Famous February Birthdays
Who was Born in February on Your Birthday?
Do you know who was born on your birthday? There are many famous February birthdays displayed below. We hope you find famous and historic people who share your special day. See who was born in your birth month below.
Did You Know? The song “Happy Birthday to You” was first sung on June 27, 1859
Famous February Birthdays
February 1, 1818 – Frederick Douglass, American author and activist
February 1, 1901 – Clark Gable, actor, “Rhett Butler” in “Gone with the Wind”
February 1, 1938 – Sherman Hemsley, actor, “George” on the TV series “The Jeffersons”
February 2, 1937 – Tommy Smothers, actor, comedian of “The Smothers Brothers”
February 2, 1947 – Farrah Fawcett, TV and Movie actress, starred in “Charlie’s Angels”
February 2, 1954 – Christie Brinkley, supermodel
February 3, 1894 – Norman Rockwell, renowned painter
February 3, 1918 – Joey Bishop, TV star, comedian
February 3, 1950 – Morgan Fairchild, actress
February 4, 1902 – Charles Lindbergh, aviator, first to fly solo over the Atlantic ocean
February 4, 1905- Clyde Tombaugh, astronomer, discovered the planet Pluto
February 4, 1913 – Rosa Parks, civil rights activist
February 4, 1948 – Alice Cooper, rock singer
February 5, 1744 – John Jeffries, America’s first Weatherman. Also, see Weatherman Day
February 5, 1919 – Red Buttons, actor, comedian
February 5, 1934 – Hank Aaron, Hall of Fame Baseball slugger, once long-time record holder for home runs at 755
February 6, 1895 – George Herman “Babe” Ruth, the greatest baseball player of all time
February 6, 1911 – Ronald Reagan, 40th U.S. President (1981-1989)
February 6, 1940 – Tom Brokaw, popular and respected “NBC News” anchor
February 7, 1812 – Charles Dickens, novelist, “A Christmas Carol”
February 7, 1962 – Garth Brooks, country singer
February 7, 1966 – Chris Rock, comedian, actor
February 8, 1828 – Jules Verne, author, “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”
February 8, 1921 – Lana Turner, actress
February 8, 1925 – Jack Lemmon, actor
February 8, 1931 – James Dean actor
February 8, 1940 – Ted Koppel, newscaster
February 8, 1941 – Nick Nolte, actor
February 9, 1773 – William Henry Harrison, 9th U.S. President (1841) died a month after taking office
February 9, 1943 – Joe Pesci, actor, My Cousin Vinnie
February 9, 1945 – Mia Farrow, actress
February 9, 1977 – Shakira, singer, television personality, The Voice
February 10, 1893 – Jimmy Durante, comedian with a big nose
February 10, 1930 – Robert Wagner, actor
February 10, 1950 – Mark Spitz, 7 gold medals for swimming in the 1972 Olympics
February 10, 1966 – Greg Norman, PGA Golfer from Australia
Who was born in February?
February 11, 1847 – Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of the light bulb
February 11, 1917 – Sidney Sheldon, author
February 11, 1936 – Burt Reynolds, actor
February 11, 1963 – Sheryl Crow, singer
February 11, 1969 – Jennifer Aniston, TV and movie actress, “Friends”
February 12, 1809 – Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President (1861-1865)
February 12, 1809 – Charles Darwin, Author, “Origin of the Species”, Darwin’s Theory
February 12, 1915 – Loren Greene, actor “Ben Cartwright” on the TV series “Bonanza”
February 12, 1955 – Arsenio Hall, talk show host
February 13, 1873 – L.L. Bean, outdoorsman…yes, the clothing line
February 13, 1919 – Tennessee Ernie Ford, country singer/actor
February 13, 1933 – Kim Novak, actress
February 13, 1944 – Jerry Springer, talk show host
February 14, 1859 – George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., invented the Ferris Wheel
February 14, 1894 – Jack Benny, actor, comedian on Vaudeville, radio, and TV
February 14, 1913 – Jimmy Hoffa, Teamsters union leader mysteriously disappeared in 1971 without a trace
February 14, 1921 – Hugh Downs, co-anchor “20/20”
February 14, 1932 – Vic Morrow, Actor, TV series “Combat”
February 14, 1934 – Florence Henderson, “Carol Brady” of the TV series “The Brady Bunch”
February 15, 1820 – Susan B. Anthony, Women’s Suffrage
February 15, 1927 – Harvey Korman, comedian
February 15, 1951 – Jane Seymour, actress TV series “Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman”
February 15, 1964 – Chris Farley, actor Comedian, SNL
February 16, 1935 – Sonny Bono, actor, singer, “Sonny and Cher”
February 16, 1958 – Ice-T, actor, rapper, TV series “Law & Order: SVU”
February 16, 1959 – John McEnroe, hot-tempered tennis champion
February 17, 1925 – Hal Holbrook, actor
February 17, 1936 – Jim Brown, Cleveland Browns, greatest runner in NFL history
February 17, 1954 – Rene Russo, actress
February 17, 1963 – Michael Jordan, one of the greatest players n NBA history
February 17, 1981 – Paris Hilton, actress, socialite, grand-daughter of Conrad Hilton
February 17, 1991 – Ed Sheeran, singer, composer
February 18, 1745 – Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist and inventor of the electric battery
February 18, 1919 – Jack Palance, Oscar-winning actor in the movie “City Slickers”
February 18, 1933 – Yoko Ono, Japanese-American singer-songwriter, married John Lennon
February 18, 1950 – Cybil Shepherd, actress
February 18, 1954 – John Travolta, TV and movie actor, “Welcome Back Kotter”, “Grease”
February 18, 1957 – Vanna White, TV game show “Wheel of Fortune”
February 18, 1964 – Matt Dillon, actor
February 18, 1965 – Dr. Dre, born Andre Romelle Young, rapper, record producer.
