Births on 6 February
2000s
Ona Huczkowski
2002
Finnish actress (born 2002)
Conor Gallagher
2000
English footballer (born 2000)
1900s
Adley Rutschman
1998
American baseball player (born 1998)
Kevon Looney
1996
American basketball player (born 1996)
Nyck de Vries
1995
Dutch racing driver (born 1995)
Leon Goretzka
1995
German footballer (born 1995)
Sam McQueen
1995
English footballer
Teresa Scanlan
1993
Miss America 2011 winner (born 1993)
Víctor Mañón
1992
Mexican footballer (born 1992)
Tobias Eisenbauer
1991
Austrian ice dancer
Aleksandar Katai
1991
Serbian footballer (born 1991)
Ida Njåtun
1991
Norwegian speed skater (born 1991)
Eva Wacanno
1991
Dutch tennis player
Fei Yu
1991
Chinese footballer
Adam Henrique
1990
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1990)
Jermaine Kearse
1990
American football player and coach (born 1990)
Aida Rybalko
1990
Lithuanian figure skater (born 1990)
Craig Cathcart
1989
Northern Irish footballer
Jonny Flynn
1989
American basketball player (born 1989)
Bailey Hanks
1988
American singer, actress, and dancer (born 1988)
Pedro Álvarez (baseball)
1987
Dominican baseball player (born 1987)
Travis Wood
1987
American baseball player (born 1987)
Tony Johnson (fighter)
1986
American mixed martial arts fighter
Yunho
1986
South Korean musician (born 1986)
Fallulah
1985
Danish-Romanian singer-songwriter and musician
Kris Humphries
1985
American basketball player (born 1985)
Darren Bent
1984
English footballer (born 1984)
Piret Järvis
1984
Estonian musician
Antoine Wright (basketball)
1984
American basketball player (born 1984)
Dimas Delgado
1983
Spanish footballer
S. Sreesanth
1983
Indian cricketer
Jamie Whincup
1983
Australian racing driver
Elise Ray
1982
American artistic gymnast
Tank (Taiwanese singer)
1982
Taiwanese singer-songwriter
Ricky Barnes
1981
American professional golfer (born 1981)
Calum Best
1981
American television personality (born 1981)
Shim Eun-jin
1981
South Korean singer and actress (born 1981)
Alison Haislip
1981
American actress
Jens Lekman
1981
Swedish musician and songwriter
Kerry Jeremy
1980
West Indian cricketer (born 1980)
Konnor (wrestler)
1980
American professional wrestler (born 1980)
Kim Poirier
1980
Canadian actress
Luke Ravenstahl
1980
American politician
Dan Balan
1979
Moldovan musician (born 1979)
Yael Naim
1978
Israeli singer (born 1978)
Tanja Frieden
1976
Swiss snowboarder (born 1976)
Kim Zmeskal
1976
American gymnast
Chad Allen (baseball)
1975
American baseball player (born 1975)
Orkut Büyükkökten
1975
Turkish software engineer
Tomoko Kawase
1975
Japanese musicians (born 1975)
Aljo Bendijo
1974
Filipino journalist (born 1974)
Stefano Bettarini
1972
Italian footballer (born 1972)
David Binn
1972
American football player (born 1972)
Brad Hogg
1971
Australian cricketer
Carlos Rogers (basketball)
1971
American basketball player (born 1971)
Per Frandsen
1970
Danish football manager (born 1970)
Tim Herron
1970
American professional golfer (born 1970)
David Hayter
1969
Canadian-American actor and screenwriter
Masaharu Fukuyama
1969
Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (born 1969)
Tim Sherwood
1969
English association football player and manager (born 1969)
Bob Wickman
1969
American baseball player (born 1969)
Adolfo Valencia
1968
Colombian footballer (born 1968)
Akira Yamaoka
1968
Japanese composer and sound designer (born 1968)
Anita Cochran
1967
American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist (born 1967)
