ON THIS DAY

Born in February

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

Eduard Oscar Schmidt
university teacher, zoologist
1823–1886 · aged 62
February 21 · 1823
Source: Schmidt, Oscar (BLKÖ)
Józef Kupny
religion sociologist, Catholic deacon
70 years old
February 23 · 1956
No external source identified
Thomas Cornish
sport cyclist
26 years old
February 15 · 2000
Source: CycleBase
Marco Marcato
sport cyclist
42 years old
February 11 · 1984
No external source identified
Petra Špalková
actor
51 years old
February 21 · 1975
Source: IMDb
Angéla Németh
javelin thrower, basketball player
1946–2014 · aged 68
February 18 · 1946
Source: World Athletics database
Alberto d'Este
condottiero
1347–1393 · aged 46
February 27 · 1347
Source: Genealogics
Édouard Risler
musician, pianist
1873–1929
February 23 · 1873
Source: SNAC
Theo Fitzau
Formula One driver
1923–1982 · aged 59
February 10 · 1923
No external source identified
Doaa el-Adl
cartoonist, caricaturist
47 years old
February 6 · 1979
No external source identified
Cherubino Alberti
printmaker, painter
1553–1615 · aged 62
February 24 · 1553
Source: RKDartists
Gaëtan Courtet
association football player
37 years old
February 22 · 1989
Source: Transfermarkt
Aleksandr Prudnikov
association football player
37 years old
February 26 · 1989
Source: As
Mark Oldershaw
canoeist
43 years old
February 7 · 1983
No external source identified
Soso Liparteliani
judoka
55 years old
February 3 · 1971
No external source identified
Donald McPherson
figure skater
1945–2001 · aged 56
February 20 · 1945
No external source identified
Sigrid Wolf
alpine skier
62 years old
February 14 · 1964
Source: FemBio database
Daniel Tjernström
association football player
52 years old
February 19 · 1974
Source: Transfermarkt
Cayetano Saporiti*
association football player
Date disputed
February 14 · 1887
No external source identified
Aleksejs Višņakovs
association football player
42 years old
February 3 · 1984
Source: Transfermarkt
Moritz Gottlieb Saphir
playwright, writer
1795–1858 · aged 63
February 8 · 1795
Source: Saphir, Moriz Gottlieb (BLKÖ)
Predrag Jokić
water polo player
43 years old
February 3 · 1983
No external source identified
Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller
botanical collector, university teacher
1862–1948 · aged 86
February 6 · 1862
No external source identified
Abel Gómez Moreno
association football coach, association football player
44 years old
February 20 · 1982
Source: worldfootball.net
Didier Bezace
television actor, actor
1946–2020 · aged 74
February 10 · 1946
Source: filmportal.de
Pierre Dørge
jazz guitarist, jazz musician
80 years old
February 28 · 1946
No external source identified
Janet Wanja
volleyball player
1984–2024 · aged 40
February 24 · 1984
No external source identified
Georges Migot
musicologist, organist
1891–1976 · aged 84
February 27 · 1891
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Kolos Ferenc Vaszary
Catholic priest, Catholic deacon
1832–1915 · aged 83
February 12 · 1832
Source: Magyar Katolikus Lexikon
Husn Banu Ghazanfar
politician
69 years old
February 1 · 1957
No external source identified
Birgit Nordin
opera singer
1934–2022 · aged 88
February 22 · 1934
Source: Discogs
Laila St. Matthew-Daniel
chief officer, activist
73 years old
February 14 · 1953
No external source identified
Pieter Devos
show jumper
40 years old
February 8 · 1986
Source: teambelgium.be
Kirsten Thorup
writer, poet
84 years old
February 9 · 1942
Source: IMDb
Manabu Horii
speed skater, politician
54 years old
February 19 · 1972
No external source identified
George Turner
politician, judge
1850–1932 · aged 81
February 25 · 1850
Source: SNAC
Dorval Rodrigues
association football player
1935–2021 · aged 86
February 26 · 1935
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Joël Prévost
singer
1950–2024 · aged 74
February 16 · 1950
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Jan van Os
painter, draftsperson
1744–1808 · aged 63
February 23 · 1744
Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists
Yelizaveta Tishchenko
volleyball player
51 years old
February 7 · 1975
No external source identified
Lam Lay Yong
mathematician, university teacher
90 years old
February 12 · 1936
No external source identified
Artem Simonyan
association football player
31 years old
February 20 · 1995
Source: Transfermarkt
Mateusz Biskup
rower
32 years old
February 8 · 1994
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Romuald Kamiński
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
71 years old
February 7 · 1955
No external source identified
Charles William Rawson Royds
police officer, explorer
1876–1931 · aged 54
February 1 · 1876
Source: Dreadnought Project
Drew Sullivan
basketball player
46 years old
February 12 · 1980
Source: FIBA database
Maian Kärmas
singer, songwriter
48 years old
February 25 · 1978
Source: IMDb
Aaron Seydel
association football player
30 years old
February 7 · 1996
Source: Transfermarkt
Francisco Javier Uría
association football player
76 years old
February 1 · 1950
No external source identified
Felipe Olivares*
association football player
Date disputed
February 5 · 1905
Source: Soccerway
Peng Bo
competitive diver
45 years old
February 18 · 1981
No external source identified
Guy d'Hardelot
voice teacher, musician
1857–1936 · aged 78
February 25 · 1857
No external source identified
Vladimir Ivanov
association football coach, association football player
53 years old
February 6 · 1973
Source: Transfermarkt
Alessandro D'Alatri
director, screenwriter
1955–2023 · aged 68
February 24 · 1955
Source: Integrated Authority File
Jack Barker
association football coach, association football player
1906–1982 · aged 75
February 27 · 1906
No external source identified
Karl Hugo Strunz
university teacher, mineralogist
1910–2006 · aged 96
February 24 · 1910
Source: Integrated Authority File
George Periolat
stage actor, actor
1874–1940 · aged 66
February 5 · 1874
No external source identified
Steven Goldstein
racing automobile driver
45 years old
February 23 · 1981
No external source identified
Maurice Lévy
mathematician, engineer
1838–1910 · aged 72
February 28 · 1838
Source: La France savante
Paolo Hernán Dellafiore
association football player
41 years old
February 2 · 1985
Source: FBref
Pál Kitaibel
botanical collector, botanist
1757–1817
February 3 · 1757
Source: Kitaibel, Paul (BLKÖ)
Dejan Brđović
beach volleyball player, volleyball player
1966–2015 · aged 49
February 21 · 1966
No external source identified
Konstantin Volkov
pole vaulter, politician
66 years old
February 28 · 1960
Source: World Athletics database
Sergio Escudero
association football player
62 years old
February 10 · 1964
No external source identified
Mark Warnecke
swimmer, physician
56 years old
February 15 · 1970
Source: munzinger.de
Richard Egington
rower
47 years old
February 26 · 1979
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Aleksey Kuleshov
volleyball player
47 years old
February 24 · 1979
No external source identified
Tom Chatterton
film director, actor
1881–1952 · aged 71
February 12 · 1881
Source: Find a Grave
Tosin Ajibade
blogger, writer
39 years old
February 17 · 1987
No external source identified
David López-Zubero
swimmer
67 years old
February 11 · 1959
No external source identified
Edoardo Piscopo
racing automobile driver
38 years old
February 4 · 1988
No external source identified
Emily Hancock Siedeberg
physician, anesthesiologist
1873–1968 · aged 95
February 17 · 1873
Source: earlymedwomen.auckland.ac.nz
Đorđe Simić
diplomat, politician
1843–1921 · aged 78
February 28 · 1843
No external source identified
Sung Nak-woon
association football player
1926–1997 · aged 71
February 2 · 1926
Source: FBref
Wilhelm Schmidt
engineer
1858–1924 · aged 65
February 18 · 1858
Source: Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
Dimitri Liénard
association football player
38 years old
February 13 · 1988
Source: Transfermarkt
Espen Ruud
association football player
42 years old
February 26 · 1984
Source: FBref
Alfred Jeremias
assyriologist, archaeologist
1864–1935 · aged 70
February 21 · 1864
Source: BnF authorities
August, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig
aristocrat
1655–1715 · aged 60
February 15 · 1655
Source: Integrated Authority File
Pat Walkden
tennis player
80 years old
February 12 · 1946
Source: WTA website
Fatah Nsaief*
association football player
Date disputed
February 2 · 1951
Source: FBref
Fabrice Ondama
association football player
38 years old
February 27 · 1988
Source: Transfermarkt
Rémi Gomis
association football player
42 years old
February 14 · 1984
Source: Transfermarkt
Aleksei Paramonov
association football player, bandy player
1925–2018 · aged 93
February 21 · 1925
Source: Transfermarkt
Gabriela Mărginean
basketball player
39 years old
February 12 · 1987
Source: olympedia.org
Gordan Bunoza
association football player
38 years old
February 5 · 1988
Source: Transfermarkt
Charles César de Fay de La Tour-Maubourg*
military personnel, politician
Date disputed
February 11 · 1756
Source: Sycomore
Janine Pommy Vega
translator, writer
1942–2010 · aged 68
February 5 · 1942
Source: SNAC
Maksim Haretski
literary historian, writer
1893–1938 · aged 44
February 18 · 1893
No external source identified
André Diamant
chess player
36 years old
February 9 · 1990
No external source identified
Olga Glatskikh
chinovnik, rhythmic gymnast
37 years old
February 13 · 1989
No external source identified
Earl B. Ruth
politician, teacher
1916–1989 · aged 73
February 7 · 1916
Source: NCpedia
Edward Corrie
tennis player
38 years old
February 21 · 1988
No external source identified
Urška Hrovat
alpine skier
52 years old
February 18 · 1974
No external source identified
Rayisa Nedashkivska
film actor, actor
83 years old
February 17 · 1943
Source: IMDb
Faton Toski
association football player
39 years old
February 17 · 1987
Source: Transfermarkt
Jean-Antoine Petipa
ballet master, choreographer
1787–1855 · aged 68
February 16 · 1787
Source: SNAC
George Rochester
physicist, university teacher
1908–2001 · aged 93
February 4 · 1908
No external source identified
Petros Ravousis*
association football player, association football coach
Date disputed
February 16 · 1954
Source: worldfootball.net
Viktor Maygurov
biathlete, lawyer
57 years old
February 7 · 1969
No external source identified
Luca Mazzanti
sport cyclist
52 years old
February 4 · 1974
No external source identified
Bojan Neziri
association football player, association football coach
44 years old
February 26 · 1982
Source: Transfermarkt
Ramon Sinkeldam
cyclo-cross cyclist, sport cyclist
37 years old
February 9 · 1989
No external source identified
Anastasia Pavlova
archer
31 years old
February 9 · 1995
No external source identified
Niklas Eriksson
ice hockey coach, ice hockey player
57 years old
February 17 · 1969
No external source identified
Karolina Naja
kayaker, canoeist
36 years old
February 5 · 1990
No external source identified
Francisco António de Almeida
composer
1703–1754
February 17 · 1703
Source: academia.edu
Javier Fernández Abruñedo
association football player
30 years old
February 20 · 1996
Source: As
Daniel Kubeš
handball coach, handball player
48 years old
February 7 · 1978
Source: THW Kiel
Cecilio Acosta
writer, journalist
1818–1881 · aged 63
February 1 · 1818
Source: BnF authorities
Felipe Ruvalcaba
association football player
1941–2019 · aged 78
February 16 · 1941
Source: Transfermarkt
Jun Kondō
university teacher, physicist
1930–2022 · aged 92
February 6 · 1930
No external source identified
Nariman Hasanzada
prose writer, translator
1931–2026 · aged 95
February 18 · 1931
No external source identified
Vassiliy Levit
boxer
38 years old
February 24 · 1988
No external source identified
Juan Carlos Burbano
association football coach, association football player
57 years old
February 15 · 1969
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Clarence Seignoret
politician
1919–2002 · aged 83
February 25 · 1919
No external source identified
Markel Fernández
sprinter
23 years old
February 6 · 2003
Source: World Athletics database
Josef Feistmantl
luger, Olympic champion
1939–2019 · aged 80
February 23 · 1939
No external source identified
Jean-Baptiste Cavaignac*
politician, lawyer
Date disputed
February 23 · 1762
No external source identified
Luisa Rivelli
film actor, journalist
1931–2013 · aged 82
February 10 · 1931
No external source identified
Kęstutis Kėvalas
university teacher, Catholic priest
54 years old
February 17 · 1972
No external source identified
Marit Mikkelsplass
cross-country skier
61 years old
February 22 · 1965
Source: fis-ski.com
Christine Petit
molecular biologist, physician
78 years old
February 4 · 1948
No external source identified
Ernst Eichner
composer
1740–1777
February 15 · 1740
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Jelle Vanendert
sport cyclist
41 years old
February 19 · 1985
No external source identified
Sveinbjörn Egilsson
theologian, poet
1791–1852 · aged 61
February 24 · 1791
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Jacques Ochs
caricaturist, fencer
1883–1971 · aged 88
February 18 · 1883
Source: BnF authorities
Volodymyr Lukashenko
fencer
46 years old
February 14 · 1980
No external source identified
Distel Zola
association football player
37 years old
February 5 · 1989
Source: FBref
Waldemar Kmentt
opera singer
1929–2015 · aged 85
February 2 · 1929
Source: BnF authorities
Charles-Jean-François Hénault
writer, historian
1685–1770 · aged 85
February 8 · 1685
Source: BnF authorities
Theodoros Antoniou
composer, musician
1935–2018 · aged 83
February 10 · 1935
Source: Integrated Authority File
Francis Erdmann, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
ruler
1629–1666 · aged 37
February 25 · 1629
Source: Integrated Authority File
João de Sousa Carvalho
composer, music educator
1745–1799
February 22 · 1745
Source: BnF authorities
John Campbell Brown
astronomer
1947–2019 · aged 72
February 4 · 1947
Source: SNAC
Paul von Klenau
conductor, composer
1883–1946 · aged 63
February 11 · 1883
Source: SNAC
Serhiy Bebeshko
handball player
58 years old
February 29 · 1968
Source: esu.com.ua
Aschwin Wildeboer
swimmer
40 years old
February 14 · 1986
No external source identified
Tarmo Uusivirta
boxer
1957–1999 · aged 42
February 5 · 1957
Source: munzinger.de
Mohamed Flissi
boxer
36 years old
February 13 · 1990
Source: olympedia.org
Tian Jia
beach volleyball player
45 years old
February 9 · 1981
No external source identified
Liang Chen
tennis player
37 years old
February 25 · 1989
Source: ITF website
Carlo Denina
university teacher, Catholic priest
1731–1813 · aged 82
February 28 · 1731
Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it
David Manga
association football player
37 years old
February 3 · 1989
Source: FBref
Margaret of Cleves, Duchess of Bavaria-Munich
aristocrat
1416–1444 · aged 28
February 23 · 1416
Source: Genealogics
Nguyen Vu Phong
association football player
41 years old
February 6 · 1985
Source: FBref
Kazimierz Małachowski
military personnel
1765–1845 · aged 79
February 27 · 1765
No external source identified
Pippa Wilson
skipper, sailor
40 years old
February 7 · 1986
No external source identified
Ramón Ros
association football coach, association football player
45 years old
February 2 · 1981
Source: FBref
Roger Rio
association football player
1913–1999 · aged 86
February 13 · 1913
Source: Transfermarkt

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