February 2

• 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum), a collection of "Roman law".
• 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King Louis III of France is defeated by the Norse Great Heathen Army at Lüneburg Heath in Saxony.{{cite book|first=Sir Francis|last=Palgrave|author-link=Francis Palgrave|title=The History of Normandy and of England|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V9YLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA569|year=1851|publisher=J. W. Parker and son|pages=569}}
• 962 – Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
• 1032 – Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes king of Burgundy.
• 1141 – The Battle of Lincoln, at which Stephen, King of England is defeated and captured by the allies of Empress Matilda.{{cite book|first=R. H. C.|last=Davis|author-link=R. H. C. Davis|title=From Alfred the Great to Stephen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ihkne5TofGcC&pg=PA193|date=1 January 1991|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-1-85285-045-6|pages=193}}
• 1207 – Terra Mariana, eventually comprising present-day Latvia and Estonia, is established.
• 1428 – An intense earthquake struck the Principality of Catalonia, with the epicenter near Camprodon.{{cite web|url=http://storing.ingv.it/cfti4med/quakes/M2286.html|title=Catalogue of Strong Earthquakes in Italy 461 B.C. - 1997and Mediterranean area 760 B.C. - 1500|author=Guidoboni E.|author2=Ferrari G.|author3=Mariotti D.|author4=Comastri A.|author5=Tarabusi G.|author6=Valensise G.|name-list-style=amp|access-date=2010-02-24| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100326045332/http://storing.ingv.it/cfti4med/| archive-date= 26 March 2010 }} Widespread destruction and heavy casualties were reported.{{cite web|access-date=13 March 2011|date=March 2011|title=El terratrèmol de Catalunya de 1428|url=http://blogs.sapiens.cat/historiadorvital/2011/03/12/el-terratremol-de-catalunya-de-1428/|work=Sàpiens}}
• 1438 – Nine leaders of the Transylvanian peasant revolt are executed at Torda.
• 1461 – Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross results in the death of Owen Tudor.
• 1536 – Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• 1645 – Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Inverlochy.{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL24 |desc=Battle of Inverlochy II|access-date=11 April 2019}}
• 1653 – New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.{{cite book|first=Edmund Bailey|last=O'Callaghan|author-link=Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan|title=History of New Netherland Or, New York Under the Dutch|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g5x-a_W_C8EC&pg=PA213|year=1848|publisher=D. Appleton & Company|pages=213}}
• 1709 – Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring Daniel Defoe's adventure book Robinson Crusoe.
• 1725 – J. S. Bach leads the first performance of his chorale cantata Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125, based on Luther's paraphrase of the Nunc dimittis.{{cite web

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• 1814 – The last of the River Thames frost fairs comes to an end.{{cite web|url=https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/discover/frost-fairs|title=All the fun of the Frost Fair: why, when and how did Londoners party on the ice?|date=27 November 2018|website=Museum of London|access-date=3 December 2020}}
• 1848 – Mexican–American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed.
• 1850 – Brigham Young declares war on Timpanogos in the Battle at Fort Utah.
• 1868 – Pro-Imperial forces capture Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burn it to the ground.
• 1870 – The Seven Brothers (Seitsemän veljestä), a novel by Finnish author Aleksis Kivi, is published first time in several thin booklets.{{Cite web|title=Seitsemän veljestä 150 juhlavuosi|url=https://www.nurmijarvi.fi/aleksis-kivi/artikkelit/seitseman-veljesta-150-juhlavuosi/|access-date=2023-02-02|website=Nurmijärvi|language=fi}}
• 1876 – The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
• 1881 – The sentences of the trial of the warlocks of Chiloé are imparted.{{Cite journal |title=Proceso de los brujos de Chiloé |journal=Anales chilenos de historia de la medicina |url=http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-68559.html |last=Osorio |first=Cipriano |volume=II |pages=124–162 |issue=I |year=1960 |language=Spanish}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-95073.html|title=Juicio a los brujos de Chiloé|access-date=2020-03-20|website=Memoria Chilena|publisher=Biblioteca Nacional de Chile|language=Spanish}}
• 1887 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed.
• 1899 – The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
• 1900 – Boston, Detroit, Milwaukee, Baltimore, Chicago and St. Louis, agree to form baseball's American League.{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=10|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}

• 1901 – Funeral of Queen Victoria.
• 1909 – The Paris Film Congress opens, an attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPPC cartel in the United States.{{cite book|last=Thorsen|first=Isak|series=Nordisk Films Kompagni 1906-1924|volume=5|title=The Rise and Fall of the Polar Bear|publisher=Indiana University Press|year=2017|pages=71–73}}
• 1913 – Grand Central Terminal opens in New York City.
• 1920 – The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
• 1922 – Ulysses by James Joyce is published.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/galleries/1922-vintage-year/item/14898#:~:text=Ulysses%20was%20first%20published%20on,Paris%20bookshop,%20Shakespeare%20and%20Company. |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=www.nypl.org |title=Ulysses by James Joyce (February 1922) | the New York Public Library }}
• 1922 – The uprising called the "pork mutiny" starts in the region between Kuolajärvi and Savukoski in Finland.{{cite book|first=Jussi|last=Niinistö|title=Heimosotien historia 1918–1922|location=Helsinki|publisher=Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura|year=2005|isbn=951-746-687-0|language=fi}}{{cite book|first=Markku|last=Salomaa|title=Punaupseerien nousu ja tuho|publisher=Otava|year=2018|isbn=978-951-1-32381-5|language=fi}}
• 1925 – Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
• 1934 – The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
• 1935 – Leonarde Keeler administers polygraph tests to two murder suspects, the first time polygraph evidence was admitted in U.S. courts.
• 1942 – The Osvald Group is responsible for the first, active event of anti-Nazi resistance in Norway, to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling.
• 1943 – World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end when Soviet troops accept the surrender of the last organized German troops in the city.
• 1954 – The Detroit Red Wings played in the first outdoor hockey game by any NHL team in an exhibition against the Marquette Branch Prison Pirates in Marquette, Michigan.{{cite web |last=Dow |first=Bill |url=http://blog.detroitathletic.com/2009/10/13/the-jailhouse-rocked-when-the-wings-played-in-prison/ |title=The Jailhouse Rocked When the Wings Played in Prison |publisher=detroitathletic.com |date=October 13, 2009 |access-date=May 28, 2014 |archive-date=September 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913074801/http://blog.detroitathletic.com/2009/10/13/the-jailhouse-rocked-when-the-wings-played-in-prison/ |url-status=dead }}
• 1959 – Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances.
• 1966 – Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965.
• 1971 – Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
• 1971 – The international Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands is signed in Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran.
• 1980 – Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
• 1982 – Hama massacre: The government of Syria attacks the town of Hama.
• 1987 – After the 1986 People Power Revolution, the Philippines enacts a new constitution.
• 1989 – Soviet–Afghan War: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul.
• 1990 – Apartheid: F. W. de Klerk announces the unbanning of the African National Congress and promises to release Nelson Mandela.
• 1998 – Cebu Pacific Flight 387 crashes into Mount Sumagaya in the Philippines, killing all 104 people on board.{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 RP-C1507 Cagayan de Oro-Lumbia Airport (CGY) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19980202-0 |access-date=2022-02-01 |website=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=Flight Safety Foundation}}
• 2000 – First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.
• 2004 – Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.{{Cite web |author=Al Jazeera Staff |title=Infographic: Roger Federer's career in charts |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/23/infographic-roger-federers-career-in-charts |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}
• 2005 – The Government of Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act. This legislation would become law on July 20, 2005, legalizing same-sex marriage.
• 2007 – Police officer Filippo Raciti is killed when a clash breaks out in the Sicily derby between Catania and Palermo, in the Serie A, the top flight of Italian football. This event led to major changes in stadium regulations in Italy.
• 2012 – The ferry MV Rabaul Queen sinks off the coast of Papua New Guinea near the Finschhafen District, with an estimated 146–165 dead.
