Births on 2 February
2000s
Eleonore Caburet
2004
French rhythmic gymnast (born 2004)
WestCOL
2001
Colombian streamer (born 1998)
Munetaka Murakami
2000
Japanese baseball player (born 2000)
1900s
Jeff Okudah
1999
American football player (born 1999)
Shiho Katō
1998
Japanese singer and model
Ellie Bamber
1997
English actress (born 1997)
Christian Dvorak
1996
American ice hockey player (born 1996)
Paul Mescal
1996
Irish actor (born 1996)
Harry Winks
1996
English footballer (born 2001)
Paul Digby
1995
English footballer
Aleksander Jagiełło
1995
Polish footballer
Arfa Karim
1995
Pakistani computer prodigy (1995–2012)
Curtis Lazar
1995
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1995)
Remilia
1995
American professional gamer (1995–2019)
Caterina Bosetti
1994
Italian professional volleyball player
Bobby De Cordova-Reid
1993
Jamaican footballer (born 1993)
Ravel Morrison
1993
Jamaica international footballer (born 1993)
Lammtarra
1992
American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse (1992–2014)
Joonas Tamm
1992
Estonian footballer (born 1992)
Nathan Delfouneso
1991
English footballer (born 1991)
Gregory Mertens
1991
Belgian footballer (1991-2015)
Shohei Nanba
1991
Japanese actor (born 1991)
Harrison Smith
1989
American football player (born 1989)
Southside (music producer)
1989
American record producer, rapper and songwriter
JuJu Chan
1988
Hong Kong-American actress
Zosia Mamet
1988
American actress (born 1988)
Brad Peacock
1988
American baseball player (born 1988)
Anthony Fainga'a
1987
Australia international rugby union player
Saia Fainga'a
1987
Australia international rugby union player
Faydee
1987
Australian singer
Athena Imperial
1987
Filipina beauty pageant winner and journalist (born 1987)
Mimi Page
1987
American singer-songwriter (born 1987)
Gerard Piqué
1987
Spanish footballer (born 1987)
Javon Ringer
1987
American football player (born 1987)
Jill Scott (footballer)
1987
English footballer (born 1987)
Martin Spanjers
1987
American actor
Gemma Arterton
1986
English actress (born 1986)
Miwa Asao
1986
Japanese beach volleyball player (born 1986)
Morris Almond
1985
American basketball player (born 1985)
Masoud Azizi
1985
Afghan athlete
Renn Kiriyama
1985
Japanese actor
Kristo Saage
1985
Estonian basketball player
Silvestre Varela
1985
Portuguese footballer (born 1985)
Brian Cage
1984
American professional wrestler (born 1984)
Chin-Lung Hu
1984
Taiwanese baseball player (born 1984)
Mao Miyaji
1984
Japanese actress (born 1984)
Rudi Wulf
1984
NZ international rugby union player
Ronny Cedeño
1983
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1983)
Carolina Klüft
1983
Swedish heptathlete and long jumper (born 1983)
Jordin Tootoo
1983
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1983)
Jason Vargas
1983
American baseball player (born 1983)
Vladimir Voskoboinikov
1983
Estonian footballer (born 1983)
Alex Westaway
1983
Musical artist
Sergio Castaño
1982
Spanish footballer and manager
Kelly Mazzante
1982
American basketball player (born 1982)
Kan Mi-youn
1982
South Korean entertainer (born 1982)
Lance Allred
1981
American basketball player (born 1981)
Emre Aydın
1981
Turkish rock singer-songwriter
Michelle Bass
1981
Model and broadcaster
Salem al-Hazmi
1981
Saudi terrorist and 9/11 hijacker (1981–2001)
Teddy Hart
1980
Canadian professional wrestler
Zhang Jingchu
1980
Chinese actress
Oleguer Presas
1980
Spanish footballer (born 1980)
Urmo Aava
1979
Estonian rally driver (born 1979)
Fani Chalkia
1979
Greek hurdler
Christine Lampard
1979
Northern Irish broadcaster (born 1979)
Shamita Shetty
1979
Indian actress (born 1979)
Irini Terzoglou
1979
Greek shot putter
Adam Christopher
1978
New Zealand novelist
