Legends and famous people who were born in February include the author of Oliver Twist, English novelist Charles Dickens, reggae music genre pioneer Bob Marley, and the founder of the theory of evolution, English biologist Charles Darwin who was born on February 12, 1809. Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, who discovered the Galilean moons (four largest moons of Jupiter) was also born in February.
The second month is also the birth month of famous musicians who include R&B and Pop singer Rihanna, and R&B artist D’angelo. Rapper Megan Thee Stallion, and When a Man Loves a Woman & How Am I Supposed to Live Without You singer Michael Bolton, as well as Pop & dance-pop artist Ava Max also celebrate their birthdays in February.
Legends and Famous People with birthdays in February
Died aged 56
American businessman, inventor, investor famous as co-founder of American multinational technology company Apple Inc
71 years old
American model, TV personality, owner of a modeling agency and a judge on 4 cycles of the reality series America's Next Top Model (2003–2006)
73 years old
American singer and songwriter famous for hits How Am I Supposed to Live Without You and When a Man Loves a Woman
43 years old
German actor famous as Uhtred of Bebbanburg in The Last Kingdom (2015–2022)
39 years old
Canadian actor famous in Hard Candy (2005), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), Juno (2007), The Umbrella Academy (2019–2024)
37 years old
American actress famous as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)
47 years old
American actor, comedian who appears mostly in comedy & horror genres, famous in the comedy series Key & Peele (2012–2015)
42 years old
Togolese African Footballer of the Year 2008 & striker for Arsenal, Man City, Spurs, Crystal Palace, Real Madrid
51 years old
American actress, talk show host, businesswoman famous in Firestarter (1984), Charlie's Angels (2000), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
72 years old
American actor famous in Get Shorty (1995), Broken Arrow (1996), Face/Off (1997), The Punisher (2004), and Savages (2012)
Other February birthdays celebrities
Other famous people born in February are footballers Emmanuel Adebayor and Christiano Ronaldo (CR7). Politicians Ronald Reagan who is famous as the 40th president of the USA, president Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, 2008 U.S. Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, 1st president of the United States George Washington, and North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-Il were also born in February.
Former prime ministers Gordon Brown (United Kingdom), and Ehud Barak & Ariel Sharon (Israel) were also born in February. Also born in February is Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the president of Cameroon since 1982, Paul Biya.
American actors Clark Gable, James Spader and James Dean, Canadian X-Men: The Last Stand actor Elliot Page, and German actor Alexander Dreymon have February birthdays.
Famous Actresses born in February
Famous actresses born in February include Jennifer Aniston (NBC sitcom Friends), Elizabeth Olsen (Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch in MCU), Uzo Aduba of Orange Is the New Black series, and Drew Barrymore of Charlie’s Angels.
Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones), Gemma Arterton (Bond Girl in Quantum of Solace), Alice Eve (She’s Out of My League), and Dakota Fanning (War of the Worlds) also celebrate their birthdays in February.
Other actresses with February birthdays are English actress Stephanie Leonidas of MirrorMask and Kelly Hu of Sunset Beach. Russian actress Margarita Levieva (The Diary of a Teenage Girl), and Natalie Morales who stars as Dr. Monica Beltran on the TV series Grey’s Anatomy were also born in the second month.
Famous Africans born in February
Some of the famous Africans who were born in February are Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage, Cameroonian politician Maurice Kamto, Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine, and 2nd deputy president of Kenya, Rigathi Gachagua. Others are Togolese footballer Emmanuel Adebayor, South African comedian Trevor Noah, and Nigerian actor Osita Iheme.
February Historical Events
1st February 1991: South African President F.W. de Klerk announced that all the country's remaining apartheid laws would be repealed that year. The laws included all the major laws that had been enacted to enforce the racial discrimination against the majority blacks in the country. Immediately after making the announcement, pro-apartheid white lawmakers protested by storming out of Parliament.3rd February 1690: The first paper money in America was issued in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Before this date, Americans in the colony used silver coins to trade. But the Chinese and some other Asian countries were already using paper currencies before then.4th February 2004: Facebook is launched, then known as thefacebook.com. The website was made to connect Harvard students with each another. Mark Zuckerberg, while being a Harvard sophomore, launched the website that would later grow to be one of the biggest social media platforms in the world, with more than 2 billion active monthly users in 2022. 14th February 2011: China formally overtook Japan as the world's second largest economy. China had a GDP growth of 10.3% in 2010, while Japan's growth was 4%.23rd February 1901: German East Africa (a colony that encompassed present-day Rwanda, Burundi, mainland Tanzania and some parts of Mozambique) and Nyasaland (modern day Malawi) agreed on a boundary. Nyasaland was renamed Malawi on 6 July 1964, the date when Malawi gained independence from Britain.24th February 2022: Russia invaded Ukraine after amassing its army at the border with the former USSR nation. The 2022 Russia-Ukraine war that began with missile attacks and a lot of long-range artillery was the largest military conflict in Europe since World War II. It triggered a large refugee crisis with over 4.2 million people leaving Ukraine.