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Born in February

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

Adrian Bumbescu
association football coach, association football player
66 years old
February 23 · 1960
Source: Transfermarkt
Bert Lytell
film director, screenwriter
1885–1954 · aged 69
February 24 · 1885
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Dalmacio Vélez Sarsfield
lawyer, politician
1800–1875 · aged 75
February 18 · 1800
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Amparo Dávila
writer, poet
1928–2020 · aged 92
February 21 · 1928
Source: Enciclopedia de la Literatura en México
Johanna Mikl-Leitner
politician, teacher
62 years old
February 9 · 1964
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Valerii Pustovoitenko
politician, engineer
79 years old
February 23 · 1947
Source: Integrated Authority File
Baboucarr Gaye
association football player
28 years old
February 24 · 1998
Source: Transfermarkt
Leland Hobbs
military personnel
1892–1966 · aged 74
February 4 · 1892
Source: SNAC
Kazys Škirpa
politician, university teacher
1895–1979 · aged 84
February 18 · 1895
No external source identified
Vasily Safonov
pianist, classical pianist
1852–1918 · aged 66
February 6 · 1852
Source: SNAC
Anna Diamantopoulou
politician, engineer
67 years old
February 26 · 1959
Source: MAK
Ahmed Adly
chess player
39 years old
February 19 · 1987
No external source identified
Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet
naval officer
1714–1782
February 25 · 1714
Source: SNAC
Simon Davidovich Kirlian
photographer, engineer
1898–1978 · aged 80
February 20 · 1898
No external source identified
Gilla
musician, singer
76 years old
February 27 · 1950
Source: Discogs
Joseph Dombey
scientific collector, naturalist
1742–1794 · aged 52
February 20 · 1742
No external source identified
Richard Naylor
association football player
49 years old
February 28 · 1977
Source: Transfermarkt
Hans von Ahlfen
military officer
1897–1966 · aged 69
February 20 · 1897
Source: Integrated Authority File
Makonnen Endelkachew
politician, minister
1890–1963 · aged 73
February 16 · 1890
No external source identified
Hiroyasu Shimizu
medical researcher, businessperson
52 years old
February 27 · 1974
No external source identified
Anton Hofreiter
botanist, politician
56 years old
February 2 · 1970
Source: Integrated Authority File
Bernard of Corleone
Catholic priest
1605–1667 · aged 61
February 6 · 1605
Source: GCatholic.org
Kejsi Tola
singer
34 years old
February 5 · 1992
Source: Discogs
Jack Cummings
film director, film producer
1900–1989 · aged 89
February 16 · 1900
Source: SNAC
Rafael Romo
association football player, association football coach
36 years old
February 25 · 1990
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Dominguinhos
singer, composer
1941–2013 · aged 72
February 12 · 1941
Source: MusicBrainz
Arnold Denker
chess player, autobiographer
1914–2005 · aged 90
February 20 · 1914
No external source identified
Robert Drew
film director, screenwriter
1924–2014 · aged 90
February 15 · 1924
Source: SNAC
Kemal Karpat*
historian, regional historian
Date disputed
February 15 · 1925
Source: Integrated Authority File
Khalid Al Qassimi
rally driver
54 years old
February 18 · 1972
Source: wrc.com
Dermot Ahern
solicitor, diplomat
71 years old
February 2 · 1955
Source: web.archive.org
John King Davis
explorer
1884–1967 · aged 83
February 19 · 1884
Source: The Peerage
Toshihiro Aoyama
association football player
40 years old
February 22 · 1986
Source: Transfermarkt
Gus Lesnevich
boxer
1915–1964 · aged 49
February 22 · 1915
No external source identified
Yang Jiayu
racewalker
30 years old
February 18 · 1996
Source: World Athletics database
Lilia Chanysheva
auditor, political activist
44 years old
February 6 · 1982
No external source identified
Collins Dauda
politician, minister
69 years old
February 13 · 1957
Source: parliament.gh
