History Births on February 02

Don Buford, American baseball player and coach

#Don_Buford

George Hardwick, English footballer and coach (d. 2004)

#George_Hardwick

Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (d. 1959)

#Tochigiyama_Moriya

Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (d. 1962)

#Fritz_Kreisler

Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1856)

#Jacques_Philippe_Marie_Binet

James Joyce, Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 1941)

#James_Joyce

Gertrude Blanch, Russian-American mathematician (d. 1996)

#Gertrude_Blanch

William Borlase, English geologist and archaeologist (d. 1772)

#William_Borlase

John, King of Denmark (d. 1513)

#John,_King_of_Denmark

Jennifer Westfeldt, American actress and singer

#Jennifer_Westfeldt

Anni Frind, German lyric soprano (d. 1987)

#Anni_Frind

William Phips, Royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1695)

#William_Phips

Jason Taylor, Australian rugby league player and coach

#Jason_Taylor_(rugby_league)

Ross Valory, American rock bass player and songwriter

#Ross_Valory

Pope Benedict XIII (d. 1730)

#Pope_Benedict_XIII

Piotr Skarga, Polish writer (d. 1612)

#Piotr_Skarga

Farrah Fawcett, American actress and producer (d. 2009)

#Farrah_Fawcett

Andrew Davis, English organist and conductor

#Andrew_Davis_(conductor)

Leszek Engelking, Polish poet and author

#Leszek_Engelking

Makar Yekmalyan, Armenian composer (d. 1905)

#Makar_Yekmalyan

José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican illustrator and engraver (d. 1913)

#José_Guadalupe_Posada

William Stanley, English engineer and philanthropist (d. 1909)

#William_Stanley_(inventor)

Kim Zimmer, American actress

#Kim_Zimmer

Angela Finger-Erben, German journalist

#Angela_Finger-Erben

Marissa Jaret Winokur, American actress and singer

#Marissa_Jaret_Winokur

Tom Smothers, American comedian, actor, and activist

#Tom_Smothers

Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek footballer

#Ieroklis_Stoltidis

Kan Mi-youn, South Korean singer, model, and host

#Kan_Mi-youn

Park Geun-hye, South Korean politician, 11th President of South Korea

#Park_Geun-hye

Ralph Merkle, American computer scientist and academic

#Ralph_Merkle

Frank L. Packard, Canadian author (d. 1942)

#Frank_L._Packard

Eden Espinosa, American actress and singer

#Eden_Espinosa

Andrej Kiska, Slovak entrepreneur and philanthropist, President of Slovakia

#Andrej_Kiska

Alfred Brehm, German zoologist and illustrator (d. 1884)

#Alfred_Brehm

George Halas, American football player and coach (d. 1983)

#George_Halas

Barry Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager

#Barry_Ferguson

Johann Christoph Gottsched, German author and critic (d. 1766)

#Johann_Christoph_Gottsched

Svetozar Gligori?, Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster (d.2012)

#Svetozar_Gligori?

François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and hydrologist (d. 1912)

#François-Alphonse_Forel

Urmo Aava, Estonian race car driver

#Urmo_Aava

Ciriaco De Mita, 47th Prime minister of Italy

#Ciriaco_De_Mita

Genichiro Tenryu, Japanese wrestler

#Genichiro_Tenryu

Ulrik of Denmark, Danish prince-bishop (d. 1633)

#Ulrik_of_Denmark_(1611-1633)

?? M??i, Vietnamese politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. 2018)

#??_M??i

Silvestre Varela, Portuguese footballer

#Silvestre_Varela

Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (d. 1794)

#Wenzel_Anton,_Prince_of_Kaunitz-Rietberg

Philippe Claudel, French author, director, and screenwriter

#Philippe_Claudel

George Band, English engineer and mountaineer (d. 2011)

#George_Band

Red Schoendienst, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2018)

#Red_Schoendienst

Damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher and historian (d. 1574)

