List of Famous people born in February
Claudia Pechstein
Claudia Pechstein is a German speed skater. She has won five Olympic gold medals. With a total of nine Olympic medals, five gold, two silver and two bronze, she was the most successful Olympic speed skater, male or female, of all-time, until the gold medal of Ireen Wüst in the 2018 Winter Olympics of PyeongChang, and also the most successful German Winter Olympian of all-time. After the World Championships in Norway in February 2009, Pechstein was accused of blood doping and banned from all competitions for two years.
Pooja Kumar
Pooja Kumar is an Indian–American actress known for her work in Indian films. After winning the title of Miss India USA, she started her career as an actress, producer, and model. Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan picked her as a bright new star in a contest involving 60,000 entrants competing for that recognition.
Irina Lobacheva
Irina Viktorovna Lobacheva is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With partner and former husband Ilia Averbukh, she is the 2002 Olympic silver medalist, the 2002 World champion and the 2003 European champion.
Paul Arriola
Paul Joseph Arriola is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Swansea City, on loan from D.C. United, and the United States national team.
Frank Busemann
Frank Busemann is a former German decathlete. He currently works as a pundit for athletics coverage by German TV channel Das Erste.
Kyōko Koizumi
Kyoko Koizumi is a Japanese singer and actress. She is signed to Victor Entertainment.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder was an American writer, mostly known for the Little House on the Prairie series of children's books, published between 1932 and 1943, which were based on her childhood in a settler and pioneer family.
Shingo Kunieda
Shingo Kunieda is a Japanese wheelchair tennis player. Kunieda is a right-handed player whose favorite surface is hard court. He is coached by Hiromichi Maruyama. He is a former world number one wheelchair tennis player and was the ITF World Champion from 2007 to 2010. He was also the Year End Number One in doubles in 2007. In 2007, 2009, 2010, 2014, and 2015 Kunieda achieved the Grand Slam in singles. In 2007 and 2008, Kunieda won three of the four Masters series events. Kunieda is the only player to retain the men's singles title at the Paralympic Games. In addition, Kunieda won the gold medal in the doubles of the Paralympics in 2004, and has been part of two World Team Cup wins. With 101 career titles over singles and doubles combined, including 45 Grand Slam titles, Kunieda is considered by many to be the greatest male wheelchair player of all time.
Sherlyn Chopra
Sherlyn Chopra is an Indian film actress and model known for her work in Bollywood. In July 2012, Chopra became the first Indian woman to pose nude for Playboy magazine. The photos were released two years later. She was then selected to host the sixth season of the show MTV Splitsvilla. In December 2013, she released her music single titled "Bad Girl". She was a contestant in the reality show Bigg Boss in 2009. She accused Sajid Khan for harassment.
Sergej Milinković
Sergej Milinković-Savić, commonly known mononymously as Sergej, is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Lazio and the Serbia national team.