Barry Ferguson
1978
Scottish footballer (born 1978)
Dan Gadzuric
1978
Dutch basketball player (born 1978)
Lee Ji-ah
1978
South Korean actress (born 1978)
Rich Sommer
1978
American actor (born 1978)
Faye White
1978
English footballer (born 1978)
Shakira
1977
Colombian singer (born 1977)
Libor Sionko
1977
Czech footballer (born 1977)
Ryan Farquhar
1976
Northern Irish motorcycle racer
James Hickman
1976
British swimmer
Ana Roces
1976
Filipino actress
Todd Bertuzzi
1975
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1975)
Donald Driver
1975
American football player (born 1975)
Ieroklis Stoltidis
1975
Greek coach and retired association football player (born 1975)
Andrei Luzgin
1973
Estonian tennis player
Aleksander Tammert
1973
Estonian discus thrower
Marissa Jaret Winokur
1973
American actress
Hisashi (musician)
1972
Musical artist
Melvin Mora
1972
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1972)
Aleksey Naumov (footballer)
1972
Russian footballer
Michelle Gayle
1971
British singer
Arly Jover
1971
Spanish actress
Isaac Kungwane
1971
South African soccer player (1971–2014)
Rockwilder
1971
American producer and songwriter
Hwang Seok-jeong
1971
South Korean actress (born 1971)
Jason Taylor (rugby league)
1971
Australian rugby league footballer and coach
Roar Strand
1970
Norwegian footballer (born 1970)
Erik ten Hag
1970
Dutch football manager (born 1970)
Jennifer Westfeldt
1970
American actress, director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1970)
Dana International
1969
Israeli singer
Valery Karpin
1969
Russian football manager
Kenny Albert
1968
American sportscaster (born 1968)
Sean Elliott
1968
American basketball player (born 1968)
Scott Erickson
1968
American baseball player (born 1968)
Artūrs Irbe
1967
Latvian ice hockey player and coach
Laurent Nkunda
1967
Congolese military officer and warlord
Andrei Chesnokov
1966
Russian tennis player
Robert DeLeo
1966
American rock musician
Adam Ferrara
1966
American actor and comedian
Michael Misick
1966
1st Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands
Carl Airey
1965
English footballer
Naoki Sano
1965
Japanese professional wrestler (born 1965)
Ilya Byakin
1963
Russian ice hockey player (born 1963)
Eva Cassidy
1963
American singer (1963–1996)
Kjell Dahlin
1963
Swedish ice hockey player
Andrej Kiska
1963
President of Slovakia from 2014 to 2019
Philip Laats
1963
Belgian judoka
Stephen McGann
1963
British actor (born 1963)
Vigleik Storaas
1963
Norwegian jazz pianist and composer
Philippe Claudel
1962
French writer and film director (born 1962)
Andy Fordham
1962
English darts player (1962–2021)
Luke Johnson (businessman)
1962
British entrepreneur (born 1962)
Paul Kilgus
1962
American baseball player (born 1962)
Kate Raison
1962
Australian actress (born 1962)
Michael T. Weiss
1962
American actor
Abraham Iyambo
1961
Namibian politician (1961–2013)
Lauren Lane
1961
American actress
Dexter Manley
1959
American football player (born 1959)
Michel Marc Bouchard
1958
Canadian playwright
Phil Barney
1957
French singer-songwriter
Adnan Oktar
1956
Turkish cult leader (born 1956)
Leszek Engelking
1955
Polish writer, literary expert and translator (1955–2022)
Bob Schreck
1955
American comic book writer and editor (born 1955)
Michael Talbott
1955
American actor (born 1955)
Kim Zimmer
1955
American actress (born 1955)
Jean-Michel Dupuis
1955
French actor (1955–2024)
Christie Brinkley
1954
American model, actress (born 1954)
Hansi Hinterseer
1954
Austrian singer (born 1954)
Nelson Ne'e
1954
Solomon Islands politician (1954–2013)
John Tudor (baseball)
1954
American baseball player (born 1954)
Duane Chapman
1953
American bounty hunter and TV personality
Jerry Sisk Jr.