February 19, 1473 – Nicolas Copernicus, Scientist, controversial theory that the earth rotates around the sun
February 19, 1924 – Lee Marvin, actor
February 19, 1966 – Justine Bateman, actress, TV series “Family Ties”
February 20, 1902 – Ansel Adams, American photographer.
February 20, 1927 – Sidney Poitier, 1st Afro-American to win Academy award
February 20, 1929 – Amanda Blake, U.S. actress, Played Kitty on the TV western series “Gunsmoke”.
February 20, 1946- Sandy Duncan, actress
February 20, 1949- Avana Trump, first wife of Donald Trump
February 20, 1954 – Patty Hearst, kidnapped daughter of William Randolph Hearst
February 20, 1963 – Charles Barkley, Hall of Fame American basketball player, sportscaster
February 20, 1966 – Cindy Crawford, supermodel
February 20, 1988 – Rihanna, singer
Who was born on your February birthday?
February 21, 1927 – Erma Bombeck, columnist
February 21, 1933 – Rue McClanahan, Actress, TV series “Golden Girls”
February 21, 1946 – Tyne Daly, actress
February 21, 1955 – Kelsey Grammer, actor, television series “Cheers” and “Frasier”.
February 21, 1979 – Jennifer Love Hewitt, actress, television series “Ghost Whisperer” and “9-1-1”.
February 22, 1732 – George Washington, 1st U.S. President (1789-1797)
February 22, 1857 – Lord Robert Baden Powell, founder of Boy Scouts
February 22, 1889 – Lady Olave Baden-Powell, founded Girl Guides, wife of Lord Baden-Powell
February 22, 1907 – Robert Young, “Father Knows Best” and “Marcus Welby, MD”
February 22, 1932 – Edward M. Kennedy, Mass. Senator
February 22, 1962 – Steve “Crocodile Hunter Irwin”
February 22, 1975 – Drew Barrymore, actress
February 23, 1685 – George Frederic Handel, German Composer
February 23, 1951 – Patricia Richardson, actress, “Jill” on TV series “Home Improvement”
February 23, 1994 – Dakota Fanning, American actress.
February 24, 1885 – Chester W. Nimitz, U.S Navy commander during WWII
February 24, 1938 – James Farentino, actor
February 24, 1955 – Steven Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computer
February 25, 1851 – Pierre Aguste Renoir, French Impressionist painter
February 25, 1901 – Zeppo Marx, youngest of Marx Brother comedians
February 25, 1935- Sally Jesse Raphael, talk show host
February 25, 1943 – George Harrison, one of the four “Beatles”
February 25, 1966 – Tea Leoni, actress, “Jurassic Park III”, “Deep Impact”, television series “Madame Secretary”.
February 25, 1971 – Sean Astin, “Samwise” in mega-movies “Lord of the Rings”
February 26, 1802 – Victor Hugo, author, “Les Miserables”
February 26, 1829 – Levi Strauss, inventor of denim jeans
February 26, 1846 – “Buffalo Bill Cody”, Wild West Show
February 26, 1887 – William Frawley, movie and TV actor, “Fred Mertz” on “I Love Lucy”
February 26, 1916 – Jackie Gleason, actor and comedian
February 26, 1920 – Tony Randall, actor, “The Odd Couple”
February 26, 1930 – Johnny Cash, American country western singer
February 27, 1827 – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet and writer.
February 27, 1932 – Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress
February 28, 1928 – Fats Domino, pianist
February 26, 1932 – Johnny Cash, country western singer
February 26, 1953 – Michael Bolton, singer
February 27, 1807 – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet
February 27, 1902 – John Steinbeck, author of “Grapes of Wrath”
February 27, 1930 – Joanne Woodward, actress
February 27, 1932 – Elizabeth Taylor, actress
February 27, 1934 – Ralph Nader, consumer advocate. Were you a “Nader’s Raider?”
February 27, 1981 – Josh Groban, singer
February 28, 1915 – Charles Durning, actor
February 28, 1940 – Mario Andretti, race car drive
February 28, 1948 – Bernadette Peters, actress
February 28, 1955 – Gilbert Gottfried, comedian
February 29, 1692 – In Salem, Ma. several girls are the first to be accused of witchcraft after exhibiting strange behaviors.
February 29, 1916 – Dinah Shore, singer, actress
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