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Born in February

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

Nancy Harkness Love
aircraft pilot
1914–1976 · aged 62
February 14 · 1914
Source: SNAC
Seiji Sakaguchi
professional wrestler, actor
84 years old
February 17 · 1942
No external source identified
Antonius Cleveland
basketball player
32 years old
February 2 · 1994
Source: FIBA database
Jan de Baen
printmaker, architectural drafter
1633–1702 · aged 69
February 20 · 1633
Source: RKDartists
Theodate Pope Riddle
architect
1867–1946 · aged 79
February 2 · 1867
Source: Artists of the World
George Jean Nathan
playwright, journalist
1882–1958 · aged 76
February 14 · 1882
Source: BnF authorities
Howard Nemerov
university teacher, novelist
1920–1991 · aged 71
February 29 · 1920
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Birgit Fischer
kayaker
64 years old
February 25 · 1962
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Ella Maillart
opinion journalist, writer
1903–1997 · aged 94
February 20 · 1903
Source: RKDartists
Olga Morozova
tennis player, tennis coach
77 years old
February 22 · 1949
Source: The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.)
Roman Zobnin
association football player
32 years old
February 11 · 1994
Source: Transfermarkt
Nick Catsburg
racing automobile driver
38 years old
February 15 · 1988
No external source identified
Marina de Van
screenwriter, film actor
55 years old
February 8 · 1971
Source: liberation.fr
Mario Camerini
writer, film director
1895–1981
February 6 · 1895
Source: BnF authorities
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
composer, organist
1736–1809 · aged 73
February 3 · 1736
Source: Musicalics
Rina Honnizumi
singer, seiyū
33 years old
February 4 · 1993
No external source identified
Prince Henry, Count of Bardi
aristocrat
1851–1905 · aged 54
February 12 · 1851
Source: BnF authorities
Kay Boyle
journalist, novelist
1902–1992 · aged 90
February 19 · 1902
Source: BnF authorities
Hai Rui
scholar-official
1514–1587 · aged 73
February 2 · 1514
No external source identified
Tiny Sandford
stage actor, film actor
1894–1961 · aged 67
February 26 · 1894
Source: BnF authorities
William Thomas Sampson
military officer, Konteradmiral
1840–1902 · aged 62
February 9 · 1840
Source: SNAC
Millicent Fenwick
journalist, diplomat
1910–1992 · aged 82
February 25 · 1910
Source: Find a Grave
Maureen Johnson
voice actor, novelist
53 years old
February 16 · 1973
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Kazimierz Sabbat
entrepreneur, writer
1913–1989 · aged 76
February 27 · 1913
Source: Integrated Authority File
Herman Feshbach
nuclear physicist, physicist
1917–2000 · aged 83
February 2 · 1917
Source: physicstoday.scitation.org
Léo Leroy*
association football player
Date disputed
February 14 · 2000
No external source identified
Rocco Grimaldi*
ice hockey player
Date disputed
February 2 · 1993
No external source identified
Almira Skripchenko
poker player, chess player
50 years old
February 17 · 1976
No external source identified
Ola Salo
singer, pianist
49 years old
February 19 · 1977
No external source identified
Tom Beck
actor, pianist
48 years old
February 26 · 1978
Source: filmportal.de
Sven Nordin
film actor, voice actor
69 years old
February 6 · 1957
Source: Integrated Authority File
Thomas Welsh
basketball player
30 years old
February 3 · 1996
Source: FIBA database
Johann Friedrich Böttger
chemist, expert pharmacist
1682–1719 · aged 37
February 4 · 1682
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Mariana Ochoa
television actor, singer
47 years old
February 19 · 1979
No external source identified
Marco Verde
boxer
24 years old
February 11 · 2002
No external source identified
Omer Nishani
politician, journalist
1887–1954 · aged 67
February 5 · 1887
No external source identified
Earl King*
jazz musician, composer
Date disputed
February 7 · 1934
Source: Integrated Authority File
Shankha Ghosh