1953
American gemologist (1953–2013)
Dave Casper
1952
American football player (born 1952)
John Cornyn
1952
American politician (born 1952)
Park Geun-hye
1952
President of South Korea from 2013 to 2017
Ralph Merkle
1952
American cryptographer (born 1952)
Carol Ann Susi
1952
American actress (1952–2014)
Vangelis Alexandris
1951
Greek basketball player and coach
Ken Bruce
1951
British DJ (born 1951)
Osamu Kido
1950
Japanese professional wrestler (1950–2023)
Libby Purves
1950
British writer and broadcaster (born 1950)
Bárbara Rey
1950
Spanish film and television actress (born 1950)
Barbara Sukowa
1950
German actress and singer
Genichiro Tenryu
1950
Japanese professional wrestler (born 1950)
Duncan Bannatyne
1949
Scottish entrepreneur, philanthropist and author (born 1949)
Jack McGee (actor)
1949
Character actor
Yasuko Namba
1949
Japanese mountain climber (1949–1996)
Brent Spiner
1949
American actor (born 1949)
Ross Valory
1949
American bassist (born 1949)
Ina Garten
1948
American television cook (born 1948)
Al McKay
1948
Musical artist
Roger Williamson
1948
British racing driver (1948–1973)
Greg Antonacci
1947
American actor, director, and producer (1947–2017)
Farrah Fawcett
1947
American actress (1947–2009)
John Armitt
1946
English civil engineer
Blake Clark
1946
American stand-up comedian and actor
Alpha Oumar Konaré
1946
Malian politician, President from 1992 to 2002
Constantine Papadakis
1946
American academic administrator (1946–2009)
John Eatwell, Baron Eatwell
1945
British economist (born 1945)
Andrew Davis (conductor)
1944
English conductor (1944–2024)
Geoffrey Hughes (actor)
1944
English actor (1944–2012)
Ursula Oppens
1944
American pianist
Graham Nash
1942
British and American musician (born 1942)
Terry Biddlecombe
1941
English National Hunt racing jockey
Lee Redmond
1941
American world record holder for longest fingernails
Cory Wells
1941
American singer (1941–2015)
Alan Caddy
1940
British musician (1940–2000)
Thomas M. Disch
1940
American sci-fi writer and poet (1940–2008)
Wayne Fontes
1940
American football player and coach (born 1940)
David Jason
1940
English actor (born 1940)
Jackie Burroughs
1939
Canadian actress (1939–2010)
Mary-Dell Chilton
1939
American biologist
Dale T. Mortensen
1939
American economist
Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler
1938
British politician (born 1938)
Bo Hopkins
1938
American actor (1938–2022)
Gene MacLellan
1938
Canadian singer-songwriter
Don Buford
1937
American baseball player (born 1937)
Eric Arturo Delvalle
1937
President of Panama (1985–1988)
Anthony Haden-Guest
1937
British writer and artist (born 1937)
Remak Ramsay
1937
American actor
Tom Smothers
1937
American comedian, actor, composer and musician (1937–2023)
Alexandra Strelchenko
1937
Russian actress and singer (1937–2019)
Metin Oktay
1936
Turkish footballer
Pete Brown (golfer)
1935
American professional golfer
Evgeny Velikhov
1935
Russian physicist (1935–2024)
Khalil Ullah Khan
1934
Bangladeshi film actor (1934–2014)
M'el Dowd
1933
American actress and singer (1933–2012)
Tony Jay
1933
British actor (1933–2006)
Orlando "Cachaíto" López
1933
Cuban bassist and composer
Than Shwe
1933
Military ruler of Myanmar from 1992 to 2011
Arthur Lyman
1932
Hawaiian jazz vibraphone and marimba player (1932–2002)
Robert Mandan
1932
American actor (1932–2018)
Les Dawson
1931
English comedian (1931–1993)
Glynn Edwards
1931
British actor (1931–2018)
John Paul Harney
1931
Canadian politician (1931–2021)
Dries van Agt
1931
Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1977 to 1982
Judith Viorst
1931
American writer
Sheila Matthews Allen
1929
American actress (1929–2013)
George Band
1929
English mountain climber
Věra Chytilová
1929
Czech film director (1929–2014)
John Henry Holland
1929
American researcher in genetic algorithms (1929–2015)
Waldemar Kmentt
1929
Austrian opera singer
Ciriaco De Mita
1928
Italian politician (1928–2022)
Gamal Hamdan
1928
Egyptian scholar and geographer (1928–1993)
Jay Handlan
1928
American basketball player (1928–2013)
Tommy Harmer
1928
English footballer
Stan Getz
1927
American jazz saxophonist (1927–1991)
