List of Famous people born in February
Princess Leopoldine of Baden
Princess Leopoldine of Baden was a Princess of Baden by birth and Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg by marriage.
John Farrow
John Villiers Farrow, KGCHS was an Australian-born American film director, producer and screenwriter. In 1942 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for Wake Island, and in 1957 he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Around the World in Eighty Days. He had seven children by his wife, actress Maureen O'Sullivan, including actress Mia Farrow.
Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este
Maria Beatrix Anna Frances of Austria-Este (1824-1906), Italian: Maria Beatrice Anna Francesca d'Austria-Este, was a high aristocrat from the Modena branch of the House of Habsburg. As daughter to the ruling Duke of Modena she was born archduchess of Austria-Este and princess of Modena. Following the 1847 marriage she became Infanta of Spain and Countess of Montizón. As the Duchy of Modena was absorbed into the Kingdom of Italy, since 1859 she lived on exile in the imperial Austria. According to the Carlist reading, in 1861-1868 she was the queen consort of Spain. According to the legitimist reading, in 1883-1887 she was the queen consort of France. Since 1853 she lived separated from her husband and did not claim any of the royal titles, though after 1868 she supported the claim of her oldest son, Carlos. Since 1872 she lived in monasteries, first in Graz and since 1898 in Görz.
Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was a princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, by birth, and, by marriage, a princess of Prussia. She was the daughter of Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia.
Paul Cassirer
Paul Cassirer was a German art dealer and editor who played a significant role in the promotion of the work of artists of the Berlin Secession and of French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, in particular that of Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cézanne.
Nikoloz Muskhelishvili
Nikoloz (Niko) Muskhelishvili was a renowned Soviet Georgian mathematician, physicist and engineer who was one of the founders and first President (1941–1972) of the Georgian SSR Academy of Sciences. He is often referred by the Russian version of his name, Nikolai Ivanovich Muskhelisvili.
Edward Henry Harriman
Edward Henry Harriman was an American railroad executive.
Samuel Phillips Lee
Samuel Phillips Lee was an officer of the United States Navy. In the American Civil War, he took part in the New Orleans campaign, before commanding the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, covering the coastlines and inland waters of Virginia and North Carolina, and finally the Mississippi River Squadron. As a cousin of Robert E. Lee, his refusal to join the Confederates' side by remaining loyal to the U.S. demonstrated the extent to which the war had divided families. Lee married the daughter of Francis P. Blair, Sr., and their house in Washington is now the president's official guest house.
Khaled Fawzy
Major General Khaled Fawzy is a former Director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate (EGID). He was the head of the national security agency since 2013.
Lea Ahlborn
Lea Fredrika Ahlborn was a famous Swedish artist and medallist. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts and the first woman to be appointed royal printmaker. The position of royal printmaker was counted as a public office, and thereby made her the first female official or civil servant in Sweden.