This Week’s Birthdays – Week of February 21

February 21, 1927 – Erma Bombeck, American humorist (d. 1996)

February 22, 1857 – Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English founder of the Scout movement (d. 1941)

February 23, 1965 – Kristin Davis, American actress

February 24, 1885 – Chester Nimitz, U.S. admiral (d. 1966)

February 25, 1888 – John Foster Dulles, American politician and statesman (d. 1959)

February 26, 1829 – Levi Strauss, German-born clothing designer (d. 1902)

February 27, 1902 – John Steinbeck, American writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1968)