page_title: 1921
section_title: February
hierarchical_section_title: 1921 / Births / February
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Lana Turner from 1940s
context_page_description: 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1921st year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 921st year of the 2nd millennium, the 21st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1920s decade. As of the start of 1921, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: February 1 – Peter Sallis, English actor (d. 2017)
  February 3
  George E. Felton, English computer scientist (d. 2019)
  Antonio Natali, Italian politician (d. 1991)
  February 4
  Betty Friedan, American feminist (d. 2006)
  Kocheril R. Narayanan, Indian politician, 10th President of India (d. 2005)
  February 5 – Zbigniew Czajkowski, Polish fencer (d. 2019)
  February 7
  Jesse Freitas Sr., American football player (d. 2020)
  Guy Natusch, New Zealand architect
  February 8
  Hans Albert, German philosopher
  Nexhmije Hoxha, widow of Albanian communist leader Enver Hoxha (d. 2020)
  Lana Turner, American actress (d. 1995)
  February 11 – Lloyd Bentsen, American politician (d. 2006)
  February 14
  Hugh Downs, American game show host, journalist (d. 2020)
  Hazel McCallion, Canadian politician and businesswoman
  John Henry Waddell, American artist (d. 2019)
  February 15
  Jefferson J. DeBlanc, World War II United States Marine Corps fighter ace (d. 2007)
  Martha Farkas Glaser, Hungarian-American civil rights activist, manager of jazz musician Erroll Garner (d. 2014)
  Hugh Downs, American broadcaster, television host, news anchor, TV producer, author, game show host, and music composer (d. 2020)
  February 16
  Hua Guofeng, Chairman of the Communist Party of China, Premier of China (d. 2008)
  Vera-Ellen, American actress, dancer (d. 1981)
  February 17
  Muriel Coben, Canadian professional baseball, curling player (d. 1979)
  Herbert Köfer, German actor
  February 18
  Ken Casanega, American football player
  Brian Faulkner, 6th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (d. 1977)
  February 20 – "Nature Boy" Rogers, American professional wrestler (d. 1992)
  February 21
  Leroy J. Manor, American Air Force general
  John Rawls, American liberal moral and political philosopher (d. 2002)
  February 22
  Jean-Bédel Bokassa, 2nd President of the Central African Republic (1966-1976), Emperor of Central Africa (1976-1979) (d. 1996)
  Wayne C. Booth, American literary critic (d. 2005)
  Marshall Teague, American race car driver (d. 1959)
  Giulietta Masina, Italian actress (d. 1994)
  February 24
  Dick Van Orden, American admiral (d. 2018)
  Abe Vigoda, American actor (d. 2016)
  February 25 – Pierre Laporte, Canadian statesman (d. 1970)
  February 26
  Jacob W. Gruber, American anthropologist, archaeologist, historian and educator (d. 2019)
  Betty Hutton, American actress (d. 2007)
  Louis Roney, American opera singer (d. 2017)
  February 27
  Michael Fox, American actor (d. 1996)
  Eka Tjipta Widjaja, Chinese-Indonesian billionaire and businessman (d. 2019)
  February 28 – Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (d. 2006)
caption: Lana Turner
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