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Born in February

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

Drissa Diakité
association football player
41 years old
February 18 · 1985
Source: As
Adelle Onyango
journalist
37 years old
February 5 · 1989
No external source identified
Jüri Lossmann
long-distance runner, association football player
1891–1984 · aged 93
February 4 · 1891
Source: Biographical lexicon of Estonian sport
Diego González
association football player
38 years old
February 9 · 1988
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
José Luis Cardoso
motorcycle racer
51 years old
February 2 · 1975
No external source identified
Valery Fokin
pedagogue, theatre director
80 years old
February 28 · 1946
No external source identified
Markar Esayan
journalist, politician
1969–2020 · aged 51
February 4 · 1969
Source: Integrated Authority File
Aleksandr Samarsky
university teacher, mathematician
1919–2008 · aged 88
February 19 · 1919
Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Ignatius C. Wang
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
92 years old
February 27 · 1934
No external source identified
Storm Uru
rower
41 years old
February 14 · 1985
Source: World Rowing athlete database
Hermann Lenz
writer, poet
1913–1998 · aged 85
February 26 · 1913
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Richard Dodds
field hockey player
67 years old
February 23 · 1959
No external source identified
Martín Vassallo Argüello
tennis player
46 years old
February 10 · 1980
Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website
Ken Broderick
ice hockey player
1942–2016 · aged 74
February 16 · 1942
No external source identified
Ionela Târlea
sprinter
50 years old
February 9 · 1976
Source: World Athletics database
Kieran Govers
field hockey player
38 years old
February 9 · 1988
No external source identified
Manju Sharma
botanist, biotechnologist
1940–2024 · aged 84
February 13 · 1940
Source: Women Scientists in India: Lives, Struggles and Achievements
José Yudica
association football coach, association football player
1936–2021 · aged 85
February 26 · 1936
Source: worldfootball.net
Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy
aristocrat
1435–1472 · aged 37
February 10 · 1435
No external source identified
Nikolai Garin-Mikhailovsky
engineer, writer
1852–1906 · aged 54
February 20 · 1852
Source: Concise Literary Encyclopedia
Adrián Diéguez
association football player
30 years old
February 4 · 1996
Source: As
Ismael Kirui
long-distance runner, athletics competitor
51 years old
February 20 · 1975
Source: World Athletics database
Sibylla Schwarz
poet, writer
1621–1638 · aged 17
February 14 · 1621
Source: deutsche-biographie.de
Robert Buron
politician, French resistance fighter
1910–1973 · aged 63
February 27 · 1910
Source: Roglo
Imre Frivaldszky
naturalist, botanist
1799–1870
February 6 · 1799
No external source identified
Paul Kirchhof
university teacher, judge
83 years old
February 21 · 1943
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Levan Pantsulaia
chess player
40 years old
February 26 · 1986
No external source identified
Virginia M. Alexander
physician, gynecologist
1899–1949 · aged 50
February 4 · 1899
Source: National Park Service
Paul Groussac
philologist, historian
1848–1929 · aged 81
February 15 · 1848
Source: Léonore database
János Drapál
motorcycle racer
1948–1985 · aged 37
February 3 · 1948
No external source identified
Giorgi Tsintsadze
basketball player
40 years old
February 7 · 1986
Source: FIBA database
Prince John of Denmark
aristocrat
1518–1532 · aged 14
February 21 · 1518
Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon
Jan Henryk de Rosen
painter
1891–1982 · aged 91
February 25 · 1891
Source: SNAC
Alexandra Snezhko-Blotskaya
animator, film director
1909–1980
February 21 · 1909
Source: BnF authorities
José Luis Capón
association football player
1948–2020 · aged 72
February 6 · 1948
Source: Transfermarkt
Payam Sadeghian
association football player
34 years old
