On this day · Aquarius

February 1 birthdays

324 notable historical figures were born on February 1, and 201 died on this day. Everyone born on February 1 is a Aquarius.

19% of February 1 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (72) than any other country.

Born on February 1

• John Ford (1894 to 1973. American film director (1894–1973))
• Boris Yeltsin (1931 to 2007. President of Russia from 1991 to 1999)
• Clark Gable (1901 to 1960. American actor (1901–1960))
• Langston Hughes (1902 to 1967. American writer and social activist (1901–1967))
• Abbi Jacobson (born 1984. American comedian and actress (born 1984))
• Harry Styles (born 1994. English singer, songwriter and actor (born 1994))
• Jack Keane (born 1943. American retired general (born 1943))
• John Napier (1550 to 1617. Scottish mathematician (1550–1617))
• Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1930 to 2019. President of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990)
• Thomas Cole (1801 to 1848. Anglo-American artist (1801–1848))
• Tsui Hark (born 1951. Hong Kong filmmaker (born 1951))
• Louis St. Laurent (1882 to 1973. Prime Minister of Canada from 1948 to 1957)
• Anastasio Somoza García (1896 to 1956. Dictator of Nicaragua from 1936 to 1956)
• Katrín Jakobsdóttir (born 1976. Prime Minister of Iceland from 2017 to 2024)
• Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874 to 1929. Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist (1874–1929))
• Leymah Gbowee (born 1972. Liberian peace activist (born 1972))
• Meg Cabot (born 1967. American novelist)
• Iajuddin Ahmed (1931 to 2012. President of Bangladesh from 2002 to 2009)
• Roger Y. Tsien (1952 to 2016. American biochemist and Nobel laureate (1952–2016))
• Emilio Segrè (1905 to 1989. Italian-American nuclear physicist and radiochemist (1905–1989))
• Ikkyū (1394 to 1481. Japanese Zen Buddhist monk (1394–1481))
• Fritjof Capra (born 1939. American physicist and author (born 1939))
• George Pal (1908 to 1980. Hungarian-American animator, film director and producer (1908–1980))
• Shahabuddin Ahmed (1930 to 2022. President of Bangladesh (1990–1991; 1996–2001))
• Johannes Trithemius (1462 to 1516. German Benedictine abbot and polymath (1462–1516))
• James P. Johnson (1894 to 1955. American pianist and composer (1894–1955))
• Victor Herbert (1859 to 1924. Irish-American composer (1859–1924))
• Tomoyasu Hotei (born 1962. Japanese musician (born 1962))
• María Elena Walsh (1930 to 2011. Argentine author and composer)
• Zade Dirani (born 1980. Jordanian American pianist and composer)
• Ashok Raj Sigdel (born 1967. Nepalese army chief)
• Princess Louise of Prussia (1808–1870) (1808 to 1870. Princess Frederick of the Netherlands)
• Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1402 to 1445. Queen of Portugal from 1433 to 1438)
• George Buchanan (1506 to 1582. Scottish historian and humanist scholar (1506–1582))
• John Nott (1932 to 2024. British politician (1932–2024))
• Jacob Roggeveen (1659 to 1729. Dutch explorer of the Pacific Ocean (1659–1729))
• Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria (born 1745) (1745 to 1761. Austrian archduke)
• Mohamed Meziane (1897 to 1975. Moroccan general)
• Hamed Abdel-Samad (born 1972. German-Egyptian political scientist and author (born 1972))
• Camille Chautemps (1885 to 1963. French politician (1885–1963))
• Austin Jackson (born 1987. American baseball player (born 1987))
• Lisa Marie Presley (1968 to 2023. American singer-songwriter (1968–2023))
• Eduard Strasburger (1844 to 1912. Polish-German botanist (1844–1912))
• Henry Briggs (mathematician) (1561 to 1630. British mathematician (1561–1630))
• Kōbun Chino Otogawa (1938 to 2002. American Buddhist monk (1938–2002))
• Jocelerme Privert (born 1953. Haitian politician (born 1953))
• Himanshu Soni (born 1988. Indian television actor (born 1988))
• Ronda Rousey (born 1987. American mixed martial artist (born 1987))
• Yuri Landman (born 1973. Musical artist)
• József Alvinczi (1735 to 1810. 18th/19th-century Austrian field marshal in Habsburg Monarchy)
• Ernst Stueckelberg (1905 to 1984. Swiss mathematician and physicist)
• Yinka Ayefele (born 1968. Nigerian musician (born 1968))
• Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800 to 1894. British diplomat and naturalist (1800–1894))
• Arthur Hallam (1811 to 1833. English poet (1811–1833))
• Gabriel Batistuta (born 1969. Argentine footballer (born 1969))
• Brandon Lee (1965 to 1993. American actor and martial artist (1965–1993))
• Dietrich Klagges (1891 to 1971. German Nazi politician & SS general (1891–1971))
• Dolores Redondo (born 1969. Spanish writer (born 1969))
• Sam Kutesa (born 1949. Ugandan lawyer and politician (born 1949))
• Anastasio Somoza Portocarrero (born 1951. Nicaraguan American heir (born 1951))

