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==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Grierson |first=Philip |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sdCjnwoQLR0C&pg=PA161 |title=Catalogue of Late Roman Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection: From Arcadius and Honorius to the Accession of Anastasius |publisher=Dumbarton Oaks |year=1992 |isbn=978-0-88402-193-3 |page=161 |access-date=2019-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801122747/https://books.google.com/books?id=sdCjnwoQLR0C&pg=PA161 |archive-date=2020-08-01 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II. *1285 – A synod at Blachernae convened by anti-Unionist Greek clergy condemns the former pro-Unionist patriarch John XI of Constantinople.<ref>{{cite book |title=A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire |date=2006 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Basingstoke [England]; New York |isbn=978-1-4039-1774-4 |page=624}}</ref> *1301 – Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales.<ref>{{cite book|title=Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OX8ZN5qFKZgC|year=2011|publisher=Debrett's Peerage Limited|isbn=978-1-870520-73-7|access-date=2019-01-29|archive-date=2020-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801123453/https://books.google.com/books?id=OX8ZN5qFKZgC|url-status=live}}</ref> *1313 – King Thihathu founds the Pinya Kingdom as the de jure successor state of the Pagan Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book |author=Royal Historical Commission of Burma |title=Hmannan Yazawin |publisher=Ministry of Information, Myanmar |year=1832 |edition=2003 |volume=1–3 |location=Yangon |page=370 |language=my |author-link=Royal Historical Commission of Burma}}</ref> *1365 – Albert III of Mecklenburg (King Albert of Sweden) grants city rights to Ulvila ({{langx|sv|Ulvsby}}).<ref>{{cite web |title=Historia |trans-title=History |url=https://www.ulvila.fi/asiointi-ja-yhteystiedot/ulvila/historia/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207060147/https://www.ulvila.fi/asiointi-ja-yhteystiedot/ulvila/historia/ |archive-date=February 7, 2022 |access-date=February 7, 2022 |website=Ulvila.fi |language=fi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Suomen kaupungit keskiajalla |trans-title=Finnish cities in the Middle Ages |url=http://www.katajala.net/keskiaika/suomi/kaupungit.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303185914/http://www.katajala.net/keskiaika/suomi/kaupungit.html |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |access-date=February 7, 2022 |website=Katajala.net |language=fi}}</ref> *1497 – In Florence, Italy, supporters of Girolamo Savonarola burn cosmetics, art, and books, in a "Bonfire of the vanities".<ref>{{cite book |first1=Barbara |last1=Deimling |title=Sandro Botticelli |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VjHEhT5wRiwC&pg=PA79 |year=2000 |publisher=Taschen |isbn=978-3-8228-5992-6 |page=99 |access-date=2019-02-04 |archive-date=2020-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801130912/https://books.google.com/books?id=VjHEhT5wRiwC&pg=PA79 |url-status=live }}</ref>
===1601–1900=== *1756 – Guaraní War: The leader of the Guaraní rebels, Sepé Tiaraju, is killed in a skirmish with Spanish and Portuguese troops.<ref>{{Cite book|title=They built Utopia: the Jesuit missions in Paraguay, 1610-1768| last=Reiter | first=Frederick J. |date=1995|publisher=Scripta Humanistica|isbn=1-882528-11-5|location=Potomac, Md.|page=194|oclc=32427398}}</ref> *1783 – American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar.<ref>{{Cite book |last=MacCannell |first=Daniel S. |title=Coastal Defences of the British Empire in the Revolutionary & Napoleonic Eras |date=2021-06-30 |publisher=Pen and Sword Military |isbn=978-1-5267-5346-5 |location=Yorkshire |language=en}}</ref> *1795 – The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified. *1807 – Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon finds Bennigsen's Russian forces taking a stand at Eylau. After bitter fighting, the French take the town, but the Russians resume the battle the next day. *1812 – The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.<ref>{{cite book|title=The New Madrid Earthquake at Mammoth Cave (1811-1812).|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=04sKAQAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=George Publishing Company|page=10|access-date=2020-01-12|archive-date=2020-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801123514/https://books.google.com/books?id=04sKAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *1813 – In the action of 7 February 1813 near the Îles de Los, the frigates ''Aréthuse'' and ''Amelia'' batter each other, but neither can gain the upper hand. *1819 – Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar. *1842 – Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien. *1854 – A law is approved to found the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Lectures started October 16, 1855. *1863 – {{HMS|Orpheus|1860|6}} sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189. *1894 – The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.<ref>{{cite book|author=Benjamin McKie Rastall|title=The Cripple Creek Strike of 1893|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hS_LTNQRFOYC|year=1905|publisher=Colorado College|page=43|access-date=2020-01-12|archive-date=2020-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801124211/https://books.google.com/books?id=hS_LTNQRFOYC|url-status=live}}</ref> *1898 – Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing ''J'Accuse...!''<ref>{{cite book|author=Frederick William John Hemmings|title=The life and times of Emile Zola|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZjEbAQAAIAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Elek|page=164|isbn=978-0-236-40055-3|access-date=2019-02-04|archive-date=2020-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801120026/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZjEbAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *1900 – Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith. * 1900 – A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Kalisch |first=Philip A. |title=The Black Death in Chinatown: Plague and Politics in San Francisco 1900–1904 |journal=Arizona and the West |volume=14 |number=2 |date=Summer 1972 |pages=113–136 |jstor=40168068|pmid=11614219 }}</ref>
===1901–present=== *1904 – The Great Baltimore Fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland;<ref>{{cite book|author=Marion Elizabeth Rodgers|title=Mencken: The American Iconoclast|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iLNSDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA571|date=10 August 2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-533129-5|page=571|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801120557/https://books.google.com/books?id=iLNSDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA571|url-status=live}}</ref> it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours. *1940 – The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, ''Pinocchio'', premieres.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RV2hAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT212 |title=How to Be Like Walt: Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of Your Life |last1=Williams |first1=Pat |last2=Denney |first2=Jim |date=2010-01-01 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-0-7573-9446-1 |page=212 |df=mdy-all |access-date=2020-02-04 |archive-date=2020-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801123604/https://books.google.com/books?id=RV2hAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT212 |url-status=live }}</ref> *1943 – World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy forces complete the evacuation of Imperial Japanese Army troops from Guadalcanal during Operation Ke, ending Japanese attempts to retake the island from Allied forces in the Guadalcanal campaign. *1944 – World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle. *1951 – Korean War: More than 700 suspected communist sympathizers are massacred by South Korean forces. *1962 – The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports. *1964 – The Beatles land in the United States for the first time, at the newly renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport.<ref>{{cite news|last=Byrne|first=Suzy|author-link=Suzy Byrne|title=The Beatles touched down in America 60 years ago. Thousands of shrieking fans mobbed JFK to catch a glimpse of the Fab Four.|work=Yahoo Entertainment|date=February 7, 2024|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/the-beatles-america-jfk-fans-120029821.html}}</ref> *1966 – The Great Fire of Iloilo breaks out in a lumber yard in Iznart Street and burns for almost half a day destroying nearly three-quarters of the City Proper area and Php 50 million pesos in total properties' damage.