Famous people born on 7 February

• Charles DickensEnglish novelist and social critic · 1812–1870
  58 yrs
• Sinclair LewisAmerican writer and playwright · 1885–1951
  65 yrs
• Alfred AdlerAustrian psychotherapist · 1870–1937
  67 yrs
• G.H. HardyBritish mathematician · 1877–1947
  70 yrs
• PuyiLast Emperor of Qing dynasty and Manchukuo · 1906–1967
  61 yrs
• Anna I of RussiaFourth Emperor of Russia from 1730 to 1740 · 1693–1740
  47 yrs
• Toshihide Maskawa ↗Japanese theoretical physicist · 1940–2021
  81 yrs
• Empress Matilda ↗Holy Roman Empress (1114–1125); claimant to the English throne · 1102–1167
  65 yrs
• Johannes Hevelius ↗Astronomer setting up the cartography of the Moon · 1611–1687
  76 yrs
• Laura Ingalls Wilder ↗American children's writer, diarist, and journalist · 1867–1957
  90 yrs
• Ulf von Euler ↗Swedish physiologist and pharmacologist · 1905–1983
  78 yrs
• Daisuke Oku ↗Japanese association football player · 1976–2014
  38 yrs
• Pete Postlethwaite ↗English character actor · 1946–2011
  64 yrs
• William Huggins ↗British astronomer · 1824–1910
  86 yrs
• Juliette Gréco ↗French singer and actress · 1927–2020
  93 yrs
• Desmond Doss ↗American solder, pacifist, and combat medic; recipient of the Purple Heart medal, recipient of the Medal of Honor · 1919–2006
  87 yrs
• Johann Reuchlin ↗German humanist and scholar of Greek and Hebrew · 1455–1522
  67 yrs
• Katharina von Bora ↗Wife of Martin Luther · 1499–1552
  53 yrs
• Hélder Câmara ↗Brazilian Catholic priest, archbishop of Olinda and Recife · 1909–1999
  90 yrs
• Henry Fuseli ↗Swiss born British painter, draughtsman and writer on art · 1741–1825
  84 yrs
• Ludolph van Ceulen ↗German-Dutch mathematician · 1540–1610
  70 yrs
• Oleg Antonov ↗Soviet aeroplane designer · 1906–1984
  78 yrs
• Anna Petrovna of Russia ↗Elder daughter of Emperor Peter I of Russia and Catherine I of Russia · 1708–1728
  20 yrs
• Ramón Mercader ↗NKVD agent, murderer of Leon Trotsky · 1913–1978
  65 yrs
• Thomas Andrews ↗British businessman and shipbuilder · 1873–1912
  39 yrs
• Hugo Sperrle ↗German field marshal · 1885–1953
  68 yrs
• Konstantin Feoktistov ↗Soviet cosmonaut · 1926–2009
  83 yrs
• Alfred Worden ↗American astronaut · 1932–2020
  88 yrs

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