Izumi Sakai
1967
Japanese singer (1967–2007)
Michelle Thrush
1967
Canadian actress and activist
Jan Svěrák
1965
Czech film director and screenwriter (born 1965)
Laurent Cabannes
1964
France international rugby union player
Colin Miller (cricketer)
1964
Australian cricketer (born 1964)
Andrey Zvyagintsev
1964
Russian film director and screenwriter
David Capel
1963
English cricketer (1963–2020)
Scott Gordon (ice hockey)
1963
American ice hockey player and coach
Quentin Letts
1963
British journalist (born 1963)
Stavros Lambrinidis
1962
Greek lawyer and politician
Cam Cameron
1961
American football player and coach (born 1961)
Bill Lester
1961
American racing driver
Yury Onufriyenko
1961
Russian cosmonaut (born 1961)
Jeremy Bowen
1960
Welsh journalist and TV presenter (born 1960)
Cecily Adams
1958
American actress (1958–2004)
Andres Lipstok
1957
Estonian politician, chairman of the Bank of Estonia
Jerry Marotta
1956
American drummer (born 1956)
Avram Grant
1955
Israeli association football manager
John Kuester
1955
American basketball coach (born 1955)
Michael Pollan
1955
American author and journalist (born 1955)
Bruno Stolorz
1955
German rugby union coach
Ric Charlesworth
1952
Australian politician and sportsman
Viktor Giacobbo
1952
Swiss writer, comedian and actor (born 1952)
Ricardo La Volpe
1952
Argentine footballer and manager
Timothy Dolan
1950
American Catholic cardinal (born 1950)
Punky Meadows
1950
American guitarist (born 1950)
Mike Batt
1949
English singer-songwriter and director (born 1949)
Manuel Orantes
1949
Spanish tennis player (born 1949)
Jim Sheridan
1949
Irish filmmaker
Mike Anderson (linebacker)
1949
American football player (born 1949)
Charlie Hickcox
1947
American swimmer (1947–2010)
Bill Staines
1947
American folk musician (1947–2021)
Richie Hayward
1946
American musician
Kate McGarrigle
1946
Canadian singer-songwriter (1946–2010)
Jim Turner (politician)
1946
American politician (born 1946)
Christine Boutin
1944
French politician (born 1944)
Willie Tee
1944
Musical artist
Gayle Hunnicutt
1943
American actress (1943–2023)
Ahmad-Jabir Ahmadov
1942
Azerbaijani academic
Charlie Coles
1942
American college basketball coach
James W. Loewen
1942
American sociologist, historian, and author (1942–2021)
Tommy Roberts (designer)
1942
English fashion designer (1942–2012)
Stephen Albert
1941
American composer (1941–1992)
Dave Berry (musician)
1941
English rock singer and 1960s teen idol (born 1939)
Gigi Perreau
1941
American actress
Petr Hájek
1940
Czech scientist and professor
Jimmy Tarbuck
1940
English comedian (born 1940)
Jean Beaudin
1939
Canadian film director and screenwriter (1939–2019)
Jair Rodrigues
1939
Musical artist
Fred Mifflin
1938
Canadian politician
Kent Douglas
1936
Canadian ice hockey defenseman (1936-2009)
Leslie Crowther
1933
English comedian (1933–1996)
Camilo Cienfuegos
1932
Cuban revolutionary leader and guerrilla (1933–Missing 1959)
Fred Trueman
1931
English cricketer (1931–2006)
Ricardo Vidal
1931
Filipino Catholic cardinal (1931–2017)
Jun Kondō
1930
Japanese physicist (1930–2022)
Colin Murdoch
1929
New Zealand pharmacist and veterinarian
Óscar Sambrano Urdaneta
1929
Valentin Yanin
1929
Russian historian (1929–2020)
Allan H. Meltzer
1928
American economist (1928–2017)
Gerard K. O'Neill
1927
American physicist, author, and inventor (1927–1992)
Billy Wright (footballer, born 1924)
1924
English footballer (1924–1994)