<ref>{{Cite journal |journal=IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science |title=Heritage Community Resilience: The Experience of Stakeholders in Calle Real, Iloilo City, Philippines |date=2022 |doi=10.1088/1755-1315/1091/1/012011 |doi-access=free |last1=Ibabao |first1=Rhodella A. |last2=Balinas |first2=Vicente |last3=Camena |first3=Jerilee |last4=Trance |first4=Rene |last5=Defiesta |first5=Gay |last6=Grio |first6=Mary Earl |last7=Oreta |first7=Andres Winston |last8=Penaredondo |first8=Suzette |volume=1091 |issue=1 |article-number=012011 |bibcode=2022E&ES.1091a2011I }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 18, 1966 |title=Official Week in Review: February 16 ─ March 29, 1966 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1966/04/18/official-week-in-review-february-16-march-29-1966/ |access-date=February 7, 2024 |website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines }}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=Editorial |date=2023-02-01 |title=Sta. Teresita del Niño Church in Iloilo City |url=https://www.theoldchurches.com/philippines/iloilo/iloilo-city/sta-teresita-del-nino-church-iloilo-city/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=THEOLDCHURCHES |language=en-US}}</ref> *1974 – Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Graça |first1=J. Da |last2=Graça |first2=John Da |title=Heads of State and Government |date=13 February 2017 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-349-65771-1 |page=398 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M0YfDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA398 |language=en |access-date=17 November 2021 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214185418/https://books.google.com/books?id=M0YfDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA398 |url-status=live }}</ref> *1979 – Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered. *1981 – A plane crash at Pushkin Airport kills 50 people, including 16 members of the Pacific Fleet.<ref name="CF">{{cite web |last=Koshelev |first=S. |title=ЧЕРНЫЙ ФЕВРАЛЬ |trans-title=BLACK FEBRUARY |url=http://gazetam.ru/no030301/st03.htm |access-date=8 April 2019 |publisher=Morskaya Gazeta |language=ru |archive-date=10 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410110756/http://gazetam.ru/no030301/st03.htm }}</ref> *1984 – Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission: astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4219/Chapter13.html|title="More Favored than the Birds": The Manned Maneuvering Unit in Space |publisher=NASA|year=1998|access-date=February 7, 2024 |page=316}}</ref> *1986 – Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation. *1990 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power. *1991 – Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in. * 1991 – The Troubles: The Provisional IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street in London, the headquarters of the British government. *1992 – The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe|author2=Council of Europe. Directorate of Co-operation for Local and Regional Democracy|title=International Conference on Financial Relations Between State, Regional and Local Authorities in Federal States: Proceedings, Moscow (Russian Federation), 5-7 October 2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nCfOkLHJ5ZQC&pg=PA27|date=1 January 2001|publisher=Council of Europe|isbn=978-92-871-4763-9|page=27|access-date=12 January 2020|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801120618/https://books.google.com/books?id=nCfOkLHJ5ZQC&pg=PA27|url-status=live}}</ref> *1995 – Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan. *1999 – Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.<ref>{{cite web |author=Gillett |first=Katy |date=February 7, 2020 |title=Remembering the day King Abdullah II of Jordan ascended the throne |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/lifestyle/remembering-the-day-king-abdullah-ii-of-jordan-ascended-the-throne-1.975096 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201150943/https://www.thenationalnews.com/lifestyle/remembering-the-day-king-abdullah-ii-of-jordan-ascended-the-throne-1.975096 |archive-date=February 1, 2021 |access-date=January 25, 2021 |website=National News}}</ref> *2001 – Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' is launched on mission STS-98, carrying the ''Destiny'' laboratory module to the International Space Station.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Warnock|first=Lynda|title=STS-98|url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-98.html|access-date=2022-01-31|website=www.nasa.gov|publisher=NASA|archive-date=2018-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208181454/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-98.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *2009 – Bushfires in Victoria leave 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history. *2012 – President Mohamed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives resigns, after 23 days of anti-governmental protests calling for the release of the Chief Judge unlawfully arrested by the military. *2013 – The U.S. state of Mississippi officially certifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was formally ratified by Mississippi in 1995. *2014 – Scientists announce that the Happisburgh footprints in Norfolk, England, date back to more than 800,000 years ago, making them the oldest known hominid footprints outside Africa.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0088329|pmid=24516637|pmc=3917592|title=Hominin Footprints from Early Pleistocene Deposits at Happisburgh, UK|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=9|issue=2|article-number=e88329|year=2014|last1=Ashton|first1=Nick|last2=Lewis|first2=Simon G|last3=De Groote|first3=Isabelle|last4=Duffy|first4=Sarah M|last5=Bates|first5=Martin|last6=Bates|first6=Richard|last7=Hoare|first7=Peter|last8=Lewis|first8=Mark|last9=Parfitt|first9=Simon A|last10=Peglar|first10=Sylvia|last11=Williams|first11=Craig|last12=Stringer|first12=Chris|bibcode=2014PLoSO...988329A|doi-access=free}}</ref> *2016 – North Korea launches Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 into outer space violating multiple UN treaties and prompting condemnation from around the world. *2021 – The 2021 Uttarakhand flood begins.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Ghoshal |first1=Devjyot |last2=Kumar |first2=Manoj |date=2021-02-07 |title=Himalayan glacier breaks in India, around 125 missing in floods |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/india/himalayan-glacier-breaks-india-around-125-missing-floods-2021-02-07/ |access-date=2022-11-11}}</ref> *2024 – Pakistan election offices are hit by twin bombings, killing at least 24 people a day before general elections.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-07 |title=Pakistan election offices hit by twin bombings, killing at least 24 people a day before parliamentary vote - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pakistan-election-2024-bomb-explosions-attack-baluchistan-what-to-know/ |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Births== ===Pre-1600=== * 574 – Prince Shōtoku of Japan (died 622) *1102 – Empress Matilda, Holy Roman Empress and claimant to the English throne (probable;<ref>{{cite book|author=Margaret Schaus|title=Women and Gender in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aDhOv6hgN2IC&pg=PA551|year=2006|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-96944-4|pages=551–|access-date=2018-10-10|archive-date=2020-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801120533/https://books.google.com/books?id=aDhOv6hgN2IC&pg=PA551|url-status=live}}</ref> (died 1167) *1449 – Adriana of Nassau-Siegen, German countess (died 1477)<ref>{{cite book |last=Schutte |first=O. |editor-last=Tamse |editor-first=C.A. |date=1979 |chapter=Genealogische gegevens |title=Nassau en Oranje in de Nederlandse geschiedenis |language=nl |location=Alphen aan den Rijn |publisher=A.W. Sijthoff |page=42 |isbn=90-218-2447-7 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Dek |first=A.W.E. |date=1970 |title=Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau |language=nl |location=Zaltbommel |publisher=Europese Bibliotheek |page=69 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Vorsterman van Oyen |first1=A.A. |date=1882 |title=Het vorstenhuis Oranje-Nassau. Van de vroegste tijden tot heden |language=nl |location=Leiden & Utrecht |publisher=A.W. Sijthoff & J.L. Beijers |page=94 }}</ref> *1478 – Thomas More, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (died 1535)<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard Marius|title=Thomas More: A Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DdAYSzj20t0C&pg=PA7|year=1999|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-88525-7|pages=7–|access-date=2018-10-10|archive-date=2020-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801122730/https://books.google.com/books?id=DdAYSzj20t0C&pg=PA7|url-status=live}}</ref> *1487 – Queen Dangyeong, Korean royal consort (died 1557) *1500 – João de Castro, viceroy of Portuguese India (died 1548)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward|author2=William Leist Readwin Cates|title=Encyclopaedia of Chronology: Historical and Biographical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZeI0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA292|year=1872|publisher=Lee and Shepard|pages=292–|access-date=2018-10-11|archive-date=2020-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801120510/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZeI0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA292|url-status=live}}</ref>
