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Events

=Pre-1600=

  • 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau.{{cite book|first=Friedrich Wilhelm|last=Barthold|title=Geschichte der deutschen städte und des deutschen bürgerthums|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VA5AAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA150|year=1853|publisher=T.O. Weigel|language=de|pages=150|access-date=2020-02-06|archive-date=2020-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530113743/https://books.google.com/books?id=VA5AAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA150|url-status=live}}
  • 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons of Bayezid I, becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire with the support of Mircea I of Wallachia.{{cite book|title=The Encyclopaedia of Islām: A Dictionary of the Geography, Ethnography and Biography of the Muhammadan Peoples|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=akFJAQAAMAAJ|year=1934|publisher=E. J. Brill|page=535|access-date=2020-02-06|archive-date=2020-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610111848/https://books.google.com/books?id=akFJAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1500 – Duke Friedrich and Duke Johann attempt to subdue the peasantry of Dithmarschen, Denmark, in the Battle of Hemmingstedt.{{cite book|title=A Manual about Schleswig Holstein|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lr1GAQAAIAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Press Office of the State Government of Schleswig Holstein|page=13|access-date=2021-06-21|archive-date=2021-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205837/https://books.google.com/books?id=lr1GAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1600 – On his way to be burned at the stake for heresy, at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, the philosopher Giordano Bruno has a wooden vise put on his tongue to prevent him continuing to speak.{{cite journal|title=Il Sommario del Processo di Giordano Bruno, con appendice di Documenti sull'eresia e l'inquisizione a Modena nel secolo XVI|first=Angelo|last=Mercati|journal=Studi e Testi|volume= 101}}

=1601–1900=

=1901–present=

Births

=Pre-1600=

  • 624 – Wu Zetian, Chinese empress consort (died 705)
  • 1028 – Al-Juwayni, Persian scholar and imam (died 1085){{cite book |last1=Saflo |first1=Mohammad M. A. |title=Al-Juwayni's Thought and Methodology |date=11 October 2021 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |isbn=978-3-11-240161-3 |page=8 |language=en}}
  • 1490 – Charles III, duke of Bourbon (died 1527){{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Bourbon, Charles |volume= 04 | page = 328; lines one and two |quote=...constable of France....and dauphin of Auvergne, was born on the 17th of February 1490}}
  • 1519 – Francis, French Grand Chamberlain (died 1563){{cite book|author1=David Patrick|author2=William Geddie|title=Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WtVPAAAAMAAJ|year=1924|publisher=W. & R. Chambers Ltd|page=458|access-date=2019-12-21|archive-date=2020-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525011621/https://books.google.com/books?id=WtVPAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1524 – Charles de Lorraine, French cardinal (died 1574){{cite book|author=DAVID LAING|title=THE WORKS OF JOHN KNOX|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aRIXAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA318|year=1848|pages=318|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-date=2020-05-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522065520/https://books.google.com/books?id=aRIXAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA318|url-status=live}}