Masayoshi Nagata
mathematician, university teacher
1927–2008 · aged 81
February 9 · 1927
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Albion Ademi
association football player
27 years old
February 19 · 1999
Source: FBref
Carlos Villanueva
association football player
40 years old
February 5 · 1986
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Sharda Mukherjee
politician
1919–2007 · aged 88
February 24 · 1919
No external source identified
Jalil Mammadguluzadeh*
writer, playwright
Date disputed
February 22 · 1869
Source: Great Russian Encyclopedia
Anne Krigsvoll
stage actor, film actor
69 years old
February 4 · 1957
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Ferhan Şensoy
writer, humorist
1951–2021 · aged 70
February 26 · 1951
No external source identified
Kévin Parsemain
association football player
38 years old
February 13 · 1988
Source: Transfermarkt
Nikko Boxall
association football player
34 years old
February 24 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Melvyn Goldstein
historian, university teacher
88 years old
February 8 · 1938
Source: Integrated Authority File
Synne Jensen
association football player
30 years old
February 15 · 1996
Source: Q105070980
Luca Caldirola
association football player
35 years old
February 1 · 1991
Source: Transfermarkt
Francesco Calogero
physicist, statistical physicist
1935–2026 · aged 90
February 6 · 1935
Source: Integrated Authority File
Arkady Ostrovsky
vocal composer, composer
1914–1967 · aged 53
February 25 · 1914
No external source identified
Ennio Fantastichini
actor, television actor
1955–2018 · aged 63
February 20 · 1955
Source: BnF authorities
Joseph Blackmore
sport cyclist
23 years old
February 23 · 2003
Source: firstcycling.com
Benjamin Smith Barton
university teacher, botanist
1766–1815 · aged 49
February 10 · 1766
Source: BnF authorities
Martin Hanzal
ice hockey player
39 years old
February 20 · 1987
No external source identified
Karl Leisner
deacon, Catholic priest
1915–1945 · aged 30
February 28 · 1915
Source: BnF authorities
David Datuna
sculptor, performance artist
1974–2022 · aged 48
February 10 · 1974
Source: Artnet
Valerian Osinski*
politician, functionary
Date disputed
February 25 · 1887
Source: Integrated Authority File
Marco Ferrante
association football player
55 years old
February 4 · 1971
Source: Transfermarkt
Jan Johnston*
singer-songwriter, singer
Date disputed
February 21 · 1965
No external source identified
Konstantin Kalinin
military flight engineer, aircraft pilot
1887–1938 · aged 51
February 5 · 1887
No external source identified
Louis Kauffman
topologist, university teacher
81 years old
February 3 · 1945
No external source identified
Gianni Romme
speed skater
53 years old
February 12 · 1973
No external source identified
Goran Grbović
basketball player
65 years old
February 9 · 1961
Source: ACB.com
Virginia Thrasher
sport shooter
29 years old
February 28 · 1997
Source: rio2016.com
Nancy Price
film director, actor
1880–1970 · aged 90
February 3 · 1880
Source: SNAC
Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet
cross-country skier, biathlete
33 years old
February 12 · 1993
No external source identified
Giuseppe Adami
screenwriter, music critic
1878–1946 · aged 68
February 4 · 1878
Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
Alberto João Jardim
politician, lawyer
83 years old
February 4 · 1943
No external source identified
Eefje de Visser
singer, songwriter
40 years old
February 8 · 1986
Source: MusicBrainz
Henri Serre
film actor, singer
1931–2023 · aged 92
February 26 · 1931
Source: filmportal.de
Raoul Le Mouton de Boisdeffre
military officer, major general
1839–1919 · aged 80
February 6 · 1839
Source: Roglo
Robin Bain
film actor, model
46 years old
February 12 · 1980
Source: IMDb
Walter Page
bandleader, jazz musician
1900–1957 · aged 57
February 9 · 1900
Source: BnF authorities
Ian Boswell
sport cyclist
35 years old
