February 16, 1737 – Molly Stark, the wife of American Revolutionary War general John Stark.
February 17, 1963 – Michael Jeffrey Jordan, an American former professional basketball player, entrepreneur, and majority owner and chairman of the Charlotte Bobcats.
February 18, 1933 – Yoko Ono, a Japanese artist and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking and for her marriage to John Lennon (1969–1980).
February 19, 1940 – William “Smokey” Robinson, Jr., an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive.
February 20, 1988 – Robyn Rihanna Fenty, known by her stage name Rihanna, a Barbadian recording artist, actress and fashion designer.
February 21, 1933 – Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her stage name Nina Simone, an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist widely associated with jazz music.
February 22, 1907 – Donn Beach, born Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt, the founding father of tiki restaurants, bars and nightclubs.
