February 1 - Births

Births

• 1261 – Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326)
• 1459 – Conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508)
• 1462 – Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516)
• 1552 – Edward Coke, English jurist and Member of Parliament (d. 1634)
• 1635 – Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689)
• 1659 – Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (d. 1729)
• 1663 – Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo, Filipino foundress of the Religious of the Virgin Mary (d. 1748)
• 1690 – Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian composer (d. 1768)
• 1710 – Konrad Ernst Ackermann, German actor (d. 1771)
• 1761 – Christian Hendrik Persoon, South African mycologist (d. 1836)
• 1763 – Thomas Campbell, Irish theologian (d. 1854)
• 1764 – George Duff, Royal Navy Captain, killed in action at the Battle of Trafalgar (d.1805)
• 1796 – Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss poet (d. 1865)
• 1801 – Émile Littré, French lexicographer (d. 1881)
• 1820 – George Hendric Houghton, American Protestant Episcopal clergyman (d. 1897)
• 1841 – William Davenport, American magician (d. 1877)
• 1844 – G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist (d. 1924)
• 1851 – Durham Stevens, American diplomat (d. 1908)
• 1859 – Victor Herbert, Irish composer (d. 1924)
• 1872 – Jerome F. Donovan, American politician (d. 1949)
• 1872 – Andrew Kehoe, American mass murderer (d. 1927)
• 1873 – Joseph Allard, Canadian fiddler (d. 1947)
• 1873 – John Barry, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1901)
• 1874 – Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian writer (d. 1929)
• 1878 – Milan Hodža, Slovak politician (d. 1944)
• 1882 – Louis Stephen St. Laurent, 12th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1973)
• 1884 – Bradbury Robinson, who threw the first forward pass in American football history in 1906 (d. 1949)
• 1884 – Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian writer (d. 1937)
• 1887 – Charles Nordhoff, English-born author (d. 1947)
• 1894 – John Ford, American director and producer (d. 1973)
• 1894 – James P. Johnson, American composer (d. 1955)
• 1895 – Conn Smythe, Canadian builder of the National Hockey League (d. 1980)
• 1897 – Denise Robins (aka Francesca Wright, Ashley French, Harriet Gray, Julia Kane) British romance novelist (d. 1985)
• 1898 – Leila Denmark American pediatrician who co-developed the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine and supercentenarian.
• 1901 – Frank Buckles, last surviving American veteran of World War I
• 1901 – Clark Gable, American actor (d. 1960)
• 1902 – Therese Brandl, Nazi concentration camp guard (d. 1947)
• 1902 – Langston Hughes American writer (d. 1967)
• 1904 – S. J. Perelman, American humorist (d. 1979)
• 1905 – Emilio G. Segrè, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1989)
• 1906 – Hildegarde, American actress and singer (d. 2005)
• 1907 – Günter Eich, German lyricist (d. 1972)
• 1907 – Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer (d. 1993)
• 1908 – George Pal, Hungarian-born director and producer (d. 1980)
• 1909 – George Beverly Shea, Canadian singer
• 1910 – Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Tibetan politician (d. 2009)
• 1915 – Stanley Matthews, English footballer (d. 2000)
• 1917 – Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player (d. 1944)
• 1918 – Muriel Spark, Scottish author (d. 2006)
• 1921 – Peter Sallis, English actor
• 1921 – Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano (d. 2004)
• 1924 – H. Richard Hornberger, American writer (d. 1997)
• 1924 – Ben Weider, Canadian businessman and author
• 1926 – Shane Devine, United States Federal Judge (d. 1999)
• 1928 – Stuart Whitman, American actor
• 1930 – Shahabuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh
• 1930 – Mario Beaulieu, Canadian politician (d. 1998)
• 1930 – Hossain Mohammad Ershad, Bangladeshi politician
• 1931 – Iajuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh
• 1931 – Boris Yeltsin, 1st President of the Russian Federation (d. 2007)
• 1932 – Jan Ramberg, Swedish law professor, and arbitration court judge
• 1934 – Bob Shane, American folk singer (The Kingston Trio)
• 1936 – Azie Taylor Morton, 35th Treasurer of the United States (d. 2003)
• 1937 – Don Everly, American musician (Everly Brothers)
• 1937 – Garrett Morris, American comedian
• 1937 – Ray Sawyer, American singer (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show)
• 1938 – Sherman Hemsley, American comedian and actor
• 1938 – Niculiţă Secrieriu, Romanian painter (d. 2002)
• 1939 – Fritjof Capra, Austrian physicist
• 1939 – Claude François, French singer (d. 1978)
• 1939 – Paul Gillmor, American politician (d. 2007)
• 1939 – Joe Sample, American jazz pianist
• 1940 – Bibi Besch, Austrian-American actress (d. 1996)
• 1940 – Hervé Filion, Quebec harness racer
• 1941 – Karl Dall, German television host
• 1941 – Jerry Spinelli, children's author
• 1942 – Terry Jones, Welsh actor and writer
• 1942 – Muna Wassef, Syrian/Arab actress and United Nations Goodwill ambassador.
