1611 – Chongzhen, 16th and last Ming Emperor of China, born in Beijing (d. 1644)
1695 – Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician, born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1726)
1833 – José María de Pereda, Spanish novelist, born in Polanco, Spain (d. 1906)
1874 – Milton Bennett Medary, American architect (Washington Chapel), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1929)
1920 – James H. Scheuer, American politician (Rep-D-NY, 1965-73, 75- 93), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2005)
1943 – Georgeanna Tillman, American singer (The Marvelettes – “Please Mr. Postman”), born in Inkster, Michigan (d. 1980)
1963 – David Capel, English cricket all-rounder (15 Tests; 21 wickets; 23 ODIs), born in Northampton, England (d. 2020)
1966 – Tom Tupa, American football punter and quarterback (Cleveland Browns, NE Patriots), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1971 – Carlos Rogers, American NBA forward/center (Toronto Raptors), born in Detroit, Michigan
1983 – Myron Wolf Child, Canadian politician, born in Cardston, Alberta (d. 2007)
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 5th February 2026
1921 – Ken Adam, British film production designer (James Bond sets), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2016)
1921 – John Pritchard, British conductor (Cologne Opera, 1978-89; San Francisco Opera, 1986-89), born in Walthamstow, Essex, England (d. 1989)
1937 – Wang Xuan, Chinese computer scientist, born in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China (d. 2006)
1938 – Arnaldo Gruarin, French rugby union prop (26 Tests; RC Toulon), born in Gruaro, Italy (d. 2025)
1943 – Larry Tamblyn, American rock guitarist (The Standells – “Dirty Water”), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2025)
1949 – Maidarjabyn Ganzorig, Mongolian scientist and cosmonaut (Soyuz 39 backup), born in Tsetserleg, Mongolia
1955 – Debra Jo Fondren, American model and Playboy’s Playmate of the Year (1978), born in Los Angeles, California
1964 – Alexia Vassiliou, Cypriot singer (“Strolling Through My Mind”) and film score composer (Fame/Success), born in Famagusta, Cyprus
1977 – Ben Ainslie, British sailor, 4-time Olympic champion and CEO and skipper of America’s Cup team INEOS Britannia, born in Macclesfield, England
1993 – Luke Newton, British actor (Colin Bridgerton in “Bridgerton”), born in Shoreham-by-Sea, England
Famous Birthdays for 4th February 2026
1524 – Luis de Camões, Portuguese poet considered Portugal’s greatest, known for the national epic “The Lusiads”, born in Lisbon, Portugal [date of birth disputed] (d. 1580)
1746 – Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish-Lithuanian military leader and statesman considered a national hero, born in Mereczowszczyzna, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1817)
1876 – Victor Vreuls, Belgian composer and musician, born in Verviers, Belgium (d. 1944)
1888 – Paul Althaus, German theologist (The Christian Truth), born in Obershagen, Province of Hanover (d. 1966)
1918 – Ida Lupino, British-American actress (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) and director (The Hitch-Hiker), born in London, England (d. 1995)
1937 – Magnar Solberg, Norwegian biathlete (Olympic gold 20k individual 1968, 72), born in Soknedal, Norway
1948 – Tamás Wichmann, Hungarian sprint canoeist (World C’ship gold x 9; Olympic silver C-1 1000m 1972, C-2 1000m 1968; bronze C-1 1000m 1976), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2020)
1953 – Tatsurō Yamashita, Japanese soft rock singer-songwriter (“Christmas Eve”; “Zutto Issho sa”), born in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
1957 – Evan Wolfson, American attorney and gay rights activist who founded Freedom to Marry, born in Brooklyn, New York
1987 – Lucie Šafářová, Czech tennis player, born in Brno, Czechia
Famous Birthdays for 3rd February 2026
1820 – Elisha Kent Kane, US Arctic naval surgeon and Artic explorer (led expedition to Greenland discover fate of John Franklin), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1857)
1842 – Sidney Lanier, American poet and composer, born in Macon, Georgia (d. 1881)
1859 – Hugo Junkers, German engineer and aircraft designer, born in Rheydt, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1935)
1883 – Camille Bombois, French circus wrestler and naïve painter, born in Venarey-les-Laumes, France (d. 1970)
1914 – Edward Sinclair, English actor (Dad’s Army), born in Lancashire, England (d. 1977)
