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Born in February

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

Szymon Bogumił Zug*
gardener, architect
Date disputed
February 20 · 1733
No external source identified
Alfred Duvaucel
naturalist, explorer
1793–1824
February 4 · 1793
No external source identified
Lucie Englisch*
musician, actor
Date disputed
February 8 · 1902
Source: Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek
Charles Mathiesen
speed skater
1911–1994 · aged 83
February 12 · 1911
Source: historical register of persons
Tobias Ludvigsson
sport cyclist
35 years old
February 22 · 1991
No external source identified
Johnny Höglin
speed skater
83 years old
February 26 · 1943
No external source identified
Hideki Matsunaga
association football coach, association football player
63 years old
February 8 · 1963
No external source identified
Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg*
ruler
Date disputed
February 21 · 1484
Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia
Noemí Simonetto
athletics competitor, sprinter
1926–2011 · aged 85
February 1 · 1926
Source: World Athletics database
Sonja Škorić
singer, songwriter
30 years old
February 26 · 1996
No external source identified
Javier Barros Sierra
politician, writer
1915–1971 · aged 56
February 25 · 1915
No external source identified
Svatopluk Beneš
film actor, actor
1918–2007 · aged 89
February 24 · 1918
Source: Olomouc City Library regional database
Jens Knippschild
tennis player
51 years old
February 15 · 1975
Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website
Peter Frenette
ski jumper
34 years old
February 24 · 1992
No external source identified
Galina Nikolayeva
writer, physician
1911–1963
February 18 · 1911
No external source identified
Frederick Holman
swimmer
1883–1913 · aged 29
February 9 · 1883
Source: olympedia.org
Carl Theodore Liebermann
chemist
1842–1914 · aged 72
February 23 · 1842
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Ernie McCoy
engineer, Formula One driver
1921–2001 · aged 79
February 19 · 1921
No external source identified
Robin Beauregard
water polo player
47 years old
February 23 · 1979
No external source identified
Frédéric Volle
handball player
60 years old
February 4 · 1966
No external source identified
Dorothea Neff
film actor, stage actor
1903–1986 · aged 83
February 21 · 1903
Source: IMDb
Maria Teresa Cabré i Castellví
romanist, university teacher
79 years old
February 10 · 1947
Source: Integrated Authority File
Stephanie Glaser
stage actor, cabaret performer
1920–2011 · aged 90
February 22 · 1920
Source: Integrated Authority File
Paolo Heusch
director, screenwriter
1924–1982
February 26 · 1924
Source: SNAC
Édouard Collin
television actor, actor
39 years old
February 28 · 1987
No external source identified
Gabriel Rodrigues
association football player
30 years old
February 15 · 1996
Source: Transfermarkt
Oliver Schäfer
association football player, association football coach
57 years old
February 27 · 1969
Source: Transfermarkt
Ludwig Eichrodt
jurist, poet lawyer
1827–1892 · aged 65
February 2 · 1827
Source: Integrated Authority File
Svetla Zlateva
athletics competitor
74 years old
February 25 · 1952
Source: olympic.org
Vsevolods Zeļonijs
judoka
53 years old
February 24 · 1973
Source: Les-Sports.info
Frank Greer
rower
1879–1943 · aged 64
February 26 · 1879
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Christian August Brandis
linguist, politician
1790–1867 · aged 77
February 13 · 1790
Source: Integrated Authority File
Brea Bennett
pornographic film actor
39 years old
February 7 · 1987
Source: IMDb
Jade Ramsey
film actor, actor
38 years old
February 10 · 1988
No external source identified
Helmut Radach
rower
1915–1999 · aged 84
February 1 · 1915
Source: World Rowing athlete database
Pierre Bernard
designer, postage stamp designer
1942–2015 · aged 73
February 25 · 1942
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
Julian Johnsson*
association football coach, association football player
Date disputed
February 24 · 1975
Source: FBref
Johan Mårtensson
association football player
37 years old
February 16 · 1989
Source: Transfermarkt
Louis de Nogaret de La Valette d'Épernon
Prince of the Church, Catholic theologian
1593–1639 · aged 46
February 8 · 1593
Source: MAK
Yang Yu
swimmer
41 years old
February 6 · 1985
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Maxim Rakov
judoka
40 years old
February 7 · 1986
No external source identified
Jérôme Gnako
association football player
58 years old
February 17 · 1968
Source: Transfermarkt
Svetlana Nageykina
cross-country skier
61 years old
February 2 · 1965
No external source identified
Mohamed Abdelfatah
amateur wrestler
48 years old
February 4 · 1978
No external source identified
Marie Wagner
tennis player
1883–1975
February 2 · 1883
Source: The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.)
Margit Pörtner
curler
1972–2017 · aged 45
February 16 · 1972
No external source identified
Konstantin Sidenko
military officer, military personnel
73 years old
February 2 · 1953
No external source identified
Hossam Abdelmoneim
association football player
51 years old
February 12 · 1975
Source: national-football-teams.com
Mitja Petkovšek
artistic gymnast
49 years old
February 6 · 1977
No external source identified
Roberto Santamaría Ciprián
association football player
41 years old
February 27 · 1985
Source: As
André Pirro
music educator, organist
1869–1943 · aged 74
February 12 · 1869
Source: BnF authorities
Anastasia Pustovoitova
association football referee, association football player
45 years old
February 10 · 1981
Source: Soccerdonna
Max Emanuel Ainmiller
glass painter, glass artist
1807–1870 · aged 63
February 14 · 1807
Source: Artists of the World Online
Nikolaj Villumsen
politician
43 years old
February 28 · 1983
Source: enhedslisten.dk
Berta Bojetu
writer, actor
1946–1997 · aged 51
February 7 · 1946
No external source identified
Shabir Noori
cricketer
34 years old
February 23 · 1992
No external source identified
Hans Kuschke
rower
1914–2003 · aged 89
February 25 · 1914
Source: World Rowing athlete database
Laura Süßemilch
track cyclist, sport cyclist
29 years old
February 23 · 1997
No external source identified
Rob Jahrling
rower
52 years old
February 14 · 1974
Source: World Rowing athlete database
Magda Donato
actor, playwright
1898–1966
February 6 · 1898
No external source identified
Mariya Shkarletova
military physician
1925–2003 · aged 78
February 3 · 1925
No external source identified
Knut Kircher
association football referee
57 years old
February 2 · 1969
No external source identified
Pavel Kazakov
association football referee, association football player
1928–2012 · aged 84
February 19 · 1928
No external source identified
Jessica Jerome
ski jumper
39 years old
February 8 · 1987
No external source identified
Abdelfettah Rhiati
association football player
63 years old
February 25 · 1963
Source: Transfermarkt
Anne Poleska
swimmer
46 years old
February 20 · 1980
Source: Olympic.org athletes database
André Saeys
association football player
1911–1988 · aged 77
February 20 · 1911
Source: FBref
Egano Righi-Lambertini
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
1906–2000 · aged 94
February 22 · 1906
No external source identified
Peter Schlickenrieder
cross-country skiing coach, entrepreneur
56 years old
February 16 · 1970
No external source identified
Ucha Lobjanidze
association football player
39 years old
February 23 · 1987
Source: Transfermarkt
Éric Pécout
association football player
70 years old
February 17 · 1956
Source: Transfermarkt
Graham White
swimmer
75 years old
February 14 · 1951
No external source identified
Wanderson Souza Carneiro
association football player
39 years old
February 23 · 1987
Source: As
Martin Reynolds
athletics competitor
77 years old
February 22 · 1949
Source: World Athletics database
Osama Saadi
lawyer, politician
63 years old
February 21 · 1963
No external source identified
Beatriz Barbuy
astrophysicist, astronomer
76 years old
February 16 · 1950
No external source identified
Anjanette Kirkland
athletics competitor
52 years old
February 24 · 1974
Source: World Athletics database
Yordan Terziyski
politician, urban planner
42 years old
February 7 · 1984
Source: Strazha.bg
Ado Grenzstein
entrepreneur, journalist
1849–1916 · aged 67
February 5 · 1849
Source: Biographical lexicon of Estonian sport
Zsófia Kónya
speed skater, short-track speed skater
31 years old
February 6 · 1995
Source: shorttrack.swisstiming.com
Józef Aleksander Jabłonowski
art historian
1711–1777 · aged 66
February 4 · 1711
Source: Jabłonowski, Joseph Alexander Pruß (BLKÖ)
Ekrem Öztürk
amateur wrestler
29 years old
February 11 · 1997
No external source identified
Pascal Atuma
film director, screenwriter
54 years old
February 22 · 1972
No external source identified
Clarence Newton
boxer
1899–1979 · aged 80
February 3 · 1899
No external source identified
Hirotaka Okada
judoka
59 years old
February 22 · 1967
Source: JudoInside.com
Dragomir Bečanović
judoka
61 years old
February 10 · 1965
No external source identified
Monika Wagner
curler
61 years old
February 28 · 1965
No external source identified
Edward Szymkowiak*
association football coach, association football player
Date disputed
February 13 · 1932
No external source identified
Jean Boyer
association football player
1901–1981 · aged 80
February 13 · 1901
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées
Betty Taylor
athletics competitor
1916–1977 · aged 60
February 22 · 1916
No external source identified
Vincent Bossou
association football player
40 years old
February 7 · 1986
Source: Transfermarkt
Viola Odebrecht
association football player
43 years old
February 11 · 1983
Source: Soccerdonna
David Sousa
association football player
46 years old
February 3 · 1980
Source: Transfermarkt
Olga Menchik
chess player
1908–1944 · aged 36
February 16 · 1908
No external source identified
Roman Hontyuk
judoka
42 years old
February 2 · 1984
No external source identified
Karen Thatcher
ice hockey player
42 years old
February 29 · 1984
No external source identified
Kathrin Klaas
hammer thrower, athletics competitor
42 years old
February 6 · 1984
Source: World Athletics database
Yosuke Fujigaya
association football player
45 years old
February 13 · 1981
Source: Transfermarkt
Mathilde Mallinger
music educator, voice teacher
1847–1920 · aged 73
February 17 · 1847
Source: Find a Grave
Maria Bilders-van Bosse
painter
1837–1900 · aged 63
February 21 · 1837
Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists
Karel Toman
linguist, journalist
1877–1946 · aged 69
February 25 · 1877
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Jakob Laub
physicist
1884–1962 · aged 78
February 7 · 1884
No external source identified
István Sofron
ice hockey player
38 years old
February 24 · 1988
Source: iihf.com
Rudolf Chmel
philologist, pedagogue
87 years old
February 11 · 1939
No external source identified
Leo Arons
university teacher, politician
1860–1919 · aged 59
February 15 · 1860
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Ángela Castro
athletics competitor
33 years old
February 21 · 1993
Source: World Athletics database
Aílton de Oliveira Modesto
association football player
46 years old
February 27 · 1980
Source: Transfermarkt
Johannes Conrad
economist, university teacher
1839–1915 · aged 76
February 28 · 1839
Source: La France savante
Waltraud Kretzschmar
athlete, handball player
1948–2018 · aged 70
February 1 · 1948
Source: Olympedia
Kyōko Nagatsuka
tennis player
52 years old
February 22 · 1974
Source: WTA website
Víctor Cabrera
association football player
33 years old
February 7 · 1993
Source: Transfermarkt
Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen
philologist, librarian
1780–1856 · aged 76
February 19 · 1780
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Tim Gerresheim
fencer
1939–2026 · aged 87
February 24 · 1939
No external source identified
Marieke Guehrer
swimmer
40 years old
February 9 · 1986
No external source identified
Illya Yemetz
physician, civil servant
70 years old
February 21 · 1956
No external source identified
Alexandre Arnoux
screenwriter, science fiction writer
