February 11

• 660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.{{cite book |last1=Trawicky |first1=Bernard |title=Anniversaries and Holidays |date=2009 |publisher=American Library Association |isbn=978-0-8389-1004-7 |page=25 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dp2TAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA25 |language=en}}
• 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Empire, on the eve of his coming of age clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.{{cite journal|journal=BBC History|issue=February 2020|author=Dominic Sandbrook|title=Nero assassinates his stepbrother|page=12}}
• 951 – Guo Wei, a court official, leads a military coup and declares himself emperor of the new Later Zhou.{{cite book|last=Mote|first=Frederick W.|title=Imperial China, 900-1800|location=Cambridge, Mass.|publisher=Harvard University Press|date=1999|isbn=9780674445154|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SQWW7QgUH4gC|page=95}}
• 1144 – Robert of Chester completes his translation from Arabic to Latin of the Liber de compositione alchemiae, marking the birth of Western alchemy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.history-science-technology.com/articles/articles+1.html|title=History Of Science And Technology In Islam|website=www.history-science-technology.com}}
• 1534 – At the Convocation of Canterbury, the Catholic bishops comprising the Upper House of the Province of Canterbury agree to style Henry VIII supreme head of the English church and clergy "so far as the law of Christ allows".{{cite book|last=Haigh|first=Christopher|title=English Reformations: Religion, Politics, and Society Under the Tudorslocation=Oxford, UK|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1993|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zFmS2ng9z7wC|isbn=9780198221623|pages=106–109}}
• 1584 – A naval expedition led by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa founds Nombre de Jesús, the first of two short-lived Spanish settlements in the Strait of Magellan.{{cite book |last1=Martinic |first1=Mateo |author-link=Mateo Martinic |date=1977 |title=Historia del Estrecho de Magallanes |language=es |url=http://www.memoriachilena.cl/602/w3-article-10441.html |location=Santiago |publisher=Andrés Bello |pages=112–119}}
• 1586 – Sir Francis Drake with an English force captures and occupies the Spanish colonial port of Cartagena de Indias for two months, obtaining a ransom and booty.{{cite web| url = https://archive.org/details/drakeandtudorna00corbgoog| title = Drake and the Tudor Navy: With a History of the Rise of England as a Maritime Power, Volume 2| year = 1965| publisher = New York, B. Franklin}}

• 1659 – The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.{{cite book|author=William Henry Wilkins|title=A Queen of Tears: Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Norway and Princess of Great Britain and Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8YWuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT183|year=1904|publisher=Library of Alexandria|isbn=978-1-4656-0740-9|pages=183}}
• 1794 – First session of United States Senate opens to the public.{{cite web |title=U.S. Senate: On This Day: February 11, 1794 |url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/anecdote/days/006week_0211.htm |website=www.senate.gov |access-date=11 February 2020}}
• 1808 – Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.{{cite book |title=Minerals Yearbook |date=1976 |publisher=Bureau of Mines |page=641 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=My8KMnb3KqIC&pg=PA641 |language=en}}
• 1812 – Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry is accused of "gerrymandering" for the first time.{{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Jennifer |title=Elbridge Gerry and the Monstrous Gerrymander {{!}} In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress |url=https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2017/02/elbridge-gerry-and-the-monstrous-gerrymander/ |website=blogs.loc.gov |access-date=23 February 2020 |date=10 February 2017}}
• 1823 – Carnival tragedy of 1823: About 110 boys are killed during a human crush at the Convent of the Minori Osservanti in Valletta, Malta.{{cite web |title=Flashback: Valletta stampede in 1823 killed 100 children |url=https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20151118/local/Valletta-stampede-in-1823-killed-100-children.592551 |website=Times of Malta |date=18 November 2015 |access-date=23 February 2020 |language=en-gb}}
• 1826 – University College London is founded as University of London.{{cite book |last1=Andrews |first1=Matthew |title=Universities in the Age of Reform, 1800–1870: Durham, London and King's College |date=2018 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-76726-0 |page=77 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RYteDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA77 |language=en}}
• 1840 – Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.{{cite web |title=La Fille du régiment — Productions — Royal Opera House |url=https://www.roh.org.uk/productions/la-fille-du-regiment-by-laurent-pelly |website=www.roh.org.uk |access-date=23 February 2020}}
• 1843 – Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata receives its first performance in Milan, Italy.{{cite book |last1=Parker |first1=Roger |title=The New Grove Guide to Verdi and His Operas |date=2007 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-972781-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newgroveguidetov00roge/page/67 67] |url=https://archive.org/details/newgroveguidetov00roge |url-access=registration |language=en}}
• 1855 – Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia.{{cite web |title=Ethiopia - The Zagwe and Solomonic dynasties |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Ethiopia/|website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=23 February 2020 |language=en}}
• 1856 – The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is deposed.{{cite book |last1=Premchand |first1=Munshi |title=Premchand's Kazaki and Other Marvellous Tales |date=2014 |publisher=Hachette India |isbn=978-93-5009-562-1 |page=107 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wMdUAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT107 |language=en}}
• 1858 – Bernadette Soubirous's first vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary occurs in Lourdes, France.{{cite web |title=Saint Bernadette of Lourdes {{!}} Biography, Facts, & Feast Day |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Bernadette-of-Lourdes |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=23 February 2020 |language=en}}
• 1861 – American Civil War: The United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.{{cite book |last1=Masur |first1=Louis P. |title=Lincoln's Hundred Days: The Emancipation Proclamation and the War for the Union |date=2012 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-06753-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/lincolnshundredd0000masu/page/343 343] |url=https://archive.org/details/lincolnshundredd0000masu |url-access=registration |language=en}}
• 1873 – King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates, triggering the proclamation of the First Spanish Republic.{{cite web |title=Amadeus {{!}} king of Spain |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Amadeus-king-of-Spain |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Biografía de Amadeo I de Saboya (1871-1873) - Reyes y Reinas de la España Contemporánea |url=https://www.cervantesvirtual.com/portales/reyes_y_reinas_espana_contemporanea/amadeo_i_biografia/ |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes |language=es}}
• 1889 – The Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.{{cite book |last1=Boscaro |first1=Adriana |last2=Gatti |first2=Franco |last3=Raveri |first3=Massimo |title=Rethinking Japan Vol 2: Social Sciences, Ideology and Thought |date=2018 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-88081-1 |page=48 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vHh0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT48 |language=en}}

• 1903 – Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.{{cite web |title=Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) |url=https://mahlerfoundation.org/en/mahler/personen-2/bruckner-anton-1824-1896 |website=Mahler Foundation |date=6 January 2015 |access-date=24 February 2020}}
• 1906 – Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.{{cite book |last1=Chadwick |first1=Owen |title=A History of the Popes, 1830-1914 |date=2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-926286-1 |page=394 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xtbLJZOKxx8C&pg=PA394 |language=en}}
• 1919 – Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.{{cite web |title=Weimar Republic {{!}} Facts, Constitution, & Downfall |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Weimar-Republic |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=24 February 2020 |language=en}}
• 1929 – The Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.{{cite web |title=Lateran Treaty - Oxford Reference |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100052999 |website=www.oxfordreference.com |access-date=24 February 2020 |language=en }}
• 1933 – LAPD Red Squad raid on John Reed Club art show in the U.S. results in the destruction of a dozen political artworks.{{cite magazine |date=February 1933 |title=Red Squad-Communists Clash at City Hall |url=https://digitallibrary.californiahistoricalsociety.org/object/34527 |magazine=Open Forum |page=1 |volume=10 |issue=8 |issn=0030-3429 |oclc=4098587}}
• 1937 – The Flint sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers trade union.{{cite web |last1=White |first1=Jerry |title=Eighty-two years since the victory of the Flint sit-down strike |url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/02/11/flin-f11.html |website=www.wsws.org |date=11 February 2019 |access-date=24 February 2020 |language=en}}
• 1938 – BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".{{cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Danny |title=78 Years Ago Today, BBC Aired the First Science Fiction Television Program |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/78-years-ago-today-bbc-aired-first-science-fiction-television-program-180958126/ |website=Smithsonian Magazine |access-date=24 February 2020 |language=en}}
• 1942 – World War II: Second day of the Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore.{{cite book |last1=Hack |first1=Karl |last2=Blackburn |first2=Kevin |title=War Memory and the Making of Modern Malaysia and Singapore |date=2012 |publisher=NUS Press |isbn=978-9971-69-599-6 |page=110 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yO_wBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA110 |language=en}}
• 1946 – The New Testament of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the first significant challenge to the Authorized King James Version, is published.{{Cite web |title=Omissions in New Revised Standard Version |url=https://www.ministrymagazine.org/archive/1946/07/omissions-in-new-revised-standard-version |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=www.ministrymagazine.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Revised Standard Version Bible Committee |url=https://www2.oberlin.edu/archive/archon_pdfs/RSV_Bible_Committee_Inventory.pdf |website=Oberlin College}}{{Cite web |last=Morgan |first=David Closson and Jaelyn |title=Does 1 Corinthians 6:9 Really Condemn Homosexual Sex? |url=http://www.frcblog.com/2021/08/does-1-corinthians-69-really-condemn-homosexual-sex |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803080058/https://frcblog.com/2021/08/does-1-corinthians-69-really-condemn-homosexual-sex/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=August 3, 2021 |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=www.frcblog.com |language=en}}{{Cite journal |date=30 Mar 2006 |title=I Preface to the Revised Standard Version |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0034408520470401 |journal=Religious Education |language=en |volume=47 |issue=4 |pages=243–247 |doi=10.1080/0034408520470401 |issn=0034-4087 |url-access=subscription }}
• 1953 – Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower denies all appeals for clemency for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.{{cite book |last1=Philipson |first1=Ilene J. |title=Ethel Rosenberg: Beyond the Myths |date=1993 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |isbn=978-0-8135-1917-3 |page=345 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8g6JU4hTJ2AC&pg=PA345 |language=en}}
• 1953 – Israeli-Soviet relations are severed.{{cite book |last1=Govrin |first1=Yosef |title=Israeli-Soviet Relations, 1953-67: From Confrontation to Disruption |date=1998 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-0-7146-4872-9 |page=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s-yxoaPHwmQC&pg=PA3 |language=en}}
• 1959 – The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.{{cite book |last1=Rabi |first1=Uzi |title=Yemen: Revolution, Civil War and Unification |date=2014 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-0-85772-531-8 |page=35 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6eeKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA35 |language=en}}
• 1963 — The Beatles recorded their first album Please Please Me{{Cite web |date=2008-03-14 |title=Please Please Me |url=https://www.beatlesbible.com/albums/please-please-me/ |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=The Beatles Bible |language=en-GB}}
• 1970 – Japan launches Ohsumi, becoming the fourth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.{{cite web| url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1970-011A| title = Ohsumi | access-date = 2020-04-05 | work = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog | publisher = National Space Science Data Center}}
• 1971 – Cold War: the Seabed Arms Control Treaty opened for signature outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.{{cite book |last1=Experts |first1=Disha |title=Exclusive Social, Polity & Economy Topics for Civil Services (IAS/IPS) Prelims & Mains Exam |date=2019 |publisher=Disha Publications |isbn=978-93-89418-24-8 |page=222 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nnGrDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA222 |language=en}}