=1601–1900=

  • 1646 – Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (died 1714){{cite book|author=Hazel Van Dyke Roberts|title=Boisguilbert: economist of the reign of Louis XIV|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XWvGAAAAMAAJ|year=1935|publisher=Columbia University Press|page=11|isbn=9780231904964|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-date=2020-05-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524110659/https://books.google.com/books?id=XWvGAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1653 – Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (died 1713){{cite book|author1=Jack Ralph Ullom|author2=Arcangelo Corelli|title=An analysis and performing edition of Arcangelo Corelli's Sonata for violin and continuo, opus 5, no. 3, in C major|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hFE9AQAAIAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Dept. of Music|page=1|access-date=2019-12-21|archive-date=2020-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604124605/https://books.google.com/books?id=hFE9AQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1723 – Tobias Mayer, German astronomer and academic (died 1762)
  • 1740 – Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, Swiss physicist and meteorologist (died 1799){{cite book|author1=Abel Stevens|author2=James Floy|title=The National Magazine: Devoted to Literature, Art, and Religion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6CcAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA168|year=1856|publisher=Carlton & Phillips|pages=168|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-date=2020-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531103042/https://books.google.com/books?id=6CcAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA168|url-status=live}}
  • 1752 – Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German author and playwright (died 1831)
  • 1754 – Nicolas Baudin, French cartographer and explorer (died 1803)
  • 1758 – John Pinkerton, Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian (died 1826)
  • 1762 – John Cooke, English captain (died 1805){{cite book|editor1-last=Howard|editor1-first=Joseph Jackson|editor1-link=Joseph Jackson Howard|year=1896|title=Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica|publisher=Mitchell and Hughes|volume=4|series=Third|page=51|location=London|language=en|oclc=1141272165|url=https://archive.org/details/miscellaneagenea04howa/page/106|access-date=May 11, 2021}}
  • 1781 – René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope (died 1826){{cite book|author=René Théophile Hyacinthe Laennec|title=A Treatise on Mediate Auscultation, and on Diseases of the Lungs and Heart. ... With the notes and additions of M. M. Laënnec and M. Andral|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fVaObe8vNs4C&pg=PR9|year=1846|pages=9|access-date=2019-12-21|archive-date=2020-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527172842/https://books.google.com/books?id=fVaObe8vNs4C&pg=PR9|url-status=live}}
  • 1796 – Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (died 1866)
  • 1799 – Carl Julian (von) Graba, German lawyer and ornithologist who visited and studied the Faroe Islands (died 1874){{cite web|url= http://www.kn-online.de/htm/dauer/lok/hochschulen/hochschulseiten/990212/c-voegel.htm|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20010721034659/http://www.kn-online.de/htm/dauer/lok/hochschulen/hochschulseiten/990212/c-voegel.htm|archive-date=21 July 2001|language=de|title= Unbekannte Vögel entdeckt – Auf den Spuren von Graba|trans-title= Unknown birds discovered – In the footsteps of Graba|date=12 February 1999|author= Kieler Nachrichten| accessdate=20 August 2022}}
  • 1817 – Édouard Thilges, Luxembourgish jurist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (died 1904)
  • 1820 – Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer (died 1881){{cite book|title=The Musical World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dfksAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA237|year=1845|publisher=J. Alfredo Novello|pages=237|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-date=2020-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602234240/https://books.google.com/books?id=dfksAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA237|url-status=live}}
  • 1821 – Lola Montez, Irish-American actress and dancer (died 1861){{cite book|author=Bruce Seymour|title=Lola Montez: A Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4DCffNBbPMC&pg=PA4|year=1996|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-300-07439-0|pages=4|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-date=2020-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530113745/https://books.google.com/books?id=F4DCffNBbPMC&pg=PA4|url-status=live}}
  • 1832 – Richard Henry Park, American sculptor (died 1902)
  • 1836 – Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (died 1870)
  • 1843 – Aaron Montgomery Ward, American businessman, founded Montgomery Ward (died 1913)
  • 1848 – Louisa Lawson, Australian poet and publisher (died 1920)
  • 1849 – Joseph Favre, Swiss chef (died 1903){{cite book|url=http://www.archiviobiograficomovimentooperaio.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=21984:favre-joseph&lang=it|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130904222357/http://www.archiviobiograficomovimentooperaio.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=21984:favre-joseph&lang=it|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 4, 2013|chapter=Joseph Favre|title=L'Internazionale italiana fra libertari ed evoluzionisti|publisher=ABMO|access-date=2013-09-04|language=Italian}}
  • 1854 – Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German businessman (died 1902)
  • 1861 – Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont, duchess of Albany (died 1922){{cite book|author=Harvester Wheatsheaf|title=The Constitutional Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B9dVAAAAYAAJ|year=1971|publisher=Harvester Press|isbn=978-0-85527-070-4|page=28|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-date=2020-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526014603/https://books.google.com/books?id=B9dVAAAAYAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1862 – Mori Ōgai, Japanese general, author, and poet (died 1922)
  • 1864 – Jozef Murgaš, Slovak priest, botanist, and painter (died 1929)
  • 1864 – Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet (died 1941){{cite book|author=Andrew Barton Paterson|title=Poems of Banjo Paterson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VtjpAAAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Ure Smith|isbn=978-0-7254-0297-6|page=13|access-date=2019-12-21|archive-date=2020-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610111846/https://books.google.com/books?id=VtjpAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1874 – Thomas J. Watson, American businessman (died 1956)
  • 1877 – Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and author (died 1904){{cite book|author=Ursula Kingsmill Hart|title=Two ladies of colonial Algeria: the lives and times of Aurélie Picard and Isabelle Eberhardt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WDZxAAAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Ohio University Center for International Studies|page=73|isbn=9780896801431|access-date=2019-12-21|archive-date=2020-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526014605/https://books.google.com/books?id=WDZxAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1877 – André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (died 1932)
  • 1879 – Dorothy Canfield Fisher, American educational reformer, social activist and author (died 1958){{cite book|last=Siles|first=Dorothy D.|chapter=Fisher, Dorothy (Frances) Canfield|editor-first=D.L.|editor-last=Kirkpatrick|title=Twentieth-century Children's Writers|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|year=1978|isbn=978-0-33323-414-3|page=455}}
  • 1881 – Mary Carson Breckinridge, American nurse midwife, founded Frontier Nursing Service (died 1965)
  • 1887 – Joseph Bech, Luxembourgish lawyer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (died 1975)
  • 1887 – Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (died 1947)
  • 1888 – Ronald Knox, English Catholic priest (died 1957){{cite book |last1=Waugh |first1=Evelyn |author1-link=Evelyn Waugh |title=The Life of Ronald Knox |date=1959 |publisher=Chapman and Hall |page=35 |url=https://archive.org/details/lifeofronaldknox0000evel/mode/2up}}
  • 1888 – Otto Stern, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1969)
  • 1890 – Ronald Fisher, English-Australian statistician, biologist, and geneticist (died 1962)
  • 1891 – Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician and academic (died 1965)
  • 1893 – Wally Pipp, American baseball player and journalist (died 1965)
  • 1899 – Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian poet and author (died 1954)
  • 1900 – Ruth Clifford, American actress (died 1998)

