Births on 21 February
2000s
Leeseo
2007
South Korean singer (born 2007)
1900s
Metawin Opas-iamkajorn
1999
Thai actor (born 1999)
Noah Rubin (tennis)
1996
American tennis player (born 1996)
Sophie Turner
1996
English actress (born 1996)
Tang Haochen
1994
Chinese tennis player
Hayley Orrantia
1994
American actress and musician (born 1994)
Wendy (singer)
1994
South Korean singer (born 1994)
Steve Leo Beleck
1993
Cameroonian footballer
Davy Klaassen
1993
Dutch footballer (born 1993)
Phil Jones (footballer, born 1992)
1992
English footballer
Joe Alwyn
1991
English actor (born 1991)
Riyad Mahrez
1991
Algerian footballer (born 1991)
Ji So-yun
1991
South Korean footballer (born 1991)
Solar (singer)
1991
South Korean singer (born 1991)
Devon Travis
1991
American baseball player (born 1991)
Mattias Tedenby
1990
Swedish ice hockey player
Corbin Bleu
1989
American actor (born 1989)
Ian Cole
1989
American ice hockey player (born 1989)
Federico Fernández (footballer)
1989
Argentine footballer (born 1989)
Jake Muzzin
1989
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1989)
Donté Greene
1988
American basketball player (born 1988)
Eni Aluko
1987
British-Nigerian footballer (born 1987)
Ashley Greene
1987
American actress (born 1987)
Elliot Page
1987
Canadian actor and producer (born 1987)
Charlotte Church
1986
Welsh singer-songwriter and actress (born 1986)
Georgios Samaras
1985
Greek footballer (born 1985)
Andy Ellis (rugby union)
1984
New Zealand rugby union player
David Odonkor
1984
German footballer (born 1984)
Marco Paoloni
1984
Italian footballer
James Wisniewski
1984
American ice hockey player (born 1984)
Braylon Edwards
1983
American former football player (born 1983)
Franklin Gutiérrez
1983
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1983)
Mélanie Laurent
1983
French actress, director and singer (born 1983)
Andre Barrett
1982
American basketball player (born 1982)
Chantal Claret
1982
American singer-songwriter
Tebogo Jacko Magubane
1982
South African music producer (born 1982)
Tsuyoshi Wada
1981
Japanese baseball player (born 1981)
Brad Fast
1980
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1980)
Tiziano Ferro
1980
Italian singer (born 1980)
Brendan Sexton III
1980
American actor (born 1980)
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
1980
King of Bhutan since 2006
Tituss Burgess
1979
American actor and singer (born 1979)
Carlito (wrestler)
1979
Puerto Rican professional wrestler (born 1979)
Pascal Chimbonda
1979
French footballer (born 1979)
Jennifer Love Hewitt
1979
American actress and singer (born 1979)
Jordan Peele
1979
American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (born 1979)
Erick Barkley
1978
American basketball player (born 1978)
Steve Francis
1977
American basketball player (born 1977)
Rhiannon Giddens
1977
American musician (born 1977)
Michael McIntyre
1976
English comedian (born 1976)
Ryan Smyth
1976
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1976)
Scott Miller (swimmer)
1975
Australian swimmer
Iván Campo
1974
Spanish footballer (born 1974)
Heri Joensen
1973
Musical artist
Brian Rolston
1973
American ice hockey player (born 1973)
Pierre Fulke
1971
Swedish professional golfer (born 1971)
Michael Slater
1970
Australian cricketer
James Dean Bradfield
1969
Welsh singer, songwriter and musician
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
1969
American actress (born 1969)
Petra Kronberger
1969
Austrian alpine skier (born 1969)
Tony Meola
1969
American soccer player
Cathy Richardson
1969
American singer, songwriter, actress
Leroy Burrell
1967
American track and field athlete
Sari Essayah
1967
Finnish racewalker and politician
Mark Ferguson (news presenter)
1965
Australian news presenter (born 1966)
Mark Kelly
1964
American politician, astronaut and naval officer (born 1964)
Scott Kelly (astronaut)
1964
American engineer, astronaut, and naval aviator (born 1964)
William Baldwin
1963
American actor (born 1963)
Ranking Roger
1963
British singer (1963–2019)
Greg Turner
1963
New Zealand professional golfer
Chuck Palahniuk
1962
American novelist (born 1962)
David Foster Wallace
1962
American writer (1962–2008)
Christopher Atkins
1961
American actor (born 1961)
Elliot Hirshman
1961
American psychologist and academic (born 1961)
Plamen Oresharski
1960
Bulgarian politician
José MarÃa Cano
1959
Musical artist
Jake Burns
1958
Irish musician (born 1958)
Mary Chapin Carpenter
1958
American singer-songwriter (b. 1958)
Kim Coates
1958
Canadian-American actor (born 1958)
Jack Coleman (actor)
1958
American actor and screenwriter
Alan Trammell
1958
American baseball player, coach and manager (born 1958)
Kelsey Grammer
1955
American actor (born 1955)
Christina Rees
1954
Welsh politician (born 1954)
Christine Ebersole
1953
American actress and singer
William Petersen
1953
American actor (born 1953)
Jean-Jacques Burnel
1952
British bassist and singer (born 1952)
Vitaly Churkin
1952
Russian diplomat (1952–2017)
Vince Welnick
1951
American musician (1951–2006)
Sahle-Work Zewde
1950
President of Ethiopia from 2018 to 2024
Frank Brunner
1949
American comics artist and illustrator
Jerry Harrison
1949
