February 2 - Births

Births

1208 – King James I of Aragon (d. 1276)
1455 – King John of Denmark (d. 1513)
1494 – Bona Sforza, queen of Poland (d. 1557)
1502 – Damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher (d. 1574)
1506 – René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (d. 1583)
1522 – Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (d. 1565)
1600 – Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (d. 1653)
1613 – Noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)
1621 – Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian humanist (d. 1679)
1649 – Pope Benedict XIII (d. 1730)
1650 – Nell Gwynne, English actress and royal mistress (d. 1687)
1669 – Louis Marchand, French organist and harpsichordist (d. 1732)
1677 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, French composer (d. 1745)
1695 – William Borlase, English naturalist (d. 1772)
1695 – François de Chevert, French general (d. 1769)
1700 – Johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (d. 1766)
1711 – Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, Austrian diplomat (d. 1794)
1714 – Gottfried August Homilius, German composer (d. 1785)
1717 – Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (d. 1790)
1754 – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French diplomat and statesman (d. 1838)
1782 – Henri de Rigny, French admiral and statesman (d. 1835)
1786 – Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician (d. 1856)
1802 – Jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (d. 1887)
1803 – Albert Sidney Johnston, American Confederate general (d. 1862)
1829 – Alfred Brehm, German zoologist (d. 1884)
1829 – William Stanley, inventor and engineer (d. 1909)
1841 – François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss hydrologist (d. 1912)
1842 – Yulian Vasilievich Sokhotski, Russian mathematician (d. 1927)
1849 – Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet (d. 1921)
1851 – José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican artist (d. 1913)
1860 – Curtis Guild, Jr., American politician (d. 1915)
1861 – Solomon R. Guggenheim, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1949)
1862 – Émile Coste, French fencer (d. 1927)
1866 – Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter (d. 1927)
1873 – Leo Fall, Austrian operetta composer (d. 1925)
1873 – Konstantin von Neurath, German diplomat and statesman (d. 1956)
1875 – Fritz Kreisler, Austrian violinist and composer (d. 1962)
1878 – Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer (d. 1955)
1878 – Joe Lydon, American welterweight boxer (d. 1937)
1880 – Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (d. 1969)
1881 – Orval Overall, American baseball player (d. 1947)
1882 – James Joyce, Irish author (d. 1941)
1882 – Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (d. 1944)
1887 – Ernst Hanfstängl, German pianist and politician (d. 1975)
1887 – Pat Sullivan, Australian cartoonist, pioneer animator and film producer (Felix the Cat) (d. 1933)
1888 – Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (d. 1969)
1889 – Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general, posthumous Marshal of France (d. 1952)
1890 – Charles Correll, American actor (d. 1972)
1892 – Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (d. 1959)
1893 – Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1974)
1893 – Raoul Riganti, Argentine racing driver (d. 1970)
1893 – Sukhbaatar Damdin, Mongolian national hero, The leather of National revolution (d. 1924)
1895 – George Halas, American NFL co-founder (d. 1983)
1896 – Kazimierz Kuratowski, Polish mathematician and logician (d. 1980)
1897 – Aimé Avignon, France's former oldest living man (d. 2007)
1897 – Howard Johnson, American hotelier (d. 1972)
1900 – Willie Kamm, American baseball player (d. 1988)
1901 – Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian violinist (d. 1987)