=1901–present=

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  • 1904 – Hans Morgenthau, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (died 1980)
  • 1905 – Rózsa Péter, Hungarian mathematician (died 1977){{cite book | first=Hajnal | last=Andréka | chapter=Rózsa Péter | editor-last1=Grinstein | editor-first1=Louise S. | editor-last2=Campbell | editor-first2=Paul J. | title=Women of Mathematics: a Biobibliographic Sourcebook | place=New York | publisher=Greenwood Press | year=1987 | isbn=978-0-3132-4849-8 | page=[https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/171 171] | chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/171 }}
  • 1906 – Mary Brian, American actress (died 2002)
  • 1908 – Bo Yibo, Chinese general and politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 2007)
  • 1910 – Marc Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2005)
  • 1911 – Oskar Seidlin, German-American author, poet, and scholar (died 1984)
  • 1912 – Andre Norton, American author (died 2005)
  • 1914 – Arthur Kennedy, American actor (died 1990)
  • 1916 – Alexander Obolensky, Russian rugby player and pilot (died 1940)
  • 1916 – Don Tallon, Australian cricketer (died 1984)
  • 1916 – Raf Vallone, Italian footballer and actor (died 2002)
  • 1918 – William Bronk, American poet and academic (died 1999)
  • 1918 – Jacqueline Ferrand, French mathematician (died 2014)
  • 1919 – J. M. S. Careless, Canadian historian and academic (died 2009)
  • 1919 – Kathleen Freeman, American actress and singer (died 2001)
  • 1919 – Joe Hunt, American tennis player (died 1945){{cite book|editor1-last=Porter|editor1-first=David L.|title=Biographical Dictionary of American Sports|date=1992|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=New York|isbn=978-0313267062|pages=[https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict0000unse_z6t1/page/552 552–553]|url=https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict0000unse_z6t1/page/552}}
  • 1920 – Ivo Caprino, Norwegian director and screenwriter (died 2001)
  • 1920 – Annie Glenn, American disability and communication disorder advocate (died 2020)
  • 1920 – Curt Swan, American illustrator (died 1996){{cite book|title=The Comics Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pBRLAQAAIAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Comics Journal, Incorporated|page=13|access-date=2021-06-21|archive-date=2021-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624213155/https://books.google.com/books?id=pBRLAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1921 – Duane Gish, American biochemist and academic (died 2013){{cite book|author=Strathmore Directories, Limited|title=Strathmore's Who's Who, 2000-2001|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JiNJ8XXpJn0C|date=May 2001|publisher=Strathmore Directories, Limited|isbn=978-1-890347-06-2|page=656|access-date=2021-06-21|archive-date=2021-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204302/https://books.google.com/books?id=JiNJ8XXpJn0C|url-status=live}}
  • 1922 – Tommy Edwards, American R&B singer-songwriter (died 1969)
  • 1923 – Buddy DeFranco, American clarinet player and bandleader (died 2014)
  • 1924 – Margaret Truman, American singer and author (died 2008){{cite book|author1=Ron Cockrell|author2=Keith Krueger|title=Cultural Landscape Report: Harry S Truman National Historic Site, Independence, Missouri|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OOaZRpTIMrsC&pg=PA26|year=1990|publisher=National Park Service|pages=26|access-date=2021-06-21|archive-date=2021-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205734/https://books.google.com/books?id=OOaZRpTIMrsC&pg=PA26|url-status=live}}
  • 1925 – Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (died 2003)
  • 1925 – Hal Holbrook, American actor and director (died 2021){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/theater/hal-holbrook-dead.html|title=Hal Holbrook, Actor Who Channeled Mark Twain, Is Dead at 95|date=February 2, 2021|website=New York Times|author=Robert Berkvist|access-date=February 2, 2021|archive-date=February 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202183539/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/theater/hal-holbrook-dead.html|url-status=live}}
  • 1928 – Marta Romero, Puerto Rican actress and singer (died 2013)
  • 1928 – Michiaki Takahashi, Japanese virologist (died 2013){{cite web|url=https://doodles.google/doodle/dr-michiaki-takahashis-94th-birthday/|title=Michiaki Takahashi's 94th Birthday|date=February 17, 2021|website=Google|access-date=February 17, 2021}}
  • 1929 – Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chilean-French director and screenwriter
  • 1929 – Chaim Potok, American rabbi and author (died 2002){{cite book|author=Sanford Sternlicht|title=Chaim Potok: A Critical Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8vOG2EXef4EC&pg=PA2|year=2000|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-31181-9|pages=2|access-date=2021-02-02|archive-date=2022-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217163120/https://books.google.com/books?id=8vOG2EXef4EC&pg=PA2|url-status=live}}
  • 1929 – Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (died 1993)
  • 1929 – Patricia Routledge, English actress and singer