#Damião_de_Góis

Ayn Rand, Russian-born American novelist and philosopher (d. 1982)

#Ayn_Rand

Abba Eban, South African-Israeli politician and diplomat, 1st Israel Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2002)

#Abba_Eban

Judith Viorst, American journalist and author

#Judith_Viorst

Alix Le Clerc, French Canoness Regular and foundress (d. 1622)

#Alix_Le_Clerc

Vladimir Voskoboinikov, Estonian footballer

#Vladimir_Voskoboinikov

Ernst Hanfstaengl, German businessman (d. 1975)

#Ernst_Hanfstaengl

Oleguer Presas, Spanish footballer

#Oleguer_Presas

Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1565)

#Lodovico_Ferrari

Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and academic (d. 1927)

#Enrique_Simonet

Duncan Bannatyne, Scottish businessman and philanthropist

#Duncan_Bannatyne

Aleksander Jagie??o, Polish footballer

#Aleksander_Jagie??o

Nathan Delfouneso, English footballer

#Nathan_Delfouneso

Donald Driver, American football player

#Donald_Driver

Willie Kamm, American baseball player and manager (d. 1988)

#Willie_Kamm

Al McKay, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

#Al_McKay

Frederick William Vanderbilt, American railway magnate (d. 1938)

#Frederick_William_Vanderbilt

Metin Oktay, Turkish footballer and manager (d. 1991)

#Metin_Oktay

Harrison Smith, American football player

#Harrison_Smith_(American_football)

John Eatwell, Baron Eatwell, English economist and academic

#John_Eatwell,_Baron_Eatwell

Sean Elliott, American basketball player and sportscaster

#Sean_Elliott

Charles Correll, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1972)

#Charles_Correll

David Jason, English actor, director, and producer

#David_Jason

Ryan Farquhar, Northern Irish motorcycle racer

#Ryan_Farquhar

Mary-Dell Chilton, American chemist and inventor and one of the founders of modern plant biotechnology

#Mary-Dell_Chilton

Valeri Karpin, Estonian-Russian footballer and manager

#Valeri_Karpin

Evgeny Velikhov, Russian physicist and academic

#Evgeny_Velikhov

Carolina Klüft, Swedish heptathlete and jumper

#Carolina_Klüft

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1838)

#Charles_Maurice_de_Talleyrand-Périgord

Graham Nash, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Graham_Nash

Louis Marchand, French organist and composer (d. 1732)

#Louis_Marchand

Orval Overall, American baseball player and manager (d. 1947)

#Orval_Overall

Brent Spiner, American actor

#Brent_Spiner

Columba of Rieti, Italian Dominican sister (d. 1501)

#Columba_of_Rieti

René de Birague, Italian-French cardinal and politician (d. 1583)

#René_de_Birague

Bonita Granville, American actress and producer (d. 1988)

#Bonita_Granville

Jordin Tootoo, Canadian ice hockey player

#Jordin_Tootoo

Thomas M. Disch, American author and poet (d. 2008)

#Thomas_M._Disch

Christie Brinkley, American actress, model, and businesswoman

#Christie_Brinkley

Albert Sidney Johnston, American general (d. 1862)

#Albert_Sidney_Johnston

M'el Dowd, American actress and singer (d. 2012)

#M'el_Dowd

Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (d. 1653)

#Gabriel_Naudé

Anthony Haden-Guest, British journalist, poet, and critic

#Anthony_Haden-Guest

Johannes Schefferus, Swedish author and hymn-writer (d. 1679)

#Johannes_Schefferus

Liz Smith, American journalist and author (d. 2017)

#Liz_Smith_(journalist)

Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist and academic (d. 1887)

#Jean-Baptiste_Boussingault

Konstantin von Neurath, German politician and diplomat, 13th German Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1956)

#Konstantin_von_Neurath

Art?rs Irbe, Latvian ice hockey player and coach

#Art?rs_Irbe

Vangelis Alexandris, Greek basketball player and coach

#Vangelis_Alexandris

Bona Sforza, queen of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1557)