• 1978 – Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 crashes at the Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada with 42 deaths and seven survivors.{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|date=|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-275 C-FPWC Cranbrook Airport, BC (YXC)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19780211-0|access-date=2021-02-10|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}
• 1979 – The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.{{cite web |title=1979: Victory for Khomeini as army steps aside |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/11/newsid_3477000/3477323.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=24 February 2020 |date=11 February 1979}}
• 1990 – Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.{{cite web |last1=Beresford |first1=David |title=From the archive, 12 February 1990: Nelson Mandela: A man whose time has come at last |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2013/dec/06/1990-nelson-mandela-victor-verster-prison |website=The Guardian |access-date=24 February 2020 |date=6 December 2013}}
• 1990 – Buster Douglas, a 42:1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing's world Heavyweight title.{{cite web |last1=Campbell |first1=Paul |title=From the Vault: Mike Tyson is knocked out by 42–1 underdog Buster Douglas |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/feb/11/mike-tyson-underdog-buster-douglas-boxing-from-the-vault |website=The Guardian |access-date=24 February 2020 |date=11 February 2015}}
• 1997 – Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.{{cite web |last1=Warnock |first1=Lynda |title=NASA - STS-82 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-82.html |website=www.nasa.gov |access-date=24 February 2020 |language=en}}
• 1999 – Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit, ending a nearly 20-year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune's orbit again until 2231.{{cite book |last1=Weintraub |first1=David A. |title=Is Pluto a Planet?: A Historical Journey through the Solar System |date=2014 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-1-4008-5297-0 |page=250 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dW1_AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA250 |language=en}}
• 2000 – Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-99 to conduct the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.{{Cite web |title=Spaceflight mission report: STS-99 |url=http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-99.htm |access-date=25 April 2024 |website=www.spacefacts.de}}
• 2001 – A Dutch programmer launched the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.{{cite web |title=CNN.com - Sci-Tech - Kournikova virus suspect arrested - February 14, 2001 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/02/14/kournikova.virus/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=24 February 2020}}
• 2008 – Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.{{cite book |last1=Greener |first1=B. K. |last2=Fish |first2=W. J. |title=Internal Security and Statebuilding: Aligning Agencies and Functions |date=2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-63133-0 |page=102 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZUqcBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA102 |language=en}}
• 2011 – Arab Spring: The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 17 days of protests.{{cite web |title=Egypt Uprising of 2011 |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Egypt-Uprising-of-2011 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=24 February 2020 |language=en}}
• 2013 – The Vatican confirmed that Pope Benedict XVI would resign the papacy as a result of his advanced age.{{cite web |title=Frail Pope Benedict to step down |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-21411304 |website=BBC News |access-date=13 February 2020 |date=11 February 2013}}
• 2013 – Militants claiming to be from the Sultanate of Sulu invade Lahad Datu District, Sabah, Malaysia, beginning the Lahad Datu standoff.{{cite web|author=Jethro Mullen|date=15 February 2013|title=Filipino group on Borneo claims to represent sultanate, Malaysia says|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/15/world/asia/malaysia-philippines-standoff|access-date=25 February 2013|publisher=CNN }}
• 2014 – A military transport plane crashes in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province in eastern Algeria, killing 77 people.{{cite web |title=One survivor as 77 killed in Algeria plane crash |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/12/one-survivor-algeria-plane-crash |website=The Guardian |access-date=24 February 2020 |date=12 February 2014}}
• 2015 – A university student was murdered as she resisted an attempted rape in Turkey, sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against harassment and violence against women.{{cite web |last1=Davidson |first1=Helen |title=Rape and murder of young woman sparks mass Twitter protest in Turkey |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/17/turkish-woman-ozgecan-aslans-sparks-anti-violence-campaign-sendeanlat |website=The Guardian |access-date=24 February 2020 |date=17 February 2015}}
• 2016 – A man shoots seven people dead at an education center in Jizan Province, Saudi Arabia.{{cite web |title=Shooting at Saudi office 'kills six' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35552037 |website=BBC News |access-date=24 February 2020 |date=11 February 2016}}
• 2017 – North Korea test fires a ballistic missile across the Sea of Japan.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missile-first-since-trump-elected-in-us/2017/02/11/42d6cb57-d187-4b2a-bafb-6834c97799b0_story.html|title=North Korea fires ballistic missile, first since Trump elected in U.S.|last1=Fifield|first1=Anna|date=February 11, 2017|access-date=February 11, 2020|newspaper=The Washington Post}}
• 2018 – Saratov Airlines Flight 703 crashes near Moscow, Russia with 71 deaths and no survivors.{{cite web |last1=Bennetts |first1=Marc |title=Russian passenger plane crashes outside Moscow, killing 71 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/11/russian-passenger-plane-saratov-airlines-flight-6w703-crashes-outside-moscow-reports |website=The Guardian |access-date=11 February 2020 |date=11 February 2018}}
• 2020 – COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization officially names the coronavirus outbreak as COVID-19, with the virus being designated SARS-CoV-2.{{cite web|date=11 February 2020|title=Coronavirus disease named Covid-19|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51466362|access-date=11 February 2020|website=BBC}}
• 2024 – 2024 Finnish presidential election: Alexander Stubb is elected as the 13th president of Finland.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/11/world/europe/finland-election-nato.html|title=Finland Elects Alexander Stubb President as It Ushers in NATO Era|first1=Erika|last1=Solomon|first2=Johanna|last2=Lemola|work=The New York Times|date=11 February 2024|access-date=12 February 2024}}

• 1380 – Poggio Bracciolini, Italian scholar and translator (died 1459){{cite web |title=Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini {{!}} Italian scholar |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gian-Francesco-Poggio-Bracciolini |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=en}}
• 1466 – Elizabeth of York (died 1503){{cite web |title=Henry VII and Elizabeth of York |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/henry-vii-and-elizabeth-of-york |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1535 – Pope Gregory XIV (died 1591){{cite web |title=Gregory XIV {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gregory-XIV |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=en}}
• 1568 – Honoré d'Urfé, French author and playwright (died 1625){{cite book |last1=Warner |first1=Charles Dudley |title=A Library of the World's Best Literature - Ancient and Modern - Vol.XLIII (Forty-Five Volumes); Dictionary of Authors (K-Z) |date=2008 |publisher=Cosimo, Inc. |isbn=978-1-60520-251-8 |page=539 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j6k3F_89oyEC&pg=PA539 |language=en}}

• 1649 – William Carstares, Scottish minister and academic (died 1715){{cite web |title=William Carstares {{!}} Scottish minister |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Carstares |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=en}}
• 1657 – Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, French poet and playwright (died 1757){{cite web |title=Bernard Le Bovier, sieur de Fontenelle {{!}} French author and scientist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bernard-Le-Bovier-sieur-de-Fontenelle |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=en}}
• 1708 – Egidio Duni, Italian composer (died 1775){{cite book |last1=Boer |first1=Bertil van |title=Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period |date=2012 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7386-5 |page=169 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1GchjwmUnmoC&pg=PA169 |language=en}}
• 1764 – Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet and playwright (died 1811){{cite book |last1=Nafziger |first1=George F. |title=Historical Dictionary of the Napoleonic Era |date=2001 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6617-1 |page=82 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dcr7Zt2FEPoC&pg=PA82 |language=en}}
• 1776 – Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek politician, 1st Governor of Greece (died 1831){{cite book |last1=Newton |first1=Michael |title=Famous Assassinations in World History: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes] |date=2014 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-61069-286-1 |page=252 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4-dAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA252 |language=en}}
• 1800 – Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer and politician, invented the calotype (died 1877){{cite web |title=BBC - History - William Henry Fox Talbot |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/fox_talbot_william_henry.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=13 February 2020}}
• 1802 – Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (died 1880){{cite web |title=Lydia Maria Child {{!}} American author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lydia-Maria-Child |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=13 February 2020 |language=en}}
• 1805 – Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, Native American-French Canadian explorer (died 1866){{cite book |last1=Morris |first1=Larry E. |title=The Fate of the Corps: What Became of the Lewis and Clark Explorers After the Expedition |date=2004 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-13024-9 |page=[https://archive.org/details/fateofcorps00larr/page/187 187] |url=https://archive.org/details/fateofcorps00larr |url-access=registration |language=en}}
• 1812 – Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America (died 1883){{cite web |title=Alexander H. Stephens {{!}} vice president of Confederate States of America |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-H-Stephens |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=13 February 2020 |language=en}}
• 1813 – Otto Ludwig, German author, playwright, and critic (died 1865){{cite web |title=Otto Ludwig {{!}} German writer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Otto-Ludwig |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=25 February 2020 |language=en}}
• 1821 – Auguste Mariette, French archaeologist and scholar (died 1881){{cite web |title=Auguste Mariette {{!}} French archaeologist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Auguste-Mariette |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=25 February 2020 |language=en}}
• 1830 – Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff, Prussian pianist and composer (died 1913){{cite web |last1=Giraudet |first1=Jean-Paul |title=Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf |url=https://musicalics.com/en/composer/Hans-Bronsart-von-Schellendorf |website=musicalics.com |access-date=25 February 2020 |language=fr |date=1 March 2014}}
• 1833 – Melville Fuller, American lawyer and jurist, 8th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1910){{cite web |last1=Orth |first1=John V. |title=Fuller, Melville Weston |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195176612.001.0001/acref-9780195176612-e-0459 |website=The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=25 February 2020 |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780195176612.001.0001 |date=2005|isbn=9780195176612 }}
• 1839 – Josiah Willard Gibbs, American physicist (died 1903){{cite web |title=J. Willard Gibbs {{!}} American scientist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/J-Willard-Gibbs |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=5 March 2020 |language=en}}
• 1845 – Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman soldier and politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (died 1936){{cite web |title=Ahmed Tevfik Paşa {{!}} Ottoman vizier |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ahmed-Tevfik-Pasa |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=5 March 2020 |language=en}}
• 1847 – Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman, developed the light bulb and phonograph (died 1931){{cite web |title=Thomas Edison {{!}} Biography, Inventions, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Edison |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=5 March 2020 |language=en}}
• 1855 – Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (died 1940){{cite web |title=Ellen Day Hale {{!}} Smithsonian American Art Museum |url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/ellen-day-hale-2022 |website=americanart.si.edu |access-date=3 April 2020}}
• 1860 – Rachilde, French author and playwright (died 1953){{cite book |last1=Hawthorne |first1=Melanie |title=Rachilde and French Women's Authorship: From Decadence to Modernism |date=2001 |publisher=U of Nebraska Press |isbn=978-0-8032-2402-5 |page=12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TcjSMZ3Z5Q0C&pg=PA12 |language=en}}
