On This Day — February 28
4443 noted people were born and 2076 died on February 28 in our archive, including Louis Nirenberg, Robert Tigerstedt and Vladimir Vernadsky.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on February 28
Louis Nirenberg
1925 – 2020
Robert Tigerstedt
1853 – 1923
Vladimir Vernadsky
1863 – 1945
Alfred Koch
b. 1961
Alfred von Schlieffen
1833 – 1913
Andrew Tridgell
b. 1967
Ants Piip
1884 – 1942
Bob Kerslake, Baron Kerslake
1955 – 2023
Brian Urquhart
1919 – 2021
Daniel C. Tsui
b. 1939
Edward James Stone
1831 – 1897
Elsa Kelly
b. 1939
Helmut Hofer
b. 1956
Herwig Schopper
1924 – 2025
Hilary Charlesworth
b. 1955
Ignaz von Döllinger
1799 – 1890
Jean Bourgain
1954 – 2018
Jean-Paul Benzécri
1932 – 2019
John Madey
1943 – 2016
John Pearson
1613 – 1686
K. R. Ramanathan
1893 – 1984
Kai Eide
b. 1949
Leon Cooper
1930 – 2024
Linda Preiss Rothschild
b. 1945
Linus Pauling
1901 – 1994
Lotta Lotass
b. 1964
Maciej Klich
b. 1958
Manuel Adorni
b. 1980
Marc Kirschner
b. 1945
Marcel Pagnol
1895 – 1974
Maurice Godelier
b. 1934
Maurice Lévy
1838 – 1910
Peter Medawar
1915 – 1987
Philip Showalter Hench
1896 – 1965
Pierre Fatou
1878 – 1929
René Just Haüy
1743 – 1822
Robert Horne, 1st Viscount Horne of Slamannan
1871 – 1940
Stanislav Prokofiev
b. 1968
Stanislav Strebko
1937 – 2008
Stephen Spender
1909 – 1995
Steven Chu
b. 1948
Stuart A. Aaronson
b. 1942
Theodor Otto Diener
1921 – 2023
Vasily Aleksandrovich Yushkevich
1897 – 1951
Vladimir Igorevich Kozhin
b. 1959
William V. Pratt
1869 – 1957
Abraham Hume, 2nd Baronet
1749 – 1838
Adrien Albert Marie de Mun
1841 – 1914
Akeel Bilgrami
b. 1950
Albert Howard Trow
1863 – 1939
Alexander Kapp
b. 1955
Alexei Gordeyev
b. 1955
Alexey Ekimov
b. 1945
Alfred Loisy
1857 – 1940
Alfred Sant
b. 1948
Allan Gotlieb
1928 – 2020
Anders Knutsson Ångström
1888 – 1981
Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez
b. 1938
Antero Flores Aráoz
b. 1942
Anthony Marx
b. 1959
Arthur J Collingsworth
1944 – 2013
Barry W. Brook
b. 1974
Baryl Vanneihsangi
b. 1991
Berik Asılov
b. 1964
Berthold Ostertag
1895 – 1975
Bruce Baird
b. 1942
Börje Wallberg
1923 – 2014
Carl Hilty
1833 – 1909
Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio
b. 1950
Chris Hayes
b. 1979
Christian Heinrich von Nagel
1803 – 1882
Christopher C. Kraft
1924 – 2019
Colum McCann
b. 1965
Cosma Shalizi
b. 1974
Cristina Dorador
b. 1980
David Hawkins
1913 – 2002
Dealtry Charles Part
1882 – 1961
Denis Parsons Burkitt
1911 – 1993
Donna Deegan
b. 1961
Dorit Beinisch
b. 1942
Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham
1872 – 1950
Erik Demaine
b. 1981
Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek
b. 1969
Florian Cajori
1859 – 1930
Frank Gehry
1929 – 2025
Fred de Graaf
b. 1950
Frederick Robertson
1854 – 1918
Gabriele Hiller-Ohm
b. 1953
George H. Jackson
1863 – 1943
George Lyman Kittredge
1860 – 1941
George Pearkes
1888 – 1984
George Vasey
1822 – 1893
Gerard J. Foschini
1940 – 2023
Gheorghe Marinescu
1863 – 1938
Giuseppe Dezza
1830 – 1898
Gottfried Christoph Beireis
1730 – 1809
Grigory Anikeyev
b. 1972
Guy Boutilier
1959 – 2024
Gyo Obata
1923 – 2022
H. Bruce Franklin
1934 – 2024
Hartmut Oschkinat
b. 1957
Henk van Os
1938 – 2025
Henri Breuil
1877 – 1961
Henri Karel Frederik van Teijn
1839 – 1892
Heorhii Afanasiev
1848 – 1925
Herbert R. Temple Jr.
