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Born in February

22,879 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

Emánuel Moór
inventor, pianist
1863–1931
February 19 · 1863
Source: BnF authorities
Leonardo Moreira
association football player
40 years old
February 4 · 1986
Source: Transfermarkt
Piotr Johansson
association football player
31 years old
February 28 · 1995
Source: As
Jóhann Hjartarson
chess player
63 years old
February 8 · 1963
No external source identified
Louis Kugelmann
politician, physician
1828–1902 · aged 73
February 19 · 1828
Source: Find a Grave
Harald Irmscher
association football player, association football coach
80 years old
February 12 · 1946
Source: FBref
Alexander Vencel
association football player, association football coach
82 years old
February 8 · 1944
Source: Records of persons of interest
Ivan Tcherepnin
composer
1943–1998 · aged 55
February 5 · 1943
Source: Grove Music Online
Chisaki Morito
Japanese idol, singer
26 years old
February 19 · 2000
No external source identified
Kemba Nelson
sprinter
26 years old
February 23 · 2000
No external source identified
Patrik Kühnen
tennis coach, tennis player
60 years old
February 11 · 1966
Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website
Kai Eide
diplomat, politician
77 years old
February 28 · 1949
Source: Records of persons of interest
Majer Samuel Bałaban
historian, university teacher
1877–1942
February 20 · 1877
Source: Integrated Authority File
Frederick W. M. Holliday
colonel, lawyer
1828–1899 · aged 71
February 22 · 1828
Source: Find a Grave
Jean Mounet-Sully
film actor, stage actor
1841–1916 · aged 75
February 27 · 1841
Source: IMDb
Maurício Antônio
association football player
34 years old
February 6 · 1992
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher
lexicographer, editor
1845–1923 · aged 78
February 12 · 1845
Source: BnF authorities
Caitlin Leverenz
swimmer
35 years old
February 26 · 1991
No external source identified
Per Clausen
politician, trade unionist
71 years old
February 20 · 1955
Source: ft.dk
Jan Hrdina
ice hockey player, manager
50 years old
February 5 · 1976
Source: Czech National Authority Database
George Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Siegen
military personnel
1606–1674 · aged 68
February 23 · 1606
Source: Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau
Jeff Farrell
swimmer
89 years old
February 28 · 1937
No external source identified
George Wall
association football player
1885–1962
February 20 · 1885
No external source identified
Thomas Holm
association football coach, association football player
45 years old
February 19 · 1981
Source: Transfermarkt
Thierry Moutinho
association football player
35 years old
February 26 · 1991
Source: Transfermarkt
Debbie Flood
rower
46 years old
February 27 · 1980
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Jan Tománek
visual artist, director
48 years old
February 14 · 1978
Source: Czech National Authority Database
Bradley Saunders
boxer
40 years old
February 4 · 1986
No external source identified
John McAreavey
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
77 years old
February 2 · 1949
Source: Catalogue of the Library of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
Duke Frederick of Saxe-Altenburg
military officer, colonel
1599–1625
February 12 · 1599
Source: Integrated Authority File
Cathrine Lindahl
curler
56 years old
February 26 · 1970
No external source identified
Daniel Alfei
association football player
34 years old
February 23 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Philippe Vandevelde
comics writer, comics artist
1957–2019 · aged 62
February 24 · 1957
Source: Lambiek Comiclopedia
Archbishop Serafim of Athens
Christian minister
1913–1998 · aged 85
February 10 · 1913
No external source identified
Blaise Kouassi*
association football player, association football coach
Date disputed
February 2 · 1974
No external source identified
Abbubaker Mobara
association football player
32 years old