• 1863 – John F. Fitzgerald, American politician; Mayor of Boston (died 1950){{cite web |title=Fitzgerald, John Francis (1863-1950) |url=https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-0600188 |website=www.anb.org |year=2000 |access-date=5 March 2020 |language=en |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0600188|last1=Burns |first1=Constance K. |isbn=978-0-19-860669-7 }}
• 1864 – Louis Bouveault, French chemist (died 1909){{cite book |last1=Partington |first1=James Riddick |title=History of Chemistry |date=1964 |publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education |isbn=978-1-349-00554-3 |page=860 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-1JdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA860 |language=en}}
• 1869 – Helene Kröller-Müller, German-Dutch art collector and philanthropist, founded the Kröller-Müller Museum (died 1939){{cite web |title=From a merchant family |url=https://krollermuller.nl/en/timeline/from-a-merchant-family |website=krollermuller.nl |access-date=5 March 2020 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller |url=https://krollermuller.nl/en/timeline/rijksmuseum-kroller-muller#item2568 |website=krollermuller.nl |access-date=5 March 2020 |language=en}}
• 1869 – Else Lasker-Schüler, German poet and author (died 1945){{cite web |title=Who was Jewish German poet and artist Else Lasker-Schüler, celebrated in today's Google Doodle? |url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/read-this/who-was-jewish-german-poet-and-artist-else-lasker-schuler-celebrated-todays-google-doodle-1392742 |website=www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com |date=7 February 2020 |access-date=5 March 2020 |language=en}}
• 1874 – Elsa Beskow, Swedish author and illustrator (died 1953){{cite book |last1=Gaze |first1=Delia |last2=Mihajlovic |first2=Maja |last3=Shrimpton |first3=Leanda |title=Dictionary of Women Artists: Introductory surveys; Artists, A-I |date=1997 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-884964-21-3 |page=254 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6_0Y0PALzQMC&pg=PA254 |language=en}}
• 1877 – Aasa Helgesen, Norwegian midwife (died 1968){{cite encyclopedia|title=Aasa Helgesen |first=Ånund |last=Haugland |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |date=4 January 2024 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Aasa_Helgesen |language=no|access-date=16 March 2024}}
• 1881 – Carlo Carrà, Italian painter (died 1966){{cite web |title=Carrà, Carlo, 1881–1966 |url=https://artuk.org/discover/artists/carra-carlo-18811966 |website=artuk.org |access-date=5 March 2020 |language=en}}
• 1888 – John Warren Davis, American educator, college administrator, and civil rights leader (died 1980){{cite web |url= http://www.wvculture.org/history/archives/blacks/jwdavis.html |title= John Warren Davis |author= West Virginia Archives and History |year= 2019 |publisher= West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History |access-date= February 29, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200229171815/http://www.wvculture.org/history/archives/blacks/jwdavis.html |archive-date= February 29, 2020}}{{cite news | last = Anderson | first = Gene | title = Dr. John Warren Davis, adviser to five presidents | newspaper = The Record | location = Hackensack, New Jersey | date = July 13, 1980 | page = 22 | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46009114/dr-john-warren-davis-adviser-to-five/ | access-date = March 2, 2020 | via = Newspapers.com | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200302233738/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46009114/dr-john-warren-davis-adviser-to-five/ | archive-date = March 2, 2020}}
• 1897 – Emil Leon Post, Polish-American mathematician and logician (died 1954){{cite book |last1=Shook |first1=John R. |title=Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers |date=2005 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-84371-037-0 |page=1951 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ijpj1tB3Qr0C&pg=PA1951 |language=en}}
• 1898 – Leo Szilard, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (died 1964){{cite web |title=Leo Szilard {{!}} American physicist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leo-Szilard |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=5 March 2020 |language=en}}
• 1900 – Ellen Broe, Danish nurse, pioneer in nursing education (died 1994){{Cite web|url=http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/313/origin/170/|title=Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Ellen Broe|date=2007-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708132625/http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/313/origin/170/|archive-date=July 8, 2007|access-date=2017-10-24}}
• 1900 – Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher and scholar (died 2002){{cite web |title=Hans-Georg Gadamer |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/hans-georg-gadamer-9148259.html |website=The Independent |access-date=5 March 2020 |language=en |date=26 March 2002}}
• 1900 – Jōsei Toda, Japanese educator and activist (died 1958){{cite book |last1=Prohl |first1=Inken |last2=Nelson |first2=John K. |title=Handbook of Contemporary Japanese Religions |date=2012 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-23435-2 |pages=283–290 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uiZi2mgC5a4C&pg=PA283 |language=en}}

• 1902 – Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect, designed Radisson Blu Royal Hotel (died 1971){{cite book |last1=Campbell |first1=Gordon |title=The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts: Two-volume Set |date=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |isbn=978-0-19-518948-3 |page=509 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i3Od9bcGus0C&pg=PA509 |language=en}}
• 1904 – Keith Holyoake, New Zealand farmer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1983){{cite web |title=Holyoake, Keith Jacka |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5h33/holyoake-keith-jacka |website=Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand |access-date=6 March 2020 |language=en}}
• 1904 – Lucile Randon, French supercentenarian{{cite web |title=World's oldest man dies aged 113 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/worlds-oldest-man-dead-dies-death-113-years-old-spain-francisco-nunez-olivera-a8185041.html |website=The Independent |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=en |date=30 January 2018}} (died 2023)
• 1908 – Philip Dunne, American screenwriter (died 1992){{cite book |last1=Matheson |first1=Sue |title=The John Ford Encyclopedia |date=2019 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-0382-1 |page=74 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SvuzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA74 |language=en}}
• 1908 – Vivian Fuchs, English explorer (died 1999){{cite web |title=Obituary: Sir Vivian Fuchs |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-sir-vivian-fuchs-1125583.html |website=The Independent |access-date=6 March 2020 |language=en |date=13 November 1999}}
• 1909 – Max Baer, American boxer and actor (died 1959){{cite book |last1=Grasso |first1=John |title=Historical Dictionary of Boxing |date=2013 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7867-9 |page=51 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=njefAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA51 |language=en}}
• 1909 – Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1993){{cite web |title=Joseph L. Mankiewicz {{!}} Biography, Movies, Assessment, and Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-L-Mankiewicz |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=6 March 2020 |language=en}}
• 1912 – Rudolf Firkušný, Czech-American pianist and educator (died 1994){{cite web |title=Obituary: Rudolf Firkusny |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-rudolf-firkusny-1415563.html |website=The Independent |access-date=9 March 2020 |language=en |date=23 July 1994}}
• 1914 – Matt Dennis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2002){{cite web |title=Matt Dennis - Oxford Reference |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095710476 |website=www.oxfordreference.com |access-date=9 March 2020 |language=en }}
• 1914 – Josh White, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1969){{cite book |last1=Komara |first1=Edward M. |title=Encyclopedia of the Blues |date=2006 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-0-415-92699-7 |page=1072 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-w-uGwm_LhcC&pg=PA1072 |language=en}}
• 1915 – Patrick Leigh Fermor, English soldier, author, and scholar (died 2011){{cite web |title=Obituary: Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13733309 |website=BBC News |access-date=9 March 2020 |date=10 June 2011}}
• 1915 – Richard Hamming, American mathematician and academic (died 1998){{cite book |last1=Henderson |first1=Harry |title=A to Z of Computer Scientists |date=2014 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-1-4381-0918-3 |page=108 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pNmm_Axdor8C&pg=PA108 |language=en}}
• 1917 – Sidney Sheldon, American author and screenwriter (died 2007){{cite web |title=Sidney Sheldon |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sidney-sheldon-434541.html |website=The Independent |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=en |date=1 February 2007}}
• 1919 – Eva Gabor, Hungarian-American actress (died 1995){{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Feb. 11: Damian Lewis, Khalid |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/02/11/Famous-birthdays-for-Feb-11-Damian-Lewis-Khalid/6091676075273/ |publisher=UPI |access-date=10 February 2024 |date=11 February 2023}}
• 1920 – Farouk of Egypt (died 1965){{cite web |title=Farouk I {{!}} king of Egypt |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Farouk-I |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=9 March 2020 |language=en}}
• 1920 – Daniel F. Galouye, American author (died 1976){{cite web |title=Authors : Galouye, Daniel F : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/galouye_daniel_f |website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com |access-date=9 March 2020}}
• 1920 – Billy Halop, American actor (died 1976){{cite web |title=Billy Halop |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1600fc6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805051447/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1600fc6 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 5, 2019 |website=BFI |access-date=9 March 2020 |language=en}}
• 1920 – Daniel James, Jr., American general and pilot (died 1978){{cite book |last1=Finkelman |first1=Paul |title=Encyclopedia of African American History: 5-Volume Set |date=2009 |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |isbn=978-0-19-516779-5 |page=15 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6gbQHxb_P0QC&pg=RA2-PA15 |language=en}}
• 1921 – Lloyd Bentsen, American politician, 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 2006){{cite web |title=Lloyd Bentsen {{!}} American politician |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lloyd-Bentsen |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=9 March 2020 |language=en}}
• 1921 – Ottavio Missoni, Italian hurdler and fashion designer, founded Missoni (died 2013){{cite web |last1=Cochrane |first1=Lauren |title=Ottavio Missoni obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/may/09/ottavio-missoni |website=The Guardian |access-date=9 March 2020 |date=9 May 2013}}
• 1923 – Antony Flew, English philosopher and academic (died 2010){{cite web |title=Antony Flew {{!}} English philosopher |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antony-Flew |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=9 March 2020 |language=en}}
• 1924 – Budge Patty, American tennis player (died 2021){{cite book |last1=Grasso |first1=John |title=Historical Dictionary of Tennis |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7237-0 |page=220 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W39oSS7c2xAC&pg=PA220 |language=en}}
• 1925 – Virginia E. Johnson, American psychologist and academic (died 2013){{cite web |last1=Hayman |first1=Suzie |title=Virginia Johnson obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jul/28/virginia-johnson |website=The Guardian |access-date=9 March 2020 |date=28 July 2013}}
• 1925 – Kim Stanley, American actress (died 2001){{cite web |title=Kim Stanley {{!}} American actress |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kim-Stanley |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=5 March 2020 |language=en}}
• 1926 – Paul Bocuse, French chef (died 2018){{cite web |title=Paul Bocuse {{!}} French chef |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Bocuse |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=9 March 2020 |language=en}}
• 1926 – Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor and producer (died 2010){{cite web |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=Leslie Nielsen obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/nov/29/leslie-nielsen-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=9 March 2020 |date=29 November 2010}}
• 1930 – Roy De Forest, American painter and academic (died 2007).{{cite web |title=San Francisco Arts Commission |url=https://www.sfartscommission.org/experience-art/exhibitions/civic-art-collection-focus-roy-de-forest |website=www.sfartscommission.org |access-date=9 March 2020}}
• 1930 – Mary Quant, British fashion designer (died 2023){{cite web | url=https://www.biography.com/fashion-designer/mary-quant#synopsis | title=Mary Quant – Clothes, Miniskirt & Fashion | date=3 June 2020 | access-date=13 April 2023 | archive-date=13 April 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413125132/https://www.biography.com/fashion-designer/mary-quant#synopsis | url-status=live }}The Mary Quant exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2019–20 stated her year of birth as 1930, and that she became a student at Goldsmiths College around 1950. However, the sleeve to her own autobiography (2012) gives the year as 1934, a date that has been widely cited over the years. Obituaries in April 2023 seemed universally to have accepted that she was 93 when she died: in other words, that she was born on 11 February 1930.