  • 1930 – Roger Craig, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2023)
  • 1930 – Benjamin Fain, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (died 2013)
  • 1930 – Ruth Rendell, English author (died 2015)
  • 1931 – Jiřina Jirásková, Czech actress and singer (died 2013)
  • 1931 – Buddy Ryan, American football coach (died 2016)
  • 1933 – Craig L. Thomas, American captain and politician (died 2007)
  • 1934 – Alan Bates, English actor (died 2003){{cite news|url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Guardian/0,4029,1113685,00.html |title=Sir Alan Bates |author=Michael Billington |work=The Guardian |date=29 December 2003 |access-date=4 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114224632/http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Guardian/0%2C4029%2C1113685%2C00.html |archive-date=14 November 2007 |url-status=live |location=London }}
  • 1934 – Barry Humphries, Australian comedian, actor, and author (died 2023)
  • 1935 – Christina Pickles, English-American actress
  • 1936 – Jim Brown, American football player and actor (died 2023)
  • 1937 – Mary Ann Mobley, American model and actress, Miss America 1959 (died 2014)
  • 1940 – Vicente Fernández, Mexican singer-songwriter, actor, and producer (died 2021){{Cite news|last=Chung|first=Christine|date=2021-12-12|title=Vicente Fernández, 'El Rey' of Mexican Ranchera Music, Is Dead at 81|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/12/arts/music/vicente-fernandez-dead.html|access-date=2021-12-13|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2021-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212235803/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/12/arts/music/vicente-fernandez-dead.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|title=Vicente Fernández, king of Mexican ranchera music, dies at 81|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/vicente-fernandez-dead/2021/12/12/bf8cb158-38c9-11ec-8be3-e14aaacfa8ac_story.html|access-date=12 December 2021|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=12 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212160552/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/vicente-fernandez-dead/2021/12/12/bf8cb158-38c9-11ec-8be3-e14aaacfa8ac_story.html|url-status=live}}
  • 1940 – Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter (died 2006){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/apr/06/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries|title=Gene Pitney|date=6 April 2006|author=Adam Sweeting|website=The Guardian|access-date=17 February 2020|archive-date=17 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217114037/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/apr/06/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries|url-status=live}}
  • 1941 – Julia McKenzie, English actress, singer, and director
  • 1942 – Huey P. Newton, American activist, co-founded the Black Panther Party (died 1989)
  • 1944 – Karl Jenkins, Welsh saxophonist, keyboard player, and composer{{cite book | last = Daniels | first = David | title = Orchestral music : a handbook | publisher = Scarecrow Press | location = Lanham, Md | year = 2005 | isbn = 9781461664253 | page=202}}
  • 1945 – Zina Bethune, American actress, dancer, and choreographer (died 2012)
  • 1945 – Brenda Fricker, Irish actress{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA135|date=30 September 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-264-1|pages=135|access-date=21 June 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624210644/https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA135|url-status=live}}
  • 1946 – Shahrnush Parsipur, Iranian-American author and academic
  • 1948 – José José, Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2019)
  • 1949 – Fred Frith, English guitarist and songwriter{{cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uWoZAQAAIAAJ |year=2002 |edition=3rd revised |publisher=Virgin |page=175 |isbn=978-1-85227-947-9 |access-date=2020-09-30 |archive-date=2021-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510143040/https://books.google.com/books?id=uWoZAQAAIAAJ |url-status=live }}
  • 1949 – Dennis Green, American football player and coach (died 2016)
  • 1951 – Rashid Minhas, Pakistani soldier and pilot (died 1971)
  • 1952 – Karin Büttner-Janz, German gymnast and physician
  • 1952 – Vladimír Padrůněk, Czech musician (died 1991)
  • 1953 – Becky Ann Baker, American actress
  • 1954 – Lou Ann Barton, American singer-songwriter
  • 1954 – Miki Berkovich, Israeli basketball player
  • 1954 – Rene Russo, American actress
  • 1955 – Mo Yan, Chinese author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1956 – Richard Karn, American actor and game show host
  • 1957 – Loreena McKennitt, Canadian singer-songwriter, accordion player, and pianist
  • 1959 – Aryeh Deri, Moroccan-Israeli rabbi and politician, Israeli Minister of Internal Affairs
  • 1959 – Rowdy Gaines, American swimmer and sportscaster{{cite book|title=Guinness Sports Record Book|publisher=Sterling Publishing Company|year=1990|page=180}}
  • 1960 – Lindy Ruff, Canadian hockey player and coach
  • 1961 – Angela Eagle, English politician, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
