Month: February

Famous people born in January are Ronald Reagan, Abraham Lincoln, Galileo Galilei, George Washington, Victor Hugo,

February 1

Paula Beer

German actress

Born: February 1, 1995

🎂 Turns 32 years

Tsui Hark

Hong Kong film director, screenwriter and producer

Born: February 1, 1951

🎂 Turns 76 years

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

Born: February 1, 1942

Died: January 21, 2020

Would be 85 years

February 2

Pope Benedict XIII

pope of the Catholic Church from 1724 to 1730

Born: February 2, 1649

Died: February 21, 1730

Would be 378 years

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

French diplomat (1754-1838)

Born: February 2, 1754

Died: May 17, 1839

Would be 273 years

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

French official and politician (1926–2020)

Born: February 2, 1926

Died: December 2, 2020

Would be 101 years

Konstantin von Neurath

February 3

Norman Rockwell

American painter and illustrator (1894–1978)

Born: February 3, 1894

Died: November 8, 1978

Would be 133 years

Maura Tierney

American actress

Born: February 3, 1965

🎂 Turns 62 years

Nathan Lane

American actor

Born: February 3, 1956

🎂 Turns 71 years

February 4

Lisa Vittozzi

Italian biathlete

Born: February 4, 1995

🎂 Turns 32 years

Nigel Bruce

British actor (1895-1953)

Born: February 4, 1895

Died: October 8, 1953

Would be 132 years

Clyde Tombaugh

American astronomer (1906-1997)

Born: February 4, 1906

Died: January 17, 1997

Would be 121 years

February 5

John Boyd Dunlop

Scottish inventor

Born: February 5, 1840

Died: October 23, 1921

Would be 187 years

Ben Ainslie

British competitive sailor

Born: February 5, 1977

🎂 Turns 50 years

Carina Vogt

German ski jumper

Born: February 5, 1992

🎂 Turns 35 years

February 6

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

Born: February 6, 1945

Died: May 11, 1981

Would be 82 years

Masaharu Fukuyama

Japanese singer-songwriter and actor

Born: February 6, 1969

🎂 Turns 58 years

Nora Fatehi

Canadian actress, model, and singer

Born: February 6, 1992

🎂 Turns 35 years

February 7

Alfred Worden

American astronaut (1932–2020)

Born: February 7, 1932

Died: March 18, 2020

Would be 95 years

Kristin Otto

East German swimmer

Born: February 7, 1966

🎂 Turns 61 years

Puyi

Last Emperor of Qing dynasty and Manchukuo (1906–1967)

Born: February 7, 1906

Died: October 17, 1967

Would be 121 years

February 8

Paula Modersohn-Becker

German expressionist painter (1876–1907)

Born: February 8, 1876

Died: November 20, 1907

Would be 151 years

Mary Steenburgen

American actress, singer and songwriter

Born: February 8, 1953

🎂 Turns 74 years

Nick Nolte

American actor

Born: February 8, 1941

🎂 Turns 86 years

February 9

Peggy Whitson

American astronaut

Born: February 9, 1960

🎂 Turns 67 years

Gina Rinehart

Australian businessperson

Born: February 9, 1954

🎂 Turns 73 years

Michael B. Jordan

American actor (born 1987)

Born: February 9, 1987

🎂 Turns 40 years

February 10

Bob Iger

American businessman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company (born 1951)

Born: February 10, 1951

🎂 Turns 76 years

Mark Spitz

American Olympic swimmer (born 1950)

Born: February 10, 1950

🎂 Turns 77 years

Laura Dern

American actress and producer

Born: February 10, 1967

🎂 Turns 60 years

February 11

Thomas Edison

American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)

Born: February 11, 1847

Died: October 18, 1931

Would be 180 years

Kazimir Malevich

Russian avant-garde artist of Polish ancestry. Founder of the Suprematist movement (1879–1935)

Born: February 11, 1878

Died: May 15, 1935

Would be 149 years

Natalie Dormer

English actress

Born: February 11, 1982

🎂 Turns 45 years

February 12

Ray Kurzweil

American computer scientist, author, entrepreneur, futurist and inventor (born 1948)

Born: February 12, 1948

🎂 Turns 79 years

Michael Ironside

Canadian actor

Born: February 12, 1950

🎂 Turns 77 years

Park Bo-young

South Korean actress and singer, born 1990

Born: February 12, 1990

🎂 Turns 37 years

Abraham Lincoln

February 13

Sigmund Jähn

East German cosmonaut (1937–2019)

Born: February 13, 1937

Died: September 21, 2019

Would be 90 years

Mena Suvari

American actress, fashion designer, model (born 1979)

Born: February 13, 1979

🎂 Turns 48 years

Neal McDonough

American actor

Born: February 13, 1966

🎂 Turns 61 years

February 14

Michael Bloomberg

American businessman and politician; 108th Mayor of New York City

Born: February 14, 1942

🎂 Turns 85 years

Madison Iseman

American actress

Born: February 14, 1997

🎂 Turns 30 years

Najwa Nimri

Spanish actress and singer

Born: February 14, 1972

🎂 Turns 55 years

Fritz Zwicky

February 15

Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath (1564–1642)

Born: February 15, 1564

Died: January 8, 1642

Would be 463 years

Jeremy Bentham

British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748–1832)

