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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[457]] &ndash; [[Leo I (emperor)|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 |pages=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]] &ndash; [[Bardas Phokas the Younger]] and [[Bardas Skleros]], Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a [[Rebellion of Bardas Phokas the Younger|wide-scale rebellion]] against Emperor [[Basil II]].
*[[1301]] &ndash; Edward of [[Caernarfon|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]] &ndash; 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 |pages=370 |language=my |author-link=Royal Historical Commission of Burma}}</ref>
*[[1365]] &ndash; Albert III of [[House of Mecklenburg|Mecklenburg]] (King [[Albert, King of Sweden|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]] &ndash; 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 |pages=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]] &ndash; [[Guaraní War]]: The leader of the [[Guaraní people|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=J.|first=Reiter, Frederick|date=1995|publisher=Scripta Humanistica|isbn=1882528115|location=Potomac, Md.|pages=194|oclc=32427398}}</ref>
*[[1783]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; The [[Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution|11th Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]] is [[ratification|ratified]].
*[[1807]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: Napoleon finds [[Levin August, Count von Bennigsen|Bennigsen's]] Russian forces taking a stand at [[Battle of Eylau|Eylau]]. After bitter fighting, the French take the town, but the Russians resume the battle the next day.
*[[1812]] &ndash; The strongest in [[1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes|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]] &ndash; In the [[action of 7 February 1813]] near the [[Îles de Los]], the [[frigate]]s ''[[French frigate Aréthuse (1812)|Aréthuse]]'' and [[HMS Amelia (1796)|''Amelia'']] batter each other, but neither can gain the upper hand.
*[[1819]] &ndash; Sir [[Thomas Stamford Raffles]] leaves [[Singapore]] after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of [[William Farquhar]].
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Battle of Debre Tabor]]: Ras [[Ali II of Yejju|Ali Alula]], Regent of the [[Emperor of Ethiopia]] defeats warlord [[Wube Haile Maryam]] of Semien.
*[[1854]] &ndash; A law is approved to found the [[ETH Zurich|Swiss Federal Institute of Technology]]. Lectures started October 16, 1855.
*[[1863]] &ndash; {{HMS|Orpheus|1860|6}} sinks off the coast of [[Auckland]], New Zealand, killing 189.
*[[1894]] &ndash; The [[Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894|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]] &ndash; [[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=9780236400553|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]] &ndash; [[Second Boer War]]: [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] troops fail in their [[Battle of Vaal Krantz|third attempt]] to lift the [[Siege of Ladysmith]].
*  1900   &ndash; A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to [[bubonic plague]] in the [[San Francisco plague of 1900–1904|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]] &ndash; 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|pages=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]] &ndash; The second full-length animated [[Walt Disney]] film, ''[[Pinocchio (1940 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 |pages=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]] &ndash; [[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 [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] forces in the [[Guadalcanal Campaign]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: In [[Anzio]], Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied [[Operation Shingle]].
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Korean War]]: More than 700 suspected communist sympathizers [[Sancheong-Hamyang massacre|are massacred]] by [[Republic of Korea Army|South Korean forces]].
*[[1962]] &ndash; The United States [[United States embargo against Cuba|bans]] all [[Cuba]]n imports and exports.
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; The [[1966 Iloilo City fire|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 [[Iloilo City Proper|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 |page=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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Pluto]] moves inside [[Neptune]]'s orbit for the first time since either was discovered.
*[[1981]] &ndash; A [[1981 Pushkin Tu-104 crash|plane crash]] at [[Pushkin Airport]] kills 50 people, including 16 members of the [[Pacific Fleet (Russia)|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}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in [[Haiti]], when President [[Jean-Claude Duvalier]] flees the [[Caribbean]] nation.
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union]]: The [[Central Committee]] of the [[Soviet Communist Party]] agrees to give up its monopoly on power.
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Haiti]]'s first democratically elected president, [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]], is sworn in.
*  1991   &ndash; [[The Troubles]]: The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|Provisional IRA]] launches [[Downing Street mortar attack|a mortar attack]] on [[10 Downing Street]] in London, the headquarters of the British government.