• 1944 – Mike Enzi, American politician, senior senator from Wyoming
• 1944 – Burkhard Ziese, German football manager (d. 2010)
• 1945 – Serge Joyal, French Canadian politician
• 1945 – Gerhard Welz, German footballer
• 1946 – Chris Clark, Motown Soul singer
• 1946 – Elisabeth Sladen, British actress
• 1947 – Mike Brant, Israeli pop singer (d. 1975)
• 1947 – Normie Rowe, Australian singer
• 1947 – Jessica Savitch, American journalist (d. 1983)
• 1948 – Rick James, American musician and composer (d. 2004)
• 1948 – Elisabeth Sladen, British actress
• 1950 – Mike Campbell, American guitarist and producer
• 1951 – Sonny Landreth, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1952 – Jenő Jandó, Hungarian pianist
• 1953 – Brendan Batson, English former footballer
• 1954 – Chuck Dukowski, American musician (Black Flag)
• 1954 – Bill Mumy, American actor and musician
• 1955 – Ernie Camacho, baseball player
• 1956 – Brahmanandam, Indian film actor
• 1956 – Exene Cervenka, American musician
• 1956 – Mike Kitchen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1957 – Renae Jacobs, American voice actress
• 1958 – Luther Blissett, English footballer
• 1958 – Ryo Horikawa, Japanese voice actor
• 1958 – Jackie Shroff, Indian actor
• 1961 – Volker Fried, German field hockey player
• 1961 – Daniel Tani, NASA astronaut
• 1962 – José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (d. 2004)
• 1962 – Tomoyasu Hotei, Japanese guitarist
• 1963 – Takashi Murakami, Japanese artist
• 1964 – Mario Pelchat, Quebec singer
• 1964 – Linus Roache, English actor
• 1965 – Sherilyn Fenn, American actress
• 1965 – Brandon Lee, American actor (d. 1993)
• 1965 – Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
• 1966 – Michelle Akers, American soccer player
• 1966 – Vasilis Dimitriadis, Greek footballer
• 1966 – Rob Lee, English footballer
• 1967 – Meg Cabot, American author
• 1967 – Patle Shishupal Natthu, Indian politician
• 1968 – Lisa Marie Presley, American singer and actress
• 1968 – Kent Mercker, American baseball player
• 1968 – Mark Recchi, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1968 – Pauly Shore, American comedian
• 1969 – Gabriel Batistuta, Argentine footballer
• 1969 – Brian Krause, American actor
• 1969 – Joshua Redman, American musician
• 1969 – Patrick Wilson, American musician (Weezer)
• 1970 – Yasuyuki Kazama, Japanese racing driver
• 1970 – Malik Sealy, American basketball player (d. 2000)
• 1971 – Michael C. Hall, American actor
• 1971 – Ajay Jadeja, Former Indian cricketer
• 1971 – Jill Kelly, American porn actress
• 1971 – Ron Welty, American musician
• 1971 – Zlatko Zahovič, Slovenian footballer
• 1972 – Yoshi DeHerrera, American TV personality
• 1972 – Kami (musician), drummer of Japanese visual kei band Malice Mizer (d. 1999)
• 1973 – Andrew DeClercq, American basketball player
• 1973 – Yuri Landman, Experimental musical instrument builder, musician and comic book artist
• 1973 – Makiko Ohmoto, Japanese voice actress
• 1974 – Walter McCarty, American basketball player
• 1974 – David Meca, Spanish long distance swimmer
• 1975 – Big Boi, American musician (Outkast)
• 1975 – Katerina Thanou, Greek sprinter
• 1976 – Phil Ivey, American poker player
• 1977 – Kevin Kilbane, Irish footballer
• 1977 – Robert Traylor, American basketball player
• 1978 – Domenick Davies, Welsh-born German rugby player
• 1978 – Tim Harding, Australian singer (Hi-5)
• 1979 – Julie Augustyniak, American soccer player
• 1979 – Valentin Elizalde, Mexican Singer (d. 2006)
• 1979 – Rachelle LeFevre, Canadian actress
• 1979 – Juan Silveira dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
• 1980 – Héctor Luna, Dominican Republic baseball player
• 1980 – Moisés Muñoz, Mexican footballer
• 1980 – Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2005)
• 1981 – Rob Austin, British racing driver
• 1981 – Luis Lamá, Angolan footballer
• 1981 – Graeme Smith, South African cricketer
• 1982 – Gavin Henson Welsh rugby player
• 1982 – Shoaib Malik, Pakistani cricketer
• 1983 – Kevin Martin, American basketball player
• 1983 – Jurgen Van Den Broeck, Belgian cyclist
• 1983 – Andrew VanWyngarden, musician (MGMT)
• 1984 – Darren Fletcher, Scottish footballer
• 1984 – Lee Thompson Young, American actor
• 1985 – Jodi Gordon, Australian actress and model
• 1985 – Rachael Scdoris, American dog musher
• 1985 – Dean Shiels, Northern Irish footballer
• 1986 – Lauren Conrad, American reality TV personality
• 1987 – Montario Hardesty, American football player
• 1987 – Wu Jingyu, Chinese taekwondo practitioner
• 1987 – Heather Morris, American actress and dancer
• 1987 – Giuseppe Rossi, Italian footballer
• 1988 – Mark Healey, British computer games developer
• 1990 – Laura Marling, British singer-songwriter