This Week's Birthdays - Week of February 1

February 1, 1872 – Andrew Kehoe, American mass murderer (d. 1927)

February 2, 1905 – Ayn Rand, Russian-born American author and philosopher (d. 1982)

February 3, 1809 – Felix Mendelssohn, German pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1847)

February 4, 1881 – Fernand Léger, French painter and sculptor (d. 1955)

February 5, 1878 – André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded Citroën (d. 1935)

February 6, 1845 – Isidor Straus, German-American businessman and politician (d. 1912)

February 7, 1478 – Thomas More, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (d. 1535)