List of Famous people born in February
Anoushka
Vartanoush Garbis Selim, better known by her stage name Anoushka, is an Egyptian singer and actress.
Takamasa Abiko
Takamasa Abiko is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a forward for YSCC Yokohama.
Irene Wosikowski
Irene Wosikowski was a German political activist (KPD). After 1933 she continued with her political activity in Germany till 1935. The next two years were spent in Moscow after which, as instructed by the party, she moved to Paris which had become one of two de facto capitals for the exiled German Communist Party. She worked on political education and publishing till 1940 when she was placed in the Gurs internment camp. After her escape she joined the Résistance. Living "underground" (unregistered) she managed to remain at liberty till July 1943, despite the intensely dangerous nature of much of her resistance work, which included approaching German soldiers and engaging in "political" discussions to try and persuade them to face up to the accelerating savagery of the Shoah. Following her arrest Wosikowski was subjected to a sustained programme of torture and taken back to Germany where she was executed at Plötzensee on the edge of Berlin.
Christian Tappan
Christian Tappan is a Mexican-Colombian television actor. Recognized for his work in Mexican and Colombian telenovelas and series.
Amal Hijazi
Amal Hijazi is a Lebanese singer. Hijazi released her debut album, Akher Gharam, in 2001, followed by her second album, Zaman in mid-2002. This album included four number one hit singles, "Zaman", "Oulhali", "Einak" and "Romansyia". Her third album Bedawwar A Albi was released in early 2004 followed by the release of her fourth album Baya al Ward in 2006. The album's breakthrough song of the same name caused the entertainer to face negative critical publicity and a number of controversies.
Takumi Ōshima
Takumi Oshima is a Japanese professional baseball player who currently plays for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball. He made his debut in 2014, which turned out to be his only game of the season. In his one at-bat, he struck out.
Emiliano Salinas
Carlos Emiliano Salinas is a venture capitalist and businessman. He is the son of former Mexican president Carlos Salinas de Gortari. Salinas served as vice president of Prorsus Capital, a financial consortium with ties to Keith Raniere and Nxivm. Following Raniere's arrest in 2018 for sex trafficking, money laundering, and other misdeeds, Salinas ended a two-decade association with Raniere and resigned from Prorsus.
Tokugawa Yoshitomo
Yoshitomo Tokugawa was the 4th-generation head of the Tokugawa Yoshinobu-ke, the branch of the Tokugawa line started by the last Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu.
Yuri Rost
Yuri Rost is a photographer, journalist, author and traveller. Rost’s photographic vision is closely related to the humanist tradition established by post-war photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Leonard Freed, and Ed van der Elsken. He was selected by Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2005) for inclusion in his last exhibition, Les choix d’Henri Cartier-Bresson after meeting him in Paris.
Éric Sikora
Éric Sikora is a French former footballer who played as a defender. He spent his whole career at RC Lens.