*[[1992]] &ndash; 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|pages=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]] &ndash; [[Ramzi Yousef]], the mastermind of the [[1993 World Trade Center bombing]], is arrested in [[Islamabad|Islamabad, Pakistan]].
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Abdullah II of Jordan|Crown Prince Abdullah]] becomes the King of [[Jordan]] on [[Death and state funeral of Hussein of Jordan|the death]] of his father, King [[Hussein of Jordan|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]] &ndash; Space Shuttle program: [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] is launched on mission [[STS-98]], carrying the ''[[Destiny (ISS module)|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]] &ndash; [[Black Saturday bushfires|Bushfires in Victoria]] leave 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history.
*[[2012]] &ndash; President [[Mohamed Nasheed]] of the [[Maldives|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]] &ndash; The U.S. state of [[Mississippi]] officially certifies the [[Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Thirteenth Amendment]], becoming the last state to approve the abolition of [[slavery]]. The Thirteenth Amendment was formally ratified by Mississippi in 1995.
*[[2014]] &ndash; 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|pages=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]] &ndash; North Korea launches [[Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4]] into outer space violating multiple UN treaties and prompting condemnation from around the world.
*[[2021]] &ndash; 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]] &ndash; Pakistan election offices are hit by [[2024 Balochistan bombings|twin bombings]], killing at least 24 people a day before [[2024 Pakistani general election|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]] &ndash; [[Prince Shōtoku]] of Japan (d. 622)
*[[1102]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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.&nbsp;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.&nbsp;Sijthoff & J.L.&nbsp;Beijers |page=94 }}</ref>
*[[1478]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Queen Dangyeong]], Korean royal consort (d. 1557)
*[[1500]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; 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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Alfred-Philibert Aldrophe]], French architect (d. 1895)
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Arthur Collins (singer)|Arthur Collins]], American baritone singer (d. 1933)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Alfred Adler]], Austrian-Scottish psychologist and therapist (d. 1937)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Stenhammar]], Swedish pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1927)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[G. H. Hardy]], English mathematician and geneticist (d. 1947)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Ossip Gabrilowitsch]], Russian-American pianist and conductor (d. 1936)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Sinclair Lewis]], American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1951)
*  1885   &ndash; [[Hugo Sperrle]], German field marshal (d. 1953)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Eubie Blake]], American pianist and composer (d. 1983)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Harry Nyquist]], Swedish-American engineer and theorist (d. 1976)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Joseph Algernon Pearce]], Canadian astrophysicist and astronomer (d. 1988)
*  1893   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Anita Stewart]], American actress (d. 1961)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Arnold Nordmeyer]], New Zealand minister and politician, 30th [[Minister of Finance (New Zealand)|New Zealand Minister of Finance]] (d. 1989)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Ernest E. Debs]], American politician (d. 2002)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Paul Nizan]], French philosopher and author (d. 1940)
*  1905   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[Manmath Nath Gupta]], Indian journalist and author (d. 2000)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Hélder Câmara]], Brazilian archbishop (d. 1999)
*  1909   &ndash; [[Amedeo Guillet]], Italian soldier (d. 2010)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Russell Drysdale]], English-Australian painter (d. 1981)
*  1912   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Teoctist Arăpașu]], Romanian patriarch (d. 2007)
*  1915   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Frank Hyde]], Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2007)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Oscar Brand]], Canadian-American singer-songwriter and author (d. 2016)
*  1920   &ndash; [[An Wang]], Chinese-American engineer and businessman, founded [[Wang Laboratories]] (d. 1990)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Athol Rowan]], South African cricketer (d. 1998)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Hattie Jacques]], English actress (d. 1980)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Dora Bryan]], English actress and restaurateur (d. 2014)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Hans Schmidt (wrestler)|Hans Schmidt]], Canadian wrestler (d. 2012)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Konstantin Feoktistov]], Russian engineer and astronaut (d. 2009)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[Vladimir Kuts]], Ukrainian-Russian runner and coach (d. 1975)
