List of Famous people born in February
Robert Quinn
Charles Beaumont
Johann Simon von Kerner
Johann Simon von Kerner was a German botanist and botanical illustrator, notable for his illustrations in Hortus sempervirens. Hortus sempervirens: exhibens icones plantarum selectiorum quotquot ad vivorum exemplorum normam reddere licuit. Stuttgartiae was 12 volumes published between 1795–1830 and issued in 71 fascicles with separate title pages, comprising 12 plates each. Plates accompanied by descriptive letterpress. 851 leaves of plates.
Henry Villebois
Boris Kovynev
Blanche Barttelot
Anders Wiman
Anders Wiman was a Swedish mathematician.
Floyd Roberts
Floyd Marion Roberts was a Championship Car racing driver from Jamestown, North Dakota. He won the 1938 Indianapolis 500 with a then-record speed of 117.2 mph (188.6 km/h). He led for 92 laps. The following year, 1939, driving the same car, he was killed in a crash on the backstretch after hitting a wooden fence at 100 mph (160 km/h). Roberts was the first defending champion of the race to have been killed in competition. According to reports, Roberts intended to retire following the race.