February 18 · 1994
Source: Transfermarkt
Helène Aylon
artist, painter
1931–2020 · aged 89
February 4 · 1931
Source: SNAC
Oda Schottmüller
dancer, sculptor
1905–1943 · aged 38
February 9 · 1905
Source: stolpersteine-berlin.de
Silvio Zavala
diplomat, historian
1909–2014
February 7 · 1909
Source: SNAC
Inger Berggren
actor, singer
1934–2019 · aged 85
February 23 · 1934
Source: IMDb
Pedro Bartolomé Benoit
politician
1921–2012 · aged 91
February 13 · 1921
No external source identified
Dennis Jastrzembski
association football player
26 years old
February 20 · 2000
Source: Transfermarkt
Paolo Ferrari
stage actor, screenwriter
1929–2018 · aged 89
February 26 · 1929
Source: Discogs
Valentin Gheorghe
association football player
29 years old
February 14 · 1997
Source: Transfermarkt
Pentti Sammallahti
teacher, photographer
76 years old
February 18 · 1950
Source: Integrated Authority File
Petter Andersson
association football player
41 years old
February 20 · 1985
Source: As
Allan Brooks
painter, ornithologist
1869–1946 · aged 76
February 15 · 1869
Source: SNAC
Erwin Otto Marx
inventor, university teacher
1893–1980 · aged 86
February 15 · 1893
No external source identified
Jovan Krkobabić
politician
1930–2014 · aged 84
February 27 · 1930
No external source identified
Patrick Gaillard
Formula One driver, racing automobile driver
74 years old
February 12 · 1952
No external source identified
Mahbubey Alam
lawyer
1949–2020 · aged 71
February 17 · 1949
Source: Find a Grave
Chaba Fadela
musician, singer
64 years old
February 5 · 1962
Source: SNAC
Leonid Artamonov
geographer, military officer
1859–1932 · aged 72
February 25 · 1859
Source: Integrated Authority File
Ferdinand Peroutka
politician, writer
1895–1978 · aged 83
February 6 · 1895
Source: Czech National Authority Database
Nedo Sonetti
association football coach, association football player
85 years old
February 25 · 1941
Source: Transfermarkt
José Luis Capdevil
association football player, association football coach
45 years old
February 12 · 1981
Source: Transfermarkt
Eugene Millikin
politician, lawyer
1891–1958 · aged 67
February 12 · 1891
Source: SNAC
Franz Carl Müller-Lyer
sociologist, psychologist
1857–1916 · aged 59
February 5 · 1857
Source: deutsche-biographie.de
Walter Jakobsson
figure skater, figure skating judge
1882–1957 · aged 75
February 6 · 1882
Source: Uppslagsverket Finland
Theodor Otto Diener
botanist, university teacher
1921–2023 · aged 102
February 28 · 1921
No external source identified
Unai Alba
association football player, association football coach
48 years old
February 19 · 1978
Source: As
Vladimir Fyodorov
physicist, television presenter
1939–2021 · aged 82
February 19 · 1939
No external source identified
E. V. Gordon
linguist, university teacher
1896–1938 · aged 42
February 14 · 1896
Source: BnF authorities
Herbert Köfer
stage actor, film actor
1921–2021 · aged 100
February 17 · 1921
Source: filmportal.de
Walter Parratt
organist, composer
1841–1924 · aged 83
February 10 · 1841
Source: SNAC
Marie von Bülow
actor, stage actor
1857–1941 · aged 84
February 12 · 1857
Source: filmportal.de
Lewis David de Schweinitz
mycologist, botanist
1780–1834 · aged 53
February 13 · 1780
Source: SNAC
Moisés Villarroel
association football player, association football coach
50 years old
February 12 · 1976
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Max Neufeld
screenwriter, actor
1887–1967 · aged 80
February 13 · 1887
Source: SNAC
José Ramón Rodil, 1st Marquis of Rodil
minister, military personnel
1789–1853 · aged 64
February 5 · 1789
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
John Attard Montalto
politician
73 years old
February 7 · 1953
No external source identified
Nicola Bartolini
artistic gymnast
30 years old
February 7 · 1996
No external source identified
Emory Washburn
judge, governor
1800–1877 · aged 77
February 14 · 1800
Source: Integrated Authority File
Frank Pagelsdorf
association football player, association football coach
68 years old
