ON THIS DAY

Born in February

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

Julien Cools
association football player
79 years old
February 13 · 1947
Source: Transfermarkt
Nachman Syrkin
writer, Zionist
1868–1924 · aged 56
February 23 · 1868
No external source identified
Robert McLiam Wilson
writer, journalist
62 years old
February 24 · 1964
No external source identified
César Prates
association football player
51 years old
February 8 · 1975
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
A. N. Hornby
cricketer, rugby union player
1847–1925 · aged 78
February 10 · 1847
No external source identified
Wilhelm Trübner
history painter, landscape painter
1851–1917 · aged 66
February 3 · 1851
Source: Artists of the World Online
Milan Lasica
lyricist, screenwriter
1940–2021 · aged 81
February 3 · 1940
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Boris Papandopulo
composer, conductor
1906–1991
February 25 · 1906
Source: Croatian Biographical Lexicon
Aegidius Tschudi
cartographer, historian
1505–1572 · aged 67
February 15 · 1505
No external source identified
Samuel Moreno Rojas
lawyer, politician
1960–2023 · aged 62
February 11 · 1960
No external source identified
Ira Cohen
actor, photographer
1935–2011 · aged 76
February 3 · 1935
Source: SNAC
Todi Jónsson
association football player, association football coach
54 years old
February 2 · 1972
Source: FBref
Egon Brecher*
stage actor, actor
Date disputed
February 16 · 1880
Source: IMDb
Jimmie Wilson
musician, singer
45 years old
February 7 · 1981
No external source identified
Dorcus Inzikuru
marathon runner, long-distance runner
44 years old
February 2 · 1982
Source: World Athletics database
Lena Burke
composer, pianist
48 years old
February 18 · 1978
Source: MusicBrainz
Jan Mårtenson
diplomat, poet
1933–2026 · aged 92
February 14 · 1933
No external source identified
Carina Vogt
ski jumper
34 years old
February 5 · 1992
Source: FemBio database
Oskars Melbārdis
bobsledder
38 years old
February 16 · 1988
Source: Olympedia
Jim King
basketball player, basketball coach
85 years old
February 7 · 1941
No external source identified
Dido Sotiriou
prose writer, writer
1909–2004 · aged 95
February 18 · 1909
No external source identified
Caspar Barlaeus
philosopher, poet
1584–1648 · aged 63
February 12 · 1584
Source: Leidse Hoogleraren
Saffet Sancaklı
politician, association football player
60 years old
February 27 · 1966
Source: Transfermarkt
Marie of the Incarnation
religious leader, nun
1566–1618 · aged 52
February 11 · 1566
No external source identified
Terje Søviknes
engineer, politician
57 years old
February 28 · 1969
Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia
Trevor Bassitt
sprinter
28 years old
February 26 · 1998
No external source identified
Leo Randolph
boxer
68 years old
February 27 · 1958
No external source identified
Prince William of Denmark
hofmeister
1687–1705 · aged 18
February 21 · 1687
Source: The Peerage
Kōtarō Honda
physicist, university teacher
1870–1954 · aged 83
February 23 · 1870
Source: Integrated Authority File
Mathieu Heijboer
sport cyclist
44 years old
February 4 · 1982
No external source identified
Rainer Eppelmann
politician
83 years old
February 12 · 1943
Source: ODIS
Georgy Beriev
military personnel, military flight engineer
1903–1979 · aged 76
February 13 · 1903
Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia
Samantha Paxinos
swimmer
38 years old
February 25 · 1988
No external source identified
George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale
politician, colonial governor
1787–1876 · aged 89
February 1 · 1787
Source: The Peerage
Liridon Latifi
association football player
32 years old
February 6 · 1994
Source: FBref
Constantin-François Chassebœuf
explorer, scholar
1757–1820 · aged 63
February 3 · 1757
Source: Sycomore
Seiichi Miyake
inventor
1926–1982 · aged 56
February 5 · 1926
No external source identified
Martin Haspelmath
linguist, university teacher