  • 1961 – Maria Eagle, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
  • 1961 – Andrey Korotayev, Russian anthropologist, historian, and sociologist
  • 1962 – Lou Diamond Phillips, American actor and director
  • 1963 – Larry the Cable Guy, American comedian and voice actor{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for February 17, 2023 includes celebrities Paris Hilton, Michael Bay |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/02/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-february-17-2023-includes-celebrities-paris-hilton-michael-bay.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=15 February 2024 |date=17 February 2023}}
  • 1963 – Alison Hargreaves, English mountaineer (died 1995){{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-alison-hargreaves-1597291.html | newspaper=The Independent | title=Obituary: Alison Hargeaves | author=Venables, Stephen | date=20 August 1995 | access-date=6 March 2016 | archive-date=2 February 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202071921/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-alison-hargreaves-1597291.html | url-status=live }}
  • 1963 – Jen-Hsun Huang, Taiwanese-American businessman, co-founded Nvidia
  • 1963 – Michael Jordan, American basketball player, executive, and businessman
  • 1964 – Sherry Hawco, Canadian gymnast (died 1991){{cite web |title=Sherry (Hawco) Delanty |url=http://cambridgeshf.com/inductee/sherry-hawco-delanty/ |website=Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame |access-date=10 January 2020 |archive-date=21 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521102619/http://cambridgeshf.com/inductee/sherry-hawco-delanty/ |url-status=live }}
  • 1965 – Michael Bay, American director and producer{{cite book|title=Film Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oXdZAAAAMAAJ|date=July 2001|publisher=Orpheus Pub|page=189|access-date=2020-02-17|archive-date=2020-06-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601073000/https://books.google.com/books?id=oXdZAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1966 – Luc Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player, manager, and actor{{cite book|author=Morgan Hughes|title=Hockey Legends of All Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=35JXzaaRmlIC|date=1 August 1995|publisher=Publications International Limited|isbn=978-0-7853-1689-3|page=98|access-date=17 February 2020|archive-date=23 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523032332/https://books.google.com/books?id=35JXzaaRmlIC|url-status=live}}
  • 1968 – Giuseppe Signori, Italian footballer
  • 1968 – Wu'erkaixi, Chinese journalist and activist
  • 1969 – David Douillet, French martial artist and politician
  • 1969 – Vasily Kudinov, Russian handball player (died 2017)
  • 1970 – Dominic Purcell, English-Australian actor and producer
  • 1971 – Denise Richards, American model and actress
  • 1972 – Billie Joe Armstrong, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer
  • 1972 – Philippe Candeloro, French figure skater{{cite book|author=Steve Milton|title=Super Skaters: World Figure Skating Stars|url=https://archive.org/details/superskatersworl0000milt|url-access=registration|date=1 February 1997|publisher=Crescent Books|isbn=978-0-517-18482-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/superskatersworl0000milt/page/20 20]}}
  • 1972 – Taylor Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 2022){{cite news |last1=Ganz |first1=Caryn |last2=Coscarelli|first2=Joe| title=Foo Fighters Drummer Taylor Hawkins Dies at 50 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/25/arts/music/taylor-hawkins-foo-fighters-dead.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=March 26, 2022 |date=March 26, 2022}}
  • 1972 – Valeria Mazza, Argentine model and businesswoman
  • 1973 – Drew Barry, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Drew Barry |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1003/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=15 February 2024}}
  • 1973 – Goran Bunjevčević, Serbian footballer (died 2018){{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=20604|title=Goran Bunjevcevic|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=12 February 2020|archive-date=21 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521102606/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=20604|url-status=live}}
  • 1973 – Raphaël Ibañez, French rugby player
  • 1974 – Kaoru, Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer
  • 1974 – Jerry O'Connell, American actor, director, and producer
  • 1975 – Kaspars Astašenko, Latvian ice hockey player (died 2012){{cite web |title=Kaspars Astashenko |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/kaspars-astashenko-8468000 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=15 February 2024}}
  • 1975 – Václav Prospal, Czech ice hockey player
  • 1976 – Kelly Carlson, American actress and model
  • 1978 – Rory Kinnear, English actor and playwright
  • 1979 – Conrad Ricamora, American actor
  • 1979 – Josh Willingham, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Josh Willingham |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/josh-willingham-425545 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=15 February 2024}}