• 2021 – The Burmese military establishes the State Administration Council, the military junta, after deposing the democratically elected government in the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2 February 2021 |title=ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး မင်းအောင်လှိုင်ခေါင်းဆောင်သည့် ၁၁ ဦးပါ စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီဖွဲ့စည်း |url=https://burmese.dvb.no/archives/438760 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206234554/https://burmese.dvb.no/archives/438760 |archive-date=6 February 2021 |access-date=2 February 2021 |website=Democratic Voice of Burma |language=my}}

• 450 – Justin I, Byzantine emperor (d. 527){{cite web|url=https://chilonas.com/2021/04/16/%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82-%CE%B1-450-527%CE%BF-%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%AE%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82-%CE%B1%CF%85%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%AC/|date=April 16, 2021|language=el|script-title=el:Ιουστίνος Α’ (450-527)…ο ικανός αυτοκράτωρ|trans-title=Justin I (450-527)… the capable emperor|access-date=May 9, 2022}}
• 1208 – James I of Aragon (d. 1276){{cite encyclopedia|author=Emilio Sáez|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica Online|title=James I|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-I-king-of-Aragon|access-date=May 24, 2020}}
• 1425 (or 1426) – Eleanor of Navarre, Queen regnant of Navarre (d. 1479){{cite book|author1=Anne Commire|author2=Deborah Klezmer|title=Women in World History: Ead-Fur|url=https://archive.org/details/womeninworldhist10comm|url-access=registration|year=2000|publisher=Yorkin Publications|isbn=978-0-7876-4064-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/womeninworldhist10comm/page/105 105]}}
• 1443 – Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony (d. 1486)
• 1455 – John, King of Denmark (d. 1513)
• 1457 – Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, Italian-Spanish historian and author (d. 1526)
• 1467 – Columba of Rieti, Italian Dominican sister (d. 1501)
• 1494 – Bona Sforza, queen of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1557)
• 1502 – Damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher and historian (d. 1574)
• 1506 – René de Birague, Italian-French cardinal and politician (d. 1583)
• 1509 – John of Leiden, Dutch Anabaptist leader (d. 1536)
• 1517 – Gotthard Kettler, the last Master of the Livonian Order and the first Duke of Courland and Semigallia (d. 1587){{cite web|url=https://snl.no/Gotthard_Kettler|title=Gotthard Kettler|date=February 10, 2022 |language=no|access-date= May 5, 2022}}
• 1522 – Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1565)
• 1536 – Piotr Skarga, Polish writer (d. 1612)
• 1551 – Nicolaus Reimers, German astronomer (d. 1600)
• 1576 – Alix Le Clerc, French Canoness Regular and foundress (d. 1622){{cite book|first=Sarah|last=Gallick|title=The Big Book of Women Saints|location=San Francisco|publisher=HarperCollins|year=2007|page=17|isbn=978-0-06082-512-6}}
• 1585 – Judith Quiney, William Shakespeare's youngest daughter (d. 1662)
• 1585 – Hamnet Shakespeare, William Shakespeare's only son (baptised;{{cite book|author1=Paul Edmondson|author2=Stanley Wells|title=The Shakespeare Circle: An Alternative Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DlzHCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA101|date=22 October 2015|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-316-40462-1|pages=101}} d. 1596)
• 1588 – Georg II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl, German nobleman (d. 1644)
• 1600 – Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (d. 1653)

• 1611 – Ulrik of Denmark, Danish prince-bishop (d. 1633)
• 1613 – Noël Chabanel, French missionary and saint (d. 1649)
• 1621 – Johannes Schefferus, Swedish author and hymn-writer (d. 1679)
• 1650 – Pope Benedict XIII (d. 1730)
• 1650 – Nell Gwyn, English actress, mistress of King Charles II of England (d. 1687)
• 1651 – William Phips, Royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1695)
• 1669 – Louis Marchand, French organist and composer (d. 1732)
• 1677 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, French composer (d. 1745){{cite book|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14785276k|title=Morin, Jean-Baptiste (1677-1745)|via=Bnf.fr|language=fr|access-date=Mar 4, 2020}}
• 1695 – William Borlase, English geologist and archaeologist (d. 1772)
• 1695 – François de Chevert, French general (d. 1769){{cite book|year=1830|chapter=CHEVERT|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=boFSAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA241|title=BIOGRAPHIE ARDENNAISE|language=fr|volume=1|location= Paris|page=241|access-date=Mar 6, 2020|last1=Boulliot|first1=Jean B.}}
• 1700 – Johann Christoph Gottsched, German author and critic (d. 1766)
• 1711 – Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (d. 1794)
• 1714 – Gottfried August Homilius, German organist and composer (d. 1785)
• 1717 – Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (d. 1790)
• 1754 – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1838){{cite web |title=Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand summary | Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/summary/Charles-Maurice-de-Talleyrand-prince-de-Benevent |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=26 June 2022 |language=en}}
• 1782 – Henri de Rigny, French admiral and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1835)
• 1786 – Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1856)
• 1802 – Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist and academic (d. 1887)
• 1803 – Albert Sidney Johnston, American general (d. 1862)
• 1829 – Alfred Brehm, German zoologist and illustrator (d. 1884)
• 1829 – William Stanley, English engineer and philanthropist (d. 1909)
• 1841 – François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and hydrologist (d. 1912)
• 1842 – Julian Sochocki, Polish-Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1927)
• 1849 – Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (d. 1921)
• 1851 – José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican illustrator and engraver (d. 1913)
• 1856 – Frederick William Vanderbilt, American railway magnate (d. 1938)
• 1856 – Makar Yekmalyan, Armenian composer (d. 1905)
• 1857 – Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher (d. 1918){{cite web|url=http://www.psm.nysa.com.pl/artykul_04_boguslawakos.htm|title=Jan Drozdowski|language=pl|access-date=February 5, 2020}}
• 1860 – Curtis Guild, Jr., American journalist and politician, 43rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1915)
• 1861 – Solomon R. Guggenheim, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (d. 1949)
• 1862 – Émile Coste, French fencer (d. 1927){{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/emile-coste-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417200706/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/emile-coste-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=Émile Coste|website=Sports-Reference.com|access-date=March 4, 2020}}
• 1862 – Cornelius McKane, American physician, educator, and hospital founder (d. 1912){{Cite journal |last=Elmore |first=Charles |date=Summer 2004 |title=Black Medical Pioneers in Savannah, 1892-1909: Cornelius McKane and Alice Woodby McKane |journal=The Georgia Historical Quarterly |volume=88 |issue=2 |pages=179–196 |jstor=40584737 }}
• 1866 – Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and academic (d. 1927)
• 1869 – Alexander Atabekian, Armenian physician and anarchist publisher (d. 1933){{cite book|editor-last=Biryukova|editor-first=Andreya|year=2013|chapter=Предисловие|trans-chapter=Preface|title=Против власти: сборник статей|trans-title=Against Power: a collection of articles|location=Moscow|publisher=Librocom|isbn=978-5-397-03166-0|oclc=840427393|page=5|language=ru}}
• 1872 – Abul Kasem, Bengali politician (d. 1936){{cite Banglapedia|article=Kasem, Abul|author=Umar, Badruddin}}
• 1873 – Leo Fall, Austrian composer (d. 1925)
• 1873 – Konstantin von Neurath, German politician and diplomat, 13th German Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1956)
• 1875 – Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (d. 1962)
• 1877 – Frank L. Packard, Canadian author (d. 1942)
• 1878 – Joe Lydon, American boxer (d. 1937){{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LYDONJOS01|title=Joseph Lydon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070209013034/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LYDONJOS01|access-date=Feb 5, 2020|archive-date=February 9, 2007}}
• 1880 – Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (d. 1969){{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/fred-lane-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165543/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/fred-lane-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=Fred Lane|website=Sports-Reference.com|access-date=Mar 5, 2020}}
• 1881 – Orval Overall, American baseball player and manager (d. 1947)
• 1882 – Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (d. 1944){{cite book|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16674169p|title=André (1882-1944; prince de Grèce et de Danemark)|via=Bnf.fr|language=fr|access-date=Apr 14, 2020}}
• 1882 – James Joyce, Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 1941)
• 1883 – Johnston McCulley, American author and screenwriter, created Zorro (d. 1958)
• 1883 – Julia Nava de Ruisánchez, Mexican activist and writer (d. 1964){{Cite web|url=http://www.elem.mx/autor/datos/760|title=Julia Nava de Ruisánchez: Detalle del autor |website=Enciclopedia de la literatura en México |publisher=FLM–CONACULTA |language=es|access-date=2018-08-03}}
• 1885 – Mikhail Frunze, Soviet revolutionary, politician, army officer and military theorist (d. 1925){{Cite book |last=McCauley |first=Martin |title=Who's who in Russia since 1900 |date=1997 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-13897-0 |series=Who's who series |location=London |pages=87–88}}
• 1886 – William Rose Benét, American poet and author (d. 1950)
• 1887 – Ernst Hanfstaengl, German businessman (d. 1975)
• 1889 – Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general (d. 1952)