Doris Sams
1927
Baseball player
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
1926
President of France from 1974 to 1981
Elaine Stritch
1925
American actress (1925–2014)
Sonny Stitt
1924
American saxophonist (1924–1982)
Elfi von Dassanowsky
1924
Austrian-born pianist, soprano, film producer (1924–2007)
Jean Babilée
1923
James Dickey
1923
American poet and novelist (1923-1997)
Svetozar Gligorić
1923
Serbian chess grandmaster (1923–2012)
Bonita Granville
1923
American actress and producer (1923–1988)
Red Schoendienst
1923
American baseball player and manager (1923–2018)
Liz Smith (journalist)
1923
American writer (1923–2017)
Clem Windsor
1923
Australia international rugby union player
K. D. Singh (field hockey)
1922
Indian field hockey player (1922–1978)
Robert Chef d'Hôtel
1922
French sprinter (1922–2019)
Stoyanka Mutafova
1922
Bulgarian actress (1922–2019)
Jim Usry
1922
American basketball player and politician (1922–2002)
George Hardwick
1920
English footballer, manager, and coach
John Russell (equestrian)
1920
American equestrian (1920–2020)
Arthur Willis (footballer)
1920
English footballer
Lisa Della Casa
1919
Swiss soprano
Georg Gawliczek
1919
German footballer and manager
Hella Haasse
1918
Dutch writer (1918–2011)
Mary Ellis (pilot)
1917
British World War II ferry pilot
Đỗ Mười
1917
Vietnamese politician
Xuân Diệu
1916
Vietnamese poet, journalist, and literary critic
Abba Eban
1915
Israeli diplomat and politician (1915–2002)
Stan Leonard
1915
Canadian professional golfer (1915–2005)
Khushwant Singh
1915
Indian writer (1915–2014)
Eric Kierans
1914
Canadian politician
Poul Reichhardt
1913
Danish actor (1913–1985)
Millvina Dean
1912
British civil servant and Titanic survivor (1912–2009)
Burton Lane
1912
American composer (1912–1997)
Jack Pizzey
1911
Australian politician
Frank Albertson
1909
American actor (1909–1964)
Wes Ferrell
1908
American baseball player (1908–1976)
Ayn Rand
1905
Russian-American writer and philosopher (1905–1982)
Bozorg Alavi
1904
Writer, novelist and activist (1904–1997)
Newbold Morris
1902
American politician (1902–1966)
John Tonkin
1902
Australian politician (1902–1995)
Jascha Heifetz
1901
Russian-American violinist (1901–1987)
Willie Kamm
1900
American baseball player (1900–1988)
1800s
Howard Deering Johnson
1897
American businessman
Gertrude Blanch
1897
American mathematician
Kazimierz Kuratowski
1896
Polish mathematician and logician
George Halas
1895
American football player and coach (1895–1983)
Robert Philipp
1895
American painter
George Sutcliffe
1895
Australian public servant
Cornelius Lanczos
1893
Hungarian-American mathematician (1893–1974)
Raúl Riganti
1893
Argentine racing driver (1893–1970)
Damdin Sükhbaatar
1893
Mongolian revolutionary (1893–1923)
Tochigiyama Moriya
1892
Japanese sumo wrestler
Charles Correll
1890
American comedian, actor and writer (1890–1972)
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
1889
French general (1889–1952)
Ernst Hanfstaengl
1887
German American businessman (1887–1975)
William Rose Benét
1886
American writer
Mikhail Frunze
1885
Soviet army officer (1885–1925)
Johnston McCulley
1883
American author, creator of the character Zorro (1883–1958)
Julia Nava de Ruisánchez
1883
Mexican activist, writer
Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark
1882
Prince of Greece and Denmark (1882–1944)
James Joyce
1882
Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
Orval Overall
1881
American baseball player (1881–1947)
Frederick Lane
1880
Australian swimmer (1880–1969)
Joe Lydon (boxer)
1878
American boxer
Frank L. Packard
1877
Canadian novelist
Fritz Kreisler
1875
Austrian-American violinist and composer (1875–1962)
Leo Fall
1873
Austrian composer
Konstantin von Neurath
1873
German diplomat and war criminal (1873–1956)
Abul Kasem (politician, born 1872)
1872
Bengali politician
Alexander Atabekian
1869
Armenian anarchist writer (1868–1933)
Enrique Simonet
1866
Spanish painter (1866–1927)
Émile Coste
1862
French fencer (1862–1927)
Cornelius McKane
1862
Solomon R. Guggenheim
1861
American businessman and art collector (1861–1949)
Curtis Guild Jr.
