List of Famous people born in February
Jerry Springer
Gerald Norman Springer is an English-born American television presenter, former politician, news presenter, actor, producer, musician, and former lawyer. He hosted Jerry Springer, a tabloid talk show, between September 30, 1991 and July 26, 2018 and debuted the Jerry Springer Podcast in 2015. As of February 2020, Springer hosts a courtroom show called Judge Jerry.
Else Lasker-Schüler
Else Lasker-Schüler was a German-Jewish poet and playwright famous for her bohemian lifestyle in Berlin and her unique poetic genius. She was one of the few women affiliated with the Expressionist movement. Lasker-Schüler fled Nazi Germany and lived out the rest of her life in Jerusalem.
Cuno Hoffmeister
Cuno Hoffmeister was a German astronomer, observer and discoverer of variable stars, comets and minor planets, and founder of Sonneberg Observatory.
James E. Bowman
James Edward Bowman Jr. was an American physician and specialist in pathology, hematology, and genetics. He was a professor of pathology and genetics at the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago.
Lee Boyd Malvo
Lee Boyd Malvo, also known as John Lee Malvo, is a convicted murderer who, along with John Allen Muhammad, committed murders in connection with the Beltway sniper attacks in the Washington Metropolitan Area over a three-week period in October 2002. Malvo was aged 16–17 during the span of the shootings. Currently, he is serving multiple life sentences at Red Onion State Prison in Virginia, a supermax prison. Muhammad was executed in 2009.
Julius Erving
Julius Winfield Erving II, commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is an American retired basketball player. Regarded as one of the greatest and most influential basketball players of all time, Erving helped legitimize the American Basketball Association (ABA) and was the best-known player in that league when it merged into the National Basketball Association (NBA) after the 1975–76 season.
Bonnie Wright
Bonnie Francesca Wright is an English actress, director, and activist. She is best known for her role as Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter film series.
Mao Ichimichi
Mao Ichimichi is a Japanese actress. She played Luka Millfy/Gokai Yellow in the Super Sentai series Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. She started her career as a Japanese idol member of Horipro's HOP Club under the stage name Rio Minami and is a gravure idol. She started an extensive voice acting career under the stage name M・A・O.
Isaac Kappy
Isaac Kappy was an American actor and musician known for his roles in the films Thor (2011) and Terminator Salvation (2009) and in the AMC television series Breaking Bad. He was a member of the band Monster Paws.
Jerome Bettis
Jerome Abram Bettis Sr. is a former American football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons, primarily with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Nicknamed The Bus for his large size and "bruising" running style, he was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the first round of the 1993 NFL Draft as the tenth overall pick. Bettis was a member of the Rams for three seasons before being traded to the Steelers, where he spent the remainder of his career. A six-time Pro Bowler and two-time first team All-Pro, he is regarded as one of the best power running backs of all time and ranks eighth on the list of NFL rushing yards leaders. He retired in 2006 after helping the Steelers win a Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XL over the Seattle Seahawks, the franchise's first in over two decades. Bettis was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2015.