  • 1980 – Al Harrington, American basketball player
  • 1980 – Jason Ritter, American actor
  • 1980 – Klemi Saban, Israeli footballer
  • 1981 – Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor, director, and producer
  • 1981 – Paris Hilton, American model, media personality, actress, singer, DJ, author and businesswoman
  • 1981 – Pontus Segerström, Swedish footballer (died 2014)
  • 1982 – Adriano, Brazilian footballer
  • 1982 – Brian Bruney, American baseball player{{cite book|author=Sporting News|title=Baseball Register|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b5ON9XuC4noC|date=December 2004|publisher=Sporting News Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-89204-745-1|page=61|access-date=2019-09-29|archive-date=2020-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604012931/https://books.google.com/books?id=b5ON9XuC4noC|url-status=live}}
  • 1984 – AB de Villiers, South African cricketer
  • 1984 – Marcin Gortat, Polish basketball player
  • 1984 – Katie Hill, Australian 3.0 point wheelchair basketball player
  • 1985 – Anders Jacobsen, Norwegian ski jumper
  • 1986 – Brett Kern, American football player{{cite web |title=Brett Kern |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/11555/brett-kern |publisher=ESPN |access-date=15 February 2024}}
  • 1987 – Ísis Valverde, Brazilian actress{{cite web |url=http://caras.uol.com.br/perfil/isis-valverde|accessdate=February 17, 2023|title=Ísis Valverde |date=5 January 2022 |publisher=Caras|language=Portuguese}}
  • 1988 – Michael Frolík, Czech ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Michael Frolik |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/michael-frolik-8473564 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=15 February 2024}}
  • 1988 – Case Keenum, American football player{{cite web |title=Case Keenum |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15168/case-keenum |publisher=ESPN |access-date=15 February 2024}}
  • 1988 – Vasyl Lomachenko, Ukrainian boxer
  • 1989 – Rebecca Adlington, English swimmer{{cite web |title=Ones to watch in Delhi: Rebecca Adlington |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/commonwealth_games/delhi_2010/9016935.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=8 January 2022 |date=30 September 2010 |archive-date=17 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217163130/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/commonwealth_games/delhi_2010/9016935.stm |url-status=live }}
  • 1989 – Chord Overstreet, American actor and singer
  • 1990 – Marianne St-Gelais, Canadian speed skater
  • 1990 – Edin Višća, Bosnian footballer{{cite web|title=Edin Višća|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/edin-visca/121573/|website=Soccerway|access-date=17 February 2024}}
  • 1991 – Phil Pressey, American basketball player and coach{{cite web |title=Phil Pressey |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203515/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=15 February 2024}}
  • 1991 – Ed Sheeran, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1991 – Jeremy Allen White, American actor{{cite web |last1=DeInnocentiis |first1=Felicia |title=The Stunning Transformation Of Jeremy Allen White |url=https://www.thelist.com/985395/the-stunning-transformation-of-jeremy-allen-white/ |publisher=TheList.com |access-date=7 February 2023 |date=29 August 2022}}
  • 1991 – Bonnie Wright, English actress, filmmaker, and activist{{cite news |title=Bonnie Wright Biography |url=https://www.empireonline.com/people/bonnie-wright/ |access-date=February 17, 2023|magazine=Empire}}
  • 1992 – Meaghan Martin, American actress and singer
  • 1993 – Marc Márquez, Spanish motorcycle racer
  • 1994 – Mason Jobst, American ice hockey player{{Cite web |title=Mason Jobst |url=https://www.nhl.com/sabres/player/mason-jobst-8481480 |access-date=23 September 2024 |publisher=National Hockey League }}
  • 1995 – Madison Keys, American tennis player{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/316959/madison-keys|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Madison Keys|publisher=Women's Tennis Association|access-date=16 October 2022}}
  • 1996 – Sebastian Aho, Swedish ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Sebastian Aho |url=https://www.nhl.com/islanders/player/sebastian-aho-8480222 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=15 February 2024}}
  • 1996 – Sasha Pieterse, South African-American actress and singer-songwriter
  • 1997 – Gaetano Castrovilli, Italian footballer{{cite web|title=Gaetano Castrovilli|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/gaetano-castrovilli/366543/|website=Soccerway|access-date=17 February 2025}}
  • 1997 – Zeki Çelik, Turkish footballer{{cite web|title=Zeki Çelik|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/mehmet-celik/322520/|website=Soccerway|access-date=17 February 2025}}
  • 1998 – Devin White, American football player{{cite web |title=Devin White |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4035434/devin-white |publisher=ESPN |access-date=15 February 2024}}
  • 2006 – Tyler Dibling, English footballer{{cite web|title=Tyler Dibling|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/112917/Tyler-Dibling/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=17 February 2025}}