1860
43rd Governor of Massachusetts
Jan Drozdowski
1857
Polish pianist
Frederick William Vanderbilt
1856
19th and 20th-century American businessman
Makar Yekmalyan
1856
José Guadalupe Posada
1851
Mexican political lithographer (1852–1914)
Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav
1849
Slovak poet
Julian Sochocki
1842
Polish-Russian mathematician (1842–1927)
François-Alphonse Forel
1841
Swiss scientist (1841–1912)
Alfred Brehm
1829
German zoologist and writer (1829–1884)
William Stanley (inventor)
1829
English inventor (1829–1909)
Albert Sidney Johnston
1803
Confederate States Army officer (1803–1862)
Jean-Baptiste Boussingault
1802
French chemist (1801–1887)
Before 1800
Jacques Philippe Marie Binet
1786
French mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1786-1856)
Henri de Rigny
1782
French aristocrat and naval commander (1782–1835)
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
1754
French secularized clergyman, statesman, and diplomat (1754–1838)
Ernst Gideon von Laudon
1717
Austrian general (1717–1790)
Gottfried August Homilius
1714
German composer, cantor and organist (1714–1785)
Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg
1711
Austrian statesman (1711–1794)
Johann Christoph Gottsched
1700
German philosopher (1700–1766)
William Borlase
1695
18th-century English antiquary and naturalist
François de Chevert
1695
French general (1695–1769)
Jean-Baptiste Morin (composer)
1677
French composer
Louis Marchand
1669
Musical artist
William Phips
1651
Royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (1651–1695)
Pope Benedict XIII
1650
Head of the Catholic Church from 1724 to 1730
Nell Gwyn
1650
English royal mistress and actress (1650–1687)
Johannes Schefferus
1621
Noël Chabanel
1613
French Jesuit missionary and martyr (1613-1649
Ulrik of Denmark (1611–1633)
1611
Prince-Bishop of Schwerin
Gabriel Naudé
1600
French librarian, scholar and writer (1600–1653)
Georg II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl
1588
Judith Quiney
1585
Daughter of William Shakespeare (1585–1662)
Hamnet Shakespeare
1585
Son of William Shakespeare (1585–1596)
Alix Le Clerc
1576
French founder of religious order (1576–1622)
Nicolaus Reimers
1551
German astronomer and mathematician
Piotr Skarga
1536
Polish writer
Lodovico Ferrari
1522
Italian mathematician (1522–1565)
Gotthard Kettler
1517
Duke of Courland and Semigallia from 1561 to 1587
John of Leiden
1509
Dutch Anabaptist leader (1509–1536)
René de Birague
1506
Italian-French Chancellor of France
Damião de Góis
1502
16th-century Portuguese humanist philosopher (1502 - 1574)
Bona Sforza
1494
Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania from 1518 to 1548
Columba of Rieti
1467
Italian religious sister of the Third Order of St. Dominic
Peter Martyr d'Anghiera
1457
Savoyard historian (1457–1526)
Hans, King of Denmark
1455
Scandinavian king under the Kalmar Union (1455–1513)
Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony
1443
Electress consort of Saxony
James I of Aragon
1208
King of Aragon from 1213 to 1276
Justin I
450
Roman emperor from 518 to 527