List of Famous people born on February 21st
Dave Gettleman
David Alan Gettleman is an American football executive who is the Senior Vice President and general manager for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He was previously the general manager of the Carolina Panthers.
Max von Thun
Maximilian Romedio Johann-Ernst Graf von Thun und Hohenstein, commonly known as Max von Thun, is an Austrian actor and television presenter. He is the son of actor Friedrich von Thun.
Sergio Gabriel Martíne
Sergio Gabriel Martínez is an Argentine professional boxer. He held the WBC interim super welterweight title from 2009 to 2010, and the unified WBC, WBO, Ring magazine and lineal middleweight titles between 2010 and 2014. With six successful defenses of the Ring and lineal middleweight titles, Martínez's 50-month reign as champion ranks as one of the longest in the history of that weight class.He also held the IBO super welterweight title from 2003 to 2004.
Christine Ebersole
Christine Ebersole is an American actress and singer. She has appeared in film, television, and on stage. She starred in the Broadway musicals 42nd Street and Grey Gardens, winning two Tony Awards. She has co-starred on the TBS sitcom Sullivan & Son, in which she played Carol Walsh, and earned an Emmy Award nomination for her work in One Life to Live.
Jake Muzzin
Jacob Muzzin is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). Originally drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, Muzzin went unsigned and returned to the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) as an overage player. There he served as team captain and won the Max Kaminsky Trophy as the top defenceman in the OHL. As a free agent, Muzzin signed with the Los Angeles Kings in 2010, winning a Stanley Cup with the team in 2014.
Steve Francis
Steven D'Shawn Francis is an American former professional basketball player. He was selected with the second overall pick of the 1999 NBA draft and was named co-NBA Rookie of the Year in his first season. He was a three-time NBA All-Star while playing for the Houston Rockets. Francis also played for the Orlando Magic and New York Knicks, finishing his career with the Beijing Ducks of the Chinese Basketball Association. He was known for his crossover dribble, driving ability, and flashy dunks. He was given the nickname Stevie Franchise.
Christopher Atkins
Christopher Atkins is an American actor, perhaps best known for his debut in the 1980 film The Blue Lagoon.
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Ernest Pignon-Ernest is a Fluxus and Situationist French artist, born in Nice.
Lyudmila Ulitskaya
Lyudmila Evgenyevna Ulitskaya is an internationally acclaimed modern Russian novelist and short-story writer who, in 2014, was awarded the prestigious Austrian State Prize for European Literature for her oeuvre. In 2006 she published Daniel Stein, Interpreter, a novel dealing with the Holocaust and the need for reconciliation between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Ulitskaya herself belongs to a group of people formed by the realities of the former Soviet Union, who see themselves racially and culturally as Jews, while having adopted Christianity as their religion. She won the 2012 Park Kyong-ni Prize.
Ryan Merritt
Ryan Adam Merritt is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians.