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Born in February

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

Dieter Freise
dentist, athlete
1945–2018 · aged 73
February 18 · 1945
No external source identified
Juan Bautista Arriaza
poet, writer
1770–1837 · aged 66
February 27 · 1770
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Artem Fylymonov
association football player, association football coach
32 years old
February 21 · 1994
Source: Transfermarkt
Nacho Casanova*
association football player
Date disputed
February 4 · 1986
Source: Soccerway
Ausonio Franchi
Catholic priest, writer
1821–1895 · aged 74
February 27 · 1821
Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
Uno Palu
sportsperson, athletics competitor
1933–2024 · aged 90
February 8 · 1933
Source: Biographical lexicon of Estonian sport
Christopher Isengwe
long-distance runner, marathon runner
50 years old
February 22 · 1976
Source: World Athletics database
Judit Magos-Havas
table tennis player
1954–2018 · aged 64
February 19 · 1954
No external source identified
Marie Mävers
field hockey player
35 years old
February 13 · 1991
No external source identified
Maria Pognon
feminist, women's rights activist
1844–1925
February 15 · 1844
No external source identified
Alexander Maunder
sport shooter
1861–1932 · aged 71
February 3 · 1861
No external source identified
Ludovic Auger
sport cyclist
55 years old
February 17 · 1971
No external source identified
Jørgen Andersen
artistic gymnast
1886–1973 · aged 87
February 20 · 1886
Source: historical register of persons
Lyudmila Gureyeva
volleyball player
1943–2017 · aged 74
February 12 · 1943
No external source identified
Zoltán Sztanity
kayaker
72 years old
February 1 · 1954
No external source identified
Janusz Kierzkowski
sport cyclist
1947–2011 · aged 64
February 26 · 1947
Source: radsportseiten.com
Anastassiya Bannova
archer
37 years old
February 26 · 1989
No external source identified
Andrea Heim
volleyball player
65 years old
February 11 · 1961
No external source identified
José Antonio Villanueva
sport cyclist
47 years old
February 3 · 1979
No external source identified
Yevgeny Chernyshyov
handball player
79 years old
February 22 · 1947
No external source identified
Trygve Bøyesen*
artistic gymnast, police officer
Date disputed
February 5 · 1886
No external source identified
Manfred Klieme
sport cyclist
90 years old
February 3 · 1936
No external source identified
Niko Lomouri
poet, writer
1852–1915 · aged 63
February 19 · 1852
No external source identified
Keisuke Nishimura
association football player
28 years old
February 19 · 1998
No external source identified
Taiji Nishitani
sporting director, sport cyclist
45 years old
February 1 · 1981
No external source identified
Franz Bernreiter
biathlete
72 years old
February 13 · 1954
No external source identified
Štefan Matlák
association football player
1934–2003 · aged 69
February 6 · 1934
No external source identified
Andrey Lebedzew
association football player
35 years old
February 1 · 1991
Source: Soccerway
Gaspare Bernardo Pianetti
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
1780–1862 · aged 81
February 7 · 1780
Source: BeWeB
Beatrice Bartelloni
sport cyclist
33 years old
February 5 · 1993
No external source identified
Alberto Marson
basketball player
1925–2018 · aged 93
February 24 · 1925
No external source identified
Miklós Holop
water polo player
1925–2017 · aged 92
February 2 · 1925
No external source identified
Soufiane Haddi
sport cyclist
35 years old
February 2 · 1991
No external source identified
Emilie Beckmann
swimmer
29 years old
February 4 · 1997
No external source identified
Loubna Benhadja*
athletics competitor
Date disputed
February 11 · 2001
Source: World Athletics database
Takeshi Urakami
association football player
57 years old
February 7 · 1969
No external source identified
Takanori Nakajima
association football player
42 years old
February 9 · 1984
Source: Transfermarkt
Tesfom Okubamariam
sport cyclist
35 years old
February 28 · 1991
Source: uci.org
Nikolai Bagley
basketball player
1937–1991 · aged 54
February 25 · 1937
No external source identified
Mátyás Pásztor
water polo player
39 years old
February 20 · 1987
Source: olympedia.org
Raphael de Oliveira
athletics competitor
47 years old
February 5 · 1979
Source: World Athletics database
Hugo Johnson
sailor, skipper
1908–1983 · aged 75
February 29 · 1908
Source: sok.se
Maciej Freimut
kayaker, canoeist
59 years old
February 24 · 1967
No external source identified
Jonas Ahlstrand
sport cyclist
36 years old
February 16 · 1990
No external source identified
Auguste Verdijck
sport cyclist
1902–1988 · aged 86
February 8 · 1902
No external source identified
Sven Thorell
canoeist, sailor
1888–1974 · aged 86
February 18 · 1888
No external source identified
Kazuaki Koezuka
association football player
59 years old
February 10 · 1967
No external source identified
Salomé Báncora
alpine skier
33 years old
February 28 · 1993
No external source identified
Maurizio Checcucci
sprinter
52 years old
February 26 · 1974
Source: World Athletics database
Charles Swini
association football player
1985–2024 · aged 38
February 28 · 1985
Source: Transfermarkt
Massinet Sorcinelli
basketball player
1922–1971 · aged 49
February 27 · 1922
No external source identified
Sadatoshi Sugawara
volleyball player
87 years old
February 18 · 1939
No external source identified
Luigina Perversi
artistic gymnast
1914–1983 · aged 69
February 3 · 1914
No external source identified
Giuseppe Ravano
event rider
83 years old
February 5 · 1943
No external source identified
Aarne Salovaara*
artistic gymnast, javelin thrower
Date disputed
February 25 · 1887
Source: Tilastopaja
Satu Salonen
cross-country skier
53 years old
February 27 · 1973
No external source identified
Kein Einaste
coach, cross-country skier
41 years old
February 22 · 1985
Source: Biographical lexicon of Estonian sport
Cédric Mathy
sport cyclist
56 years old
February 2 · 1970
No external source identified
István Magas
water polo player, economist
74 years old
February 22 · 1952
No external source identified
Nils Voss
artistic gymnast
1886–1969 · aged 83
February 22 · 1886
Source: historical register of persons
Josef Věntus*
rower
Date disputed
February 17 · 1931
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Wesley Alex Maiolino
association football player
38 years old
February 10 · 1988
No external source identified
Jonas Ivanauskas
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
66 years old
February 18 · 1960
No external source identified
Sarah Kent
sport cyclist
36 years old
February 10 · 1990
No external source identified
Édouard Candeveau
rower
1898–1989 · aged 91
February 11 · 1898
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Evgeny Abramenko
biathlete
39 years old
February 26 · 1987
No external source identified
Giovanni Ferrofino
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
1912–2010 · aged 98
February 24 · 1912
No external source identified
Vilija Sereikaitė
sport cyclist
39 years old
February 12 · 1987
No external source identified
Siegfried Purner
handball player
1915–1944 · aged 28
February 16 · 1915
No external source identified
Alma Hinding
actor
1882–1981 · aged 99
February 11 · 1882
No external source identified
Michael Heinloth
association football player
34 years old
February 9 · 1992
Source: As
Gino Rocca
journalist, playwright
1891–1941 · aged 49
February 22 · 1891
Source: BnF authorities
Seiko Shimakage
volleyball player
77 years old
February 16 · 1949
No external source identified
Volha Sudarava
athletics competitor
42 years old
February 22 · 1984
Source: World Athletics database
Wu Wenxiong
weightlifter
45 years old
February 11 · 1981
No external source identified
Bernardino Maffei
archbishop, Catholic bishop
1514–1553 · aged 39
February 6 · 1514
No external source identified
Angelo Cipolloni
sprinter
56 years old
February 16 · 1970
Source: World Athletics database
Matthias Simmen
biathlete
54 years old
February 3 · 1972
No external source identified
Julián Romea*
actor, writer
Date disputed
February 16 · 1813
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Guy de Luget
fencer
1884–1961 · aged 77
February 2 · 1884
Source: GeneaStar
André Steiner
rower, dentist
56 years old
February 8 · 1970
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Manuel Oltra
conductor, teacher
1922–2015 · aged 93
February 8 · 1922
Source: ccma.cat
Simone Cercato
swimmer
51 years old
February 25 · 1975
No external source identified
Hermine Schröder
athletics competitor
1911–1978 · aged 67
February 12 · 1911
No external source identified
Bohdan Gonsior
fencer
89 years old
February 16 · 1937
No external source identified
Francesco Maria Pignatelli
Catholic priest
1744–1815 · aged 71
February 19 · 1744
Source: info.roma.it
Franco Valle
boxer
1940–2003 · aged 63
February 15 · 1940
No external source identified
Sébastien Bosquet
handball player
47 years old
February 24 · 1979
No external source identified
Simon Jurovsky
choreographer, conductor
1912–1963 · aged 51
February 8 · 1912
Source: Integrated Authority File
Guillaume-Marie-Romain Sourrieu
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
1825–1899 · aged 74
February 27 · 1825
Source: BnF authorities
Jean-Yves Cuendet
Nordic combined skier
56 years old
February 20 · 1970
No external source identified
Roman Kireyev
sport cyclist
39 years old
February 14 · 1987
No external source identified
José Caeiro
association football player, association football coach
1925–1981 · aged 55
February 14 · 1925
Source: Transfermarkt
Benoît Lesoimier
association football player
43 years old
February 21 · 1983
Source: As
Hayato Nishinoue
association football player
30 years old
February 21 · 1996
No external source identified
Heino Kleiminger
association football player
1939–2015 · aged 76
February 3 · 1939
Source: Transfermarkt
Béla Bay
fencer, university teacher
1907–1999 · aged 92
February 8 · 1907
No external source identified
Heikki Hirvonen
military patrol (sport) runner, ski-orienteer
1895–1973 · aged 78
February 8 · 1895
No external source identified
Jules Alexandre Daveau
scientific collector, botanist
1852–1929 · aged 77
February 29 · 1852
Source: GeneaStar
Eddy Vanhaerens
sport cyclist
