page_title: 1941
section_title: February
hierarchical_section_title: 1941 / Births / February
caption_attribution_description: English: Image of Sergio Mendes seated before a keyboard, February 1, 2016.
context_page_description: 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1941st year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 941st year of the 2nd millennium, the 41st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1940s decade.
context_section_description: February 1
  Karl Dall, German comedian, singer and television presenter
  Jerry Spinelli, American author
  February 3
  Dory Funk, Jr., American professional wrestler
  Howard Phillips, American politician (d. 2013)
  February 4
  Laisenia Qarase, Fijian politician (d. 2020)
  John Steel, English drummer
  February 5
  Stephen J. Cannell, American director, producer (d. 2010)
  Henson Cargill, American country music singer (d. 2007)
  David Selby, American actor
  Kaspar Villiger, Swiss politician
  Cory Wells, American singer (Three Dog Night) (d. 2015)
  February 6 – Stephen Albert, American composer (d. 1992)
  February 8
  Nick Nolte, American actor
  Jagjit Singh, Indian singer, composer and musician (d. 2011)
  February 9 — Kermit Gosnell, American abortionist and serial killer
  February 10 – Michael Apted, British film director
  February 11
  Sergio Mendes, Brazilian jazz musician
  Sonny Landham, American actor (d. 2017)
  February 12
  Hubert Marcoux, Canadian solo sailor and author (d. 2009)
  Naomi Uemura, Japanese adventurer (d. 1984)
  February 13
  Sigmar Polke, German painter
  Bo Svenson, Swedish-American actor
  February 15 – Florinda Bolkan, Brazilian actress and model
  February 16 – Kim Jong-il, Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (d. 2011)
  February 17 – Ron Meyer, American football coach (d. 2017)
  February 18 – Irma Thomas, African-American singer
  February 19 – David Gross, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
  February 20 – Buffy Sainte-Marie, Canadian singer
  February 22
  Hipólito Mejía, President of the Dominican Republic (2000-2004)
  Yau Leung, Hong Kong photographer (d. 1997)
  February 27 – Paddy Ashdown, British politician, diplomat (d. 2018)
caption: Sergio Mendes
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