List of Famous people born in February
Rattanbai Jinnah
Rattanbai "Ruttie" Jinnah, was the wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah—an important figure in the creation of Pakistan and the country's founder. Additionally, Rattanbai Petit belonged to some of the most influential families of the subcontinent, the Petit family through her father, the Jinnah family through her marriage and her daughter Dina Wadia was married to the businessman Neville Wadia of the Wadia family.
Sheila Kuehl
Sheila James Kuehl is an American politician, former actress, comedienne and currently the member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for the 3rd District. In 1994, she became the first openly gay California legislator. Two years later, George magazine named her one of the 20 most fascinating women in politics and the California Journal selected her as "Rookie of the Year." The following year, she became the first woman in California history to be named Speaker pro tempore of the California State Assembly. In 1998 and 2000, the California Journal chose her as the Assembly member with the greatest intelligence and the most integrity. During this time, she was twice selected to speak about family violence and diversity at the Democratic National Conventions.
Hideki Suzuki
Hideki Suzuki is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand and also works as a coach at the WWE Performance Center. Trained by Billy Robinson, Suzuki started his career with the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF) promotion in 2008. In 2014, he left IGF to become a freelancer, starting to work for promotions such as Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), Pro Wrestling Zero1 and Wrestle-1. He is a former BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion, Zero1 World Heavyweight, NWA United National Heavyweight, Wrestle-1 Champion and NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion. In 2017, Fighting TV Samurai named Suzuki the MVP in Japanese independent wrestling.
Roy Kwong
Roy Kwong Chun-yu is a Hong Kong politician and novelist. He is a member of the Democratic Party and member of the Yuen Long District Council for Pek Long. He became a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 2016 through the District Council (Second) "super seat". Kwong resigned along with 14 other remaining pro-democracy legislators from the Legislative Council on 11 November 2020, after the central government had unseated four of pro-democracy legislators the same day.
Gillian Lynne
Dame Gillian Barbara Lynne, was an English ballerina, dancer, choreographer, actress, and theatre-television director, noted for her theatre choreography associated with two of the longest-running shows in Broadway history, Cats and The Phantom of the Opera. At age 87, she was made a DBE in the 2014 New Year Honours List.
Octavius Catto
Octavius Valentine Catto was an American educator, intellectual, and civil rights activist in Philadelphia. He became principal of male students at the Institute for Colored Youth, where he had also been educated. Born free in Charleston, South Carolina, in a prominent mixed-race family, he moved north as a boy with his family. He became educated and served as a teacher, becoming active in civil rights. He also became known as a top cricket and baseball player in 19th-century Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Atsushi Ugumori
Atsushi Ugumori is a Japanese professional baseball player. He was born on February 1, 1987. He debuted in 2006. He had 2 runs in 2013.
Trevor Bayne
Trevor M. Bayne is an American professional stock car racing driver and businessman. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the Nos. 40 and 45 Chevrolet Silverado for Niece Motorsports. He is the youngest person to ever win the Daytona 500, the largest event in NASCAR, doing so a day after his 20th birthday in 2011. The win came in only his second race in NASCAR's top series, and was his only victory in 187 total Cup Series starts.
Eufemiano Fuentes Rodríguez
Eufemiano Fuentes is a Spanish sports doctor who was implicated in the Operación Puerto doping case.
Neil Jordan
Neil Patrick Jordan is an Irish film director, screenwriter, novelist and short-story writer. His first book, Night in Tunisia, won a Somerset Maugham Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1979. He won an Academy Award for The Crying Game (1992). He has also won three Irish Film and Television Awards, as well as the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival for The Butcher Boy (1997).