List of Famous people born in February
Christian Hackenberg
Christian Blaize Hackenberg is a former American football quarterback. He played college football at Penn State, and was drafted by the New York Jets in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft. Hackenberg spent two seasons with the Jets before being released, becoming only the third quarterback selected in the first or second round of the common-draft era not to play a game in his first two seasons. He was also a member of the Oakland Raiders, Philadelphia Eagles, and Cincinnati Bengals, although he never actually played in an NFL game.
Bethany Firth
Bethany Charlotte Firth, is a Northern Irish swimmer competing for Great Britain as of 2014; previously Firth had competed for Ireland. A four time Paralympic gold medalist, she has won gold in her specialist event, the 100 metres backstroke for both Ireland at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, in addition to the 200 metres medley and 200 metres freestyle for Great Britain at the 2016 Games, where she was the nations most successful Paralympian with three golds and a silver medal. She competes in the S14 classification for athletes with an intellectual impairment.
Josef de Souza
Josef de Souza Dias, known as Josef de Souza, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for as a midfielder for Turkish club Beşiktaş.
Theodoros Currentzis
Teodor Currentzis is a Greek-Russian conductor, musician and actor.
Lee Evans
Lee John Martin Evans is an English retired stand-up comedian and actor from Avonmouth, England. He is a director of Little Mo Films, which he had co-directed with Addison Cresswell, who was also his agent prior to Cresswell's death in December 2013.
Takeshi Obata
Takeshi Obata is a Japanese manga artist that usually works as the illustrator in collaboration with a writer. He first gained international attention for Hikaru no Go (1998–2003) with Yumi Hotta, but is better known for Death Note (2003–2006) and Bakuman (2008–2012) with Tsugumi Ohba. Obata has mentored several well-known manga artists, including Nobuhiro Watsuki of Rurouni Kenshin fame, Black Cat creator Kentaro Yabuki, and Eyeshield 21 artist Yusuke Murata.
Charlotte Vega
Charlotte Elizabeth Vega is a Spanish actress and model, known for her role in the 2014 Spanish film The Misfits Club, the lead role in the 2017 Irish film The Lodgers, and main roles in two television series during 2015 – season 3 of the Spanish series Velvet and the single season of the Spanish-British co-production The Refugees.
Fin Bartels
Fin Bartels is a German professional footballer who plays either as midfielder or as a striker for 2. Bundesliga team Holstein Kiel.
Yonhy Lescano
Yonhy Lescano Ancieta is a Peruvian lawyer and politician belonging to the Popular Action party. He was a Congressman between 2001 until the dissolution of the Congress by Martín Vizcarra in 2019. From 2009 to 2011, he served as the Popular Action party's national secretary-general.
Luis Fernando Camacho
Luis Fernando Camacho Vaca is a Bolivian lawyer, businessman, activist and politician. He is a member of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR) in Bolivia, and has been the chair of the Civic Committee of Santa Cruz since 2019. He emerged as a major critic of President Evo Morales and influential public figure during the highly controversial 2019 Bolivian general election, demanding Morales resign on 5 November 2019.