#Bona_Sforza

Ravel Morrison, English footballer

#Ravel_Morrison

Nicolaus Reimers, German astronomer (d. 1600)

#Nicolaus_Reimers

Melvin Mora, Venezuelan baseball player

#Melvin_Mora

Stoyanka Mutafova, Bulgarian actress

#Stoyanka_Mutafova

Hamnet Shakespeare, William Shakespeare's only son (baptised; d. 1596)

#Hamnet_Shakespeare

Klaus Mainzer, German rugby player

#Klaus_Mainzer

Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (d. 1921)

#Pavol_Országh_Hviezdoslav

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, French academic and politician, 20th President of France

#Valéry_Giscard_d'Estaing

Noël Chabanel, French missionary and saint (d. 1649)

#Noël_Chabanel

Nell Gwyn, English actress, mistress of King Charles II of England (d. 1687)

#Nell_Gwyn

Ronny Cedeño, Venezuelan baseball player

#Ronny_Cedeño

Gemma Arterton, English actress and singer

#Gemma_Arterton

Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general (d. 1952)

#Jean_de_Lattre_de_Tassigny

John of Leiden, Dutch Anabaptist leader (d. 1536)

#John_of_Leiden

Libor Sionko, Czech footballer

#Libor_Sionko

Wes Ferrell, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)

#Wes_Ferrell

John Tudor, American baseball player

#John_Tudor_(baseball)

Michael Misick, Caicos Islander politician, Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands

#Michael_Misick

John Cornyn, American lawyer and politician, 49th Attorney General of Texas

#John_Cornyn

Henri de Rigny, French admiral and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1835)

#Henri_de_Rigny

Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, Italian-Spanish historian and author (d. 1526)

#Peter_Martyr_d'Anghiera

Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer (d. 2014)

#Elaine_Stritch

Jack Pizzey, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Queensland (d. 1968)

#Jack_Pizzey

John Tonkin, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1995)

#John_Tonkin

Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony (d. 1486)

#Elisabeth_of_Bavaria,_Electress_of_Saxony

Rudi Wulf, New Zealand rugby player

#Rudi_Wulf

Damdin Sükhbaatar, Mongolian soldier and politician (d. 1924)

#Damdin_Sükhbaatar

Newbold Morris, American lawyer and politician (d. 1966)

#Newbold_Morris

Todd Bertuzzi, Canadian ice hockey player

#Todd_Bertuzzi

James Dickey, American poet and novelist (d. 1997)

#James_Dickey

Dries van Agt, Dutch politician, diplomat and jurist, Prime Minister of the Netherlands

#Dries_van_Agt

Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-born American violinist and educator (d. 1987)

#Jascha_Heifetz

Sonny Stitt, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1982)

#Sonny_Stitt

John Armitt, English engineer and businessman

#John_Armitt

Anthony Fainga'a, Australian rugby player

#Anthony_Fainga'a

Ina Garten, American chef and author

#Ina_Garten

V?ra Chytilová, Czech actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)

#V?ra_Chytilová

Gerard Piqué, Spanish footballer

#Gerard_Piqué

Robert DeLeo, American bass player, songwriter, and producer

#Robert_DeLeo

Stan Getz, American saxophonist (d. 1991)

#Stan_Getz

Than Shwe, Burmese general and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Burma

#Than_Shwe

Gottfried August Homilius, German organist and composer (d. 1785)

#Gottfried_August_Homilius

Robert Mandan, American actor (d. 2018)

#Robert_Mandan

Kazimierz Kuratowski, Polish mathematician and logician (d. 1980)

#Kazimierz_Kuratowski

Khushwant Singh, Indian journalist and author (d. 2014)

#Khushwant_Singh

Alpha Oumar Konaré, Malian academic and politician, 3rd President of Mali

#Alpha_Oumar_Konaré

Leo Fall, Austrian composer (d. 1925)

