Famous people born on 1 February

• Francis BaconEnglish philosopher and statesman · 1561–1626
  65 yrs
• Boris YeltsinSoviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia · 1931–2007
  76 yrs
• Clark GableAmerican actor · 1901–1960
  59 yrs
• John FordAmerican film director · 1894–1973
  79 yrs
• Langston HughesAmerican writer and social activist · 1901–1967
  66 yrs
• Emilio G. SegrèItalian physicist and Nobel laureate · 1905–1989
  84 yrs
• Hugo von HofmannsthalAustrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist · 1874–1929
  55 yrs
• Yevgeny ZamyatinRussian author · 1884–1937
  53 yrs
• Walter RaleighEnglish statesman, soldier and writer · 1552–1618
  66 yrs
• Roger Y. Tsien ↗American biochemist · 1952–2016
  64 yrs
• Terry Jones ↗Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer · 1942–2020
  77 yrs
• Brandon Lee ↗American actor · 1965–1993
  28 yrs
• Lisa Marie Presley ↗American singer-songwriter · 1968–2023
  54 yrs
• Stanley Matthews ↗English association football player · 1915–2000
  85 yrs
• Muriel Spark ↗Scottish novelist and writer · 1918–2006
  88 yrs
• Vladimir Bekhterev ↗Russian neurologist · 1857–1927
  70 yrs
• Thomas Cole ↗19th-century American painter · 1801–1848
  47 yrs
• Iajuddin Ahmed ↗Former president of Bangladesh · 1931–2012
  81 yrs
• Kunitaka Sueoka ↗Japanese association football player · 1917–1998
  81 yrs
• Christiaan Hendrik Persoon ↗German mycologist · 1761–1836
  75 yrs
• Jakob Roggeveen ↗Dutch Pacific Ocean explorer · 1659–1729
  69 yrs
• Friedrich Kellner ↗German Justice inspector · 1885–1970
  85 yrs
• Louis St. Laurent ↗12th Prime Minister of Canada · 1882–1973
  91 yrs
• María Elena Walsh ↗Argentine author and composer · 1930–2011
  80 yrs
• Renata Tebaldi ↗Italian opera singer · 1922–2004
  82 yrs
• G. Stanley Hall ↗American psychologist and educator · 1844–1924
  80 yrs
• Vivian Maier ↗French-American photographer · 1926–2009
  83 yrs
• Claude François ↗French pop singer, songwriter and dancer · 1939–1978
  39 yrs
• Anastasio Somoza García ↗Former President of Nicaragua · 1896–1956
  60 yrs
• Rick James ↗American singer, songwriter and record producer · 1948–2004
  56 yrs
• Alfréd Hajós ↗Hungarian swimmer, footballer, and architect · 1878–1955
  77 yrs
• Hussain Muhammad Ershad ↗President of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990 Former (6th) Army chief of Bangladesh · 1930–2019
  89 yrs
• Vladimir Aksyonov ↗Soviet cosmonaut · 1935–2024
  89 yrs
• Brian Houghton Hodgson ↗British diplomat and naturalist · 1800–1894
  94 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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