Jin Yong
1924
Chinese-language wuxia novelist (1924–2018)
Gyula Lóránt
1923
Hungarian footballer and manager (1923–1981)
Denis Norden
1922
English writer and TV presenter (1922–2018)
Haskell Wexler
1922
American filmmaker (1922–2015)
Carl N. Degler
1921
American historian (1921–2014)
Bob Scott (rugby)
1921
NZ international rugby union & league player (1921-2012)
Takashi Yanase
1919
Japanese manga artist (1919–2013)
Lothar-Günther Buchheim
1918
German author and artist (1918–2007)
Louis-Philippe de Grandpré
1917
Canadian judge (1917–2008)
John Crank
1916
English mathematical physicist
Kavi Pradeep
1915
Indian singer (1915–1998)
Thurl Ravenscroft
1914
American actor (1914–2005)
Mary Leakey
1913
British paleoanthropologist (1913–1996)
Christopher Hill (historian)
1912
English historian (1912–2003)
Ronald Reagan
1911
President of the United States from 1981 to 1989
Roman Czerniawski
1910
Polish Air Force Captain and Allied double agent (1910–1985)
Irmgard Keun
1910
German author
Carlos Marcello
1910
American mobster (1910–1993)
Geo Bogza
1908
Romanian avant-garde theorist, poet and journalist (1908 - 1993)
Amintore Fanfani
1908
Italian politician and statesman (1908–1999)
Edward Lansdale
1908
United States Air Force and CIA officer
Michael Maltese
1908
American screenwriter and storyboard artist (1908–1981)
Joseph Schull
1906
Canadian playwright and historian
Władysław Gomułka
1905
Leader of Poland (1947–1948; 1956–1970)
Jan Werich
1905
Czech actor, playwright, and writer (1905–1980)
Claudio Arrau
1903
Chilean and American pianist (1903–1991)
George Brunies
1902
American jazz trombonist (1902–1974)
Zdenka Ziková
1902
Czech opera singer (1902–1990)
Ben Lyon
1901
American actor (1901–1979)
1800s
Ramon Novarro
1899
Mexican actor (1899–1968)
Harry Haywood
1898
African-American communist and political activist (1898–1985)
Robert M. La Follette Jr.
1895
American politician (1895–1953)
María Teresa Vera
1895
Cuban singer, guitarist and composer (1895–1965)
Babe Ruth
1895
American baseball player (1895–1948)
Eric Partridge
1894
20th-century New Zealand-born lexicographer, editor, and author (1894–1979)
Kirpal Singh
1894
Indian guru (1894–1974)
Zafrulla Khan
1893
Pakistani diplomat (1893–1985)
Maximilian Fretter-Pico
1892
German general (1892–1984)
William P. Murphy
1892
American recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Abdul Ghaffar Khan
1890
Indian independence activist (1890–1988)
Jim McGirr
1890
Australian politician
Josef Frings
1887
German clergyman and Cardinal
Marcel Cohen
1884
French linguist
Nishinoumi Kajirō II
1880
Japanese sumo wrestler
Othon Friesz
1879
French artist (1879–1949)
Magnús Guðmundsson
1879
Icelandic politician (1879–1937)
Edwin Montagu
1879
British politician (1879–1924)
Carl Ramsauer
1879
German physicist (1879–1955)
Henry Blogg
1876
Most decorated RNLI lifeboatman
Leonid Gobyato
1875
Russian general (1875–1915)
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
1874
Gaudīya Vaisnava Ācārya (1874–1937)
Robert Maillart
1872
Swiss civil engineer and bridge designer
Karl Sapper
1866
John Henry Mackay
1864
German anarchist writer (1864–1933)
Nikolay Zelinsky
1861
Russian chemist (1861–1953)
C. Lloyd Morgan
1852
British ethologist and psychologist (1852–1936)
Vasily Safonov
1852
Russian pianist, teacher, conductor and composer
Henry Janeway Hardenbergh
1847
American architect (1847–1918)
Isidor and Ida Straus
1845
