Notable Birthdays for February 7
Published in History & Quotes
Those born on this date include:
- English statesman and writer Thomas More in 1478
- farm equipment manufacturer John Deere in 1804
- English novelist Charles Dickens in 1812
- Little House books author Laura Ingalls Wilder in 1867
- novelist Sinclair Lewis in 1885
- ragtime composer and pianist Eubie Blake in 1887
- Buster Crabbe, actor (Flash Gordon) and Olympic swimming gold medalist, in 1908
- writer Gay Talese in 1932 (age 84)
- actor Pete Postlethwaite in 1946
- actor Miguel Ferrer in 1955 (age 61)
- comedian Emo Philips in 1956 (age 60)
- actor James Spader in 1960 (age 56)
- actor Eddie Izzard in 1962 (age 54)
- country singer Garth Brooks in 1962 (age 54)
- comedian Chris Rock in 1966 (age 50)
- actor Ashton Kutcher in 1978 (age 38).
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