===1601–1900=== *1612 – Thomas Killigrew, English playwright and manager (died 1683)<ref>{{cite book|author=Christopher Baker|title=Absolutism and the Scientific Revolution, 1600-1720: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SDy-MtS9mvgC&pg=PA206|year=2002|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-30827-7|pages=206–|access-date=2018-10-17|archive-date=2020-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716223401/https://books.google.com/books?id=SDy-MtS9mvgC&pg=PA206|url-status=live}}</ref> *1622 – Vittoria della Rovere, Italian noble (died 1694)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Marilena Mosco|author2=Ornella Casazza|title=The Museo Degli Argenti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GLC0tGVCOPEC&pg=PA49|year=2004|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-88-09-03793-9|pages=49–|access-date=2018-10-10|archive-date=2020-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801133700/https://books.google.com/books?id=GLC0tGVCOPEC&pg=PA49|url-status=live}}</ref> *1693 – Empress Anna of Russia (died 1740)<ref>{{cite book|author=Katrina O'Loughlin|title=Women, Writing, and Travel in the Eighteenth Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8AlaDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA129|date=14 June 2018|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-08852-8|pages=129–|access-date=11 October 2018|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801120540/https://books.google.com/books?id=8AlaDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA129|url-status=live}}</ref> *1722 – Azar Bigdeli, Iranian anthologist and poet (died 1781)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | title = BĀZGAŠT-E ADABĪ | last = Hanaway | first = William L. Jr. | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/bazgast-e-adabi | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. IV, Fasc. 1 | pages = 58–60 | year = 1989 | access-date = 2019-01-20 | archive-date = 2019-01-19 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121518/http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/bazgast-e-adabi | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{EI3 | last = de Bruin | first = J.T.P. | title = Ādhar, Ḥājjī Luṭf ʿAlī Beg | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_24761 }}</ref> *1726 – Margaret Fownes-Luttrell, English painter (died 1766)<ref>{{cite book |first=H.C. | last=Maxwell-Lyte | year=1909 | title=A History of Dunster | page=225 | url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofdunster01lyte | location=London | publisher=The St Catherine Press | access-date=5 February 2021 }}</ref> *1741 – Henry Fuseli, Swiss-English painter and academic (died 1825)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Victoria Charles|author2=Klaus Carl|title=1000 Drawings of Genius|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-VzvBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA296|date=24 November 2014|publisher=Parkstone International|isbn=978-1-78310-457-4|pages=296–|access-date=11 October 2018|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801132918/https://books.google.com/books?id=-VzvBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA296|url-status=live}}</ref> *1758 – Benedikt Schack, Czech tenor and composer (died 1826)<ref>{{cite book|author=Julian Rushton|title=The New Grove guide to Mozart and his operas|url=https://archive.org/details/newgroveguidetom0000rush|url-access=registration|date=15 January 2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-531317-8}}</ref> *1796 – Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (baptism date;<ref>{{Dictionary of Australian Biography|First=Thomas George|Last=Gregson|shortlink=0-dict-biogG.html#gregson1|access-date=2008-12-28}}</ref> (died 1874) *1802 – Louisa Jane Hall, American poet, essayist, and literary critic (died 1892)<ref name="May1854">{{cite book|last=May|first=Caroline|title=The American Female Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices|url=https://archive.org/details/americanfemalep00unkngoog|edition=Public domain|year=1854|publisher=Lindsay & Blakiston|pages=[https://archive.org/details/americanfemalep00unkngoog/page/n193 171]–}}</ref> *1804 – John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded Deere & Company (died 1886)<ref>{{cite book|author=Ralph W. Sanders|title=Ultimate John Deere|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pNXJvfiOqDsC&pg=PA16|year=2001|publisher=Voyageur Press|isbn=978-1-61060-558-8|pages=16–|access-date=2018-10-22|archive-date=2020-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801131443/https://books.google.com/books?id=pNXJvfiOqDsC&pg=PA16|url-status=live}}</ref> *1812 – Charles Dickens, English novelist and critic (died 1870)<ref>{{cite book|author=Frank T. (Frank Thomas) Marzials|title=Life of Charles Dickens|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eIhzXSDHzv4C&pg=PT214|date=7 February 2012|publisher=tredition|isbn=978-3-8472-0702-3|pages=214–|access-date=22 October 2018|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801131451/https://books.google.com/books?id=eIhzXSDHzv4C&pg=PT214|url-status=live}}</ref> *1825 – Karl Möbius, German zoologist and ecologist (died 1908)<ref>{{cite book|author=Carlo Alberto Redi|title=Visual Zoology: The Pavia Collection of Leuckart's Zoological Wall Charts (1877)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eyEgAQAAIAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Ibis|isbn=978-88-7164-130-0|access-date=2018-10-22|archive-date=2020-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801132223/https://books.google.com/books?id=eyEgAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *1834 – Alfred-Philibert Aldrophe, French architect (died 1895) *1837 – James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (died 1915)<ref>{{cite book|title=Macmillan Companion to Scottish Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SDJdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA224|date=11 November 1984|publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education|isbn=978-1-349-07587-4|pages=224–|access-date=22 October 2018|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801124150/https://books.google.com/books?id=SDJdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA224|url-status=live}}</ref> *1864 – Arthur Collins, American baritone singer (died 1933) *1867 – Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (died 1957)<ref>{{cite book |title=Twentieth-century Children's Writers |date=1978 |publisher=Macmillan q Higher Education |isbn=978-1-349-03648-6 |page=1341 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_DBdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1341L |language=en |access-date=2020-09-23 |archive-date=2022-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214185358/https://books.google.com/books?id=_DBdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1341l |url-status=live }}</ref> *1870 – Alfred Adler, Austrian-Scottish psychologist and therapist (died 1937) *1871 – Wilhelm Stenhammar, Swedish pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1927) *1873 – Thomas Andrews, Irish shipbuilder and businessman, designed the RMS ''Titanic'' (died 1912)<ref>{{cite web |title=Thomas Andrews {{!}} Irish ship designer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Andrews-Irish-ship-designer |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=15 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *1875 – Erkki Melartin, Finnish composer (died 1937)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2019/02/07/kuolema-merkitsi-saveltaja-erkki-melartinin-musiikin-syntymapaivakalenteri|title=Kuolema merkitsi säveltäjä Erkki Melartinin – Musiikin syntymäpäiväkalenteri|first=Tiina-Maija|last=Lehtonen|location=Helsinki|work=Yle|date=February 7, 2019|access-date=February 7, 2022|language=fi|archive-date=February 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207101137/https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2019/02/07/kuolema-merkitsi-saveltaja-erkki-melartinin-musiikin-syntymapaivakalenteri|url-status=live}}</ref> *1877 – G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and geneticist (died 1947) *1878 – Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (died 1936) *1885 – Sinclair Lewis, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1951) * 1885 – Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (died 1953) *1887 – Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer (died 1983) *1889 – Harry Nyquist, Swedish-American engineer and theorist (died 1976) *1893 – Joseph Algernon Pearce, Canadian astrophysicist and astronomer (died 1988) * 1893 – Nicanor Abelardo, Filipino pianist, composer and teacher (died 1934)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.himig.com.ph/features/16-nicanor-abelardo|title=Featured Artist: Nicanor Abelardo|publisher=Himig: The Filipino Music Collection of the Filipinas Heritage Library|access-date=January 21, 2019|archive-date=November 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101074414/http://www.himig.com.ph/features/16-nicanor-abelardo|url-status=live}}</ref> *1895 – Anita Stewart, American actress (died 1961)
