List of Famous people born in February
Jerome, 4th Count de Salis-Soglio
Jerome de Salis, Count de Salis-Soglio, DL, JP, FRS, Illustris et Magnificus, was an Anglo-Grison noble and Irish landowner.
Maritza Sayalero
Maritza Sayalero Fernández is a Venezuelan designer, model, businesswoman and beauty queen. In 1979 she was crowned both Miss Venezuela and Miss Universe, the first woman from Venezuela to win this title. She is married to Mexican tennis player Raúl Ramírez, with whom she has lived in Mexico since 1981. For years she had a boutique where she sold items of her own design.
Francisco Rubio Llorente
Francisco Rubio Llorente was a Spanish judge and law professor. He was President of the Spanish Council of State between 2004 and 2012, his predecessor and successor was José Manuel Romay Beccaría. He was judge on the Constitutional Court of Spain between 1980 and 1992, of which he spend the last three years as Vice President.
Richard Matheson
Richard Burton Matheson was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres.
Valentin Kotyk
Valentin Aleksandrovich Kotyk was a Soviet Pioneer and a partisan scout. He was also the youngest-ever Hero of Soviet Union.
Nina Haver-Løseth
Nina Haver-Løseth is a retired Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom.
Sharon Yeung
Sharon Yeung is a Hong Kong actress and film producer.
Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich
Countess Marie Louise Larisch von Moennich was the niece and confidante of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. She was a go-between for her married cousin Crown Prince Rudolf and his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera, a friend of hers. A scandal known as the Mayerling Incident broke in 1889 upon the discovery of the bodies of the two lovers at Rudolf's hunting lodge at Mayerling, Austria. With the revelation of her role in this the Countess was shunned in particular by the Empress and the rest of the Imperial Family. As a consequence she was also snubbed by society. Later in life she was nominally the author of a series of ghostwritten books about the Imperial household.
Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt
Louise Henriette Karoline of Hesse-Darmstadt, was the first Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine by marriage.
Allan MacNab
The Rt. Hon. Sir Allan Napier MacNab, 1st Baronet of Dundurn Castle, Kt, GCStJ, QC, MP, PC, ADC was a Canadian political leader who served as joint Premier of the Province of Canada from 1854 to 1856. He was the great great great grandfather of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, who is the current Royal Patron of Dundurn Castle, Sir Allan's former familial residence, as Premier.