1928 – 2024
Hernán Lara Zavala
1946 – 2025
Hryhoriy Piatachenko
1932 – 2022
Hubert Rohde
1929 – 2019
Ian Burnett
b. 1958
Ian Shirley
1940 – 2019
Ignacy Potocki
1750 – 1809
Ivan Murray Johnston
1898 – 1960
Jacques Aupick
1789 – 1857
Jadwiga Piłsudska
1920 – 2014
James E. Burke
1925 – 2012
James Miller
b. 1947
Jan Krejčí
1825 – 1887
Janina Andersson
b. 1971
Jean-Pierre Sueur
b. 1947
Jelena Janković
b. 1985
Johannes Conrad
1839 – 1915
John Cranley
b. 1974
John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon
1873 – 1954
Joseph M. Swing
1894 – 1984
José Vasconcelos
1881 – 1959
Juri Lotman
1922 – 1993
Justus von Gruner
1777 – 1820
Kata Tüttő
b. 1980
Kehinde Wiley
b. 1977
Keith Maillard
b. 1942
Klaus-Peter Willsch
b. 1961
Marcel Pepin
1926 – 2000
Martin Aigner
1942 – 2023
Martin Olav Sabo
1938 – 2016
Max Vasmer
1886 – 1962
Michael J. C. Gordon
1948 – 2017
Michael Patrick Walsh
1912 – 1982
Mike Figgis
b. 1948
Mikhail Seslavinsky
b. 1964
Miroljub Labus
b. 1947
Mishik Kazaryan
1948 – 2020
Mohammad Abbasi
b. 1958
Monika Kostera
b. 1963
Moti Sasson
b. 1947
Motiejus Valančius
1801 – 1875
Motoda Hajime
1858 – 1938
Moussa B. H. Youdim
b. 1940
Natalia Vodianova
b. 1982
Nicola Leone
b. 1963
Nicolas Estgen
1930 – 2019
Nigel Dakin
b. 1964
Nobuo Kojima
1915 – 2006
Norman Bentwich
1883 – 1971
Noureddine Morceli
b. 1970
Osmo Vänskä
b. 1953
Patricia Politzer
b. 1952
Patrick Shea
b. 1948
Paul Krugman
b. 1953
Penny Sackett
b. 1956
Peter Alliss
1931 – 2020
Peter Beinart
b. 1971
Peter Lavelle
b. 1961
Philip Bailhache
b. 1946
Pierre Clostermann
1921 – 2006
Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet
1761 – 1807
Prince Zeid bin Hussein
1898 – 1970
Ra'anan Cohen
b. 1941
Ramaz Chkhikvadze
1928 – 2011
Raphaël Blanchard
1857 – 1919
Rein Taagepera
b. 1933
René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
1683 – 1757
Richard Meili
1900 – 1991
Robin Cook
1946 – 2005
Roman Abraham
1891 – 1976
Sergey Mikhalkov
1913 – 2009
Shariff Enamul Kabir
b. 1955
Shirley Jeffries
1886 – 1963
Siegfried Großmann
1930 – 2025
Stepa Stepanović
1856 – 1929
Steven Fulop
b. 1977
Susanna Amatuni
1924 – 2010
Svetlana Alliluyeva
1926 – 2011
Szeto Wah
1931 – 2011
Terentii Shtykov
1907 – 1964
Terry Leahy
b. 1956
Tessa Hadley
b. 1956
Thomas Hunter
1876 – 1953
Thomas Remengesau Jr.
