People born on February 1

Thomas Aquinas

Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church

Francis Bacon

English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)

Boris Yeltsin

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

Clark Gable

American actor (1901–1960)

John Donne

English poet and cleric (1572–1631)

Leymah Gbowee

Liberian peace activist

John Ford

American film director (1894–1973)

Langston Hughes

American writer and social activist

Harry Styles

English singer, songwriter, and actor

Yevgeny Zamyatin

Russian author

Jackie Shroff

Indian film actor

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

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

Katrín Jakobsdóttir

28th Prime Minister of Iceland

Gabriel Batistuta

Argentine association football player

Roger Y. Tsien

American biochemist (1952-2016)