• 1932 – Dennis Skinner, English miner and politician{{cite web |title=Dennis Skinner at 80 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/gallery/2012/feb/12/dennis-skinner-80-in-pictures |website=The Guardian |access-date=9 March 2020 |date=12 February 2012}}
• 1934 – Mel Carnahan, American lawyer and politician, 51st Governor of Missouri (died 2000){{cite web |last1=Jackson |first1=Harold |title=Obituary: Mel Carnahan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/oct/19/guardianobituaries.haroldjackson |website=The Guardian |access-date=9 March 2020 |date=19 October 2000}}
• 1934 – Tina Louise, American actress and singer{{cite book |last1=Strodder |first1=Chris |title=The Encyclopedia of Sixties Cool: A Celebration of the Grooviest People, Events, and Artifacts of the 1960s |date=2007 |publisher=Santa Monica Press |isbn=978-1-59580-986-5 |page=34 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ecqPBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA34 |language=en}}
• 1934 – Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and politician, Military leader of Panama (died 2017){{cite web |last1=Caistor |first1=Nick |title=Manuel Noriega obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/30/manuel-noriega-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=9 March 2020 |date=30 May 2017}}
• 1934 – David Taylor, English veterinarian and television host (died 2013){{cite web |title=David Taylor |url=http://www.bafta.org/heritage/in-memory-of/david-taylor |website=www.bafta.org |access-date=9 March 2020 |language=en |date=3 April 2013}}
• 1935 – Gene Vincent, American singer and guitarist (died 1971){{cite web |title=Gene Vincent {{!}} American singer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gene-Vincent |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=9 March 2020 |language=en}}
• 1936 – Burt Reynolds, American actor and director (died 2018){{cite web |title=Obituary: Burt Reynolds |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38589977 |website=BBC News |access-date=9 March 2020 |date=6 September 2018}}
• 1937 – Ian Gow, British politician (died 1990){{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-ian-gow/index.html|title=Mr Ian Gow (Hansard)|website=api.parliament.uk}}
• 1937 – Bill Lawry, Australian cricketer and sportscaster{{cite book |last1=Berkmann |first1=Marcus |title=Berkmann's Cricketing Miscellany |date=2019 |publisher=Little, Brown Book Group |isbn=978-1-4087-1175-0 |page=28 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lc2ODwAAQBAJ&pg=PT28 |language=en}}
• 1937 – Eddie Shack, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2020){{cite web |title=Eddie Shack {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/eddie-shack |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=2 April 2020}}
• 1937 – Phillip Walker, American singer and guitarist (died 2010){{cite web |last1=Russell |first1=Tony |title=Phillip Walker obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/aug/10/phillip-walker-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=2 April 2020 |date=10 August 2010}}
• 1938 – Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricketer (died 2018){{cite web |title=Cricket: Former New Zealand cricket captain Bevan Congdon dies |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11991985 |website=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=2 April 2020 |language=en-NZ |date=10 February 2018}}
• 1939 – Gerry Goffin, American songwriter (died 2014){{cite web |title=Legendary Songwriter Gerry Goffin February 11, 1939 - June 19, 2014 {{!}} Carole King |url=https://www.caroleking.com/news/legendary-songwriter-gerry-goffin-february-11-1939-june-19-2014 |website=www.caroleking.com |access-date=2 April 2020}}
• 1940 – Calvin Fowler, American basketball player (died 2013){{cite web |title=Former SFU star and Team USA Captain, Cal Fowler, dies |url=https://sfuathletics.com/news/2013/3/8/MBB_0308131617 |publisher=Saint Francis University |access-date=10 February 2024 |date=8 March 2013}}
• 1941 – Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian pianist and composerLarkin 2011, p. 1995 (died 2024){{Cite news |last=Singer |first=Barry |date=September 6, 2024 |title=Sergio Mendes, 83, Dies; Brought Brazilian Rhythms to the U.S. Pop Charts |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/06/arts/music/sergio-mendes-dead.html |access-date=September 6, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}
• 1942 – Otis Clay, American singer-songwriter (died 2016){{cite web |title=Otis Clay: Singer hailed for his work in gospel and soul |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/otis-clay-singer-hailed-for-his-work-in-gospel-and-soul-as-well-as-his-charitable-work-in-his-a6811161.html |website=The Independent |access-date=2 April 2020 |language=en |date=13 January 2016}}
• 1943 – Joselito, Spanish singer and actor{{cite web |title=Joselito |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba16e4eff |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228204345/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba16e4eff |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 28, 2019 |website=BFI |access-date=2 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1943 – Alan Rubin, American trumpet player (died 2011){{cite web |title=Alan Rubin dies at 68; Blues Brothers trumpeter |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-xpm-2011-jun-11-la-me-alan-rubin-20110611-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2 April 2020 |date=11 June 2011}}
• 1944 – Mike Oxley, American lawyer and politician (died 2016){{cite web |title=Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress - Retro Member details |url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=O000163 |website=bioguideretro.congress.gov |access-date=2 April 2020}}
• 1944 – Joy Williams, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist{{cite book |last1=Werlock |first1=Abby H. P. |title=Companion to Literature: Facts on File Companion to the American Short Story |date=2009 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-1-4381-2743-9 |page=698 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lWuyTK_0eBsC&pg=PA698 |language=en}}
• 1946 – Ian Porterfield, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2007){{cite web |title=Ian Porterfield |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/ian-porterfield-2469221 |website=www.scotsman.com |date=13 September 2007 |access-date=2 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1947 – Yukio Hatoyama, Japanese engineer and politician and Prime Minister of Japan{{cite web |title=Hatoyama Yukio {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hatoyama-Yukio |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=2 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1947 – Derek Shulman, Scottish singer-songwriter and producerLarkin 2011, p. 2371
• 1949 – James Silas, American basketball player{{cite web |title=James Silas |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/78150/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=10 February 2024}}
• 1951 – Mike Leavitt, American politician, 14th Governor of Utah{{cite web |title=Mike Leavitt - Utah History Encyclopedia |url=https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/l/LEAVITT_MICHAEL.shtml |website=www.uen.org |access-date=2 April 2020}}
• 1953 – Philip Anglim, American actor{{cite web |title=Philip Anglim |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba3f85f63 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620110958/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba3f85f63 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 20, 2018 |website=BFI |access-date=2 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1953 – Jeb Bush, American banker and politician, 43rd Governor of Florida{{cite book |last1=Conley |first1=Richard S. |title=The A to Z of the Reagan-Bush Era |date=2009 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7036-9 |page=31 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xSrzGmismQMC&pg=PA31 |language=en}}
• 1953 – Tom Veryzer, American baseball player (died 2014){{cite web |title=Tom Veryzer Stats, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/tom-veryzer-123714 |website=MLB.com |access-date=2 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1954 – Wesley Strick, American director and screenwriter{{cite book |last1=Roberts |first1=Jerry |title=Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors |date=2009 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6378-1 |page=572 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kW8j6sHvrewC&pg=PA572 |language=en}}
• 1956 – Catherine Hickland, American actress{{cite web |title=CATHERINE HICKLAND BROADWAY AND THEATRE CREDITS |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Catherine-Hickland/ |website=Broadway World |access-date=January 14, 2022 |language=en |date=February 17, 2021}}
• 1956 – Didier Lockwood, French violinist (died 2018){{cite web |title=Tributes pour in after French jazz violinist Didier Lockwood dies, aged 62 |url=http://www.rfi.fr/en/20180219-didier-lockwood-obituary-jazz-violin |website=RFI |access-date=2 April 2020 |language=en |date=19 February 2018}}
• 1957 – Tina Ambani, Indian actress and chairperson{{cite web |title=The Ambani family tree: A journey to the life of billionaires|url=https://pressroom.today/2018/08/08/ambani-family-tree/ |website=Pressroom TODAY |access-date=8 August 2018 |language=en |date=8 August 2018}}
• 1959 – Roberto Moreno, Brazilian race car driver{{cite web |title=Roberto Moreno |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/driver/1082.html |website=ESPN UK |access-date=2 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1960 – Richard Mastracchio, American engineer and astronaut{{cite web |title=Astronaut Biography: Richard A. Mastracchio |url=https://www.space.com/4095-astronaut-biography-richard-mastracchio.html |website=Space.com |date=20 July 2007 |access-date=2 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1961 – Carey Lowell, American actress{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for February 11, 2023 includes celebrities Sheryl Crow, Jennifer Aniston |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/02/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-february-11-2023-includes-celebrities-sheryl-crow-jennifer-aniston.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=10 February 2024 |date=11 February 2023}}
• 1962 – Tammy Baldwin, American lawyer and politician{{cite book |last1=Ford |first1=Lynne E. |title=Encyclopedia of Women and American Politics |date=2010 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-1-4381-1032-5 |page=46 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cVtFJ5tvINsC&pg=PA46 |language=en}}
• 1962 – Sheryl Crow, American singer-songwriter and guitaristLarkin 2011, p. 438
• 1964 – Sarah Palin, American politician, 9th Governor of Alaska{{cite web |title=Sarah Palin {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sarah-Heath-Palin |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=2 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1964 – Ken Shamrock, American martial artist and wrestler{{cite book |last1=Wall |first1=Jeremy |title=UFC's Ultimate Warriors: The Top 10 |date=2005 |publisher=ECW Press |isbn=978-1-55022-691-1 |page=159 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S1a0M_otVYYC&pg=PA159 |language=en}}
• 1965 – Vicki Wilson, Australian netball player{{cite web |title=Netball {{!}} Coach Profile: Vicki WILSON - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/netball/athlete-profile-n6043097-vicki-wilson.htm |website=results.gc2018.com |access-date=2 April 2020}}
• 1967 – Ciro Ferrara, Italian footballer and manager
• 1968 – Mo Willems, American author and illustrator{{cite web |title=Literary Birthday – 11 February – Mo Willems |url=https://writerswrite.co.za/literary-birthday-11-february-mo-willems/ |website=Writers Write |access-date=2 April 2020 |date=11 February 2016}}
• 1969 – Jennifer Aniston, American actress and producer{{cite book |last1=Hart |first1=Brian |last2=Rinvolucri |first2=Mario |last3=Puchta |first3=Herbert |last4=Stranks |first4=Jeff |title=English in Mind Starter Level Teacher's Resource Book |date=2010 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-17689-7 |page=25 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UAdlZKv9ub4C&pg=PA25 |language=en}}