63 years old
February 2 · 1963
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Gabrielle Onguene
association football player
37 years old
February 25 · 1989
Source: FBref
Lucian Boia
historian
82 years old
February 2 · 1944
No external source identified
Lars Krogh Gerson
association football player
36 years old
February 5 · 1990
Source: FBref
Zdravko Lazarov
association football player, association football coach
50 years old
February 20 · 1976
Source: Transfermarkt
Damyan Velchev*
diplomat, politician
Date disputed
February 20 · 1883
No external source identified
Nicole Heesters
musician, film actor
89 years old
February 14 · 1937
Source: filmportal.de
Paul Fildes
pathologist, surgeon
1882–1971 · aged 88
February 10 · 1882
Source: SNAC
Motaz Hawsawi
association football player
34 years old
February 17 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Léider Preciado
association football player
49 years old
February 26 · 1977
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Tomáš Vlček
association football player
25 years old
February 28 · 2001
No external source identified
George Ogăraru
association football coach, association football player
46 years old
February 3 · 1980
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Olli Hiidensalo
cross-country skier, biathlete
35 years old
February 2 · 1991
Source: Olympedia
Yōsuke Akimoto
actor, seiyū
82 years old
February 5 · 1944
No external source identified
Maria Koszutska
politician, journalist
1876–1939 · aged 63
February 2 · 1876
No external source identified
Hugh Huxley
university teacher, physicist
1924–2013 · aged 89
February 25 · 1924
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Kostas Varnalis
journalist, playwright
1884–1974 · aged 90
February 14 · 1884
Source: Λεξικό Νεοελληνικής Λογοτεχνίας
Ulrik Munther
guitarist, film actor
32 years old
February 18 · 1994
Source: Discogs
Ulas Samchuk
writer, essayist
1905–1987 · aged 82
February 20 · 1905
No external source identified
Nikoloz Sherazadishvili
judoka
30 years old
February 19 · 1996
Source: olympedia.org
Robin Ammerlaan
wheelchair tennis player
58 years old
February 26 · 1968
Source: ITF website
Louis Figuier
chemist, pharmacist
1819–1894 · aged 75
February 15 · 1819
Source: Médias 19
John Ribat
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
69 years old
February 9 · 1957
No external source identified
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
director, writer
1921–2005 · aged 84
February 27 · 1921
Source: IMDb
Pau Cabanes
association football player
21 years old
February 17 · 2005
No external source identified
Sir Arthur Pearson, 1st Baronet
journalist, publisher
1866–1921 · aged 55
February 24 · 1866
Source: Find a Grave
Andrei Nekrasov
film director, screenwriter
68 years old
February 26 · 1958
Source: MAK
Erik Fredriksson
association football player, association football referee
83 years old
February 13 · 1943
No external source identified
Klaus-Dieter Sieloff
association football player
1942–2011 · aged 69
February 27 · 1942
Source: Transfermarkt
Evgeniya Rodina
tennis player
37 years old
February 4 · 1989
Source: WTA website
Bradley McGee
sport cyclist
50 years old
February 24 · 1976
No external source identified
Stanislav Shopov
association football player
24 years old
February 23 · 2002
Source: FBref
Markus Lauridsen
ice hockey player
35 years old
February 28 · 1991
Source: iihf.com
Patriarch Justinian of Romania
patriarch, Eastern Orthodox priest
1901–1977 · aged 76
February 2 · 1901
No external source identified
Heinrich Karl Brugsch
university teacher, anthropologist
1827–1894 · aged 67
February 18 · 1827
Source: SNAC
Daisuke Oku
association football player
1976–2014 · aged 38
February 7 · 1976
Source: Transfermarkt
Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt*
lawyer, politician
Date disputed
February 25 · 1794
Source: ODIS
Josefine Jinder
singer, record producer
38 years old
February 20 · 1988
Source: Discogs