February 7 · 1991
No external source identified
Elvira Notari
film director, film actor
1875–1946 · aged 71
February 10 · 1875
Source: IMDb
Jean Eyeghé Ndong
politician, minister
80 years old
February 12 · 1946
No external source identified
Steeven Saba
association football player
33 years old
February 24 · 1993
Source: FBref
Wilson Simonal*
musician, singer
Date disputed
February 23 · 1938
No external source identified
Nakamura Ganjirō II
kabuki actor, actor
1902–1983 · aged 81
February 17 · 1902
Source: IMDb
Uys Krige
writer, journalist
1910–1987 · aged 77
February 4 · 1910
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Donald Stewart
judge, politician
86 years old
February 8 · 1940
No external source identified
Bruno Tshibala
politician, minister
70 years old
February 20 · 1956
No external source identified
Sebastian Grønning
association football player
29 years old
February 3 · 1997
Source: FBref
Elżbieta Bieńkowska
economist, politician
62 years old
February 4 · 1964
Source: senat.gov.pl
Mikel Aranburu
association football player
47 years old
February 18 · 1979
Source: Transfermarkt
Thomas Theodor Heine
illustrator, writer
1867–1948 · aged 80
February 28 · 1867
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Simon Rodia
engineer, sculptor
1879–1965
February 12 · 1879
No external source identified
Adnan Hamad
association football player, association football coach
65 years old
February 1 · 1961
No external source identified
Paul Gaustad
ice hockey player
44 years old
February 3 · 1982
No external source identified
Juha Janhunen
anthropologist, scientist
74 years old
February 12 · 1952
Source: 375humanistia.helsinki.fi
Rudolf Vytlačil
association football player, association football coach
1912–1977 · aged 65
February 9 · 1912
Source: Transfermarkt
Felix Herngren
screenwriter, film director
59 years old
February 4 · 1967
Source: Integrated Authority File
Karl Jatho
aircraft pilot, inventor
1873–1933 · aged 60
February 3 · 1873
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Aleksei Smirnov
film actor, actor
1920–1979 · aged 59
February 28 · 1920
No external source identified
Géza Csáth
physician, writer
1887–1919 · aged 32
February 13 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Mariluz Bermúdez
actor, model
40 years old
February 26 · 1986
No external source identified
Ted White
science fiction writer, music critic
1938–2026 · aged 88
February 4 · 1938
Source: Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature
Almuth Schult
association football player
35 years old
February 9 · 1991
Source: Soccerdonna
Pratibha Parmar
film director, director
71 years old
February 11 · 1955
No external source identified
Pius Adesanmi
writer, university teacher
1972–2019 · aged 47
February 27 · 1972
Source: uli.nli.org.il
Jacky Durand
sport cyclist, color commentator
59 years old
February 10 · 1967
No external source identified
George T. Anderson
military personnel
1824–1901 · aged 77
February 3 · 1824
Source: Find a Grave
Tony Gaze
aircraft pilot, athlete
1920–2013 · aged 93
February 3 · 1920
No external source identified
Butch Morris
bandleader, musician
1947–2013 · aged 65
February 10 · 1947
Source: nytimes.com
Paul Polansky*
writer, Romani rights activist
Date disputed
February 1 · 1942
No external source identified
Torstein Horgmo*
snowboarder
Date disputed
February 18 · 1987
Source: xgames.com
Peter Pawlett
association football player
35 years old
February 3 · 1991
Source: Transfermarkt
David Beattie
judge
1924–2001 · aged 76
February 29 · 1924
No external source identified
Joakim Nordström
ice hockey player
34 years old
February 25 · 1992
Source: iihf.com
Vladimir Antyufeyev
statesperson
75 years old
February 19 · 1951
No external source identified
Ché Nunnely
association football player
27 years old
February 4 · 1999
Source: Transfermarkt
Alexei Makarov
film actor, television actor
54 years old
February 15 · 1972
