Famous Birthdays for February 1st

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1261 – Walter de Stapledon, English bishop and politician, Lord High Treasurer (d. 1326)^[35]
• 1435 – Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (d. 1472)^[36]
• 1447 – Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1504)
• 1459 – Conrad Celtes, German poet and scholar (d. 1508)
• 1462 – Johannes Trithemius, German lexicographer, historian, and cryptographer (d. 1516)^[37]
• 1552 – Edward Coke, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (d. 1634)
• 1561 – Henry Briggs, British mathematician (d. 1630)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1635 – Marquard Gude, German archaeologist and scholar (d. 1689)
• 1648 – Elkanah Settle, English poet and playwright (d. 1724)^[38]
• 1659 – Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (d. 1729)
• 1663 – Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, Filipino nun, founded the Religious of the Virgin Mary (d. 1748)
• 1666 – Marie Thérèse de Bourbon, Princess of Conti and titular queen of Poland (d.1732)
• 1687 – Johann Adam Birkenstock, German violinist and composer (d. 1733)
• 1690 – Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1768)
• 1701 – Johan Agrell, Swedish-German pianist and composer (d. 1765)
• 1761 – Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, South African-French mycologist and academic (d. 1836)
• 1763 – Thomas Campbell, Irish minister and theologian (d. 1854)
• 1796 – Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss minister, poet, and educator (d. 1865)
• 1801 – Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (d. 1881)
• 1820 – George Hendric Houghton, American clergyman and theologian (d. 1897)
• 1836 – Emil Hartmann, Danish organist and composer (d. 1898)
• 1844 – G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist and academic (d. 1924)^[39]
• 1851 – Durham Stevens, American lawyer and diplomat (d. 1908)
• 1858 – Ignacio Bonillas, Mexican diplomat (d. 1942)
• 1859 – Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor (d. 1924)
• 1866 – Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (d. 1924)
• 1868 – Ștefan Luchian, Romanian painter and illustrator (d. 1917)^[40]
• 1870 – Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Finnish physician (d. 1949)
• 1872 – Clara Butt, English opera singer (d. 1936)^[41]
• 1872 – Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician (d. 1949)
• 1873 – John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1901)
• 1874 – Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1929)
• 1878 – Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer and architect, designed the Grand Hotel Aranybika (d. 1955)
• 1878 – Milan Hodža, Slovak journalist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (d. 1944)
• 1881 – Tip Snooke, South African cricketer (d. 1966)
• 1882 – Louis St. Laurent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1973)
• 1884 – Bradbury Robinson, American football player and physician (d. 1949)
• 1884 – Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author (d. 1937)
• 1887 – Charles Nordhoff, English-American lieutenant, pilot, and author (d. 1947)
• 1890 – Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War (d. 1942)
• 1894 – John Ford, American director and producer (d. 1973)
• 1894 – James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer (d. 1955)
• 1895 – Conn Smythe, Canadian businessman (d. 1980)
• 1897 – Denise Robins, English journalist and author (d. 1985)
• 1898 – Leila Denmark, American pediatrician and author (d. 2012)

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – Frank Buckles, American soldier (d. 2011)
• 1901 – Clark Gable, American actor (d. 1960)^[42]
• 1902 – Therese Brandl, German concentration camp guard (d. 1947)
• 1902 – Langston Hughes, American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright (d. 1967)
• 1904 – S.J. Perelman, American humorist and screenwriter (d. 1979)
• 1905 – Emilio G. Segrè, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)
• 1906 – Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (d. 1993)
• 1907 – Günter Eich, German author and songwriter (d. 1972)
• 1907 – Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian pianist and composer (d. 1993)
• 1908 – George Pal, Hungarian-American animator and producer (d. 1980)
• 1908 – Louis Rasminsky, Canadian economist and banker (d. 1998)
• 1909 – George Beverly Shea, Canadian-American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
• 1910 – Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Chinese general and politician (d. 2009)
• 1915 – Stanley Matthews, English footballer and manager (d. 2000)^[43]
• 1917 – José Luis Sampedro, Spanish economist and author (d. 2013)
• 1917 – Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier (d. 1944)
• 1918 – Muriel Spark, Scottish playwright and poet (d. 2006)
• 1918 – Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Mike Scarry, American football player and coach (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Zao Wou-Ki, Chinese-French painter (d. 2013)^[44]
• 1921 – Teresa Mattei, Italian feminist partisan and politician (d. 2013)
• 1921 – Peter Sallis, English actor (d. 2017)
• 1921 – Patricia Robins, British writer and WAAF officer (d. 2016).
