History Births on February 01

Clark Gable, American actor (d. 1960)

#Clark_Gable

George Pal, Hungarian-American animator and producer (d. 1980)

#George_Pal

Milan Hodža, Slovak journalist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (d. 1944)

#Milan_Hodža

Teresa Mattei, Italian feminist partisan and politician (d. 2013)

#Teresa_Mattei

Langston Hughes, American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright (d. 1967)

#Langston_Hughes

Johan Agrell, Swedish-German pianist and composer (d. 1765)

#Johan_Agrell

Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, South African-French mycologist and academic (d. 1836)

#Christiaan_Hendrik_Persoon

Emil Hartmann, Danish organist and composer (d. 1898)

#Emil_Hartmann

Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer and architect, designed the Grand Hotel Aranybika (d. 1955)

#Alfréd_Hajós

Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian pianist and composer (d. 1993)

#Camargo_Guarnieri

Johannes Trithemius, German lexicographer, historian, and cryptographer (d. 1516)

#Johannes_Trithemius

Conrad Celtes, German poet and scholar (d. 1508)

#Conrad_Celtes

Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author (d. 1937)

#Yevgeny_Zamyatin

Ignacio Bonillas, Mexican diplomat (d. 1942)

#Ignacio_Bonillas

Edward Coke, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (d. 1634)

#Edward_Coke

Clara Butt, English singer (d. 1936)

#Clara_Butt

Peter Sallis, English actor (d. 2017)

#Peter_Sallis

Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (d. 1472)

#Amadeus_IX,_Duke_of_Savoy

Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop (d. 2012)

#Ignacy_Tokarczuk

George Hendric Houghton, American clergyman and theologian (d. 1897)

#George_Hendric_Houghton

Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician (d. 1949)

#Jerome_F._Donovan

Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier (d. 1944)

#Eiji_Sawamura

Frank Buckles, American soldier (d. 2011)

#Frank_Buckles

Emmanuel Scheffer, German-Israeli footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2012)

#Emmanuel_Scheffer

José Luis Sampedro, Spanish economist and author (d. 2013)

#José_Luis_Sampedro

Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War (d. 1942)

#Nikolai_Reek

?tefan Luchian, Romanian painter and illustrator (d. 1917)

#?tefan_Luchian

Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1768)

#Francesco_Maria_Veracini

Thomas Campbell, Irish minister and theologian (d. 1854)

#Thomas_Campbell_(minister)

Tom Lantos, Hungarian-American academic and politician (d. 2008)

#Tom_Lantos

Sam Edwards, Welsh physicist and academic (d. 2015)

#Sam_Edwards_(physicist)

Galway Kinnell, American poet and academic (d. 2014)

#Galway_Kinnell

Louis St. Laurent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1973)

#Louis_St._Laurent

Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (d. 1729)

#Jacob_Roggeveen

Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (d. 1881)

#Émile_Littré

George Duff, Scottish captain (d. 1805)

#George_Duff

Walter de Stapledon, English bishop and politician, Lord High Treasurer (d. 1326)

#Walter_de_Stapledon

Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss minister, poet, and educator (d. 1865)

#Abraham_Emanuel_Fröhlich

Marie Thérèse de Bourbon, Princess of Conti and titular queen of Poland (d.1732)

#Marie_Thérèse_de_Bourbon

Therese Brandl, German concentration camp guard (d. 1947)

#Therese_Brandl

Tip Snooke, South African cricketer (d. 1966)

#Tip_Snooke

John Ford, American director and producer (d. 1973)

#John_Ford

Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor (d. 1924)

#Victor_Herbert

Durham Stevens, American lawyer and diplomat (d. 1908)

#Durham_Stevens

Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1929)

#Hugo_von_Hofmannsthal

G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist and academic (d. 1924)

#G._Stanley_Hall

Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, Filipino nun, founded the Religious of the Virgin Mary (d. 1748)

#Ignacia_del_Espíritu_Santo

James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer (d. 1955)

#James_P._Johnson

Bradbury Robinson, American football player and physician (d. 1949)

#Bradbury_Robinson

Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1504)

#Eberhard_II,_Duke_of_Württemberg

Mike Scarry, American football player and coach (d. 2012)

#Mike_Scarry

Ben Weider, Canadian businessman, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (d. 2008)

#Ben_Weider

Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano and actress (d. 2004)

#Renata_Tebaldi

Richard Hooker, American novelist (d. 1997)

Patricia Robins, British writer and WAAF officer (d. 2016).

Zao Wou-Ki, Chinese-French painter (d. 2013)

Muriel Spark, Scottish playwright and poet (d. 2006)

Stanley Matthews, English footballer and manager (d. 2000)

Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Chinese general and politician (d. 2009)

George Beverly Shea, Canadian-American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)

Louis Rasminsky, Canadian economist and banker (d. 1998)

Günter Eich, German author and songwriter (d. 1972)

Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (d. 1993)

Emilio G. Segrè, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)

S.J. Perelman, American humorist and screenwriter (d. 1979)

Leila Denmark, American pediatrician and author (d. 2012)

Denise Robins, English journalist and author (d. 1985)

Conn Smythe, Canadian businessman (d. 1980)

Charles Nordhoff, English-American lieutenant, pilot, and author (d. 1947)

John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1901)

Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Finnish physician (d. 1949)

Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (d. 1924)

Johann Adam Birkenstock, German violinist and composer (d. 1733)

Elkanah Settle, English poet and playwright (d. 1724)

Marquard Gude, German archaeologist and scholar (d. 1689)

Henry Briggs, British mathematician (d. 1630)