No external source identified
Albert L. Lehninger
university teacher, biochemist
1917–1986 · aged 69
February 17 · 1917
Source: SNAC
Piet Blom
architect, designer
1934–1999 · aged 65
February 8 · 1934
Source: Structurae
Anthony Norris Groves
dentist, writer
1795–1853 · aged 58
February 1 · 1795
Source: History of Missiology
Louis Tsatoumas
athletics competitor
44 years old
February 12 · 1982
Source: World Athletics database
Gerhard von Kügelgen
painter, university teacher
1772–1820 · aged 48
February 6 · 1772
Source: Kügelgen, (Franz) Gerhard von
Pyotr Konchalovsky
scenographer, graphic artist
1876–1956 · aged 79
February 21 · 1876
Source: BnF authorities
Franco Escobar
association football player
31 years old
February 21 · 1995
Source: Transfermarkt
Eleonora Goldoni
association football player
30 years old
February 16 · 1996
Source: FBref
Jasmin Burić
association football player
39 years old
February 18 · 1987
Source: FBref
Napoleon Orda
painter, composer
1807–1883 · aged 76
February 11 · 1807
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Rex Stewart
bandleader, musician
1907–1967 · aged 60
February 22 · 1907
Source: IMDb
Nelson Oduber
politician
79 years old
February 7 · 1947
No external source identified
Gustave de Beaumont*
opinion journalist, diplomat
Date disputed
February 6 · 1802
Source: CERL Thesaurus
Aysel Gürel
teacher, actor
1929–2008 · aged 79
February 7 · 1929
Source: BnF authorities
Jimmy Jeggo
association football player
34 years old
February 12 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Johnny Mølby
association football player, association football coach
57 years old
February 4 · 1969
Source: FBref
Corrado Giaquinto
painter
1703–1766 · aged 63
February 8 · 1703
Source: SNAC
Konstantin Fedin
writer, politician
1892–1977 · aged 85
February 24 · 1892
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Jean-Luc Lagarce
writer, librettist
1957–1995 · aged 38
February 14 · 1957
Source: BnF authorities
Jane Collins
politician
64 years old
February 17 · 1962
No external source identified
Lavinia Meijer
harpist
43 years old
February 12 · 1983
No external source identified
Rok Petrovič
alpine skier
1966–1993 · aged 27
February 5 · 1966
No external source identified
Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin
physician, politician
1926–1984 · aged 58
February 16 · 1926
Source: Munzinger Personen
Patrick Grady
politician
46 years old
February 5 · 1980
No external source identified
Maya Okamoto
seiyū, political activist
59 years old
February 3 · 1967
Source: IMDb
Antonello Riva
sports executive, basketball player
64 years old
February 28 · 1962
Source: FIBA database
Nicolas Rossolimo
chess composer, chess player
1910–1975 · aged 65
February 28 · 1910
No external source identified
Martin Wagner
association football player
58 years old
February 24 · 1968
Source: Transfermarkt
Dezső Novák
association football player, association football coach
1939–2014 · aged 75
February 3 · 1939
Source: Transfermarkt
Mamadou Coulibaly
association football player
27 years old
February 3 · 1999
Source: Transfermarkt
Françoise de Graffigny*
playwright, writer
Date disputed
February 13 · 1695
Source: Integrated Authority File
Togiola Tulafono
governor, politician
79 years old
February 28 · 1947
No external source identified
Herwig Schopper
pedagogue, university teacher
1924–2025 · aged 101
February 28 · 1924
Source: Munzinger Personen
Henrik Dahl
sociologist, author
66 years old
February 20 · 1960
Source: pace.coe.int
Carlos Domínguez Cáceres
association football player
25 years old
February 11 · 2001
No external source identified
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
actor
61 years old
February 17 · 1965
No external source identified
Dieter Baumann
middle-distance runner, athletics competitor
61 years old
February 9 · 1965
Source: World Athletics database

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