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Born in February

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

Yang Lian
writer, poet
71 years old
February 22 · 1955
No external source identified
Ing-Marie Carlsson
actor
69 years old
February 25 · 1957
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Lintorn Simmons
diplomat, engineer
1821–1903 · aged 82
February 12 · 1821
Source: SNAC
Abdoul Camara
association football player
36 years old
February 20 · 1990
Source: As
Ayoub Abdellaoui
association football player
33 years old
February 16 · 1993
Source: Transfermarkt
Ashleigh Gentle
triathlete
35 years old
February 25 · 1991
No external source identified
Vasyl Barvinsky
music critic, musician
1888–1963 · aged 75
February 20 · 1888
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Steph Cook
modern pentathlete
54 years old
February 7 · 1972
No external source identified
Vicky Peretz
association football coach, association football player
1953–2021 · aged 68
February 11 · 1953
Source: Transfermarkt
Kate Price
film actor, stage actor
1872–1943 · aged 70
February 13 · 1872
Source: BnF authorities
Carlo Carcano
association football player, association football coach
1891–1965 · aged 74
February 26 · 1891
No external source identified
Camille Arambourg
professeur des universités, paleoanthropologist
1885–1969 · aged 84
February 3 · 1885
Source: Léonore database
Friedrich Reinitzer*
botanist, naturalist
Date disputed
February 27 · 1857
Source: katalog.ahmp.cz
Frederick Philip Grove
linguist, writer
1879–1948 · aged 69
February 14 · 1879
Source: SNAC
Håvard Bøkko
speed skater, sport cyclist
39 years old
February 2 · 1987
Source: teamnor.no
Dragan Jakovljević
association football player
64 years old
February 23 · 1962
Source: Transfermarkt
Carl Christian Hall
diplomat, politician
1812–1888 · aged 76
February 25 · 1812
Source: SNAC
Vinko Brešan
screenwriter, actor
62 years old
February 3 · 1964
No external source identified
Eva Cox
sociologist, writer
88 years old
February 21 · 1938
No external source identified
Frank Løke
television personality, handball player
46 years old
February 6 · 1980
Source: history.eurohandball.com
Hans Posse
art historian, art dealer
1879–1942 · aged 63
February 6 · 1879
Source: BnF authorities
Mario Trejo
association football player
70 years old
February 11 · 1956
Source: Transfermarkt
Broncia Koller-Pinell*
visual artist, painter
Date disputed
February 25 · 1863
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Aloysius Anagonye
basketball player
45 years old
February 10 · 1981
Source: FIBA database
Frank William Boykin
field of work, politician
1885–1969 · aged 84
February 21 · 1885
Source: Find a Grave
Carlos Alonso Vargas
association football player
27 years old
February 14 · 1999
Source: FBref
Johannes Werner
cleric, astrologer
1468–date unavailable
February 23 · 1468
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Peter Tsai
materials scientist
74 years old
February 6 · 1952
No external source identified
Herciana Matmuja
singer
36 years old
February 1 · 1990
Source: Discogs
Rodney Baxter
physicist, mathematician
1940–2025 · aged 85
February 8 · 1940
No external source identified
Elaine Youngs
basketball player, volleyball player
56 years old
February 14 · 1970
No external source identified
Elin Topuzakov*
association football player, association football coach
Date disputed
February 5 · 1977
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Terézia Mora
novelist, screenwriter
55 years old
February 5 · 1971
Source: FemBio database
Stuart R. Schram
nuclear physicist, political scientist
1924–2012 · aged 88
February 27 · 1924
No external source identified
Krisztián Pars
athletics competitor, hammer thrower
44 years old
February 18 · 1982
Source: World Athletics database
Ida Husted Harper
suffragist, biographer
1851–1931 · aged 80
February 18 · 1851
Source: SNAC
Abdelraouf al-Rawabdeh
politician, civil servant
87 years old
February 13 · 1939
