Anniversaries 7 February

Birth

Thomas More26

English Renaissance humanist 1478–1535

Charles Fenno Hoffman1

United States poet and novelist 1806–1884

Charles Dickens116

English writer and social critic and a Journalist 1812–1870

Jacob Mendes Da Costa2

American physician 1833–1900

Clinton Edgar Woods12

American engineer 1863

Laura Ingalls Wilder29

American children's writer, diarist, and journalist 1867–1957

Alfred Adler13

Medical Doctor, Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist… 1870–1937

G. H. Hardy20

British mathematician 1877–1947

Eric Temple Bell14

mathematician and science fiction author born in Scotland w… 1883–1960

Sinclair Lewis136

American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright 1885–1951

Porphyrios Bairaktaris1

Greek Saint 1906–1991

Helder Camara4

Brazilian Catholic priest, archbishop of Olinda and Recife 1909–1999

An Wang1

American businessman 1920–1990

Gay Talese20

American writer 1932

Merold Westphal14

1940

Leslie Lamport4

American computer scientist 1941

Eric Foner24

American historian 1943

Witi Ihimaera2

New Zealand writer 1944

Karen Joy Fowler27

American novelist, short story writer, editor 1950

Andrew Linzey7

British theologian and divine 1952

Francesco Salvi1

Italian actor, writer, comedian, singer and architect 1953

Emo Philips33

American comedian 1956

Matt Ridley65

economist 1958

James Spader4

American actor 1960

Allen West (politician)40

American politician; retired United States Army officer 1961

Mike Dooley8

American writer 1961

Garth Brooks27

American country music artist 1962

Eddie Izzard42

British stand-up comedian, actor and writer 1962

Chris Rock61

American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer… 1965

Nicolae Ciucă1

Romanian politician and military personnel 1967

Sully Erna2

American musician 1968

John Reed (novelist)2

American writer 1969

Michael Grimm10

American politician 1970

Emma McLaughlin1

American writer 1974

Omotola Jalade Ekeinde20

Nigerian actress and singer 1978

Tawakkol Karman77

Yemeni journalist, politician, human rights activist, and N… 1979

Vasco Rossi18

Italian singer-songwriter 1980

Kerli5

Estonian singer 1987

Louisa Lytton1

actress 1989

Шол МакЛохлин (JackSepticEye)9

1990

Death

Qianlong Emperor7

emperor of the Qing Dynasty 1711–1799

Ann Radcliffe3

English author and a pioneer of the Gothic novel 1764–1823

Pope Pius IX1

255th Pope of the Catholic Church 1792–1878

J. Sheridan Le Fanu13

Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels 1814–1873

Parteniy Zografski4

Bulgarian bishop 1818–1876

Samuel Fielden1

American anarchist 1847–1922

Samuel Fielden2

American anarchist 1847–1922

Herman Vandenburg Ames1

American author and academic 1865–1935

Norman Douglas5

British writer 1868–1952

Clarence Stein4

American architect 1882–1975

Charles Seeger1

American musicologist 1886–1979

Anne Morrow Lindbergh72

American aviator and author 1906–2001

Betty MacDonald2

writer 1908–1958

Josef Mengele4

Nazi officer and physician 1911–1979

Dale Evans1

American actress, singer and writer 1912–2001

Wilfred Cantwell Smith1

Canadian academic 1916–2000

Bobby Troup3

American actor and musician 1918–1999

Ibrahim Kodra1

father of Albanian contemporary art 1918–2006

Alan Perlis30

American computer scientist 1922–1990

Gilbert Simondon3

20th century French philosopher 1924–1989

John Dingell4

American politician 1926–2019

Lin Carter24

American fantasy writer, editor, critic 1930–1988

Marshall B. Rosenberg6

American psychologist 1934–2015

Hussein of Jordan1

King of Jordan 1935–1999

Albert Finney6

English actor 1936–2019

Tzvetan Todorov9

Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary cr… 1939–2017

John Perry Barlow30

American poet and essayist 1947–2018

Hans Rosling6

Swedish medical doctor, academic, statistician and public s… 1948–2017

Li Wenliang1

Chinese physician known for warning about the coronavirus i… 1986–2020