Famous Birthdays for February 28th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1261 – Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway (d. 1283)^[16][17]
• 1518 – Francis III, Duke of Brittany, Duke of Brittany (d. 1536)^[18]
• 1533 – Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher and author (d. 1592)^[19]
• 1535 – Cornelius Gemma, Dutch astronomer and astrologer (d. 1578)^[20]
• 1552 – Jost Bürgi, Swiss mathematician and clockmaker (d. 1632)^[21]

1601–1900[edit]

• 1675 – Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (d. 1726)^[22]
• 1683 – René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French entomologist and academic (d. 1757)^[23]
• 1704 – Louis Godin, French astronomer and academic (d. 1760)^[24]
• 1848 – Arthur Giry, French historian and academic (d. 1899)^[25]
• 1858 – Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (d. 1941)^[26]
• 1866 – Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (d. 1949)^[27]
• 1878 – Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1929)^[28]
• 1884 – Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1942)^[29]
• 1887 – William Zorach, Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter (d. 1966)^[30]
• 1894 – Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1964)^[31]
• 1896 – Philip Showalter Hench, American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)^[32]
• 1898 – Zeki Rıza Sporel, Turkish footballer (d. 1969)^[33]

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – Linus Pauling, American chemist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)^[34]
• 1906 – Bugsy Siegel, American gangster (d. 1947)^[35]
• 1907 – Milton Caniff, American cartoonist (d. 1988)^[36]
• 1908 – Billie Bird, American actress (d. 2002)^[37]
• 1909 – Stephen Spender, English author and poet (d. 1995)^[38]
• 1915 – Ketti Frings, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1981)^[39]
• 1915 – Peter Medawar, Brazilian-English biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)^[40]
• 1919 – Alfred Marshall, American businessman, founded Marshalls (d. 2013)^[41]
• 1920 – Jadwiga Piłsudska, Polish soldier, pilot, and architect (d. 2014)^[42]
• 1921 – Marah Halim Harahap, Indonesian military officer, Governor of North Sumatra (d. 2015)^[43]
• 1922 – Radu Câmpeanu, Romanian politician (d. 2016)^[44]
• 1924 – Robert A. Roe, American soldier and politician (d. 2014)^[45]
• 1925 – Harry H. Corbett, Burmese-English actor (d. 1982)^[46]
• 1928 – Stanley Baker, Welsh actor and producer (d. 1976)^[47]
• 1928 – Tom Aldredge, American actor (d. 2011)^[48]
• 1928 – Sylvia del Villard, actress, dancer, choreographer and Afro-Puerto Rican activist (d. 1990)^[49]
• 1929 – Hayden Fry, American football player and coach (d. 2019)^[50]
• 1929 – John Montague, American-Irish poet and academic (d. 2016)^[51]
• 1929 – Frank Gehry, Canadian-born American architect and designer^[52]
• 1930 – Leon Cooper, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate^[53]
• 1931 – Peter Alliss, English golfer and sportscaster (d. 2020)^[54][55]
• 1931 – Gavin MacLeod, American actor, Christian activist, and author (d. 2021)^[56][57]
• 1931 – Len Newcombe, Welsh footballer and scout (d. 1996)^[58]
• 1932 – Don Francks, Canadian actor, singer, and jazz musician (d. 2016)^[59]
• 1933 – Rein Taagepera, Estonian political scientist and politician^[60]
• 1937 – Jeff Farrell, American swimmer^[61]
• 1939 – Daniel C. Tsui, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate^[62]
• 1939 – Tommy Tune, American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer^[63]
• 1942 – Frank Bonner, American actor and television director (d. 2021)^[64]
• 1942 – Brian Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1969)^[65]
• 1942 – Dino Zoff, Italian footballer^[66]
• 1943 – Barbara Acklin, American singer-songwriter (d. 1998)^[67]