===1901–present=== *1901 – Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand minister and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Finance (died 1989) *1904 – Ernest E. Debs, American politician (died 2002) *1905 – Paul Nizan, French philosopher and author (died 1940) * 1905 – Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1983)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ulf von Euler {{!}} Swedish physiologist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ulf-von-Euler |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=5 February 2020 |language=en |archive-date=3 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703151430/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ulf-von-Euler |url-status=live }}</ref> *1906 – Oleg Antonov, Soviet engineer, founded the Antonov Design Bureau (died 1984)<ref>{{cite book|first=Robert W.|last=Campbell|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Economists|location=London|publisher=Routledge|year=2016|page=19|isbn=978-1-13868-659-5}}</ref> * 1906 – Puyi, Chinese emperor (died 1967)<ref name=shimamoto>{{cite book|last1=Shimamoto|first1=Mayako|last2=Itō|first2=Kōji|last3=Sugita|first3=Yoneyuki|title=Historical Dictionary of Japanese Foreign Policy|location=Lanham, Md.|publisher=Rowman and Littlefield|date=2015|isbn=978-1-4422-5067-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g8PyCQAAQBAJ|page=237}}</ref> *1908 – Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (died 1983)<ref>{{cite book|last=Vemilye|first=Jerry|title=Buster Crabbe: A Biofilmography|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland & Co.|date=2008|isbn=978-0-7864-3605-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5bG9VEp62gC|page=3}}</ref> * 1908 – Manmath Nath Gupta, Indian journalist and author (died 2000) *1909 – Hélder Câmara, Brazilian archbishop (died 1999) * 1909 – Amedeo Guillet, Italian soldier (died 2010) *1912 – Russell Drysdale, English-Australian painter (died 1981) * 1912 – Roberta McCain, American socialite and oil heiress (died 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/roberta-mccain-rebellious-heiress-navy-wife-and-mother-of-senator-dies-at-108/2020/10/12/0c40394c-c5dc-11df-94e1-c5afa35a9e59_story.html|title=Roberta McCain, maverick mother of Sen. John McCain, dies at 108|first=Emma|last=Brown|via=www.washingtonpost.com|access-date=2020-10-13|archive-date=2020-10-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012224846/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/roberta-mccain-rebellious-heiress-navy-wife-and-mother-of-senator-dies-at-108/2020/10/12/0c40394c-c5dc-11df-94e1-c5afa35a9e59_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *1915 – Teoctist Arăpașu, Romanian patriarch (died 2007) * 1915 – Eddie Bracken, American actor and singer (died 2002)<ref>{{cite news|last=Severo|first=Richard|title=Eddie Bracken Dies at 87; Acted in Sturges Comedies|work=The New York Times|date=November 16, 2002|access-date=February 7, 2025|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/16/arts/eddie-bracken-dies-at-87-acted-in-sturges-comedies.html}}</ref> *1916 – Frank Hyde, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2007) *1919 – Desmond Doss, American army corporal and combat medic, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2006)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Feb. 7: Ashton Kutcher, Eddie Izzard |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/02/07/Famous-birthdays-for-Feb-7-Ashton-Kutcher-Eddie-Izzard/7771675549744/ |publisher=UPI |access-date=6 February 2024 |date=7 February 2023}}</ref> * 1919 – Jock Mahoney, American actor and stuntman (died 1989)<ref>{{cite news|last=Freese|first=Gene|title=Jock Mahoney: The Life and Films of a Hollywood Stuntman|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland & Company|date=2013|isbn=978-0-7864-7689-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-XRzAQAAQBAJ|page=5}}</ref> *1920 – Oscar Brand, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and author (died 2016) * 1920 – An Wang, Chinese-American engineer and businessman, founded Wang Laboratories (died 1990) *1921 – Athol Rowan, South African cricketer (died 1998) *1922 – Hattie Jacques, English actress (died 1980) *1923 – Dora Bryan, English actress and restaurateur (died 2014) *1925 – Hans Schmidt, Canadian wrestler (died 2012) *1926 – Konstantin Feoktistov, Russian engineer and astronaut (died 2009) *1927 – Juliette Gréco, French singer and actress (died 2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Juliette Gréco |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44230634 |website=BBC News |access-date=23 September 2020 |date=23 September 2020 |archive-date=26 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926165416/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44230634 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1927 – Vladimir Kuts, Ukrainian-Russian runner and coach (died 1975) * 1927 – Lalo Ríos, Mexican actor (died 1973)<ref>Frank Javier Garcia Berumen. ''Brown Celluloid: Latino/A Film Icons and Images in the Hollywood''. Volume 1, 2003. Page 355.</ref> *1928 – Lincoln D. Faurer, American general (died 2014)<ref>{{cite report|author=Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs|title=Soviet Naval Activities in Cuba. Committee on Foreign Affairs. U.S. House of Representatives, 91st Cong., 2d sess|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|date=September 26, 1971|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GVvOuA9BMZAC|page=41}}</ref> *1929 – Jim Langley, English international footballer and manager (died 2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/feb/05/fulham.sportobituaries|title=Jim Langley England, Fulham and Leeds United defender|website=theguardian.com|date=5 February 2008|access-date=5 February 2020|archive-date=5 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205120835/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/feb/05/fulham.sportobituaries|url-status=live}}</ref> *1932 – Gay Talese, American journalist and memoirist<ref name="UPI"/> * 1932 – Alfred Worden, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 2020) *1933 – K. N. Choksy, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, Sri Lankan Minister of Finance (died 2015) *1934 – Eddie Fenech Adami, Maltese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Malta * 1934 – King Curtis, American saxophonist and producer (died 1971) * 1934 – Earl King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2003)<ref>{{cite book|author=Lee Cotten|title=Twist and Shout: The Golden Age of Rock 'N Roll 1960-1963|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IyLaAAAAMAAJ|date=December 2002|publisher=Pierian Press|isbn=978-0-9646588-4-4|page=246|access-date=2020-01-12|archive-date=2020-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801124039/https://books.google.com/books?id=IyLaAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *1935 – Cliff Jones, Welsh international footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=3979|title=Cliff Jones|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=5 February 2020|archive-date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731141848/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=3979|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1935 – Herb Kohl, American businessman and politician (died 2023) * 1935 – Jörg Schneider, Swiss actor and author (died 2015) *1936 – Jas Gawronski, Italian journalist and politician *1937 – Peter Jay, English economist, journalist, and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States (died 2024) * 1937 – Juan Pizarro, Puerto Rican baseball player (died 2021) *1940 – Tony Tan, Singaporean academic and politician, 7th President of Singapore<ref>{{cite book|title=ASEAN Forecast|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BMvsAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Executive Publication Pte|page=84|access-date=2020-01-12|archive-date=2020-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801124130/https://books.google.com/books?id=BMvsAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> *1942 – Gareth Hunt, English actor (died 2007)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1517304.ece|title=Gareth Hunt - Obituary|work=The Times|date=15 March 2007|location=London|access-date=12 January 2020|archive-date=23 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523035411/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1517304.ece}}</ref> *1943 – Eric Foner, American historian, author, and academic<ref>{{cite book|last=Clark|first=E. Culpepper|chapter=Reconstructing Reconstruction|title=Public Debate in the Civil War Era|editor-last=Zarefsky|editor-first=David|location=East Lansing, Mich.