February 29 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Gustave Glotz
historian
1862–1935 · aged 73
February 17 · 1862
Source: Babelio
Robert Kron
ice hockey player
59 years old
February 27 · 1967
Source: Records of persons of interest
Alexey Korneyev
association football coach, association football player
1939–2004 · aged 65
February 6 · 1939
Source: FBref
Manon Flier
beach volleyball player, volleyball player
42 years old
February 8 · 1984
No external source identified
Ewald Mataré
graphic artist, university teacher
1887–1965
February 25 · 1887
Source: Mataré, Ewald
Jānis Endzelīns
university teacher, linguist
1873–1961 · aged 88
February 22 · 1873
Source: Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija Online
András Szatmári
fencer
33 years old
February 3 · 1993
Source: olympedia.org
Jōji Katō
speed skater
41 years old
February 6 · 1985
No external source identified
Franz Xaver Gabelsberger
inventor
1789–1849 · aged 59
February 9 · 1789
Source: Find a Grave
Bas Roorda
association football player
53 years old
February 13 · 1973
Source: Transfermarkt
Knut Vollebæk
diplomat, politician
80 years old
February 11 · 1946
Source: Norsk biografisk leksikon
Serafim Urechean
politician, engineer
76 years old
February 2 · 1950
No external source identified
Vladimir Golubović
basketball player
40 years old
February 24 · 1986
Source: FIBA database
Pierre de Foix, le jeune
Catholic priest
1449–1490 · aged 41
February 16 · 1449
No external source identified
Mariya Bayda
military personnel
1922–2002 · aged 80
February 1 · 1922
Source: TracesOfWar
Chinedu Ede
association football player
39 years old
February 5 · 1987
Source: As
Marcos Aurélio*
association football player
Date disputed
February 10 · 1984
Source: Transfermarkt
Vinko Soldo
association football player
28 years old
February 15 · 1998
Source: FBref
Ben Corbett
film actor, actor
1892–1961 · aged 69
February 6 · 1892
No external source identified
Maria Fekter
politician
70 years old
February 1 · 1956
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Dino Toso
military flight engineer, engineer
1969–2008 · aged 39
February 11 · 1969
No external source identified
Marie Thomas
physician
1896–1966 · aged 70
February 17 · 1896
No external source identified
Vasily Vakhrushev
statesperson, politician
1902–1947 · aged 44
February 28 · 1902
No external source identified
Walter Martos
military personnel
1957–2025 · aged 67
February 11 · 1957
Source: tvperu.gob.pe
Constance Stokes*
painter, artist
Date disputed
February 20 · 1906
No external source identified
Gabriel Osorio Vargas
film director
42 years old
February 25 · 1984
No external source identified
Antoine Lacroix
geologist, petrographer
1863–1948 · aged 85
February 4 · 1863
Source: KNAW Past Members
Jean Baptiste Julien d'Omalius d'Halloy
politician, geologist
1783–1875 · aged 91
February 16 · 1783
Source: BnF authorities
Róbert Mazáň
association football player
32 years old
February 9 · 1994
Source: Transfermarkt
Mathis Olimb
ice hockey player
40 years old
February 1 · 1986
Source: iihf.com
Albert Mkrtchyan
director, actor
1937–2018 · aged 81
February 27 · 1937
No external source identified
Leamon King
sprinter
1936–2001 · aged 65
February 13 · 1936
No external source identified
Otto Fräßdorf
association football coach, association football player
1942–2025 · aged 83
February 3 · 1942
Source: Transfermarkt
Markus Ragger
chess player
38 years old
February 5 · 1988
Source: Chess.com
Georgi Vladimov
writer, dissident
1931–2003 · aged 72
February 19 · 1931
Source: Babelio
Gregory Vargas
basketball player
40 years old
February 18 · 1986
Source: FIBA database
Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Busaidi
politician
1910–1963 · aged 53
February 12 · 1910
No external source identified
Sara Junevik
swimmer
26 years old
February 14 · 2000
Source: Sveriges befolkning 2000
Władysław Kowalski
actor
1936–2017 · aged 81
February 24 · 1936
Source: filmportal.de
Federico Agliardi
association football player
43 years old
February 11 · 1983
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Paulo Vinícius Souza dos Santos