American musician, producer, and entrepreneur (born 1949)
Ronnie Hellström
1949
Swedish footballer (1949–2022)
Johnny Echols
1947
American songwriter and guitarist (born 1947)
Olympia Snowe
1947
American politician (born 1947)
Tyne Daly
1946
American actress (born 1946)
Anthony Daniels
1946
English actor and mime artist (born 1946)
Alan Rickman
1946
English actor (1946–2016)
Bob Ryan
1946
American sportswriter (born 1946)
Maurice Bembridge
1945
English professional golfer (1945–2024)
David Geffen
1943
American media proprietor (born 1943)
Tony Martin (professor)
1942
Trinidad-born professor of Africana Studies (1942–2013)
Margarethe von Trotta
1942
German film director
Peter Gethin
1940
British racing driver (1940–2011)
John Lewis
1940
American politician and civil rights leader (1940–2020)
Bobby Charles
1938
American singer-songwriter (1938–2010)
Ron Clarke
1937
Australian long-distance runner (1937–2015)
Harald V
1937
King of Norway since 1991
Gary Lockwood
1937
American actor (born 1937)
Barbara Jordan
1936
American politician, lawyer, and educator (1936–1996)
Richard A. Lupoff
1935
American author (1935–2020)
Mark McManus
1935
Scottish actor (1935–1994)
Rue McClanahan
1934
American actress (1934–2010)
Bob Rafelson
1933
American film director (1933–2022)
Nina Simone
1933
American singer-songwriter (1933–2003)
Chespirito
1929
Mexican actor, comedian, filmmaker (1929–2014)
Erma Bombeck
1927
American humorist and writer (1927–1996)
Sam Peckinpah
1925
American film director (1925–1984)
Jack Ramsay
1925
American basketball coach and broadcaster (1925–2014)
Dorothy Blum
1924
American computer scientist and cryptanalyst (1924–1980)
Thelma Estrin
1924
American computer scientist and engineer (1924–2014)
Robert Mugabe
1924
Leader of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 2017
Zdeněk Miler
1921
Czech animator and illustrator (1921–2011)
John Rawls
1921
American political philosopher (1921–2002)
Richard T. Whitcomb
1921
American aeronautical engineer (1921–2009)
Lucille Bremer
1917
American actress (1917–1996)
Tadd Dameron
1917
American jazz composer and pianist (1917–1965)
Claudia Jones
1915
Trinidad-born journalist and activist (1915–1964)
Ann Sheridan
1915
American actress and singer (1915–1967)
Anton Vratuša
1915
Slovenian politician and diplomat
Ilmari Juutilainen
1914
Finnish flying ace
Zachary Scott
1914
American actor (1914–1965)
Jean Tatlock
1914
American Communist activist (1914–1944)
Arline Judge
1912
American actress (1912–1974)
Douglas Bader
1910
British World War II flying ace (1910–1982)
Hans Erni
1909
Swiss painter and engraver
W. H. Auden
1907
British-American poet (1907–1973)
Anaïs Nin
1903
French-born American author (1903–1977)
Raymond Queneau
1903
French novelist and poet (1903–1976)
Arthur Nock
1902
English classicist and theologian (1902–1963)
Jeanne Aubert
1900
French singer and actress
1800s
Suryakant Tripathi
1896
Indian poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer
Henrik Dam
1895
Danish biochemist and physiologist (1895–1976)
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
1894
Indian chemist
Celia Lovsky
1893
Austrian-American actress
Andrés Segovia
1893
Spanish guitarist (1893–1987)
Harry Stack Sullivan
1892
American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (1892–1949)
Clemence Dane
1888
English novelist and playwright
Korechika Anami
1887
Japanese general (1887–1945)
Sacha Guitry
1885
French actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright (1885–1957)
Kenneth J. Alford
1881
English composer (1881–1945)
Mirra Alfassa
1878
French-Indian spiritual guru (1878–1973)
Jeanne Calment
1875
Verified oldest person in history (1875–1997)
Otto Hermann Kahn
1867
American banker
John Haden Badley
1865
Goscombe John
1860
Welsh sculptor (1860–1952)
Charles-Marie Widor
1844
French organist and composer (1844–1937)
Léo Delibes
1836
French composer (1836–1891)
Charles Scribner I
1821
American publisher (1821–1871)
José Zorrilla
1817
Spanish poet, writer, playwright (1817–1893)
John Henry Newman
1801
English theologian and cardinal (1801–1890)
Before 1800
Antonio López de Santa Anna
1794
President of Mexico many times, 1833 to 1855
Carl Czerny
1791
Austrian composer, teacher and pianist (1791–1857)
Francis Ronalds
1788
English scientist and engineer (1788–1873)
Catharina of Württemberg
1783
Queen of Westphalia from 1807 to 1813
Peter III of Russia
1728
Emperor of Russia in 1762
Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke
1705
Royal Navy officer and politician (1705–1781)
Rebecca Nurse
1621
Convicted witch in Salem, Massachusetts (1621–1692)
Raimondo Montecuccoli
1609
Italian soldier and military theorist (1609–1680)
Sethus Calvisius
1556
German composer
Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
1541
Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland
1498
English peer (1498–1549)
Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg
1484
Elector of Brandenburg from 1499 to 1535
Joanna la Beltraneja
1462
Queen of Portugal and claimant to the Castilian throne (1462–1530)
Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy
1397
Duchess consort of Burgundy
Abe no Seimei
921
Japanese mystic