|publisher=Michigan State University Press|date=2023|isbn=978-1-61186-458-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oMLHEAAAQBAJ|page=379}}</ref> *1945 – Gerald Davies, Welsh rugby player and journalist *1946 – Héctor Babenco, Argentinian-Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2016) * 1946 – Gérard Jean-Juste, Haitian priest and activist (died 2009) * 1946 – Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (died 2011)<ref name="UPI"/> *1949 – Jacques Duchesneau, Canadian police officer and politician *1949 – Alan Lancaster, English-Australian bass player singer and songwriter Status Quo (died 2022) *1950 – Karen Joy Fowler, American author *1953 – Robert Brazile, American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Brazile |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/robert-brazile/ |publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame |access-date=27 January 2023}}</ref> *1954 – Dieter Bohlen, German singer-songwriter and producer *1955 – Rolf Benirschke, American football player and game show host * 1955 – Miguel Ferrer, American actor and director (died 2017)<ref name="UPI"/> *1956 – John Nielsen, Danish racing driver * 1956 – Mark St. John, American guitarist (died 2007) *1957 – Dámaso García, Dominican baseball player and footballer (died 2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=Damaso Garcia |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/damaso-garcia-114584 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref> *1958 – Giuseppe Baresi, Italian footballer and manager * 1958 – Terry Marsh, English boxer and politician * 1958 – Matt Ridley, English journalist, author, and politician<ref>{{Who's Who |title=Ridley, 5th Viscount |id=U59818 |volume=2007 |edition=online Oxford University Press}}</ref> *1959 – Mick McCarthy, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster *1960 – Robert Smigel, American actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/> * 1960 – James Spader, American actor and producer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for February 7, 2023 includes celebrities Garth Brooks, Ashton Kutcher |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/02/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-february-7-2023-includes-celebrities-garth-brooks-ashton-kutcher.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=6 February 2024 |date=7 February 2023}}</ref> *1962 – Garth Brooks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Brooks, Troyal Garth (1962– ) |url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/B/BR022.html |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture |publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society |access-date=December 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131201094951/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/B/BR022.html |archive-date=December 1, 2013 }}</ref> * 1962 – David Bryan, American keyboard player and songwriter<ref name="AP"/> * 1962 – Eddie Izzard, English comedian, actor, and producer<ref name="UPI"/> *1963 – Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, American Naval officer and astronaut *1964 – Ashok Banker, Indian journalist, author, and screenwriter *1965 – Chris Rock, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/> *1966 – Kristin Otto, German swimmer *1968 – Peter Bondra, Ukrainian-Slovak ice hockey player and manager * 1968 – Christian Drobits, Austrian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Recherchieren: Personen - Mag. Christian Drobits |url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/5638 |publisher=Austrian Parliament |access-date=16 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240929200210/https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/5638 |archive-date=29 September 2024 |location=Vienna, Austria |language=de}}</ref> * 1968 – Sully Erna, American singer-songwriter and musician<ref>{{cite web |title=Sully Erna Biography |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sully-erna-mn0000582228/biography |website=Allmusic.com}}</ref> * 1968 – Mark Tewksbury, Canadian swimmer and sportscaster *1969 – Franz Jantscher, Austrian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Recherchieren: Personen - Franz Jantscher |url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/30701 |publisher=Austrian Parliament |access-date=27 October 2024 |location=Vienna, Austria |language=de}}</ref> * 1969 – Andrew Micallef, Maltese painter and musician<ref>{{cite book|last1=Schiavone|first1=Michael J.|title=Dictionary of Maltese Biographies Vol. II G-Z|date=2009|publisher=Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza|location=Pietà|isbn=978-99932-91-32-9|page=1126}}</ref> *1971 – Anita Tsoy, Russian singer-songwriter *1972 – Essence Atkins, American actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1972 – Robyn Lively, American actress<ref name="UPI"/> *1973 – Juwan Howard, American basketball player and coach *1974 – J Dilla, American rapper and producer (died 2006) * 1974 – Steve Nash, South African-Canadian basketball player * 1974 – Nujabes, Japanese record producer, DJ, composer and arranger (died 2010) *1975 – Wes Borland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/> * 1975 – Miriam Corowa, Australian journalist, television presenter and producer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/new-face-helping-get-message-across-20080207-ge6p2r.html |title=New face helping get message across |work=The Age |date=7 February 2008 |access-date=25 January 2021 |author=Schwartz, Larry |archive-date=4 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204235418/https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/new-face-helping-get-message-across-20080207-ge6p2r.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1975 – Alexandre Daigle, Canadian ice hockey player * 1975 – Rémi Gaillard, French comedian and actor *1976 – Chito Miranda, Filipino singer-songwriter *1977 – Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Japanese footballer *1978 – David Aebischer, Swiss ice hockey player * 1978 – Endy Chávez, Venezuelan baseball player * 1978 – Ashton Kutcher, American model, actor, producer, and entrepreneur<ref>{{cite book|author=Laura Avery|title=Newsmakers 2003 Cumulation: The People Behind Today's Headlines|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c1hAfqhL5YcC|date=1 August 2003|publisher=Gale Group|isbn=978-0-7876-6391-9|page=268|access-date=12 January 2020|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801121001/https://books.google.com/books?id=c1hAfqhL5YcC|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1978 – Milt Palacio, American-Belizean basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Milt Palacio |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1960/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref> * 1978 – Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian footballer *1979 – Daniel Bierofka, German footballer and coach * 1979 – Tawakkol Karman, Yemeni journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2011/karman/facts/|title=Tawakkol Karman - Facts|website=Nobel Prize|access-date=January 25, 2021|archive-date=January 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128125745/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2011/karman/facts/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1979 – Sam J. Miller, American author<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/sentencebender/status/1093537599690543105|title=I'm forty today...|last=Miller|first=Sam J.|date=2019-02-07|website=@sentencebender|language=en|access-date=2020-02-07|archive-date=2021-03-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308121658/https://twitter.com/sentencebender/status/1093537599690543105|url-status=live}}</ref> *1980 – Dalibor Bagarić, Croatian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dalibor Bagaric |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2053/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref> * 1980 – Mikey Erg, American drummer, guitarist, and vocalist<ref>{{AllMusic |id=mikey-erg-mn0000672871 |title=Mikey Erg |access-date=3 December 2025}}</ref> *1981 – Neto, Brazilian footballer * 1981 – Lee Ok-sung, South Korean boxer *1982 – Mohammed Bijeh, Iranian serial killer (died 2006)<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-02-18|title=Mohammed Bijeh: The Desert Vampire - Grave Reviews - True Crime|language=en-US|work=Grave Reviews|url=https://gravereviews.com/2021/02/18/mohammed-bijeh-the-desert-vampire/|access-date=2022-02-06|archive-date=2021-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222014237/https://gravereviews.com/2021/02/18/mohammed-bijeh-the-desert-vampire/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1982 – Osamu Mukai, Japanese actor * 1982 – Mickaël Piétrus, French basketball player *1983 – Scott Feldman, American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Scott Feldman |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/scott-feldman-444857 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref> * 1983 – Federico Marchetti, Italian footballer *1984 – Trey Hardee, American decathlete * 1984 – Jeremy Meeks, American model and actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeremy Meeks |date=7 February 2019 |url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/02/07/jeremy-meeks-kisses-chloe-green-birthday-ski-break-courchevel-8471830}}</ref> *1985 – Josh Hennessy, American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Josh Hennessy |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/josh-hennessy-8470636 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref> * 1985 – Bernard James, American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Bernard James |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203108/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref> * 1985 – Tina Majorino, American actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1985 – Deborah Ann Woll, American actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wax |first1=Alyse |title=This Day in Horror: Happy Birthday Deborah Ann Woll |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/318070/this-day-in-horror-happy-birthday-deborah-ann-woll/ |publisher=Dread Central |access-date=27 January 2023 |date=7 February 2020}}</ref> *1987 – Joel Freeland, English basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Joel Freeland |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/200777/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref> *1988 – Ai Kago, Japanese singer and actress * 1988 – Matthew Stafford, American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Matthew Stafford Stats |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/StafMa00.