1902 – Jane Ising, German-born wife of Ernst Ising (d. 2012)
1902 – Newbold Morris, American politician (d. 1966)
1905 – Ayn Rand, Russian-born American author and philosopher (d. 1982)
1908 – Wes Ferrell, American baseball player (d. 1976)
1909 – Frank Albertson, American actor (d. 1964)
1912 – Millvina Dean, last living survivor of the RMS Titanic (d. 2009)
1912 – Burton Lane, American composer and lyricist (d. 1997)
1913 – Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor (d. 1985)
1914 – Eric Kierans, Canadian politician and economist (d. 2004)
1915 – Abba Eban, Israeli diplomat (d. 2002)
1915 – Stan Leonard, Canadian professional golfer (d. 2005)
1916 – Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet (d. 1985)
1917 – Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese leader
1918 – Hella S. Haasse, Dutch writer (d. 2011)
1919 – Georg Gawliczek, German football manager (d. 1999)
1923 – James Dickey, American poet and author (d. 1997)
1923 – Bonita Granville, American actress (d. 1988)
1923 – Red Schoendienst, American baseball player and manager
1923 – Liz Smith, American gossip columnist
1924 – Jack Clemmons, American law enforcement officer (d. 1998)
1924 – Elfi von Dassanowsky, Austrian-born American producer and musician (d. 2007)
1925 – Elaine Stritch, American actress
1926 – Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, French politician
1927 – Stan Getz, American musician (d. 1991)
1927 – Doris Sams, American baseball player
1928 – Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr, American civil rights activist (d. 1998)
1929 – George Band, British mountaineer (d. 2011)
1929 – Věra Chytilová, Czech director
1931 – Dries van Agt, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1977 until 1982
1931 – Les Dawson, British comedian (d. 1993)
1931 – John Paul Harney, Canadian politician
1931 – Judith Viorst, American author
1932 – Arthur Lyman, American jazz musician (d. 2002)
1932 – Robert Mandan, American actor
1933 – Tony Jay, English actor (d. 2006)
1933 – Orlando "Cachaito" López, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2009)
1935 – Evgeny Velikhov, Russian physicist
1936 – Duane Jones, American actor (d. 1988)
1937 – Don Buford, American baseball player
1937 – Anthony Haden-Guest British American writer
1937 – Remak Ramsay, American actor
1937 – Tom Smothers, American musician and comedian
1938 – Gene MacLellan, Canacian singer and songwriter (d. 1995)
1939 – Akbar Adibi, Iranian scientist (d. 2000)
1940 – Alan Caddy, British musician (The Tornados), arranger and record producer (d. 2000)
1940 – Thomas Disch, American science fiction author and poet (d. 2008)
1940 – Wayne Fontes, American football coach
1940 – David Jason, English actor
1941 – Terry Biddlecombe, English horse racing jockey
1941 – Lee Redmond, owner of the longest fingernails until February 10, 2009
1942 – Graham Nash, English-American musician (The Hollies and Crosby & Nash)
1942 – Jang Sung-taek, North Korean politician
1943 – Susan Hanson, English actress
1944 – Andrew Davis, British conductor
1944 – Karen Foss, American broadcaster
1944 – Geoffrey Hughes, English actor (d. 2012)
1946 – Blake Clark, American actor
1946 – Alpha Oumar Konaré, Malian politician
1946 – Constantine Papadakis, Greek-American businessman (d. 2009)
1947 – Farrah Fawcett, American actress (d. 2009)
1948 – Ina Garten, American author and TV personality
1948 – Al McKay, American guitarist and songwriter (Earth, Wind & Fire)
1948 – Roger Williamson, English racecar driver (d. 1973)
1949 – Duncan Bannatyne, Scottish entrepreneur
1949 – Francisco Maturana, Colombian football manager
1949 – Brent Spiner, American actor
1949 – Ross Valory, American musician (Journey)
1950 – Osamu Kido, Japanese professional wrestler
1950 – Genichiro Tenryu, Japanese professional wrestler
1950 – Barbara Sukowa, German actress
1951 – Vangelis Alexandris, Greek basketball coach
1952 – John Cornyn, American politician
