February 1st Birthdays

Bob Shane of the Kingston Trio, was born on this day in 1934 in Hilo, Hawaii. The last surviving member of the trio’s original lineup, he passed away on January 26, 2020 at the age of 85 in Phoenix, Arizona.

• 1937
  Garrett Morris, American comedian
• 1938
  Jacky Cupit, American golfer
• 1946
  Chris Clark, Motown soul singer
• 1947
  Normie Rowe, Australian singer
• 1948
  Elisabeth Sladen, British actress
• 1950
  Mike Campbell, American guitarist
• 1951
  Sonny Landreth, American guitarist, songwriter
• 1954
  Chuck Dukowski, American musician
  Bill Mumy, American actor, musician
• 1956
  Exene Cervenka, American musician
• 1964
  Linus Roache, English actor
• 1965
  Sherilyn Fenn, American actress
  Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
• 1968
  Kent Mercker, American baseball player
  Pauly Shore, American comedian
• 1969
  Brian Krause, American actor
  Joshua Redman, American musician
  Patrick Wilson, American musician
• 1971
  Michael C. Hall, American actor
  Ron Welty, American musician
• 1973
  Andrew DeClercq, American basketball player
• 1974
  Walter McCarty, American basketball player
• 1975
  Big Boi, American musician
• 1977
  Robert Traylor, American basketball player
• 1979
  Rachelle LeFevre, Canadian actress
• 1980
  Héctor Luna, Dominican Republic baseball player
• 1983
  Kevin Martin, American basketball player
• 1984
  John Booth, Guitarist/songwriter
• 1984
  Lee Thompson Young, American actor
• 1985
  Jodi Gordon, Australian actress and model
• 1987
  Montario Hardesty, American football player
  Heather Morris, American actress and dancer
• 1990
  Laura Marling, British singer-songwriter
• 1994
  Harry Styles, British singer

February Birthday Calendar

Died on February 1st:

• 1851
  Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright (age 53)
• 1922
  William Desmond Taylor, American actor, director (age 49)
• 1944
  Piet Mondrian, Dutch-American painter (age 71)
• 1959
  Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress (age 85)
• 1966
  Hedda Hopper, American actress, journalist (age 80)
  Buster Keaton, American actor, director (age 70)
• 2003
  Space Shuttle Columbia crew
  Mongo Santamaría, Cuban-American drummer, bandleader (age 85)
• 2005
  John Vernon, Canadian-American actor (age 72)
• 2012
  Don Cornelius, American television host, producer (age 75)
• 2013
  Ed Koch, 105th Mayor of New York City (age 88)
  Cecil Womack, American singer, songwriter (age 65)
• 2014
  Maximilian Schell, Austrian-Swiss actor, director (age 83)
• 2018
  Dennis Edwards, American singer (The Temptations), (age 74)
• 2019
  Jeremy Hardy, English comedian, radio host panelist (age 57)
  Clive Swift, English actor (age 82)
• 2021
  Dustin Diamond, American actor (age 44)
• 2024
  Carl Weathers, American actor (age 76)