, American tribal leader (age 79)
• 1934
  Albert I of Belgium (age 58)
• 1946
  Dorothy Gibson, American actress, singer (age 56)
• 1962
  Joseph Kearns, American actor (age 55)
• 1979
  William Gargan, American actor (age 73)
• 1982
  Thelonious Monk, American pianist, composer (age 64)
  Lee Strasberg, American actor and director (age 80)
• 2005
  Dan O’Herlihy, Irish-American actor (age 85)
• 2010
  Kathryn Grayson, American actress, singer (age 88)
• 2012
  Michael Davis, American singer, bass player (MC5), (age 68)
• 2013
  Richard Briers, English actor (age 79)
  Mindy McCready, American singer-songwriter (age 37)
• 2014
  Bob Casale, American musician (Devo), (age 61)
  Wayne Smith, Jamaican singer (age 48)
• 2021
  Rush Limbaugh, American political commentator (age 70)
• 2O23
  Stella Stevens, American actress (age 84)