Famous people born on 1 February

13 of the people we track were born on 1 February, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Boris Yeltsin 1931Soviet politician who served as President of Russiadied aged 76
2. Clark Gable 1901American actordied aged 59
3. Leymah Gbowee 1972Liberian peace activistliving, 54
4. John Ford 1894American film directordied aged 79
5. Langston Hughes 1901American writerdied aged 66
6. John Napier 1550Scottish mathematician and physicistdied aged 67
7. Harry Styles 1994British singer-songwriter and actorliving, 32
8. Emilio Segrè 1905Italian physicistdied aged 84
9. Jackie Shroff 1957Indian film actorliving, 69
10. Katrín Jakobsdóttir 1976Politician who served as Prime Minister of Icelandliving, 50
11. Hugo von Hofmannsthal 1874Austrian novelist and librettistdied aged 55
12. Gabriel Batistuta 1969Footballer and playerliving, 57
13. Roger Y. Tsien 1952American biochemistdied aged 64