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Born in February

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

Maximilian Pirner
draftsperson, painter
1854–1924 · aged 70
February 13 · 1854
Source: regional database of the Pilsen City Library
Stig Järrel
actor, film director
1910–1998 · aged 88
February 8 · 1910
Source: Find a Grave
José Jiménez Aranda
painter
1837–1903 · aged 66
February 7 · 1837
Source: RKDartists
Princess Catherine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
lady-in-waiting, aristocrat
1750–1811 · aged 61
February 23 · 1750
Source: The Peerage
Semyon Novgorodov
writer, politician
1892–1924 · aged 32
February 13 · 1892
Source: Library of Congress Authorities
Edgar Bainton
pianist, conductor
1880–1956 · aged 76
February 14 · 1880
Source: BnF authorities
Amédée-François Lamy
explorer, colonialist
1858–1900 · aged 42
February 7 · 1858
Source: BnF authorities
Thomas Frischknecht
cyclo-cross cyclist, sport cyclist
56 years old
February 17 · 1970
No external source identified
John Isaac Thornycroft
engineer, businessperson
1843–1928 · aged 85
February 1 · 1843
Source: The Peerage
Jean-François Le Sueur
musicologist, composer
1760–1837 · aged 77
February 15 · 1760
Source: SNAC
Audun Grønvold
freestyle skier, alpine skier
1976–2025 · aged 49
February 28 · 1976
No external source identified
Tom Forman
film actor, actor
1893–1926 · aged 33
February 22 · 1893
Source: BnF authorities
Yelmer Buurman
racing automobile driver
39 years old
February 19 · 1987
No external source identified
Ingūna Butāne
model
40 years old
February 24 · 1986
Source: hola.com
Pierre Bottero
young adult author, teacher
1964–2009 · aged 45
February 13 · 1964
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Mélanie Hahnemann
writer, homeopath
1800–1878 · aged 78
February 2 · 1800
Source: SNAC
Stefan Rettenegger
Nordic combined skier
24 years old
February 3 · 2002
Source: lausanne2020.sport
Andrew Linzey
Anglican priest, priest
74 years old
February 7 · 1952
Source: Catalogue of the Library of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
Núria Rial*
performing artist, musician
Date disputed
February 21 · 1975
Source: elpou.cat
Meryeta O'Dine
snowboarder
29 years old
February 24 · 1997
No external source identified
Elmer Bennett
basketball player
56 years old
February 13 · 1970
Source: ACB.com
Lindsay van Zundert
figure skater
21 years old
February 1 · 2005
Source: isuresults.com
Monica Bonvicini
photographer, artist
61 years old
February 3 · 1965
Source: Artists of the World Online
Polde Bibič
film actor, university teacher
1933–2012 · aged 79
February 3 · 1933
No external source identified
Luigi Pareyson
university teacher, politician
1918–1991 · aged 73
February 4 · 1918
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Whitley Stokes
lawyer, celticist
1830–1909 · aged 79
February 28 · 1830
Source: La France savante
Arnaud Di Pasquale
tennis player
47 years old
February 11 · 1979
Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website
Antonio Ferrandis
actor, film actor
1921–2000 · aged 79
February 28 · 1921
Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
Kate Devlin
archaeologist, artificial intelligence researcher
53 years old
February 3 · 1973
No external source identified
Lee Shaffer
basketball player
87 years old
February 23 · 1939
Source: FIBA database
Max Dessoir
art historian, psychiatrist
1867–1947 · aged 80
February 8 · 1867
Source: SNAC
David Sharpe
stunt performer, film actor
1910–1980 · aged 70
February 2 · 1910
Source: Find a Grave
Mattia Battistini
opera singer
1856–1928 · aged 72
February 27 · 1856
Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi
Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim
politician
1936–1998 · aged 62
February 20 · 1936
No external source identified
Ramil'
singer-songwriter, rapper
26 years old
February 1 · 2000
Source: MusicBrainz
Dorota Segda
film actor, actor
60 years old
February 12 · 1966
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Belmiro de Azevedo
businessperson, entrepreneur
