Did you know
Harry Styles became one of the best-selling boy bands of all time before going on an indefinite hiatus in 2016.
Famous Birthdays on February 1
1994 — Harry Styles
English singer-songwriter and actor
February 1 has 198 recorded notable births across history, from 1261 to 2002. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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1261 – 2002
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Major events on February 1
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- 1835 Slavery is abolished in Mauritius. Source
- 1946 The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic. Source
- 1411 The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia). Source
- 1884 The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published. Source
Did you know
Dexter, Hall won a Golden Globe Award, an Actor Award and a Saturn Award.
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Campbell, along with Neil Finn, joined Fleetwood Mac to replace lead guitarist Lindsey Buckingham on their world tour in 2018–2019.
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Whitman was born in San Francisco and raised in New York until the age of 12, when his family relocated to Los Angeles.
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Meg Cabot has written and published over 80 novels of young adult and adult fiction and is best known for her young adult series The Princess Diaries, which was later adapted by Walt Disney Pictures into two feature films.
More major people born on February 1
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1971
Michael C. Hall
American actor and producer
Michael Carlyle Hall is an American actor and musician. He is best known for playing the role of the titular character in the Showtime series Dexter and David Fisher in the HBO black-comedy drama series Six Feet Under,…
1950
Mike Campbell
American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Michael Wayne Campbell is an American guitarist and vocalist. He was a member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and co-wrote many of the band's hits with Petty, including "Refugee", "Here Comes My Girl", "You Got…
1928
Stuart Whitman
American actor (died 2020)
Stuart Maxwell Whitman was an American actor, known for his lengthy career in film and television. Whitman was born in San Francisco and raised in New York until the age of 12, when his family relocated to Los Angeles.
1967
Meg Cabot
American author and screenwriter
Meggin Patricia Cabot is an American novelist. She has written and published over 80 novels of young adult and adult fiction and is best known for her young adult series The Princess Diaries, which was later adapted by…
1990
Tyler Myers
American-Canadian ice hockey player
Tyler Paul Myers is a Canadian–American professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL).
1968
Mark Recchi
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Mark Louis Recchi is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played 22 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL).
1859
Victor Herbert
Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor (died 1924)
Victor August Herbert was an American composer, cellist and conductor of English and Irish ancestry and German training.
1884
Candy Jim Taylor
American baseball player (died 1948)
James Allen "Candy Jim" Taylor was an American third baseman and manager in Negro league baseball.
1964
Eli Ohana
Israeli football player, and club chairman
Eliyahu "Eli" Ohana is an Israeli former professional footballer and the former chairman of Israeli club Beitar Jerusalem. He played as a forward or attacking midfielder for Beitar Jerusalem, KV Mechelen, S.C.
1887
Charles Nordhoff
English-American lieutenant, pilot, and author (died 1947)
Charles Bernard Nordhoff was an American novelist and traveler, born in England.
1897
Denise Robins
English journalist and author (died 1985)
Denise Robins was a prolific English romantic novelist and the first President of the Romantic Novelists' Association (1960–1966).
1968
Pauly Shore
American actor and comedian
Paul Montgomery Shore is an American comedian and actor. He is best known for his performances in 1990s comedy films. Shore began as a stand-up comedian at the age of 17, before becoming an MTV VJ in 1989.
1972
Leymah Gbowee
Liberian peace activist
Leymah Roberta Gbowee is a Liberian peace activist responsible for leading a women's non-violent peace movement, Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace that helped bring an end to the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003.
1964
Jani Lane
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2011)
Jani Lane was an American singer and the lead vocalist, frontman, lyricist and main songwriter for the glam metal band Warrant.
1690
Francesco Maria Veracini
Italian violinist and composer (died 1768)
Francesco Maria Veracini was an Italian composer and violinist, perhaps best known for his sets of violin sonatas.
1894
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer (died 1955)
James Price Johnson was an American pianist and composer. A pioneer of stride piano, he was one of the most important pianists in the early era of recording, and like Jelly Roll Morton, one of the key figures in the…
1894
John Ford
American director and producer (died 1973)
John Martin Feeney, better known as John Ford, was an American film director and producer.
1939
Claude François
Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and dancer (died 1978)
Claude Antoine Marie François, also known by the nickname Cloclo, was a French pop singer, composer, songwriter, record producer, drummer and dancer.
1981
Graeme Smith
South African cricketer
Graeme Craig Smith is a South African cricket commentator and former cricketer who played for South Africa in all formats. In 2003, he was appointed captain of the national team, taking over from Shaun Pollock.