b. 1956
Thomas Wallgren
b. 1958
Timothy Browning
b. 1976
Tommaso Corsini
1835 – 1919
Valery Fokin
b. 1946
Verena Bentele
b. 1982
Virgil Cantini
1919 – 2009
Vladimir Pavlovich Titov
1807 – 1891
Vsevolod Pudovkin
1893 – 1953
Wilhelm Philipp Daniel Schlich
1840 – 1925
William Bourke Cockran
1854 – 1923
William Coldstream
1908 – 1987
… and 4,243 more
Died on February 28
Charles Nicolle
1866 – 1936
Freeman Dyson
1923 – 2020
Willem 's Gravesande
1688 – 1742
Adolf Schärf
1890 – 1965
Alexander Willem Frederik Idenburg
1861 – 1935
André Dumont
1809 – 1857
Bing Xin
1900 – 1999
Camillo Bozzolo
1845 – 1920
Carel Polak
1909 – 1981
Charles Bingham Penrose
1862 – 1925
Christopher Mallaby
1936 – 2022
Clemens von Pirquet
1874 – 1929
Clément Juglar
1819 – 1905
Daniel J. Boorstin
1914 – 2004
Frigyes Riesz
1880 – 1956
Georges Émile Jules Daressy
1864 – 1938
Guillaume Bigourdan
1851 – 1932
Hildegarde Howard
1901 – 1998
Hugo Kołłątaj
1750 – 1812
Joe Coulombe
1930 – 2020
Laureano Figuerola
1816 – 1903
Lenox Hewitt
1917 – 2020
Mario Luzi
1914 – 2005
Miguel Serrano
1917 – 2009
Milan Bandić
1955 – 2021
Mykhailo Chechetov
1953 – 2015
Nikolai Ryzhkov
1929 – 2024
Owen Chamberlain
1920 – 2006
Rajendra Prasad
1884 – 1963
Rémy Scheurer
1934 – 2026
Stanislaus Lo Kuang
1911 – 2004
Sylvia Williams
1936 – 1996
Teiji Takagi
1875 – 1960
Abraham Shochat
1936 – 2024
Achim Müller
1938 – 2024
Adriaan van Royen
1704 – 1779
Albert Mkrtchyan
1937 – 2018
Alessandro Codivilla
1861 – 1912
Alexander King
1909 – 2007
Alexandr Alexandrovich Fischer von Waldheim
1839 – 1920
Alexandre Galopin
1879 – 1944
Alexei Komech
1936 – 2007
Alexey Tarasovich Markov
1802 – 1878
Ali Shamkhani
1955 – 2026
Alphonse de Lamartine
1790 – 1869
Andrei Kostrichkin
1901 – 1973
Antonio García-Trevijano Forte
1927 – 2018
Aqel Biltaji
1941 – 2021
Ara Harutyunyan
1928 – 1999
Archibald Trojan Steele
1903 – 1992
Armando Trovajoli
1917 – 2013
Arthur M. Schlesinger
1917 – 2007
August Adriaan Pulle
1878 – 1955
Auguste Angellier
1848 – 1911
Beatrix Farrand
1872 – 1959
Bernard Brodie
1907 – 1989
Cezaria Baudouin de Courtenay Ehrenkreutz Jędrzejewiczowa
1885 – 1967
Chris Brasher
1928 – 2003
Chushiro Hayashi
1920 – 2010
Claude Pascal
1921 – 2017
Clifford Edmund Bosworth
1928 – 2015
Daniel Katz
1903 – 1998
Donald Arthur Glaser
1926 – 2013
Donald Carrick
1906 – 1997
Eduard Alberti
1827 – 1898
Elisabeth Waldheim
1922 – 2017
Elliot See
1927 – 1966
Eva von Bahr
1874 – 1962
Francis Richard Plunkett
1835 – 1907
Frank Edward Brown
1908 – 1988
Franz Werner
1867 – 1939
François Flameng
1856 – 1923
George Washington Cullum
1809 – 1892
Giovanni Morelli
1816 – 1891
Giuseppe Salvago Raggi
1866 – 1946
Hamid Ul Haq
1968 – 2025
Hendrik van Riessen
1911 – 2000
Henry James
1843 – 1916
Hugo Brandt Corstius
1935 – 2014
Indrek Toome
1943 – 2023
J. O. Söderhjelm
1898 – 1985
Jaime Carbonell
1953 – 2020
Jane Russell
1921 – 2011
Jane Stanford
1828 – 1905
Janusz Cisek
1955 – 2020
Javad Tabatabai
1945 – 2023
Jean Sarrailh
1891 – 1964
Johan Randulf Bull
1749 – 1829
John Brocklehurst, 1st Baron Ranksborough
1852 – 1921
John Hardress Lloyd
1874 – 1952
John Stanley Gardiner
1872 – 1946
John States Seybold
1897 – 1984
