List of Famous people born in February

Fred Basolo was an American inorganic chemist. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1943, under Prof. John C. Bailar, Jr.. Basolo spent his professional career at Northwestern University. He was a prolific contributor to the fields of coordination chemistry, organometallic, and bioinorganic chemistry, publishing over 400 papers. He supervised many Ph.D. students. With colleague Ralph Pearson, he co-authored the influential monograph "Mechanisms of Inorganic Reactions", which illuminated the importance of mechanisms involving coordination compounds. This work, which integrated concepts from ligand field theory and physical organic chemistry, signaled a shift from a highly descriptive nature of coordination chemistry to a more quantitative science.

Eberhard Brecht is a German politician. Born in Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, he represents the SPD. Eberhard Brecht has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saxony-Anhalt from 1990 till 2001 and since 2019.

Yoriko Madoka is a Japanese politician of the Kokumin Ikari no Koe who served in the House of Councillors from 1993 to 2010.

Gretchen Wyler was an American actress and dancer. She was also an animal rights advocate and founder of the Genesis Awards for animal protection.

Hans-Diedrich von Tiesenhausen was a German naval commander during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Andrzej Górak is a Polish process engineer and the Head of Laboratory of Fluid Separations at the Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering at the TU Dortmund University.

Nicole Maestracci was a French lawyer and magistrate. She was a member of the Constitutional Council between 2013 and 2022. She died on 7 April 2022 at the age of 71.

Francis Annesley, 6th Earl of Annesley, styled Viscount Glerawly between 1884 and 1908, was an Anglo-Irish peer, Royal Navy officer and pioneer aviator who died in a plane crash at sea.