1938–2017 · aged 79
February 17 · 1938
No external source identified
Tom Ashley
sailor, windsurfer
42 years old
February 11 · 1984
No external source identified
Sergio Gori
association football player
1946–2023 · aged 77
February 24 · 1946
Source: Transfermarkt
Henri Laurens
graphic artist, painter
1885–1954 · aged 69
February 18 · 1885
Source: Laurens, Henri
Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
screenwriter, film director
1936–2001
February 15 · 1936
Source: BnF authorities
Anders Bodelsen
actor, writer
1937–2021 · aged 84
February 11 · 1937
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Otto Friedrich
writer, journalist
1929–1995 · aged 66
February 3 · 1929
Source: BnF authorities
Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski
literary scholar, writer
1595–1640 · aged 45
February 24 · 1595
Source: BnF authorities
Daniel Fridman
chess player
50 years old
February 15 · 1976
No external source identified
Fredrik Lindberg
curler
40 years old
February 2 · 1986
No external source identified
Antoni Wit
music educator, conductor
82 years old
February 7 · 1944
Source: IMDb
Mavis Hawa Koomson
politician, head teacher
60 years old
February 3 · 1966
Source: parliament.gh
Noah Young
actor
1887–1958 · aged 71
February 2 · 1887
Source: BnF authorities
Joseph Vollmer
engineer
1871–1955 · aged 84
February 13 · 1871
Source: Integrated Authority File
Lasse Norman Leth
sport cyclist
34 years old
February 11 · 1992
Source: Olympedia
Jovan Karamata
mathematician, university teacher
1902–1967 · aged 65
February 1 · 1902
Source: BnF authorities
Ashtone Morgan
association football player
35 years old
February 9 · 1991
Source: Transfermarkt
Franz Roh
visual artist, art historian
1890–1965 · aged 75
February 21 · 1890
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Afshin Peyrovani
association football coach, association football player
56 years old
February 6 · 1970
Source: Transfermarkt
Senna Miangué
association football player
29 years old
February 5 · 1997
Source: FBref
Feng Jicai
writer, painter
84 years old
February 9 · 1942
Source: datos.bne.es
Kazimierz Kutz
theatre director, opinion journalist
1929–2018 · aged 89
February 16 · 1929
Source: e-teatr.pl
Susumu Ohno
geneticist, biologist
1928–2000 · aged 71
February 1 · 1928
Source: nasonline.org
Charles Clermont-Ganneau
diplomat, translator
1846–1923 · aged 76
February 19 · 1846
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Jean-Michel Guenassia
playwright, lawyer
76 years old
February 5 · 1950
Source: pappers.fr
Franz Ignaz Beck
composer
1734–1809 · aged 75
February 20 · 1734
Source: Musicalics
Valeri Rozhdestvenski
flight engineer, military personnel
1939–2011 · aged 72
February 13 · 1939
Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Hubert Van Innis
archer, architect
1866–1961 · aged 95
February 24 · 1866
Source: GeneaStar
Renzo Ulivieri
association football player, association football coach
85 years old
February 2 · 1941
No external source identified
Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer
politician, lawyer
1881–1948 · aged 67
February 18 · 1881
Source: BnF authorities
Felipe Ventura dos Santos
association football player
42 years old
February 22 · 1984
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Eric Van Meir
association football coach, association football player
58 years old
February 28 · 1968
Source: Transfermarkt
Aldo Boffi
association football player
1915–1987 · aged 72
February 26 · 1915
No external source identified
Heinosuke Gosho*
film director, screenwriter
Date disputed
February 1 · 1902
Source: KINENOTE movie database
John Baptist Purcell
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
1800–1883 · aged 83
February 26 · 1800
Source: BnF authorities
Gustavo Yacamán
racing automobile driver
35 years old
February 25 · 1991
No external source identified
Mehrdad Pooladi
association football player
39 years old
February 26 · 1987
Source: As
Shaun Cummings
association football player
37 years old
February 25 · 1989
Source: As
Tobias Matthay
music educator, composer
