Famous People Born February 7th
* 1102 - Empress Matilda, Princess of England and wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1169)
* 1478 - Sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535)
* 1612 - Thomas Killigrew, English dramatist (d. 1683)
* 1693 - Empress Anna of Russia (d. 1740)
* 1804 - John Deere, American manufacturer (Deere & Company) (d. 1886)
* 1812 - Charles Dickens, English novelist (d. 1870)
* 1842 - Alexandre Ribot, French statesman (d. 1923)
* 1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (d. 1957)
* 1870 - Alfred Adler, Austrian psychologist (d. 1937)
* 1877 - Godfrey Harold Hardy, English mathematician (d. 1947)
* 1885 - Sinclair Lewis, American writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1951)
* 1885 - Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (d. 1953)
* 1887 - Eubie Blake, American musician and composer (d. 1983)
* 1889 - Harry Nyquist, important contributor to information theory (d. 1976)
* 1891 - Ann Little, American actress (d. 1984)
* 1895 - Anita Stewart, American film actress (d. 1961)
* 1898 - Dock Boggs, American musician (d. 1971)
* 1905 - Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1983)
* 1905 - Paul Nizan, French author (d. 1940)
* 1905 - Cyril Demarne, British Firefighter (d.2007)
* 1906 - Oleg Antonov, Soviet aircraft designer (d. 1984)
* 1906 - Puyi, Emperor of China (d. 1967)
* 1907 - Yevgeniy Abalakov, Soviet mountaineer (d. 1948)
* 1908 - Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (d. 1983)
* 1909 - Hélder Câmara, Roman catholic archbishop (d. 1999)
* 1914 - Ramón Mercader, Spanish assassin of Leon Trotsky (d. 1978)
* 1915 - Eddie Bracken, American actor (d. 2002)
* 1918 - Markey Robinson, Northern Irish painter (d. 1999)
* 1920 - An Wang, Chinese-born computer pioneer (d. 1990)
* 1924 - Hattie Jacques, English actress (d. 1980)
* 1926 - Konstantin Feoktistov, cosmonaut
* 1927 - Juliette Greco, French singer and actor
* 1927 - Vladimir Kuts, Russian runner (d. 1975)
* 1932 - Gay Talese, American author
* 1932 - Al Worden, American astronaut
* 1933 - John Anderton, English footballer
* 1934 - Earl King, American musician (d. 2003)
* 1934 - Eddie Fenech Adami, President of Malta
* 1934 - King Curtis, American saxophonist (d. 1971)
* 1937 - Juan Pizarro, Major League Baseball pitcher
* 1938 - S. Ramachandran Pillai, Indian communist leader
* 1943 - Gareth Hunt, English actor (d. 2007)
* 1945 - Gerald Davies, Welsh rugby player
* 1945 - Pete Postlethwaite, English actor
* 1949 - Joe English, American drummer
* 1949 - Paulo César Carpegiani, Brazilian footballer and coach
* 1951 - Benny Ayala, baseball player
* 1952 - Vasco Rossi, Italian singer
* 1953 - Dan Quisenberry, baseball player (d. 1998)
* 1954 - Dieter Bohlen German composer
* 1955 - Rolf Benirschke, American football player
* 1955 - Mario Coutinho, Brazilian physician
* 1955 - Miguel Ferrer, American actor
* 1956 - Emo Philips, American comedian
* 1956 - Mark St. John, American musician, former member of Kiss
* 1957 - Carney Lansford, American baseball player
* 1960 - James Spader, American actor
* 1962 - Garth Brooks, American singer
* 1962 - Eddie Izzard, British actor and comedian
* 1962 - David Bryan, American musician (Bon Jovi)
* 1965 - Jason Gedrick, American actor
* 1965 - Chris Rock, American comedian and actor
* 1967 - Richie Burnett, Welsh darts player
* 1968 - Peter Bondra, Ukrainian-born hockey player
* 1968 - Sully Erna, American singer (Godsmack)
* 1969 - MsMamma, Photographer, Blogger, Soon to be Nun
* 1969 - Yves Racine, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1972 - Alex Bassi, American race car driver
* 1972 - Robyn Lively, American actress
* 1974 - Steve Nash, Canadian basketball player
* 1974 - J Dilla, also known as Jay-Dee, American hip-hop producer (d. 2006)
* 1975 - Wes Borland, American guitarist (Limp Bizkit)
* 1975 - Alexandre Daigle, National Hockey League player
* 1977 - Paul Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1978 - Ashton Kutcher, American actor
* 1978 - Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian international footballer
* 1978 - Endy Chávez, baseball player
* 1978 - David Aebischer, National Hockey League goaltender
* 1979 - Cerina Vincent, American actress
* 1979 - Jon Leicester, American baseball player
* 1983 - Christian Klien, Austrian formula driver
* 1983 - Georgios Gougoulias, Greek footballer
* 1985 - Tina Majorino, American actress
* 1985 - Clara Bryant, American actress
* 1986 - Deanna Casaluce, Canadian actress
* 1988 - Ai Kago, Japanese singer
* 1989 - Louisa Lytton, British actress
* 1991 - Rachel Sibner, American actress
Who would have thought, Charles Dickens, John Deere, Emo Phillips, Ashton Kutcher and me, all sharing the love? Aquarians unite! We must take over!
