Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/February 7
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Births
- 1478 - Sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535) (pictured)
- 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)
- 1885 - Sinclair Lewis, American writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1951)
- 1962 - Garth Brooks, American singer
- 1962 - Eddie Izzard, British actor and comedian
Deaths
- 1823 - Ann Radcliffe, English novelist (b. 1764)
- 1937 - Elihu Root, American statesman and diplomat, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1845)
- 1938 - Harvey Firestone, American manufacturer (b. 1868)
- 1999 - King Hussein of Jordan (b. 1935)
- 2001 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and aviator (b. 1906)