association football player
36 years old
February 21 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
Alexander Johnson
basketball player
43 years old
February 8 · 1983
Source: FIBA database
Ernst Specker
university teacher, mathematician
1920–2011 · aged 91
February 11 · 1920
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Hirokazu Ishihara
association football player
27 years old
February 26 · 1999
Source: Transfermarkt
Charles Emmanuel of Savoy, Duke of Nemours*
aristocrat
Date disputed
February 17 · 1567
Source: gallica.bnf.fr
Pamela Ware
swimmer, competitive diver
33 years old
February 12 · 1993
No external source identified
Velimir Sombolac
association football coach, association football player
1939–2016 · aged 77
February 27 · 1939
Source: Transfermarkt
Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray
musician, musicologist
1840–1910 · aged 70
February 2 · 1840
Source: SNAC
Kaarlo Kangasniemi
weightlifter
85 years old
February 4 · 1941
No external source identified
Evdokia Kadi
singer
45 years old
February 27 · 1981
No external source identified
Özcan Melkemichel
association football player, association football coach
58 years old
February 21 · 1968
No external source identified
Adolf Deucher
politician
1831–1912 · aged 81
February 15 · 1831
Source: Historical Dictionary of Switzerland
Mitsuhisa Taguchi
association football player
1955–2019 · aged 64
February 14 · 1955
Source: Transfermarkt
Jan Frederik Gronovius*
botanist, botanical collector
Date disputed
February 10 · 1686
Source: Integrated Authority File
Ulla Pia
singer, schlager singer
1945–2020 · aged 75
February 17 · 1945
Source: Discogs
Emil Forrer
linguist, orientalist
1894–1986 · aged 91
February 19 · 1894
Source: Integrated Authority File
Chris Bailey
ice hockey player
54 years old
February 5 · 1972
Source: olympics.usahockey.com
William Joseph Hammer
inventor
1858–1934 · aged 76
February 26 · 1858
Source: SNAC
Gabriel Piguet
Catholic priest, bishop
1887–1952 · aged 65
February 24 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Adam Miller
association football player
44 years old
February 19 · 1982
Source: Transfermarkt
Adil Tahif
association football player
25 years old
February 24 · 2001
No external source identified
Lee Jong-ho
association football player
34 years old
February 24 · 1992
No external source identified
Georg Friedrich Nicolai
physician, university teacher
1874–1964 · aged 90
February 6 · 1874
Source: BnF authorities
Miklós Laczkovich
university teacher, mathematician
78 years old
February 21 · 1948
No external source identified
Isaías Duarte Cancino
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
1939–2002 · aged 63
February 15 · 1939
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Henry Kirke Brown
sculptor
1814–1886 · aged 72
February 24 · 1814
Source: SNAC
Ichikawa Utaemon*
kabuki actor, actor
Date disputed
February 11 · 1904
Source: IMDb
Khaled Mouelhi
association football player, association football coach
45 years old
February 13 · 1981
Source: Transfermarkt
Otto Kern
religious studies scholar, archaeologist
1863–1942 · aged 78
February 14 · 1863
Source: Integrated Authority File
Abe Waddington
association football player, cricketer
1893–1959 · aged 66
February 4 · 1893
No external source identified
Florian Krüger
association football player
27 years old
February 13 · 1999
Source: Transfermarkt
Michał Przysiężny
tennis player
42 years old
February 16 · 1984
Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website
Hocine Ragued
association football player
43 years old
February 11 · 1983
Source: Transfermarkt
Frederic Ernest Fesca
concertmaster, musician
1789–1826
February 15 · 1789
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Alexis Bachelot
Catholic priest
1796–1837 · aged 41
February 22 · 1796
No external source identified
Konstantin Krizhevsky
association football coach, association football player
1926–2000 · aged 74
February 20 · 1926
Source: Transfermarkt
Liadagmis Povea
athletics competitor