• 1890 – Charles Correll, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1972){{cite web|url=https://www.filmweb.pl/person/Charles+J.+Correll-145354|title=Charles J. Correll|website=Filmweb.pl|language=pl|access-date=Feb 10, 2020}}
• 1892 – Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (d. 1959)
• 1893 – Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (d. 1974)
• 1893 – Raoul Riganti, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1970){{cite web|url=https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/raoul-riganti/|title=Raoul Riganti|access-date=Mar 6, 2020}}
• 1893 – Damdin Sükhbaatar, Mongolian soldier and politician (d. 1924)
• 1895 – George Halas, American football player and coach (d. 1983)
• 1895 – Robert Philipp, American painter (d. 1981)
• 1895 – George Sutcliffe, Australian public servant (d. 1964){{cite book|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/sutcliffe-george-gribbon-11805|title=Sutcliffe, George Gribbon (1895–1964)|author=Hilary Kent|chapter=George Gribbon Sutcliffe (1895–1964) |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405012008/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/sutcliffe-george-gribbon-11805|access-date=Mar 5, 2020|archive-date=April 5, 2015}}
• 1896 – Kazimierz Kuratowski, Polish mathematician and logician (d. 1980)
• 1897 – Howard Deering Johnson, American businessman, founded Howard Johnson's (d. 1972)
• 1897 – Gertrude Blanch, Russian-American mathematician (d. 1996)
• 1900 – Willie Kamm, American baseball player and manager (d. 1988)

• 1901 – Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-American violinist and educator (d. 1987){{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Feb. 2: Gemma Arterton, Paul Mescal |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/02/02/Famous-birthdays-for-Feb-2-Gemma-Arterton-Paul-Mescal/5831675209877/#:~:text=2%3A%20Gemma%20Arterton%2C%20Paul%20Mescal,-By%20UPI%20Staff |publisher=UPI |access-date=1 February 2024 |date=2 February 2023}}
• 1902 – Newbold Morris, American lawyer and politician (d. 1966)
• 1902 – John Tonkin, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1995)
• 1904 – Bozorg Alavi, Iranian author and activist (d. 1997){{cite book|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12068860p|title=Alavi, Bozorg (1904-1997)|via=Bnf.fr|language=fr|access-date=Apr 14, 2020}}
• 1905 – Ayn Rand, Russian-born American novelist and philosopher (d. 1982)
• 1908 – Wes Ferrell, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
• 1909 – Frank Albertson, American actor (d. 1964){{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/p694|title=Frank Albertson|website=Allmovie.com|access-date=May 3, 2020}}
• 1911 – Jack Pizzey, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Queensland (d. 1968)
• 1912 – Millvina Dean, English civil servant and cartographer (d. 2009){{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/8070095.stm|title=Last Titanic survivor dies at 97|website=Bbc.co.uk|date=June 2009|access-date=Apr 13, 2020}}
• 1912 – Burton Lane, American songwriter and composer (d. 1997)
• 1913 – Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor and singer (d. 1985){{cite web|url=https://www.danskefilm.dk/skuespiller.php?id=847|title=Poul Reichhardt|language=da|access-date=Apr 13, 2020}}
• 1914 – Eric Kierans, Canadian economist and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Communications (d. 2004)
• 1915 – Abba Eban, South African-Israeli politician and diplomat, 1st Israel Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2002)
• 1915 – Stan Leonard, Canadian golfer (d. 2005)
• 1915 – Khushwant Singh, Indian journalist and author (d. 2014)
• 1916 – Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet and author (d. 1985){{cite book|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12079330t|title=Xuân Diệu (1916-1985)|via=Bnf.fr|language=fr|access-date=Apr 14, 2020}}
• 1917 – Mary Ellis, British World War II ferry pilot (d. 2018){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/obituaries/uk-mary-ellis-dead.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/obituaries/uk-mary-ellis-dead.html |archive-date=2022-01-02 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=Mary Ellis, Who Flew British Spitfires in World War II, Dies at 101|author=Ceylan Yeginsu|author-link=Ceylan Yeginsu|date=Jul 26, 2018|website=Nytimes.com|access-date=May 17, 2020}}{{cbignore}}
• 1917 – Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. 2018)
• 1918 – Hella Haasse, Indonesian-Dutch author (d. 2011){{cite book|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12055790d|title=Haasse, Hella Serafia (1918-2011)|via=Bnf.fr|language=fr|access-date=Apr 14, 2020}}
• 1919 – Lisa Della Casa, Swiss soprano and actress (d. 2012){{cite book|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138931197|title=Della Casa, Lisa (1919-2012)|via=Bnf.fr|language=fr|access-date=Apr 14, 2020}}
• 1919 – Georg Gawliczek, German footballer and manager (d. 1999)
• 1920 – George Hardwick, English footballer and coach (d. 2004)
• 1920 – John Russell, American Olympic equestrian (d. 2020)
• 1920 – Arthur Willis, English football player-manager (d. 1987){{cite web|url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news-archive-1/class-of-51-arthur-willis/|title=Class of 51 - Arthur Willis|website=tottenhamhotspur.com|access-date=31 January 2020}}
• 1922 – Kunwar Digvijay Singh, Indian field hockey player (d. 1978)
• 1922 – Robert Chef d'Hôtel, French athlete (d. 2019)
• 1922 – Stoyanka Mutafova, Bulgarian actress (d. 2019)
• 1922 – James L. Usry, American politician, first African-American mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey (d. 2002)
• 1923 – Jean Babilée, French dancer and choreographer (d. 2014)
• 1923 – James Dickey, American poet and novelist (d. 1997)
• 1923 – Svetozar Gligorić, Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Bonita Granville, American actress and producer (d. 1988)
• 1923 – Red Schoendienst, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2018)
• 1923 – Liz Smith, American journalist and author (d. 2017)
• 1923 – Clem Windsor, Australian rugby player and surgeon (d. 2007){{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/australia/rugby/player/4982.html|title=Clem Windsor|website=Espn.co.uk|access-date=Mar 5, 2020|archive-date=May 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510040156/http://www.espnscrum.com/australia/rugby/player/4982.html|url-status=dead}}
• 1924 – Sonny Stitt, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1982)
• 1924 – Elfi von Dassanowsky, Austrian-American singer, pianist, producer (d. 2007){{cite web|url=https://www.fembio.org/english/biography.php/woman/biography/elfi-von-dassanowsky|title=ELFI VON DASSANOWSKY|access-date=Mar 9, 2020}}
• 1925 – Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer (d. 2014)
• 1926 – Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, French academic and politician, 20th President of France (d. 2020)
• 1927 – Stan Getz, American saxophonist (d. 1991)
• 1927 – Doris Sams, American baseball player (d. 2012)
• 1928 – Ciriaco De Mita, 47th Prime minister of Italy{{cite book|author=Gino Moliterno|title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4wOGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA232|year=2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-75877-7|page=232}} (d. 2022)
• 1928 – Gamal Hamdan, Egyptian scholar and geographer (d. 1993){{cite web |title=Dr. Gamal Hemdan |url=https://www.sis.gov.eg/Story/98648/Dr.-Gamal-Hemdan--(1928-1993)?lang=en-us |publisher=State Information Service (SIS)}}
• 1928 – Jay Handlan, American basketball player and engineer (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Tommy Harmer, English footballer and youth team coach (d. 2007){{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/tommy-harmer-spurs-charmer-of-devilish-skill-767064.html|title=Tommy Harmer: Spurs 'charmer' of devilish skill|website=independent.co.uk|date=December 28, 2007|access-date=31 January 2020}}
• 1929 – Sheila Matthews Allen, American actress and producer (d. 2013){{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/p1071|title=Sheila Allen|website=Allmovie.com|access-date=Mar 9, 2020}}
• 1929 – George Band, English engineer and mountaineer (d. 2011)
• 1929 – Věra Chytilová, Czech actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
• 1929 – John Henry Holland, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2015)
• 1929 – Waldemar Kmentt, Austrian operatic tenor (d. 2015){{cite web|url=https://wien.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2690598/|title=Kammersänger Waldemar Kmentt gestorben|date=January 21, 2015|language=de|access-date=Feb 10, 2020}}
• 1931 – Les Dawson, English comedian and author (d. 1993)
• 1931 – Glynn Edwards, Malaysian-English actor (d. 2018){{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9efa5d96|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308185134/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9efa5d96|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 8, 2016|title=Glynn Edwards|website=Bfi.org.uk|access-date=Feb 10, 2020}}
• 1931 – John Paul Harney, Canadian educator and politician (d. 2021){{Cite web |title=John HARNEY Obituary (1931 - 2021) - Toronto, ON - The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/theglobeandmail/name/john-harney-obituary?pid=200347348 |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=Legacy.com}}
• 1931 – Dries van Agt, Dutch politician, diplomat and jurist, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2024)
• 1931 – Judith Viorst, American journalist and author
• 1932 – Arthur Lyman, American jazz vibraphone and marimba player (d. 2002)
• 1932 – Robert Mandan, American actor (d. 2018)
• 1933 – M'el Dowd, American actress and singer (d. 2012)
• 1933 – Tony Jay, English-American actor (d. 2006)
• 1933 – Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Cuban bassist and composer (d. 2009)
• 1933 – Than Shwe, Burmese general and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Burma
• 1934 – Khalil Ullah Khan, Bangladeshi actor (d. 2014){{cite web|url=http://www.bd.banglanews24.com/fullnews/bn/103029.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210175559/http://www.bd.banglanews24.com/fullnews/bn/103029.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 10, 2014|title=Actor Khalil no more|access-date=Nov 10, 2020}}