Born: February 15, 1749

Died: June 6, 1832

Would be 278 years

Totò

Italian actor (1898–1967)

Born: February 15, 1898

Died: April 15, 1967

Would be 129 years

Elihu Root

February 16

Margaux Hemingway

American fashion model and actress

Born: February 16, 1954

Died: July 1, 1996

Would be 73 years

LeVar Burton

American actor, director, and television host (born 1957)

Born: February 16, 1957

🎂 Turns 70 years

Hua Guofeng

2nd Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, 2nd Premier of the People's Republic of China (1921–2008)

Born: February 16, 1921

Died: August 20, 2008

Would be 106 years

February 17

Rebecca Adlington

British swimmer, Olympic gold medallist

Born: February 17, 1989

🎂 Turns 38 years

Rory Kinnear

English actor (born 1978)

Born: February 17, 1978

🎂 Turns 49 years

Lou Diamond Phillips

American actor

Born: February 17, 1962

🎂 Turns 65 years

February 18

Alessandro Volta

Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power (1745-1827)

Born: February 18, 1745

Died: March 5, 1827

Would be 282 years

Anders Zorn

Swedish painter and engraver (1860-1920)

Born: February 18, 1860

Died: August 22, 1920

Would be 167 years

Matt Dillon

American actor

Born: February 18, 1964

🎂 Turns 63 years

February 19

Merle Oberon

British actress (1911-1979)

Born: February 19, 1911

Died: November 23, 1979

Would be 116 years

Ophelia Lovibond

English actress (born 1986)

Born: February 19, 1986

🎂 Turns 41 years

Lee Marvin

American actor (1924–1987)

Born: February 19, 1924

Died: August 29, 1987

Would be 103 years

Nicolaus Copernicus

February 20

Olivia Rodrigo

American singer-songwriter and actress

Born: February 20, 2003

🎂 Turns 24 years

Anton Shkaplerov

Russian cosmonaut

Born: February 20, 1972

🎂 Turns 55 years

Karl Albrecht

German entrepreneur (1920-2014)

Born: February 20, 1920

Died: July 16, 2014

Would be 107 years

February 21

Mark Kelly

American politician, astronaut, and naval officer (born 1964)

Born: February 21, 1964

🎂 Turns 63 years

Scott Kelly (astronaut)

American astronaut and engineer (born 1964)

Born: February 21, 1964

🎂 Turns 63 years

Daniel Ek

Swedish CEO and founder of Spotify

Born: February 21, 1983

🎂 Turns 44 years

February 22

Heinrich Hertz

German physicist (1857–1894)

Born: February 22, 1857

Died: January 1, 1894

Would be 170 years

Claudia Pechstein

German speed skater

Born: February 22, 1972

🎂 Turns 55 years

Pope Innocent III

Head of the Catholic Church from 1198 to 1216

Born: February 22, 1160

Died: July 16, 1216

Would be 867 years

February 23

Marc Garneau

Canadian astronaut and politician (1949–2025)

Born: February 23, 1949

Died: June 4, 2025

Would be 78 years

Michael Dell

American businessman and CEO

Born: February 23, 1965

🎂 Turns 62 years

Kristina Šmigun-Vähi

Estonian cross-country skier and politician (born 1977)

Born: February 23, 1977

🎂 Turns 50 years

February 24

Phil Knight

American billionaire and co-founder of Nike

Born: February 24, 1938

🎂 Turns 89 years

Steve Jobs

American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)

Born: February 24, 1955

Died: October 5, 2011

Would be 72 years

Charles Le Brun

17th-century French painter and art theorist (1619—1690)

Born: February 24, 1619

Died: February 22, 1690

Would be 408 years

February 25

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

French painter and sculptor (1841–1919)

Born: February 25, 1841

Died: December 3, 1919

Would be 186 years

Noah Jupe

British actor

Born: February 25, 2005

🎂 Turns 22 years

George Harrison

English musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)

Born: February 25, 1943

Died: November 29, 2001

Would be 84 years

February 26

Jenny Thompson

American swimmer

Born: February 26, 1973

🎂 Turns 54 years

Mark Dacascos

American actor and martial artist

Born: February 26, 1964

🎂 Turns 63 years

Najwa Karam

Lebanese actress and singer

Born: February 26, 1966

🎂 Turns 61 years

February 27

Thomas Pesquet

French astronaut

Born: February 27, 1978

🎂 Turns 49 years

Joaquín Sorolla

Spanish painter (1863-1923)

Born: February 27, 1863

Died: August 10, 1923

Would be 164 years

Max Beckmann

German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor and writer (1884–1950)

Born: February 27, 1884

Died: December 27, 1950

Would be 143 years

February 28

Robin Cook

British Labour Party politician (1946-2005)

Born: February 28, 1946

Died: August 6, 2005

Would be 81 years

February 29

Jack R. Lousma

American astronaut and politician

Born: February 29, 1936

🎂 Turns 91 years

Balthus

French painter (1908–2001)

Born: February 29, 1908

Died: February 18, 2001

Would be 119 years

Pope Paul III

pope of the Catholic Church from 1534 to 1549 (1468–1549)

Born: February 29, 1468

Died: November 10, 1549

Would be 559 years