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=28 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *1989 – Nick Calathes, American-Greek basketball player * 1989 – Isaiah Thomas, American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Isaiah Thomas |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202738/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref> * 1989 – Elia Viviani, Italian cyclist *1990 – Morris Claiborne, American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Morris Claiborne |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14943/morris-claiborne |publisher=ESPN |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref> * 1990 – Jacksepticeye, Irish YouTuber<ref>{{cite web |last1=Scharnagle |first1=Jessica |title=Jacksepticeye details where he's been, where he's going ahead of new documentary |url=https://dotesports.com/general/news/jacksepticeye-details-where-hes-been-where-hes-going-in-new-documentary |publisher=Dot Esport |access-date=27 January 2023 |date=25 February 2022 |archive-date=6 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106110113/https://dotesports.com/general/news/jacksepticeye-details-where-hes-been-where-hes-going-in-new-documentary |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 1990 – Gianluca Lapadula, Italian footballer * 1990 – Dalilah Muhammad, American hurdler<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/united-states/dalilah-muhammad-219379|title=Dalilah MUHAMMAD {{!}} Profile |website=iaaf.org|access-date=2019-01-31|archive-date=2019-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610235937/https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/united-states/dalilah-muhammad-219379|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1990 – Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player *1991 – Gabbie Hanna, American Internet personality and singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Gabbie Hanna Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/gabbie-hanna-mn0003674638/biography |website=Allmusic.com}}</ref> * 1991 – Ryan O'Reilly, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehockeyagency.com/players-detail/23|title=Ryan O'Reilly|website=Newport Sports Management|access-date=28 May 2019|archive-date=28 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528070625/http://www.thehockeyagency.com/players-detail/23|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1991 – Richard Pánik, Slovak ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Panik |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/richard-panik-8475209 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref> *1992 – Sergi Roberto, Spanish footballer * 1992 – Ksenia Stolbova, Russian figure skater<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012170.htm|title=Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV: 2017/2018|publisher=International Skating Union|access-date=2019-05-28|archive-date=2011-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816092456/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012170.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1992 – Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer and actress *1993 – Javon Hargrave, American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Javon Hargrave |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2983055/javon-hargrave |publisher=ESPN |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref> * 1993 – Chris Mears, English diver<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swimming.org/diving/chris-mears/|title=Chris Mears|date=1 April 2018|website=England Diving|access-date=28 May 2019|archive-date=28 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528070625/https://www.swimming.org/diving/chris-mears/|url-status=live}}</ref> *1994 – Riley Barber, American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web|title=Riley Barber Stats and News|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/riley-barber-8477003|website=NHL.com|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=8 February 2018|archive-date=8 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208123525/https://www.nhl.com/player/riley-barber-8477003|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1994 – Nathan Walker, Welsh-Australian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nathan Walker |url=https://www.nhl.com/blues/player/nathan-walker-8477573 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref> *1995 – Tom Glynn-Carney, English actor and musician<ref name="UPI"/> * 1995 – Roberto Osuna, Mexican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Roberto Osuna {{!}} MiLB |url=http://m.milb.com/milb/player/532077 |website=m.milb.com |access-date=3 April 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731055550/http://m.milb.com/milb/player/532077 |url-status=live }}</ref> *1996 – Aaron Ekblad, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Aaron Ekblad |url=https://www.nhl.com/panthers/player/aaron-ekblad-8477932 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref> * 1996 – Pierre Gasly, French racing driver<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Pierre_Gasly|title=Pierre Gasly|access-date=9 October 2018|archive-date=10 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010060628/https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Pierre_Gasly|url-status=live}}</ref> *1997 – Nicolò Barella, Italian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ Squad List: FC Internazionale Milano (ITA)|url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce233/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf|publisher=FIFA|page=16|date=4 July 2025|access-date=9 January 2026}}</ref> * 1997 – Anhelina Kalinina, Ukrainian tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/320567/anhelina-kalinina|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Anhelina Kalinina|publisher=Women's Tennis Association|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref> *1999 – Omar Marmoush, Egyptian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/TOTAL%20Zambia%20u20%202017/New%20Squad%20List%20U-20.pdf |title=Total U-20 Africa Cup of Nations Zambia 2017 – Egypt |website=CAFonline.com |publisher=Confederation of African Football |page=2 |year=2017 |access-date=16 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312034522/http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/TOTAL%20Zambia%20u20%202017/New%20Squad%20List%20U-20.pdf |archive-date=12 March 2017}}</ref> *2000 – Jayden Campbell, Australian rugby league player<ref>[https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jayden-campbell/summary.html Rugby League Project]</ref> *2001 – R. J. Hampton, American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=R.J. Hampton |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630181/rj-hampton |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref> *2002 – Shedeur Sanders, American football player<ref>{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Parker |title=Shedeur Sanders Uses Birthday Wish To Make Bold NFL Draft Request |url=https://athlonsports.com/college/colorado-buffaloes/shedeur-sanders-uses-birthday-wish-to-make-ambitious-nfl-draft-request |access-date=February 7, 2025 |work=athlonsports.com |date=February 6, 2025}}</ref> *2003 – Alessandro Fontanarosa, Italian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce89/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023 SQUAD LIST: Italy (ITA) |publisher=FIFA |page=14 |date=22 May 2023 |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> *2007 – Diego Aguado, Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ Squad List: Real Madrid C.F. (ESP)|url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce233/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf|publisher=FIFA|page=27|date=4 July 2025|access-date=9 January 2026}}</ref>