*  1927   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Gay Talese]], American journalist and memoirist<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1932   &ndash; [[Alfred Worden]], American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2020)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[K. N. Choksy]], Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, [[Minister of Finance (Sri Lanka)|Sri Lankan Minister of Finance]] (d. 2015)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Eddie Fenech Adami]], Maltese lawyer and politician, 7th [[President of Malta]]
*  1934   &ndash; [[King Curtis]], American saxophonist and producer (d. 1971)
*  1934   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[Herb Kohl]], American businessman and politician (d. 2023)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Jörg Schneider (actor)|Jörg Schneider]], Swiss actor and author (d. 2015)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Jas Gawronski]], Italian journalist and politician
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[Juan Pizarro (baseball)|Juan Pizarro]], Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2021)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Gerald Davies]], Welsh rugby player and journalist
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Héctor Babenco]], Argentinian-Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Gérard Jean-Juste]], Haitian priest and activist (d. 2009)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Pete Postlethwaite]], English actor (d. 2011)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Jacques Duchesneau]], Canadian police officer and politician
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Alan Lancaster]], English-Australian bass player singer and songwriter Status Quo (d. 2022)
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Karen Joy Fowler]], American author
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Dieter Bohlen]], German singer-songwriter and producer 
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Rolf Benirschke]], American football player and game show host
*  1955   &ndash; [[Miguel Ferrer]], American actor and director (d. 2017)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[John Nielsen (racing driver)|John Nielsen]], Danish racing driver
*  1956   &ndash; [[Mark St. John]], American guitarist (d. 2007)
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Baresi]], Italian footballer and manager
*  1958   &ndash; [[Terry Marsh (boxer)|Terry Marsh]], English boxer and politician
*  1958   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Mick McCarthy]], English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Robert Smigel]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*  1960   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[David Bryan]], American keyboard player and songwriter<ref name="AP"/> 
*  1962   &ndash; [[Eddie Izzard]], English comedian, actor, and producer<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper]], American Naval officer and astronaut
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Ashok Banker]], Indian journalist, author, and screenwriter
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Chris Rock]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Kristin Otto]], German swimmer
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Peter Bondra]], Ukrainian-Slovak ice hockey player and manager
*  1968   &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[Mark Tewksbury]], Canadian swimmer and sportscaster
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Anita Tsoy]], Russian singer-songwriter
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Essence Atkins]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Robyn Lively]], American actress<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Juwan Howard]], American basketball player and coach
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[J Dilla]], American rapper and producer (d. 2006)
*  1974   &ndash; [[Steve Nash]], South African-Canadian basketball player
*  1974   &ndash; [[Nujabes]], Japanese record producer, DJ, composer and arranger (d. 2010)
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Wes Borland]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/>
*  1975   &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[Alexandre Daigle]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1975   &ndash; [[Rémi Gaillard]], French comedian and actor
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Chito Miranda]], Filipino singer-songwriter 
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Tsuneyasu Miyamoto]], Japanese footballer
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[David Aebischer]], Swiss ice hockey player
*  1978   &ndash; [[Endy Chávez]], Venezuelan baseball player
*  1978   &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[Daniel Van Buyten]], Belgian footballer
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Daniel Bierofka]], German footballer and coach
*  1979   &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Neto (footballer, born 1981)|Neto]], Brazilian footballer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Lee Ok-sung]], South Korean boxer
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[Osamu Mukai]], Japanese actor
*  1982   &ndash; [[Mickaël Piétrus]], French basketball player
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[Sho Kamogawa]], Japanese footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Federico Marchetti]], Italian footballer
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Trey Hardee]], American decathlete
*  1984   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[Tina Majorino]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1985   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Ai Kago]], Japanese singer and actress 
*  1988   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Nick Calathes]], American-Greek basketball player
*  1989   &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[Elia Viviani]], Italian cyclist