1936 – Jim Marshall, American photographer (The Beatles final concert in San Francisco; Woodstock Festival), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2010)
1938 – Emile Griffith, American boxer, (world welterweight, middleweight and junior middleweight champion), born in Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands (d. 2013)
1952 – Jack Fields, American politician (Rep-R-TX, 1981-97), born in Humble, Texas
1968 – Vlade Divac, Serbian Basketball HOF center (NBA All-Star 2001, NBA All-Rookie First Team 1990) and executive (Sacramento Kings 2015-20), born in Prijepolje, Serbia
1980 – Elmo, Muppet character on children’s TV show Sesame Street (main character from 1985), born at the Sesame Workshop, New York City
Famous Birthdays for 2nd February 2026
1522 – Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician known for solving the quartic equation, born in Bologna, Papal States (d. 1565)
1883 – S Z Sakall [Gerö Jenö], Hungarian stage and film character actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca), born in Budapest Hungary (d. 1955)
1897 – Howard Johnson, American hotelier (Howard John’s chain), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1972)
1912 – Burton Lane, American film and stage composer and lyricist (Finian’s Rainbow), born in New York City (d. 1997)
1950 – Osamu Kido, Japanese wrestler (NJPW/UWF), born in Kawasaki, Japan (d. 2023)
1961 – Max Vadukul, Indian-British photographer (The New Yorker; Rolling Stone; Vogue), born in Nairobi, Kenya
1962 – Michael T. Weiss, American actor (The Pretender, Days of Our Lives), born in Chicago, Illinois
1964 – Maria Grazia Chiuri, Italian fashion designer and Dior creative director (2016-25), born in Rome, Italy
1964 – Laura Poitras, American documentary film maker (Citizenfour – Academy Award Best Docu), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1981 – Jason Kapono, American basketball small forward (NBA C’ship 2006 Miami Heat; NBA 3-Point Contest champion 2007, 08), born in Long Beach, California
Famous Birthdays for 1st February 2026
1763 – Thomas Campbell, Irish-American clergyman (founder of Disciples of Christ movement in America), born in County Down, Ireland (d. 1854)
1903 – Carl Reynolds, American baseball outfielder, 1927-39 (Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, and 3 other tems) who was 2nd player in MLB history to hit HRs in 3 consecutive innings (1930), born in LaRue, Texas (d. 1978)
1906 – Hildegarde [Sell], American cabaret vocalist (“Leave It To The Girls”; “Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup”), born in Adell, Wisconsin (d. 2005)
1909 – George Beverly Shea, Canadian-American Grammy Award-winning gospel singer (Billy Graham Crusades, 1947-2013), born in Winchester, Ontario (d. 2013)
1928 – Sir Samuel “Sam” Edwards, Welsh physicist (condensed matter physics), born in Swansea, Wales (d. 2015)
1932 – John Nott, British Conservative politician (Member of Parliament, 1966-83) who served as Secretary of State for Defence during Falkland War (1981-83), born in Bideford, Devon, England (d. 2024)
1959 – Wade Wilson, American football quarterback (Super Bowl XXX Dallas Cowboys; Pro Bowl 1988 Minnesota Vikings), born in Greenville, Texas (d. 2019)
1961 – Daniel M. Tani, American astronaut, born in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania
1964 – Jani Lane [John Oswald], American heavy metal rock songwriter, and singer (Warrant – “Cherry Pie”), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 2011)
1977 – Kevin Kilbane, Irish soccer left back, winger (110 caps Republic of Ireland; WBA, Sunderland, Everton), born in Preston, England
Famous Birthdays for 31st January 2026
1734 – Julien-Amable Mathieu, French composer, born in Versailles, France (d. 1811)
1852 – Alfredo Napoleão dos Santos, Portuguese pianist, and composer, born in Porto, Portugal (d. 1917)
1865 – Tikhon of Moscow [Vasily Ivanovich Bellavin], 11th Patriarch of Moscow and all of Russia, born in Toropets District, Pskov, Russian Empire (d. 1925)
1881 – Irving Langmuir, American chemist and engineer (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1932, invented gas-filled incandescent lamp), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1957)
1919 – Jackie Robinson, American Baseball HOF second baseman (1st African-American MLB player Brooklyn Dodgers; 6 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1955; NL MVP 1949), born in Cairo, Georgia (d. 1972)
