This Week's Birthdays - Week of February 23

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Tuesday, Feb 24 2015 by

February 23, 1952 – Bradford Ernest Whitford, the rhythm guitarist for the hard rock band Aerosmith.

Signed Aerosmith photo (StreetView)
Signed Aerosmith photo

February 24, 1947 – Michael Robert “Mike” Fratello, an American color analyst and a professional basketball coach

Mike Fratello (StreetView)
Mike Fratello

February 25, 1861 – Santiago Rusiñol i Prats, a Catalan modernist painter, poet, and playwright.

Santiago Rusiñol by Joan Borrell Nicolau (StreetView)
Santiago Rusiñol by Joan Borrell Nicolau

February 26, 1846 – William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody (February 26, 1846 – January 10, 1917) was an American soldier, bison hunter and showman.

Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill (StreetView)
Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill

February 27, 1891 – David Sarnoff, a Russian-born American businessman and pioneer of American radio and television.

David Sarnoff (StreetView)
David Sarnoff

February 28, 1533 – Lord Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary genre and is popularly thought of as the father of Modern Skepticism.

Statue of Montaigne (StreetView)
Statue of Montaigne

March 1, 1944 – Roger Harry Daltrey, CBE, an English singer, musician, songwriter and actor, best known as the founder and lead singer of English rock band The Who.

The Who (StreetView)
The Who

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