List of Famous people born on February 1st

Lamine-Gueye Koné, known as Lamine Koné, is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Strasbourg, and the Ivory Coast national team.

Feyisa Lilesa is a long-distance runner from Ethiopia. A member of the Oromo people, he became the youngest man to run under 2:06 when he ran 2:05:23 in the men's marathon at the 2010 Rotterdam Marathon. He set his personal best of 2:04:52 in the marathon when he came in second place at the 2012 Chicago Marathon.

Søren Lerby is a Danish former football player, manager, and licensed agent. As a player, he spent most of his career in Dutch football, winning five Eredivisie championships with Ajax Amsterdam and two with PSV Eindhoven. With the latter club, he also won the 1988 European Cup. He won two Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich, and played one season for AS Monaco in France. He played 67 matches for the Denmark national football team from 1978 to 1989, and represented Denmark at the 1986 FIFA World Cup and two European Championship tournaments. Currently, he is the agent of Napoli winger Dries Mertens.

Tyler Paul Myers is an American-born Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the first round, 12th overall, in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. At the end of the 2009–10 season, Myers won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's best rookie. Standing at 6 feet 8 inches tall, he is nicknamed "The Big Easy" or "Big Tex" because he was born in Houston, Texas.

Brendon Martin Batson, OBE is an English former footballer who played as a defender for Arsenal, Cambridge United and West Bromwich Albion.

Brian Ebenezer Adjei Brobbey is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker for Eredivisie club Ajax. He will join Bundesliga club RB Leipzig on 1 July 2021.

Jacob Jorrit Bergsma is a Dutch speed skater and marathon skater. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, he won the gold medal in the 10,000 m.

Costel Fane Pantilimon is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Denizlispor in the Süper Lig and the Romania national team.

Dean Andrew Shiels is a Northern Irish professional footballer, who plays as an attacking midfielder, and is player manager of Upperlands FC. Shiels has previously played for Hibernian, Doncaster Rovers, Kilmarnock, Rangers, Dundalk, FC Edmonton and Dunfermline Athletic. He has also played in 14 full international matches for Northern Ireland. His father is Kenny Shiels, who was his manager at Kilmarnock.

Victor Wood was a Filipino singer, actor and politician. His voice earned him various titles, including "Jukebox King" and "Plaka King".