• 1969 – Andreas Hilfiker, Swiss footballer{{cite web |title=Andreas Hilfiker Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.in/football/player/_/id/161471/andreas-hilfiker |website=ESPN |access-date=2 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1969 – John Salako, Nigerian-English footballer, manager, and sportscaster{{cite web |title=John Salako - Midfielder - Madejski Men {{!}} Reading FC |url=https://www.readingfc.co.uk/club/history/madejski-men/midfielder/john-salako/ |website=www.readingfc.co.uk |access-date=2 April 2020}}
• 1971 – Damian Lewis, English actor{{cite web |title=Damian Lewis {{!}} British actor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Damian-Lewis |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=13 February 2020 |language=en}}
• 1972 – Steve McManaman, English footballer{{cite web |title=College Days: Steve McManaman |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2002/dec/10/furthereducation.uk3 |website=The Guardian |access-date=2 April 2020 |date=10 December 2002}}
• 1972 – Kelly Slater, American surfer
• 1973 – Varg Vikernes, Norwegian guitarist and songwriter{{cite book |last1=O'Shea |first1=Mick |title=Cemetery Gates: Saints and Survivors of the Heavy Metal Scene |date=2014 |publisher=Plexus Publishing |isbn=978-0-85965-890-4 |page=254 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1WP4CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT254 |language=en}}
• 1974 – Nick Barmby, English footballer and manager{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=410|title=Nick Barmby|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=8 February 2020}}
• 1974 – D'Angelo, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producerLarkin 2011, p. 482
• 1974 – Alex Jones, American radio show host and conspiracy theorist{{cite web |title=Alex Jones |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/alex-jones |publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center |access-date=31 January 2023}}
• 1974 – Isaiah Mustafa, American actor and football player
• 1974 – Jaroslav Špaček, Czech ice hockey player and coach{{cite web |title=Jaroslav Spacek |url=http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/splits/_/id/882/jaroslav-spacek |website=ESPN.com |access-date=2 April 2020}}
• 1975 – Andy Lally, American race car driver{{cite news |title=Andy Lally |url=https://www.imsa.com/drivers/andy-lally/ |website=IMSA |access-date=2 April 2020}}
• 1975 – Callum Thorp, Australian cricketer{{cite web |title=Callum Thorp |url=https://www.skysports.com/cricket/player/2373/callum-thorp |website=SkySports |access-date=2 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1975 – Jacque Vaughn, American basketball player and coach{{cite web |title=Jacque Vaughn Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/player/_/id/874/jacque-vaughn |website=ESPN |access-date=2 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1976 – Tony Battie, American basketball player and sportscaster{{cite web |title=Tony Battie Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/player/_/id/45/tony-battie |website=ESPN |access-date=2 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1976 – Bryce Salvador, Canadian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Bryce Salvador |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/bryce-salvador-8460626 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=10 February 2024}}
• 1977 – Mike Shinoda, American musician and artist{{cite web | title = Mike Shinoda: Biography | url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p388572|pure_url=yes}} | work = AllMusic | first = Corey | last = Apar}}
• 1979 – Brandy Norwood, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress{{cite web |title=Brandy |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195313734.001.0001/acref-9780195313734-e-62759 |website=Oxford Reference |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=9 March 2020 |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780195313734.001.0001 |date=2009|isbn=9780195313734 }}
• 1980 – Matthew Lawrence, American actor and singer
• 1981 – Kelly Rowland, American singer and actress{{cite web |last1=Ruff |first1=Rivea |title=Birthday Slay! Kelly Rowland Is Finer Than Ever At 41 |url=https://www.essence.com/entertainment/kelly-rowland-birthday-41/ |publisher=Essence |access-date=31 January 2023 |date=11 February 2022}}
• 1982 – Daryn Colledge, American football player{{cite web |title=Daryn Colledge |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/9633/daryn-colledge |publisher=ESPN |access-date=10 February 2024}}
• 1982 – Natalie Dormer, English actress{{cite web |last1=Earnshaw |first1=Jessica |title=Birthday girl Natalie Dormer stuns in quirky dress at BAFTA Gala... as new GoT stills emerge |url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/643382/Natalie-Dormer-birthday-BAFTA-Gala-Game-Of-Thrones-season-6 |publisher=Daily Express |access-date=31 January 2023 |date=11 February 2016}}
• 1982 – Ľubomíra Kalinová, Slovak biathlete{{cite web |title=Lubomira KALINOVA - Olympic Biathlon {{!}} Slovakia |url=https://www.olympic.org/lubomira-kalinova |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=9 March 2020 |language=en |date=24 June 2016}}
• 1982 – Neil Robertson, Australian snooker player{{cite web |title=Aussie mettle wins it for Robertson |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/8658924.stm |website=BBC Sport |access-date=6 March 2020 |date=4 May 2010}}
• 1983 – Rafael van der Vaart, Dutch footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=22239|title=Rafael van der Vaart|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=8 February 2020}}
• 1984 – Maarten Heisen, Dutch sprinter{{cite web |title=European Athletics - Athlete: Maarten Heisen |url=https://www.european-athletics.org/athletes/group=h/athlete=141716-heisen-maarten/index.html |website=european-athletics |access-date=6 March 2020 |language=en}}
• 1984 – Marco Marcato, Italian cyclist{{cite web |title=Marco Marcato |url=https://www.eurosport.com/cycling/marco-marcato_prs116053/person.shtml |website=www.eurosport.com |access-date=6 March 2020}}
• 1984 – Aubrey O'Day, American singer and reality television personality
• 1984 – Maxime Talbot, Canadian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Max Talbot - Profile |url=https://www.nhlpa.com/the-players/26073/maxime-talbot |website=www.nhlpa.com |access-date=6 March 2020}}
• 1984 – Alando Tucker, American basketball player and coach{{cite web |title=Alando Tucker |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201169/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=10 February 2024}}
• 1985 – Mike Richards, Canadian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Mike Richards |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/mike-richards-8470617 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=10 February 2024}}
• 1985 – Šárka Strachová, Czech skier{{cite web |title=Šárka Strachová |url=https://www.eurosport.com/alpine-skiing/sarka-strachova_prs33465/person.shtml |website=www.eurosport.com |access-date=6 March 2020}}
• 1986 – Gabriel Boric, Chilean politician, 36th President of Chile{{cite web|last=Esparza|first=Robinson|url=http://www.elmagallanews.cl/node/3666|title=Gabriel Boric: El magallánico que quiere desbancar a Camila Vallejo|trans-title=Gabriel Boric: The man from Magallanes who wants to unseat Camila Vallejo|website=El Magallanews.cl, Noticias de Punta Arenas y Magallanes|date=17 November 2011|accessdate=4 August 2015|language=es-CL}}
• 1987 – Luca Antonelli, Italian footballer{{cite web |title=Luca Antonelli Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/74381/luca-antonelli?src=com |website=ESPN |access-date=6 March 2020 |language=en}}
• 1987 – Juanmi Callejón, Spanish footballer{{cite web |title=Juan Callejon |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/juan-miguel-callejon_prs162293/person.shtml |website=www.eurosport.com |access-date=6 March 2020}}
• 1987 – Brian Matusz, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Brian Matusz Stats, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/brian-matusz-451085 |website=MLB.com |access-date=6 March 2020 |language=en}}
• 1987 – Jan Smeekens, Dutch speed skater{{cite web |title=Jan SMEEKENS - Olympic Speed skating {{!}} Netherlands |url=https://www.olympic.org/jan-smeekens |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=5 March 2020 |language=en |date=29 June 2018}}
• 1987 – Ellen van Dijk, Dutch cyclist{{cite web |title=Ellen van Dijk Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/ellen-van-dijk-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112619/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/ellen-van-dijk-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=5 March 2020 |language=en}}
• 1988 – Vlad Moldoveanu, Romanian basketball player{{cite web |title=Vlad MOLDOVEANU at the FIBA Europe Cup 2018-19 |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/europecup/18-19/player/Vlad-Moldoveanu |website=FIBA.basketball |access-date=5 March 2020 |language=en}}
• 1990 – Javier Aquino, Mexican footballer{{cite web |title=Javier Aquino Stats |url=https://fbref.com/en/players/215104cc/Javier-Aquino |website=FBref.com |access-date=5 March 2020 |language=en}}
• 1990 – Q'orianka Kilcher, German-American actress
• 1990 – Hwang Chan-sung, South Korean singer and actor{{cite web|title=옥택연, 황찬성 생일파티 사진 공개…고깔모자 쓴 31살 '군인 찬성'|url=https://daily.hankooki.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=642231|work=데일리한국|language=ko|date=11 February 2020|access-date=23 February 2025}}
• 1991 – Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, Canadian football player and medical doctor{{cite web |title=Laurent Duvernay-Tardif |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/16958/laurent-duvernay-tardif |publisher=ESPN |access-date=10 February 2024}}
• 1991 – Nikola Mirotic, Spanish basketball player{{cite web |title=Nikola Mirotic |url=https://gleague.nba.com/player/nikola-mirotic/ |website=NBA G League |access-date=13 February 2020}}
• 1992 – Lasse Norman Hansen, Danish track and road cyclist{{cite web |title=Lasse Norman Hansen Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/lasse-norman-hansen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235838/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/lasse-norman-hansen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=13 February 2020 |language=en}}
• 1992 – Taylor Lautner, American actor{{cite web |last1=VanHoose |first1=Benjamin |title=Taylor Lautner's Fiancée Tay Dome Wishes Him a Happy 30th Birthday: 'You Are My Greatest Love' |url=https://people.com/movies/taylor-lautner-fiancee-wishes-him-happy-30th-birthday/ |publisher=People |access-date=31 January 2023 |date=11 February 2022}}
• 1992 – Jake Matthews, American football player{{cite web |title=Jake Matthews |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/16713/jake-matthews |publisher=ESPN |access-date=10 February 2024}}
• 1993 – Ben McLemore, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Ben McLemore Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/player/_/id/2578213/ben-mclemore |website=ESPN |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=en}}
• 1994 – Dansby Swanson, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Dansby Swanson |url=http://m.milb.com/milb/player/621020 |website=MILB |access-date=11 February 2020}}
• 1995 – Milan Škriniar, Slovak footballer{{Cite web |title=Milan Skriniar Biography |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/bio/_/id/175195/milan-skriniar |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=ESPN |language=en}}
• 1995 – Rick Karsdorp, Dutch footballer{{cite web|title=Rick Karsdorp|url=https://www.legaseriea.it/en/player/rick-karsdorp-90326|website=Serie A|access-date=11 February 2024}}
• 1996 – Daniil Medvedev, Russian tennis player{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview|title=Daniil Medvedev ATP player page|website=ATP|access-date=12 February 2022}}