February 5 · 1958
Source: Transfermarkt
Santiago Cáseres
association football player
29 years old
February 25 · 1997
Source: FBref
Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis
foreign minister, diplomat
64 years old
February 19 · 1962
No external source identified
Zvonko Pamić
association football player
35 years old
February 4 · 1991
Source: As
Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor
politician
1847–1911 · aged 63
February 13 · 1847
Source: The Peerage
Frank Braley
pianist
58 years old
February 4 · 1968
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France
Susanna Pöykiö
figure skater
44 years old
February 22 · 1982
No external source identified
Albert Schäffle
pedagogue, journalist
1831–1903 · aged 72
February 24 · 1831
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Karl Gussow*
painter, university teacher
Date disputed
February 25 · 1843
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt
screenwriter, actor
1921–1992 · aged 70
February 24 · 1921
Source: Find a Grave
Daisy D'ora
actor, film actor
1913–2010 · aged 97
February 26 · 1913
Source: trauer.merkur.de
Simon Schwendener
botanist, university teacher
1829–1919 · aged 90
February 10 · 1829
Source: Integrated Authority File
Deng Zhiwei
amateur wrestler
38 years old
February 1 · 1988
Source: olympedia.org
Jiřina Jirásková
film actor, actor
1931–2013 · aged 81
February 17 · 1931
Source: Czech National Authority Database
Ramaz Zoidze
amateur wrestler
30 years old
February 13 · 1996
Source: sport.gov.ge
Nicolas Gilsoul
co-driver
44 years old
February 5 · 1982
No external source identified
Miral Samardžić
association football player
39 years old
February 17 · 1987
Source: As
Alexander Ananchenko
politician, businessperson
60 years old
February 2 · 1966
Source: council.gov.ru
Adelaide Kemble
opera singer, writer
1815–1879 · aged 64
February 13 · 1815
No external source identified
Carlos Miloc
association football player, association football coach
1932–2017 · aged 85
February 9 · 1932
No external source identified
Walter Andrae
anthropologist, architectural historian
1875–1956 · aged 81
February 18 · 1875
Source: RKDartists
France Bučar
speaker, jurist
1923–2015
February 2 · 1923
Source: pace.coe.int
Abel Hermant*
essayist, playwright
Date disputed
February 3 · 1861
Source: Vital records of Paris
Célestin Delmer
association football player
1907–1996 · aged 89
February 15 · 1907
No external source identified
Hoang Anh Tuan
weightlifter
41 years old
February 12 · 1985
No external source identified
Morgan C. Hamilton
politician
1809–1893 · aged 84
February 25 · 1809
Source: SNAC
Jean-François Lamour
politician, fencer
70 years old
February 2 · 1956
Source: Sycomore
Luigi Barzini, Sr.
writer, journalist
1874–1947 · aged 73
February 7 · 1874
Source: SNAC
Luigi Mancinelli
conductor, composer
1848–1921 · aged 72
February 5 · 1848
Source: SNAC
Nikolay Gnedich
writer, poet
1784–1833 · aged 49
February 13 · 1784
Source: Concise Literary Encyclopedia
Khaled Mazeed
association football player
28 years old
February 24 · 1998
No external source identified
Erdmuthe Sophie of Saxony
historian, hymnwriter
1644–1670
February 25 · 1644
No external source identified
Paolo Bertoli
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
1908–2001 · aged 93
February 1 · 1908
Source: Munzinger Personen
Michael Fink
association football coach, association football player
44 years old
February 1 · 1982
Source: Transfermarkt
Andrea Sánchez Falcón
association football player
29 years old
February 28 · 1997
Source: Soccerdonna
Marcel Cohen
university teacher, linguist
1884–1974 · aged 90
February 6 · 1884
Source: Léonore database
Werner Nilsen*
association football coach, association football player
Date disputed
February 4 · 1904
Source: FBref
Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi
politician, journalist
1926–1974 · aged 48
February 4 · 1926
Source: knesset.gov.il
Jan Peszek
actor
82 years old
February 13 · 1944
Source: Integrated Authority File