==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * 199 – Lü Bu, Chinese warlord<ref>([侯]成忿懼，十二月，癸酉，成與諸將宋憲、魏續等共執陳宮、高順，率其衆降。[呂]布與麾下登白門樓。兵圍之急，布令左右取其首詣[曹]操，左右不忍，乃下降。 ... 宮請就刑，遂出，不顧，操為之泣涕，幷布、順皆縊殺之，傳首許市。操召陳宮之母，養之終其身，嫁宮女，撫視其家，皆厚於初。) ''Zizhi Tongjian'' vol. 62. (Chinese)</ref> * 318 – Jin Mindi, emperor of the Jin Dynasty (born 300) *999 – Boleslaus II the Pious, Duke of Bohemia (born 932) *1045 – Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (born 1009) *1065 – Siegfried I, Count of Sponheim (born c. 1010) *1127 – Ava, German poet (born 1060) *1165 – Marshal Stephen of Armenia *1259 – Thomas, Count of Flanders *1317 – Robert, Count of Clermont (born 1256) *1320 – Jan Muskata, Bishop of Kraków (born 1250) *1333 – Nikko, Japanese priest, founder of Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism (born 1246) *1520 – Alfonsina de' Medici, Regent of Florence (born 1472) *1560 – Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Florentine sculptor (born 1493)
===1601–1900=== *1603 – Bartholomäus Sastrow, German politician (born 1520) *1623 – Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (born 1546)<ref>{{Cite web |title=CECIL, Thomas (1542-1623), of Burghley House, Lincs. and Wimbledon, Surr. {{!}} History of Parliament Online |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/cecil-thomas-1542-1623 |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org |archive-date=2023-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030013527/https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/cecil-thomas-1542-1623 }}</ref> *1626 – William V, Duke of Bavaria (born 1548)<ref>{{cite book|last=Klingensmith|first=Samuel John|title=The Utility of Splendor: Ceremony, Social Life, and Architecture at the Court of Bavaria, 1600-1800|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=1993|page=204}}</ref> *1642 – William Bedell, English bishop and academic (born 1571)<ref>{{cite book | last = Shuckburgh | first = Evelyn | title = Two biographies of William Bedell: with a selection of his letters and an unpublished treatise | publisher = Cambridge University Press | location = Cambridge | year = 2015 | isbn = 978-1-107-46390-5 |page=xi}}</ref> *1693 – Paul Pellisson, French lawyer and author (born 1624)<ref>{{cite book|last=Yust|first=Walter|title=Encyclopaedia Britannica: A New Survey of Universal Knowledge|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica|year=1952|page=451}}</ref> *1736 – Stephen Gray, English astronomer and physicist (born 1666)<ref>{{cite book | last = Bracher | first = Katherine | title = The biographical encyclopedia of astronomers | publisher = Springer | location = New York, NY | year = 2007 | isbn = 978-0-387-30400-7 |page=436}}</ref> *1779 – William Boyce, English organist and composer (born 1711)<ref>{{cite book | last = Humphreys | first = Maggie | title = Dictionary of composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland | publisher = Mansell | location = London Herndon, VA | year = 1997 | isbn = 978-0-7201-2330-2 |page=39}}</ref> *1799 – Qianlong Emperor of China (born 1711) *1801 – Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish-German painter and academic (born 1726)<ref>{{cite book | last = Sieveking | first = Hinrich | title = Fuseli to Menzel: drawings and watercolors in the age of Goethe from a German private collection | publisher = Prestel | location = Munich New York | year = 1998 | isbn = 978-3-7913-1929-2 |page=204}}</ref> *1819 – August Wilhelm Hupel, German-Estonian linguist and author (born 1737) *1823 – Ann Radcliffe, English author (born 1764)<ref>{{cite book | last = Miles | first = Robert | title = Ann Radcliffe: the great enchantress | publisher = Manchester University Press New York Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press | location = Manchester New York | year = 1995 | isbn = 978-0-7190-3829-7 |page=25}}</ref> *1837 – Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (born 1778) *1849 – Mariano Paredes, Mexican general and 16th president (1845–1846) (born 1797)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://presidentes.mx/mariano-paredes-y-arrillaga|title=Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga|publisher=Presidentes.mx|language=es|access-date=May 27, 2019|archive-date=May 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528032142/https://presidentes.mx/mariano-paredes-y-arrillaga}}</ref> *1862 – Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Spanish playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (born 1787) *1864 – Vuk Karadžić, Serbian philologist and linguist (born 1787) *1871 – Henry E. Steinway, German-American businessman, founded Steinway & Sons (born 1797)<ref>{{cite book | last = Slonimsky | first = Nicolas | title = Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians | publisher = Schirmer Books Collier Macmillan | location = New York London | year = 1984 | isbn = 978-0-02-870240-7 |page=1659}}</ref> *1873 – Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author (born 1814)<ref>{{cite book | last = Melada | first = Ivan | title = Sheridan Le Fanu | publisher = Twayne Publishers | location = Boston | year = 1987 | isbn = 978-0-8057-6937-1 | page=12}}</ref> *1878 – Pope Pius IX (born 1792)<ref>{{cite book | last = Patriarca | first = Silvana | title = The Risorgimento revisited: nationalism and culture in nineteenth-century Italy | publisher = Palgrave Macmillan | location = Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York | year = 2012 | isbn = 978-0-230-36275-8 |page=188}}</ref> *1891 – Marie Louise Andrews, American story writer and journalist (born 1849) *1897 – Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and engineer (born 1847)<ref>{{cite book|title=Alta frequenza|publisher=Associazione elettrotecnica italiana|year=1978|pages=531–2}}</ref>
===1901–present=== *1919 – William Halford, English-American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1841) *1920 – Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer (born 1874) * 1920 – Charles Langelier, Canadian journalist, judge, and politician (born 1850) *1921 – John J. Gardner, American politician (born 1845) *1937 – Elihu Root, American lawyer and politician, 38th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1845) *1938 – Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (born 1868) *1939 – Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter and illustrator (born 1886) *1940 – James McCormick (Irish republican), Executed Irish Republican (born 1910)<ref>{{cite news |last=Lockley |first=Mike |date=25 January 2016 |title=How history forgot IRA bombing of Coventry on the eve of World War II |url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/lifestyle/nostalgia/how-history-forgot-ira-bombing-10786106 |work=Coventry Telegraph |location= |access-date=15 May 2022}}</ref> * 1940 – Peter Barnes (Irish republican), Executed Irish Republican (born 1907)<ref>{{cite news |last=MAC DONNCHA |first=MÍCHEÁL |date=7 February 2015 |title=Peter Barnes and James McCormack – Hanged in England, 7 February 1940|url=https://anphoblacht.com/contents/24763 |work=An Phoblacht |location= |access-date=18 April 2022}}</ref> *1942 – Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer (born 1876) *1944 – Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano and actress (born 1874) *1959 – Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager (born 1874) * 1959 – Daniel François Malan, South African minister and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa (born 1874) * 1959 – Guitar Slim, American singer and guitarist (born 1926) *1960 – Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist and academic (born 1903) *1963 – Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager (born 1902) *1964 – Sofoklis Venizelos, Greek captain and politician, 133rd Prime Minister of Greece (born 1894) *1968 – Nick Adams, American actor and screenwriter (born 1931) *1972 – Walter Lang, American director and screenwriter (born 1896) *1979 – Josef Mengele, German SS officer and physician (born 1911) *1986 – Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (born 1923) *1990 – Alan Perlis, American computer scientist and academic (born 1922) * 1990 – Alfredo M. Santos, Filipino general (born 1905) *1991 – Amos Yarkoni, Israeli colonel (born 1920) *1994 – Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer and conductor (born 1913)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-witold-lutoslawski-1392927.html|title=Obituary: Witold Lutoslawski|date=22 October 2011|author=Charles Bodman Rae|website=The Independent|access-date=25 January 2021|archive-date=2 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202115711/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-witold-lutoslawski-1392927.