Famous people born February 1

Answer 1

• 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 colonial entrepreneur (d. 1634)
• 1635 - Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689)
• 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)
• 1761 - Christian Hendrik Persoon, South African mycologist (d. 1836)
• 1763 - Thomas Campbell, Irish theologian (d. 1854)
• 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)
• 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)
• 1901 - Clark Gable, American actor (d. 1960)
• 1901 - Frank Buckles, last surviving American veteran of World War I
• 1902 - Langston Hughes American writer (d. 1967)
• 1902 - Therese Brandl, Nazi concentration camp guard (d. 1947)
• 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 Pál, Hungarian-born director and producer (d. 1980)
• 1909 - George Beverly Shea, Canadian singer
• 1915 - Stanley Matthews, English football player (d. 2000)
• 1918 - Muriel Spark, Scottish author (d. 2006)
• 1922 - Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano (d. 2004)
• 1924 - H. Richard Hornberger, American writer (d. 1997)
• 1924 - Ben Weider, Quebec businessman and author
• 1926 - Stuart Whitman, American actor
• 1930 - Shahabuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh
• 1930 - Mario Beaulieu, Quebec politician (d. 1998)
• 1930 - Hossain Mohammad Ershad, Bangladeshi politician
• 1931 - Boris Yeltsin, 1st President of the Russian Federation (d. 2007)
• 1931 - Iajuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh
• 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
• 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 of Wyoming
• 1944 - Burkhard Ziese, German football manager
• 1945 - Serge Joyal, French Canadian politician
• 1946 - Chris Clark, Motown Soul singer
• 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
• 1958 - Jackie Shroff, Indian actor
• 1958 - Luther Blissett, English footballer
• 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 - Rob Lee, English footballer
• 1967 - Meg Cabot, American author
• 1967 - Patle Shishupal Natthu, Indian politician
• 1968 - Lisa Marie Presley, American singer and actress
• 1968 - Pauly Shore, American comedian
• 1968 - Mark Recchi, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1968 - Kent Mercker, American baseball player
• 1969 - Gabriel Batistuta, Argentine footballer
• 1969 - Joshua Redman, American musician
• 1969 - Brian Krause, American actor
• 1969 - Patrick Wilson, American musician (Weezer)
• 1970 - Malik Sealy, American basketball player (d. 2000)
• 1970 - Yasuyuki Kazama, Japanese racing driver
• 1971 - Michael C. Hall, American actor
• 1971 - Jill Kelly, American porn actress
• 1971 - Ron Welty, American musician
• 1971 - Zlatko Zahovič, Slovenian footballer
• 1971 - Ajay Jadeja, Former Indian cricketer
• 1972 - Yoshi DeHerrera, American TV personality
• 1972 - Kami (musician), drummer of Japanese visual kei band Malice Mizer (d. 1999)
• 1973 - Yuri Landman, Experimental musical instrument builder, musician and comic book artist
• 1973 - Makiko Ohmoto, Japanese voice actress
• 1974 - Roberto Heras, Spanish cyclist
• 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
• 1979 - Julie Augustyniak, American soccer player
• 1979 - Juan Silveira dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
• 1979 - Valentin Elizalde, Mexican Singer (d. 2006)
• 1979 - Rachelle LeFevre, Canadian actress
• 1980 - Héctor Luna, Dominican Republic baseball player
• 1980 - Moisés Muñoz, Mexican footballer
• 1980 - Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2005)
• 1981 - Luis Lamá, Angolan footballer
• 1981 - Graeme Smith, South African cricketer
• 1981 - Rob Austin, British racing driver
• 1982 - Shoaib Malik, Pakistani cricketer
• 1983 - Kevin Martin, American basketball player
• 1983 - Jurgen Van Den Broeck, Belgian cyclist
• 1984 - Darren Fletcher, Scottish footballer
• 1984 - Lee Thompson Young, American actor
• 1985 - Dean Shiels, Northern Irish footballer
• 1985 - Rachael Scdoris, American dog musher
• 1985 - Jodi Gordon, Australian actress and model
• 1986 - Lauren Conrad, American TV star
• 1987 - Giuseppe Rossi, Italian footballer
• 1989 - Hurricane Chris, American rapper
• 1990 - Murtaza Balsara
• 1990 -laura Marling, British singer-songwriter