# Happy birthday to...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to/390538>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 2, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to/390538 "2007-02-02T14:08:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to/390538/1 "2007-02-02T14:08:14Z")

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James Joyce (1882); W.H. Auden (1907); and Stan Getz (1927).

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**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to/390538/2 "2007-02-02T14:36:44Z")

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Also, Sir Andrew Davis (1944), Music Director of Lyric Opera of Chicago.

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**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to/390538/3 "2007-02-02T22:20:59Z")

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Yes, Stan Getz. One hell of a sax player. RIP. (Perfict pitch, photographic memory, and god did that man play sax!

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to/390538/4 "2007-02-02T22:53:04Z")

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Fritz Kreisler (1875), Jascha Heifetz (1901).