This Week’s Birthdays – Week of February 7

February 7, 1804 – John Deere, American manufacturer (Deere & Company) (d. 1886)

February 8, 1925 – Jack Lemmon, American actor and film director (d. 2001)

February 9, 1737 – Thomas Paine, American philosopher (d. 1809)

February 10, 1893 – Jimmy Durante, American actor/comedian (d. 1980)

February 11, 1847 – Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor (d. 1931)

February 12, 1809 – Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (d. 1865)

February 13, 923 – Chuck Yeager, American fighter and test pilot