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<p><p> <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_grunk"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/968/000084716/"><font size=-1>Billie Joe Armstrong</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1972</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Frontman for Green Day</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/205/000061022/"><font size=-1>Red Barber</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Sports Journalist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1908</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Oct-1992</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>The Voice of the Dodgers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/558/000119201/"><font size=-1>Reginald Bartholomew</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Diplomat</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1936</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Ambassador to Italy, 1993-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/025/000024950/"><font size=-1>Alan Bates</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1934</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Dec-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Basil in <i>Zorba the Greek</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/965/000025890/"><font size=-1>Michael Bay</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1964</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Armageddon</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/385/000122019/"><font size=-1>Mary Frances Berry</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Government</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1938</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Civil Rights Commissioner, 1980-2004</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/491/000280648/"><font size=-1>Zina Bethune</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1945</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Feb-2012</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Gail Lucas on <i>The Nurses</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/890/000023821/"><font size=-1>Jim Brown</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Football</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1936</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Cleveland Browns RB</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/229/000220566/"><font size=-1>Philip W. Buchen</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Government</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1916</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-May-2001</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>White House Counsel, 1974-77</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/781/000110451/"><font size=-1>Kelly Carlson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1976</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Kimber Henry on <i>Nip/Tuck</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/158/000346117/"><font size=-1>Garry Chalk</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1952</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Michael Oakes on <i>The Killing</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/510/000275682/"><font size=-1>Stanley N. Cohen</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Biologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1935</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Recombinant DNA</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/796/000126418/"><font size=-1>Leonard S. Coleman, Jr.</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Administrator</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1949</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>President of MLB National League, 1994-99</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/398/000093119/"><font size=-1>Arcangelo Corelli</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Violinist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1653</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1713</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Concerti Grossi</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/805/000174283/"><font size=-1>Don Coscarelli</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1954</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Bubba Ho-tep</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/572/000078338/"><font size=-1>Buster Crabbe</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1907</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Apr-1983</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Flash Gordon</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/178/000347134/"><font size=-1>Brooke D'Orsay</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1982</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Caitlin Cooke on <i>6Teen</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/299/000205681/"><font size=-1>Buddy DeFranco</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Jazz Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1923</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Jazz clarinetist, led The Glenn Miller Orchestra</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/202/000135794/"><font size=-1>André Dussollier</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1946</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Tais-toi!</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/116/000161630/"><font size=-1>Isabelle Eberhardt</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1877</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Oct-1904</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Transvestite Muslim author</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/974/000031881/"><font size=-1>Vicente Fernandez</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Mexican singing sensation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/264/000279424/"><font size=-1>Marjorie Fielding</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1892</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Dec-1956</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>English stage actress</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/847/000114505/"><font size=-1>Dorothy Canfield Fisher</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1879</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Nov-1958</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Understood Betsy</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/763/000196175/"><font size=-1>Ronald Fisher</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Mathematician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1890</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Jul-1962</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Analysis of variance and covariance</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/551/000037440/"><font size=-1>Randy Forbes</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1952</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman, Virginia 4th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/056/000130663/"><font size=-1>Kathleen Freeman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1919</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Aug-2001</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Gen. Burkhalter's sister</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/815/000063626/"><font size=-1>Brenda Fricker</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1945</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>My Left Foot</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/632/000354567/"><font size=-1>Rowdy Gaines</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Swimmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Three Olympic gold medals in 1984</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/609/000086351/"><font size=-1>Joseph Gordon-Levitt</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1981</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Third Rock From the Sun</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/543/000166045/"><font size=-1>Jim Grobe</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Football</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1952</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Wake Forest Head Coach</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/625/000165130/"><font size=-1>Romano Guardini</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Religion</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1885</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Oct-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Roman Catholic theologian</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/799/000096511/"><font size=-1>Larry The Cable Guy</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Comic</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1963</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Blue Collar</i> comic</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/269/000098972/"><font size=-1>Taylor Hawkins</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Drummer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1972</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Foo Fighters</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/160/000129770/"><font size=-1>Charles A. Hayes</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1918</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Apr-1997</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman from Illinois, 1983-93</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/527/000029440/"><font size=-1>Sadeq Hedayat</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1903</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Apr-1951</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Blind Owl</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/479/000023410/"><font size=-1>Paris Hilton</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Socialite</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1981</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Simple Life</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/000/000022931/"><font size=-1>Hal Holbrook</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Mark Twain Tonight</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/608/000346567/"><font size=-1>Ashton Holmes</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1978</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Tyler Barrol on <i>Revenge</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/392/000167888/"><font