• 1935 – Pete Brown, American golfer (d. 2015)
• 1935 – Evgeny Velikhov, Russian physicist and academic (d. 2024)
• 1936 – Metin Oktay, Turkish footballer and manager (d. 1991)
• 1937 – Don Buford, American baseball player and coach
• 1937 – Eric Arturo Delvalle, Panamanian lawyer and politician, President of Panama (d. 2015)
• 1937 – Anthony Haden-Guest, British journalist, poet, and critic
• 1937 – Remak Ramsay, American actor{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/remak-ramsay-57030|title=Remak Ramsay|website=Ibdb.com|access-date=Mar 5, 2020}}
• 1937 – Tom Smothers, American comedian, actor, and activist (d. 2023){{cite web |last1=France |first1=Lisa |title=Tom Smothers, one half of famed comedy duo, dies at 86 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/27/entertainment/tom-smothers-death/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=December 27, 2023 |language=en |date=December 27, 2023}}
• 1937 – Alexandra Strelchenko, Ukrainian actress and singer (d. 2019){{cite web|url=https://www.peoples.ru/art/music/national/alexandra_strelchenko/|title=Александра Стрельченко / Alexandra Strelchenko /|website=peoples.ru|language=ru|access-date=Feb 7, 2020}}
• 1938 – Norman Fowler, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
• 1938 – Bo Hopkins, American actor (d. 2022){{cite web |last1=Koseluk |first1=Chris |title=Bo Hopkins, 'Wild Bunch' and 'American Graffiti' Actor, Dies at 84 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bo-hopkins-dead-wild-bunch-american-graffiti-1235155857/ |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=1 February 2024 |date=28 May 2022}}
• 1938 – Gene MacLellan, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1995)
• 1939 – Jackie Burroughs, English-born Canadian actress (d. 2010){{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/jackie-burroughs-dead-at-71/article1213800/|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|title=Obituary: Jackie Burroughs dead at 71|access-date=2 February 2018|date=22 September 2010}}
• 1939 – Mary-Dell Chilton, American chemist and inventor and one of the founders of modern plant biotechnology
• 1939 – Dale T. Mortensen, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014)
• 1940 – Alan Caddy, English guitarist and producer (d. 2000)
• 1940 – Thomas M. Disch, American author and poet (d. 2008)
• 1940 – Wayne Fontes, American football player and coach
• 1940 – David Jason, English actor, director, and producer
• 1941 – Terry Biddlecombe, English jockey (d. 2014){{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10554122/Terry-Biddlecombe-obituaries.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10554122/Terry-Biddlecombe-obituaries.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Terry Biddlecombe - obituaries|date=Jan 6, 2014|website=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=Mar 5, 2020}}{{cbignore}}
• 1941 – Lee Redmond, American woman with the longest fingernails (d. 2023){{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/saltlaketribune/name/leeann-redmond-obituary?id=53876850|title=LeeAnn Redmond Obituary|website=Legacy.com|access-date=Feb 8, 2024}}
• 1941 – Cory Wells, American pop-rock singer (d. 2015){{cite news|title=Cory Wells, vocalist with Three Dog Night, dies at 74|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=October 22, 2015|accessdate=February 6, 2025|page=B6|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/cory-wells-vocalist-with-three-dog-night-dies-at-74/2015/10/22/98de9f08-78c7-11e5-a958-d889faf561dc_story.html|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|last=Weber|first=Bruce|title=Cory Wells, Singer With Three Dog Night, Dies at 74|work=The New York Times|date=October 21, 2015|accessdate=February 6, 2025|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/22/arts/music/cory-wells-singer-with-three-dog-night-dies-at-74.html}}
• 1942 – Graham Nash, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 – Andrew Davis, English organist and conductor (d. 2024)
• 1944 – Geoffrey Hughes, English actor (d. 2012){{cite encyclopedia|author=Melinda C. Shepherd|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|title=Geoffrey Hughes|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Geoffrey-Hughes|access-date=Feb 19, 2020}}
• 1944 – Ursula Oppens, American pianist and educator
• 1945 – John Eatwell, Baron Eatwell, English economist and academic
• 1946 – John Armitt, English engineer and businessman
• 1946 – Blake Clark, American comedian and actor{{cite web|url=https://www.zimbio.com/Blake+Clark|title=Blake Clark|website=Zimbio.com|access-date=Sep 6, 2020}}
• 1946 – Alpha Oumar Konaré, Malian academic and politician, 3rd President of Mali
• 1946 – Constantine Papadakis, Greek-American businessman and academic (d. 2009){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/08/us/08papadakis.html?ref=obituaries|title=Constantine Papadakis, Drexel University President, Dies at 63|date=Apr 7, 2009|website=Nytimes.com|access-date=May 3, 2020}}
• 1947 – Greg Antonacci, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2017){{cite web|url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/massapequa-ny/gregory-antonacci-7568762|title=Gregory G. Antonacci|website=Dignitymemorial.com|access-date=May 3, 2020}}
• 1947 – Farrah Fawcett, American actress and producer (d. 2009)
• 1948 – Ina Garten, American chef and author{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for February 2, 2023 includes celebrities Shakira, Christie Brinkley |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/02/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-february-2-2023-includes-celebrities-shakira-christie-brinkley.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=1 February 2024 |date=2 February 2023}}
• 1948 – Al McKay, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1948 – Roger Williamson, English race car driver (d. 1973)
• 1949 – Duncan Bannatyne, Scottish businessman and philanthropist
• 1949 – Jack McGee, American actor
• 1949 – Yasuko Namba, Japanese mountaineer (d. 1996)
• 1949 – Brent Spiner, American actor and singer
• 1949 – Ross Valory, American bass player and songwriter
• 1950 – Osamu Kido, Japanese wrestler (d. 2023){{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/o/osamu-kido/|title=Osamu Kido|access-date=Mar 9, 2020}}
• 1950 – Libby Purves, British journalist and author
• 1950 – Bárbara Rey, Spanish singer and actress{{cite web|url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2018008010.html|title=Rey, Barbara, 1950-|website=Id.loc.gov|access-date=Nov 9, 2020}}
• 1950 – Barbara Sukowa, German actress{{cite web|url=https://www.fassbinderfoundation.de/barbara-sukowa-wird-65-2/|title=Barbara Sukowa wird 65|language=de|access-date=Feb 21, 2020}}
• 1950 – Genichiro Tenryu, Japanese wrestler
• 1951 – Vangelis Alexandris, Greek basketball player and coach
• 1951 – Ken Bruce, Scottish radio host{{cite web|url=http://www.radioacademy.org/hall-of-fame/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205051058/http://www.radioacademy.org/hall-of-fame/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 5, 2011|title=Hall of Fame|website=Webcitation.org|access-date=Feb 18, 2020}}
• 1952 – Dave Casper, American football player{{cite web |title=Dave Casper |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/dave-casper/ |publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame |access-date=1 February 2024}}
• 1952 – John Cornyn, American lawyer and politician, 49th Attorney General of Texas
• 1952 – Park Geun-hye, South Korean politician, 11th President of South Korea
• 1952 – Ralph Merkle, American computer scientist and academic
• 1952 – Carol Ann Susi, American actress (d. 2014){{Google books|7-DgDAAAQBAJ|Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.|page=728}}
• 1953 – Duane Chapman, American bounty hunter{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
• 1953 – Jerry Sisk, Jr., American gemologist, co-founded Jewelry Television (d. 2013)
• 1954 – Christie Brinkley, American actress, model, and businesswoman
• 1954 – Hansi Hinterseer, Austrian skier and actor{{cite book|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16505552p|title=Hinterseer, Hansi (1954-....)|via=Bnf.fr|language=fr|access-date=Apr 14, 2020}}
• 1954 – Nelson Ne'e, Solomon Islander politician (d. 2013){{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.sb/index.php?q=node/188|title=Hon. Nelson Ne'e|access-date=Feb 5, 2020}}
• 1954 – John Tudor, American baseball player
• 1955 – Leszek Engelking, Polish poet and author (d. 2022)
• 1955 – Bob Schreck, American author{{cite web|url=http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218031356/http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 18, 2011|title=Comics Industry Birthdays|author=John Jackson Miller|author-link=John Jackson Miller|date=Jun 10, 2005|access-date=Apr 14, 2020}}
• 1955 – Michael Talbott, American actor{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/p69671|title=Michael Talbott|website=AllMovie.com|access-date=Feb 21, 2020}}
• 1955 – Kim Zimmer, American actress
• 1955 – Jean-Michel Dupuis, French actor (d. 2024)[https://www.bfmtv.com/people/cinema/mort-du-comedien-jean-michel-dupuis_AN-202409150266.html Mort du comédien Jean-Michel Dupuis, second rôle chez Claude Lelouch et Edouard Molinaro] {{in lang|fr}}
• 1956 – Adnan Oktar, Turkish cult leader{{cite web|author=William Armstrong|date=2 October 2014|title=The Mahdi wears Armani: The bizarre world of Adnan Oktar|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/the-mahdi-wears-armani-the-bizarre-world-of-adnan-oktar.aspx?pageID=238&nID=72412&NewsCatID=474|website=Hürriyet Daily News}}
• 1957 – Phil Barney, Algerian-French singer-songwriter{{cite book|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13932845d|title=Barney, Phil (1957-....)|via=Bnf.fr|language=fr|access-date=Apr 13, 2020}}
• 1958 – Michel Marc Bouchard, Canadian playwright{{cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/michel-marc-bouchard|title=Michel Marc Bouchard|author=Leonard E. Doucette|publisher=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=Mar 5, 2020}}
• 1959 – Dexter Manley, American football player{{cite web |last1=Reilly |first1=Rick |title=In Search of Trust |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1987/11/23/in-search-of-trust-dexter-manley-of-the-redskins-thought-the-world-had-betrayed-him-until-he-faced-his-daughters-illness-and-his-own-alcoholism |publisher=Sports Illustrated |access-date=1 February 2024 |date=23 November 1987}}
