Celebrity Birthdays for Feb. 3:
Jazz saxophonist John Handy is 89.
Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Fran Tarkenton is 82.
Angelo D'Aleo of the '50s and '60s pop group The Belmonts, is 82.
Actress Blythe Danner is 79.
Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Bob Griese is 77.
Actor Stephen McHattie is 76.
Guitarist Dave Davies of The Kinks is 75.
Singer Melanie is 75.
Actress Morgan Fairchild is 72.
Actress Pamela Franklin is 72.
Former NHL enforcer Dave "Tiger" Williams is 68.
Actor Nathan Lane is 66.
Guitarist Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth is 66.
Actor Thomas Calabro ("Melrose Place") is 63.
Drummer Lol Tolhurst (The Cure) is 63.
Actor-director Keith Gordon is 61.
Country singer Matraca Berg is 58.
Actress Maura Tierney ("ER," ''NewsRadio") is 57.
Actor Warwick Davis is 52.
Actress Elisa Donovan is 51.
Olympic champion wrestler Daniel Igali is 48.
Reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee is 46.
Actress Isla Fisher is 46.
Lawyer-human rights activist Amal Clooney is 44.
Singer-songwriter Jessica Harp (The Wreckers) is 40.
Actor Matthew Moy ("2 Broke Girls") is 38.
Singer Chantelle Paige (Flipsyde) is 34.
Rapper Sean Kingston is 32.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1809, composer Felix Mendelssohn. (Nov. 4, 1847)
In 1874, writer Gertrude Stein. (July 27, 1946)
In 1882, Canadian songwriter William Dichmont. (July 17, 1943)
In 1894, painter Norman Rockwell. (Nov. 8, 1978)
In 1896, traditional jazz trumpeter Kid Thomas Valentine (Preservation Hall Band). (June 16, 1987)
In 1903, Canadian soprano Frances James. (Aug. 22, 1988)
In 1904, bank robber Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd. (Oct. 22, 1934)
In 1907, author James A Michener. (Oct. 16, 1997)
In 1910, actor Robert Earl Jones. (Sept. 7, 2006)
In 1918, entertainer Joey Bishop. (Oct. 17, 2007)
In 1920, Dr. Henry Heimlich, physician-author and Heimlich manoeuvre developer. (Dec. 17, 2016)
In 1923, Canadian singer Alys Robi. (May 28, 2011)
In 1925, comedian Shelley Berman. (Sept. 1, 2017)
In 1927, prize-winning author Joan Lowry Nixon. (June 28, 2003)
In 1935, R&B guitarist-singer Johnny (Guitar) Watson. (May 17, 1996)
In 1939, singer and record producer Johnny Bristol. (March 21, 2004)
In 1939, Oscar-winning director Michael Cimino. (July 2, 2016)
In 1941, jazz drummer Claude Ranger. (missing, presumed deceased)
In 1941, actress Bridget Hanley ("Here Come The Brides," ''Harper Valley P.T.A."). (Dec. 15, 2021)
In 1943, record executive Neil Bogart. (May 8, 1982)
In 1943, singer Dennis Edwards (The Temptations). (Feb. 1, 2018)
In 1949, Canadian pop singer Terry Black. (June 28, 2009)
In 1965, musician T.C.D. (Antoine Maurice Lundy). (Jan. 21, 1998)
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