February 23, 1951

1951Eddie Dibbs, American tennis player^[†]

Eddie Dibbs is a retired American tennis player also nicknamed "Fast Eddie". He attained a career-high singles ranking of world No. 5 in July 1978, winning 22 titles and being a runner-up another 20 times.

1951Debbie Friedman, American singer-songwriter of Jewish melodies (died 2011)^[†]

Deborah Lynn Friedman was an American singer-songwriter of religious Jewish music. She was an early pioneer of gender-sensitive language: using the feminine forms of the Divine or altering masculine-only text references in the Jewish Liturgy to include feminine language.

1951Ed "Too Tall" Jones, American football player and boxer^[†]

Edward Lee Jones, commonly known as Ed "Too Tall" Jones due to his height, is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for 15 seasons for the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL). In 1979, he briefly left football to attempt a career in professional boxing.

1951Patricia Richardson, American actress^[†]

Patricia Castle Richardson is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Jill Taylor on the ABC sitcom Home Improvement, for which she was nominated four times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and twice for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical. She also received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her performance in Ulee's Gold (1997).