• 1944 – Edward Greenspan, Canadian lawyer and author (d. 2014)^[68]
• 1944 – Sepp Maier, German footballer and manager^[69]
• 1944 – Storm Thorgerson, English graphic designer (d. 2013)^[70]
• 1945 – Bubba Smith, American football player and actor (d. 2011)^[71]
• 1946 – Robin Cook, Scottish educator and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (d. 2005)^[72]
• 1946 – Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)^[73]
• 1948 – Steven Chu, American physicist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel Prize laureate^[74]
• 1948 – Bernadette Peters, American actress, singer, and author^[75]
• 1949 – Zoia Ceaușescu, Romanian mathematician, daughter of Communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena Ceaușescu (d. 2006)^[76]
• 1953 – Paul Krugman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate^[77]
• 1954 – Brian Billick, American football player, coach, and sportscaster^[78]
• 1955 – Adrian Dantley, American basketball player and coach^[79]
• 1955 – Gilbert Gottfried, American comedian, actor, and singer (d. 2022)^[80]
• 1956 – Francis Hughes, Irish Republican, hunger striker (d. 1981)^[81]
• 1956 – Terry Leahy, English businessman^[82]
• 1957 – Ian Smith, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster^[83]
• 1957 – Cindy Wilson, American singer-songwriter^[84]
• 1958 – Manuel Torres Félix, Mexican criminal and narcotics trafficker (d. 2012)^[85]
• 1958 – David R. Ross, Scottish historian and author (d. 2010)^[86]
• 1961 – Barry McGuigan, Irish-British boxer^[87]
• 1963 – Claudio Chiappucci, Italian cyclist^[88]
• 1966 – Paulo Futre, Portuguese footballer^[89]
• 1966 – Archbishop Jovan VI of Ohrid^[90]
• 1967 – Colin Cooper, English footballer and manager^[91]
• 1967 – Seth Rudetsky, American musician, actor, writer, and radio host^[92]
• 1969 – Sean Farrel, English footballer^[93]
• 1969 – Butch Leitzinger, American race car driver^[94]
• 1969 – Robert Sean Leonard, American actor^[95]
• 1970 – Noureddine Morceli, Algerian runner^[96]
• 1970 – Daniel Brochu, Canadian actor^[97]
• 1971 – Junya Nakano, Japanese pianist and composer^[98]
• 1972 – Ville Haapasalo, Finnish actor and screenwriter^[99]
• 1973 – Eric Lindros, Canadian ice hockey player^[100]
• 1973 – Scott McLeod, New Zealand rugby player^[101]
• 1973 – Nicolas Minassian, French race car driver
• 1973 – Masato Tanaka, Japanese wrestler^[102]
• 1974 – Lee Carsley, English-Irish footballer and manager^[103]
• 1974 – Alexander Zickler, German footballer and manager^[104]
• 1975 – Mike Rucker, American football player^[105]
• 1977 – Lance Hoyt, American football player and wrestler^[106]
• 1978 – Benjamin Raich, Austrian skier^[107]
• 1978 – Jamaal Tinsley, American basketball player^[108]
• 1978 – Mariano Zabaleta, Argentinian tennis player^[109]
• 1979 – Sébastien Bourdais, French race car driver^[110]
• 1979 – Ivo Karlović, Croatian tennis player^[111]
• 1980 – Pascal Bosschaart, Dutch footballer^[112]
• 1980 – Christian Poulsen, Danish footballer^[113]
• 1980 – Tayshaun Prince, American basketball player^[114]
• 1981 – Brian Bannister, American baseball player and scout^[115]
• 1982 – Natalia Vodianova, Russian-French model and actress^[116]
• 1984 – Karolína Kurková, Czech model and actress
• 1985 – Tim Bresnan, English cricketer^[117]
• 1985 – Jelena Janković, Serbian tennis player^[118]
• 1985 – Diego Ribas da Cunha, Brazilian footballer^[119]
• 1987 – Antonio Candreva, Italian footballer^[120]
• 1988 – Aroldis Chapman, Cuban baseball player^[121]
• 1989 – Carlos Dunlap, American football player^[122]
• 1989 – Charles Jenkins, American basketball player^[123]
• 1989 – Kevin Proctor, New Zealand rugby league player^[124]
• 1990 – Takayasu Akira, Japanese sumo wrestler^[125]
• 1994 – Arkadiusz Milik, Polish footballer^[126]
• 1999 – Luka Dončić, Slovenian basketball player^[127]