ON THIS DAY

Born in February

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

Hans Benno Bernoulli
university teacher, urban planner
1876–1959 · aged 83
February 17 · 1876
Source: Artists of the World Online
Victor Shem-Tov
politician
1915–2014 · aged 99
February 1 · 1915
Source: knesset.gov.il
Samson Kitur
sprinter, athletics competitor
1966–2003 · aged 37
February 25 · 1966
Source: World Athletics database
María Alejandra Vicuña
psychologist, politician
48 years old
February 13 · 1978
No external source identified
Pietro Parente
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
1891–1986 · aged 95
February 16 · 1891
Source: BeWeB
Nicolás Pavlovich
association football coach, association football player
48 years old
February 14 · 1978
Source: FBref
Kyle Hamilton
rower
48 years old
February 26 · 1978
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Matsumura Jinzō
explorer, botanist
1856–1928 · aged 72
February 14 · 1856
No external source identified
Grigoriy Chapkis
dancer, choreographer
1930–2021 · aged 91
February 24 · 1930
No external source identified
Makar Yekmalyan
musicologist, conductor
1856–1905
February 2 · 1856
Source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Eustache Du Caurroy
composer
1549–1609 · aged 60
February 4 · 1549
Source: BnF authorities
Calvin Fowler
basketball player
1940–2013 · aged 73
February 11 · 1940
No external source identified
Hamidullah Karimi
association football player
34 years old
February 6 · 1992
No external source identified
Cédric Fauré
association football player
47 years old
February 14 · 1979
Source: Transfermarkt
Yusuke Kato
association football player
40 years old
February 13 · 1986
Source: Transfermarkt
Ade Chandra
Olympic competitor, badminton player
76 years old
February 4 · 1950
No external source identified
Esa Keskinen
ice hockey player
61 years old
February 3 · 1965
No external source identified
Carlos Calvo
historian, lawyer
1824–1906 · aged 82
February 26 · 1824
Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia
Stanislav Yeryomin
basketball player, coach
75 years old
February 26 · 1951
No external source identified
David Pirri
association football player, association football coach
52 years old
February 12 · 1974
Source: Transfermarkt
Sofia Rusova
politician, human rights defender
1856–1940 · aged 83
February 18 · 1856
No external source identified
Bartolomeo Altomonte
painter
1694–1783 · aged 89
February 24 · 1694
Source: RKDartists
Didier Bionaz
biathlete
26 years old
February 22 · 2000
No external source identified
Min Byung-dae
association football coach, association football player
1918–1983 · aged 64
February 20 · 1918
Source: FBref
Dustin Cook
alpine skier
37 years old
February 11 · 1989
No external source identified
Bernardo Tengarrinha
association football player
1989–2021 · aged 32
February 17 · 1989
Source: FBref
Abel Decaux
music educator, organist
1869–1943 · aged 74
February 11 · 1869
Source: SNAC
Børge Ring*
animator, film director
Date disputed
February 17 · 1921
Source: Lambiek Comiclopedia
Patrick Bevin
sport cyclist
35 years old
February 15 · 1991
Source: uci.org
Johan Hendrik van Dale
archivist, teacher
1828–1872 · aged 44
February 15 · 1828
Source: BnF authorities
Jari Tervo
pundit, television personality
67 years old
February 2 · 1959
No external source identified
Henki Kolstad
actor, film director
1915–2008 · aged 93
February 3 · 1915
Source: IMDb
Ville Skinnari
ice hockey player, advocate
52 years old
February 21 · 1974
Source: eduskunta.fi
Luisa Martín
actor
66 years old
February 23 · 1960
Source: Catalog of the German National Library
Catherine Skinner
sport shooter
36 years old
February 11 · 1990
Source: nbcolympics.com
Christos Terzanidis
association football coach, association football player
81 years old
February 13 · 1945
Source: Transfermarkt
Boško Abramović
chess player
1951–2021 · aged 70
February 14 · 1951
No external source identified
Oddbjørn Hagen
cross-country skier, skier
1908–1983 · aged 75
February 3 · 1908
No external source identified
Dhanashree Deshpande-Ganatra
singer, writer
56 years old
February 2 · 1970
