List of Famous people born in February

Henry Houssaye, was a French historian and academician.

Shigeru Umebayashi is a Japanese composer.

Agnes Robertson Arber FRS was a British plant morphologist and anatomist, historian of botany and philosopher of biology. She was born in London but lived most of her life in Cambridge, including the last 51 years of her life. She was the first woman botanist to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society and the third woman overall. She was the first woman to receive the Gold Medal of the Linnean Society of London for her contributions to botanical science.

Sir Donald Charles McKinnon is a former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand. He was the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations from 2000 until 2008.

Motojirō Kajii was a Japanese author in the early Shōwa period known for his poetic short stories. Kajii left behind masterpieces such as Remon , "Shiro no aru machi nite" . Fuyu no hi and Sakura no ki no shita ni wa . His poetic works were praised by fellow writers including Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mishima. Today his works are admired for their finely tuned self-observation and descriptive power.

Éric Duyckaerts was a Belgian contemporary artist, specializing in pastels and videography.

Gonzalo Werther Miró Romero is a Spanish television presenter. He is the son of filmmaker Pilar Miró.