List of Famous people born in February
Robert King, 1st Baron Kingsborough
Robert King, 1st Baron Kingsborough, known as Sir Robert King, Bt, between 1740 and 1748, was an Irish landowner and politician.
Václav Tille
Václav Tille was a Czech writer. He also used the pseudonym Václav Říha.
John Reynolds
John M. Reynolds was a United States lawyer and politician from the state of Illinois who served in all three governmental branches. One of the original four justices of the Illinois Supreme Court (1818–1825), he later won election several times to the Illinois House of Representatives and the United States House of Representatives, and as 4th Illinois Governor (1830–1834). He also took the rank of major general of the Illinois militia during the Black Hawk War.
Adalbert Gyrowetz
Vojtěch Matyáš Jírovec was a Bohemian composer. He mainly wrote instrumental works, with a great production of string quartets and symphonies; his operas and singspiele numbered more than 30, including Semiramide (1791), Der Augenarzt (1811), and Robert, oder Die Prüfung (1815).
Rong Xiang
Robert Sørlie
Robert Walter Sørlie, commonly "Sorlie" in English, is a two-time Iditarod champion Norwegian dog musher and dog sled racer from Hurdal. Together with Kjetil Backen and his nephew, Bjørnar Andersen, he forms "Team Norway", the most well-known Norwegian dog mushing team. In 2003, he became the second non-American after Martin Buser to win the 1,049-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska, U.S. He won it again in 2005.
Timothy O. Howe
Timothy Otis Howe was a member of the United States Senate for three terms, representing the state of Wisconsin from March 4, 1861, to March 3, 1879. He also served as U.S. Postmaster General under President Chester A. Arthur from 1881 until his death in 1883. Earlier in his career, he was a Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Otto Brahm
Otto Brahm was a German drama and literary critic, theatre manager and director. His productions were noted for being accurate and realistic. He was involved in the foundation of the progressive Die Freie Bühne company, of which he became president and producer. He also edited the company's weekly magazine of the same name, but later changed its name to Die neue Rundschau.
Ruth Clifford
Ruth Clifford was an American actress of leading roles in silent films, whose career lasted from that era into the television era.
Russell Henry Chittenden
Russell Henry Chittenden was an American physiological chemist. He conducted pioneering research in the biochemistry of digestion and nutrition.