writer, poet
1932–2021 · aged 89
February 5 · 1932
No external source identified
Maximiliano Moralez
association football player
39 years old
February 27 · 1987
Source: FBref
Paul Hawken
writer, author
80 years old
February 8 · 1946
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Ulf von Euler
researcher, physiologist
1905–1983 · aged 78
February 7 · 1905
Source: SNAC
Hannah Mills
sailor, skipper
38 years old
February 29 · 1988
No external source identified
Joseph Jefferson
painter, stage actor
1829–1905 · aged 76
February 20 · 1829
Source: RKDartists
Abe Attell*
boxer
Date disputed
February 22 · 1883
No external source identified
Philip Habib
diplomat
1920–1992
February 25 · 1920
Source: Munzinger Personen
Jacques Copeau
theatre manager, stage actor
1879–1949 · aged 70
February 4 · 1879
Source: BnF authorities
Fernando Marçal
association football player
37 years old
February 19 · 1989
Source: As
Jimmy Wakely
singing cowboy, singer
1914–1982
February 16 · 1914
Source: Integrated Authority File
Stéphane Dalmat
association football player
47 years old
February 16 · 1979
Source: Transfermarkt
Mario Bolatti
association football player
41 years old
February 17 · 1985
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Vladimir Stoychev*
politician, diplomat
Date disputed
February 24 · 1892
No external source identified
Kihachi Okamoto*
screenwriter, film director
Date disputed
February 17 · 1923
Source: IMDb
Domhnall Ua Buachalla
politician
1866–1963 · aged 97
February 5 · 1866
No external source identified
Piotr Skarga
hagiographer, writer
1536–1612
February 12 · 1536
No external source identified
Ion Chicu
economist, politician
54 years old
February 28 · 1972
No external source identified
Fernando Cáceres
association football player
57 years old
February 7 · 1969
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Bartel Leendert van der Waerden
historian of mathematics, historian
1903–1996 · aged 92
February 2 · 1903
Source: Scientific Legacy Database
Milton Frome
actor, television actor
1909–1989 · aged 80
February 24 · 1909
No external source identified
Tjodalv
drummer
50 years old
February 22 · 1976
No external source identified
Phyllis Frelich
stage actor, actor
1944–2014 · aged 70
February 29 · 1944
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Stanley Cohen
sociologist, university teacher
1942–2013 · aged 70
February 23 · 1942
Source: Babelio
Tyler Cavanaugh
basketball player
32 years old
February 9 · 1994
Source: ACB.com
Steve Bell
cartoonist, caricaturist
75 years old
February 26 · 1951
Source: Lambiek Comiclopedia
Franz Strauss
university teacher, composer
1822–1905 · aged 83
February 26 · 1822
Source: Integrated Authority File
Jacob Taubes
philosopher, religion sociologist
1923–1987 · aged 64
February 25 · 1923
Source: Integrated Authority File
Mahmoud El-Gohary
association football player, association football coach
1938–2012 · aged 74
February 20 · 1938
Source: Transfermarkt
Seo Young-joo
film actor, stage actor
28 years old
February 16 · 1998
No external source identified
Ada Negri
writer, poet
1870–1945 · aged 74
February 3 · 1870
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Ross Thomas
novelist, journalist
1926–1995 · aged 69
February 19 · 1926
Source: BnF authorities
Angus Eve
association football coach, association football player
54 years old
February 23 · 1972
Source: Transfermarkt
Javier Urruticoechea*
association football player
Date disputed
February 17 · 1952
Source: FBref
Alec Lindsay
association football player
78 years old
February 27 · 1948
Source: Transfermarkt
Vladimir Minorsky*
orientalist, diplomat
Date disputed
February 6 · 1877
Source: journals.cambridge.org
José Dominguez
association football coach, association football player
52 years old
February 16 · 1974
Source: Transfermarkt
Dit Clapper*
ice hockey player, ice hockey coach
Date disputed
February 9 · 1907
Source: Find a Grave
Roar Strand
