February 2nd Birthdays

Latin American entertainer and philanthropist, Shakira Ripoll, was born on this day in 1977, in Barranquilla, Colombia.

Also born on February 2nd:

• 1931
  Judith Viorst, American author
• 1933
  Than Shwe, 8th Prime Minister of Burma
• 1937
  Don Buford, American baseball player
  Remak Ramsay, American actor
• 1940
  Wayne Fontes, American football coach
  David Jason, English actor
• 1942
  Graham Nash, British-born American musician
• 1943
  Susan Hanson, English actress
• 1947
  Greg Antonacci, American actor, director
• 1948
  Al McKay, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1949
  Brent Spiner, American actor
  Ross Valory, American musician (Journey)
• 1953
  Duane “Dog” Chapman, American bounty hunter
• 1954
  Christie Brinkley, American model
  John Tudor, American baseball player
• 1961
  Lauren Lane, American actress
• 1962
  Paul Kilgus, American baseball player
  Michael T. Weiss, American actor
• 1963
  Andrej Kiska, President of Slovakia
• 1966
  Robert DeLeo, American musician
• 1968
  Sean Elliott, American basketball player
  Scott Erickson, American baseball player
  Simon Wickham-Smith, British musician
• 1970
  C. Ernst Harth, Canadian actor
  Jennifer Westfeldt, American actress
• 1973
  Marissa Jaret Winokur, American actress
• 1975
  Donald Driver, American football player
• 1976
  Lori Beth Denberg, American actress
• 1978
  Eden Espinosa, American singer and actress
• 1978
  Rich Sommer, American actor
• 1980
  Gucci Mane, American rapper
• 1982
  Kelly Mazzante, American basketball player
• 1983
  Will South, British musician
• 1983
  Alex Westaway, British musician
• 1987
  Martin Spanjers, American actor
• 1988
  Zosia Mamet, American actress

January Birthday Calendar

Died on February 2nd:

• 1907
  Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist, academic (age 72)
• 1918
  John L. Sullivan, American boxer (age 59)
• 1956
  Charley Grapewin, American actor (age 86)
• 1969
  Boris Karloff, English actor (age 81)
• 1970
  Bertrand Russell, English mathematician, philosopher (age 97)
• 1979
  Sid Vicious, English singer, bass player (age 21)
• 1987
  Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist, screenwriter (age 64)
• 1990
  Joe Erskine, Welsh boxer (age 54)
• 1992
  Bert Parks, American actor, singer, Miss America TV host (age 77)
• 1995
  Donald Pleasence, English-French actor (age 75)
• 1996
  Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, dancer (age 83)
• 1997
  Sanford Meisner, American actor, coach (age 91)
• 1999
  David McComb, Australian singer, guitarist (age 36)
• 2004
  Bernard McEveety, American director, producer (age 79)
• 2005
  Max Schmeling, German boxer (age 99)
• 2008
  Barry Morse, Canadian actor, director (age 89)
• 2011
  Margaret John, Welsh actress (age 84)
• 2012
  Dorothy Gilman, American author (age 88)
• 2013
  John Kerr, American actor, lawyer (age 81)
• 2014
  Eduardo Coutinho, Brazilian actor, director (age 80)
  Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor, director (age 46)
• 2016
  Bob Elliott, American comedian, actor (age 92)