• 1961 – Abraham Iyambo, Namibian politician (d. 2013)
• 1961 – Lauren Lane, American actress and academic{{cite book|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb150288530|title=Lane, Lauren (1961-....)|via=Bnf.fr|language=fr|access-date=Feb 10, 2020}}
• 1962 – Philippe Claudel, French author, director, and screenwriter
• 1962 – Andy Fordham, English darts player (d. 2021){{cite web|url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?PlayerKey=183&organPd=All&tourns=All&plStat=2|title=Andy Fordham|access-date=Feb 10, 2020}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/57856227 |title=Andy 'The Viking' Fordham: Former BDO world darts champion dies aged 59 - BBC Sport |work=BBC Sport |accessdate= July 15, 2021}}
• 1962 – Luke Johnson, English businessman{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/feb/01/broadcasting.channel4|title=Luke takes cool hand to C4|author=Frank Kane|date=Jan 31, 2004|website=Theguardian.com|access-date=Aug 15, 2024}}
• 1962 – Paul Kilgus, American baseball player{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kilgupa01.shtml|title=Paul Kilgus|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=Mar 6, 2020}}
• 1962 – Kate Raison, Australian actress
• 1962 – Michael T. Weiss, American actor{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/michael-t-weiss-478809|title=Michael T. Weiss|access-date=Feb 10, 2020}}
• 1963 – Ilya Byakin, Russian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Ilya Byakin |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/ilya-byakin-8459683 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=1 February 2024}}
• 1963 – Eva Cassidy, American singer and guitarist (d. 1996)
• 1963 – Kjell Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1963 – Andrej Kiska, Slovak entrepreneur and philanthropist, President of Slovakia
• 1963 – Philip Laats, Belgian martial artist{{cite web|url=https://www.judoinside.com/judoka/1952/Philip_Laats/judo-career|title=Philip Laats|access-date=Feb 10, 2020}}
• 1963 – Stephen McGann, English actor{{cite web|url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/name/277714/|website=Kinopoisk|language=ru|script-title=ru:Стивен МакГанн|trans-title=Stephen McGann|access-date=May 6, 2022|title=Yandex }}
• 1963 – Vigleik Storaas, Norwegian pianist{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/984878|title=Vigleik Storaas|website=Discogs.com|access-date=Feb 28, 2020}}
• 1965 – Carl Airey, English footballer
• 1965 – Naoki Sano, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist{{cite web|url=http://www.puroresucentral.com/sano.html|title=Takuma Sano|access-date=Apr 14, 2020}}
• 1966 – Andrei Chesnokov, Russian tennis player and coach
• 1966 – Robert DeLeo, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
• 1966 – Adam Ferrara, American actor and comedian{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/1456671-Adam-Ferrara|title=Adam Ferrara|website=Discogs.com|access-date=May 17, 2020}}
• 1966 – Michael Misick, Caicos Islander politician, Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands
• 1967 – Artūrs Irbe, Latvian ice hockey player and coach
• 1967 – Laurent Nkunda, Congolese general
• 1968 – Kenny Albert, American sportscaster{{cite web|url=https://www.podchaser.com/creators/kenny-albert-107aIZRAxg|title=Kenny Albert|access-date=May 6, 2022}}
• 1968 – Sean Elliott, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1968 – Scott Erickson, American baseball player and coach
• 1969 – Dana International, Israeli singer-songwriter{{cite web|url=https://www.ishim.co.il/p.php?s=%D7%93%D7%A0%D7%94+%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%9C|website={{ill|Ishim (website)|lt=Ishim|he|אישים}}|language=he|script-title=he:דנה אינטרנשיונל|trans-title=Dana International|access-date=Feb 5, 2020}}
• 1969 – Valeri Karpin, Estonian-Russian footballer and manager
• 1970 – Roar Strand, Norwegian footballer{{cite web|url=http://www.rbk.no/incoming/article135485.ece|title=Roar i 600|date=Apr 17, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420024150/http://www.rbk.no/incoming/article135485.ece|language=no|trans-title=Roar in 600|access-date=Mar 6, 2020|archive-date=April 20, 2009}}
• 1970 – Erik ten Hag, Dutch footballer and manager{{cite web |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/coaches/erik-ten-hag/255436/ |title=E. Ten Hag: Summary |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=22 April 2022}}
• 1970 – Jennifer Westfeldt, American actress and singer
• 1971 – Michelle Gayle, English singer-songwriter and actress{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000638076|title=Michelle Gayle|website=Allmusic.com|access-date=Apr 13, 2020}}
• 1971 – Arly Jover, Spanish actress{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/p242465|title=Arly Jover|website=Allmovie.com|access-date=Apr 14, 2020}}
• 1971 – Isaac Kungwane, South African footballer and sportscaster (d. 2014)
• 1971 – Rockwilder, American rapper and producer{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/674240|title=Dana Stinson|website=Discogs|access-date=May 5, 2022}}
• 1971 – Hwang Seok-jeong, South Korean actress
• 1971 – Jason Taylor, Australian rugby league player and coach{{cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jason-taylor/summary.html|title=Jason Taylor|access-date=Feb 8, 2024}}
• 1972 – Hisashi, Japanese musician{{cite web|url=http://www.jrocker.com/glay/profile.html|title=GLAY profile|access-date=Nov 8, 2020}}
• 1972 – Melvin Mora, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1972 – Aleksey Naumov, Russian footballer{{cite web|url=https://soccernet.ee/liiga/eesti-meistriliiga-2010/jk-sillamae-kalev/aleksei-naumov|title=Aleksei Naumov|language=et|access-date=Mar 5, 2020}}
• 1973 – Andrei Luzgin, Estonian tennis player and coach
• 1973 – Aleksander Tammert, Estonian discus thrower{{cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/estonia/aleksander-tammert-20280|title=Aleksander TAMMERT|publisher=World Athletics|access-date=Feb 19, 2020}}
• 1973 – Marissa Jaret Winokur, American actress and singer
• 1975 – Todd Bertuzzi, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 – Donald Driver, American football player
• 1975 – Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek footballer
• 1976 – Ryan Farquhar, Northern Irish motorcycle racer
• 1976 – James Hickman, English swimmer
• 1976 – Ana Roces, Filipino actress
• 1977 – Shakira, Colombian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1977 – Libor Sionko, Czech footballer
• 1978 – Adam Christopher, New Zealand writer{{cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?137949|title=Summary Bibliography: Adam Christopher|website=Isfdb.org|access-date=Mar 6, 2020}}
• 1978 – Barry Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1978 – Dan Gadzuric, Dutch basketball player{{cite web |title=Dan Gadzuric |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2429/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=1 February 2024}}
• 1978 – Lee Ji-ah, South Korean actress{{cite web|url=https://www.hancinema.net/korean_Lee_Ji-ah.php|title=Lee Ji-ah (이지아)|publisher=HanCinema|access-date=Nov 9, 2020}}
• 1978 – Rich Sommer, American actor
• 1978 – Faye White, English footballer{{cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/-/19366/|title=F. White|access-date=Feb 19, 2020}}
• 1979 – Urmo Aava, Estonian race car driver
• 1979 – Fani Chalkia, Greek hurdler and sprinter{{cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/greece/fani-halkia-135236|title=Fani CHALKIA|publisher=World Athletics|access-date=Feb 11, 2020}}
• 1979 – Christine Lampard, Irish television host{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/woman/celeb-news/article2279952.ece|title=Who's that girl?|author=Tanya Sweeney|date=July 31, 2010|website=Independent.ie|access-date=Feb 11, 2020}}
• 1979 – Shamita Shetty, Indian actress{{cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/r-madhavan-shilpa-shetty-karishma-tanna-upen-patel-others-attend-shamita-shettys-birthday-bash-665669|title=R Madhavan, Shilpa Shetty, Karishma Tanna, Upen Patel and others attend Shamita Shetty's birthday bash|author=Sushmita Sen|website=International Business Times|date=Feb 4, 2016|access-date=Feb 6, 2020|quote=Shamita Shetty celebrated her 37th birthday on 2 February}}
• 1979 – Irini Terzoglou, Greek shot putter{{cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/_/137468|title=Irini TERZOGLOU|publisher=World Athletics|access-date=Mar 2, 2020}}
• 1980 – Teddy Hart, Canadian wrestler{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/t/teddy-hart/|title=Teddy Hart|access-date=Mar 9, 2020}}
• 1980 – Zhang Jingchu, Chinese actress{{cite web|url=http://www.hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=20684&display_set=eng|title=Zhang Jing-Chu|website=Hkmdb.com|access-date=Nov 9, 2020}}
• 1980 – Oleguer Presas, Spanish footballer
• 1981 – Lance Allred, American basketball player and activist{{cite web |title=Lance Allred |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/200984/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=1 February 2024}}
• 1981 – Emre Aydın, Turkish singer-songwriter{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com.tr/aid_846_EMRE_AYDIN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010023626/http://www.mtv.com.tr/aid_846_EMRE_AYDIN|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 10, 2007|title=EMRE AYDIN|language=tr|access-date=Apr 14, 2020}}
• 1981 – Michelle Bass, English model and singer{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/features/2004/06/geordie_women/geordie_women.shtml|title=Chicken's out!|website=Bbc.co.uk|access-date=Mar 3, 2020}}
• 1981 – Salem al-Hazmi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (d. 2001)
• 1982 – Sergio Castaño Ortega, Spanish footballer
• 1982 – Kelly Mazzante, American basketball player
• 1982 – Kan Mi-youn, South Korean singer, model, and host
• 1983 – Ronny Cedeño, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1983 – Carolina Klüft, Swedish heptathlete and jumper
• 1983 – Jordin Tootoo, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Jason Vargas, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Jason Vargas |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jason-vargas-450306 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=1 February 2024}}