• 1996 – Jonathan Tah, German footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.bayer04.de/de-de/player/werkself/bayer-04-leverkusen/jonathan-tah|title=Jonathan Tah - Abwehr|website=Bayer 04 Leverkusen|access-date=10 February 2019}}
• 1996 – Lucas Torreira, Uruguayan footballer{{cite web|title=Lucas Torreira|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/23033/Lucas-Torreira/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=11 February 2024}}
• 1997 – Damien Harris, American football player{{cite web |title=Damien Harris |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3925347/damien-harris |publisher=ESPN |access-date=10 February 2024}}
• 1997 – Mike Hughes, American football player{{cite web |title=Mike Hughes |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3895841/mike-hughes |publisher=ESPN |access-date=10 February 2024}}
• 1997 – Hubert Hurkacz, Polish tennis player{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hubert-hurkacz/hb71/overview|title=Hubert Hurkacz Overview ATP Tour Tennis|website=ATP Tour|access-date=17 September 2021}}
• 1997 – Rosé, New Zealand-South Korean singer and dancer
• 1997 – Zavier Simpson, American basketball player{{Cite web |title=Zavier Simpson |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630285/zavier-simpson |access-date=12 April 2024 |publisher=National Basketball Association}}
• 1998 – Trent Frederic, American ice hockey player{{Cite web |title=Trent Frederic Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/player/trent-frederic-8479365 |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=www.nhl.com |language=en}}
• 1998 – Josh Jacobs, American football player{{cite web |title=Josh Jacobs |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4047365/josh-jacobs |publisher=ESPN |access-date=10 February 2024}}
• 1998 – Khalid, American singer and songwriter{{Cite web|last=Ju|first=Shirley|title=Khalid Celebrates 21st Birthday With Bash at Beverly Hills Mansion|url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/khalid-21st-birthday-party-1203137065/|access-date=2020-11-10|website=Variety|language=en-US|date=2019-02-12}}
• 2000 – Nassir Little, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Nassir Little |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629642/nassir-little |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=10 February 2024}}
• 2001 – Bryan Gil, Spanish footballer{{cite web|title=Bryan Gil|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/55700/Bryan-Gil/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=11 February 2024}}
• 2002 – Liam Lawson, New Zealand racing driver{{Cite web|access-date=March 9, 2025|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/drivers/liam-lawson|title=Liam Lawson - F1 Driver for Red Bull Racing|website=formula1.com}}

• AD 55 – Britannicus, Roman son of Claudius (born 41){{cite book |last1=Vagi |first1=David |title=Coinage and History of the Roman Empire |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-97125-0 |page=133 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dIEYDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT133 |language=en}}
• 244 – Gordian III, Roman emperor (born 225){{cite book |last1=Mikhail |first1=Maged |title=The Legacy of Demetrius of Alexandria 189-232 CE: The Form and Function of Hagiography in Late Antique and Islamic Egypt |date=2016 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-317-28060-6 |page=167 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hCwlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA167 |language=en}}
• 641 – Heraclius, Byzantine emperor (born 575){{cite web |title=Heraclius {{!}} Byzantine emperor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Heraclius-Byzantine-emperor |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=13 February 2020 |language=en}}
• 731 – Pope Gregory II (born 669){{cite web |title=Saint Gregory II {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Gregory-II |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=en}}
• 824 – Pope Paschal I{{cite web |title=Saint Paschal I {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Paschal-I |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=2 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1141 – Hugh of Saint Victor, German philosopher and theologian (born 1096){{cite web |title=Hugh of Saint-Victor {{!}} French theologian |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hugh-of-Saint-Victor |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=2 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1503 – Elizabeth of York (born 1466)

• 1626 – Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (born 1548){{cite book |last1=Mollin |first1=Richard A. |title=An Introduction to Cryptography |date=2000 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-58488-127-8 |page=21 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MsxSygPO_fwC&pg=PA21 |language=en}}
• 1650 – René Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher (born 1596){{cite web |title=Rene Descartes {{!}} Biography, Philosophy, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rene-Descartes |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=2 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1755 – Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist, playwright, and critic (born 1675){{cite web |title=Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei {{!}} Italian dramatist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francesco-Scipione-marchese-di-Maffei |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1763 – William Shenstone, English poet and gardener (born 1714){{cite web |title=William Shenstone {{!}} English connoisseur |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Shenstone |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1768 – George Dance the Elder, English architect, designed St Leonard's and St Botolph's Aldgate (born 1695){{Cite web |title=George Dance the Elder, St. Botolph, Aldgate, London, c.1740s: (1-9) Plans, elevations, sections & detail of ceiling |url=https://collections.soane.org/THES79605 |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=collections.soane.org}}{{Cite web |title=George Dance {{!}} Artist {{!}} Royal Academy of Arts |url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/george-dance-ra |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=www.royalacademy.org.uk}}{{Cite web |last=Gardens (en) |first=Parks and |title=George Dance The Elder |url=https://www.parksandgardens.org/people/george-dance-the-elder |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=Parks & Gardens |language=en}}
• 1795 – Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (born 1740){{cite web |title=Carl Michael Bellman {{!}} Swedish poet and musician |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carl-Michael-Bellman |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1811 – Juan Sánchez Ramírez, leader of the troops that fought against the French rule of Santo Domingo's colony between 1808 and 1809 (born 1762){{cite news|url=http://dbe.rah.es/biografias/6438/juan-sanchez-ramirez|title=Juan Sánchez Ramírez|publisher= Real Academia de la Historia|access-date= November 22, 2020 }}
• 1829 – Alexander Griboyedov, Russian poet, playwright, and composer (born 1795){{cite web |title=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Griboyedov {{!}} Russian dramatist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aleksandr-Sergeyevich-Griboyedov |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1862 – Elizabeth Siddal, English poet and artist's model (born 1829){{cite web |title=Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal 1829-1862 |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/elizabeth-eleanor-siddal-494 |website=Tate |access-date=3 April 2020}}
• 1868 – Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (born 1819){{cite web |title=Léon Foucault {{!}} French physicist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leon-Foucault |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1898 – Félix María Zuloaga, Mexican general and unconstitutional interim president (born 1813){{cite web|url=http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/felix-maria-zuloaga/|title=FÉLIX MARÍA ZULOAGA|publisher=Presidencia de la Republica de Mexico|access-date=May 28, 2019|language=es|archive-date=May 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528051501/http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/felix-maria-zuloaga/|url-status=dead}}

• 1901 – Milan I of Serbia (born 1855){{cite web |title=Milan IV (or II) {{!}} king of Serbia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Milan-IV |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1917 – Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician and epidemiologist (born 1872){{cite book |title=United States Naval Medical Bulletin |date=1917 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=525 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kCYgAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA525 |language=en}}
• 1918 – Alexey Kaledin, Russian general (born 1861){{cite web |title=Aleksey Maksimovich Kaledin {{!}} Russian military officer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aleksey-Maksimovich-Kaledin |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1931 – Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (born 1854){{cite web |title=Sir Charles Algernon Parsons {{!}} British engineer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Algernon-Parsons |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1938 – Kalle Korhonen, Finnish politician (born 1878){{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Kalle Korhonen |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/910788.aspx |publisher=Parliament of Finland |access-date=20 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318010448/https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/910788.aspx |archive-date=18 March 2019 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}
• 1940 – John Buchan, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, Governor General of Canada (born 1875){{cite web |title=John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/b/johnbuchan.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=3 April 2020}}
• 1940 – Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (born 1855)
• 1942 – Jamnalal Bajaj, Indian businessman and philanthropist (born 1884){{cite book |title=Ethics, Intigrity & Aptitude |date=19 January 2021 |publisher=Prabhat Prakashan |isbn=978-93-5266-556-3 |page=343 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N1xPDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT343 |language=en}}
• 1947 – Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach (born 1884){{cite web |title=Martin Klein Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kl/martin-klein-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417215430/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kl/martin-klein-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1948 – Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director and screenwriter (born 1898){{cite web |title=Sergei M. Eisenstein |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba14adda2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204153015/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba14adda2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 4, 2016 |website=BFI |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1949 – Axel Munthe, Swedish doctor (born 1857){{cite book |last1=Chatwin |first1=Bruce |author-link=Bruce Chatwin |title=Anatomy of Restlessness: Selected Writings 1969–1989 |date=August 1, 1997 |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=110150319X |section=Among the Ruins |url=https://archive.org/details/anatomyofrestles00bruc|url-access=registration }}
• 1958 – Ernest Jones, Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst (born 1879){{cite web |title=Ernest Jones {{!}} RCP Museum |url=https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/ernest-jones |website=history.rcplondon.ac.uk |access-date=3 April 2020}}
