List of Famous people born in February
Evair Aparecido Paulino
Evair Aparecido Paulino, simply known as Evair, is a retired Brazilian footballer. Evair played for several clubs throughout his career; he is most famous for his time with Palmeiras, where he recorded 125 goals, making him the seventh all-time top scorer for the club. He also made a significant contribution to Vasco da Gama, helping the club win the Brazilian Série A title in 1997.
Kim Dong-jun
Kim Dong-jun, also known as just Dongjun, is a South Korean singer and actor. He debuted as member of boy group ZE:A. Apart from his group's activities, he has established himself as an actor, notably through his participation in various television dramas such as The Fugitive of Joseon (2013), Neighborhood Lawyer Jo Deul-ho (2016), Black (2017) and About Time (2018). He has also starred in films such as A Company Man (2012), Take My Hand (2014), and Dead Again (2017).
Andre Asriel
Andre Asriel was an Austrian-German composer.
Peter Friedhofen
Peter Friedhofen was a German Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Brothers of Mercy of Mary Help of Christians. Friedhofen worked as a chimney sweep with his older brother until the latter died. This prompted Friedhofen to take care of his brother's widow and children until he founded his own religious order in mid-1850.
Henry Surtees
Henry John Surtees was a British racing driver and the son of John Surtees.
Hannes Jagerhofer
Hannes Jagerhofer is an Austrian entrepreneur, marketing and PR manager, event expert and author. The ACTS Group, founded by him, is one of the most renowned event and communication agencies in Austria. While at the ACTS Group Hannes Jagerhofer founded the Beach Majors GmbH, which was organizing the Beach Volleyball Major Series from 2015 to 2020 together with Red Bull. The Beach Volleyball Major Series was a sports series with the tournaments providing the highest prize money and ranking points of the FIVB World Tour.
Paul Lange
Paul Lange was a West German-German sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 4 × 500 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Lange also won two medals at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Prague with a gold in the K-1 4 × 500 m and a bronze in the K-2 500 m events. He was born in Oberhausen.
Peng Sheng-chu
Peng Sheng-chu is a Taiwanese politician and retired general of the Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF). He is the Director-General of the National Security Bureau since 26 October 2016.
Shinobu Orikuchi
Shinobu Orikuchi , also known as Chōkū Shaku , was a Japanese ethnologist, linguist, folklorist, novelist, and poet. As a disciple of Kunio Yanagita, he established an original academic field named "Orikuchiism" , which is a mixture of Japanese folklore, Japanese classics, and Shintō. He produced many works in a diversity of fields covering the history of literature, folkloric performing arts, folklore itself, Japanese language, the classics study, Shintōology, ancient study, and so on. Yukio Mishima once called him the "Japanese Walter Pater".
Falih Alfayyadh
Falih Faisal Fahad Al-Fayyadh is an Iraqi politician, former head and advisor of the National Security Council, chairman of the Popular Mobilization Forces and founder of the "Ataa Movement".