• 1983 – Vladimir Voskoboinikov, Estonian footballer
• 1983 – Alex Westaway, English singer-songwriter and guitarist{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/63eabca1-6ce1-483d-9048-46440e659396|title=Alex Westaway|website=Bbc.co.uk|access-date=Feb 11, 2020|archive-date=September 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919102837/https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/63eabca1-6ce1-483d-9048-46440e659396|url-status=dead}}
• 1984 – Brian Cage, American wrestler{{cite web|url=https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=12528|title=Brian Cage|access-date=Feb 19, 2020}}
• 1984 – Chin-Lung Hu, Taiwanese baseball player{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/player/chin-lung-hu-464341|title=Chin-lung Hu|website=MLB.com|access-date=Nov 9, 2020}}
• 1984 – Mao Miyaji, Japanese actress{{cite web|url=https://aoao-tt.co.jp/prof_miyaji.html|title=Mao Miyaji|language=ja|access-date=Feb 28, 2020|archive-date=February 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228211013/https://aoao-tt.co.jp/prof_miyaji.html|url-status=dead}}
• 1984 – Rudi Wulf, New Zealand rugby player{{cite web |url=https://www.itsrugby.co.uk/players/rudolffe-wulf-2049.html |title=Rudolffe WULF |website=ItsRugby.co.uk}}
• 1985 – Morris Almond, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Morris Almond |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201165/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=1 February 2024}}
• 1985 – Masoud Azizi, Afghan sprinter{{cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/afghanistan/massoud-azizi-200047|title=Masound AZIZI|publisher=World Athletics|access-date=Mar 3, 2020}}
• 1985 – Renn Kiriyama, Japanese actor{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/427957/profile/|publisher=ORICON NEWS|language=ja|script-title=ja:桐山漣|trans-title=Kiriyama Ren|access-date=Feb 28, 2020 |date=June 12, 2017 }}
• 1985 – Kristo Saage, Estonian basketball player{{cite web|url=http://www.basket.ee/et/mangijate-otsing?pid=00310|title=Kristo Saage|language=et|access-date=Mar 3, 2020}}
• 1985 – Silvestre Varela, Portuguese footballer{{TFF player|1972695}}
• 1986 – Gemma Arterton, English actress and singer
• 1986 – Miwa Asao, Japanese volleyball player{{cite web|url=http://www.bvbinfo.com/player.asp?ID=6456|title=Miwa Asao|website=Bvbinfo.com|access-date=Apr 13, 2020}}
• 1987 – Anthony Fainga'a, Australian rugby player
• 1987 – Saia Fainga'a, Australian rugby player
• 1987 – Faydee, Australian singer{{cite web|url=https://www.last.fm/music/Faydee/+wiki|title=Faydee|access-date=Feb 20, 2020}}
• 1987 – Athena Imperial, Filipino journalist, Miss Earth-Water 2011{{cite web|url=https://www.pep.ph/news/local/31479/miss-philippines-earth-2011-athena-mae-imperial-clarifies-misconstrued-statement-about-shamcey-supsu?ref=site_search|title=Miss Philippines-Earth 2011 Athena Mae Imperial clarifies misconstrued statement about Shamcey Supsup|author=Glen Sibonga|date=Oct 14, 2011|website=Pep.ph|language=fil|access-date=Apr 13, 2020}}
• 1987 – Mimi Page, American singer-songwriter and composer
• 1987 – Gerard Piqué, Spanish footballer
• 1987 – Javon Ringer, American football player
• 1987 – Jill Scott, English footballer{{cite web|url=https://us.women.soccerway.com/players/jill-scott/19377/|title=J. Scott|access-date=May 3, 2020}}
• 1987 – Martin Spanjers, American actor and producer{{cite web|url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2016011265.html|title=Spanjers, Martin, 1987-|website=Id.loc.gov|access-date=Feb 12, 2020}}
• 1988 – JuJu Chan, Hong Kong-American actress, martial artist, singer, and writer{{cite web|url=http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=63991&display_set=eng|title=Chan Yuk-Wan|website=Hkmdb.com|access-date=Nov 9, 2020}}
• 1988 – Zosia Mamet, American actress{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/p394426|title=Zosia Mamet|website=Allmovie.com|access-date=May 3, 2020}}
• 1988 – Brad Peacock, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Brad Peacock |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/brad-peacock-502748 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=1 February 2024}}
• 1989 – Harrison Smith, American football player{{cite web |title=Harrison Smith |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14945/harrison-smith |publisher=ESPN |access-date=1 February 2024}}
• 1989 – Southside, American record producer{{cite web|url=http://themarrack.com/interview-southside/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219025803/http://themarrack.com/interview-southside/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 19, 2012|title=Interview: SouthSide|date=Jan 25, 2012|access-date=May 3, 2020}}
• 1991 – Nathan Delfouneso, English footballer
• 1991 – Gregory Mertens, Belgian footballer (d. 2015)
• 1991 – Shohei Nanba, Japanese actor{{cite web|url=https://www.cyzowoman.com/2012/08/post_6474_1.html|date=Aug 15, 2012|website=cyzowoman.com|language=ja|script-title=ja:『忍たま乱太郎』で2.5次元界のアイドルに？ 南羽翔平クンに直撃|access-date=Feb 20, 2020}}
• 1992 – Lammtarra, American race horse (d. 2014){{cite web|url=https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0000362599/|title=Lammtarra(USA)|access-date=Feb 8, 2024}}
• 1992 – Joonas Tamm, Estonian footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=250006134/profile/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919011755/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=250006134/profile/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 19, 2012|title=Joonas Tamm|website=Uefa.com|access-date=May 3, 2020}}
• 1993 – Bobby Decordova-Reid, English footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.fulhamfc.com/player-profiles/bobby-decordova-reid|title=Bobby Decordova-Reid|website=fulhamfc.com|access-date=31 January 2020}}
• 1993 – Ravel Morrison, English footballer{{cite news |title=Man Utd reject bid for Morrison |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/16548196 |access-date=26 February 2021}}
• 1994 – Caterina Bosetti, Italian volleyball player{{cite web|url=https://www.legavolleyfemminile.it/?page_id=194&idat=BOS-CAT-94|title=Bosetti Caterina|language=it|access-date=Nov 8, 2020}}
• 1995 – Paul Digby, English footballer{{cite web |title=Paul Digby - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/alpine-skiing/paul-digby_prs293177/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=26 February 2021 |language=en}}
• 1995 – Aleksander Jagiełło, Polish footballer
• 1995 – Arfa Karim, Pakistani student and computer prodigy (d. 2012)
• 1995 – Curtis Lazar, Canadian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Curtis Lazar |url=https://www.nhl.com/devils/player/curtis-lazar-8477508 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=1 February 2024}}
• 1996 – Christian Dvorak, American ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Christian Dvorak |url=https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/player/christian-dvorak-8477989 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=1 February 2024}}
• 1996 – Paul Mescal, Irish actor
• 1996 – Harry Winks, English footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=75114|title=8: Harry Winks|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=31 January 2020}}
• 1997 – Ellie Bamber, English actress
• 1998 – Shiho Katō, Japanese singer and model{{cite web |title=加藤 史帆 |url=https://www.hinatazaka46.com/s/official/artist/5?ima=0000 |website=日向坂46公式サイト |access-date=11 December 2020 |language=ja}}
• 1999 – Jeff Okudah, American football player{{cite web |title=Jeff Okudah |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4241984/jeff-okudah |publisher=ESPN |access-date=1 February 2024}}
• 2000 – Munetaka Murakami, Japanese baseball player{{cite web |url=https://npb.jp/bis/eng/players/41845136.html |title=Munetaka Murakami |website=Nippon Professional Baseball |access-date=February 2, 2022}}
• 2004 – Eleonore Caburet, French rhythmic gymnast{{Cite web |title=Eleonore Caburet |url=https://www.ffgym.fr/content/eleonore__caburet|website=ffgym|language=fr|access-date=Feb 8, 2024}}

• 619 – Laurence of Canterbury, English archbishop and saint{{cite book |last1=Bellenger |first1=Dominic Aidan |last2=Fletcher |first2=Stella |title=The Mitre and the Crown: A History of the Archbishops of Canterbury |date=17 February 2005 |publisher=History Press |isbn=978-0-7524-9495-1 |page=149 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BbA7AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT149 |language=en}}
• 880 – Bruno, duke of Saxony
• 1124 – Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1064)
• 1218 – Konstantin of Rostov (b. 1186)
• 1237 – Joan, Lady of Wales
• 1250 – Eric XI of Sweden (b. 1216)
• 1294 – Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1229)
• 1347 – Thomas Bek, Bishop of Lincoln, was the bishop of Lincoln (b. 1282)
• 1348 – Narymunt, Prince of Pinsk
• 1416 – Racek Kobyla of Dvorce{{cite web|url=http://www.ms-visucom.de/cgi-bin/ebidat.pl?id=5655|title=Komorní Hrádek|language=cs|access-date=Nov 9, 2020}}
• 1435 – Joan II of Naples, Queen of Naples (b. 1371)
• 1446 – Vittorino da Feltre, Italian humanist (b. 1378)
• 1448 – Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Egyptian jurist and scholar (b. 1372)
• 1461 – Owen Tudor, Welsh founder of the Tudor dynasty (b. {{circa|1400}})
• 1512 – Hatuey, Caribbean tribal chief
• 1529 – Baldassare Castiglione, Italian soldier and diplomat (b. 1478)
• 1580 – Bessho Nagaharu, Japanese daimyō (b. 1558)
• 1594 – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer and educator (b. 1525)

• 1648 – George Abbot, English author and politician (b. 1603)
• 1660 – Gaston, Duke of Orléans (b. 1608)
• 1660 – Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (b. 1615)
• 1661 – Lucas Holstenius, German geographer and historian (b. 1596)
• 1675 – Ivan Belostenec, Croatian linguist and lexicographer (b. 1594)
• 1688 – Abraham Duquesne, French admiral (b. 1610)
• 1704 – Guillaume de l'Hôpital, French mathematician and academic (b. 1661)
• 1712 – Martin Lister, English physician and geologist (b. 1639)
• 1714 – John Sharp, English archbishop (b. 1643)
• 1723 – Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist and physician (b. 1666)