1858–1945
February 19 · 1858
Source: BnF authorities
Vivienne Malone-Mayes
mathematician
1932–1995 · aged 63
February 10 · 1932
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Denis Prychynenko
association football player
34 years old
February 17 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Jørgen Løvland
statesperson, politician
1848–1922 · aged 74
February 3 · 1848
Source: Hvem er Hvem? (1912)
Roger Mendy
association football player
66 years old
February 8 · 1960
Source: Transfermarkt
Ab McDonald
ice hockey player, ice hockey coach
1936–2018 · aged 82
February 18 · 1936
No external source identified
Milovan Ćirić
association football player, association football coach
1918–1986 · aged 68
February 12 · 1918
No external source identified
Tjilik Riwut
military officer, military personnel
1918–1987 · aged 69
February 2 · 1918
No external source identified
Nikolai Starostin
association football coach, association football player
1902–1996 · aged 93
February 26 · 1902
No external source identified
Alexander Baburin
non-fiction writer, chess player
59 years old
February 19 · 1967
No external source identified
Pedro Muñoz Seca*
playwright, writer
Date disputed
February 20 · 1879
No external source identified
Dragan Mladenović
association football player
50 years old
February 16 · 1976
Source: Transfermarkt
Eliran Atar
association football player
39 years old
February 17 · 1987
Source: Transfermarkt
Amir Meenai
linguist, poet
1828–1900 · aged 72
February 21 · 1828
No external source identified
Leonida Bissolati
politician, lawyer
1857–1920 · aged 63
February 20 · 1857
Source: SNAC
Vasily Perovsky
military personnel
1795–1857 · aged 62
February 20 · 1795
No external source identified
Nadir Lamyaghri
association football player
50 years old
February 13 · 1976
Source: FBref
Geo Bogza
war correspondent, journalist
1908–1993 · aged 85
February 6 · 1908
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
Jusuf Zejnullahu
economist, politician
82 years old
February 9 · 1944
No external source identified
Harry John Lawson
businessperson, inventor
1852–1925 · aged 73
February 23 · 1852
No external source identified
Louis Des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, duc de Mahon
military officer, lieutenant general
1717–1796 · aged 79
February 22 · 1717
Source: CERL Thesaurus
Peeter Simm
director, film director
1953–2026 · aged 73
February 24 · 1953
Source: IMDb
David Khakhaleishvili
judoka, athlete
1971–2021 · aged 49
February 28 · 1971
Source: alljudo.net
Marijan Varešanin
military officer, politician
1847–1917 · aged 70
February 1 · 1847
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu
minister, urban planner
69 years old
February 3 · 1957
Source: ghanamps.com
Egisto Pandolfini
association football player
1926–2019 · aged 92
February 19 · 1926
Source: Transfermarkt
Martin Rowlands
association football player
47 years old
February 8 · 1979
Source: Transfermarkt
Valero Rivera Folch
handball player
41 years old
February 22 · 1985
Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia
Selig Brodetsky
historian of mathematics, mathematician
1888–1954 · aged 66
February 10 · 1888
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Vinícius Araújo
association football player
33 years old
February 22 · 1993
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Sonya Hartnett*
writer, children's writer
Date disputed
February 23 · 1968
Source: Integrated Authority File
Robert Atzorn
stage actor, musician
81 years old
February 2 · 1945
Source: IMDb
Anna Kern
memoirist, historian
1800–1879 · aged 79
February 22 · 1800
No external source identified
Marko Kopljar
handball player
40 years old
February 12 · 1986
Source: pantheon.world
Kim Min-hyeok
association football player
34 years old
February 27 · 1992
Source: FBref
Charles Quigley
television actor, film actor
1906–1964 · aged 58
February 12 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Mukaghali Makatayev
translator, writer
1931–1976 · aged 45
February 9 · 1931
No external source identified
Ogawa Masataka
