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Michael Jordan
Featured Biography Michael Jordan

There’s Michael, then there’s all the rest of us.

Basketball player Magic Johnson

Considered by many the greatest all-around player in the history of basketball, American Michael (“Air”) Jordan, who was born this day in 1963, led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships (1991–93, 1996–98).

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February 17, 1890 — July 29, 1962
Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher
Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher was a British statistician and geneticist...
Rendell, Ruth
February 17, 1930 — May 2, 2015
Ruth Rendell
Ruth Rendell was a British writer of mystery novels, psychological...
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February 17, 1874 — June 19, 1956
Thomas J. Watson, Sr.
Thomas J. Watson, Sr. was an American industrialist who built the...
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February 17, 1653 — January 8, 1713
Arcangelo Corelli
Arcangelo Corelli was an Italian violinist and composer known chiefly...
Marlene Dietrich and Arthur Kennedy in Rancho Notorious
February 17, 1914 — January 5, 1990
Arthur Kennedy
Arthur Kennedy was an American character actor featured in many films...
Lola Montez, c. 1855.
February 17, 1821 — January 17, 1861
Lola Montez
Lola Montez was an Irish adventuress and “Spanish” dancer who achieved...
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February 17, 1904 — July 19, 1980
Hans Morgenthau
Hans Morgenthau was a German-born American political scientist and...
Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich
January 12, 1746 — February 17, 1827
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss educational reformer, who advocated...