• 1963 – John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1872){{cite book |last1=Willbanks |first1=James H. |title=America's Heroes: Medal of Honor Recipients from the Civil War to Afghanistan |date=2011 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-59884-393-4 |page=65 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1j4d53cZWO4C&pg=PA65 |language=en}}
• 1963 – Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (born 1932){{cite web |title=Sylvia Plath {{!}} Biography, Poems, Books, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sylvia-Plath |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1967 – A. J. Muste, Dutch-American minister and activist (born 1885){{cite book |last1=Walters |first1=Kerry |last2=Jarrell |first2=Robin |title=Blessed Peacemakers: 365 Extraordinary People Who Changed the World |date=2013 |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |isbn=978-1-62189-535-0 |page=51 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vhpTAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA51 |language=en}}
• 1968 – Howard Lindsay, American playwright (born 1889){{cite web |title=Lindsay and Crouse {{!}} American dramatists |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lindsay-and-Crouse#ref632896 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1973 – J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907){{cite web |title=J. Hans D. Jensen {{!}} German physicist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/J-Hans-D-Jensen |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1975 – Richard Ratsimandrava, Malagasy colonel and politician, President of Madagascar (born 1931)Lentz 2014, p. 529
• 1976 – Lee J. Cobb, American actor (born 1911){{cite book |last1=Krampert |first1=Peter |title=The Encyclopedia of the Harmonica |date=2016 |publisher=Mel Bay Publications |isbn=978-1-61911-577-4 |page=37 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YRsxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA37 |language=en}}
• 1976 – Alexander Lippisch, German pilot and engineer (born 1894){{cite web |title=Alexander M. Lippisch {{!}} German-American aerodynamicist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-M-Lippisch |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1977 – Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th President of India (born 1905){{cite web |title=Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed {{!}} president of India |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fakhruddin-Ali-Ahmed |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1977 – Louis Beel, Dutch academic and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1902)Lentz 2014, p. 578
• 1978 – James Bryant Conant, American chemist and academic (born 1893){{cite book |last1=Urban |first1=Wayne J. |title=Scholarly Leadership in Higher Education: An Intellectual History of James Bryan Conant |date=2020 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-1-350-12928-3 |page=202 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nbzPDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA202 |language=en}}
• 1978 – Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904){{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 1974 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1974/martinson/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=3 April 2020}}
• 1982 – Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (born 1912){{cite web |title=Eleanor Powell {{!}} American dancer and actress |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eleanor-Powell |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1985 – Henry Hathaway, American actor, director, and producer (born 1898){{cite web |title=Henry Hathaway |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f44e221 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528001813/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f44e221 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 28, 2018 |website=BFI |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1986 – Frank Herbert, American journalist and author (born 1920){{cite web |title=Authors : Herbert, Frank : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/herbert_frank |website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com |access-date=3 April 2020}}
• 1986 – Evelio Javier, Filipino politician (born 1942){{cite news|title=Evelio B. Javier: 20th year of tribute to heroism|url=http://www.thenewstoday.info/2006/02/03/evelio.b.javier.20.th.year.of.tribute.to.heroism.html|access-date=March 9, 2025|newspaper=The News Today|date=February 3, 2006}}
• 1989 – George O'Hanlon, American actor and voice artist (born 1912){{cite web |title=George Hanlon |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fcd10cb |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426114151/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fcd10cb |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 26, 2019 |website=BFI |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1993 – Robert W. Holley, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1922){{cite web |title=Robert William Holley {{!}} American biochemist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-William-Holley |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 1994 – Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (born 1946){{cite book |last1=Freedman |first1=Lew |title=Encyclopedia of Stock Car Racing [2 volumes] |date=2013 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-0-313-38710-4 |page=69 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JbABCwhdfhAC&pg=PA69 |language=en}}
• 1994 – Sorrell Booke, American actor and director (born 1930){{cite book |last1=Ellenberger |first1=Allan R. |title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory |date=2001 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-5019-0 |page=106 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZraJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA106 |language=en}}
• 1994 – William Conrad, American actor, director, and producer (born 1920){{cite web |title=Obituary: William Conrad |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-william-conrad-1394098.html |website=The Independent |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en |date=14 February 1994}}
• 1994 – Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-Swiss philosopher and academic (born 1924){{cite book |last1=Sarkar |first1=Sahotra |last2=Pfeifer |first2=Jessica |title=The Philosophy of Science: A-M |date=2006 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-415-97709-8 |page=304 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UchIDBrAQEMC&pg=PA304 |language=en}}
• 1996 – Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet and author (born 1930){{cite book |last1=Moliterno |first1=Gino |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture |date=2000 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-415-14584-8 |page=729 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6vVS_Y1mcIEC&pg=PA729 |language=en}}
• 2000 – Lord Kitchner, Trinidadian singer (born 1922){{cite web |last1=Mason |first1=Peter |title=Lord Kitchener |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/feb/12/guardianobituaries |website=The Guardian |access-date=3 April 2020 |date=12 February 2000}}
• 2000 – Roger Vadim, French director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928){{cite web |title=Roger Vadim dies |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/feb/11/news3 |website=The Guardian |access-date=3 April 2020 |date=11 February 2000}}
• 2002 – Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player and coach (born 1910){{cite web |title=Frankie Crosetti {{!}} Society for American Baseball Research |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/460d26a7 |website=sabr.org |access-date=3 April 2020}}
• 2002 – Barry Foster, English actor (born 1931){{cite web |last1=Purser |first1=Philip |title=Obituary: Barry Foster |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/feb/12/guardianobituaries |website=The Guardian |access-date=3 April 2020 |date=12 February 2002}}
• 2004 – Tony Pope, American voice actor (born 1947){{Cite web |date=2004-02-22 |title=Anthony J. "Tony" Pope |url=https://www.news-herald.com/2004/02/22/anthony-j-tony-pope/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=News-Herald |language=en-US}}
• 2004 – Shirley Strickland, Australian runner (born 1925){{cite book |last1=Matthews |first1=Peter |title=Historical Dictionary of Track and Field |date=2012 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6781-9 |page=195 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dQFHe9RwE0wC&pg=PA195 |language=en}}
• 2005 – Jack L. Chalker, American author (born 1944){{cite web |title=Authors : Chalker, Jack L : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/chalker_jack_l |website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com |access-date=3 April 2020}}
• 2006 – Peter Benchley, American author and screenwriter (born 1940){{cite web |title=Peter Benchley |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/peter-benchley-6109153.html |website=The Independent |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en |date=14 February 2006}}
• 2006 – Ken Fletcher, Australian tennis player (born 1940){{cite book |last1=Grasso |first1=John |title=Historical Dictionary of Tennis |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7237-0 |page=103 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W39oSS7c2xAC&pg=PA103 |language=en}}
• 2006 – Jackie Pallo, English wrestler and actor (born 1926){{cite web |title=Jackie Pallo |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jackie-pallo-6108960.html |website=The Independent |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en |date=16 February 2006}}
• 2006 – Matilda, American chicken and stage magician, oldest known chicken (h. 1990){{cite web | url=http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=4501185&nav=0RdE | author=News Staff | title=Famous Bessemer Chicken Dies at 16 | publisher=WSFA 12 News | date=February 14, 2006 | accessdate=2008-07-15}}
• 2008 – Tom Lantos, American lawyer and politician (born 1928){{cite web |title=Tom Lantos: Politician and Holocaust survivor |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/tom-lantos-politician-and-holocaust-survivor-781509.html |website=The Independent |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en |date=13 February 2008}}
• 2008 – Frank Piasecki, American engineer (born 1919){{cite web |last1=Turnill |first1=Reginald |title=Obituary: Frank Piasecki |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/mar/12/military |website=The Guardian |access-date=3 April 2020 |date=12 March 2008}}
• 2009 – Estelle Bennett, American singer (born 1941){{cite web |title=Obituary: Estelle Bennett |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/feb/16/estelle-bennett-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en |date=16 February 2009}}
• 2009 – Willem Johan Kolff, Dutch-American physician and academic (born 1911){{cite web |last1=Reed |first1=Christopher |title=Obituary: Willem Kolff |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2009/feb/17/willem-kolff-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=3 April 2020 |date=17 February 2009}}
• 2010 – Heward Grafftey, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1928){{cite news |title=Heward Grafftey, 'bad boy of Montreal's blue bloods,' passes away |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/heward-grafftey-bad-boy-of-montreals-blue-bloods-passes-away/article1208572/ |website=The Globe and Mail |date=11 February 2010 |access-date=3 April 2020|last1=Hustak |first1=Alan }}
• 2010 – Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer, founder of his eponymous brand (born 1969){{cite web |last1=Fox |first1=Imogen |title=Alexander McQueen obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/feb/11/alexander-mcqueen-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=3 April 2020 |date=11 February 2010}}
• 2011 – Chuck Tanner, American baseball player and manager (born 1928){{cite web |title=Chuck Tanner {{!}} Society for American Baseball Research |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/1f2f5875 |website=sabr.org |access-date=3 April 2020}}