Juan Esteban Montero
lawyer, jurist
1879–1948 · aged 69
February 12 · 1879
Source: Find a Grave
Marino Girolami
film actor, film producer
1914–1994 · aged 80
February 1 · 1914
Source: filmportal.de
Stephen Fincher
politician, business executive
53 years old
February 7 · 1973
No external source identified
Vukašin Brajić
singer
42 years old
February 9 · 1984
No external source identified
Pará
association football player
40 years old
February 14 · 1986
Source: Transfermarkt
Salomón Obama
association football player
26 years old
February 4 · 2000
Source: Transfermarkt
Kim Li-won
film actor
51 years old
February 28 · 1975
No external source identified
Elmo Nüganen
actor, theatre director
64 years old
February 15 · 1962
Source: vle.lt
Kieran Conry
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
75 years old
February 1 · 1951
No external source identified
Alfred Hrdlicka
sculptor, chess player
1928–2009 · aged 81
February 27 · 1928
Source: SNAC
Edmund Lawrence
teacher, economist
1932–2025 · aged 93
February 14 · 1932
No external source identified
Kelvin Hoefler
skateboarder
32 years old
February 10 · 1994
No external source identified
Roman Rosen
diplomat, politician
1847–1921 · aged 74
February 12 · 1847
No external source identified
Hernán Pérez
association football player
37 years old
February 25 · 1989
Source: Transfermarkt
Bernhard Siegfried Albinus
entomologist, anatomist
1697–1770 · aged 73
February 24 · 1697
Source: SNAC
Simon Kulli
Catholic bishop, Catholic deacon
1973–2025 · aged 52
February 14 · 1973
No external source identified
Georg Niedermeier
association football player
40 years old
February 26 · 1986
No external source identified
Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus
university teacher, physiologist
1776–1837 · aged 61
February 4 · 1776
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Egon Zimmermann
alpine skier
1939–2019 · aged 80
February 8 · 1939
No external source identified
Felip Pedrell
music educator, composer
1841–1922 · aged 81
February 19 · 1841
Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi
Mark Burke
association football player
57 years old
February 12 · 1969
No external source identified
Jiří Raška
ski jumper, athlete
1941–2012 · aged 70
February 4 · 1941
Source: Records of persons of interest
Henrik Sundström
tennis player
62 years old
February 29 · 1964
Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website
James Planché
writer, author
1796–1880 · aged 84
February 27 · 1796
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Roger Rivière
sport cyclist
1936–1976 · aged 40
February 23 · 1936
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
James Carew
actor, stage actor
1876–1938 · aged 62
February 5 · 1876
Source: SNAC
Niklas Hult
association football player
36 years old
February 13 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
Yevgeni Urbansky
actor
1932–1965 · aged 33
February 27 · 1932
Source: BnF authorities
Wilhelm Balthasar
military personnel, fighter pilot
1914–1941 · aged 27
February 2 · 1914
No external source identified
Jules-Géraud Saliège
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
1870–1956
February 24 · 1870
Source: Léonore database
Herbert J. Krapp*
architect
Date disputed
February 21 · 1886
Source: Find a Grave
Gilberto de Almeida Rêgo
association football referee
1881–1961 · aged 80
February 21 · 1881
No external source identified
Dorit Beinisch
judge, prosecutor
84 years old
February 28 · 1942
No external source identified
Maximilian Sciandri
sporting director, road cyclist
59 years old
February 15 · 1967
No external source identified
Henry Stanbery
politician, lawyer
1803–1881 · aged 78
February 20 · 1803
Source: SNAC
Barney Ewell
sprinter
1918–1996 · aged 78
February 25 · 1918
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Heiko Bonan
association football coach, association football player
60 years old
February 10 · 1966
Source: Transfermarkt
Keisuke Suzuki