Source: prime minister
Vitinha
association football player
40 years old
February 11 · 1986
Source: Transfermarkt
Sámal Joensen-Mikines
painter
1906–1979 · aged 73
February 23 · 1906
Source: Kunstindeks Danmark
Chris Brown
ice hockey player
35 years old
February 3 · 1991
No external source identified
Iñaki Azkuna
cardiologist, physician
1943–2014 · aged 71
February 14 · 1943
Source: pantheon.world
Pieter Gerkens
association football player
31 years old
February 17 · 1995
Source: Transfermarkt
Kaoru
guitarist, composer
52 years old
February 17 · 1974
No external source identified
Marisa Matias
politician, sociologist
50 years old
February 20 · 1976
No external source identified
Cesário Verde
merchant, poet
1855–1886 · aged 31
February 25 · 1855
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Wadeline Jonathas
sprinter, athletics competitor
28 years old
February 19 · 1998
Source: World Athletics database
Ingela Olsson
voice actor, actor
68 years old
February 28 · 1958
Source: IMDb
Toñito
association football player
49 years old
February 24 · 1977
Source: Transfermarkt
Edu Marangon
association football player, association football coach
63 years old
February 15 · 1963
Source: Transfermarkt
Valeria Savinykh
tennis player
35 years old
February 20 · 1991
Source: WTA website
Giuseppe Cambini
violinist, composer
1746–1825 · aged 79
February 13 · 1746
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Candide Charkviani
economist, politician
1907–1994 · aged 87
February 12 · 1907
Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia
Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller*
draftsperson, painter
Date disputed
February 18 · 1751
Source: Q22341381
Lewis A. Swift
astronomer, meteorological observer
1820–1913 · aged 92
February 29 · 1820
Source: Find a Grave
Rogério Dutra Silva
tennis player
42 years old
February 3 · 1984
Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website
Francišak Kušal
military officer, politician
1895–1968
February 16 · 1895
No external source identified
Carl Röver
politician
1889–1942 · aged 53
February 12 · 1889
Source: BnF authorities
Reza Mirkarimi
screenwriter, film producer
60 years old
February 28 · 1966
No external source identified
C. William O'Neill
judge, lawyer
1916–1978 · aged 62
February 14 · 1916
Source: Find a Grave
Svante Thuresson
actor, jazz singer
1937–2021 · aged 84
February 7 · 1937
Source: Discogs
Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert
economist, playwright
1646–1714 · aged 68
February 17 · 1646
Source: GeneaStar
Iolu Abil
politician
84 years old
February 17 · 1942
Source: pantheon.world
Jan Anthonie Bruijn
university teacher, politician
68 years old
February 7 · 1958
Source: Parlement.com
Shalva Natelashvili
politician, jurist
68 years old
February 17 · 1958
Source: Parliament of Georgia
Gaetano Catanoso
Catholic priest
1879–1963 · aged 84
February 14 · 1879
Source: Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
Katalin Kovács
kayaker
50 years old
February 29 · 1976
No external source identified
Charlie Hickcox
swimmer
1947–2010 · aged 63
February 6 · 1947
Source: Find a Grave
Lars Grael
sailor
62 years old
February 9 · 1964
No external source identified
Yury Onufriyenko
astronaut, aircraft pilot
65 years old
February 6 · 1961
Source: jsc.nasa.gov
Kjell Isaksson*
athletics competitor
Date disputed
February 28 · 1946
Source: World Athletics database
Hermann Witsius
writer, theologian
1636–1708 · aged 72
February 12 · 1636
Source: Catalogus Professorum Academiae Rheno-Traiectinae
Gustav Friedrich Waagen
teacher, art historian
1794–1868 · aged 74
February 11 · 1794
Source: Waagen, Gustav Friedrich
Dumitru Mitu
association football player
51 years old
February 13 · 1975
Source: Transfermarkt
Varghese Chakkalakal
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
73 years old
February 7 · 1953
No external source identified
Kuzman Shapkarev
judge, writer
1834–1909 · aged 75
February 1 · 1834
No external source identified
