I’ll be adding to this list as I find more birthdays. Note: many birth dates, especially as you look further back in time, were not recorded. Comment below if you know of a birthday that should be added to this list!

Happy birthday to…

• February 2 – Nell Gwyn (1650), Ayn Rand (1905)
• February 3 – Norman Rockwell (1894), Pretty Boy Floyd (1904)
• February 4 – Rosa Parks (1913), Betty Friedan (1921)
• February 5 – William S. Burroughs (1914)
• February 6 – Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665), Babe Ruth (1895), Eva Braun (1912)
• February 7 – Empress Matilda (1102), Thomas More (1478), Charles Dickens (1812), Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867)
• February 8 – Jules Verne (1828)
• February 11 – Elizabeth of York (1466)
• February 12 – Charles Darwin (1809), Abraham Lincoln (1809)
• February 15 – Galileo Galilei (1564), Louis XV (1710), Susan B. Anthony (1820)
• February 18 – Mary I (1516)
• February 20 – Eliza Courtney (1792)
• February 21 – Peter III of Russia (1728), Nina Simon (1933), Rue McClanahan (1934) (Yes. I included one of the Golden Girls in this list. Deal with it.)
• February 22 – George Washington (1732)
• February 23 – Victor Fleming (1889)
• February 24 – Charles V (1500)
• February 26 – Victor Hugo (1802)
• February 27 – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807)