List of Famous people born in February
Shin Saburi
Shin Saburi was a Japanese film actor noted for his leading roles in a number of films by the director Yasujirō Ozu including Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941), Tea Over Rice (1952), Equinox Flower (1958) and Late Autumn (1960). He also directed over a dozen films.
Masatomo Taniguchi
Masatomo Taniguchi was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Dieter Nörr
Dieter Nörr was a German scholar of Ancient Law. He studied at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich from 1949-1953. After receiving his doctorate with a dissertation on criminal law in the Code of Hammurabi, Nörr undertook postdoctoral study at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Rome. He worked for a year as a post-doctoral assistant at the Institute for Criminal Law and Legal Philosophy under Karl Engisch. He received his Habilitation at the University of Munich, under Professor Wolfgang Kunkel, in 1959 with a work on Byzantine Contract Law and was promoted to Privatdozent. He then accepted the Chair of Roman and Civil Law at the University of Hamburg. In 1960, Nörr became Full Professor at the University of Münster. After he declined positions at the Universities of Hamburg, Tübingen, and Bielefeld, he returned to the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich as Professor, Chair of Roman Law, and Director of the Leopold Wenger Institute for Ancient Legal History and Papyrus Research. His brother, Knut Wolfgang Nörr, was also a Professor of Legal History, especially Canon Law, at the University of Tübingen.
Keitaro Harada
Keitaro Harada is a Japanese conductor and music and artisticd irector of Savannah Philharmonic. Harada is a former Associate Conductor of Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Arizona Opera, Richmond Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra. He has been Music Director & Conductor of the Phoenix Youth Symphony, Assistant Conductor of Macon Symphony Orchestra. In 2013, he was featured in the Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview by the League of American Orchestras. In 2014 and 2015, he received The Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award.
Rui Silva
Rui Tiago Dantas da Silva is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Granada CF as a goalkeeper.
Ge Huijie
Ge Huijie is a Chinese model. In 2002, she won the NICE cup, and was runner-up in 2004 at the Pierre Cardin International Model Contest. At 17, she entered a relationship with Wang Feng, a Chinese rock musician, breaking up two years later. She has also acted in some films and television series, and was featured on the cover of Marie Claire magazine.
Richard Seaman
Richard John Beattie Seaman, was one of the greatest pre-war Grand Prix drivers from Britain. He famously drove for the Mercedes-Benz team from 1937–1939 in the Mercedes-Benz W154 car, winning the 1938 German Grand Prix. He died of his injuries after his car overturned at the 1939 Belgian Grand Prix.
Pierre Hadot
Pierre Hadot was a French philosopher and historian of philosophy specializing in ancient philosophy, particularly Neoplatonism.
Toru Taniguchi
Toru Taniguchi is a Japanese professional golfer.
Zori Balayan
Zori Balayan is an Armenian novelist, journalist, sports doctor, traveler and sports expert. He was awarded the "Renowned master of the Arts" an Armenian official title.