Henri Jean Baptiste Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu
essayist, writer
1842–1912 · aged 70
February 12 · 1842
Source: La France savante
Ole Ellefsæter
singer, athletics competitor
1939–2022 · aged 83
February 15 · 1939
No external source identified
André Marie Jean Jacques Dupin
politician, magistrate
1783–1865
February 1 · 1783
Source: BnF authorities
Raymond Riotte
sport cyclist
1940–2026 · aged 86
February 18 · 1940
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Harry Novillo
association football player
34 years old
February 11 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Aleksandr Khoroshilov
alpine skier
42 years old
February 16 · 1984
No external source identified
Giuseppe Becce*
musician, composer
Date disputed
February 3 · 1877
Source: Discogs
Camila Rebelo
swimmer
23 years old
February 3 · 2003
No external source identified
K. G. Hammar
writer, theologian
83 years old
February 18 · 1943
Source: Sveriges befolkning 2000
Johanna Beisteiner
classical guitarist, guitarist
50 years old
February 20 · 1976
No external source identified
Masauji Hachisuka
zoologist, ornithologist
1903–1953 · aged 50
February 15 · 1903
No external source identified
Carlos Ferrero
lawyer, politician
1941–2025 · aged 83
February 7 · 1941
Source: infogob.jne.gob.pe
Tahmina Niyazova
singer
37 years old
February 14 · 1989
No external source identified
Aidos Sultangali
amateur wrestler
30 years old
February 7 · 1996
No external source identified
Marie Stritt
stage actor, politician
1855–1928 · aged 73
February 18 · 1855
Source: WeChangEd
Leo Valiani
politician, historian
1909–1999 · aged 90
February 9 · 1909
Source: BnF authorities
Manuel Gulde
association football player
35 years old
February 12 · 1991
Source: Transfermarkt
Catherine Ward
ice hockey player, ice hockey coach
39 years old
February 27 · 1987
No external source identified
Salah Tarif
politician
72 years old
February 9 · 1954
Source: knesset.gov.il
Ariane Schluter
radio drama actor, screenwriter
60 years old
February 1 · 1966
Source: TheaterEncyclopedie
Ihor Kharatin
association football player
31 years old
February 2 · 1995
Source: FBref
Martha of Armagnac
aristocrat
1347–1378 · aged 31
February 18 · 1347
No external source identified
Osborne Riviere
diplomat, politician
1932–2017 · aged 85
February 10 · 1932
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
László Bodnár
association football player
47 years old
February 25 · 1979
Source: Transfermarkt
Hélio Pinto
association football coach, association football player
42 years old
February 29 · 1984
Source: As
Martin Bojowald
physicist, non-fiction writer
53 years old
February 18 · 1973
Source: Babelio
Hermenegildo Capelo
soldier, sailor
1841–1917 · aged 76
February 4 · 1841
Source: BnF authorities
Ferdinand Ferber
engineer, aircraft pilot
1862–1909 · aged 47
February 8 · 1862
Source: SNAC
Xabier Mikel Azparren
sport cyclist
27 years old
February 25 · 1999
No external source identified
Enrique Múgica
lawyer, politician
1932–2020 · aged 88
February 20 · 1932
Source: datos.bne.es
Jiří Pelikán
writer, political scientist
1923–1999 · aged 76
February 7 · 1923
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Louis Georges Gouy
physicist, university teacher
1854–1926 · aged 71
February 19 · 1854
Source: BnF authorities
Vira Rebryk
athletics competitor, javelin thrower
37 years old
February 25 · 1989
Source: World Athletics database
Attila Sávolt
tennis coach, tennis player
50 years old
February 5 · 1976
Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website
Allan Cruz
association football player
30 years old
February 24 · 1996
Source: Transfermarkt
David Chytraeus
historian, Protestant theologian
1531–1600 · aged 69
February 26 · 1531
No external source identified
Makoto Ishii
actor, seiyū
50 years old
February 24 · 1976
No external source identified
Pavol Molnár
association football player
1936–2021 · aged 85
February 13 · 1936
Source: FBref

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