Deaths

=Pre-1600=

  • 364 – Jovian, Roman emperor (born 331){{cite book|author1=Themistius|author2=Themistius Euphrades Paphlago|title=Politics, Philosophy, and Empire in the Fourth Century: Select Orations of Themistius|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_t4-4vJy3aUC&pg=PA149|year=2001|publisher=Liverpool University Press|isbn=978-0-85323-106-6|pages=149|access-date=2019-09-29|archive-date=2020-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527192351/https://books.google.com/books?id=_t4-4vJy3aUC&pg=PA149|url-status=live}}
  • 440 – Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, linguist, and theologian (born 360){{cite book|title=Soviet Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-hsWAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA5-PA54|year=1986|publisher=Embassy of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics in the USA|pages=5|access-date=2019-09-29|archive-date=2020-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527192328/https://books.google.com/books?id=-hsWAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA5-PA54|url-status=live}}
  • 923 – Al-Tabari, Persian scholar (born 839)
  • 1178 – Evermode of Ratzeburg, bishop of Ratzeburg
  • 1220 – Theobald I, Duke of Lorraine
  • 1339 – Otto, Duke of Austria (born 1301)
  • 1371 – Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria
  • 1500 – Adolph, Count of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst, German noble (born before 1463)
  • 1600 – Giordano Bruno, Italian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (born 1548)