bureaucrat, politician
49 years old
February 9 · 1977
Source: jimin.jp
Konstantin Kryukov
jewelry designer, goldsmith
41 years old
February 7 · 1985
No external source identified
Jean-Marie Duhamel
mathematician, physicist
1797–1872 · aged 75
February 5 · 1797
Source: La France savante
Krisztián Manhercz
water polo player
29 years old
February 6 · 1997
No external source identified
Rajendra Kumari Bajpai
politician
1925–1999 · aged 74
February 8 · 1925
No external source identified
Marcel Granet
sociologist, sinologist
1884–1940 · aged 56
February 29 · 1884
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Mosaburō Suzuki
politician, journalist
1893–1970 · aged 77
February 7 · 1893
No external source identified
Steve Sekely
film director, film producer
1899–1979 · aged 80
February 25 · 1899
Source: filmportal.de
Andries de Graeff
art collector, politician
1611–1678 · aged 67
February 19 · 1611
Source: Biografisch Portaal
Deolinda Rodríguez de Almeida
revolutionary, writer
1939–1968
February 10 · 1939
No external source identified
Benjaminas Zelkevičius
association football coach, association football player
1944–2026 · aged 81
February 6 · 1944
No external source identified
Rudolf Montecuccoli
admiral, naval officer
1843–1922 · aged 79
February 22 · 1843
No external source identified
César Santin
association football player
45 years old
February 24 · 1981
Source: As
Stefan Hierländer
association football player
35 years old
February 3 · 1991
Source: Transfermarkt
Duchess Louise Frederica of Württemberg
aristocrat
1722–1791 · aged 69
February 3 · 1722
Source: The Peerage
Thiago Ribeiro
association football player
40 years old
February 24 · 1986
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Gonçalo Esteves
association football player
22 years old
February 27 · 2004
No external source identified
Martial Raysse
illustrator, film director
90 years old
February 12 · 1936
Source: SNAC
Oskar Kolberg
ethnologist, composer
1814–1890 · aged 76
February 22 · 1814
Source: tnk.krakow.pl
Nikki Stone
freestyle skier
55 years old
February 4 · 1971
No external source identified
Gérard Longuet
official, politician
80 years old
February 24 · 1946
Source: Munzinger Personen
Ivar Lo-Johansson
writer, journalist
1901–1990 · aged 89
February 23 · 1901
Source: SNAC
Richard Matvichuk
ice hockey player, ice hockey coach
53 years old
February 5 · 1973
No external source identified
Habib Keita
association football player
24 years old
February 5 · 2002
Source: fbref.com
Charles Bally
linguist, philologist
1865–1947 · aged 82
February 4 · 1865
Source: BnF authorities
Ana Moreira
film actor, filmmaker
46 years old
February 13 · 1980
Source: Integrated Authority File
Sarah Jio
journalist, writer
48 years old
February 18 · 1978
No external source identified
Juli Veee
association football player, futsal player
76 years old
February 22 · 1950
Source: Transfermarkt
Gergő Zalánki
water polo player
31 years old
February 26 · 1995
No external source identified
Alejandro Lembo
association football player
48 years old
February 15 · 1978
Source: Transfermarkt
Junjun
singer
38 years old
February 11 · 1988
No external source identified
Louis-Jérôme Gohier
minister, jurist
1746–1830 · aged 84
February 27 · 1746
Source: Integrated Authority File
Jorge Basadre
historian, librarian
1903–1980 · aged 77
February 12 · 1903
Source: SNAC
Oscar Jaime Llaneta Florencio
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
60 years old
February 5 · 1966
No external source identified
Thomas Balvay
association football referee
1888–1945 · aged 57
February 2 · 1888
No external source identified
Serge Brammertz
politician, judge
64 years old
February 17 · 1962
Source: Munzinger Personen
Chris Jefferies
basketball player
46 years old
February 13 · 1980
Source: FIBA database
Zakaria Draoui
association football player
32 years old
February 20 · 1994
Source: Soccerway

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