List of Famous people born in February

Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld was the oldest son of Landgrave William of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld and his wife, Charlotte Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Bernberg-Hoyn. He succeeded his father as Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld in 1761.

William Dwight Whitney was an American linguist, philologist, and lexicographer known for his work on Sanskrit grammar and Vedic philology as well as his influential view of language as a social institution. He was the first president of the American Philological Association and editor-in-chief of The Century Dictionary.

Colonel Hercules Arthur Pakenham was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

Admiral Sir Henry William Bruce was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.

Jesseca Liu is a Malaysian actress, who is based in Singapore was named as one of the Seven Princesses of Mediacorp in 2006. She was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 2004 to 2010. Now she is a contracted artiste under MediaCorp and managed under HIM International Music.

General Sir Henry Charles Loyd,, nicknamed "Budget Loyd", was a senior British Army officer who fought in both the world wars, most notably during the Second World War as General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 2nd Infantry Division during the Battle of France in May 1940.

Erik Hersholt Nielsen was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the longtime Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Yukon, and was Leader of the Opposition and the third deputy prime minister. He was the elder brother of actor Leslie Nielsen.