• 1768 – Robert Smith, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1689)
• 1769 – Pope Clement XIII (b. 1693){{cite web |title=Clement XIII {{!}} Pope, Italian Statesman & Patron of the Arts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Clement-XIII |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 March 2025 |language=en |date=3 March 2025}}
• 1798 – Ferdinand Ashmall, English centenarian, Catholic priest, died in 73rd year of his ministry (b. 1695){{cite book |author = Nichols|title = Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle|year = 1798|publisher = E. Cave|page = 173|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=mcZKAQAAMAAJ|first = John}}
• 1802 – Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1713)
• 1804 – George Walton, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Georgia (b. 1749)
• 1831 – Vincenzo Dimech, Maltese sculptor (b. 1768)
• 1836 – Letizia Ramolino, Italian noblewoman (b. 1750){{cite web|url=https://geneagraphie.com/getperson.php?personID=I2591&tree=1|title=Maria Laetizia Ramolino|access-date=May 17, 2020}}
• 1861 – Théophane Vénard, French Catholic missionary (b. 1829){{cite web|url=http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/39380|title=San Giovanni Teofane Venard|language=it|access-date=Mar 3, 2020}}
• 1881 – Henry Parker, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1808)

• 1904 – Ernest Cashel, American-Canadian criminal (b. 1882)
• 1904 – William Collins Whitney, American financier and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1841)
• 1905 – Henri Germain, French banker and politician, founded Le Crédit Lyonnais (b. 1824)
• 1907 – Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1909 – Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1913 – Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer (b. 1845)
• 1918 – John L. Sullivan, American boxer (b. 1858)
• 1919 – Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian lieutenant (b. 1894)
• 1925 – Antti Aarne, Finnish historian and academic (b. 1867)
• 1925 – Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (b. 1873)
• 1926 – Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general and politician (b. 1848)
• 1932 – Agha Petros, Assyrian general and politician (b. 1880)
• 1939 – Amanda McKittrick Ros, Irish author and poet (b. 1860){{cite book|first=Frank|last=Ormsby|title=Thine in Storm and Calm: An Amanda McKittrick Ros Reader|location=Belfast St Paul|publisher=Blackstaff Press|year=1988|isbn=978-0-85640-408-5|page=4}}
• 1939 – Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player (b. 1879)
• 1942 – Ado Birk, Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1883)
• 1942 – Daniil Kharms, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1942 – Hugh D. McIntosh, Australian businessman (b. 1876){{cite web|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mcintosh-hugh-donald-7373|title=McIntosh, Hugh Donald (1876–1942)|author=Chris Cunneen|year=1986|publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|access-date=Apr 14, 2020}}
• 1945 – Alfred Delp, German priest and philosopher (b. 1907)
• 1945 – Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German economist and politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 – Johannes Popitz, German lawyer and politician (b. 1884)
• 1948 – Thomas W. Lamont, American banker and philanthropist (b. 1870)
• 1948 – Bevil Rudd, South African runner and journalist (b. 1894)
• 1950 – Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician and academic (b. 1873)
• 1952 – Callistratus of Georgia, Georgian patriarch (b. 1866)
• 1954 – Hella Wuolijoki, Estonian-Finnish author and politician (b. 1886)
• 1956 – Charley Grapewin, American actor (b. 1869)
• 1956 – Truxtun Hare, American football player and hammer thrower (b. 1878)
• 1956 – Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (b. 1876)
• 1957 – Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1890)
• 1962 – Shlomo Hestrin, Canadian-Israeli biochemist and academic (b. 1914)
• 1966 – Hacı Ömer Sabancı, Turkish businessman (b. 1906){{cite web|url=https://www.haberler.com/haci-omer-sabanci/biyografisi/|title=Hacı Ömer Sabancı Biyografisi|language=tr|trans-title=Biography of Hacı Ömer Sabancı|access-date=Mar 6, 2020}}
• 1968 – Tullio Serafin, Italian conductor and director (b. 1878)
• 1969 – Boris Karloff, English actor (b. 1887)
• 1970 – Lawrence Gray, American actor (b. 1898){{cite web|url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w62d2zzg#resources|title=Gray, Lawrence, 1898-1970|publisher=SNAC|access-date=Apr 14, 2020}}
• 1970 – Bertrand Russell, English mathematician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
• 1970 – Hannah Ryggen, Norwegian textile artist (b. 1894){{cite encyclopedia|title=Hannah Ryggen |first1=Jan-Lauritz |last1=Opstad |first2=Mats |last2=Linder |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |date=March 14, 2024 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Hannah_Ryggen |language=no|access-date=18 March 2024}}
• 1972 – Natalie Clifford Barney, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876)
• 1973 – Hendrik Elias, Belgian academic and politician, 9th Mayor of Ghent (b. 1902)
• 1974 – Imre Lakatos, Hungarian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1922)
• 1975 – Gustave Lanctot, Canadian historian and academic (b. 1883)
• 1979 – Jim Burke, Australian cricketer (b. 1930)
• 1979 – Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player (b. 1957)
• 1980 – William Howard Stein, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1982 – Paul Desruisseaux, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1905){{cite web|url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=16096|title=The Hon. Paul Desruisseaux, Q.C., C.G.G., K.M., F.A.I.M., Senator|access-date=Mar 6, 2020}}
• 1983 – Sam Chatmon, American singer and guitarist (b. 1897){{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sam-chatmon-mn0000238112/biography|title=Sam Chatmon|website=Allmusic.com|access-date=May 3, 2020}}
• 1986 – Anita Cobby, Australian murder victim (b. 1959){{cite web|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/remembering-anita-cobby-30-years-since-brutal-murder-of-sydney-nurse-30641582.html#page1|title=Remembering Anita Cobby: 30 years since brutal murder of Sydney nurse|author=Caity Stone|date=Feb 1, 2016|publisher=Yahoo! News|access-date=Feb 20, 2020}}
• 1986 – Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (b. 1957){{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net//?id=2&nr=1910&gimmick=Gino+Hernandez|title=Gino Hernandez|access-date=Apr 13, 2020}}
• 1987 – Carlos José Castilho, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
• 1987 – Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 1988 – Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 1989 – Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater and coach (b. 1951)
• 1989 – Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand minister and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Finance (b. 1901)
• 1990 – Paul Ariste, Estonian linguist and academic (b. 1905){{cite web|url=https://www.idref.fr/030452295|title=Ariste, Paul (1905-1990)|language=fr|access-date=Apr 14, 2020}}
• 1990 – Joe Erskine, Welsh boxer (b. 1934)
• 1992 – Bert Parks, American actor, singer, television personality; Miss America telecast presenter (b. 1914)
• 1993 – François Reichenbach, French director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 1994 – Marija Gimbutas, Lithuanian-American archeologist (b. 1921){{cite web|url=http://www.online.pacifica.edu/cgl/Gimbutasbio|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040204135051/http://www.online.pacifica.edu/cgl/Gimbutasbio|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-02-04|title=Marija Gimbutas - Life and Work|author=Joan Marler|date=Jan 1995|access-date=May 17, 2020}}
• 1995 – Thomas Hayward, American tenor and actor (b. 1917){{cite web|url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6t16dcs|title=Hayward, Thomas, 1917-1995|publisher=SNAC|access-date=Apr 14, 2020}}
• 1995 – Fred Perry, English tennis player (b. 1909){{cite web |title=Fred Perry: Hero from the wrong side of the tracks |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/fred-perry-hero-from-the-wrong-side-of-the-tracks-1685675.html |website=The Independent |access-date=9 February 2022 |language=en |date=15 May 2009}}
• 1995 – Donald Pleasence, English-French actor (b. 1919)
• 1996 – Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, dancer, and director (b. 1912){{cite web |title=Gene Kelly | Biography, Movies, Songs, Singin' in the Rain, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gene-Kelly |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 May 2021 |language=en}}
• 1997 – Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (b. 1913){{cite web|url=http://www.gardenachess.com/archiv/eliskases2.html|title=The Life and Times of ERICH ELISKASES|author=Michael Ehn|access-date=Apr 13, 2020}}
• 1997 – Sanford Meisner, American actor and coach (b. 1904)
• 1998 – Haroun Tazieff, German-French geologist and cinematographer (b. 1914)
• 1999 – David McComb, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1962)
• 2002 – Paul Baloff, American singer-songwriter (b. 1960){{cite web|url=https://www.metal-archives.com/artist.php?id=3099|title=Paul Baloff|website=Metal-archives.com|access-date=Apr 14, 2020}}
• 2002 – Claude Brown, American author (b. 1937){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/books/claude-brown-manchild-of-the-promised-land-dies-at-64.html|title=Claude Brown, Manchild of the Promised Land, Dies at 64|author=Robert F. Worth|author-link=Robert F. Worth|date=Feb 6, 2002|website=Nytimes.com|access-date=Apr 14, 2020}}
• 2003 – Lou Harrison, American composer and educator (b. 1917)
• 2004 – Bernard McEveety, American director and producer (b. 1924)
• 2005 – Birgitte Federspiel, Danish actress (b. 1925){{cite web|url=http://catalogo.bne.es/uhtbin/authoritybrowse.cgi?action=display&authority_id=XX1547257|title=Federspiel, Birgitte (1925-2005)|publisher=Biblioteca Nacional de España|access-date=Feb 13, 2020}}
• 2005 – Max Schmeling, German boxer (b. 1905)
• 2007 – Vijay Arora, Indian actor (b. 1944){{cite book|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16687154k|title=Arora, Vijay (1944-2007)|via=Bnf.fr|language=fr|access-date=Apr 13, 2020}}