72 years old
February 23 · 1954
No external source identified
Petra Zindler
swimmer
60 years old
February 11 · 1966
Source: munzinger.de
Lourival Assis
association football player
42 years old
February 3 · 1984
Source: Transfermarkt
Ramón Martínez Pérez
association football player
1929–2017 · aged 87
February 6 · 1929
Source: national-football-teams.com
Jacob Araptany*
athletics competitor
Date disputed
February 11 · 1992
Source: World Athletics database
Ingrid Wolff
field hockey player
62 years old
February 17 · 1964
No external source identified
Jean-Pierre Goudeau
sprinter
1933–2024 · aged 91
February 25 · 1933
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Przemysław Stańczyk
swimmer
41 years old
February 12 · 1985
No external source identified
Nils Hellsten
fencer, physical education teacher
1886–1962 · aged 76
February 19 · 1886
Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
Albert Michant
water polo player, swimmer
Born 1876
February 11 · 1876
Source: Olympedia
Gerolamo Quaglia
amateur wrestler
1902–1985 · aged 83
February 8 · 1902
No external source identified
Josephine Terlecki
athletics competitor
40 years old
February 17 · 1986
Source: World Athletics database
Fritz Landertinger
canoeist
1914–1943 · aged 28
February 26 · 1914
No external source identified
Larisa Savkina
handball player
71 years old
February 8 · 1955
No external source identified
Susumu Katsumata
association football player, politician
70 years old
February 17 · 1956
No external source identified
Virginia Giorgi
artistic gymnast
1914–1991 · aged 77
February 24 · 1914
No external source identified
Hans-Peter Koppe
rower
68 years old
February 2 · 1958
Source: World Rowing athlete database
Anouk Faivre Picon
cross-country skier
40 years old
February 18 · 1986
No external source identified
Dzmitry Klimovich
association football player
42 years old
February 9 · 1984
Source: Transfermarkt
Patryk Rajkowski
track cyclist
30 years old
February 22 · 1996
Source: olympedia.org
Kyösti Luukko
amateur wrestler
1903–1970 · aged 67
February 17 · 1903
No external source identified
Bohumil Kubát
amateur wrestler
1935–2016 · aged 81
February 14 · 1935
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Ryota Sakata
association football player, teacher of higher education
34 years old
February 25 · 1992
No external source identified
Velleda Cesari
fencer
1920–2003 · aged 83
February 15 · 1920
No external source identified
Michail Semenov
biathlete, cross-country skier
40 years old
February 6 · 1986
No external source identified
Verka Borisova
volleyball player
71 years old
February 26 · 1955
Source: Olympedia
Albert Bouvet
sport cyclist, track cyclist
1930–2017 · aged 87
February 28 · 1930
Source: ouest-france.fr
Yvo Molenaers
sport cyclist
92 years old
February 25 · 1934
No external source identified
Bruno Boscardin
sport cyclist
56 years old
February 2 · 1970
No external source identified
Douglas Golder
field hockey player
78 years old
February 1 · 1948
No external source identified
Anton Heimerl*
botanist, secondary school teacher
Date disputed
February 12 · 1857
Source: biographien.ac.at
Natalia Dorado
field hockey player
59 years old
February 25 · 1967
No external source identified
Oleksander Zhyrnyi
coach, biathlete
39 years old
February 25 · 1987
No external source identified
Haruna Ogata
singer
27 years old
February 15 · 1999
No external source identified
Ole Nafstad
rower
80 years old
February 20 · 1946
Source: World Rowing athlete database
Simplex Nthala
association football player
38 years old
February 24 · 1988
Source: Transfermarkt
Sebastião Wolf
sport shooter
1869–1936 · aged 67
February 5 · 1869
No external source identified
Anna Szafraniec
mountain biker
45 years old
February 16 · 1981
No external source identified
Thomas Moriggl
cross-country skier
45 years old
February 23 · 1981
No external source identified
Daniel Welser
ice hockey player
43 years old
February 16 · 1983
Source: Salzburgwiki
Pierre Brunet
coxswain
1908–1979 · aged 71
February 27 · 1908
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Corinne Erhel
politician
1967–2017 · aged 50
February 3 · 1967
Source: BnF authorities
Jozef Spruyt
sport cyclist
83 years old
February 25 · 1943
No external source identified
Anver Gasimzade
architect
1912–1969 · aged 57
February 12 · 1912
Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Ernst Gebendinger
artistic gymnast
1926–2017 · aged 91
February 10 · 1926
No external source identified
Árpád Pédery
artistic gymnast
1891–1914 · aged 23
February 1 · 1891
Source: mek.oszk.hu
Voitto Kolho
sport shooter
1885–1963 · aged 78
February 6 · 1885
No external source identified
Tom Seeberg
sport shooter
1860–1938 · aged 78
February 17 · 1860
No external source identified
Valentina Kovpan
archer
1950–2006 · aged 56
February 28 · 1950
No external source identified
Nodar Gvakhariya*
water polo player, athlete
Date disputed
February 3 · 1932
Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia
Adrián Palomares
sport cyclist
50 years old
February 18 · 1976
No external source identified

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