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Born in February

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

Joe Lewis
foreign currency trader, entrepreneur
89 years old
February 5 · 1937
No external source identified
Mitchell Santner
cricketer
34 years old
February 5 · 1992
No external source identified
Wilhelm Grimm
children's writer, philologist
1786–1859
February 24 · 1786
Source: NooSFere
Louis Ferreira
actor, film actor
60 years old
February 20 · 1966
Source: IMDb
Hannah Stocking
model, film director
34 years old
February 4 · 1992
No external source identified
Terry Eagleton
literary scholar, non-fiction writer
83 years old
February 22 · 1943
Source: SNAC
Henry Molaison
laborer
1926–2008 · aged 82
February 26 · 1926
Source: Find a Grave
Jose Maria Sison
politician, writer
1939–2022 · aged 83
February 8 · 1939
No external source identified
Tommy Henriksen
songwriter, singer
60 years old
February 21 · 1966
No external source identified
Linda Lampenius
musician, philanthropist
56 years old
February 26 · 1970
Source: Discogs
Zell Miller
historian, politician
1932–2018 · aged 86
February 24 · 1932
No external source identified
Peter Freuchen
explorer, anthropologist
1886–1957 · aged 71
February 20 · 1886
Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, 3rd edition
Patrick Wilson
singer, drummer
57 years old
February 1 · 1969
No external source identified
Jessica Savitch
news presenter, journalist
1947–1983 · aged 36
February 1 · 1947
Source: BnF authorities
Madison Hubbell
ice dancer
35 years old
February 24 · 1991
No external source identified
Kim Ha-neul
model, actor
48 years old
February 21 · 1978
No external source identified
Alan Hale
stage actor, actor
1892–1950 · aged 57
February 10 · 1892
Source: Find a Grave
Jake Bugg
singer-songwriter, pianist
32 years old
February 28 · 1994
Source: IMDb
Julian Seymour Schwinger
physicist, university teacher
1918–1994 · aged 76
February 12 · 1918
Source: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
David Heath
professional wrestler
57 years old
February 16 · 1969
No external source identified
Benjamin Tallmadge
banker, politician
1754–1835 · aged 81
February 25 · 1754
No external source identified
Leslie Lamport
programmer, mathematician
85 years old
February 7 · 1941
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Harriet Jacobs*
autobiographer, nanny
Date disputed
February 11 · 1815
Source: BlackPast.org
Horst Köhler
economist, politician
1943–2025 · aged 81
February 22 · 1943
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Peggy Whitson
biochemist, astronaut
66 years old
February 9 · 1960
Source: nasa.gov
Kasi Lemmons
film actor, actor
65 years old
February 24 · 1961
Source: Integrated Authority File
Tatsurō Yamashita
singer-songwriter, recording artist
73 years old
February 4 · 1953
Source: Discogs
Stelios Haji-Ioannou
businessperson
59 years old
February 14 · 1967
No external source identified
Hong Jong-hyeon
film actor, model
36 years old
February 2 · 1990
No external source identified
Keke Geladze
memoirist, seamster
1858–1937 · aged 79
February 5 · 1858
Source: pantheon.world
Donal Gibson
television actor, voice actor
68 years old
February 13 · 1958
No external source identified
Lorne Balfe
composer, musician
50 years old
February 23 · 1976
Source: filmportal.de
Madeleine Carroll
actor, film actor
1906–1987 · aged 81
February 26 · 1906
Source: Discogs
Daniel Svensson
association football player
24 years old
February 12 · 2002
No external source identified
Robert Rayford
1953–1969 · aged 16
February 3 · 1953
No external source identified
Carl Theodor Dreyer
filmmaker, director
1889–1968 · aged 79
February 3 · 1889
Source: Munzinger Personen
Ellen Terry
theatre manager, stage actor
1847–1928 · aged 81
February 27 · 1847
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Nick Calathes
basketball player
37 years old
February 7 · 1989
Source: FIBA database
Imogen Stubbs
stage actor, writer
65 years old
February 20 · 1961
Source: Discogs
Alban Berg*
composer, musician
Date disputed
February 9 · 1885
Source: Munzinger Personen
Ayub Khan
television actor, actor
57 years old
February 23 · 1969
No external source identified
Masaki Kobayashi
film director, writer
1916–1996 · aged 80
February 14 · 1916
Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
Tsuyoshi Watanabe
association football player
29 years old
February 5 · 1997
No external source identified
Arunoday Singh
actor
43 years old
February 17 · 1983
No external source identified
Ida Straus*
businessperson
Date disputed
February 6 · 1849
Source: Find a Grave
Vanna Bardot
pornographic film actor
27 years old
February 3 · 1999
Source: avn.com
Victoria Reggie Kennedy
lawyer, jurist
72 years old
February 26 · 1954
Source: The Peerage
Odelya Halevi
actor
37 years old
February 12 · 1989
No external source identified
Tim Holt
film actor, actor
1919–1973 · aged 54
February 5 · 1919
Source: Find a Grave
Costel Pantilimon
association football player
39 years old
February 1 · 1987
Source: As
José José
television actor, record producer
1948–2019 · aged 71
February 17 · 1948
Source: pantheon.world
Hiroji Satoh
table tennis player
1925–2000 · aged 75
February 3 · 1925
No external source identified
Milo Đukanović
politician
64 years old
February 15 · 1962
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Joaquín Sorolla
university teacher, painter
1863–1923 · aged 60
February 27 · 1863
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Nirav Modi
businessperson, entrepreneur
55 years old
February 27 · 1971
No external source identified
Badruddin Ajmal
politician
76 years old
February 12 · 1950
No external source identified
Sturla Holm Lægreid
cross-country skier, biathlete
29 years old
February 20 · 1997
Source: teamnor.no
Quique Sánchez Flores
association football coach, association football player
61 years old
February 5 · 1965
No external source identified
Ruth Rendell
writer, author
1930–2015 · aged 85
February 17 · 1930
Source: Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature
Guy Ecker
television actor, actor
67 years old
February 9 · 1959
No external source identified
Glyn Johns
audio engineer, recording artist
84 years old
February 15 · 1942
No external source identified
Bo Svenson
judoka, actor
85 years old
February 13 · 1941
Source: Integrated Authority File
Liam Miller
association football player
1981–2018 · aged 36
February 13 · 1981
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Bhimsen Joshi
actor, composer
1922–2011 · aged 88
February 4 · 1922
Source: SNAC
Daniel Adair
drummer
51 years old
February 19 · 1975
Source: Discogs
Benedikt Höwedes
association football player
38 years old
February 29 · 1988
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Christopher Mayer
actor, voice actor
1954–2011 · aged 57
February 21 · 1954
Source: Find a Grave
Rose Williams
actor
32 years old
February 18 · 1994
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Sharon Case
actor, television actor
55 years old
February 9 · 1971
Source: IMDb
Kasumi Arimura
actor
33 years old
February 13 · 1993
Source: flamme.co.jp
Ky-Mani Marley
songwriter, singer
50 years old
February 26 · 1976
Source: Discogs
Vinnie Colaiuta
musician, composer
70 years old
February 5 · 1956
Source: Integrated Authority File
Karsten Warholm
athletics competitor
30 years old
February 28 · 1996
Source: teamnor.no
Shauna Macdonald
actor, film actor
45 years old
February 21 · 1981
No external source identified
Laura Poitras
camera operator, cinematographer
62 years old
February 2 · 1964
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Răzvan Lucescu
association football player, association football coach
57 years old
February 17 · 1969
Source: Transfermarkt
Leo von Caprivi
military personnel, politician
1831–1899 · aged 67
February 24 · 1831
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
DeMarco Murray
American football player
38 years old
February 12 · 1988
No external source identified
Mary Toft
1703–1763
February 21 · 1703
No external source identified
Jason Winston George
film editor, model
54 years old
February 9 · 1972
No external source identified
Władysław Gomułka
politician, trade unionist
1905–1982 · aged 77
February 6 · 1905
Source: filmportal.de
David Bentley Hart
professor, non-fiction writer
61 years old
February 20 · 1965
No external source identified
Britannicus
41–55 · aged 13
February 10 · 41
No external source identified
Sean Elliott
basketball player
58 years old
February 2 · 1968
Source: FIBA database
Ajay Naidu
film actor, voice actor
54 years old
February 12 · 1972
No external source identified
Steven Cree
screenwriter, television actor
46 years old
February 29 · 1980
No external source identified
Anna Muzychuk
chess player
36 years old
February 28 · 1990
Source: chess-db.com
Lisa Vicari
actor, film actor
29 years old
February 11 · 1997
Source: filmportal.de
Valentín Elizalde
singer
1979–2006 · aged 27
February 1 · 1979
Source: MusicBrainz
Nikola Mirotić
philanthropist, basketball player
35 years old
February 11 · 1991
Source: ACB.com
Praful Patel
politician, sports executive
69 years old
February 17 · 1957
No external source identified
Matt Barr
model, film actor
42 years old
February 14 · 1984
Source: Integrated Authority File
Selita Ebanks*
model
Date disputed
February 15 · 1983
Source: IMDb
Djibril Sow
association football player
29 years old
February 6 · 1997
Source: Transfermarkt
Michael Harrington
writer, university teacher
1928–1989 · aged 61
February 24 · 1928
Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia
Billy Steinberg
singer, musician
1950–2026 · aged 75
February 26 · 1950
Source: deadline.com
Dave Williams
singer, musician
1972–2002 · aged 30
February 29 · 1972
Source: Find a Grave
Lucinda Riley*
writer, actor
Date disputed
February 16 · 1965
Source: The Guardian
Peter Bonnington
race engineer
51 years old
February 12 · 1975
No external source identified
William Talman
television actor, film actor
1915–1968 · aged 53
February 4 · 1915
Source: Find a Grave
Brian Robertson
guitarist, composer
70 years old
February 12 · 1956
Source: SNAC
Benedetto Croce*
