List of Famous people born in February
Guo Qilin
Guo Qilin is an actor and a crosstalk (Xiangsheng) performer. Xiangsheng (相声), also known as crosstalk, is a traditional art form that was originally used for selling things on the street. Then it developed into a stage performance that intends to make audiences laugh. Guo Qilin is famous for his appearances in Deyunshe crosstalk performances and the TV series My Heroic Husband. He was awarded Best Actor at the 13th Macau International Festival. His debut drama The Story of Niu Tianci built a strong fanbase for him, and he won the New Actor of the Year in the 2021 One Drama Awards.
W. G. Snuffy Walden
William Garrett Walden, known as W. G. Snuffy Walden, is an American musician and composer of film and television soundtracks. Walden is an Emmy Award winner for the theme music to The West Wing (NBC), has been nominated for numerous Emmys throughout his career, and has received 26 BMI Awards.
William Townsend Aiton
William Townsend Aiton FRHS FLS was an English botanist. He was born at Kew on 2 February 1766, the eldest son of William Aiton.
Joan Llaneras
Inger Berggren
Inger Berggren was a Swedish singer. Her biggest hits were "Sol och vår" and "Elisabeth serenad", both in 1962.
Francisco José Lara
Francisco José ("Paco") Lara Ruiz is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer, currently without a team.
Hans Grauert
Hans Grauert was a German mathematician. He is known for major works on several complex variables, complex manifolds and the application of sheaf theory in this area, which influenced later work in algebraic geometry. Together with Reinhold Remmert he established and developed the theory of complex-analytic spaces. He became Professor at the University of Göttingen in 1958, as successor to C. L. Siegel. The lineage of this chair traces back through an eminent line of mathematicians: Weyl, Hilbert, Riemann, and ultimately to Gauss. Until his death, he was professor emeritus at Göttingen.
Owen Edward Knatchbull
Josef Craig
Josef Isaac Craig, MBE is a retired British Paralympic swimmer. Craig competed in S8 events and qualified for the 2012 Summer Paralympics, winning gold in a world record time in the men's 400 m freestyle event.
Harald Genzmer
Harald Genzmer was a German composer of classical music and an academic.