Source: aleweb.ncl.edu.tw
Joëlle Smits
association football player
26 years old
February 7 · 2000
Source: FBref
Willard Schmidt
basketball player
1910–1965 · aged 55
February 14 · 1910
No external source identified
Naïm Aarab
association football player
38 years old
February 7 · 1988
Source: FBref
Ibrahim Amada*
association football player
Date disputed
February 28 · 1990
No external source identified
Gert Jonke
writer, poet
1946–2009 · aged 62
February 8 · 1946
Source: Munzinger Personen
Miklós Páncsics
association football coach, association football player
1944–2007 · aged 63
February 4 · 1944
Source: Transfermarkt
Tony Cargnelli
association football coach, association football player
1889–1974 · aged 85
February 1 · 1889
No external source identified
Ertuğrul Ersoy
association football player
29 years old
February 13 · 1997
Source: Transfermarkt
István Csók
painter
1865–1961 · aged 95
February 13 · 1865
Source: Le Delarge
Malia Metella
swimmer
44 years old
February 23 · 1982
Source: Roglo
Gustav Höhne
military personnel
1893–1951 · aged 58
February 17 · 1893
No external source identified
Franciscus Raphelengius*
orientalist, university teacher
Date disputed
February 6 · 1539
Source: Leidse Hoogleraren
Gerardo Pelusso
association football coach, association football player
72 years old
February 25 · 1954
Source: authority file of the National Library of Uruguay
Marco Pinotti
sport cyclist, sporting director
50 years old
February 25 · 1976
No external source identified
Cuno Hoffmeister
astronomer, university teacher
1892–1968
February 2 · 1892
Source: Integrated Authority File
William Boaventura
association football player
46 years old
February 14 · 1980
Source: Transfermarkt
Joseph Asajirō Satowaki
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
1904–1996
February 1 · 1904
Source: Find a Grave
Krystyna Sienkiewicz
film actor, actor
1935–2017 · aged 81
February 14 · 1935
Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny
Umayyah Juha
caricaturist
54 years old
February 2 · 1972
No external source identified
Farrokh Ghaffari
film director, film critic
1921–2006 · aged 85
February 25 · 1921
Source: Find a Grave
Klemi Saban
association football coach, association football player
46 years old
February 17 · 1980
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Lev Mei
poet, translator
1822–1862 · aged 40
February 25 · 1822
Source: Q21803248
Nicolas Fréret
sinologist, historian
1688–1749 · aged 61
February 15 · 1688
Source: BnF authorities
Hong Hwa-ri
film actor, actor
21 years old
February 21 · 2005
No external source identified
Brittany Hayes
water polo player, swimmer
41 years old
February 7 · 1985
No external source identified
Steven Vanackere
politician
62 years old
February 4 · 1964
Source: Munzinger Personen
Jaroslav Levinský
tennis player
45 years old
February 11 · 1981
Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website
Amy Ruffle
actor
34 years old
February 25 · 1992
No external source identified
Levent Ayçiçek
association football player
32 years old
February 14 · 1994
Source: As
Frederick of Hesse-Darmstadt
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
1616–1682 · aged 65
February 28 · 1616
Source: Integrated Authority File
Einar Arnórsson
legal scholar, lawyer
1880–1955 · aged 75
February 24 · 1880
Source: Integrated Authority File
Milton S. Plesset
physicist, university teacher
1908–1991 · aged 83
February 7 · 1908
No external source identified
Holger Börner
politician
1931–2006 · aged 75
February 7 · 1931
Source: Munzinger Personen
Dorina Böczögő
artistic gymnast
34 years old
February 15 · 1992
No external source identified
Augusto Polo Campos
songwriter
1932–2018 · aged 85
February 25 · 1932
Source: elpopular.pe
Alioum Saidou
association football player
48 years old
February 19 · 1978
Source: Transfermarkt
Josef Svatopluk Machar
writer, political prisoner
1864–1942 · aged 78
February 29 · 1864
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Antonín Sova
poet, translator
1864–1928 · aged 64
February 26 · 1864
Source: regional database of the Regional Library of Highlands
Aleksey Botyan
spy, intelligence officer