association football coach, association football player
56 years old
February 2 · 1970
Source: Transfermarkt
Ernesto Alonso
film producer, film actor
1917–2007 · aged 90
February 28 · 1917
Source: BnF authorities
Emanuel Villa
association football player
44 years old
February 24 · 1982
Source: FBref
Kristian Dimitrov
association football player
29 years old
February 27 · 1997
Source: Transfermarkt
Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz
playwright, poet
1894–1980 · aged 86
February 20 · 1894
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Owen Jones
architect, illuminator
1809–1874 · aged 65
February 15 · 1809
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Henri Giffard
balloonist, inventor
1825–1882 · aged 57
February 8 · 1825
Source: SNAC
Scott Sharp
racing automobile driver
58 years old
February 14 · 1968
No external source identified
Britta Ernst
politician, political economist
65 years old
February 23 · 1961
Source: bundesrat.de
Josef Thorak
university teacher, sculptor
1889–1952 · aged 63
February 7 · 1889
Source: Salzburgwiki
Miguel Molina
racing automobile driver
37 years old
February 17 · 1989
No external source identified
Vladimir Zamanskiy
actor
100 years old
February 6 · 1926
No external source identified
Sam Kutesa
diplomat, minister
77 years old
February 1 · 1949
Source: un.org
Lindsay Rose
association football player
34 years old
February 8 · 1992
Source: As
Alois Podhajsky
equestrian, writer
1898–1973 · aged 75
February 24 · 1898
Source: Munzinger Personen
Ikutaro Kakehashi
entrepreneur, engineer
1930–2017 · aged 87
February 7 · 1930
Source: BnF authorities
Heinz Pagels
political activist, scientist
1939–1988 · aged 49
February 19 · 1939
Source: Integrated Authority File
Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr.
university teacher, historian
1888–1965 · aged 77
February 27 · 1888
Source: BnF authorities
Alex Young
association football coach, association football player
1937–2017 · aged 80
February 3 · 1937
Source: Transfermarkt
Napoléon Charles Grégoire Jacques Philippe Bonaparte
military personnel
1839–1899 · aged 60
February 5 · 1839
Source: The Peerage
Giacomo Quagliata
association football player
26 years old
February 19 · 2000
Source: Transfermarkt
Maria Simon
film actor, stage actor
50 years old
February 6 · 1976
Source: Munzinger Personen
Chrissie Wellington
triathlete
49 years old
February 18 · 1977
No external source identified
Samuel Wesley
composer, organist
1766–1837 · aged 71
February 24 · 1766
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Ennio De Giorgi
mathematician, political activist
1928–1996 · aged 68
February 8 · 1928
Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it
George Frederick of Waldeck-Eisenberg
ruler, military personnel
1620–1692 · aged 72
February 10 · 1620
Source: Georg Friedrich von Waldeck 1620–1692
Nattaporn Temeerak
actor, model
37 years old
February 6 · 1989
No external source identified
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
journalist, writer
1879–1958 · aged 79
February 17 · 1879
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Fred Sinowatz
politician, historian
1929–2008 · aged 79
February 5 · 1929
Source: Munzinger Personen
Arnold Kegel
gynecologist, teacher
1894–1972
February 24 · 1894
No external source identified
Joseph Leo Doob
university teacher, mathematician
1910–2004 · aged 94
February 27 · 1910
Source: BnF authorities
Shane Gibson
musician, guitarist
1979–2014 · aged 35
February 21 · 1979
Source: Encyclopaedia Metallum
Harry Smith Parkes
translator, diplomat
1828–1885 · aged 57
February 24 · 1828
Source: Find a Grave
Stefan Gartenmann
association football player
29 years old
February 2 · 1997
Source: FBref
Dennis Oliech
association football player
41 years old
February 2 · 1985
Source: Transfermarkt
Nitzan Horowitz
politician, journalist
61 years old
February 24 · 1965
Source: knesset.gov.il
Lucien Pissarro
draftsperson, etcher
1863–1944 · aged 81
February 20 · 1863
