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Birdman is the public face of Cash Money Records, a record label he co-founded with his older brother, Ronald "Slim" Williams, in 1991.
Famous Birthdays on February 15
1969 — Birdman
American rapper and producer
February 15 has 186 recorded notable births across history, from 1377 to 2004. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on February 15
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- 2003 Protests against the Iraq war take place in over 600 cities worldwide. It is estimated that between eight million and 30 million people participate, making this the largest peace demonstration in history. Source
- 1879 Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States. Source
- 1949 Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls. Source
- 2001 The first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature. Source
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Miep Gies was Austrian by birth, but in 1920, at the age of eleven, she was taken in as a foster child by a Dutch family in Leiden to whom she became very attached.
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Monaco", Hill won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles and, at the time of his retirement, held the record for most podium finishes (36); he won 14 Grands Prix across 18 seasons.
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Throughout her career, she has written many of her own songs, most notably her first mainstream hit single, 1975's "Midnight Blue".
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Steven Michael Quezada played Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Steven Gomez, the level-headed partner of Hank Schrader, in the AMC series Breaking Bad from 2008 to 2013 and reprised his role in its spin-off, Better Call Saul during season 5.
More major people born on February 15
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1909
Miep Gies
Austrian-Dutch humanitarian, helped hide Anne Frank and her family (died 2010)
Hermine "Miep" Gies was one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank, her family and four other Dutch Jews from the Nazis in an annex above Otto Frank's business premises during World War II.
1929
Graham Hill
English racing driver and businessman (died 1975)
Norman Graham Hill was a British racing driver, rower and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1958 to 1975. Nicknamed "Mr.
1951
Melissa Manchester
American singer-songwriter and actress
Melissa Manchester is an American singer-songwriter and actress. During the 1970s and 1980s, her music found widespread success and popularity, particularly in the adult contemporary market.
1963
Steven Michael Quezada
American actor, comedian, and politician
Steven Michael Quezada is an American actor, comedian and politician.
1960
Darrell Green
American football player
Darrell Ray Green is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) for 20 seasons.
1994
Sodapoppin
American Twitch streamer and internet personality
Thomas Chance Morris, known professionally as Sodapoppin, is an American Twitch streamer and YouTuber.
1845
Elihu Root
American lawyer and politician, 38th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1937)
Elihu Root was an American lawyer, Republican politician, and statesman who served as the 41st United States Secretary of War under presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt and the 38th United States Secretary…
1962
Milo Đukanović
Montenegrin politician, 29th Prime Minister of Montenegro
Milo Đukanović is a Montenegrin politician who served as the president of Montenegro from 1998 to 2002 and from 2018 to 2023.
1898
Totò
Italian actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1967)
Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi De Curtis di Bisanzio, best known by his stage name Totò, or simply as Antonio de Curtis, and nicknamed il principe della risata, was an Italian…
1918
Hank Locklin
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009)
Lawrence Hankins Locklin was an American country music singer and songwriter. He had 70 chart singles, including two number-one hits on Billboard's country chart.
1873
Hans von Euler-Chelpin
German-Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1964)
Hans Karl August Simon Euler-Chelpin, since 28 July 1884 von Euler-Chelpin, was a German-born Swedish biochemist.
1834
V. A. Urechia
Moldavian-Romanian historian, author, and playwright (died 1901)
V. A. Urechia was a Moldavian, later Romanian historian, Romantic author of historical fiction and plays, academic and politician.
1948
Art Spiegelman
Swedish-American cartoonist and critic
Itzhak Avraham ben Zeev Spiegelman, professionally known as Art Spiegelman, is a Polish-American cartoonist, editor, and comics advocate best known for his graphic novel Maus.
1944
Mick Avory
English musician and songwriter
Michael Charles Avory is an English musician, best known as the longtime drummer and percussionist for the English rock band the Kinks.
1975
Brendon Small
American animator, producer, screenwriter, and actor
Brendon Small is an American actor, stand-up comedian, writer, director, producer, and musician who is known for co-creating the animated series Home Movies and Metalocalypse.
1921
Norman C. Deno
American chemist and plant scientist, (died 2017)
Norman C. Deno was an American chemist and plant scientist. He was a professor of chemistry at Penn State University and is known as one of the foremost researchers in seed germination theory.
1976
Óscar Freire
Spanish cyclist
Óscar Freire Gómez is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer.
1905
Harold Arlen
American composer (died 1986)
Harold Arlen was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide.
1920
Endicott Peabody
American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1997)
Endicott Howard Peabody was an American politician from Massachusetts. A Democrat, he served a single two-year term as the 62nd governor of Massachusetts, from 1963 to 1965.