30 years old
February 6 · 1996
Source: World Athletics database
Ali Latifi
association football player, association football coach
50 years old
February 20 · 1976
Source: Transfermarkt
Marin Rozić
basketball player
43 years old
February 14 · 1983
Source: FIBA database
Ellen Marsvin
1572–1649 · aged 77
February 1 · 1572
Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon
Bolko II of Ziębice
feudatory, ruler
1300–1341 · aged 41
February 8 · 1300
No external source identified
George Christian, Prince of East Frisia
1634–1665 · aged 31
February 6 · 1634
Source: The Peerage
Pieter Quinton
rower
28 years old
February 11 · 1998
No external source identified
Karim Khan Kermani
mystic, cleric
1810–1871
February 23 · 1810
No external source identified
Claude Pierre Pajol
military officer, politician
1772–1844 · aged 72
February 3 · 1772
Source: Léonore database
Enrique Mosconi
military personnel, military engineer
1877–1940 · aged 63
February 21 · 1877
Source: Find a Grave
Albina Osipowich
swimmer
1911–1964 · aged 53
February 26 · 1911
No external source identified
Phillip Walker
singer, recording artist
1937–2010 · aged 73
February 11 · 1937
Source: BnF authorities
Katariina Kosola
association football player
25 years old
February 24 · 2001
No external source identified
Fernando del Valle
opera singer
62 years old
February 28 · 1964
No external source identified
George Constantine
engineer, Formula One driver
1918–1968 · aged 49
February 22 · 1918
No external source identified
Boris Gurevich
amateur wrestler
1937–2020 · aged 83
February 23 · 1937
No external source identified
Petra Klingler
competition climber
34 years old
February 14 · 1992
Source: olympedia.org
Yoon Hyun-ji
judoka
32 years old
February 14 · 1994
No external source identified
Hans Grauert
university teacher, mathematician
1930–2011 · aged 81
February 8 · 1930
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Mari Jászai
actor, stage actor
1850–1926 · aged 76
February 24 · 1850
Source: Find a Grave
Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha
politician
1896–1981 · aged 85
February 14 · 1896
No external source identified
Ñico Saquito
author, musician
1901–1982 · aged 81
February 13 · 1901
Source: BnF authorities
Antonio Jakoliš
association football player
34 years old
February 28 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Domenico Calcagno
Catholic bishop, Catholic theologian
83 years old
February 3 · 1943
No external source identified
Cheikh Ndiaye
association football player
41 years old
February 15 · 1985
Source: As
Mikhail Yakubov
ice hockey player
44 years old
February 16 · 1982
No external source identified
Arnar Grétarsson
association football player, association football coach
54 years old
February 20 · 1972
Source: Transfermarkt
Aleksandr Volodin
playwright, prose writer
1919–2001
February 10 · 1919
Source: Russian literature of the 20th century. Volume 1, 2005
Yoseph Imry
university teacher, physicist
1939–2018 · aged 79
February 23 · 1939
Source: Leidse Hoogleraren
Eva Podzimková
film actor, actor
36 years old
February 3 · 1990
Source: Czech National Authority Database
Juan Aguirre
musician, guitarist
57 years old
February 11 · 1969
No external source identified
Heinz Pollay
dressage rider, equestrian
1908–1979
February 4 · 1908
Source: Integrated Authority File
Žiga Jeglič
ice hockey player
38 years old
February 24 · 1988
Source: iihf.com
Patrick Dunn
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
76 years old
February 5 · 1950
No external source identified
Vasily Kozlov
partisan, party activist
1903–1967 · aged 64
February 18 · 1903
No external source identified
Giacomo Tedesco
association football player, association football coach
50 years old
February 1 · 1976
Source: Transfermarkt
Ludwig Stubbendorf
event rider
1906–1941 · aged 35
February 24 · 1906
No external source identified
Francesco Barzaghi
artist, sculptor
1839–1892 · aged 53
February 10 · 1839
Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

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