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February 28 birthdays

381 notable historical figures were born on February 28, and 182 died on this day. Everyone born on February 28 is a Pisces.

16% of February 28 birthdays work in Literature, more than any other field. More come from United States (84) than any other country.

Born on February 28

• Frank Gehry (1929 to 2025. Canadian and American architect (1929–2025))
• Linus Pauling (1901 to 1994. American scientist and activist (1901–1994))
• Michel de Montaigne (1533 to 1592. French author, philosopher, and statesman (1533–1592))
• Henry the Young King (1155 to 1183. Junior King of England from 1170 to 1183)
• Zoia Ceaușescu (1949 to 2006. Romanian mathematician (1949–2006))
• Alexei (1690 to 1718. Russian Tsarevich (1690–1718))
• Steven Chu (born 1948. American physicist and government official (born 1948))
• Robin Cook (1946 to 2005. British politician (1946–2005))
• Peter Medawar (1915 to 1987. Brazilian-British biologist (1915–1987))
• Francis III, Duke of Brittany (1518 to 1536. Dauphin of France)
• Alfred von Schlieffen (1833 to 1913. German field marshal)
• Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco (born 2007. Moroccan royal (born 2007))
• William Finn (1952 to 2025. American composer and lyricist (1952–2025))
• Stephen Spender (1909 to 1995. English poet and man of letters (1909–1995))
• Vladimir Vernadsky (1863 to 1945. Soviet geochemist (1863–1945))
• Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland (1912 to 1997. Swedish prince (1912–1997))
• Gilbert Gottfried (1955 to 2022. American comedian (1955–2022))
• Giuseppe Cavo Dragone (born 1957. Italian naval officer (born 1957))
• Joanna (1462 to 1530. Queen of Portugal and claimant to the Castilian throne (1462–1530))
• Mica Levi (born 1987. English musician)
• John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (1873 to 1954. British politician and Lord Chancellor (1873–1954))
• Bai Juyi (772 to 846. Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty (772-846))
• Hayden Fry (1929 to 2019. American football player and coach (1929–2019))
• José Vasconcelos (1881 to 1959. Mexican lawyer, author, and Secretary of Education (1881–1959))
• Leon Cooper (1930 to 2024. American physicist (1930–2024))
• Prince Frederick of the Netherlands (1797 to 1881. Dutch prince (1797–1881))
• Erik Demaine (born 1981. Computer scientist (b. 1981))
• Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau (1743 to 1787. Dutch regent)
• Margaret of Scotland (1261 to 1283. Queen of Norway from 1281 to 1283)
• Louis Nirenberg (1925 to 2020. Canadian-American mathematician (1925–2020))
• Jean Bourgain (1954 to 2018. Belgian mathematician (1954–2018))
• Zeid bin Hussein (1898 to 1970. Iraqi Hashemite prince then pretender (1898–1970))
• Thomas Remengesau Jr. (born 1956. 7th and 9th President of Palau)
• Paul Krugman (born 1953. American economist (born 1953))
• Daniel C. Tsui (born 1939. Chinese-American physicist)
• Tom Kitt (musician) (born 1974. American composer and musician)
• Noureddine Morceli (born 1970. Algerian middle-distance runner)
• Alexey Ekimov (born 1945. Russian physicist (born 1945))
• Eleanor de' Medici (1567 to 1611. Duchess of Mantua)
• Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877 to 1952. Composer and pianist (1877–1952))
• Ion Chicu (born 1972. Prime Minister of Moldova from 2019 to 2020)
• Natalya Estemirova (1958 to 2009. Russian human rights activist (1958–2009))
• Juri Lotman (1922 to 1993. Estonian-Russian semiotician, literary scholar)
• Mario Andretti (born 1940. American racing driver (born 1940))
• Patricia Briggs (born 1965. American novelist (born 1965))
• Galab Donev (born 1967. Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2022 to 2023)
• Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio (born 1950. Peruvian prelate of the Catholic Church)
• Trịnh Công Sơn (1939 to 2001. Musical artist)
• Sjafruddin Prawiranegara (1911 to 1989. Indonesian statesman and economist (1911–1989))
• Luka Dončić (born 1999. Slovenian basketball player (born 1999))
• Mary Lyon (1797 to 1849. American educator (1797–1849))
• Shinji Hosoe (born 1967. Musical artist)
• Herwig Schopper (1924 to 2025. German experimental physicist (1924–2025))
• Pōmare IV (1813 to 1877. Queen of Tahiti from 1827 to 1877)
• Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham (1872 to 1950. British politician and judge (1872–1950))
• Mehdi Frashëri (1872 to 1963. Albanian politician (1872–1963))
• Edward Shearmur (born 1966. British film composer (born 1966))
• René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683 to 1757. French entomologist and writer (1683–1757))
• Vincente Minnelli (1903 to 1986. American stage and film director (1903–1986))
• Arthur Symons (1865 to 1945. British poet, critic and magazine editor)

Died on February 28

• Ali Khamenei (1939 to 2026. Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026)
• Alfonso XIII (1886 to 1941. King of Spain from 1886 to 1931)
• Henry James (1843 to 1916. American and British writer (1843–1916))
• Rajendra Prasad (1884 to 1963. President of India from 1950 to 1962)
• André Previn (1929 to 2019. American musician (1929–2019))
• Friedrich Ebert (1871 to 1925. President of Germany from 1919 to 1925)
• Olof Palme (1927 to 1986. Prime Minister of Sweden (1969–76; 1982–86))
• Freeman Dyson (1923 to 2020. British theoretical physicist and mathematician (1923–2020))
• Khosrow II (570 to 628. Emperor of the Sasanian Empire from 590 to 628)
• Cuauhtémoc (1495 to 1525. Eleventh and final Tlatoani of Tenochtitlan)
• Christian IV of Denmark (1577 to 1648. King of Denmark and Norway from 1588 to 1648)
• Brunhilda (Queen consort of Austrasia)
• Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (1917 to 2007. American intellectual (1917–2007))
• Empress Xiaoyichun (1727 to 1775. Empress of the Qing dynasty (1727–1775))
• Alphonse de Lamartine (1790 to 1869. French author, poet and statesman (1790–1869))
• Annie Girardot (1931 to 2011. French actress (1931–2011))
• Nicholas Mosley (1923 to 2017. English novelist (1923–2017))
• Miguel Serrano (1917 to 2009. Chilean diplomat, fascist, and Holocaust denier)
• Albert Forster (1902 to 1952. Nazi Gauleiter of Danzig and war criminal (1902–1952))
• Martin Bucer (1491 to 1551. German Protestant reformer (1491–1551))
• Daniel J. Boorstin (1914 to 2004. American historian and 12th Librarian of Congress)
• Mohammad Shirazi (general) (Iranian military officer (died 2026))
• Yaşar Kemal (1923 to 2015. Turkish writer and human rights activist (1923–2015))
• Val Plumwood (1939 to 2008. Australian philosopher (1939–2008))
• Cosimo II de' Medici (1590 to 1621. Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1609 to 1621)
• Juan de la Cosa (1450 to 1510. Spanish navigator)
• Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (1400 to 1453. Queen of Naples (1435–1442) and Duchess of Lorraine (1431–1453))
• Józef Unrug (1884 to 1973. Polish Admiral who contributed to the reestablishment of Poland's navy)
• William M. Evarts (1818 to 1901. American lawyer and politician (1818–1901))
• Leopold I, Duke of Austria (1293 to 1326. Duke of Austria and Styria from 1308 to 1326)

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