chemist, university teacher
1865–1930 · aged 65
February 21 · 1865
No external source identified
Brian Dabul
tennis player
42 years old
February 24 · 1984
Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website
Takako Irie
film producer, actor
1911–1995 · aged 83
February 7 · 1911
Source: BnF authorities
Ferdinand Gottschalk*
stage actor, actor
Date disputed
February 24 · 1858
Source: Integrated Authority File
Gabriel Fuentes
association football player
29 years old
February 9 · 1997
Source: FBref
Álvaro Sanz
association football player
25 years old
February 14 · 2001
No external source identified
Herbert Eustis Winlock
curator, writer
1884–1950 · aged 65
February 1 · 1884
Source: SNAC
Vesna Čitaković
volleyball player
47 years old
February 3 · 1979
No external source identified
Tadashi Nakamura
karateka, karate coach
84 years old
February 22 · 1942
No external source identified
Oliver Jens Schmitt
university teacher, writer
53 years old
February 15 · 1973
Source: Integrated Authority File
Octavian Bellu
coach, politician
75 years old
February 17 · 1951
No external source identified
Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde
gynecologist, sexologist
1873–1937 · aged 64
February 12 · 1873
Source: filmportal.de
Svatopluk Čech
science fiction writer, editing staff
1846–1908
February 21 · 1846
Source: SNAC
Anete Sietiņa
javelin thrower, athletics competitor
30 years old
February 5 · 1996
Source: World Athletics database
Charles de Ligne
military personnel, Fürst
1550–1616 · aged 65
February 22 · 1550
Source: Genealogics
Mario Caiano
film director, second unit director
1933–2015 · aged 82
February 13 · 1933
Source: filmportal.de
Bobby Peel
cricketer, cricket umpire
1857–1941 · aged 84
February 12 · 1857
No external source identified
Jules Pelouze
chemist, physicist
1807–1867 · aged 60
February 26 · 1807
Source: SNAC
John Pritchard
conductor
1921–1989 · aged 68
February 5 · 1921
Source: Discogs
Xing Huina
long-distance runner
42 years old
February 25 · 1984
Source: World Athletics database
Meredith Ostrom
film actor, actor
49 years old
February 18 · 1977
Source: IMDb
Ai Kawashima
composer, pianist
40 years old
February 21 · 1986
No external source identified
André Frambach
actor
29 years old
February 15 · 1997
Source: almfproducoes.com
George Henschel
singer, opera singer
1850–1934 · aged 84
February 18 · 1850
Source: SNAC
Caroline von Wolzogen
biographer, writer
1763–1847 · aged 83
February 3 · 1763
Source: BnF authorities
Moddi
singer, recording artist
39 years old
February 18 · 1987
No external source identified
Jozef Cíger-Hronský
children's writer, editing staff
1896–1960 · aged 64
February 23 · 1896
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Girolamo Crescentini*
sopranist, composer
Date disputed
February 2 · 1762
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Fantine Thó
singer, guitarist
47 years old
February 15 · 1979
Source: MusicBrainz
Giulio Gatti-Casazza
impresario, conductor
1869–1940
February 3 · 1869
Source: BnF authorities
Thierry Laurey
association football player, association football coach
62 years old
February 17 · 1964
No external source identified
Kate Walsh
singer-songwriter, singer
43 years old
February 20 · 1983
No external source identified
Patrik Nemeth
ice hockey player
34 years old
February 8 · 1992
No external source identified
Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas
academician, writer
1893–1987 · aged 94
February 9 · 1893
Source: Prabook
Rachel Cohen-Kagan
activist, politician
1888–1982 · aged 94
February 19 · 1888
Source: knesset.gov.il
Adam Matuszczyk
association football player
37 years old
February 14 · 1989
Source: Transfermarkt
Renzo Rossellini
conductor, director
1908–1982 · aged 74
February 2 · 1908
Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi
Michel Mulder
speed skater
40 years old
February 27 · 1986
No external source identified
Luigi Sala
association football player
52 years old
February 21 · 1974
Source: Argentine Soccer Database

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