This Week’s Birthdays – Week of February 22

February 22, 1732 – George Washington, first president of the USA.

February 23, 1954 – Rosendo Mercado Ruiz, a Spanish rock singer and songwriter.

February 24, 1977 – Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr., an American professional boxer.

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

February 26, 1928 – Antoine Dominique “Fats” Domino Jr., an American R&B and rock and roll pianist and singer-songwriter.

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

February 28, 1533 – Lord Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance.