ON THIS DAY

Born in February

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

Carlo Marchionni
architect, sculptor
1702–1786 · aged 84
February 10 · 1702
Source: BnF authorities
Darcy Dolce Neto
association football player
45 years old
February 7 · 1981
No external source identified
Francis Adam of Waldstein-Wartenberg
military personnel, naturalist
1759–1823 · aged 64
February 14 · 1759
No external source identified
Paul Zech
writer, poet
1881–1946 · aged 65
February 19 · 1881
Source: Discogs
Buckner Thruston
judge, politician
1763–1845 · aged 82
February 9 · 1763
Source: SNAC
Tatsuyoshi Miki
tennis player
1904–1967 · aged 62
February 11 · 1904
Source: 100 years of Wimbledon
Étienne Jeaurat
painter
1699–1789 · aged 90
February 9 · 1699
Source: KulturNav
Josef Stübben
architect, urban planner
1845–1936 · aged 91
February 10 · 1845
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
Carel de Moor
painter, visual artist
1655–1738 · aged 82
February 25 · 1655
Source: Moor, Karel de
Jessie Murray
suffragette, physician
1867–1920 · aged 53
February 9 · 1867
No external source identified
Carl Knowles
basketball player
1910–1981 · aged 71
February 24 · 1910
Source: FIBA database
János Dudás*
association football player
Date disputed
February 13 · 1911
Source: FBref
Wolfhart Zimmermann
physicist
1928–2016 · aged 88
February 17 · 1928
Source: Integrated Authority File
Kipyegon Bett
athletics competitor
1998–2024 · aged 26
February 1 · 1998
Source: World Athletics database
Carl Westman
architect, draftsperson
1866–1936 · aged 69
February 20 · 1866
Source: Sveriges dödbok 1800–2024
Charles Foulkes
field hockey player, engineer
1875–1969 · aged 94
February 1 · 1875
No external source identified
Alexander Yefimov
politician, aircraft pilot
1923–2012 · aged 89
February 6 · 1923
Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Omar Saleh Omar Farwaneh
gynecologist, assistant professor
1956–2023 · aged 67
February 7 · 1956
Source: site.iugaza.edu.ps
Marie Corridon
swimmer
1930–2010 · aged 80
February 5 · 1930
No external source identified
Mirdza Ķempe
translator, writer
1907–1974 · aged 67
February 9 · 1907
Source: BnF authorities
Park Jung-bae
association football player
1967–2017 · aged 50
February 19 · 1967
Source: FBref
András Szőllősy
university teacher, film score composer
1921–2007 · aged 86
February 27 · 1921
Source: BnF authorities
Carlos Santos de Jesus*
association football player
Date disputed
February 25 · 1985
Source: Transfermarkt
Dick Tonks
rowing coach, rower
75 years old
February 21 · 1951
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Youssef El Akchaoui
association football player
45 years old
February 18 · 1981
Source: Transfermarkt
Martín Rivas
association football player
49 years old
February 17 · 1977
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Yannis Skondras
association football player
36 years old
February 21 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
Michal Šlesingr
biathlete
43 years old
February 3 · 1983
Source: Olympedia
Juan Carlos Pérez López
association football player
1945–2012 · aged 66
February 14 · 1945
Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia
Medeniyet Shahberdiyeva
music educator, opera singer
1930–2018 · aged 87
February 23 · 1930
Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Tenen Holtz*
film actor, actor
Date disputed
February 17 · 1877
No external source identified
Frans Geurtsen*
association football player
Date disputed
February 17 · 1942
No external source identified
Kosei Akaishi
amateur wrestler
61 years old
February 26 · 1965
No external source identified
Ercole Patti*
journalist, playwright
Date disputed
February 16 · 1904
Source: Dizionario degli scrittori italiani contemporanei pseudonimi: 1900-1975
Gábor Hárspataki
karateka
30 years old
February 27 · 1996
Source: olimpia.hu
Stojna Vangelovska*
basketball player
Date disputed
February 5 · 1964
Source: FIBA database
Guilherme Santos
association football player
38 years old
February 5 · 1988
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Magnus Jøndal
handball player
38 years old
February 7 · 1988
No external source identified
Donald Sanford
sprinter
39 years old
February 5 · 1987
No external source identified
Kiki Bandy
blogger, activist
35 years old
February 20 · 1991
No external source identified
Carl Wilhelm*
screenwriter, film director
Date disputed
February 9 · 1872
Source: IMDb
Hovhannes Masehyan
diplomat, linguist
1864–1931 · aged 67
February 11 · 1864
Source: AV Production
Rolf Wanka
film actor, actor
1901–1982
February 14 · 1901
Source: IMDb
Yury Kovalyov
association football player, association football coach
1934–1979 · aged 45
February 6 · 1934
No external source identified
Clarence Pinkston
competitive diver, athlete
1900–1961 · aged 61
February 1 · 1900
No external source identified
Widya Saputra
television presenter, actor
41 years old
February 26 · 1985
No external source identified
Anna Blässe
association football player
39 years old
February 27 · 1987
Source: Soccerdonna
Donald Behm
amateur wrestler
81 years old
February 13 · 1945
No external source identified
Giorgio Galli
political scientist
1928–2020 · aged 92
February 10 · 1928
No external source identified
Vladimir Dorokhov
volleyball player
1954–2024 · aged 70
February 18 · 1954
Source: infosport.ru
Rudolf Nilsen
poet, writer
1901–1929 · aged 28
February 28 · 1901
Source: 1910 census of Norway
Cecil Griffiths*
athletics competitor
Date disputed
February 18 · 1900
Source: welshathletics.org
Philipp Jaffé
university teacher, medievalist
1819–1870 · aged 51
February 17 · 1819
Source: BnF authorities
John Evershed
astronomer, physicist
1864–1956 · aged 92
February 26 · 1864
Source: SNAC
Verónica Chen
screenwriter, film director
57 years old
February 12 · 1969
No external source identified
Ji Bowen
canoeist
24 years old
February 22 · 2002
No external source identified
Bárbara de Alencar
merchant, revolutionary
1760–1832 · aged 72
February 11 · 1760
No external source identified
Renato Cunha Valle*
association football coach, association football player
Date disputed
February 26 · 1944
No external source identified
Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi
amateur wrestler
1943–2004 · aged 61
February 4 · 1943
No external source identified
Kazuki Fujita
association football player
25 years old
February 19 · 2001
No external source identified
Justin Reiter
snowboarder
45 years old
February 2 · 1981
No external source identified
Teiichi Okano
musicologist, organist
1878–1941 · aged 63
February 16 · 1878
Source: imslp.org
Houari Ferhani
association football player
33 years old
February 11 · 1993
Source: Transfermarkt
Qian Xingcun
literary critic, short story writer
1900–1977 · aged 77
February 6 · 1900
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Lêdo Ivo
writer, novelist
1924–2012 · aged 88
February 18 · 1924
Source: Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural
Karl Friedrich Schimper
naturalist, university teacher
1803–1867 · aged 64
February 15 · 1803
Source: SNAC
Bettina Plank
karateka
34 years old
February 24 · 1992
Source: bettinaplank.com
Ferario Spasov
association football coach, association football player
1962–2023 · aged 61
February 20 · 1962
No external source identified
Carlos Martínez
association football player
32 years old
February 4 · 1994
Source: Transfermarkt
Zhu Xiaolin
marathon runner, athletics competitor
42 years old
February 20 · 1984
Source: World Athletics database
Döme Skuteczky
painter
1849–1921 · aged 72
February 14 · 1849
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
Minoru Honda
astronomer
1913–1990 · aged 77
February 26 · 1913
No external source identified
Brad Huff
sport cyclist, track cyclist
47 years old
February 5 · 1979
No external source identified
Antoine Kina
field hockey player
30 years old
February 13 · 1996
Source: olympic.be
Elena Panțuroiu
athletics competitor
31 years old
February 24 · 1995
Source: World Athletics database
Novica Bjelica*
beach volleyball player, volleyball player
Date disputed
February 9 · 1983
No external source identified
Wim van Eekelen
diplomat, non-fiction writer
1931–2025 · aged 94
February 5 · 1931
Source: pace.coe.int
Park Sung-hee
tennis player
51 years old
February 17 · 1975
Source: WTA website
Affo Érassa
association football player
43 years old
February 19 · 1983
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Gabriel Núñez
association football player
1942–2021 · aged 79
February 6 · 1942
Source: Transfermarkt
Branda da Castiglione
theologian, jurist
1350–1443 · aged 93
February 12 · 1350
No external source identified
Nigel Barrie
film actor, actor
1889–1971 · aged 82
February 5 · 1889
Source: BnF authorities
André Luiz Rodrigues Lopes
association football player
41 years old
February 15 · 1985
Source: Transfermarkt
Albin Tahiri
alpine skier
37 years old
February 15 · 1989
No external source identified
Airton Ribeiro Santos
association football player
36 years old
February 21 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
Pascual Somma
association football player
1896–1930 · aged 34
February 7 · 1896
No external source identified
Józef Turczyński
music educator, musicologist
1884–1953 · aged 69
February 2 · 1884
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Jean Capart
Egyptologist, art historian
1877–1947 · aged 70
February 21 · 1877
Source: Biographie Nationale de Belgique
Matija Majar
politician, slavist
1809–1892 · aged 83
February 7 · 1809
No external source identified
Ekaterina Yurlova
biathlete, cross-country skier
41 years old
February 23 · 1985
No external source identified
Nikos Vetoulas
basketball coach, basketball player
52 years old
February 6 · 1974
Source: ACB.com
Tang Peng
table tennis player
45 years old
February 4 · 1981
No external source identified
Sefa Yılmaz
association football player
36 years old
February 14 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
Mamadou Lamine Loum
politician, minister
74 years old
February 3 · 1952
No external source identified
Chano
association football player
61 years old
February 28 · 1965
No external source identified
Volodymyr Khandohiy
foreign minister, politician
73 years old
February 21 · 1953
No external source identified
Kyoko Nozaki
chemist, researcher
62 years old
February 9 · 1964
No external source identified
Bernadette Sanou Dao
writer, poet
74 years old
February 25 · 1952
Source: aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au
Willem Bastiaan Tholen
photographer, painter
1860–1931 · aged 71
February 13 · 1860
Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists
Laura Pollán
politician, human rights defender
1948–2011 · aged 63
February 13 · 1948
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Ashkharbek Kalantar
archaeologist, historian
1884–1942 · aged 58
February 11 · 1884
Source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12
Henri Fehr
university teacher, mathematician
1870–1954 · aged 84
February 2 · 1870
Source: www2.unil.ch
Johan Sjöstrand
handball player
39 years old
February 26 · 1987
Source: THW Kiel
Roni Kalderon
association football player
74 years old
February 5 · 1952
No external source identified
Melissa Perrine
alpine skier
38 years old
February 21 · 1988
No external source identified
Becky Dyroen-Lancer
synchronized swimmer
55 years old
February 19 · 1971
No external source identified
Jean-Marc Doussain
rugby union player
35 years old
February 12 · 1991
No external source identified
Alexis Lépicier
Catholic priest, Catholic theologian
1863–1936 · aged 73
February 28 · 1863
Source: BnF authorities
Walter Vílchez
association football player
44 years old
February 20 · 1982
No external source identified
Jan Hellström
association football player
66 years old
February 21 · 1960
Source: Transfermarkt
Zacarías Bonnat
weightlifter
30 years old
February 27 · 1996
Source: olympedia.org
Irina Kalinina
swimmer, competitive diver
67 years old
February 8 · 1959
No external source identified
Keijo Korhonen
journalist, historian
1934–2022 · aged 88
February 23 · 1934
Source: Biografiskt lexikon för Finland
Lucas Mineiro
association football player
30 years old
February 24 · 1996
Source: Transfermarkt
Verashni Pillay
journalist
42 years old
February 11 · 1984
No external source identified
Giuseppe Pillon
association football player, association football coach
70 years old
February 8 · 1956
Source: transfermarkt.com
Maharani Chakravorty
botanist, university teacher
1937–2015 · aged 77
February 2 · 1937
Source: Women Scientists in India: Lives, Struggles and Achievements
Joseph Marie Servan de Gerbey
politician, diplomat
1741–1808 · aged 67
February 14 · 1741
Source: SNAC
Olivier Girault
radio personality, handball player
53 years old
February 22 · 1973
No external source identified
Yahiko Mishima
baseball player, athletics competitor
1886–1954 · aged 67
February 23 · 1886
Source: Roglo
Mariano Barbasán Lagueruela
painter
1864–1924 · aged 60
February 3 · 1864
Source: Artists of the World Online
Cheng Xunzhao
judoka
35 years old
February 9 · 1991
Source: JudoInside.com
Alan Valentine
rugby union player, writer
1901–1980 · aged 79
February 23 · 1901
No external source identified
Johann Christian Senckenberg
physician, naturalist
1707–1772 · aged 65
February 28 · 1707
Source: MAK
Jérôme Eugène Coggia
astronomer
1849–1919 · aged 69
February 18 · 1849
No external source identified
Valentine Grant
actor, screenwriter
1881–1949 · aged 68
February 14 · 1881
Source: IMDb
Johann Aegidius Bach
viol player, singer
1645–1716 · aged 71
February 9 · 1645
No external source identified
Gérald Cid
association football player
43 years old
February 17 · 1983
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Norm Baker
lacrosse player, basketball player
1923–1989 · aged 66
February 17 · 1923
No external source identified
Vasili Kuznetsov
athletics competitor
1932–2001 · aged 69
February 7 · 1932
No external source identified
Antoni Wiwulski
architect, sculptor
1877–1919 · aged 41
February 20 · 1877
Source: Find a Grave
Aisha Rateb
diplomat, lawyer
1928–2013 · aged 85
February 22 · 1928
Source: pantheon.world
Hendrik Timmer
tennis player, squash player
1904–1998 · aged 94
February 8 · 1904
Source: Biografisch Portaal
Joseph Gonzales
association football player, association football coach
1907–1984 · aged 77
February 19 · 1907
No external source identified
David Dekker
sport cyclist
28 years old
February 2 · 1998
Source: uci.org
Mick Makker
rower
33 years old
February 5 · 1993
No external source identified
Magdalena Álvarez
politician, economist
74 years old
February 15 · 1952
No external source identified
Herbert Warnke
politician, functionary
1902–1975 · aged 73
February 24 · 1902
Source: Integrated Authority File
Antonio Campolo
association football player
1897–1959 · aged 62
February 7 · 1897
Source: Transfermarkt
Nataliya Pohrebnyak
sprinter, athletics competitor
38 years old
February 19 · 1988
Source: World Athletics database
Gustaaf Adolf Frederik Molengraaff
explorer, geologist
1860–1942 · aged 82
February 27 · 1860
Source: KNAW Past Members
Sergio Hercules Hector
association football player
49 years old
February 1 · 1977
Source: Transfermarkt
Reinier Beeuwkes
association football player
1884–1963 · aged 79
February 17 · 1884
No external source identified
Vera Ilyina
swimmer, competitive diver
52 years old
February 20 · 1974
No external source identified
Igor Zelenay
tennis player
44 years old
February 10 · 1982
Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website
Kevin Robertson
water polo player
67 years old
February 8 · 1959
No external source identified
August Neo
amateur wrestler
1908–1982 · aged 74
February 12 · 1908
Source: Biographical lexicon of Estonian sport
Emel Dereli
athletics competitor
30 years old
February 25 · 1996
Source: World Athletics database
Vladimir Pashkov
politician
65 years old
February 4 · 1961
No external source identified
Pamfil Yurkevich
teacher, philosopher
1826–1874 · aged 48
February 28 · 1826
No external source identified

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