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February 21 birthdays

311 notable historical figures were born on February 21, and 214 died on this day. Everyone born on February 21 is a Pisces.

17% of February 21 birthdays work in Entertainment, more than any other field. More come from United States (93) than any other country.

Born on February 21

• Corbin Bleu (born 1989. American actor (born 1989))
• Jennifer Love Hewitt (born 1979. American actress and singer (born 1979))
• Robert Mugabe (1924 to 2019. Leader of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 2017)
• Harald V (born 1937. King of Norway since 1991)
• Mélanie Laurent (born 1983. French actress, director and singer (born 1983))
• Hannah Fry (born 1984. British mathematician and broadcaster (born 1984))
• Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794 to 1876. President of Mexico many times, 1833 to 1855)
• Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (born 1980. King of Bhutan since 2006)
• Anaïs Nin (1903 to 1977. French-born American author (1903–1977))
• Chuck Palahniuk (born 1962. American novelist (born 1962))
• John Henry Newman (1801 to 1890. English theologian and cardinal (1801–1890))
• W. H. Auden (1907 to 1973. British-American poet (1907–1973))
• Elliot Page (born 1987. Canadian actor and producer (born 1987))
• John Rawls (1921 to 2002. American political philosopher (1921–2002))
• Jean Tatlock (1914 to 1944. American Communist activist (1914–1944))
• Ann Sheridan (1915 to 1967. American actress and singer (1915–1967))
• Nina Simone (1933 to 2003. American composer concert pianist singer-songwriter (1933–2003))
• Abhijit Banerjee (born 1961. American economist)
• Marian Anderson (1897 to 1993. African-American contralto (1897–1993))
• Alan Rickman (1946 to 2016. English actor (1946–2016))
• Barbara Jordan (1936 to 1996. American politician, lawyer, and educator (1936–1996))
• Tricia Nixon Cox (born 1946. Daughter of Richard Nixon (born 1946))
• Jonathan Safran Foer (born 1977. American novelist (born 1977))
• Andrés Segovia (1893 to 1987. Spanish guitarist (1893–1987))
• Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703 to 1762. Indian Muslim scholar (1703–1762))
• Sahle-Work Zewde (born 1950. President of Ethiopia from 2018 to 2024)
• Riyad Mahrez (born 1991. Algerian footballer (born 1991))
• Vanessa Feltz (born 1962. British broadcaster)
• Carl Czerny (1791 to 1857. Austrian composer, teacher and pianist (1791–1857))
• Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset (1499 to 1500. English prince (1499–1500))
• Raymond Queneau (1903 to 1976. French novelist and poet (1903–1976))
• Jason Jorjani (born 1981. American philosopher (born 1981))
• Suryakant Tripathi (1896 to 1961. Indian poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer)
• Charles-Marie Widor (1844 to 1937. French organist and composer (1844–1937))
• Sabitri Chatterjee (born 1937. Indian actress)
• Emperor Suzong of Tang (711 to 762. Emperor of the Tang dynasty from 756 to 762)
• Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy (1397 to 1471. Duchess consort of Burgundy)
• Larry Pennell (1928 to 2013. American actor)
• Lyudmila Ulitskaya (born 1943. Russian author (born 1943))
• Catharina of Württemberg (1783 to 1835. Queen of Westphalia from 1807 to 1813)
• Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange (1877 to 1964. French Catholic friar and theologian (1877–1964))
• William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace (1805 to 1893. English nobleman and scientist (1805–1893))
• Joachim I Nestor (1484 to 1535. Elector of Brandenburg from 1499 to 1535)
• Near (programmer) (1983 to 2021. Programmer (1983–2021))
• Akın Öztürk (born 1952. Turkish Air Force general)
• Henry Everard (1897 to 1980. Acting President of Rhodesia)
• Igor Kostyukov (born 1961. Head of Russian Military Intelligence)
• Ha Jin (born 1956. Chinese-American writer)
• Pierre Hadot (1922 to 2010. French historian and philosopher (1922–2010))
• Elmo Patrick Sonnier (1950 to 1984. Convicted murderer)
• Joseph Meister (1876 to 1940. First person to be inoculated against rabies (1885))
• Kai (musician, born 1993) (born 1993. Rock musician)
• Félix Resurrección Hidalgo (1855 to 1913. Filipino painter (1855–1913))
• Kelsey Grammer (born 1955. American actor (born 1955))
• José Félix Estigarribia (1888 to 1940. Paraguayan military officer and politician (1888–1940))
• Howard Dwight Smith (1886 to 1958. American architect)
• Chiara Nappi (born 1951. Italian physicist (born 1951))
• Sophie Turner (born 1996. British actress (born 1996))
• Kenneth J. Alford (1881 to 1945. English composer (1881–1945))
• Lester Bird (1938 to 2021. Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda from 1994 to 2004)

Died on February 21

• Malcolm X (1925 to 1965. American civil rights activist (1925–1965))
• Baruch Spinoza (1632 to 1677. Portuguese-Dutch philosopher (1632–1677))
• Nikolai Gogol (1809 to 1852. Russian writer of Ukrainian origin (1809–1852))
• Ahmad Shah Qajar (1898 to 1930. Shah of Iran from 1909 to 1925)
• Pope Julius II (1443 to 1513. Head of the Catholic Church from 1503 to 1513)
• James I (1394 to 1437. 15th-century King of Scots)
• Pope Benedict XIII (1649 to 1730. Head of the Catholic Church from 1724 to 1730)
• Frederick Banting (1891 to 1941. Canadian medical scientist and doctor (1891–1941))
• Billy Graham (1918 to 2018. American Baptist evangelist (1918–2018))
• Eugène de Beauharnais (1781 to 1824. French statesman and military officer (1781–1824))
• Emperor Ninkō (1800 to 1846. Emperor of Japan from 1817 to 1846)
• Mikhail Sholokhov (1905 to 1984. Russian writer (1905–1984))
• Kittur Chennamma (1778 to 1829. Indian ruler of Kittur (1778-1829))
• Kenneth Arrow (1921 to 2017. American economist (1921–2017))
• Kurt Eisner (1867 to 1919. German politician, revolutionary and journalist)
• Howard Florey (1898 to 1968. Australian pathologist (1898–1968))
• Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506 to 1543. 16th century Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate)
• Gertrude B. Elion (1918 to 1999. American biochemist and pharmacologist (1918–1999))
• Gershom Scholem (1897 to 1982. Israeli philosopher and historian (1897–1982))
• Doctor Willard Bliss (1825 to 1889. 19th century American physician who treated Pres. James Garfield in 1881)
• Kenneth Nichols (1907 to 2000. United States Army general (1907–2000))
• Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853 to 1926. Dutch physicist (1853–1926))
• Claude of France (1547 to 1575. Duchess of Lorraine from 1559 to 1575)
• Inge Lehmann (1888 to 1993. Danish seismologist (1888–1993))
• Clark Terry (1920 to 2015. American swing and bebop trumpeter (1920–2015))
• Osborne Reynolds (1842 to 1912. Anglo-Irish innovator (1842–1912))
• George Ellery Hale (1868 to 1938. American solar astronomer (1868–1938))
• Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Duchess of Leuchtenberg (1819 to 1876. Duchess of Leuchtenberg (1819–1876))
• Afonso, Duke of Porto (1865 to 1920. Portuguese royal and heir (1865–1920))
• Ron Grainer (1922 to 1981. Australian-English composer (1922–1981))

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