art historian, historian
Date disputed
February 25 · 1866
Source: Internet Philosophy Ontology project
Pamela Colman Smith
draftsperson, painter
1878–1951 · aged 73
February 16 · 1878
Source: BnF authorities
Andrew Barton Paterson
lawyer, war correspondent
1864–1941 · aged 76
February 17 · 1864
Source: International Music Score Library Project
David Selby
writer, television actor
85 years old
February 5 · 1941
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Nikola Bartůňková
tennis player
20 years old
February 25 · 2006
Source: tenisovysvet.cz
Allan Melvin
television actor, comedian
1923–2008 · aged 84
February 18 · 1923
Source: Find a Grave
Fredric Lehne
film actor, actor
67 years old
February 3 · 1959
No external source identified
Jonathan Breck
actor, stage actor
61 years old
February 17 · 1965
No external source identified
Rinky Hijikata
tennis player
25 years old
February 23 · 2001
Source: buenosaires2018.com
Kia Nurse
basketball player
30 years old
February 22 · 1996
Source: FIBA database
Saul Zaentz
film producer, record producer
1921–2014 · aged 92
February 28 · 1921
Source: filmportal.de
John Francis Fitzgerald
politician
1863–1950 · aged 87
February 11 · 1863
Source: The Peerage
Tommy Tallarico
musician, composer
58 years old
February 18 · 1968
No external source identified
Burak Deniz
model, television actor
35 years old
February 17 · 1991
Source: haber7.com
Richard Lynch
actor
1940–2012 · aged 72
February 12 · 1940
Source: Find a Grave
Devin White
American football player
28 years old
February 17 · 1998
Source: Pro Football Reference
Josh Jackson
basketball player
29 years old
February 10 · 1997
Source: FIBA database
Henning Mankell
crime fiction writer, human rights defender
1948–2015 · aged 67
February 3 · 1948
Source: Find a Grave
Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck
10 years old
February 5 · 2016
No external source identified
Ian Lavender
stage actor, television actor
1946–2024 · aged 77
February 16 · 1946
Source: The Daily Telegraph
Shelley Berman
writer, screenwriter
1925–2017 · aged 92
February 3 · 1925
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Kamaldeen Sulemana
association football player
24 years old
February 15 · 2002
No external source identified
Lou Christie
singer, singer-songwriter
1943–2025 · aged 82
February 19 · 1943
No external source identified
Brett Gallant
curler
36 years old
February 18 · 1990
No external source identified
Jeremy Davis
musician
41 years old
February 8 · 1985
No external source identified
Nuno Borges
tennis player
29 years old
February 19 · 1997
Source: atptour.com
Tyler Myers
ice hockey player
36 years old
February 1 · 1990
No external source identified
Andrew Johnson
association football player
45 years old
February 10 · 1981
Source: Transfermarkt
James Baskett
actor, stage actor
1904–1948 · aged 44
February 16 · 1904
Source: Discogs
Walter Smith
association football coach, association football player
1948–2021 · aged 73
February 24 · 1948
No external source identified
Jean-Jacques Burnel
singer, songwriter
74 years old
February 21 · 1952
Source: Discogs
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
association football player
34 years old
February 3 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Ashraf Marwan
spy, businessperson
1944–2007 · aged 63
February 2 · 1944
No external source identified
Peggy Ann Garner
stage actor, film actor
1932–1984 · aged 52
February 3 · 1932
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Michael Gira
guitarist, musician
72 years old
February 19 · 1954
Source: Discogs
J. B. Blanc
film actor, dub director
57 years old
February 13 · 1969
No external source identified
Angela Eagle
politician
65 years old
February 17 · 1961
No external source identified
Raylene
erotic photography model, actor
49 years old
February 12 · 1977
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Rebecca Adlington
swimmer
37 years old
February 17 · 1989
No external source identified
Ahmed Zewail
inventor, university teacher
1946–2016 · aged 70
February 26 · 1946
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Michelle Agyemang
association football player
20 years old
February 3 · 2006
Source: arsenal.com
Rodrigo Palacio
association football player
44 years old
February 5 · 1982
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
John Schuck
singer, film actor
86 years old
February 4 · 1940
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Miou-Miou
film actor, stage actor
76 years old
February 22 · 1950
Source: GeneaStar
Luc Robitaille
ice hockey player
60 years old
February 17 · 1966
No external source identified
Joey Dunlop
motorcycle racer
1952–2000 · aged 48
February 25 · 1952
Source: Find a Grave
Jonathan Daviss
actor
26 years old
February 28 · 2000
No external source identified
Jeremy Bowen
journalist
66 years old
February 6 · 1960
No external source identified
José Callejón
association football player
39 years old
February 11 · 1987
Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia

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