February 7th Birthdays
If you were born on February 7th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Gay Talese
American writer, literary journalist (The New York Times; Esquire), and novelist (Honor Thy Father; Thy Neighbor’s Wife; The Kingdom and the Power; The Voyeurs Motel; New York: A Serendipiter’s Journey; Unto the Sons), born February 7, 1932. (Gay Talese 2006 Photo: David Shankbone)
James Spader (partner of Leslie Stefanson)
Emmy Award-winning American actor of TV (Alan Shore on Boston Legal & The Practice; Raymond Reddington on The Blacklist; The Office) & movies (Pretty in Pink; Sex, Lies, and Videotape; Crash; True Colors; Storyville; Stargate; The Watcher), born February 7, 1960. (James Spader 2013 Photo: Thibault)
Garth Brooks (nee Troyal Garth Brooks; married Trisha Yearwood)
Grammy Award-winning American Country Music Hall of Fame singer-songwriter (More Than a Memory; Shameless; Longneck Bottle; The Thunder Rolls; That Summer; The River; What She’s Doing Now; Rodeo; The Thunder Rolls), born February 7, 1962. (Garth Brooks 1991 Photo: TwinsofSedona)
Eddie Izzard (nee Edward John Izzard)
Emmy Award-winning English stand-up comedian and actor of TV (The Riches; United States of Tara; Hannibal), and movies (The Cat’s Meow; Shadow of the Vampire; My Super Ex-Girlfriend; All the Queen’s Men; Ocean’s Twelve), born February 7, 1962. (Eddie Izzard 2008 Photo: Nick Webb)
Jason Gedrick (nee Jason Michael Gedroic)
American actor of TV (Murder One; Boomtown; Sweet Justice; Windfall; Desperate Housewives; Dexter; Luck; Bosch; The Last Don; Ally McBeal) & movies (The Heavenly Kid; Iron Eagle; Promised Land; Backdraft), born February 7, 1965. (Jason Gedrick 2003 Photo: Anders Krusberg / Peabody Awards)
Chris Rock (nee Christopher Julius Rock III)
Emmy & Grammy Award-winning American stand-up comedian and actor of TV (Saturday Night Live; Everybody Hates Chris) and movies (Down to Earth; Head of State; Nurse Betty; The Longest Yard; New Jack City; Lethal Weapon 4), born February 7, 1965. (Chris Rock 2012 Photo: David Shankbone)
Robyn Lively (married Bart Johnson; half-sister of Blake Lively)
American actress of TV (Lane McKenzie on Savannah; Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street; George & Leo; Chicago Hope; Doogie Howser, M.D.; Twin Peaks) and films (Wildcats; Teen Witch; The Best of Times; Murder.com; A Dance for Bethany), born February 7, 1972. (Robyn Lively 2014 Photo: Mingle Media TV)
Steve Nash (nee Stephen John Nash)
Basketball Hall of Fame South African born Canadian professional basketball player, 8X NBA All-Star point guard (Phoenix Suns; Dallas Mavericks; Los Angeles Lakers) & coach (Brooklyn Nets), Lou Marsh Trophy & 3X Lionel Conacher Award recipient, born February 7, 1974. (Steve Nash 2014: Scott)
(Ann Little 1919: Evans L.A. | Buster Crabbe 1933)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on February 7th!
Remember These February 7th Famous Birthdays
Miguel Ferrer (son of José Ferrer & Rosemary Clooney)
American actor of TV (Dr. Garret Macy on Crossing Jordan; Owen Granger on NCIS: Los Angeles; Twin Peaks; Shannon’s Deal; Desperate Housewives; LateLine) and movies (RoboCop; DeepStar Six; The Guardian) (born Feb. 7, 1955 – died Jan. 19, 2017; age 61). Cousin of George Clooney. Miguel Ferrer died of throat cancer. (Miguel Ferrer 2015: Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV)
Buster Crabbe (nee Clarence Linden Crabbe II)
American Olympic medal-winning freestyle swimmer (1928 bronze; 1932 gold), actor in movies (Tarzan the Fearless; Nevada; Flash Gordon; Arizona Raiders; Buck Rogers; Billy the Kid Trapped) and TV (Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion) (born Feb. 7, 1908 – died Apr. 23, 1983; age 75). Buster Crabbe died of a heart attack. (Buster Crabbe 1946 Swamp Fire)
Laura Ingalls Wilder (nee Laura Elizabeth Ingalls)
American teacher, writer and children’s fiction novelist (Little House on the Prairie; These Happy Golden Years; Little House in the Big Woods; Farmer Boy; On the Banks of Plum Creek; By the Shores of Silver Lake; The Long Winter) (born Feb. 7, 1867 – died Feb. 10, 1957; age 90). Laura Ingalls Wilder & diabetes and cardiac issues ; she died in her sleep. (Laura Ingalls Wilder 1885)
