Sidney Sheldon (February 11, 1917 – January 30, 2007) was an American writer. He was prominent in the 1930s, first working on Broadway plays, and then in motion pictures, notably writing the successful comedy The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), which earned him an Oscar in 1948. [Wikipedia]
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Josh Rosen (February 10, 1997) is an American professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for four seasons. [Wikipedia]
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Chava Rosenfarb (February 9, 1923 – January 30, 2011) was a Holocaust survivor and Jewish-Canadian author of Yiddish poetry and novels, a major contributor to post-World War II Yiddish Literature.). [Wikipedia]
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Robert Klein (February 8, 1942) is an American stand-up comedian, singer, and actor. He is known for his appearances on stage and screen. [Wikipedia]
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Ben Mezrich (February 7, 1969) is an American author. [Wikipedia]
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Jason Silva (February 6, 1982) is a Venezuelan-American television personality, short filmmaker, futurist, and public speaker. [Wikipedia]
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Jennifer Jason Leigh (February 5, 1962) is an American actress. She began her career on television during the 1970s before making her film breakthrough in the teen film Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982). [Wikipedia]
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Evan Wolfson (February 4, 1957) is an attorney and gay rights advocate. He is the founder of Freedom to Marry, a group favoring same-sex marriage in the United States, serving as president until its 2015 victory and subsequent wind-down. [Wikipedia]
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Henry Heimlich (February 3, 1920 – December 17, 2016) was an American thoracic surgeon and medical researcher. He is widely credited for the discovery of the Heimlich maneuver, a technique of abdominal thrusts for stopping choking, first described in 1974. [Wikipedia]
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Brent Spiner (February 2, 1949) is an American actor best known for his role as the android Data on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994), four subsequent films (1994–2002), and Star Trek: Picard (2020–2023). [Wikipedia]
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Julia Garner (February 1, 1994) is an American actress. She gained recognition for playing Ruth Langmore in the Netflix crime drama series Ozark (2017–2022), for which she received critical acclaim and won three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. [Wikipedia]
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Fred Karger (January 31, 1950) is an American political consultant, gay rights activist and watchdog, and former actor. His unsuccessful candidacy for the Republican nomination for the 2012 US presidential election made him the first openly gay presidential candidate in a major political party in American history. [Wikipedia]
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Laurentino Cortizo (January 30, 1953) is a Panamanian politician who served as the 38th President of Panama from 2019 to 2024. [Wikipedia]
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Sara Gilbert (January 29, 1975) is an American actress best known for her role as Darlene Conner on the ABC sitcom Roseanne (1988–1997; 2018), for which she received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and its sequel, retooled show, The Conners (2018–present). [Wikipedia]
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