size=-1>David F. Houston</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Government</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1866</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Sep-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/803/000167302/"><font size=-1>Jen-Hsun Huang</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1963</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>CEO of NVIDIA</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/717/000110387/"><font size=-1>Barry Humphries</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1934</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Dame Edna</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/693/000131300/"><font size=-1>Arthur Hunnicutt</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1910</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Sep-1979</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Big Sky</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/554/000055389/"><font size=-1>H. L. Hunt</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1889</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Nov-1974</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Founder of Hunt Oil</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/485/000351429/"><font size=-1>Jackson Hurst</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1979</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Grayson Kent on <i>Drop Dead Diva</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/955/000167454/"><font size=-1>Frederic Eugene Ives</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Inventor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1856</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-May-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Halftone process</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/788/000097497/"><font size=-1>Sir James Ivory</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Mathematician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1765</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Sep-1842</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Ivory's Theorem</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/647/000206029/"><font size=-1>Tom Jones</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Songwriter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1928</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Fantasticks</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/098/000207474/"><font size=-1>Jim Jordan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1964</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman, Ohio 4th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/235/000023166/"><font size=-1>Michael Jordan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Basketball</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1963</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>God's gift to basketball, clearly</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/576/000044444/"><font size=-1>Richard Karn</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1956</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Al Borland on <i>Home Improvement</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/838/000110508/"><font size=-1>Arthur Kennedy</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1914</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Jan-1990</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Man from Laramie</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/286/000094004/"><font size=-1>Friedrich Maximilian Klinger</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Playwright</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1752</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Mar-1831</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Sturm under Drang</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/032/000170519/"><font size=-1>Hendrik Kramers</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Physicist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1894</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Apr-1952</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Kramers dispersion theory</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/670/000205055/"><font size=-1>René Laënnec</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Doctor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1781</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Aug-1826</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Stethoscope</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/223/000108896/"><font size=-1>Marc Lawrence</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1910</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Nov-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Prolific character actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/233/000030143/"><font size=-1>Rick Majerus</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Basketball</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1948</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Basketball Coach</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/749/000253987/"><font size=-1>Ralphie May</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Comic</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1972</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Obese comic</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/016/000095728/"><font size=-1>Johann Tobias Mayer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Astronomer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1723</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Feb-1762</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Kosmographische Nachrichten</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/964/000025889/"><font size=-1>Valeria Mazza</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Model</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1972</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Argentine supermodel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/978/000208354/"><font size=-1>M. Blane Michael</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Judge</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Mar-2011</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>4th Circuit Court of Appeals</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/376/000135968/"><font size=-1>James Millican</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1910</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Nov-1955</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>American character actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/411/000032315/"><font size=-1>Mary Ann Mobley</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Model</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1939</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Miss America 1959</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/680/000103371/"><font size=-1>Lola Montez</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Dancer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1821</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jan-1861</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Mistress of Ludwig I of Bavaria</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/721/000351665/"><font size=-1>Lynne Moody</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1950</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Patricia Williams on <i>Knots Landing</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/982/000132586/"><font size=-1>Wayne Morris</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1914</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Sep-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Paths of Glory</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/175/000026097/"><font size=-1>Huey Newton</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Activist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1942</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Aug-1989</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Black Panther</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/586/000029499/"><font size=-1>Andre Norton</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1912</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Mar-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Witch World</i> series</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/329/000026251/"><font size=-1>Jerry O'Connell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1974</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Pete Kaczmarek in <i>The Defenders</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/607/000274782/"><font size=-1>Chord Overstreet</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1989</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Sam Evans on <i>Glee</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/777/000196189/"><font size=-1>Charley Pell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Football</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-May-2001</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Florida Head Coach, 1979-84</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/590/000025515/"><font size=-1>Lou Diamond Phillips</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1962</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Young Guns II</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/271/000131875/"><font size=-1>Christina Pickles</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1935</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Judy Geller on <i>Friends</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/099/000348052/"><font size=-1>Sasha Pieterse</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1996</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Alison DiLaurentis on <i>Pretty Little Liars</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/583/000045448/"><font size=-1>Gene Pitney</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer/Songwriter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Apr-2006</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>60s teen idol and songwriter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/434/000115089/"><font size=-1>Chaim Potok</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Novelist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Jul-2002</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Chosen</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/094/000103782/"><font size=-1>Dominic Purcell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td 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