1917–2020 · aged 103
February 10 · 1917
No external source identified
Pavol Paška
politician
1958–2018 · aged 60
February 23 · 1958
No external source identified
A. V. Williams Jackson
scholar of English, academic
1862–1937 · aged 75
February 9 · 1862
Source: archive.org
Arturo Fernández
association football coach, association football player
1910–1999 · aged 89
February 3 · 1910
Source: olympedia.org
Étienne Arago
journalist, curator
1802–1892 · aged 90
February 9 · 1802
Source: Nouveau dictionnaire de biographies roussillonnaises: 1789-2011, Volume 1
Henry of the Palatinate
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
1487–1552 · aged 64
February 24 · 1487
Source: Integrated Authority File
Christina Lathan
sprinter
68 years old
February 28 · 1958
Source: World Athletics database
Míla Myslíková
stage actor, film actor
1933–2005 · aged 71
February 14 · 1933
Source: Regional Database of the Central Bohemian Research Library in Kladno
Antoine Waechter
environmentalist, politician
77 years old
February 11 · 1949
Source: data.gouv.fr
Arne Åhman
athletics competitor
1925–2022 · aged 97
February 4 · 1925
No external source identified
Eike Duarte
television actor, actor
29 years old
February 17 · 1997
No external source identified
Gustavo Benítez
association football coach, association football player
73 years old
February 5 · 1953
Source: Transfermarkt
Haruka Kasai
Nordic combined skier, ski jumper
22 years old
February 4 · 2004
Source: lausanne2020.sport
Francesco Borgongini Duca
titular bishop, Catholic bishop
1884–1954 · aged 70
February 26 · 1884
Source: Munzinger Personen
Ernst Gottlieb Baron
composer, lutenist
1696–1760 · aged 64
February 17 · 1696
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Oscar Moglia
basketball player
1935–1989
February 1 · 1935
Source: authority file of the National Library of Uruguay
Victor Boin
water polo player, journalist
1886–1974 · aged 88
February 28 · 1886
Source: Find a Grave
Ede Király
figure skater
1926–2009 · aged 83
February 23 · 1926
No external source identified
Charles Barbier de Meynard
lexicographer, professor
1826–1908 · aged 82
February 6 · 1826
Source: Léonore database
Otto Brahm
literary critic, writer
1856–1912 · aged 56
February 5 · 1856
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Therese Comodini Cachia
politician
53 years old
February 23 · 1973
No external source identified
Salomon Eberhard Henschen
neurologist, physician
1847–1930
February 28 · 1847
Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
Yulia Merkulova
volleyball player, beach volleyball player
42 years old
February 17 · 1984
No external source identified
Jerry Bird
basketball player
1935–2017 · aged 82
February 2 · 1935
Source: basketball-reference.com
Ander Mirambell
skeleton racer, sports scientist
43 years old
February 17 · 1983
Source: IBSF database
Coki Ramírez
model, singer
46 years old
February 6 · 1980
Source: elmilenio.info
María Fernanda Álvarez Terán
tennis player
37 years old
February 28 · 1989
Source: WTA website
Habib Bey Salimov
military officer
1881–1920 · aged 39
February 8 · 1881
No external source identified
Joachim Kunz
weightlifter
67 years old
February 9 · 1959
No external source identified
Margarete Lanner
film actor, stage actor
1896–1981 · aged 85
February 17 · 1896
Source: Integrated Authority File
Ivan Vishnevskiy
ice hockey player, ice hockey coach
38 years old
February 18 · 1988
No external source identified
Stanko Bloudek
sports official, athletics competitor
1890–1959 · aged 69
February 11 · 1890
Source: Slovenska biografija
Hugo von Tschudi
art historian, exhibition curator
1851–1911 · aged 60
February 7 · 1851
Source: Tschudi, Hugo von
Gerhard M. Sessler
university teacher, engineer
95 years old
February 15 · 1931
Source: Integrated Authority File
Virginie Dedieu
interior designer, synchronized swimmer
47 years old
February 25 · 1979
No external source identified
Ragnhild Haga
orienteer, cross-country skier
35 years old
February 12 · 1991
Source: International Ski and Snowboard Federation database
Flemming Serritslev*
association football player, association football coach