=1601–1900=

=1901–present=

  • 1905 – Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, fifth son and seventh child of Tsar Alexander II (born 1857)
  • 1905 – William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (born 1815)
  • 1909 – Geronimo, American tribal leader (born 1829)
  • 1912 – Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (born 1876)
  • 1919 – Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1841)
  • 1924 – Oskar Merikanto, Finnish composer (born 1868){{cite web |last1=Lappalainen |first1=Seija |title=Merikanto, Oskar (1868 - 1924) |url=https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/1440 |website=Kansallisbiografia |access-date=7 July 2020 |date=2 August 2018 |archive-date=9 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709144328/https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/1440 |url-status=live }}
  • 1934 – Albert I of Belgium (born 1875)
  • 1934 – Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (born 1862)
  • 1939 – Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (born 1859)
  • 1946 – Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer (born 1889)
  • 1948 – Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, Imam of Yemen (born 1904)
  • 1961 – Lütfi Kırdar, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (born 1887)
  • 1961 – Nita Naldi, American actress (born 1894)
  • 1962 – Joseph Kearns, American actor (born 1907)
  • 1962 – Bruno Walter, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1876)
  • 1966 – Hans Hofmann, German-American painter (born 1880)
  • 1969 – Berry L. Cannon, American aquanaut (born 1935)
  • 1970 – Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888)
  • 1970 – Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor (born 1900)
  • 1972 – Friday Hassler, American race car driver (born 1935){{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Friday_Hassler|title=Friday Hassler|access-date=2 December 2018|archive-date=24 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324233252/https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Friday_Hassler|url-status=live}}
  • 1977 – Janani Luwum, Ugandan archbishop and saint (born 1922)
  • 1979 – William Gargan, American actor (born 1905)
  • 1982 – Nestor Chylak, American baseball player and umpire (born 1922)
  • 1982 – Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer (born 1917)
  • 1982 – Lee Strasberg, American actor and director (born 1901)
  • 1986 – Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian-American philosopher and author (born 1895)
  • 1988 – John M. Allegro, English archaeologist and scholar (born 1923)
  • 1988 – Karpoori Thakur, Indian educator and politician, 11th Chief Minister of Bihar (born 1924){{cite news |title=Former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur to be awarded Bharat Ratna posthumously|work=Hindustan Times |date=23 January 2024|access-date=23 January 2024 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bihar-socialist-leader-karpoori-thakur-to-be-awarded-bharat-ratna-posthumously-101706020261885.html}}
  • 1989 – Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (born 1908)
  • 1990 – Jean-Marc Boivin, French mountaineer, skier, and pilot (born 1951)
  • 1994 – Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (born 1951)
  • 1998 – Ernst Jünger, German soldier, philosopher, and author (born 1895)
  • 2003 – Steve Bechler, American baseball player (born 1979)
  • 2004 – José López Portillo, Mexican lawyer and politician, 51st President of Mexico (born 1920){{cite web|url=https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/7520/Jose%20Lopez%20Portillo|title=José López Portillo|publisher=Busca Biografias|access-date=May 30, 2019|language=es|archive-date=May 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531031854/https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/7520/Jose%20Lopez%20Portillo|url-status=live}}
  • 2005 – Dan O'Herlihy, Irish-American actor (born 1919)
  • 2005 – Omar Sívori, Argentinian footballer and manager (born 1935)
  • 2006 – Ray Barretto, American drummer (born 1929)
  • 2009 – Conchita Cintrón, Chilean bullfighter and journalist (born 1922)
  • 2010 – Kathryn Grayson, American actress and singer (born 1922)
  • 2012 – Robert Carr, English engineer and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1916)
  • 2012 – Michael Davis, American singer-songwriter and bass player (born 1943)
  • 2012 – Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Dutch mathematician and theorist (born 1918)
  • 2012 – Ulric Neisser, German-American psychologist and academic (born 1928)
  • 2013 – Richard Briers, English actor (born 1934)
  • 2013 – Shmulik Kraus, Israeli singer-songwriter and actor (born 1935)
  • 2013 – Sophie Kurys, American baseball player (born 1925)
  • 2013 – Mindy McCready, American singer-songwriter (born 1975)
  • 2014 – Bob Casale, American guitarist, keyboard player, and producer (born 1952)
  • 2014 – Peter Florin, German politician and diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (born 1921)
  • 2014 – Wayne Smith, Jamaican singer (born 1965)
  • 2015 – John Barrow, American-Canadian football player and manager (born 1935)
  • 2015 – Cathy Ubels-Veen, Dutch politician (born 1928)
  • 2015 – Liu Yudi, Chinese general and pilot (born 1923)
  • 2016 – Andy Ganteaume, Trinidadian cricketer (born 1921)
  • 2016 – Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Egyptian journalist (born 1923)
  • 2016 – Claude Jeancolas, French historian, author, and journalist (born 1949)
  • 2016 – Tony Phillips, American baseball player (born 1959)
  • 2016 – Andrzej Żuławski, Polish film director (born 1940)
  • 2017 – Robert H. Michel, American politician (born 1923)
  • 2017 – Michael Novak, American Roman Catholic theologian (born 1933)
  • 2021 – Rush Limbaugh, American talk show host and author (born 1951){{Cite web |last=Rico |first=Klaritza |date=17 February 2021 |title=Rush Limbaugh, Right-Wing Radio Host, Dies at 70 |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/rush-limbaugh-wing-radio-host-172203802.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217175240/http://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/rush-limbaugh-wing-radio-host-172203802.html |archive-date=2021-02-17 |access-date=2021-02-17 |website=Yahoo!}}
  • 2021 – Seif Sharif Hamad, Tanzanian politician (born 1943){{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/17/zanzibar-vice-president-dies-after-suffering-covid-19|title=Zanzibar Vice President Seif Sharif Hamad dies|website=Al Jazeera|date=February 17, 2021|access-date=February 17, 2022|archive-date=January 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125035053/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/17/zanzibar-vice-president-dies-after-suffering-covid-19|url-status=live}}
  • 2024 – Gamini Jayawickrama Perera, Sri Lankan politician (born 1941){{cite web |title=Gamini Jayawickrama Perera passes away|url=https://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news/193497 |website=Ada Derana|access-date=18 February 2024|language=si |date=17 February 2024}}
  • 2025 – Paquita la del Barrio, Mexican singer, songwriter and actress (born 1947){{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Harrison |date=February 18, 2025 |title=Paquita la del Barrio, whose songs took aim at machismo, dies at 77 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/02/18/paquita-la-del-barrio-dead/ |access-date=February 19, 2025 |work=The Washington Post}}
  • 2025 – Frits Bolkestein, Dutch politician (born 1933){{Cite web |date=February 18, 2025 |title=Oud-VVD-leider Frits Bolkestein (91) overleden |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2556320-oud-vvd-leider-frits-bolkestein-91-overleden |access-date=February 19, 2025 |website=Nederlandse Omroep Stichting |language=nl}}
  • 2025 – Rick Buckler, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (born 1955){{Cite web |last=Plummer |first=Robert |date=February 18, 2025 |title=The Jam drummer Rick Buckler dies aged 69 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c99n0p2x94vo |access-date=February 20, 2025 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}
  • 2025 – James Harrison, Australian blood plasma donor (born 1936){{Cite news |last=Nierenberg |first=Amelia |date=March 4, 2025 |title=James Harrison, Whose Antibodies Helped Millions, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/obituaries/james-harrison-dead-blood.html |access-date=March 6, 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

Holidays and observances

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