#Leo_Fall

Shakira, Colombian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

#Shakira

Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (d. 1790)

#Ernst_Gideon_von_Laudon

Georg II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl, German nobleman (d. 1644)

#Georg_II_of_Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl

Dale T. Mortensen, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014)

#Dale_T._Mortensen

Arfa Karim, Pakstani student and computer prodigy (d. 2012)

Paul Digby, English footballer

Gregory Mertens, Belgian footballer (d. 2015)

Javon Ringer, American football player

Mimi Page, American singer-songwriter and composer

Saia Fainga'a, Australian rugby player

Kelly Mazzante, American basketball player

Sergio Castaño Ortega, Spanish footballer

Annabel Ellwood, Australian tennis player

Ana Roces, Filipino actress

James Hickman, English swimmer

Andrei Luzgin, Estonian tennis player and coach

Hwang Seok-jeong, South Korean actress

Isaac Kungwane, South African footballer and sportscaster (d. 2014)

Scott Erickson, American baseball player and coach

Laurent Nkunda, Congolese general

Andrei Chesnokov, Russian tennis player and coach

Carl Airey, English footballer

Kjell Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player

Eva Cassidy, American singer and guitarist (d. 1996)

Kate Raison, Australian actress

Abraham Iyambo, Namibian politician (d. 2013)

Jerry Sisk, Jr., American gemologist, co-founded Jewelry Television (d. 2013)

Rick Dufay, French-American guitarist and songwriter

Libby Purves, British journalist and author

Yasuko Namba, Japanese mountaineer (d. 1996)

Roger Williamson, English race car driver (d. 1973)

Ursula Oppens, American pianist and educator

Wayne Fontes, American football player and coach

Alan Caddy, English guitarist and producer (d. 2000)

Jackie Burroughs, English-born Canadian actress (d. 2010)

Gene MacLellan, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1995)

Norman Fowler, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport

Eric Arturo Delvalle, Panamanian lawyer and politician, President of Panama (d. 2015)

Pete Brown, American golfer (d. 2015)

Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Cuban bassist and composer (d. 2009)

Tony Jay, English-American actor (d. 2006)

Arthur Lyman, American jazz vibraphone and marimba player (d. 2002)

John Paul Harney, Canadian educator and politician

Les Dawson, English comedian and author (d. 1993)

John Henry Holland, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2015)

Jay Handlan, American basketball player and engineer (d. 2013)

Doris Sams, American baseball player (d. 2012)

Jean Babilée, French dancer and choreographer (d. 2014)

James L. Usry, American politician, first African-American mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey (d. 2002)

Robert Chef d'Hôtel, French athlete

Kunwar Digvijay Singh, Indian field hockey (d. 1978)

John Russell, American Olympic equestrian

Georg Gawliczek, German footballer and manager (d. 1999)

Stan Leonard, Canadian golfer (d. 2005)

Eric Kierans, Canadian economist and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Communications (d. 2004)

Burton Lane, American songwriter and composer (d. 1997)

Elena Sánchez Valenzuela, Mexican silent film star, journalist, and suffragette (d. 1950)

Howard Deering Johnson, American businessman, founded Howard Johnson's (d. 1972)

Robert Philipp, American painter (d. 1981)

Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (d. 1974)

William Rose Benét, American poet and author (d. 1950)

Julia Nava de Ruisánchez, Mexican activist and writer (d. 1964)

Johnston McCulley, American author and screenwriter, created Zorro (d. 1958)

Cornelius McKane, American physician, educator, and hospital founder (d. 1912)

Solomon R. Guggenheim, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (d. 1949)

Curtis Guild, Jr., American journalist and politician, 43rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1915)

Julian Sochocki, Polish-Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1927)

Judith Quiney, William Shakespeare's youngest daughter (d. 1662)

Eleanor of Navarre, Queen regnant of Navarre (d. 1479)

Maud Chaworth, Countess of Leicester (d. 1322).