• 2012 – Siri Bjerke, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of the Environment (born 1958){{cite web |title=Biografi: Bjerke, Siri |url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=SIB |website=Stortinget |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=no |date=9 March 2008}}
• 2012 – Aharon Davidi, Israeli general (born 1927){{cite web |title=Aharon Davidi, retired Israeli general, dies at 84 |url=https://www.jta.org/2012/02/22/lifestyle/aharon-davidi-retired-israeli-general-dies-at-84 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |access-date=3 April 2020 |date=23 February 2012}}
• 2012 – Whitney Houston, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (born 1963){{cite web |last1=Sullivan |first1=Caroline |title=Whitney Houston obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/feb/12/whitney-houston-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=2 April 2020 |date=12 February 2012}}
• 2013 – Rick Huxley, English bass player (born 1940){{cite web |title=Rick Huxley: Bassist with the Dave Clark Five |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/rick-huxley-bassist-with-the-dave-clark-five-8493861.html |website=The Independent |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en |date=13 February 2013}}
• 2014 – Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress (born 1924){{cite web |title=Alice Babs {{!}} Discover music on NTS |url=https://www.nts.live/artists/3832-alice-babs |website=NTS Radio |access-date=2 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 2014 – Tito Canepa, Dominican-American painter (born 1916){{cite web |title=Tito Canepa {{!}} Smithsonian American Art Museum |url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/tito-canepa-31403 |website=americanart.si.edu |access-date=3 April 2020}}{{cite web |title=Obituaries {{!}} CAA |url=http://www.collegeart.org/news/category/obituaries/page/2/ |website=College Art Association |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en}}
• 2014 – Fernando González Pacheco, Colombian journalist and actor (born 1932){{cite web |title=Fernando González Pacheco Dies |url=https://www.latintimes.com/fernando-gonzalez-pacheco-colombian-radio-presenter-dies-81-151604 |website=Latin Times |access-date=3 April 2020 |language=en |date=11 February 2014}}
• 2015 – Roger Hanin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1925){{cite web |title=Roger Hanin - BFI Filmography |url=https://filmography.bfi.org.uk/person/233777 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530162816/https://filmography.bfi.org.uk/person/233777 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 30, 2020 |website=filmography.bfi.org.uk |access-date=3 April 2020}}
• 2015 – Bob Simon, American journalist (born 1941){{cite web |title=Bob Simon dies in New York car crash |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/feb/12/bob-simon-dies-in-new-york-car-crash |website=The Guardian |access-date=2 April 2020 |date=12 February 2015}}
• 2015 – Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball player and coach (born 1930){{cite web |title=Hall of Fame UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian dies aged 84 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/feb/11/hall-of-fame-unlv-coach-jerry-tarkanian-dies-aged-84 |website=The Guardian |access-date=2 April 2020 |date=11 February 2015}}
• 2016 – Kevin Randleman, American mixed martial artist and wrestler (born 1971){{cite web |last1=Kurchak |first1=Sarah |title=In Memoriam: The MMA Fighters Who Passed Away In 2016 |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/in-memoriam-the-mma-fighters-who-passed-away-in-2016/ |website=Vice |access-date=13 February 2020 |language=en |date=2 January 2017}}
• 2016 – Zeng Xuelin, Thai-Chinese footballer and manager (born 1929){{cite web|url=http://sports.163.com/16/0211/11/BFHR3B8M00051C8M.html|title=前中国男足主教练曾雪麟逝世 足坛元老享年86岁|publisher=Netease|date=2016-02-11|access-date=2016-02-11|trans-title=Former Chinese men's football coach Zeng Xuelin dies at 86|language=zh}}
• 2017 – Fab Melo, Brazilian basketball player (born 1990){{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18668751/former-syracuse-boston-celtics-center-fab-melo-dies-brazil|title=Former Syracuse, Celtics 7-footer Fab Melo, 26, dies in Brazil|date=Feb 13, 2017|first=Jeff|last= Goodman|work=ESPN}}
• 2017 – Jaap Rijks, Dutch Olympian (born 1919){{cite web|url=http://www.horses.nl/algemeen/paardensportman-jaap-rijks-overleden/|title=Paardensportman Jaap Rijks overleden|language=nl|last1=Versluis-Borsboom|first1=NancyEquestrian sportsman Jaap Rijks passed away|date=February 11, 2017|website=Horses.nl|access-date=February 11, 2020}}
• 2017 – Trish Doan, Korean-Canadian musician (born 1985){{Cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=2017-02-14 |title=Kittie Bassist Trish Doan Dies at 31 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/kittie-bassist-trish-doan-dies-at-31-7693158/ |access-date=2023-04-23 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}
• 2018 – Vic Damone, American singer, songwriter and actor (born 1928)[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/12/obituaries/vic-damone-singer-dies.html Vic Damone, Who Crooned to Postwar Popularity, Dies at 89] The New York Times, February 12, 2018
• 2018 – Asma Jahangir, Pakistani human-rights lawyer and social activist (born 1952){{cite news|last1=Masood|first1=Salman|title=Asma Jahangir, Fearless Pakistani Rights Activist, Dies at 66|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/11/obituaries/asma-jahangir-fearless-pakistani-rights-activist-dies-at-66.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/11/obituaries/asma-jahangir-fearless-pakistani-rights-activist-dies-at-66.html |archive-date=2022-01-02 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|work=The New York Times|date=11 February 2018}}{{cbignore}}
• 2018 – Jan Maxwell, American stage and television actress (born 1956)McPhee, Ryan. [http://www.playbill.com/article/jan-maxwell-a-five-time-tony-award-nominee-dies-at-61# "Jan Maxwell, a Five-Time Tony Award Nominee, Dies at 61"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212084404/http://www.playbill.com/article/jan-maxwell-a-five-time-tony-award-nominee-dies-at-61 |date=February 12, 2018 }} Playbill, February 11, 2018
• 2018 – Qazi Wajid, Pakistani drama actor, writer and artist (born 1930){{cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1632153/4-veteran-tv-actor-qazi-wajid-passes-away/|title=Veteran actor Qazi Wajid passes away|newspaper=The Express Tribune|access-date=11 February 2018}}
• 2023 – Donald Spoto, American biographer (born 1941){{cite news |title=Donald Spoto, Biographer of Hitchcock and Many More, Dies at 81 |work=The New York Times |date=February 17, 2023 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/books/donald-spoto-dead.html |access-date=July 16, 2024|last1=Genzlinger |first1=Neil }}
• 2024 – Allen J. Bard, American chemist (born 1933){{cite journal |last1=Samuels |first1=Fionna |title=Electrochemist Allen J. Bard dies at 90 |journal=C&EN Global Enterprise |date=26 February 2024 |volume=102 |issue=6 |page=8 |doi=10.1021/cen-10206-scicon4}}
• 2025 – Betsy Arakawa, American classical pianist (born 1959){{Cite news |last=Granville |first=Samantha |date=March 7, 2025 |access-date=March 9, 2025 |title=Actor Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa died of natural causes one week apart |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89ydyjewjlo |quote=It is likely that Ms Arakawa died first on 11 February, Dr Heather Jarrell of the New Mexico Medical Investigator's Office told a news conference on Friday... Ms Arakawa's last known movements and correspondence were on 11 February, when she was seen going to a grocery store, a CVS pharmacy and a pet store, before returning home in the early evening. |work=BBC UK |language=en-GB}}
• 2025 – Moses Lim, Singaporean actor (born 1949){{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Jan |date=February 13, 2025 |title='A great scene partner': Friends pay respects to late entertainer Moses Lim at wake |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/moses-lim-died-of-ischaemic-heart-disease |access-date=February 13, 2025 |work=The Straits Times}}

• Christian feast day:
• Blaise Eastern Orthodox liturgics{{cite web |title=Saint Blaise {{!}} Biography, Traditions, Facts, & Feast Day |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Blaise |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=en}}
• Cædmon, first recorded Christian poet in England, {{circa|680 CE}} (Anglicanism){{cite ODNB |title=Cædmon (fl. c. 670), poet |year= 2004 |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-4321 |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/4321|last1= Stanley |first1= E. G. }}
• Gobnait{{cite web |title=Watch: Doing the rounds at St Gobnait's well in Kerry |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2019/0211/1028984-st-gobnait-well/ |website=www.rte.ie |access-date=11 February 2020}}
• Gregory II
• Lazarus of Milan{{cite book |last1=Drake |first1=Maurice |last2=Drake |first2=Wilfred |title=Saints and their emblems |date=1916 |publisher=Dalcassian Publishing Company |page=74 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iwHMDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA74 |language=en}}
• February 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• European 112 Day (European Union){{cite web |title=112 Day: Celebrating the EU's Single Emergency Number |url=https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/112-day-celebrating-eus-single-emergency-number |website=Digital Single Market - European Commission |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=en |date=11 February 2019}}
• Armed Forces Day (Liberia){{cite book |last1=Mehler |first1=Andreas |last2=Melber |first2=Henning |last3=Walraven |first3=Klaas van |title=Africa Yearbook Volume 10: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2013 |date=2014 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-28264-3 |page=104 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aovPBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA104 |language=en}}
• Evelio Javier Day (Panay Island, the Philippines){{cite web |title=PRC Iloilo observes Governor Evelio B. Javier Day {{!}} Professional Regulation Commission |url=https://www.prc.gov.ph/article/prc-iloilo-observes-governor-evelio-b-javier-day/2625 |website=www.prc.gov.ph |access-date=11 February 2020}}
• Feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes (Catholic Church), and its related observance
• World Day of the Sick (Roman Catholic Church){{cite web |title=World Day of the Sick |url=https://www.nacc.org/resources/spirituality-and-prayer-resources/world-day-of-the-sick/ |website=The National Association of Catholic Chaplains |access-date=11 February 2020}}
• Inventors' Day (United States){{cite web |title=National Inventors' Day: February 11, 2019 |url=https://www.census.gov/newsroom/stories/2019/inventors-day.html |website=The United States Census Bureau |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=EN-US}}
• National Foundation Day (Japan)
• Youth Day (Cameroon)
• International Day of Women and Girls in Science (UN Women){{cite web |title=International Day of Women and Girls in Science {{!}} United Nations |url=https://www.un.org/en/observances/women-and-girls-in-science-day |website=www.un.org |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=en}}

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• {{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2011 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=RA18-PA1995 |language=en}}
• {{cite book |last1=Lentz |first1=Harris M. |title=Heads of States and Governments Since 1945 |date=2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-26490-2 |page=529 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6HKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA529 |language=en}}

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• [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/11 BBC: On This Day]
• {{NYT On this day|month=2|day=11}}
• [https://www.onthisday.com/events/february/11 Historical Events on February 11]

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