List of Famous people born in February
Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell was a British physician, notable as the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, and the first woman on the Medical Register of the General Medical Council. Blackwell played an important role in both the United States and the United Kingdom as a social awareness and moral reformer, and pioneered in promoting education for women in medicine. Her contributions remain celebrated with the Elizabeth Blackwell Medal, awarded annually to a woman who has made significant contribution to the promotion of women in medicine.
Thierry Godard
Thierry Godard is a French actor. He has appeared in more than fifty films since 2001.
Anna Kiesenhofer
Anna Kiesenhofer is an Austrian cyclist and postdoctoral fellow in mathematics at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL). Kiesenhofer won the gold medal in the women's individual road race in the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics held in 2021, the first Summer Olympics gold medal for Austria since 2004.
Maria Altmann
Maria Altmann was an Austrian-American Jewish refugee from Austria, who fled her home country after it was occupied by the Nazis. She is noted for her ultimately successful legal campaign to reclaim from the Government of Austria five family-owned paintings by the artist Gustav Klimt which were stolen by the Nazis during World War II.
Gary Neville
Gary Alexander Neville is an English football coach and former player who is a co-owner of Salford City. After retiring from football in 2011, Neville went into punditry and was a commentator for Sky Sports, until he took over the head coach position at Valencia in 2015. After being sacked by the club in 2016, he returned to his position as a pundit for Sky Sports later that year. He was also assistant manager for the England national team from 2012 to 2016.
Gustl Bayrhammer
Gustl Bayrhammer was a German actor. He appeared in 79 films and television shows between 1964 and 1993. He starred in the 1970 film o.k., which was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival. However, the competition was cancelled and no prizes were awarded, over controversy surrounding the film. He is mostly known for his role as Meister Eder in the 1980s children's show Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl.
Jessica Wahls
Jessica Martina Wahls, also known under her nickname Jess, is a German pop singer, songwriter and television host, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, the "biggest-selling German girlband to date", according to the German media.
Annie Glenn
Anna Margaret Glenn was an American advocate for people with disabilities and communication disorders and the wife of astronaut and senator John Glenn. A stutterer from an early age, Glenn was notable for raising awareness of stuttering among children and adults as well as other disabilities.
Georgia Taylor
Georgia Taylor is an English actress. Her TV roles include Toyah Battersby in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, Ruth Winters in the BBC One medical drama series Casualty (2007–2011) and Kate Barker in the ITV crime series Law & Order: UK (2013–2014).
Kenneth Ma
Kenneth Ma Kwok-ming is a Hong Kong famous actor. He speaks Cantonese, Mandarin and English.