Date disputed
February 18 · 1947
Source: Transfermarkt
Jairo Quinteros
association football player
25 years old
February 7 · 2001
No external source identified
Jürgen Nöldner
journalist, athlete
1941–2022 · aged 81
February 22 · 1941
Source: Transfermarkt
Mario Almirante
screenwriter, film editor
1890–1964 · aged 74
February 18 · 1890
Source: filmportal.de
Carlos Hoyos
association football coach, association football player
64 years old
February 28 · 1962
Source: Transfermarkt
Mario Casariego y Acevedo
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
1909–1983 · aged 74
February 13 · 1909
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Teofil Lenartowicz
poet, translator
1822–1893 · aged 70
February 27 · 1822
Source: BnF authorities
Ann Chiejine
association football coach, association football player
52 years old
February 2 · 1974
Source: Soccerdonna
Henrik Forsberg
biathlete, cross-country skier
59 years old
February 16 · 1967
No external source identified
Catharose de Petri
mystic, writer
1902–1990 · aged 88
February 2 · 1902
Source: astro.com
Ferdinand Bie
athletics competitor
1888–1961 · aged 73
February 16 · 1888
Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia
Mira Zimińska
screenwriter, theatre director
1901–1997 · aged 95
February 22 · 1901
Source: IMDb
Julius Jenkins
basketball player
45 years old
February 10 · 1981
Source: FIBA database
Vasily Vasilievich Struve
orientalist, historian
1889–1965 · aged 76
February 2 · 1889
Source: Great Russian Encyclopedia
Matthijs Vermeulen
music critic, writer
1888–1967 · aged 79
February 8 · 1888
Source: Discogs
Linus Klasen
ice hockey player
40 years old
February 19 · 1986
Source: Sveriges befolkning 2000
Per Gahrton
sociologist, author
1943–2023 · aged 80
February 2 · 1943
Source: alex.se
Antonio María Javierre Ortas
Latin Catholic bishop, university teacher
1921–2007 · aged 85
February 21 · 1921
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Koceila Mammeri
Olympic competitor, badminton player
27 years old
February 23 · 1999
Source: bwf.tournamentsoftware.com
Max Schneckenburger
industrialist, writer
1819–1849 · aged 30
February 17 · 1819
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Claudio Olinto de Carvalho
association football player, association football coach
1942–2016 · aged 74
February 1 · 1942
No external source identified
Malva Schalek
draftsperson, graphic artist
1882–1945
February 18 · 1882
Source: Database of the Terezín Memorial
Lucie Voňková
association football player
34 years old
February 28 · 1992
Source: FBref
Francine Muyumba
activist, politician
39 years old
February 18 · 1987
No external source identified
Benjamin Hansen
association football player
32 years old
February 7 · 1994
Source: Transfermarkt
Achim Müller
university teacher, chemist
1938–2024 · aged 86
February 14 · 1938
No external source identified
Antti Litja
stage actor, television actor
1938–2022 · aged 84
February 21 · 1938
No external source identified
Nicolò Donato
politician
1539–1618 · aged 79
February 7 · 1539
No external source identified
Eugène-Henri Gravelotte
fencer, physician
1876–1939 · aged 63
February 6 · 1876
Source: Roglo
Juan Olivares
association football coach, association football player
85 years old
February 20 · 1941
Source: Transfermarkt
Friedrich von Adelung
historian, philosopher
1768–1843 · aged 74
February 25 · 1768
Source: Biografisch Portaal
Ragnhild Gulbrandsen
association football player, journalist
49 years old
February 22 · 1977
Source: Soccerdonna
Ivan Petrov*
music educator, bass singer
Date disputed
February 29 · 1920
Source: BnF authorities
Ville Lång
Olympic competitor, badminton player
41 years old
February 14 · 1985
Source: badmintonlink.com
Thomas Luke Msusa
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
64 years old
February 2 · 1962
No external source identified
Yoshitomo Tani
baseball player, sports commentator
53 years old
February 9 · 1973
Source: npb.jp
Matthias Kaburek
association football player, association football coach
1911–1976 · aged 65
February 9 · 1911
Source: Transfermarkt

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