Famous Birthdays on February 2 (Part 2)

  • 1957 Laurie Mann, current DPS curator/geek
  • 1958 Dexter Manley, NFLer (Wash Redskins)
  • 1961 Joey Benjamin, cricket pace bowler (in St Kitts England in 1994)
  • 1961 Lauren Lane, American actress (C. C. Babcock-The Nanny), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • 1961 Max Vadukul, Indian-British photographer (The New Yorker; Rolling Stone; Vogue), born in Nairobi, Kenya
  • 1962 Andy Fordham, English darts player (BDO World Champion 2004), born in Bristol, England (d. 2021)
  • 1962 Ben Testerman, tennis star, born in Knoxville, Tennessee
  • 1962 Michael T Weiss, actor (Jarod-Pretender, Days of our Lives), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1962 Paul Kilgus, baseball player
  • 1963 Eva Cassidy, American singer, born in Washington D.C (d. 1996)
  • 1963 Philip Laats, Belgian judoka
  • 1963 Stephen McGann, British actor (Catherine the Great), born in Liverpool, England
  • 1964 Laura Poitras, American documentary film maker (Citizenfour - Academy Award Best Docu), born in Boston, Massachusetts
  • 1965 Carl Airey, English footballer
  • 1965 Harry Swayne, NFL tackle (San Diego Chargers, Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
  • 1965 Naoki Sano, Japanese professional wrestler
  • 1966 Andrei Chesnokov, Russian tennis star
  • 1966 Bob Estes, American golfer (4 PGA Tour titles), born in Graham, Texas
  • 1966 D. C. Douglas, American actor and director
  • 1966 Robert DeLeo, American bass player, songwriter and backing vocalist (Stone Temple Pilots, Army of Anyone, Hollywood Vampires), born in Montclair, New Jersey
  • 1967 Arturs Irbe, Latvian hockey player
  • 1967 Laurent Nkunda, Congolese general
  • 1968 Sari Krooks, ice hockey right wing (Finland, Olympics 1998)
  • 1968 Scott Erickson, pitcher (Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles), born in Long Beach, California
  • 1968 Sean Elliott, NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs)
  • 1968 Simon Wickham-Smith, British composer and Mongolist, born in England
  • 1969 Ijaz Ahmed Jr, cricketer (one Test Pakistan v Sri Lanka 1995)
  • 1969 Jody Hull, Cambridge, NHL right wing (Florida Panthers)
  • 1969 Valeri Karpin, Russian footballer
  • 1970 C. Ernst Harth, Canadian actor
  • 1970 Erik ten Hag, soccer player (FC Twente, RKC, FC Utrecht)
  • 1970 James Murphy, American electronic dance-punk rock musician and record producer (LCD Soundsystem - "Daft Punk Is Playing At My House"), born in Princeton Junction, New Jersey,
  • 1970 Nikolaos Michopoulos, Greek footballer
  • 1970 Roar Strand, Norwegian footballer
  • 1971 Ken Dilger, NFL tight end (Indianapolis Colts)
  • 1971 Tony Miller, American 400m runner, born in Mount Pleasant, Texas
  • 1972 Charlie Williams, NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys)
  • 1972 Dana International, Israeli singer
  • 1972 Ivan Droppa, Liptovsky Mikulas CZE, NHL defenseman (Chicago)
  • 1972 Lance Brown, NFL defensive back (Arizona Cardinals)
  • 1972 Tego Calderón, nominated reggaeton singer/rapper.
  • 1972 Zoë Keating, Canadian-American cellist (Rasputina) and composer (Into The Trees), born in Guelph, Ontario
  • 1973 Dan Brandenburg, linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
  • 1973 Patrick Jeffers, NFL wide receiver (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
  • 1973 Radka Bobkova, tennis star (quarter Bournemouth), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
  • 1973 Sergio Gonzalez, rocker (Menudo - "Cannonball")
  • 1973 Tim Denton, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons)
  • 1974 J R Conrad, offensive tackle/guard (NY Jets)
  • 1974 Jeff Cassar, soccer goalkeeper (Olympic gold 1996)
  • 1975 Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek footballer
  • 1975 Todd Bertuzzi, Sudbury, NHL right wing (NY Islanders)
  • 1975 Vaggelis Koutsoures, Greek footballer
  • 1976 James Hickman, British swimmer (5 x World C'ship [SC] gold 200m butterfly), born in Stockport, England
  • 1976 Lori Beth Denberg, American actress
  • 1977 Heather Martin, American gospel singer
  • 1977 Libor Sionko, Czech football player

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1977 Colombian pop singer ("Whenever Wherever"; "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)"), born in Barranquilla, Colombia

  • 1978 Annabel Ellwood, Canberra Australia, tennis star (1995 Futures NC)
  • 1978 Barry Ferguson, Scottish football player
  • 1978 Eden Espinosa, American singer and stage actress (Wicked), born in Anaheim, California
  • 1979 Christine Bleakley, Northern Irish broadcaster and presenter (BBC, ITV, UKTV), born in Newtownards, Northern Ireland
  • 1979 Fani Halkia, Greek hurdler
  • 1979 Irini Terzoglou, Greek shot putter
  • 1979 Shamita Shetty, Indian actress
  • 1980 Oleguer Presas, Spanish football player
  • 1980 Teddy Hart [Edward Annis], Canadian professional wrestler, born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • 1981 Jason Kapono, American basketball player
  • 1982 Han Ga In, South Korean model/actress
  • 1982 Katie Britt, American politician (1st female senator(R) for Alabama 2023-), born in Enterprise, Alabama
  • 1982 Kelly Mazzante, American basketball player
  • 1983 Alex Westaway, British rock singer (Gunship; Fightstar), born in Northamptonshire, England
  • 1983 Carolina Klüft, Swedish track and field athlete, noted for excellence in heptathlon (Olympic gold, 2004; World Champion, 2003, 2005, 2007), born in Sandhult, Sweden
  • 1983 Jordin Tootoo, Canadian-Inuk NHL hockey player, 2003-17 (Nashville Predators and 3 other teams), born in Churchill, Manitoba
  • 1983 Will South, British indie rock singer-songwriter, piano player, and guitarist (Thirteen Senses - "Do No Wrong"), born in England
  • 1985 Melody Gardot, American jazz singer (My One and Only Thrill), born in New Jersey
  • 1987 Gerard Piqué, Spanish football player
  • 1987 Martin Spanjers, American actor
  • 1990 Julia Fox, Italian-American actress and model (Uncut Gems), born in Milan, Italy
  • 1992 Danielle White, American actress and singer, born in Cincinnati, Ohio
  • 1992 Rebop Rundgren, son of Michelle Gray & Todd
  • 1996 Paul Mescal, Irish actor (Normal People), born in Maynooth, Ireland
  • 2338 Data, android character on Star Trek Next Generation