List of Famous people born in February

Brian Desmond Hurst was a Belfast-born film director. With over thirty films in his filmography, Hurst was Ireland's most prolific film director during the 20th century, and hailed as Northern Ireland's best film director. He is perhaps best known for the 1951 A Christmas Carol adaptation Scrooge.

Mary Ellice Thorn Hearn M.D. F.R.C.P.I. (1891–1969) was a gynaecologist and first female fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.

Dr. Pablo de la Llave (1773–1833) was a Mexican Catholic priest, politician, and naturalist.

William Dorsey Pender was a General in the Confederacy in the American Civil War serving as a Brigade and Divisional commander. Promoted to brigadier on the battlefield at Seven Pines by Confederate President Jefferson Davis in person, he fought in the Seven Days Battles and at Second Manassas, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, being wounded in each of these engagements. Lee rated him as one of the most promising of his commanders, promoting him to major general at twenty-nine. Pender was mortally wounded on the second day of Gettysburg.

Frank Parks Briggs was a United States Senator from Missouri, and succeeded Harry S. Truman when Truman was elected vice president.

Shuzen Tanigawa is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A native of Amagasaki, Hyogo and graduate of Osaka University, he joined the government of Osaka Prefecture in 1957. After serving as deputy mayor of Osaka Prefecture, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1995.