Joseph M. Juran
1904 – 2008
K. Santhanam
1895 – 1980
Ksawery Liske
1838 – 1891
Lee Lorch
1915 – 2014
Leonhard Hess Stejneger
1851 – 1943
Luigi Jacobini
1832 – 1887
Marc Bonnehée
1828 – 1886
Martin Bucer
1491 – 1551
Maxwell Anderson
1888 – 1959
Mohamed Benaissa
1937 – 2025
Mohammad Moustafa Haddara
1930 – 1997
Mohammad Pakpour
1961 – 2026
Nelson Horatio Darton
1865 – 1948
Nikolay Voronov
1899 – 1968
Norma Paulus
1933 – 2019
Olof Palme
1927 – 1986
Peter Bawden
1929 – 1991
Pierre Milza
1932 – 2018
Placyd Jankowski
1810 – 1872
Pujie
1907 – 1994
Rashbihari Ghosh
1845 – 1921
Rasmus Andersen
1861 – 1930
Raymond H. Geist
1885 – 1955
Richard H. Ellis
1919 – 1989
Robert Tasker
1868 – 1959
Robert Willis
1800 – 1875
Ruby Keeler
1909 – 1993
Sergey Oldenburg
1863 – 1934
Shmuel Yeivin
1896 – 1982
Spencer Hays
1936 – 2017
Taha Baqir
1912 – 1984
Thiruvalayangudi Vijayaraghavacharya
1875 – 1953
Thomas Cushing
1725 – 1788
Tsubouchi Shōyō
1859 – 1935
Val Plumwood
1939 – 2008
Walter Norris Congreve
1862 – 1927
Wassily Hoeffding
1914 – 1991
William F. McKee
1906 – 1987
Włodzimierz Zonn
1905 – 1975
Xabier Arzalluz
1932 – 2019
Zbyszek Darzynkiewicz
1936 – 2021
Álvaro Cunqueiro
1911 – 1981
Étienne Dormoy
1885 – 1959
Aaron S. Merrill
1890 – 1961
Abdolrahim Mousavi
1960 – 2026
Abel P. Upshur
1790 – 1844
Aharon Amir
1923 – 2008
Albert Forster
1902 – 1952
Albin Lesky
1896 – 1981
Albin Siekierski
1920 – 1989
Alessandro Rossi
1819 – 1898
Alex Lindman
1862 – 1939
Alexander Shalimov
1918 – 2006
Alexandre Besredka
1870 – 1940
Alfonso XIII
1886 – 1941
Alfred George Barrs
1853 – 1934
Ali Khamenei
1939 – 2026
Allen B. Reed
1884 – 1965
Alma Preinkert
1895 – 1954
Anatole de Baudot
1834 – 1915
André Previn
1929 – 2019
Annie Girardot
1931 – 2011
Ante Starčević
1823 – 1896
Antoine Ferrein
1693 – 1769
Antoine-Pierre IX Hassoun
1809 – 1884
Antonio Quarracino
1923 – 1998
Arkady Shevchenko
1930 – 1998
Arnold Dolmetsch
1858 – 1940
Arsenius
1697 – 1772
Arthur Power Palmer
1840 – 1904
Audrey Stevens Niyogi
1932 – 2010
August Freund
1835 – 1892
Avtar Saini
1956 – 2024
Ayako Sono
1931 – 2025
Beda Weber
1798 – 1858
Beriah Magoffin
1815 – 1885
Bhichai Rattakul
1926 – 2022
Brian J. Donnelly
1946 – 2023
Carl M. Nelson
1892 – 1962
Carmen Laforet
1921 – 2004
Caroline Brown Bourland
1871 – 1956
Charles Ambler
1721 – 1794
Charles Bassett
1931 – 1966
Charles Forte, Baron Forte
1908 – 2007
Charles Jacques Édouard Morren
1833 – 1886
Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff
1889 – 1930
Charles L. Swain
1866 – 1933
Charles Ridgeway
1841 – 1927
Christian IV of Denmark
1577 – 1648
Clarence Hoffman
1933 – 2025
Claudius B. Grant
1835 – 1921
Dai Wangshu
1905 – 1950
Daniel Brottier
1876 – 1936
Daniel Darc
1959 – 2013
Dave Myers
1957 – 2024
David Baird, Jr.
1881 – 1955
David Gardiner
1784 – 1844
David J. Impastato
1903 – 1986
Dušan Trifunović
1880 – 1942
Edmund Fanning
1739 – 1818
Emily Warren Roebling
1843 – 1903
Eppa Rixey
1891 – 1963
Erik Anderberg
1892 – 1990
Ernest Eastman
1927 – 2011
Eugène Lacomblé
1896 – 1942
Fedor Rodichev
1854 – 1933
Ferdinand Nicolai Roll
1831 – 1921
Ferdynand Radziwiłł
1834 – 1926
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