• 1922 – Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano and actress (d. 2004)
• 1923 – Ben Weider, Canadian businessman, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (d. 2008)
• 1924 – Richard Hooker, American novelist (d. 1997)
• 1924 – Emmanuel Scheffer, German-Israeli footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2012)
• 1927 – Galway Kinnell, American poet and academic (d. 2014)
• 1928 – Sam Edwards, Welsh physicist and academic (d. 2015)
• 1928 – Tom Lantos, Hungarian-American academic and politician (d. 2008)
• 1930 – Shahabuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi judge and politician, 12th President of Bangladesh (d. 2022)
• 1930 – Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Indian-Bangladeshi general and politician, 10th President of Bangladesh (d. 2019)
• 1931 – Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (d. 2007)
• 1932 – Hassan Al-Turabi, Sudanese activist and politician (d. 2016)
• 1934 – Nicolae Breban, Romanian author, poet, and playwright
• 1936 – Tuncel Kurtiz, Turkish actor, playwright, and director (d. 2013)
• 1936 – Azie Taylor Morton, American educator and politician, 36th Treasurer of the United States (d. 2003)
• 1937 – Don Everly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021)
• 1937 – Garrett Morris, American actor and comedian
• 1938 – Jimmy Carl Black, American drummer and singer (d. 2008)
• 1938 – Jacky Cupit, American golfer
• 1938 – Sherman Hemsley, American actor and singer (d. 2012)
• 1939 – Fritjof Capra, Austrian physicist, author, and academic
• 1939 – Claude François, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and dancer (d. 1978)
• 1939 – Paul Gillmor, American lawyer and politician (d. 2007)
• 1939 – Ekaterina Maximova, Russian ballerina (d. 2009)
• 1939 – Joe Sample, American pianist and composer (d. 2014)
• 1941 – Jerry Spinelli, American author
• 1942 – Bibi Besch, Austrian-American actress (d. 1996)
• 1942 – Terry Jones, Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2020)^[45]
• 1942 – David Sincock, Australian cricketer
• 1944 – Petru Popescu, Romanian-American director, producer, and author
• 1944 – Burkhard Ziese, German footballer and manager (d. 2010)
• 1945 – Serge Joyal, Canadian lawyer and politician, 50th Secretary of State for Canada
• 1945 – Ferruccio Mazzola, Italian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 1945 – Mary Jane Reoch, American cyclist (d. 1993)^[46]
• 1946 – Elisabeth Sladen, English actress (d. 2011)^[47]
• 1946 – Karen Krantzcke, Australian tennis player^[48] (d. 1977)
• 1947 – Adam Ingram, Scottish computer programmer and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
• 1947 – Normie Rowe, Australian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1947 – Jessica Savitch, American journalist (d. 1983)
• 1948 – Rick James, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2004)
• 1950 – Mike Campbell, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1950 – Ali Haydar Konca, Turkish politician, 4th Turkish Minister of European Union Affairs
• 1950 – Rich Williams, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1951 – Sonny Landreth, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1952 – Owoye Andrew Azazi, Nigerian general (d. 2012)
• 1954 – Chuck Dukowski, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1956 – Exene Cervenka, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1957 – Mohammed Jamal Khalifa, Saudi Arabian businessman (d. 2007)
• 1957 – Gilbert Hernandez, American author and illustrator
• 1958 – Luther Blissett, Jamaican-English footballer and manager
