Who Was Alive

Famous people born on 3 February

15 of the people we track were born on 3 February, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo and Henning Mankell were born on the very same day, 3 February 1948.

  1. Felix Mendelssohn 1809German composer and pianistdied aged 38
  2. Simone Weil 1909French philosopher and writerdied aged 34
  3. Alvar Aalto 1898Finnish architect and designerdied aged 78
  4. Gertrude Stein 1874American authordied aged 72
  5. Joachim Löw 1960German footballerliving, 66
  6. Paul Auster 1947American novelist and poetdied aged 77
  7. Elizabeth Blackwell 1821American physician and women's rights activistdied aged 89
  8. Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury 1830British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdomdied aged 73
  9. Blaise Compaoré 1951Politicianliving, 75
  10. Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo 1948East Timorese Catholic bishopliving, 78
  11. Henning Mankell 1948Swedish writerdied aged 67
  12. Georg Trakl 1887Austrian poetdied aged 27
  13. Isla Fisher 1976Australian actor and novelistliving, 50
  14. Antonio José de Sucre 1795Venezuelan politician who served as President of Perudied aged 35
  15. Carl Theodor Dreyer 1889Danish film directordied aged 79