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[Gianluca Lapadula]], Italian footballer
*  1990   &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[Steven Stamkos]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Sergi Roberto]], Spanish footballer
*  1992   &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[Maimi Yajima]], Japanese singer and actress 
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Tom Glynn-Carney]], English actor and musician<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1995   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Nicolò Barella]], Italian footballer
*  1997   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[199]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Emperor Min of Jin|Jin Mindi]], emperor of the [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|Jin Dynasty]] (b. 300)
*[[AD 999|999]] &ndash; [[Boleslaus II the Pious]], Duke of Bohemia (b. 932)
*[[1045]] &ndash; [[Emperor Go-Suzaku]] of Japan (b. 1009)
*[[1065]] &ndash; [[Siegfried I, Count of Sponheim]] (b. c. 1010)
*[[1127]] &ndash; [[Ava (poet)|Ava]], German poet (b. 1060)
*[[1165]] &ndash; Marshal [[Stephen of Armenia]]
*[[1259]] &ndash; [[Thomas, Count of Flanders]]
*[[1317]] &ndash; [[Robert, Count of Clermont]] (b. 1256)
*[[1320]] &ndash; [[Jan Muskata]], Bishop of Kraków (b. 1250)
*[[1333]] &ndash; [[Nikkō (priest)|Nikko]], Japanese priest, founder of [[Nichiren Shoshu]] Buddhism (b. 1246)
*[[1520]] &ndash; [[Alfonsina Orsini|Alfonsina de' Medici]], Regent of Florence (b. 1472)
*[[1560]] &ndash; [[Bartolommeo Bandinelli]], Florentine sculptor (b. 1493)

===1601–1900===
*[[1603]] &ndash; [[Bartholomäus Sastrow]], German politician (b. 1520)
*[[1623]] – [[Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter]], English soldier and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire]] (b. 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}}</ref>
*[[1626]] &ndash; [[William V, Duke of Bavaria]] (b. 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]] &ndash; [[William Bedell]], English bishop and academic (b. 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 = 9781107463905 |page=xi}}</ref>
*[[1693]] &ndash; [[Paul Pellisson]], French lawyer and author (b. 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]] &ndash; [[Stephen Gray (scientist)|Stephen Gray]], English astronomer and physicist (b. 1666)<ref>{{cite book | last = Bracher | first = Katherine | title = The biographical encyclopedia of astronomers | publisher = Springer | location = New York, NY | year = 2007 | isbn = 9780387304007 |page=436}}</ref>
*[[1779]] &ndash; [[William Boyce (composer)|William Boyce]], English organist and composer (b. 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 = 9780720123302 |page=39}}</ref>
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Qianlong Emperor]] of China (b. 1711)
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[Daniel Chodowiecki]], Polish-German painter and academic (b. 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 = 9783791319292 |page=204}}</ref>
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[August Wilhelm Hupel]], German-Estonian linguist and author (b. 1737)
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Ann Radcliffe]], English author (b. 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 = 9780719038297 |page=25}}</ref>
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden]] (b. 1778)
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Mariano Paredes (President of Mexico)|Mariano Paredes]], Mexican general and 16th president (1845–1846) (b. 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|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo]], Spanish playwright and politician, [[Prime Minister of Spain]] (b. 1787)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Vuk Karadžić]], Serbian philologist and linguist (b. 1787)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Henry E. Steinway]], German-American businessman, founded [[Steinway & Sons]] (b. 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 = 9780028702407 |page=1659}}</ref>
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Sheridan Le Fanu]], Irish author (b. 1814)<ref>{{cite book | last = Melada | first = Ivan | title = Sheridan Le Fanu | publisher = Twayne Publishers | location = Boston | year = 1987 | isbn = 9780805769371 | page=12}}</ref>
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius IX]] (b. 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 = 9780230362758 |page=188}}</ref>
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Marie Louise Andrews]], American story writer and journalist  (b. 1849)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Galileo Ferraris]], Italian physicist and engineer (b. 1847)<ref>{{cite book|title=Alta frequenza|publisher=Associazione elettrotecnica italiana|year=1978|pages=531–2}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[William Halford]], English-American lieutenant, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1841)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Alexander Kolchak]], Russian admiral and explorer (b. 1874)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Charles Langelier]], Canadian journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1850)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[John J. Gardner]], American politician (b. 1845)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Elihu Root]], American lawyer and politician, 38th [[United States Secretary of State]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1845)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Harvey Samuel Firestone]], American businessman, founded the [[Firestone Tire and Rubber Company]] (b. 1868)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Boris Grigoriev]], Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1886)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[James McCormick (Irish republican)]], Executed [[Irish republicanism|Irish Republican]] (b. 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   &ndash; [[Peter Barnes (Irish republican)]], Executed [[Irish republicanism|Irish Republican]] (b. 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]] &ndash; [[Ivan Bilibin]], Russian illustrator and stage designer (b. 1876)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Lina Cavalieri]], Italian soprano and actress (b. 1874)