• 1958 – Eleanor Laing, Scottish lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
• 1961 – Volker Fried, German field hockey player and coach
• 1961 – Daniel M. Tani, American engineer and astronaut
• 1961 – Kaduvetti Guru, Indian politician (d. 2018)^[49]
• 1962 – José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (d. 2004)
• 1962 – Tomoyasu Hotei, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 – Takashi Murakami, Japanese painter and sculptor
• 1964 – Jani Lane, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
• 1964 – Eli Ohana, Israeli football player, and club chairman^[50]
• 1964 – Mario Pelchat, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1964 – Linus Roache, English actor
• 1965 – Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, designer and singer^[51]
• 1965 – Brandon Lee, American actor and martial artist (d. 1993)
• 1965 – Sherilyn Fenn, American actress
• 1966 – Michelle Akers, American soccer player^[52]
• 1967 – Meg Cabot, American author and screenwriter^[53]
• 1968 – Lisa Marie Presley, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1969 – Gabriel Batistuta, Argentinian footballer
• 1969 – Andrew Breitbart, American journalist, author, and publisher (d. 2012)
• 1969 – Franklyn Rose, Jamaican cricketer
• 1970 – Yasuyuki Kazama, Japanese racing driver
• 1970 – Malik Sealy, American basketball player and actor (d. 2000)
• 1971 – Michael C. Hall, American actor and producer
• 1972 – Leymah Gbowee, Liberian peace activist^[54]
• 1972 – Christian Ziege, German footballer
• 1973 – Andrew DeClercq, American basketball player and coach
• 1973 – Óscar Pérez Rojas, Mexican footballer
• 1974 – Walter McCarty, American basketball player and coach
• 1975 – Martijn Reuser, Dutch footballer
• 1976 – Phil Ivey, American poker player^[55]
• 1976 – Mat Rogers, Australian rugby player
• 1977 – Robert Traylor, American basketball player (d. 2011)
• 1978 – Tim Harding, Australian singer and actor
• 1979 – Valentín Elizalde, Mexican singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
• 1979 – Jason Isbell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1979 – Juan Silveira dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
• 1980 – Héctor Luna, Dominican baseball player
• 1981 – Hins Cheung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter
• 1981 – Christian Giménez, Argentinian footballer
• 1981 – Graeme Smith, South African cricketer
• 1982 – Gavin Henson, Welsh rugby player
• 1982 – Shoaib Malik, Pakistani cricketer
• 1983 – Heather DeLoach, American actress
• 1983 – Kevin Martin, American basketball player^[56]
• 1983 – Jurgen Van den Broeck, Belgian cyclist
• 1984 – Darren Fletcher, Scottish footballer
• 1985 – Dean Shiels, Irish footballer
• 1986 – Jorrit Bergsma, Dutch speed skater
• 1986 – Lauren Conrad, American fashion designer and author
• 1987 – Sebastian Boenisch, Polish footballer
• 1987 – Moises Henriques, Portuguese-Australian cricketer
• 1987 – Austin Jackson, American baseball player^[57]
• 1987 – Ronda Rousey, American mixed martial artist and actress
• 1987 – Giuseppe Rossi, Italian footballer
• 1988 – Brett Anderson, American baseball player
• 1989 – Ricky Pinheiro, Portuguese footballer
• 1991 – Blake Austin, Australian rugby league player^[58]
• 1991 – Kyle Palmieri, American hockey player
• 1993 – Diego Mella, Italian footballer
• 1994 – Joe Boyce, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 – Anna-Lena Friedsam, German tennis player^[59]
• 1994 – Harry Styles, English singer-songwriter^[60]
• 1997 – Park Jihyo, South Korean singer^[61]