Clark Dean
rower
26 years old
February 3 · 2000
Source: World Rowing athlete database
Francisco Zuluaga
association football player, association football coach
1929–1993 · aged 64
February 4 · 1929
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Ethel Carrick
painter
1872–1951
February 7 · 1872
No external source identified
Eduardo Urrialde González
association football referee
59 years old
February 20 · 1967
No external source identified
Cristina Elena Grigoraș
artistic gymnast
60 years old
February 11 · 1966
No external source identified
Roberto Sighel
speed skater
59 years old
February 17 · 1967
No external source identified
Joel S. Engel
engineer
90 years old
February 4 · 1936
No external source identified
Eva Biaudet
politician
65 years old
February 27 · 1961
Source: eduskunta.fi
Margaret H. Wright
computer scientist, mathematician
82 years old
February 18 · 1944
No external source identified
Ewelina Kamczyk
association football player
30 years old
February 22 · 1996
Source: Soccerdonna
Gottfried August Homilius
organist, composer
1714–1785 · aged 71
February 2 · 1714
Source: Integrated Authority File
Marco Beasley
music historian, musicologist
69 years old
February 26 · 1957
No external source identified
Jawdat Said
intellectual, philosopher
1931–2022 · aged 90
February 9 · 1931
No external source identified
Mikel Dufrenne
university teacher, philosopher
1910–1995 · aged 85
February 9 · 1910
Source: BnF authorities
Horacio Troche*
association football coach, association football player
Date disputed
February 4 · 1935
No external source identified
Grigoris Balakian
presbyter, writer
1877–1934 · aged 57
February 4 · 1877
Source: yerkir.eu
Harald Eia
sociologist, television presenter
60 years old
February 9 · 1966
Source: Q88778570
Jan Gajek
writer, Greek-Catholic priest
77 years old
February 8 · 1949
No external source identified
Augustus Radcliffe Grote
lepidopterist, entomologist
1841–1903 · aged 62
February 7 · 1841
Source: SNAC
William Townley
association football coach, association football player
1866–1950 · aged 84
February 14 · 1866
No external source identified
Alexei Gordeyev
politician, economist
71 years old
February 28 · 1955
No external source identified
Barry Magee
athletics competitor
92 years old
February 6 · 1934
Source: World Athletics database
Daniela Ulbing
snowboarder
28 years old
February 27 · 1998
No external source identified
Boris Kostić
chess player
1887–1963 · aged 76
February 24 · 1887
No external source identified
Enrique Metinides
photographer, journalist
1934–2022 · aged 88
February 12 · 1934
Source: Artists of the World Online
Žiga Dimec
basketball player
33 years old
February 20 · 1993
Source: olympedia.org
Rudolf Raftl
association football player
1911–1994 · aged 83
February 7 · 1911
Source: FBref
Antonio Fontanesi
printmaker, photographer
1818–1882 · aged 64
February 23 · 1818
Source: SIKART
Mathieu Berson
association football player
46 years old
February 23 · 1980
Source: Transfermarkt
Hugo Vogel
painter, fresco painter
1855–1934 · aged 79
February 15 · 1855
Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists
Giovanni Battista Vitali
composer
1632–1692 · aged 60
February 18 · 1632
Source: BnF authorities
Ari Hjelm
association football coach, association football player
64 years old
February 24 · 1962
Source: Transfermarkt
Fernando Zavala
politician, economist
55 years old
February 16 · 1971
No external source identified
Eddie Hernández*
association football player
Date disputed
February 27 · 1991
Source: Transfermarkt
Fyodor Abramov
literary historian, writer
1920–1983 · aged 63
February 29 · 1920
Source: BnF authorities
Yevhen Arzhanov
middle-distance runner, coach
78 years old
February 9 · 1948
No external source identified
Lucas Velázquez
painter
1817–1870 · aged 53
February 9 · 1817
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Katja Petrowskaja
philologist, writer
56 years old
February 3 · 1970
Source: FemBio database
Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno
university teacher, Catholic bishop
82 years old
February 12 · 1944
Source: Catholic-Hierarchy.org
Leó Frankel*
journalist, politician
Date disputed
February 28 · 1844
No external source identified
Reino Börjesson
association football player
1929–2023 · aged 94
February 4 · 1929
Source: Transfermarkt
Bill Barrett
real estate agent, politician
1929–2016 · aged 87
February 9 · 1929
Source: Find a Grave
Werner R. Heymann
composer, conductor
1896–1961 · aged 65
February 14 · 1896
Source: Munzinger Personen
Lew Kowarski*
physicist
Date disputed
February 10 · 1907
No external source identified
Mia Čorak Slavenska
dancer, choreographer
1916–2002 · aged 86
February 20 · 1916
Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia
Rosario Ibarra de Piedra
politician, women's rights activist
1927–2022 · aged 95
February 23 · 1927
Source: infobae.com
Sayed Mohamed Adnan
association football player
43 years old
February 5 · 1983
Source: Transfermarkt
Božidar Purić
politician, diplomat
1891–1977 · aged 86
February 19 · 1891
Source: Find a Grave
Zé Mario
association football player, association football coach
77 years old
February 1 · 1949
No external source identified
Rüdiger Vollborn
association football player
63 years old
February 12 · 1963
Source: Transfermarkt
Šárka Strachová
color commentator, alpine skier
41 years old
February 11 · 1985
Source: IMDb
Rui Campos*
association football player
Date disputed
February 2 · 1922
No external source identified
Andrea Meneghin
basketball player, basketball coach
52 years old
February 20 · 1974
Source: FIBA database
Robert Byron Bird
university teacher, engineer
1924–2020 · aged 96
February 5 · 1924
Source: Integrated Authority File
Mū Kanazaki
association football player
37 years old
February 16 · 1989
Source: As
Lars Passgård
television actor, actor
1941–2003 · aged 62
February 14 · 1941
Source: BnF authorities
Grigory Spiridonovich Petrov
Eastern Orthodox priest, writer
1866–1925 · aged 59
February 7 · 1866
No external source identified
Paris von Lodron
Catholic priest, archbishop
1586–1653 · aged 67
February 13 · 1586
Source: Salzburgwiki
P. Schuyler Miller
literary critic, novelist
1912–1974 · aged 62
February 21 · 1912
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński*
pianist, pedagogue
Date disputed
February 15 · 1807
Source: BnF authorities
William Francis Ganong
botanist, historian
1864–1941 · aged 77
February 19 · 1864
Source: SNAC
Azar Bigdeli
poet, literary critic
1722–1780
February 7 · 1722
No external source identified
Briken Calja
weightlifter
36 years old
February 19 · 1990
No external source identified
Pere Portabella
manufacturer, film director
99 years old
February 11 · 1927
Source: IMDb
Moses G. Farmer
inventor
1820–1893 · aged 73
February 9 · 1820
Source: SNAC
Ante Jazić*
association football player
Date disputed
February 26 · 1976
No external source identified
Marc Fischbach
notary, judge
80 years old
February 22 · 1946
No external source identified
Juliusz Paetz
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
1935–2019 · aged 84
February 2 · 1935
No external source identified
Jürgen von Beckerath
archaeologist, Egyptologist
1920–2016 · aged 96
February 19 · 1920
Source: AlKindi
Yodrak Salakjai
actor, singer
1956–2008 · aged 52
February 6 · 1956
Source: Freebase Data Dumps
Adolf Rudnicki*
writer
Date disputed
February 19 · 1912
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
Michael Costa*
conductor, composer
Date disputed
February 3 · 1806
Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi
Carl Friedrich Keil
theologian, linguist
1807–1888 · aged 81
February 26 · 1807
Source: Integrated Authority File
Johan Paul van Limburg Stirum
jurist, diplomat
1873–1948 · aged 75
February 2 · 1873
Source: Onsland.nl
Jaime Duarte
association football coach, association football player
71 years old
February 27 · 1955
Source: Transfermarkt

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