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Nap Lajoie]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
*  1959   &ndash; [[Daniel François Malan]], South African minister and politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of South Africa]] (b. 1874)
*  1959   &ndash; [[Guitar Slim]], American singer and guitarist (b. 1926)
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Igor Kurchatov]], Russian physicist and academic (b. 1903)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Learco Guerra]], Italian cyclist and manager (b. 1902)
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Sofoklis Venizelos]], Greek captain and politician, 133rd [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1894)
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Nick Adams (actor, born 1931)|Nick Adams]], American actor and screenwriter (b. 1931)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Walter Lang]], American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Josef Mengele]], German [[SS]] officer and physician (b. 1911)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Cheikh Anta Diop]], Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (b. 1923)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Alan Perlis]], American computer scientist and academic (b. 1922)
*  1990   &ndash; [[Alfredo M. Santos]], Filipino general (b. 1905)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Amos Yarkoni]], Israeli colonel (b. 1920)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Witold Lutosławski]], Polish composer and conductor (b. 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]] &ndash; [[Hussein of Jordan|King Hussein of Jordan]] (b. 1935)
*  1999   &ndash; [[Bobby Troup]], American actor, pianist, and composer (b. 1918)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Doug Henning]], Canadian magician and politician (b. 1947)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Anne Morrow Lindbergh]], American author and pilot (b. 1906)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Augusto Monterroso]], Guatemalan author (b. 1921)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Atli Dam]], Faroese engineer and politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands]] (b. 1932)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Princess Durru Shehvar]] of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1914)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Blossom Dearie]], American singer and pianist (b. 1924)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Franco Ballerini]], Italian cyclist and coach (b. 1964)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Harry Keough]], American soccer player and coach (b. 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]] &ndash; [[Krsto Papić]], Croatian director and screenwriter (b. 1933)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Doug Mohns]], Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 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]] &ndash; [[Billy Casper]], American golfer (b. 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   &ndash; [[Marshall Rosenberg]], American psychologist and author (b. 1934)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Dean Smith]], American basketball player and coach (b. 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   &ndash; [[John C. Whitehead]], American banker and politician, 9th [[United States Deputy Secretary of State]] (b. 1922)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Richard Hatch (actor)|Richard Hatch]], American actor (b. 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   &ndash; [[Hans Rosling]], Swedish academic (b. 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   &ndash; [[Tzvetan Todorov]], Bulgarian philosopher (b. 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]] &ndash; [[John Dingell]], American politician (b. 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   &ndash; [[Albert Finney]], English actor (b. 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   &ndash; [[Jan Olszewski]], Polish politician, 3rd [[Prime Minister of Poland|Prime Minister]] (b. 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   &ndash; [[Frank Robinson]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 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]] &ndash; [[Li Wenliang]], Chinese ophthalmologist who initially warned about COVID-19 (b. 1986)<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]] &ndash; [[Dafydd Elis-Thomas]], Welsh academic and politician (b. 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 &ndash; [[Tony Roberts (actor)|Tony Roberts]], American actor and singer (b. 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>
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==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Richard the Pilgrim]]
**[[Beatification|Blessed]] [[Eugénie Smet]]
**[[Beatification|Blessed]] [[Pope Pius IX]]
**[[Chrysolius]]
**[[Egidio Maria of Saint Joseph]]
**[[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.
*[[AIDS.gov#External links|National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day]] ([[United States]])

==References==
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==External links==
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* [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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[[Category:Days of February]]