1925 – Fred Catherwood, British politician (Vice President of the European Parliament 1989-1992), born in Castledawson, County Londonderry (d. 2014)
1936 – Drummond Rennie, British-American nephrologist and deputy editor (New England Journal of Medicine, 1977-81; Journal of the American Medical Association, 1983-2013), born in Yorkshire, England (d. 2025)
1949 – Frank Ricotti, British jazz and session vibraphonist and percussionist, born in London, England
1982 – Bruno Nogueira, Portuguese comedian, writer and actor (Os Contemporâneos, Último a Sair), born in Lisbon, Portugal
1994 – Vitalik Buterin, Russian-Canadian computer programmer (co-founder of Ethereum), born in Kolomna, Russia
Famous Birthdays for 30th January 2026
1901 – Hans Erich Nossak, German writer, born in Hamburg (d. 1977)
1911 – Hugh Marlowe [Hipple], American actor (All About Eve; Ellery Queen), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1982)
1927 – Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden (1969-76, 1982-86) assassinated, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1986)
1936 – F. Vernon Boozer, American politician, born in Norfolk, Virginia
1940 – David C. Johnson, American composer, flautist, educator, and electronic music performer (Stockhausen), born in Batavia, New York (d. 2021)
1941 – Joe Terry (Terranova), American Doo-wop singer (Danny and The Juniors – “At The Hop”), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2019)
1947 – Steve Marriott, British rock guitarist and singer-songwriter (Small Faces, 1965-68, 75-78); Humble Pie, 1969-75, 79-83 – Eat It), born in Manor Park, London (d. 1991)
1954 – Alides Hidding, Dutch singer-songwriter (Time Bandits), born in Schoonoord, Netherlands
1957 – Payne Stewart, American golfer (US Open 1991, 99; PGA 1989), born in Springfield, Missouri (d. 1999)
1967 – Bill Leverty, American guitarist (Firehouse – “Love of a Lifetime”), born in Richmond, Virginia
Famous Birthdays for 29th January 2026
1823 – Franklin Gardner, American Major General (Confederate Army), born in New York City (d. 1873)
1843 – William McKinley, 25th US President (Republican: 1897-1901), born in Niles, Ohio (d. 1901)
1928 – Lee Shau-Kee, Hong Kong real estate tycoon, philanthropist and founder of Henderson Land Development, born in Shunde, China (d. 2025)
1930 – John Junkin, British actor and scriptwriter (A Hard Day’s Night), born in Ealing, Middlesex (d. 2006)
1940 – Justino DÍaz, Puerto Rican opera singer, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
1951 – Gegham Grigorian, Armenian operatic tenor, and artistic director (Yerevan Opera, 2000-07), born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union (d. 2016)
1954 – Dick Manitoba, American punk rock singer (The Dictators), born in New York City
1957 – Jac Bico [van Bekhoven], Dutch guitarist and singer-songwriter (Tambourine; Piu Piu), born in Oosterhout, Netherlands
1960 – James “JG” Thirlwell, Australian musician, composer and record producer, born in Melbourne, Australia
1977 – Justin Hartley, American actor (Smallville, This Us), born in Knoxville, Illinois
Famous Birthdays for 28th January 2026
1540 – Ludolph van Ceulen, German-Dutch mathematician who calculated π to 35 places, born in Hildesheim, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1610)
1757 – Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, Italian composer and conductor, born in Cuneo, Kingdom of Sardinia (d. 1821)
1884 – Lucien d’Azambuja, French astronomer (studied the solar chromosphere), born in Paris, France (d. 1970)
1887 – Lily Strickland, American composer of art songs, piano, and silent film music, and ethnomusicologist (The Music Courier), born in Anderson, South Carolina (d. 1958)
1932 – Parry O’Brien, American athlete (Olympic gold shot put 1952, 1956; silver 1960), born in Santa Monica, California (d. 2007)
1943 – John Beck, American actor (Dallas, Flamingo Road, Santa Barbara), born in Chicago, Illinois
1944 – James Cran, British MP
1946 – Rick Allen, American rock bass player and keyboardist (The Box Tops – “Cry Like A Baby”), born in Little Rock, Arkansas
1974 – Jermaine Dye, American baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 2000, 06; World Series MVP 2005 Chicago White Sox; Gold Glove Award 2000 KC Royals), born in Oakland, California
1998 – Ariel Winter, American actress and singer (Alex Dunphy in “Modern Family”; Sofia the First, Phineas and Ferb), born in Fairfax, Virginia