List of Famous people born in February
Juri
Juri Aikawa , known professionally as Juri, is a Japanese fashion model and actor. He is represented by Gig Management Japan. His representation of his name in the Roman alphabet "Juri" was changed to 寿里 in kanji in January 2007. Juri's older brother is Ryoji Aikawa of the Yomiuri Giants.
Waldir Lucas Pereira
Waldir Lucas Pereira Filho was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.
Sema Meray
Sema Meray is a German-Turkish actress and author.
Yamagiwa Katsusaburō
Yamagiwa Katsusaburō was a Japanese pathologist who carried out pioneering work into the causes of cancer.
Sérgio Mendes
Sérgio Santos Mendes is a Brazilian musician. He has over 55 releases, and plays bossa nova heavily crossed with jazz and funk. He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song in 2012 as co-writer of the song "Real in Rio" from the animated film Rio.
Metin Arditi
Metin Arditi, born 2 February 1945 in Ankara, is a French-speaking Swiss writer of Turkish Sephardi origin.
Dieter Freise
Dieter Freise was a field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the West German squad that won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He also competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics, where the West German team finished fifth. He was born in Heidelberg.
Jiří Bělohlávek
Jiří Bělohlávek, was a Czech conductor. He was a leading interpreter of Czech classical music, and became chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in 1990, a role he would serve on two occasions during a combined span of seven years. He also served a six-year tenure as the chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra from 2006 to 2012. He gained international renown and repute for his performances of the works of Czech composers such as Antonín Dvořák and Bohuslav Martinů, and was credited as "the most profound proponent of Czech orchestral music" by Czech music specialist Professor Michael Beckerman.
Otto Stern
Otto Stern was a German-American physicist and Nobel laureate in physics. He was the second most nominated person for a Nobel Prize with 82 nominations in the years 1925–1945, ultimately winning in 1943.
Hein-Direck Neu
Hein-Direck Neu was a German discus thrower who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics, in the 1972 Summer Olympics, and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.