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Born in February

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

Ada Adler
librarian, classical philologist
1878–1946 · aged 68
February 18 · 1878
Source: BnF authorities
Sergio Navarro
association football player, association football coach
90 years old
February 20 · 1936
No external source identified
Elizabeth Robins Pennell*
writer, biographer
Date disputed
February 21 · 1855
Source: SNAC
Thelma Estrin
engineer, computer scientist
1924–2014 · aged 89
February 21 · 1924
No external source identified
Rudolf Nierlich
alpine skier
1966–1991 · aged 25
February 20 · 1966
Source: Salzburgwiki
Aleksandr Zarkhi*
memoirist, screenwriter
Date disputed
February 18 · 1908
Source: SNAC
Olivier Ducastel
screenwriter, film editor
64 years old
February 23 · 1962
Source: IMDb
Geoffrey Kirui
athletics competitor
33 years old
February 16 · 1993
Source: World Athletics database
Jurga Šeduikytė
singer, actor
46 years old
February 10 · 1980
No external source identified
Kamran Agayev
association football player
40 years old
February 9 · 1986
Source: Transfermarkt
Emerson da Conceição
association football player
40 years old
February 23 · 1986
Source: Transfermarkt
Kent Douglas
ice hockey player
1936–2009 · aged 73
February 6 · 1936
Source: Find a Grave
Sylvie Lubamba
actor, model
54 years old
February 29 · 1972
No external source identified
Wincenty Dunin-Marcinkiewicz
translator, poet
1808–1884 · aged 76
February 4 · 1808
No external source identified
Kamio Mitsuomi*
military personnel
Date disputed
February 27 · 1856
No external source identified
José María Movilla
association football player
51 years old
February 8 · 1975
Source: Transfermarkt
Margaret Deland
writer, poet
1857–1945 · aged 87
February 23 · 1857
Source: Integrated Authority File
Takahito Mura
figure skater
35 years old
February 11 · 1991
No external source identified
Luca Sangalli
association football player
31 years old
February 10 · 1995
Source: Transfermarkt
Simone Cristicchi
musician, composer
49 years old
February 5 · 1977
Source: Integrated Authority File
Andrés Martínez Trueba
writer, economist
1884–1959 · aged 75
February 11 · 1884
Source: authority file of the National Library of Uruguay
Leonardo Polo
university teacher, philosopher
1926–2013 · aged 87
February 1 · 1926
No external source identified
Denny Vrandečić
computer scientist, programmer
48 years old
February 27 · 1978
No external source identified
István Vágó
chemical engineer, television presenter
1949–2023 · aged 74
February 14 · 1949
Source: Discogs
Yevgeny Krylatov
musician, composer
1934–2019 · aged 85
February 23 · 1934
Source: BnF authorities
José Carlos Lazo Romero
association football player
30 years old
February 16 · 1996
Source: Soccerway
Rodrigo Gral
association football player
49 years old
February 21 · 1977
Source: Transfermarkt
Gerda Alexander
pedagogue, teacher
1908–1994 · aged 86
February 15 · 1908
Source: Internet Philosophy Ontology project
Paul Ariste
pedagogue, Esperantist
1905–1990 · aged 84
February 3 · 1905
Source: Estonian biographical database
Miša Anastasijević
politician
1803–1885 · aged 81
February 24 · 1803
No external source identified
William Van Horn
comics artist
87 years old
February 15 · 1939
Source: BD Gest'
Hannah Mitchell*
feminist, suffragette
Date disputed
February 11 · 1872
No external source identified
William Whitehead
poet, writer
1715–1785 · aged 70
February 23 · 1715
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Carl Neumann Degler
university teacher, historian
1921–2014 · aged 93
February 6 · 1921
Source: Contemporary Authors
Joan González
association football player
24 years old
February 1 · 2002
No external source identified
Miguel Garcia
association football player
43 years old
February 4 · 1983
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Ali Salmeen
association football player
31 years old
February 4 · 1995
Source: Transfermarkt
Addison Emery Verrill
zoological collector, geologist
1839–1926 · aged 87
February 9 · 1839
Source: SNAC
Felipe de Jesús Estévez
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
80 years old
February 5 · 1946
Source: Catalogue of the Library of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
Jay Wilsey
film director, actor
1896–1961 · aged 65
February 6 · 1896
Source: Find a Grave
Vega
singer, singer-songwriter
47 years old
February 18 · 1979
No external source identified
Ignacio Álvarez Thomas
soldier, diplomat
1787–1857
February 15 · 1787
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Silke
actor, artisan
52 years old
February 6 · 1974
Source: Integrated Authority File
Andrievs Niedra
cleric, writer
1871–1942 · aged 71
February 8 · 1871
Source: vle.lt
Dmitry Ryabyshev
autobiographer, politician
1894–1985 · aged 91
February 23 · 1894
No external source identified
Pak Chiwŏn*
poet, politician
Date disputed
February 5 · 1737
No external source identified
Robert P. Letcher
diplomat, lawyer
1788–1861 · aged 72
February 10 · 1788
Source: Find a Grave
Anatoly Koni*
literary scholar, statesperson
Date disputed
February 9 · 1844
No external source identified
Javier Martina
association football player
39 years old
February 1 · 1987
Source: Transfermarkt
Mirjami Kuosmanen
actor, screenwriter
1915–1963 · aged 48
February 22 · 1915
Source: BnF authorities
Rizvan Utsiyev
association football player
38 years old
February 7 · 1988
Source: Transfermarkt
John Henry Comstock
zoologist, arachnologist
1849–1931 · aged 82
February 24 · 1849
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Ruben Sevak
physician, poet
1885–1915 · aged 30
February 15 · 1885
No external source identified
Dieter Brenninger
association football player
82 years old
February 16 · 1944
Source: Transfermarkt
Addison Brown
writer, judge
1830–1913 · aged 83
February 21 · 1830
Source: Find a Grave
Malcolm Guthrie
linguist, university teacher
1903–1972 · aged 69
February 10 · 1903
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Edward Vesala
jazz musician, drummer
1945–1999 · aged 54
February 15 · 1945
Source: IMDb
Choi Sung-kuk
association football player
43 years old
February 8 · 1983
Source: FBref
Reinhard Bendix
translator, sociologist
1916–1991 · aged 75
February 25 · 1916
Source: SNAC
Matylda Getter
nun
1870–1968 · aged 98
February 25 · 1870
Source: The Righteous Among the Nations Database
Arthur Qvist
dressage rider, military officer
1896–1973 · aged 77
February 17 · 1896
No external source identified
Ene Ergma
astrophysicist, physicist
82 years old
February 29 · 1944
No external source identified
Adolfas Šleževičius
politician
1948–2022 · aged 74
February 2 · 1948
No external source identified
Robert Montgomery Bird
physician, writer
1806–1854 · aged 47
February 5 · 1806
Source: SNAC
Kim Min-seok
amateur wrestler
33 years old
February 9 · 1993
No external source identified
Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold*
physician, physiologist
Date disputed
February 16 · 1804
Source: BnF authorities
Ana Betancourt
women's rights activist, revolutionary
1832–1901 · aged 68
February 14 · 1832
Source: cadenagramonte.cu
Bojan Prašnikar
association football player, association football coach
73 years old
February 3 · 1953
No external source identified
Ion Geolgău
association football player, association football coach
65 years old
February 20 · 1961
Source: Transfermarkt
Furio Meniconi
actor, film actor
1924–1981 · aged 57
February 22 · 1924
No external source identified
Michel Vovelle
lecturer, researcher
1933–2018 · aged 85
February 6 · 1933
Source: BnF authorities
Alexis Rolín
association football player
37 years old
February 7 · 1989
Source: As
Hiroaki Hiraoka
judoka
41 years old
February 6 · 1985
No external source identified
Baek Ji-hoon
association football player
41 years old
February 28 · 1985
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Gottlieb Stephanie
writer, stage actor
1741–1800 · aged 58
February 19 · 1741
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Hugo Becker
