List of Famous people born in February
Yoshio Kodama
Yoshio Kodama was a Japanese right-wing ultranationalist and a prominent figure in the rise of organized crime in Japan. The most famous kuromaku, or behind-the-scenes power broker, of the 20th century, he was active in Japan's political arena and criminal underworld from the 1930s to the 1970s.
Emitt Rhodes
Emitt Lynn Rhodes was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording engineer. Rhodes began his career in musical ensembles The Palace Guard as the group's drummer before joining The Merry-Go-Round as a multi-instrumentalist.
Stanislav Prokofiev
Stanislav Evgenievich Prokofiev is a Russian economist.
Kristie Mewis
Kristen Anne Mewis is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Houston Dash of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team.
Kong Man Wai Vivian
Vivian Kong Man Wai is a Hong Kong fencer. She competed in the women's épée event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. On 12 January 2019, she became the first Hong Kong fencer to win a World Cup title, doing so in Havana, Cuba. In March 2019, she was ranked no.1 in the world for Women's Epee. In the same year, she also won one of the bronze medals in the women's épée event at the 2019 World Fencing Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.
George Gipp
George Gipp, nicknamed "The Gipper", was a college football player at the University of Notre Dame under head coach Knute Rockne. Gipp was selected as Notre Dame's first Walter Camp All-American, and played several positions, particularly halfback, quarterback, and punter.
Kazimir Malevich
Kazimir Severinovich Malevich was a Russian avant-garde artist and art theorist, whose pioneering work and writing had a profound influence on the development of non-objective, or abstract art, in the 20th century. Born in Kyiv to an ethnic Polish family, his concept of Suprematism sought to develop a form of expression that moved as far as possible from the world of natural forms (objectivity) and subject matter in order to access "the supremacy of pure feeling" and spirituality. Malevich is considered to be part of the Ukrainian avant-garde that was shaped by Ukrainian-born artists who worked first in Ukraine and later over a geographical span between Europe and America.
Ronnie Vannucci
Ronald Vannucci Jr. is an American drummer. He is best known for being the drummer for the American rock band the Killers. Vannucci is also involved in a side project called Big Talk, and became the drummer of the Rentals in 2018.
Tim Floyd
Tim Floyd is a former American college basketball coach, most recently the head coach at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). He was formerly the head coach of several teams in the NCAA and the NBA. Floyd is also known as the coach of the Chicago Bulls for four seasons. He announced his retirement from coaching after the UTEP game on November 27, 2017.
Karl Albrecht
Karl Hans Albrecht was a German entrepreneur who founded the discount supermarket chain Aldi with his brother Theo. He was for many years the richest person in Germany. In February 2014, he was ranked the 21st-richest person in the world by Hurun Report.