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)
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