List of Famous people born in February
Jose Baxter
Jose Baxter is an English footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for USL Championship side Memphis 901 FC.
Kuzgun Acar
Abdülahet Kuzgun Çetin Acar was a Turkish sculptor from Kuzguncuk in Üsküdar, Istanbul well known for his works in metal. He is best known for his abstract sculptures and is considered one of the pioneers of modern sculptures in Turkey. One of his famous sculptures is Kuşlar, which he created in 1967.
Fatih Portakal
Fatih Portakal is a Turkish journalist and TV presenter.
Elisabeth Sladen
Elisabeth Clara Heath-Sladen was an English actress best known for her role as Sarah Jane Smith in the British television series Doctor Who. She was a regular cast member from 1973 to 1976, alongside both Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker, and reprised the role many times in subsequent decades, both on Doctor Who and its spin-offs, K-9 and Company and The Sarah Jane Adventures.
Hiromi Wajima
Hiromi Wajima is a Japanese kickboxer, currently competing in the super welterweight division of K-1, where he is the current K-1 Super Welterweight champion. He is the finalist of the 2020 K-1 Super Welterweight Grand Prix.
Yoichi Hatta
Yoichi Hatta was a Japanese engineer, known for his contributions in hydraulic engineering in the Japanese-ruled Taiwan. Hatta was born in Kanazawa, Ishikawa. After graduating from Tokyo Imperial University in 1910, he joined the Seat of Governor-General of Taiwan, served as a technician of the government. He was the designer of Chianan Canal and Wusanto Reservoir.
Jocelerme Privert
Jocelerme Privert is a Haitian accountant, bureaucrat, and a former provisional President of Haiti.
Evan Tanner
Evan Lloyd Tanner was an American professional mixed martial arts fighter, writer, traveler and adventurer. He once held the UFC Middleweight Championship and was the first American to win the Pancrase Neo-Blood tournament in Tokyo, Japan.
Kira Weidle
Kira Weidle is a German World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in the speed events of Downhill and Super-G. She made her World Cup debut in January 2016 and attained her first podium in November 2018.
Margarethe von Trotta
Margarethe von Trotta is a German film director who has been referred to as a "leading force" of the New German Cinema movement. Von Trotta's extensive body of work has won awards internationally. She was married to and collaborated with director Volker Schlöndorff. Although they made a successful team, von Trotta felt she was seen as secondary to Schlöndorff. Subsequently, she established a solo career for herself and became "Germany's foremost female film director, who has offered the most sustained and successful female variant of Autorenkino in postwar German film history". Certain aspects of von Trotta's work have been compared to Ingmar Bergman's features from the 1960s and 1970s.