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *1999 – King Hussein of Jordan (born 1935) * 1999 – Bobby Troup, American actor, pianist, and composer (born 1918) *2000 – Doug Henning, Canadian magician and politician (born 1947) *2001 – Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and pilot (born 1906) *2003 – Augusto Monterroso, Guatemalan author (born 1921) *2005 – Atli Dam, Faroese engineer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (born 1932) *2006 – Princess Durru Shehvar of the Ottoman Empire (born 1914) *2009 – Blossom Dearie, American singer and pianist (born 1924) *2010 – Franco Ballerini, Italian cyclist and coach (born 1964) *2012 – Harry Keough, American soccer player and coach (born 1927)<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Washington Post |title=Harry Keough, member of 1950 US World Cup team that upset England, dead at 84 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/dcunited/harry-keough-member-of-1950-us-world-cup-team-that-upset-england-dead-at-84/2012/02/07/gIQAg9VhwQ_story.html |date=February 7, 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Dead link|date=September 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Dead link|date=September 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Dead link|date=September 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> *2013 – Krsto Papić, Croatian director and screenwriter (born 1933) *2014 – Doug Mohns, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1933)<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/13/sports/doug-mohns-nhl-player-for-22-seasons-dies-at-80.html?ref=obituaries&_r=0| title=Doug Mohns, N.H.L. All-Star Who Played for 22 Seasons, Dies at 80| newspaper=The New York Times| date=2014-02-13| last1=Weber| first1=Bruce| access-date=2021-01-25| archive-date=2021-02-01| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201210132/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/13/sports/doug-mohns-nhl-player-for-22-seasons-dies-at-80.html?ref=obituaries&_r=0| url-status=live}}</ref> *2015 – Billy Casper, American golfer (born 1931)<ref>{{cite web |title=Billy Casper: Golfer who won prolifically but who became unfairly |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/billy-casper-golfer-who-won-prolifically-who-became-unfairly-overshadowed-big-three-his-generation-a173166.html |website=The Independent |access-date=26 July 2021 |language=en |date=11 February 2015 |archive-date=26 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726201951/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/billy-casper-golfer-who-won-prolifically-who-became-unfairly-overshadowed-big-three-his-generation-a173166.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2015 – Marshall Rosenberg, American psychologist and author (born 1934) * 2015 – Dean Smith, American basketball player and coach (born 1931)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unc.edu/spotlight/carolinas-dean-smith-passes-away-age-83/ |title=Carolina's Dean Smith passes away at age 83 |date=8 February 2015 |publisher=www.unc.edu |access-date=February 8, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208181518/http://www.unc.edu/spotlight/carolinas-dean-smith-passes-away-age-83/| archive-date=February 8, 2015| url-status=live}}</ref> * 2015 – John C. Whitehead, American banker and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State (born 1922) *2017 – Richard Hatch, American actor (born 1945)<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/richard-hatch-battlestar-galactica-star-dead-71-article-1.2966680| newspaper=New York Daily News| title=Richard Hatch, 'Battlestar Galactica' star, dead at 71| last=Feldman| first=Kate| date=February 7, 2017| access-date=February 7, 2017| archive-date=February 12, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212150253/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/richard-hatch-battlestar-galactica-star-dead-71-article-1.2966680| url-status=live}}</ref> * 2017 – Hans Rosling, Swedish academic (born 1948)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/hans-rosling-ar-dod/|title=Hans Rosling är död – DN.SE|date=7 February 2017|newspaper=Dagens Nyheter|access-date=7 February 2017|language=sv-se|archive-date=7 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207164859/http://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/hans-rosling-ar-dod/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2017 – Tzvetan Todorov, Bulgarian philosopher (born 1939)<ref>{{cite news|title=Tzvetan Todorov, essayiste et historien des idées, est mort|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2017/02/07/l-essayiste-et-historien-des-idees-tzvetan-todorov-est-mort_5076045_3382.html|access-date=February 7, 2017|work=Le Monde|date=February 7, 2017|archive-date=February 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214122339/http://www.lemonde.fr//disparitions/article/2017/02/07/l-essayiste-et-historien-des-idees-tzvetan-todorov-est-mort_5076045_3382.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *2019 – John Dingell, American politician (born 1926)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/02/07/political-giant-john-dingell-congressional-legend-dies/2789108002/|title=Political giant John Dingell dies at 92|website=Detroit News|access-date=2019-08-18|archive-date=2019-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213031622/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/02/07/political-giant-john-dingell-congressional-legend-dies/2789108002/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2019 – Albert Finney, English actor (born 1936)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47175304|title=Actor Albert Finney dies aged 82|date=February 8, 2019|work=BBC News|access-date=August 18, 2019|archive-date=February 8, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190208141507/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47175304|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2019 – Jan Olszewski, Polish politician, 3rd Prime Minister (born 1930)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-politics-olszewski-idUSKCN1PX0Q6|title=Poland's former prime minister Olszewski dies at 88: state TV|date=February 8, 2019|work=Reuters|access-date=August 18, 2019|archive-date=August 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818163313/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-politics-olszewski-idUSKCN1PX0Q6|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2019 – Frank Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1935)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/baseball-hall-of-famer-frank-robinson-mlbs-first-black-manager-dies-at-83/|title=Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Robinson, MLB's first black manager, dies at 83|website=CBSSports.com|date=7 February 2019 |access-date=2019-03-09|archive-date=2019-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213032044/https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/baseball-hall-of-famer-frank-robinson-mlbs-first-black-manager-dies-at-83/|url-status=live}}</ref> *2020 – Li Wenliang, Chinese ophthalmologist who initially warned about COVID-19 (born 1985)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/06/asia/li-wenliang-coronavirus-whistleblower-doctor-dies-intl/index.html|date=6 February 2020|publisher=CNN|access-date=6 February 2020|title=Wuhan hospital announces death of whistleblower doctor Li Wenliang|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207215406/https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/06/asia/li-wenliang-coronavirus-whistleblower-doctor-dies-intl/index.html|archive-date=7 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> *2025 – Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Welsh academic and politician (born 1946)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hoskin |first=Rowenna |date=February 7, 2025 |title=Former Plaid Cymru leader Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas has died |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly5p2453z3o |access-date=February 13, 2025 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> *2025 – Tony Roberts, American actor and singer (born 1939)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gates |first=Anita |date=February 7, 2025 |title=Tony Roberts, a Nonchalant Pal in Woody Allen's Films, Dies at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/movies/tony-roberts-dead.html |access-date=February 8, 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
==Holidays and observances== *Christian feast day: **Richard the Pilgrim<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum">{{cite book |title=Martyrologium Romanum (2004) |date=2004 |publisher=Administrationem Patrimonii Sedis Apostolicae in Civitate Vaticana |pages=138–139 |url=https://archive.org/details/MartRom2004/page/138/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=28 January 2026}}</ref> **Blessed Eugénie Smet<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum" /> **John of Triora<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum" /> **Luke of Steiris<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum" /> **Blessed Petro Verhun<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum" /> **Blessed Pope Pius IX<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum" /> **Rosalie Rendu<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum" /> **Egidio Maria of Saint Joseph<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum" /> **February 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) **New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Orthodox Church Typically observed on the Sunday closest to January 25 (O.S.)/February 7 (N.S.) *Independence Day (Grenada), celebrates the independence of Grenada from the United Kingdom in 1974. *National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
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==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/7 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=2|day=7}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/february/7 Historical Events on February 9]
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