• 2007 – Billy Henderson, American singer (b. 1939){{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/billy-henderson-435187.html|title=Billy Henderson|author=Pierre Perrone|date=Feb 6, 2007|website=Independent.co.uk|access-date=Apr 14, 2020}}
• 2007 – Joe Hunter, American pianist (b. 1927){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/feb/06/guardianobituaries.pop|title=Joe Hunter|website=TheGuardian.com|date=February 6, 2007 |access-date=Mar 3, 2020}}
• 2007 – Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (b. 1967){{cite web|url=https://espresso.repubblica.it/palazzo/2007/04/05/news/discovery-fatale-1.3150|title=Discovery fatale|date=Apr 2007|website=Espresso.repubblica.it|language=it|trans-title=Fatal discovery|access-date=Mar 6, 2020}}
• 2007 – Eric Von Schmidt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1931){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/03/arts/music/03schmidt.html?ex=1328158800&en=c57bb482324bc12c&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&|title=Eric von Schmidt, 75, a Performer and Inspiration to Folk Singers, Dies|author=Douglas Martin|date=Feb 3, 2007|website=Nytimes.com|access-date=Feb 13, 2020}}
• 2007 – Masao Takemoto, Japanese gymnast (b. 1919){{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/masao-takemoto|title=Masao TAKEMOTO|website=Olympic.org|access-date=Feb 13, 2020}}
• 2008 – Barry Morse, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1918)
• 2008 – Katoucha Niane, Guinean model and author (b. 1960){{cite book|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb15583171w|title=Katoucha (1960-2008)|via=Bnf.fr|language=fr|access-date=Apr 14, 2020}}
• 2011 – Edward Amy, Canadian general (b. 1918)
• 2011 – Defne Joy Foster, Turkish actress (b. 1975){{cite web|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/news-234246-famous-actress-tv-host-defne-joy-foster-dies-at-32.html|title=Famous actress, TV host Defne Joy Foster dies at 31|author=NURI SOYLU|date=Feb 2, 2011|location=Istanbul|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205074914/http://www.todayszaman.com/news-234246-famous-actress-tv-host-defne-joy-foster-dies-at-32.html|access-date=Feb 13, 2020|archive-date=February 5, 2011}}
• 2011 – Margaret John, Welsh actress (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Joyce Barkhouse, Canadian author (b. 1913){{cite web|url=https://lccn.loc.gov/n81066490|title=Barkhouse, Joyce|website=Loc.gov|access-date=Mar 6, 2020}}
• 2012 – Frederick William Danker, American lexicographer and scholar (b. 1920)
• 2012 – George Esper, American journalist and academic (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Dorothy Gilman, American author (b. 1923)
• 2012 – James F. Lloyd, American pilot and politician (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Abraham Iyambo, Namibian politician (b. 1961)
• 2013 – John Kerr, American actor and lawyer (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Chris Kyle, American soldier and sniper (b. 1974)
• 2013 – Lino Oviedo, Paraguayan general and politician (b. 1943)
• 2013 – Pepper Paire, American baseball player (b. 1924)
• 2013 – P. Shanmugam, Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Puducherry (b. 1927){{cite web|url=https://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/02/02/258--Former-Puducherry-chief-minister-Shanmugam-dead-.html|title=Former Puducherry chief minister Shanmugam dead|date=Feb 2, 2013|access-date=Feb 6, 2020}}
• 2013 – Walt Sweeney, American football player (b. 1941){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/sports/football/walt-sweeney-all-pro-and-nfl-critic-dies-at-71.html?hpw&_r=0|title=Walt Sweeney, All-Pro and Critic of N.F.L., Dies at 71|author=Daniel E. Slotnik|date=Feb 6, 2013|website=Nytimes.com|access-date=Feb 6, 2020}}
• 2013 – Guy F. Tozzoli, American architect (b. 1922){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/nyregion/guy-f-tozzoli-who-led-team-that-built-twin-towers-dies-at-90.html?_r=0|title=Guy F. Tozzoli, 90, Who Led Team That Built Twin Towers, Is Dead|author=David W. Dunlap|author-link=David W. Dunlap|date=Feb 6, 2013|website=Nytimes.com|access-date=Feb 6, 2020}}
• 2014 – Gerd Albrecht, German conductor (b. 1935)
• 2014 – Tommy Aquino, American motorcycle racer (b. 1992){{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/british-superbikes/tommy-aquino-death-superbike-rider-3107713|title=Superbike rider Tommy Aquino dies in tragic motorcross crash in California at the age of 21|author=Liam Prenderville|date=Feb 3, 2014|website=Mirror.co.uk|access-date=Feb 13, 2020}}
• 2014 – Nicholas Brooks, English historian (b. 1941)
• 2014 – Eduardo Coutinho, Brazilian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
• 2014 – Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1967)
• 2014 – Luis Raúl, Puerto Rican comedian and actor (b. 1962){{cite web|url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/entretenimiento/farandula/nota/muereelcomedianteluisraul-1702746/|title=Muere el comediante Luis Raúl|date=Feb 2, 2014|website=Elnuevodia.com|language=es|trans-title=Comedian Luis Raúl dies|access-date=Feb 18, 2020}}
• 2014 – Bunny Rugs, Jamaican singer (b. 1948){{cite web|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Death-of-a-Reggae-Ambassador_15942934|title=Death of a Reggae Ambassador|author=HOWARD CAMPBELL|date=Feb 3, 2014|publisher=Jamaica Observer|access-date=Feb 13, 2020}}
• 2014 – Nigel Walker, English footballer (b. 1959){{cite web|url=http://www.newspostleader.co.uk/sport/local/spartans-to-hold-minute-s-applause-for-former-player-nigel-walker-1-6415197|title=Spartans to hold minute's applause for former player Nigel Walker|author=Mark Carruthers|author-link=Mark Carruthers|date=Feb 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829045718/http://www.newspostleader.co.uk/sport/local/spartans-to-hold-minute-s-applause-for-former-player-nigel-walker-1-6415197|access-date=Feb 6, 2020|archive-date=August 29, 2016}}
• 2015 – Joseph Alfidi, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1949)
• 2015 – Dave Bergman, American baseball player (b. 1953)
• 2015 – Andriy Kuzmenko, Ukrainian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1968){{cite web|url=https://espreso.tv/news/2015/02/02/na_dnipropetrovschyni_u_dtp_zahynuv_spivak_kuzma_quotskryabinquot|date=Feb 2, 2015|website=Espreso.tv|language=uk|script-title=uk:На Дніпропетровщині у ДТП загинув співак Кузьма Скрябін|trans-title=Kuzma Skryabin, a singer, was killed in an accident in Dnipropetrovsk|access-date=Feb 18, 2020}}
• 2015 – Molade Okoya-Thomas, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1935)
• 2015 – Stewart Stern, American screenwriter (b. 1922){{cite book|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14139042m|title=Stern, Stewart (1922-2015)|via=Bnf.fr|language=fr|access-date=Mar 9, 2020}}
• 2015 – The Jacka, American rapper and producer (b. 1977){{cite web|url=https://www.last.fm/music/The+Jacka|title=The Jacka|website=Last.fm|access-date=Apr 14, 2020}}
• 2016 – Bob Elliott, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
• 2020 – Bernard Ebbers, Canadian businessman, the co-founder and CEO of WorldCom (b. 1941){{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1ZX0NB|title=Obituary: Bernard Ebbers, convicted of orchestrating WorldCom fraud, dead at 78 |website=Reuters|date=Feb 3, 2020|author=Jonathan Stempel|access-date=2020-09-13}}
• 2021 – Captain Sir Tom Moore, British Army officer and charity campaigner (b. 1920){{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-55881753|title=Captain Sir Tom Moore: 'National inspiration' dies with Covid-19 |website=BBC|date=Feb 2, 2021|access-date=Feb 2, 2021}}
• 2023 – K. Viswanath, Indian actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1930){{cite news |title=Legendary director K Viswanath passes away |work=Indian Express |date=3 February 2023 |access-date=3 February 2023 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/telugu/director-k-viswanath-passes-away-passes-away-8420863/}}
• 2023 – Butch Miles, American jazz drummer (b. 1944){{Cite web |title=Obituaries in Austin, TX | Austin American-Statesman |url=https://statesman.com/obituaries/paco0422356 |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=statesman.com |date=February 8, 2023 |language=en}}
• 2024 – Don Murray, American actor (b. 1929){{Cite news |last=McFadden |first=Robert D. |date=2024-02-02 |title=Don Murray, a Star in Films That Took on Social Issues, Dies at 94 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/movies/don-murray-dead.html |access-date=2024-02-03 |work=The New York Times}}
• 2024 – Carl Weathers, American football player and actor (b. 1948){{Cite news |last=Reilly |first=Patrick |date=2024-02-09 |title='Rocky' star Carl Weathers' official cause of death revealed |url=https://nypost.com/2024/02/09/news/rocky-star-carl-weathers-official-cause-of-death-revealed/ |access-date=2024-02-09 |work=New York Post}}
• 2025 – Brian Murphy, English comic actor (b. 1932){{Cite web |last=Lamche |first=Anna |date=February 3, 2025 |title=Brian Murphy: Man About the House actor dies aged 92 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxeg4q0rddo |access-date=February 8, 2025 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}

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• Groundhog Day
• Anniversary of Treaty of Tartu (Estonia)
• Christian Feast Day:
• Adalbard
• Cornelius the Centurion
• Martyrs of Ebsdorf
• February 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Constitution Day (Philippines)
• Day of Youth (Azerbaijan)
• Earliest day on which Shrove Monday can fall, while March 8 is the latest; celebrated on Monday before Ash Wednesday (Christianity), and its related observances:
• Bun Day (Iceland)
• Fastelavn (Denmark/Norway)
• Nickanan Night (Cornwall)
• Rosenmontag (Germany)
• Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple or Candlemas (Western Christianity), and its related observances:
• A quarter day in the Christian liturgical calendar (due to Candlemas). (Scotland)
• Celebration of Yemanja or Our Lady of Navigators (Candomblé)
• Chandeleur (France)
• Liichtmëssdag (Luxembourg)
• Our Lady of the Candles (Filipino Catholics)
• Virgin of Candelaria (Tenerife, Spain)
• Victory of the Battle of Stalingrad (Russia)
• World Wetlands Day

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