Famous Birthdays
- Feb 1 Peter Sallis, British actor (Wallace and Gromit, Last of the Summer Wine), born in Twickenham, England (d. 2017)
Betty Friedan
Feb 4 Betty Friedan, American feminist and writer (Feminine Mystique), born in Peoria, Illinois (d. 2006)
Betty Friedan
- Feb 5 John M Pritchard, conductor, born in London, England
- Feb 5 Ken Adam, British film production designer (James Bond sets), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2016)
- Feb 6 Bob Scott [Robert], Rugby player (All Black, 1946-54), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 2012)
- Feb 7 Athol Rowan, cricketer (brother of Eric, South African off-spinner)
- Feb 7 Bryan Woods, soldier/clerk
Lana Turner
Feb 8 Lana Turner, American actress (Survivors, Falcon Crest, The Postman Always Rings Twice), born in Wallace, Idaho (d. 1995)
Lana Turner
- Feb 8 Hoot Evers, baseball player
- Feb 9 B M Ducat-Amos, Air Commandant/director (RAF Nursing Service)
- Feb 9 Charles Montgomery Monteith, publisher
- Feb 10 Adrian Cruft, composer
- Feb 11 Lloyd Bentsen, (Sen-D-TX, 1971- )/1989 Dem VP nominee)
- Feb 11 Edward Seidensticker, American scholar (d. 2007)
- Feb 13 Henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist
- Feb 13 Zao-Wou-Ki, Chinese/French painter and graphic artist
- Feb 14 Albert Sloman, Vice-Chancellor (Essex U)
- Feb 14 Hugh Downs, TV journalist (20/20, Concentration), born in Akron, Ohio
- Feb 14 Jeanne Demessieux, composer
- Feb 14 Piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player
- Feb 14 Skeezix, of "Gasoline Alley" discovered on Wallets' doorstep
- Feb 15 Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian and writer (d. 1985)
- Feb 16 Jean Behra, auto racer
Vera-Ellen
Feb 16 Vera-Ellen [Westmeier Rohe], American actress and dancer (Big Leaguer, On the Town), born in Norwood, Ohio (d. 1981)
Vera-Ellen
Hua Guofeng
Feb 16 Hua Guofeng, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (1976-81) and Premier of the People's Republic of China (1976-80), born in Jiaocheng County, Shanxi (d. 2008)
Hua Guofeng
- Feb 19 Andries Treurnicht, [Dr No], founder (South African Conservative Party)
- Feb 19 Claude Rene Georges Pascal, composer
- Feb 20 Mervin Shiner, American country singer, born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- Feb 20 Ruth Gipps, British prolific conductor and composer, born in Bexhill-on-Sea, England (d. 1999)
- Feb 20 Joseph A. Walker, American experimental physicist, WWII and NASA test pilot (1st spaceplane flights to edge of outerspace), born in Washington, Pennsylvania (d. 1966)
- Feb 22 Giulietta Masina, Italian actress, (La Strada, Swindle, White Sheik) and wife of director Federico Fellini, born in San Giorgio di Piano, Italy (d. 1994)
Jean-Bédel Bokassa
Feb 22 Jean-Bédel Bokassa, President (1966-1976) and later Emperor (1976-1979) of the Central African Republic, born in Bobangui, then French Equatorial Guinea (d. 1996)
Jean-Bédel Bokassa
- Feb 22 Wayne Booth, American literary critic (d. 2005)
- Feb 22 David Greene, British television director (d. 2003)
- Feb 24 Abe Vigoda, American actor (Barney Miller, The Godfather), born in NYC, New York (d. 2016)
- Feb 24 Douglass Watson, American actor (Satan Murders, Another World), born in Jackson, Georgia (d. 1989)
- Feb 24 Ingvar Lidholm, Swedish composer (Toccata e Canto), born in Jönköping, Sweden (d. 2017)
- Feb 24 Ludvig Aschkenazy, writer
- Feb 24 Gaston Reiff, Belgian athlete (b. 1992)
- Feb 25 Andy Pafko, Boyceville, Wisconsin, MLB player (Chicago Cubs), (d. 2013)
- Feb 26 Betty Hutton [Elizabeth June Thornburg], American actress, dancer, singer and comedian (Greatest Show on Earth), born in Battle Creek, Michigan (d. 2007)
- Feb 27 Andras Szollosy, composer
- Feb 27 Michael Fox, American actor (Perry Mason, Quincy, Dallas, Bold & the Beautiful), born in Yonkers, New York (d. 1996)
- Feb 28 Vladimir Sommer, composer
- Feb 28 Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (d. 2006)