Editing 1948 (section)

===February===
[[File:Henning Mankell 3 2011 Shankbone.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Henning Mankell]]]]
[[File:Dom Filipe Ximenes Belo 2016.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo]]]]
[[File:Alice Cooper 2017-08-05 Wacken (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Alice Cooper]]]]
[[File:Guest4.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Christopher Guest]]]]
[[File:Barbara Hershey by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Barbara Hershey]]]]
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[[File:Peters in 08.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bernadette Peters]]]]
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* [[February 1]] &ndash; [[Rick James]], African-American urban singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer (d. [[2004]])
* [[February 2]]
** [[Ina Garten]], American cooking author
** [[Roger Williamson]], British race car driver (d. [[1973]])
* [[February 3]]
** [[Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo]], East Timorean Catholic bishop, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]]
** [[Henning Mankell]], Swedish crime novelist (d. [[2015]])
* [[February 4]]
** [[Alice Cooper]], American hard rock singer and musician (''[[School's Out (song)|School's Out]]'')
** [[Ram Baran Yadav]], [[President of Nepal]]
* [[February 5]]
** [[Jim Dornan]], Northern Irish obstetrician and gynecologist (d. [[2021]])
** [[Sven-Göran Eriksson]], Swedish football manager (d. [[2024]])
** [[Christopher Guest]], American actor, screenwriter, director and composer (''[[National Lampoon (magazine)|National Lampoon]]'', ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
** [[Barbara Hershey]], American actress (''[[Beaches (1988 film)|Beaches]]'')
** [[Tom Wilkinson]], English actor (d. [[2023]])
* [[February 7]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Greenspoon]], American keyboardist, composer (''[[Three Dog Night]]'') (d. [[2015]])
* [[February 8]] &ndash; [[Dan Seals]], American musician (d. [[2009]])
* [[February 9]]
** [[David Hayman]], Scottish film, television and stage actor, director
** [[Greg Stafford (game designer)|Greg Stafford]], American game designer, publisher (d. [[2018]])
* [[February 10]] 
** [[Ûssarĸak K'ujaukitsoĸ]], Greenlandic Inuk politician, human rights activist (d. [[2018]])
** [[John Magnier]], Irish businessman, thoroughbred racehorse breeder
* [[February 11]] &ndash; [[Chris Rush]], American stand-up comedian
* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[Raymond Kurzweil]], American inventor, author
* [[February 13]] &ndash; [[Kitten Natividad]], Mexican-American film actress (d. 2022)
* [[February 14]]
** [[Jackie Martling]], American comedian, radio personality
** [[Wally Tax]], Dutch musician (d. [[2005]])
** [[Teller (magician)|Raymond Teller]], American illusionist and magician, one half of the duo [[Penn & Teller]]
** [[Yehuda Shoenfeld]], Israeli physician, autoimmunity researcher
* [[February 15]] – [[Larry DiTillio]], American film and TV series writer (d. [[2019]])
* [[February 16]] – [[Eckhart Tolle]], German-Canadian spiritual author
* [[February 17]]
** [[György Cserhalmi]], Hungarian actor
** [[José José]], Mexican singer, actor (d. [[2019]])
* [[February 18]] &ndash; [[Sinéad Cusack]], Irish actress
* [[February 19]]
** [[Pim Fortuyn]], Dutch politician, author (d. [[2002]])
** [[Tony Iommi]], English heavy metal guitarist
** [[Elizabeth Sackler]], American activist
** [[Raúl Grijalva]], American politician, member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] (d. [[2025]])
* [[February 20]] &ndash; [[Jennifer O'Neill]], American model, actress
* [[February 21]] – [[Christian Vander (musician)]], French drummer, founder of progressive rock/Zeuhl group Magma
* [[February 22]]
** [[John Ashton (actor)|John Ashton]], American actor (d. [[2024]])
** [[Leslie H. Sabo Jr.]], American [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. [[1970]])
* [[February 24]]
** [[Jayalalithaa]], Indian politician, film actress (d. [[2016]])
** [[Walter Smith]], Scottish football manager (d. [[2021]])
* [[February 25]] &ndash; [[Danny Denzongpa]], Indian actor
* [[February 28]]
** [[Steven Chu]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
** [[Mike Figgis]], American director, screenwriter and composer
** [[Kjell Isaksson]], Swedish pole vaulter
** [[Bernadette Peters]], American actress, singer
** [[Mercedes Ruehl]], American actress
** [[Alfred Sant]], Leader of Malta Labour Party (1992–), Prime Minister of Malta (1996–1998)
* [[February 29]]
** [[Khalid Salleh]], Malaysian actor, poet (d. [[2018]])
** [[Ken Foree]], American actor
** [[Henry Small (singer)|Henry Small]], American-born Canadian singer