Anita Stewart (nee Anna M. Stewart; sister of Lucille Lee)
American silent movie producer & actress (A Midnight Romance; Her Kingdom of Dreams; Harriet and the Piper; Rose o’ The Sea; Hollywood; Mary Regan; The Fighting Shepherdess; The Goddess; Virtuous Wives; Human Desire; Never the Twain Shall Meet) (born Feb. 7, 1895 – died May 4, 1961; age 66). Anita Stewart died of a heart attack. (Anita Stewart 1920 Who’s Who on the Screen)
Jock Mahoney (nee Jacques Joseph O’Mahoney; ex of Margaret Field)
American stuntman and actor of TV (The Range Rider; Yancy Derringer; B. J. and the Bear; The Fall Guy) & movies (Slim Carter; Tarzan Goes to India; The Nevadan; Cimarron; Showdown at Abilene; Joe Dakota; The Last of the Fast Guns; Bandolero!) (born Feb. 7, 1919 – died Dec. 14, 1989; age 70). Jock Mahoney died of a stroke. (Jock Mahoney 1958 Money, Women and Guns)
Hattie Jacques (nee Josephine Edwina Jacques; ex of John Le Mesurier)
English actress in movies (Make Mine Mink; Maid for Murder; In the Doghouse; Carry on Matron; Carry on Cabbie; The Bobo; Carry on Loving; Carry On Nurse; Follow a Star; Watch Your Stern) and on TV (Hattie Sykes on Sykes & Sykes and A…; Our House) (born Feb. 7, 1922 – died Oct. 6, 1980; age 58). Hattie Jacques died of a heart attack. (Hattie Jacques 1963 Carry on Cabby Trailer)
American actress of TV (Climax!; Zorro; Laramie; Gunsmoke; The Restless Gun; Perry Mason; Bat Masterson; Rawhide; Riverboat; Wanted: Dead or Alive; The Cisco Kid) and movies (We’re No Angels; All That Heaven Allows; Lucy Gallant; Cattle Empire; The Oregon Trail) (born Feb. 7, 1931 – died Sept. 19, 2000; age 69). Gloria Talbott died of kidney failure. (Gloria Talbott 1960 Bonanza)
Joe Maross (nee Joseph Raymond Maross)
American actor of stage, TV (Peyton Place; Code Red; Mission: Impossible; The Virginian; Mannix; Dallas; Cannon; Quincy M.E.; The F.B.I.; Police Story; Perry Mason; The Rockford Files; The Twilight Zone; 12 O’Clock High), and movies (The Salzburg Connection; Rich and Famous) (born Feb. 7, 1923 – died Nov. 7, 2009; age 86). Joe Maross died of cardiac arrest. (Joe Maross 1960 Bonanza)
Ann Little (nee Mary Hankins Brooks; aka Anna Little; ex of Allan Forrest)
American stage & silent film actress (Nan of the North; Damon and Pythias; The Firefly of France; Excuse My Dust; The Roaring Road; The Greatest Menace; Lightning Bryce; The Blue Fox; The Squaw Man; Cowgirls’ Pranks; Sinners in Silk; Custer’s Last Fight; Rimrock Jones; Less Than Kin; Called Back) (born Feb. 7, 1891 – died May 21, 1984; age 93). (Ann Little 1920: Alfred Cheney Johnston)
Charles Dickens (great-grandfather of Monica Dickens)
English social reformer (children’s rights), journalist, literary writer of short stories, non-fiction, & novels (A Christmas Carol; Oliver Twist; The Pickwick Papers; David Copperfield; Great Expectations; Nicholas Nickleby; Bleak House; A Tale of Two Cities; The Mystery of Edwin Drood; Little Dorrit) (born Feb. 7, 1812 – died June 9, 1870; age 58). (Charles Dickens 1857-1868: Jeremiah Gurney)
Eddie Bracken (nee Edward Vincent Bracken)
American actor of stage, radio, TV & films (Hail the Conquering Hero; The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek; Rainbow Island; Summer Stock; Sweater Girl; Fun on a Weekend; The Girl From Jones Beach; A Slight Case of Larceny; Ladies’ Man; Out of This World!; Hold That Blonde!; Reaching for the Sun; Life with Henry) (born Feb. 7, 1915 – died Nov. 14, 2002; age 87). (Eddie Bracken 1945)
Eubie Blake (nee James Hubert Blake)
American Theatre Hall of Fame ragtime & jazz musician (organ, piano), and composer (I’m Just Wild About Harry; Memories of You; You Were Meant For Me; Shuffle Along; Love Will Find a Way; Black Maria), recording artist & performer of stage & film (Harlem is Heaven; Scott Joplin; Pie, Pie, Blackbird) (born Feb. 7, 1887 – died Feb. 12, 1983; age 96). (Eubie Blake c. 1910s-1960s)
American blacksmith, businessman, founder of Deere & Company (farming & construction equipment), inventor & manufacturer of cast-steel plows (“The Plough That Broke the Plains”), Mayor of Moline, Illinois (born Feb. 7, 1804 – died May 17, 1886; age 82). (John Deere c. 1870-1886: James Grant Wilson, John Fiske, Charles Dick, James Edward Hormans)
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