1952 – Park Geun-hye, South Korean politician
1953 – Duane Chapman, American bounty hunter
1954 – Christie Brinkley, American model
1954 – Hansi Hinterseer, Austrian singer and actor
1954 – John Tudor, American baseball player
1955 – Leszek Engelking, Polish poet, writer and translator
1955 – Virginia Leng, British equestrian
1955 – Kim Zimmer, American actress
1957 – Phil Barney, French singer
1958 – Michel Marc Bouchard, Canadian playwright
1960 – Jari Porttila, Finnish sports journalist
1961 – Lauren Lane, American actress
1961 – Steve Penney, National Hockey League goaltender
1962 – Philippe Claudel, French writer and film director
1962 – Andy Fordham, English darts player
1962 – Paul Kilgus, American baseball player
1962 – Michael T. Weiss, American actor
1963 – Eva Cassidy, American singer (d. 1996)
1963 – Kjell Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player
1963 – Philip Laats, Belgian judoka
1965 – Carl Airey, English footballer
1965 – Naoki Sano, Japanese professional wrestler
1966 – Andrei Chesnokov, Russian tennis player
1966 – Robert DeLeo, American musician (Stone Temple Pilots)
1967 – Artūrs Irbe, Latvian hockey player
1967 – Laurent Nkunda, Congolese military leader
1968 – Sean Elliott, American basketball player
1968 – Scott Erickson, American baseball player
1968 – Simon Wickham-Smith, British musician
1968 – Thomas Teige, German martial artist, actor and record holder
1969 – Valeri Karpin, Russian footballer
1970 – C. Ernst Harth, Canadian actor
1970 – Nikolaos Michopoulos, Greek footballer
1970 – Roar Strand, Norwegian footballer
1970 – Jennifer Westfeldt, American actress
1972 – Dana International, Israeli singer
1972 – Melvin Mora, Venezuelan baseball player
1973 – Aleksander Tammert, Estonian discus thrower
1973 – Marissa Jaret Winokur, American actress
1975 – Todd Bertuzzi, Canadian hockey player
1975 – Donald Driver, American football player
1975 – Vaggelis Koutsoures, Greek footballer
1975 – Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek footballer
1976 – James Hickman, British swimmer
1976 – Lori Beth Denberg, American actress
1977 – Shakira, Colombian singer
1977 – Libor Sionko, Czech football player
1978 – Eden Espinosa, American singer and actress
1978 – Barry Ferguson, Scottish football player
1978 – Rich Sommer, American actor
1979 – Urmo Aava, Estonian rally driver
1979 – Fani Chalkia, Greek hurdler
1979 – Klaus Mainzer, German rugby player
1979 – Shamita Shetty, Indian actress
1979 – Irini Terzoglou, Greek shot putter
1980 – Radric Davis, American rapper
1980 – Angela Finger-Erben, German television presenter
1980 – Teddy Hart, Canadian professional wrestler
1980 – Oleguer Presas, Spanish football player
1981 – Michelle Bass, English reality TV star and glamour model
1981 – Salem al-Hazmi, Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (d. 2001)
1982 – Sergio Castaño, Spanish footballer
1982 – Han Ga In, South Korean model/actress
1982 – Kelly Mazzante, American basketball player
1982 – Brandy Talore, American pornographic actress
1983 – Ronny Cedeño, Venezuelan baseball player
1983 – Carolina Klüft, Swedish athlete
1983 – Will South, British musician (Thirteen Senses)
1983 – Jordin Tootoo, Canadian hockey player
1983 – Alex Westaway, British musician (Fightstar)
1984 – Renn Kiriyama, Japanese actor
1984 – Rudi Wulf, New Zealand rugby player
1985 – Masoud Azizi, Afghan sprinter
1985 – Silvestre Varela, Portuguese footballer
1987 – Anthony Fainga'a, Australian rugby player
1987 – Saia Fainga'a, Australian rugby player
1987 – Gerard Piqué, Spanish football player
1987 – Martin Spanjers, American actor
1990 – Dan Gosling, English footballer
1991 – Nathan Delfouneso, English footballer
1992 – Danielle White, American singer (American Juniors)
1993 – Ravel Morrison, English footballer
1995 – Paul Digby, English footballer
1995 – Arfa Karim, Pakistani Youngest Microsoft Professional (d. 2012)