Famous people born on 21 February

• Robert Mugabe2nd President of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017 · 1924–2019
  95 yrs
• W. H. AudenBritish-American poet · 1907–1973
  66 yrs
• Alan RickmanBritish actor and director · 1946–2016
  69 yrs
• Anaïs NinFrench-born American author · 1903–1977
  73 yrs
• Nina SimoneAmerican singer, songwriter and pianist and civil rights activist · 1933–2003
  70 yrs
• Peter III of RussiaThe seventh Emperor of Russia, 1762 · 1728–1762
  34 yrs
• John RawlsAmerican philosopher, philosophy teacher · 1921–2002
  81 yrs
• Gregory XIVPope from 1590 to 1591 · 1535–1591
  56 yrs
• Sacha GuitryFrench playwright and filmmaker · 1885–1957
  72 yrs
• John Henry NewmanEnglish cleric and cardinal · 1801–1890
  89 yrs
• Aleksey Nikolayevich Kosygin ↗Soviet statesman, public officer, cabinet officer · 1904–1980
  76 yrs
• Henrik Dam ↗Danish biochemist and physiologist · 1895–1976
  81 yrs
• Raymond Queneau ↗French novelist and poet · 1903–1976
  73 yrs
• Marian Anderson ↗African-American contralto · 1897–1993
  96 yrs
• David Foster Wallace ↗American fiction writer and essayist · 1962–2008
  46 yrs
• Sam Peckinpah ↗American film director · 1925–1984
  59 yrs
• Nurhaci ↗Jurchen chieftain of Later Jin, founder of Qing Dynasty · 1559–1626
  67 yrs
• Friedrich Carl von Savigny ↗German jurist · 1779–1861
  82 yrs
• Léo Delibes ↗French composer · 1836–1891
  54 yrs
• Carl Czerny ↗Austrian composer and pianist · 1791–1857
  66 yrs
• Gérard Desargues ↗French mathematician and engineer · 1591–1661
  70 yrs
• Andrés Segovia ↗Spanish guitarist · 1893–1987
  94 yrs
• John Lewis ↗American politician and civil rights leader · 1940–2020
  80 yrs
• Charles-Marie Widor ↗French organist and composer · 1844–1937
  93 yrs
• Tom Gehrels ↗Dutch astronomer · 1925–2011
  86 yrs
• Michael Roger Oldfield Thomas ↗British mammalogist · 1858–1929
  71 yrs
• José Zorrilla ↗Spanish poet, writer, fighter · 1817–1893
  75 yrs
• Rue McClanahan ↗American actress and comedian · 1934–2010
  76 yrs
• Raimondo, Prince Montecuccoli ↗Politician and military commander of the Holy Roman Empire · 1609–1680
  71 yrs
• Zdeněk Miler ↗Czech animator and illustrator · 1921–2011
  90 yrs
• Ann Sheridan ↗American actress · 1915–1967
  51 yrs
• Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier ↗French painter and sculptor · 1815–1891
  75 yrs
• Vitaly Churkin ↗Soviet and Russian diplomat · 1952–2017
  64 yrs
• Barbara Jordan ↗American politician · 1936–1996
  59 yrs
• Honoré d'Urfé ↗French writer · 1568–1625
  57 yrs

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