Afonso IV (; 8 February 1291 – 28 May 1357 ), called the Brave (), was King of Portugal and the Algarve from 1325 until his death.

Anaïs Nin (; born Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell, February 21, 1903 – January 14, 1977 ) was a French-Cuban author, based at first in France and later in the United States, who published her journals, which span more than 60 years, beginning when she was 11 years old and ending shortly before her death, her erotic literature, and short stories.

William John Clifton " Bill " Haley (; July 6, 1925 – February 9, 1981 ) was one of the first American rock and roll musicians.

Charles William " Bill " Mumy, Jr. (; born February 1, 1954 ) is an American actor, musician, pitchman, instrumentalist, voice-over artist and a figure in the science-fiction community.

Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni (; 25 February 1707 – 6 February 1793 ) was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice.

Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (;, ) ( 30 April 177723 February 1855 ) was a German mathematician and physical scientist who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, geophysics, electrostatics, astronomy and optics.

Constantin Brâncuși (; surname sometimes spelled Brâncuș ; February 19, 1876 – March 16, 1957 ) was a Romanian-born sculptor who made his career in France.

In February 1969, the Guinean government moved against the armed forces after alleging that a plot centred in Labé, the centre of the Fula (; ) homeland was planning to assassinate Toure and seize power, or, failing that, force the secession of Middle Guinea.

Gheorghe Hagi (; born 5 February 1965 in Săcele ) is a former Romanian footballer of Aromanian descent.

Giordano Bruno (; 1548 – February 17, 1600 ), ( Latin: Iordanus Brunus Nolanus ) born Filippo Bruno, was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician and astronomer.

Hans Rudolf " Ruedi " Giger (; born February 5, 1940 ) is a Swiss surrealist painter, sculptor, and set designer.

James Danforth " Dan " Quayle (; born February 4, 1947 )

John Keats (; 31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821 ) was an English Romantic poet.

Maciej Płażyński (; 10 February 1958 – 10 April 2010 ) was a Polish liberal-conservative politician.

Mehmet Ali Ağca (; born January 9, 1958 ) is a Turkish assassin who murdered left-wing journalist Abdi İpekçi on February 1, 1979 and later shot and wounded Pope John Paul II on May 13, 1981, after escaping from a Turkish prison.

Proclus Lycaeus (; 8 February 412 – 17 April 485 AD ), called the Successor ( Greek, Próklos ho Diádokhos ), was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, one of the last major Classical philosophers ( see Damascius ).

René Descartes (; Latinized form: Renatus Cartesius ; adjectival form: " Cartesian "; 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650 ) was a French philosopher, mathematician, and writer who spent most of his adult life in the Dutch Republic.

Roberto Baggio (; born 18 February 1967 ) is a retired Italian footballer, who played mainly as a forward and as an attacking midfielder / playmaker and who is currently the President of the Technical Sector of the FIGC.

René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec (; 17 February 1781 – 13 August 1826 ) was a French physician.

Salvatore Phillip " Sonny " Bono (; February 16, 1935 – January 5, 1998 ) was an American recording artist, record producer, actor, and politician whose career spanned over three decades.

Samuel Pepys FRS, MP, JP, (; 23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703 ) was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament who is now most famous for the diary he kept for a decade while still a relatively young man.

Septimius Severus (; 11 April 145 – 4 February 211 ), also known as Severus, was Roman Emperor from 193 to 211.

Sir Thomas More (; 7 February 14786 July 1535 ), known to Catholics as Saint Thomas More since 1935, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist.

Berlin (; ) is the capital city of Germany and one of the 16 states of Germany.

Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz (; July 1, 1780 – November 16, 1831 ) was a Prussian soldier and military theorist who stressed the moral ( in modern terms, " psychological ") and political aspects of war.

Enver Hoxha (; 16 October 190811 April 1985 ) was the Communist leader of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985, as the First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania.

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; 30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828 ) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns.

Jonathan Bruce Postel (; August 6, 1943 – October 16, 1998 ) was an American computer scientist who made many significant contributions to the development of the Internet, particularly with respect to standards.

Johannes Rau (; 16 January 193127 January 2006 ) was a German politician of the SPD.

Karl Dönitz (; 16 September 1891 – 24 December 1980 ) was a German naval commander during World War II.

Marc Léopold Benjamin Bloch (; 6 July 1886 – 16 June 1944 ) was a French historian who cofounded the highly influential Annales School of French social history.

Otho (; 28 April 32 – 16 April 69 ), was Roman Emperor for three months, from 15 January to 16 April 69.

Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (; 16 July 1872 – c. 18 June 1928 ) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions.

Vitellius (; 24 September 15 – 22 December 69 ), was Roman Emperor for eight months, from 16 April to 22 December 69.

Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari (; 16 November 1892 – 11 August 1953 ) was an Italian motorcycle and racecar driver, known as Il Mantovano Volante ( The Flying Mantuan ) or Nivola.

Sir Francis Galton FRS (; 16 February 1822 – 17 January 1911 ), cousin of Douglas Strutt Galton, cousin of Charles Darwin, was an English Victorian polymath: anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, psychometrician, and statistician.

Bernardo Bertolucci (; born 16 March 1941 ) is an Italian film director and screenwriter, whose films include The Conformist, Last Tango in Paris, 1900, The Last Emperor, The Sheltering Sky and The Dreamers.

Krist Anthony Novoselic II (; ; born May 16, 1965 ) is an American rock musician, best known for being the bassist and co-founder of the grunge band Nirvana.

The Zuiderzee (;, ; old spelling Zuyderzee ) was a shallow bay of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands, extending about 100 km ( 60 miles ) inland and at most 50 km ( 30 miles ) wide, with an overall depth of about 4 to 5 metres ( 13 – 16 feet ) and a coastline of about 300 km ( 200 miles ).

William Thomas " W. T ." Cosgrave (; 6 June 1880 – 16 November 1965 ), was an Irish politician who succeeded Michael Collins as Chairman of the Irish Provisional Government from August to December 1922.

Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov (; 16 March 192724 April 1967 ) was a Soviet test pilot, aerospace engineer and cosmonaut in the first group of cosmonauts selected in 1960.

Valentinian III (; 2 July 419 – 16 March 455 ), was Western Roman Emperor from 425 to 455.

Robert Guéï (; March 16, 1941 – September 19, 2002 ) was the military ruler of the Côte d ' Ivoire from December 24, 1999 to October 26, 2000.

Moshe Dayan (; 20 May 1915 – 16 October 1981 ) was an Israeli military leader and politician.