1884–1973
February 27 · 1884
Source: IMDb
Liam Bertazzo
sport cyclist
34 years old
February 17 · 1992
Source: uci.org
Leif Rohlin
ice hockey player
58 years old
February 26 · 1968
Source: Sveriges befolkning 2000
Uno Ullberg
restorer, architect
1879–1944 · aged 64
February 15 · 1879
Source: mfa.fi
Natalia Baranova-Masalkina
cross-country skier
51 years old
February 25 · 1975
No external source identified
Anastasio Vazquez
zoologist, geologist
1865–1951 · aged 85
February 16 · 1865
No external source identified
Alberto Dines
writer, biographer
1932–2018 · aged 86
February 19 · 1932
No external source identified
Peter Cipollone
coxswain
55 years old
February 5 · 1971
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Tetiana Petlyuk
middle-distance runner
44 years old
February 22 · 1982
Source: World Athletics database
Charles F. Johnson
politician, judge
1859–1930 · aged 71
February 14 · 1859
Source: Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Jacques Pereira
association football player
1955–2020 · aged 65
February 3 · 1955
No external source identified
Emma Johnson
swimmer
46 years old
February 24 · 1980
No external source identified
Tommy Lindholm
association football player, association football coach
79 years old
February 3 · 1947
Source: Transfermarkt
Johnny Jensen
handball player, handball coach
54 years old
February 17 · 1972
No external source identified
Nikolai Laursen
association football player
28 years old
February 19 · 1998
Source: Transfermarkt
Roman Pivarník
association football coach, association football player
59 years old
February 17 · 1967
Source: Transfermarkt
Lee Chang-hwan
archer
44 years old
February 16 · 1982
Source: Olympedia
Johan Stein
Catholic priest, mathematician
1871–1951 · aged 80
February 27 · 1871
No external source identified
Bashir Varaev
judoka
62 years old
February 23 · 1964
No external source identified
Paul Erman
physicist, university teacher
1764–1851 · aged 87
February 29 · 1764
Source: Geneological database Merkel-Zeller
Ahmed Halim Ibrahim
association football player
116 years old
February 10 · 1910
Source: Transfermarkt
Margarethe Faas-Hardegger
socialist, editor
1882–1963 · aged 81
February 20 · 1882
Source: Integrated Authority File
Adam Václavík
athlete, biathlete
32 years old
February 18 · 1994
Source: Olympedia
Madaí Pérez
athletics competitor
46 years old
February 2 · 1980
Source: World Athletics database
Ivo Radovniković*
association football coach, association football player
Date disputed
February 8 · 1918
No external source identified
Yasuaki Aida
mathematician
1747–1817
February 10 · 1747
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Erikson Carlos Batista dos Santos
association football player
31 years old
February 26 · 1995
No external source identified
Igor Boldin
ice hockey player
62 years old
February 2 · 1964
No external source identified
Gidi Kanyuk
association football player
33 years old
February 11 · 1993
Source: Transfermarkt
Simon Maurberger
alpine skier
31 years old
February 20 · 1995
No external source identified
Khalid Bashir
field hockey player
58 years old
February 14 · 1968
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Dallas Bixler
artistic gymnast
1910–1990 · aged 80
February 17 · 1910
Source: Find a Grave
Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter
theologian, university teacher
1787–1860 · aged 73
February 16 · 1787
Source: Integrated Authority File
Damien Fleury
ice hockey player
40 years old
February 1 · 1986
Source: iihf.com
Oleg Grebnev
handball player
58 years old
February 4 · 1968
No external source identified

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