Jim Thorpe (75)
February 1st, 1949

Professional golfer – Jim Thorpe was born in Roxboro (Human settlement in Person County, North Carolina, United States of America) on February 1st, 1949 and is 75 years old today.

Other personalities born on February 1

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, London

55

Brian Krause

American actor

*February 1st, 1969, Lake Forest

72

Norbert Barthle

German politician (CDU)

*February 1st, 1952, Schwäbisch Gmünd

68

Günter Guillaume

Stasi officer

*February 1st, 1927, Berlin †April 10th, 1995, Petershagen-Eggersdorf

76

Boris Yeltsin

Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (1931–2007)

*February 1st, 1931, Butka †April 23rd, 2007, Moscow

87

Jale İnan

Turkish classical archaeologist (1914-2001)

*February 1st, 1914, Istanbul †February 26th, 2001, Istanbul

64

Andreas Asche

German association football player

*February 1st, 1960, Hanover

70

Waltraud Kretzschmar

German handball player

*February 1st, 1948, Lehnin †February 7th, 2018, Schöneiche bei Berlin

72

Paul Carr

American actor (1934–2006)

*February 1st, 1934, New Orleans †February 17th, 2006, Los Angeles

100

Cilli Wang

Dutch-Austrian dancer and theater maker (1905-2005)

*February 1st, 1905, Vienna †July 10th, 2005, Vienna

30

Harry Styles

English singer, songwriter, and actor

*February 1st, 1994, Redditch

52

Leymah Gbowee

Liberian peace activist

*February 1st, 1972, Monrovia

38

Lauren Conrad

American television personality, author, and fashion designer

*February 1st, 1986, Laguna Beach

64

Roger Y. Tsien

American biochemist (1952-2016)

*February 1st, 1952, New York City †August 24th, 2016, Eugene

67

Jackie Shroff

Indian film actor

*February 1st, 1957, Mumbai

55

Gabriel Batistuta

Argentine association football player

*February 1st, 1969, Reconquista

41

Marilou Berry

French actress

*February 1st, 1983, 13th arrondissement of Paris

78

Josep Pesarrodona

Road bicycle racer

*February 1st, 1946, Sant Salvador de Guardiola

77

Normie Rowe

Australian singer and entertainer

*February 1st, 1947, Melbourne

28

Brandon Lee

American actor (1965–1993)

*February 1st, 1965, Oakland †March 31st, 1993, Wilmington

80

Petru Popescu

Romanian-born American writer

*February 1st, 1944, Bucharest

76

Shelby Chong

American actress

*February 1st, 1948, Los Angeles

77

Francesc Bellmunt

Film director

*February 1st, 1947, Sabadell

92

Teresa Mattei

Italian partisan and politician (1921-2013)

*February 1st, 1921, Genoa †March 12th, 2013, Lari

40

Darren Fletcher

Scottish association football player

*February 1st, 1984, Edinburgh

73

Alan Shatter

Irish Fine Gael politician

*February 1st, 1951, Dublin

65

Elisabeth Sladen

English actress

*February 1st, 1946, Liverpool †April 19th, 2011, Southall

79

Vasili Bogazianos

American actor

*February 1st, 1945, Astoria

56

Rick James

American singer (1948–2004)

*February 1st, 1948, Buffalo †August 6th, 2004, Los Angeles

55

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist (1874–1929)

*February 1st, 1874, Vienna †July 15th, 1929, Rodaun

Also born in 1949

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg Municipality †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

74

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer and musician

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

75

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

74

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present)

*October 21st, 1949, Tel Aviv

67

Baldwin Lonsdale

Ni-Vanuatu politician and Anglican priest

*November 30th, 1949, Mota Lava †June 17th, 2017, Port Vila

74

António Guterres

Secretary-General of the United Nations since 2017

*April 30th, 1949, Lisbon

75

Valery Leontiev

Soviet and Russian singer

*March 19th, 1949, Ust-Usa

74

Richard Gere

American actor (born 1949)

*August 31st, 1949, Philadelphia

74

Sigourney Weaver

American actress

*October 8th, 1949, Manhattan

75

Bernard Arnault

French entrepreneur

*March 5th, 1949, Roubaix

49

Lenny McLean

English boxer (1949-1998)

*April 9th, 1949, Hoxton †July 28th, 1998, London Borough of Bexley

74

Jim Broadbent

English actor

*May 24th, 1949, Lincoln

74

Atik Jauhari

Badminton player and trainer

*August 14th, 1949, Tangerang City

75

Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer (born 1949)

*January 12th, 1949, Kyoto

Jim Thorpe