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==Births== ===Pre-1600=== * [[574]] – [[Prince Shōtoku]] of Japan (d. 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> d. 1167) *[[1449]] – [[Adriana of Nassau-Siegen]], German countess (d. 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|Lord Chancellor of England]] (d. 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 (d. 1557) *[[1500]] – [[João de Castro]], viceroy of Portuguese India (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 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]] (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 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> d. 1874) *[[1802]] – [[Louisa Jane Hall]], American poet, essayist, and literary critic (d. 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 (inventor)|John Deere]], American blacksmith and businessman, founded [[Deere & Company]] (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 1895) *[[1837]] – [[James Murray (lexicographer)|James Murray]], Scottish lexicographer and philologist (d. 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 (singer)|Arthur Collins]], American baritone singer (d. 1933) *[[1867]] – [[Laura Ingalls Wilder]], American author (d. 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 (d. 1937) *[[1871]] – [[Wilhelm Stenhammar]], Swedish pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1927) *[[1873]] – [[Thomas Andrews (shipbuilder)|Thomas Andrews]], Irish shipbuilder and businessman, designed the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 1947) *[[1878]] – [[Ossip Gabrilowitsch]], Russian-American pianist and conductor (d. 1936) *[[1885]] – [[Sinclair Lewis]], American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1951) * 1885 – [[Hugo Sperrle]], German field marshal (d. 1953) *[[1887]] – [[Eubie Blake]], American pianist and composer (d. 1983) *[[1889]] – [[Harry Nyquist]], Swedish-American engineer and theorist (d. 1976) *[[1893]] – [[Joseph Algernon Pearce]], Canadian astrophysicist and astronomer (d. 1988) * 1893 – [[Nicanor Abelardo]], Filipino pianist, composer and teacher (d. 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 (d. 1961) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Arnold Nordmeyer]], New Zealand minister and politician, 30th [[Minister of Finance (New Zealand)|New Zealand Minister of Finance]] (d. 1989) *[[1904]] – [[Ernest E. Debs]], American politician (d. 2002) *[[1905]] – [[Paul Nizan]], French philosopher and author (d. 1940) * 1905 – [[Ulf von Euler]], Swedish physiologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 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 (aircraft designer)|Oleg Antonov]], Soviet engineer, founded the [[Antonov|Antonov Design Bureau]] (d. 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 (d. 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=9781442250673|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g8PyCQAAQBAJ|page=237}}</ref> *[[1908]] – [[Buster Crabbe]], American swimmer and actor (d. 1983)<ref>{{cite book|last=Vemilye|first=Jerry|title=Buster Crabbe: A Biofilmography|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland & Co.|date=2008|isbn=9780786436057|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5bG9VEp62gC|page=3}}</ref> * 1908 – [[Manmath Nath Gupta]], Indian journalist and author (d. 2000) *[[1909]] – [[Hélder Câmara]], Brazilian archbishop (d. 1999) * 1909 – [[Amedeo Guillet]], Italian soldier (d. 2010) *[[1912]] – [[Russell Drysdale]], English-Australian painter (d. 1981) * 1912 – [[Roberta McCain]], American socialite and oil heiress (d. 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 (d. 2007) * 1915 – [[Eddie Bracken]], American actor and singer (d. 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|accessdate=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 (d. 2007) *[[1919]] – [[Desmond Doss]], American army corporal and combat medic, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 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 (d. 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=9780786476893|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-XRzAQAAQBAJ|page=5}}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Oscar Brand]], Canadian-American singer-songwriter and author (d. 2016) * 1920 – [[An Wang]], Chinese-American engineer and businessman, founded [[Wang Laboratories]] (d. 1990) *[[1921]] – [[Athol Rowan]], South African cricketer (d. 1998) *[[1922]] – [[Hattie Jacques]], English actress (d. 1980) *[[1923]] – [[Dora Bryan]], English actress and restaurateur (d. 2014) *[[1925]] – [[Hans Schmidt (wrestler)|Hans Schmidt]], Canadian wrestler (d. 2012) *[[1926]] – [[Konstantin Feoktistov]], Russian engineer and astronaut (d. 2009) *[[1927]] – [[Juliette Gréco]], French singer and actress (d. 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 (d. 1975) * 1927 – [[Lalo Ríos]], Mexican actor (d. 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 (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite report|author=Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs|title=Soviet Naval Activitis 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 (d. 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 (d. 2020) *[[1933]] – [[K. N. Choksy]], Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, [[Minister of Finance (Sri Lanka)|Sri Lankan Minister of Finance]] (d. 2015) *[[1934]] – [[Eddie Fenech Adami]], Maltese lawyer and politician, 7th [[President of Malta]] * 1934 – [[King Curtis]], American saxophonist and producer (d. 1971) * 1934 – [[Earl King]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 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 footballer)|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 (d. 2023) * 1935 – [[Jörg Schneider (actor)|Jörg Schneider]], Swiss actor and author (d. 2015) *[[1936]] – [[Jas Gawronski]], Italian journalist and politician *[[1937]] – [[Peter Jay (diplomat)|Peter Jay]], English economist, journalist, and diplomat, [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the United States|British Ambassador to the United States]] (d. 2024) * 1937 – [[Juan Pizarro (baseball)|Juan Pizarro]], Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 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 (d. 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|url-status=dead}}</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=9781611864588|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 (d. 2016) * 1946 – [[Gérard Jean-Juste]], Haitian priest and activist (d. 2009) * 1946 – [[Pete Postlethwaite]], English actor (d. 2011)<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1949]] – [[Jacques Duchesneau]], Canadian police officer and politician *[[1949]] – [[Alan Lancaster]], English-Australian bass player singer and songwriter Status Quo (d. 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 (d. 2017)<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1956]] – [[John Nielsen (racing driver)|John Nielsen]], Danish racing driver * 1956 – [[Mark St. John]], American guitarist (d. 2007) *[[1957]] – [[Dámaso García]], Dominican baseball player and footballer (d. 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 (boxer)|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 |url-status=dead |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, Malta|Pietà]]|isbn=9789993291329|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 (d. 2006) * 1974 – [[Steve Nash]], South African-Canadian basketball player * 1974 – [[Nujabes]], Japanese record producer, DJ, composer and arranger (d. 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 Peace Prize|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> *[[1981]] – [[Neto (footballer, born 1981)|Neto]], Brazilian footballer * 1981 – [[Lee Ok-sung]], South Korean boxer *[[1982]] – [[Mohammed Bijeh]], Iranian serial killer (d. 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 – [[Sho Kamogawa]], Japanese footballer * 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 (basketball)|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}}</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 (ice hockey)|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 (diver)|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 * 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 |url-status=dead |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> *[[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> <!--Do not add yourself or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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