Editing 1940 (section)

===February===
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*[[February 2]]
**[[Odell Brown]], American jazz organist (d. [[2011]])
**Sir [[David Jason]], English actor
*[[February 4]] – [[George A. Romero]], American film writer, director (d. [[2017]])<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Tre'vell |title=George A. Romero, 'Night of the Living Dead' creator, dies at 77 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-me-george-romero-20170716-story.html |access-date=December 1, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=July 16, 2017}}</ref>
*[[February 5]] – [[H. R. Giger]], Swiss artist (d. [[2014]])
*[[February 6]] – [[Tom Brokaw]], American television journalist and author<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/people/tom-brokaw-9227130 |title=Tom Brokaw Biography: News Anchor, Journalist (1940–) |work=Biography.com ([[A&E Networks]]) |access-date=June 25, 2013 |archive-date=May 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515074119/http://www.biography.com/people/tom-brokaw-9227130 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[February 7]] – [[Tony Tan]], 7th President of Singapore
*[[February 9]]
**[[J. M. Coetzee]], South African writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate<ref>{{cite book |title=J. M. Coetzee and the Ethics of Reading: Literature in the Event |url=https://archive.org/details/jmcoetzeeethicso0000attr |url-access=registration |first=Derek |last=Attridge |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |year=2004 |page=[https://archive.org/details/jmcoetzeeethicso0000attr/page/94 94] |isbn=978-0-226-03117-0}}</ref>
**[[Seamus Deane]], Irish poet and novelist (d. [[2021]])<ref>{{cite news |title=Seamus Deane, leading Irish writer and critic, has died aged 81 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/seamus-deane-leading-irish-writer-and-critic-has-died-aged-81-1.4564018 |first=Martin |last=Doyle |date=13 May 2021 |access-date=13 May 2021 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]}}</ref>
*[[February 12]] – [[Robert Saladrigas]], Spanish writer, journalist and literary critic (d. [[2018]])
*[[February 15]] – [[Hamzah Haz]], Indonesian politician, 9th [[Vice President of Indonesia]]
*[[February 17]]
**[[Vicente Fernández]], Mexican actor and singer (d. [[2021]])
**[[Willi Holdorf]], German Olympic decathlete (d. [[2020]])
**[[Gene Pitney]], American singer (d. [[2006]])
*[[February 18]] – [[Fabrizio De André]], Italian singer, songwriter (d. [[1999]])
*[[February 19]]
**[[Renate Hellwig]], German politician
**[[Smokey Robinson]], African-American musician
*[[February 20]] – [[Jimmy Greaves]], English footballer (d. [[2021]])
*[[February 21]] – [[John Lewis]], African-American politician, civil rights activist (d. [[2020]])
*[[February 23]] – [[Peter Fonda]], American actor (''[[Easy Rider]]'') (d. [[2019]])
*[[February 24]]
**[[Pete Duel]], American actor (''[[Alias Smith and Jones]]'') (d. [[1971]])
**[[Jimmy Ellis (boxer)|Jimmy Ellis]], African-American professional boxer (d. [[2014]])
**[[Denis Law]], Scottish footballer (d. [[2025]])
*[[February 25]] – [[Jesús López Cobos]], Spanish-born conductor (d. [[2018]])
*[[February 27]] – [[Bill Hunter (actor)|Bill Hunter]], Australian actor (d. [[2011]])<ref>Blake, Jason: [http://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/aussie-bloke-of-screen-was-larger-than-life-20110522-1eys7.html Aussie bloke of screen was larger than life] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524170815/http://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/aussie-bloke-of-screen-was-larger-than-life-20110522-1eys7.html |date=24 May 2011}}, ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 23 May 2011.</ref>
*[[February 28]]
**[[Mario Andretti]], Italian-born American racing driver<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mario-Andretti|title=Mario Andretti|website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=September 18, 2020}}</ref>
**[[Joe South]], American singer-songwriter (d. [[2012]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/sep/12/joe-south|title=Joe South obituary|date=September 12, 2012|author=Richard Williams|website=The Guardian|access-date=August 8, 2023}}</ref>