American ''Titanic'' passengers (1845 and 1849–1912)
Inoue Kowashi
1843
Japanese noble (1844–1895)
Frederic W. H. Myers
1843
English poet and essayist (1843–1901)
Alexandre Ribot
1842
French politician (1842–1923)
Eduard Hitzig
1839
German neurologist and neuropsychiatrist
Henry Irving
1838
English stage actor of the Victorian era (1838–1905)
Yisrael Meir Kagan
1838
Polish rabbi (1838–1933)
Edwin Klebs
1834
German-Swiss microbiologist (1834–1913)
Ema Pukšec
1834
Austrian opera singer
Wilhelm von Scherff
1834
José María de Pereda
1833
Modern Spanish novelist (1833–1906)
J. E. B. Stuart
1833
Confederate cavalry general (1833–1864)
John B. Gordon
1832
American politician and Confederate general (1832–1904)
Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer
1829
French architect (1829–1914)
Thomas C. Durant
1820
Railroad promoter, financier
William M. Evarts
1818
American lawyer and politician (1818–1901)
Auguste Chapdelaine
1814
French Christian missionary
Henry Liddell
1811
British classical scholar and administrator (1811–1898)
Charles Wheatstone
1802
English physicist and inventor (1802–1875)
Achille Devéria
1800
French painter (1800–1857)
Before 1800
Imre Frivaldszky
1799
Hungarian botanist and entomologist
Joseph von Radowitz
1797
Prussian general and statesman (1797–1853)
John Stevens Henslow
1796
British botanist, geologist, and priest (1796–1861)
John Keane, 1st Baron Keane
1781
Irish soldier
Ugo Foscolo
1778
Italian writer, revolutionary and poet (1778–1827)
George Murray (British Army officer)
1772
British Army general, politician and colonial administrator (1772–1846)
Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn
1769
Austrian general (1769–1862)
Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz
1758
Polish poet, playwright and statesman (1758–1841)
Aaron Burr
1756
Vice President of the United States from 1801 to 1805
Évariste de Parny
1753
French Rococo poet (1753–1814)
Adam Weishaupt
1748
German philosopher and founder of the Bavarian Illuminati (1748–1830)
Pierre-Joseph Desault
1744
French anatomist and surgeon
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt
1736
German sculptor (1736–1783)
Charles Lee (general)
1732
British-born American army officer (1732–1782)
Patrick Russell (herpetologist)
1726
Scottish surgeon and naturalist
Alberto Pullicino
1719
Nicolaus II Bernoulli
1695
Swiss mathematician (1695-1726)
Anne, Queen of Great Britain
1665
Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702 to 1714
Mustafa II
1664
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1695 to 1703
Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp
1649
German noblewoman (1649–1728)
Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg
1643
Antoine Arnauld
1612
French Catholic theologian, philosopher and mathematician (1612–1694)
Chongzhen Emperor
1611
Emperor of China from 1627 to 1644
António Vieira
1608
17th-century Portuguese diplomat and missionary
Bernard of Corleone
1605
Sicilian Franciscan
Mario Bettinus
1582
Italian mathematician, astronomer and philosopher (1582–1657)
Beatrice Cenci
1577
Roman noblewoman (1577–1599)
Sassa Narimasa
1536
Japanese Sengoku samurai
Scipione del Ferro
1465
Italian mathematician (1465–1526)
Girolamo Benivieni
1453
Italian poet
Joanna, Princess of Portugal
1452
Portuguese princess
Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse
1402
German nobleman (1402–1458)
Emperor Daigo
885
Emperor of Japan from 897 to 930