cellist, music educator
1863–1941 · aged 78
February 13 · 1863
Source: BnF authorities
Johann Jakob Wilhelm Heinse*
scholar, translator
Date disputed
February 15 · 1746
Source: BnF authorities
Prince George Bernhard of Anhalt-Dessau
aristocrat
1796–1865 · aged 69
February 21 · 1796
No external source identified
Sammy Ndjock
association football player
36 years old
February 25 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
Alexander Genis
literary critic, man of letters
73 years old
February 11 · 1953
No external source identified
Frederik Storm
ice hockey player
37 years old
February 20 · 1989
Source: iihf.com
Behtash Fariba
association football coach, association football player
71 years old
February 11 · 1955
Source: Transfermarkt
Antônio de Sousa Neto
military personnel, politician
1801–1866 · aged 65
February 11 · 1801
No external source identified
Francis Sowerby Macaulay
mathematician
1862–1937 · aged 74
February 11 · 1862
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Karl Brunner
economist
1916–1989 · aged 73
February 16 · 1916
Source: Integrated Authority File
Rodrigo Aliendro
association football player
35 years old
February 16 · 1991
Source: Transfermarkt
Ricard Sánchez
association football player
26 years old
February 22 · 2000
Source: transfermarkt.fr
Oleg Saprykin
ice hockey player
45 years old
February 12 · 1981
No external source identified
Willem Hesselink
association football player, athletics competitor
1878–1973
February 8 · 1878
Source: Transfermarkt
Marcos Antônio de Lima
association football player
51 years old
February 14 · 1975
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Christian Groß
association football player
37 years old
February 8 · 1989
Source: Transfermarkt
Maria Rodziewiczówna*
novelist, writer
Date disputed
February 11 · 1863
No external source identified
Spencer Elden
painter, model
35 years old
February 7 · 1991
No external source identified
Lena Petermann
association football player
32 years old
February 5 · 1994
Source: Soccerdonna
Gheorghe Șincai
linguist, philologist
1754–1816 · aged 62
February 28 · 1754
Source: BnF authorities
Domenico Grimani*
Catholic priest
Date disputed
February 28 · 1461
No external source identified
Benoît Kounkoud
handball player
29 years old
February 19 · 1997
No external source identified
James Ivory
university teacher, mathematician
1765–1842 · aged 77
February 17 · 1765
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Eleonora Brigliadori
actor, model
66 years old
February 18 · 1960
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Louis III, Duke of Bavaria*
aristocrat
Date disputed
February 16 · 1269
Source: fmg.ac
Samantha Crawford
tennis player
31 years old
February 18 · 1995
Source: WTA website
Spiridon Gianniotis
swimmer
46 years old
February 19 · 1980
No external source identified
Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå
sport cyclist, speed skater
53 years old
February 10 · 1973
No external source identified
Chrysanthus of Constantinople
Eastern Orthodox priest
1768–1834 · aged 66
February 25 · 1768
No external source identified
César de Bus
Catholic priest
1544–1607 · aged 63
February 3 · 1544
Source: BnF authorities
Howard Hayes Scullard
historian, university teacher
1903–1983 · aged 80
February 9 · 1903
Source: BnF authorities
Francis Ingram-Seymour-Conway, 2nd Marquess of Hertford
politician
1743–1822 · aged 79
February 12 · 1743
Source: The Peerage
Pierre Sinibaldi
association football player, association football coach
1924–2012 · aged 87
February 29 · 1924
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Magomiedmurad Gadżyjew
amateur wrestler
38 years old
February 15 · 1988
No external source identified
José Fontán
association football player
26 years old
February 11 · 2000
No external source identified
Aitor González Jiménez
sport cyclist
51 years old
February 27 · 1975
Source: academia-lab.com
Elizabeth B. Andrews
politician, teacher
1911–2002
February 12 · 1911
Source: Find a Grave
Vladimir Gulyamhaydarov