Source: Le Delarge
He Jiting
badminton player
28 years old
February 19 · 1998
Source: bwf.tournamentsoftware.com
Aida Overton Walker
vaudeville performer, dancer
1880–1914 · aged 34
February 14 · 1880
Source: SNAC
Alena Baeva
violinist
41 years old
February 19 · 1985
Source: dementieva.fr
Lee Seo-won
television presenter, actor
29 years old
February 17 · 1997
Source: csfd.cz
Tow Ubukata
writer, screenwriter
49 years old
February 14 · 1977
Source: BD Gest'
Dejan Iliev
association football player
31 years old
February 25 · 1995
Source: As
Johan Heldenbergh*
actor, dramaturge
Date disputed
February 9 · 1967
Source: Library of Congress Authorities
Gabriel Coronel
singer, actor
39 years old
February 13 · 1987
No external source identified
Luis Longstaff
association football player
25 years old
February 24 · 2001
Source: Transfermarkt
Abdel Bari Atwan
linguist, translator
76 years old
February 17 · 1950
No external source identified
Henry Rono
long-distance runner, athletics competitor
1952–2024 · aged 72
February 12 · 1952
Source: World Athletics database
Brian Desmond Hurst
film director, screenwriter
1895–1986 · aged 91
February 12 · 1895
Source: MAK
Lea T
model
45 years old
February 19 · 1981
Source: incpak.com
Busisiwe Mkhwebane
lawyer
56 years old
February 2 · 1970
No external source identified
Nigel Dawes
ice hockey player
41 years old
February 9 · 1985
Source: iihf.com
Dimas Teixeira
association football coach, association football player
57 years old
February 16 · 1969
Source: Transfermarkt
Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso
politician, lawyer
1861–1934 · aged 73
February 21 · 1861
No external source identified
Princess Ines, Duchess of Västerbotten
aristocrat
1 years old
February 7 · 2025
Source: kungahuset.se
Lee Hyun-joo
actor, singer
28 years old
February 5 · 1998
No external source identified
William Smellie
surgeon, physician
1697–1763 · aged 66
February 15 · 1697
No external source identified
Marcelo Trobbiani
association football player, association football coach
71 years old
February 17 · 1955
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Beñat Etxebarria
association football player
39 years old
February 19 · 1987
Source: Transfermarkt
Gianmarco Ferrari*
association football player
Date disputed
February 15 · 1992
Source: FBref
René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou
jurist, magistrate
1714–1792 · aged 78
February 25 · 1714
Source: GeneaStar
Rafael Inclán
television actor, actor
85 years old
February 22 · 1941
No external source identified
Olivier Latry
docent, musician
64 years old
February 22 · 1962
Source: Integrated Authority File
Grant Allen
anthropologist, naturalist
1848–1899
February 24 · 1848
Source: Czech National Authority Database
Benny Rubin
comedian, television actor
1899–1986 · aged 87
February 2 · 1899
Source: SNAC
Oliver Pocher
film actor, presenter
48 years old
February 18 · 1978
Source: Discogs
Michael Storer
sport cyclist
29 years old
February 28 · 1997
Source: uci.org
Walter Donaldson
film score composer, songwriter
1893–1947 · aged 54
February 15 · 1893
Source: todotango.com
Thomas Hylland Eriksen
social anthropologist, anthropologist
1962–2024 · aged 62
February 6 · 1962
Source: AlKindi
Paulo César Carpegiani
association football coach, association football player
77 years old
February 7 · 1949
Source: Transfermarkt
Grace Nortey
actor
1937–2026 · aged 89
February 1 · 1937
No external source identified
Pavlo Shandruk
journalist, military officer
1889–1979 · aged 89
February 28 · 1889
Source: Integrated Authority File
Rosemarie Nitribitt
prostitute
1933–1957
February 1 · 1933
Source: Frankfurter Personenlexikon
George Ade*
humorist, novelist
Date disputed
February 9 · 1866
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Vlas Chubar
politician, finance minister
1891–1939 · aged 48
February 22 · 1891
No external source identified

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