Born in February

1 February
1943: Attaul Haq Qasmi, Urdu writer
1982: Shoaib Malik, Pakistani cricketer

2 February
1904: Shaukat Thanvi, Urdu writer
1923: Air Marshal Noor Khan, Pakistani Army officer
1995: Arfa Karim Randhawa, the youngest Microsoft certified professional

3 February
1905: Nawab Bahadur Yar Jang, Pakistani freedom fighter
1993: Asifa Bhutto Zardari, the youngest daughter of Benazir Bhutto

4 February
1917: General Yahya Khan, 3rd President of Pakistan

6 February
1890: Bacha Khan, Pushtun nationalist
1893: Zafrullah Khan, 1st Foreign Minister of Pakistan

7 February
1812: Charles Dickens, English writer
1979: Tawakel Karman, Nobel prize laureate from Yemen

8 February
1834: Dmitry Mendeleev, Russian chemist
1948: Abdul Majid Bhurgri, founder of computing in Sindhi language

11 February
1847: Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of bulb

12 February
1809: Charles Darwin, creator of Theory of Evolution
1809: Abraham Lincoln, 16th US President
1928: Justice Retd Fakhruddin G Ibrahim, Pakistani chief election commissioner

13 February
1835: Mirza Ghulam Ahmed, founder of Ahmedi Movement
1879: Sarojini Naidu, The Nightingale of India
1905: Begum Rana Liaquat, wife of Liaquat Ali Khan
1911: Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Pakistani poet
1913: Shah Khalid, Saudi King
1949: Makhdoom Khaliquzzaman, son of Makhdoom Amin Fahim

14 February
1483: Zaheeruddin Babar, founder of Mughal dynasty
1873: Bedal Faqir, Sindhi poet
1885: Syed Zafar-ul-Hassan, Muslim philosopher
1908: Mir Jafar Khan Jamali, Baloch tribal leader

15 February
1564: Galileo Galilee, inventor of telescope
Noor Muhammad Advocate, Pakistani freedom fighter

17 February
1951: Rashid Minhas, recipient of Nishan-e-Haider

18 February
1201: Naseeruddin Toosi, Muslim scientist
1372: Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Shafiite Sunni scholar of Islam
1927: Fazal Mehmood, Pakistani cricketer

19 February
1630: Shivaji, Indian warrior king
1949: Asfandyar Wali Khan, President of ANP
1951: Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri, Pakistani scholar

21 February
1703: Shah Waliullah, Muslim scholar
1928: Rasool Bux Palijo, Sindhi nationalist
1953: Dr Azra Pechuho, sister of Asif Ali Zardari

22 February
1732: George Washington, founder of US
1857: Lord Baden Powell, founder of scout movement

23 February
1978: Muhammad Saqlain, Pakistani hockey player

24 February
1935: Abdul Hafeez Pirzada, Pakistani lawyer

25 February
1304: Ibne Battuta, Muslim traveler
1885: Kushanchand Bewas, Sindhi poet

26 February
1946: Ahmad Zewail, Egyptian-American scientist
1954: Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish President

28 February
1809: Hamal Faqir, Sindhi poet
1928: Nawab Khair Bux Mari, Baloch politician

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