association football player, association football coach
1946–2026 · aged 80
February 26 · 1946
No external source identified
Nathaniel Shaler
pedagogue, university teacher
1841–1906 · aged 65
February 20 · 1841
Source: SNAC
Carl Olof Rosenius
preacher, newspaper editor
1816–1868 · aged 52
February 3 · 1816
Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
Joseph Lambert
politician
65 years old
February 5 · 1961
No external source identified
Jose Biriukov
basketball player
63 years old
February 3 · 1963
Source: ACB.com
Friedrich Gilly
architect, general contractor
1772–1800 · aged 28
February 16 · 1772
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
Pyotr Chardynin*
author, screenwriter
Date disputed
February 8 · 1872
Source: IMDb
Matthias Braun*
sculptor, carver
Date disputed
February 25 · 1684
Source: Regional Database of the Central Bohemian Research Library in Kladno
Humphrey Campbell*
musician, singer
Date disputed
February 28 · 1958
Source: Integrated Authority File
Harald Rose
university teacher, physicist
1935–2026 · aged 91
February 14 · 1935
No external source identified
Ella Adayevskaya*
musicologist, pianist
Date disputed
February 22 · 1846
Source: Library of Congress Authorities
Georgiy Shilov
mathematician, university teacher
1917–1975 · aged 57
February 3 · 1917
Source: Integrated Authority File
Yutaka Abe
actor, film director
1895–1977 · aged 81
February 2 · 1895
Source: BnF authorities
Jackson Showalter
chess player
1860–1935 · aged 75
February 5 · 1860
No external source identified
John Abramovic
basketball player
1919–2000 · aged 81
February 9 · 1919
No external source identified
Issay Dobrowen
academic musician, composer
1894–1953 · aged 59
February 27 · 1894
Source: Aftenposten
Nikolai Gulayev
aircraft pilot
1918–1985 · aged 67
February 26 · 1918
Source: TracesOfWar
Neritan Ceka
anthropologist, archaeologist
85 years old
February 11 · 1941
Source: Integrated Authority File
Mahatma Otoo
association football player
34 years old
February 6 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Jan Šimůnek
association football player
39 years old
February 20 · 1987
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Pauline Cope
association football player
57 years old
February 16 · 1969
Source: FBref
Adil Chihi
association football player
38 years old
February 21 · 1988
Source: FBref
Henryk Baranowski
actor, theatre director
1943–2013 · aged 70
February 9 · 1943
Source: Catalog of the German National Library
Timothy O. Howe
jurist, lawyer
1816–1883 · aged 67
February 24 · 1816
Source: SNAC
Ronald Desruelles
athletics competitor
1955–2015 · aged 60
February 14 · 1955
Source: World Athletics database
Friedrich Konrad Beilstein
chemist
1838–1906 · aged 68
February 17 · 1838
Source: SNAC
Pedro Laín Entralgo
medical historian, writer
1908–2001 · aged 93
February 15 · 1908
Source: congreso.es
Ádám Bodor
publisher, writer
90 years old
February 22 · 1936
Source: BnF authorities
Zbigņevs Stankevičs
Catholic priest, university teacher
71 years old
February 15 · 1955
No external source identified
Wang Shenchao
association football player
37 years old
February 8 · 1989
Source: FBref
Erick Ferigra
association football player
27 years old
February 7 · 1999
Source: Transfermarkt
Jenni Screen
basketball player
44 years old
February 26 · 1982
Source: FIBA database
Vanja Ilić
handball player
33 years old
February 25 · 1993
No external source identified
Karl Mollweide
dean, cartographer
1774–1825 · aged 51
February 3 · 1774
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Steven Nyman
alpine skier
44 years old
February 12 · 1982
No external source identified
Michael Uchebo*
association football player
Date disputed
February 2 · 1990
No external source identified
Anna Hoffman-Uddgren
film director, theatre manager
1868–1947 · aged 79
February 23 · 1868
Source: IMDb
Zach Ziemek
athletics competitor
33 years old
February 23 · 1993
Source: World Athletics database

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