Died on February 1

• Buster Keaton (1895 to 1966. American actor and filmmaker (1895–1966))
• Mary Shelley (1797 to 1851. English writer (1797–1851))
• Werner Heisenberg (1901 to 1976. German physicist (1901–1976))
• Augustus II (1670 to 1733. King of Poland, Elector of Saxony and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1670–1733))
• Charles IV of France (1294 to 1328. King of France and Navarre from 1322 to 1328)
• Carlos I (1863 to 1908. King of Portugal from 1889 to 1908)
• Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart (1949 to 2018. Cuban nuclear physicist and government official (1949–2018))
• Laurel Clark (1961 to 2003. American astronaut (1961–2003))
• Horst Köhler (1943 to 2025. President of Germany from 2004 to 2010)
• Wisława Szymborska (1923 to 2012. Polish poet and Nobel laureate (1923–2012))
• Hildegard Knef (1925 to 2002. German actress (1925–2002))
• Yamagata Aritomo (1838 to 1922. Japanese military leader and statesman (1838–1922))
• A. A. K. Niazi (1915 to 2004. Pakistan Army Eastern Commander)
• Edward Baker Lincoln (1846 to 1850. Second son of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln (1846–1850))
• Diego Columbus (1479 to 1527. Spanish explorer and son of Christopher Columbus (1479/80–1526))
• Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819 to 1903. British mathematician and physicist (1819–1903))
• David M. Brown (1956 to 2003. American astronaut (1956–2003))
• Gian Carlo Menotti (1911 to 2007. Italian-American composer and librettist (1911–2007))
• Barış Manço (1943 to 1999. Turkish musician (1943–1999))
• Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890 to 1954. American radio-frequency engineer and inventor (1890–1954))
• Françoise Marie de Bourbon (1677 to 1749. Duchess of Orléans; legitimized daughter of Louis XIV)
• Shintaro Ishihara (1932 to 2022. Japanese politician (1932–2022))
• William Gibbs McAdoo (1863 to 1941. American lawyer and statesman (1863–1941))
• Alexander VIII (1610 to 1691. Head of the Catholic Church from 1689 to 1691)
• Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal (1887 to 1908. Eldest son of Carlos I of Portugal (1887–1908))
• Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (1668 to 1705. Duchess/Queen in Prussia from 1701 to 1705)
• Matthew Fontaine Maury (1807 to 1873. American oceanographer and naval officer (1806–1873))
• Étienne Tshisekedi (1932 to 2017. Congolese politician (1932–2017))
• Frank Worsley (1872 to 1943. New Zealand sailor and explorer (1872–1943))
• Géza (940 to 997. Grand Prince of the Hungarians from the early 970s to 997)

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