Famous Births on 28 Feb

Famous Births on 28 Feb

1155 - Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183)
1261 - Margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283)
1409 - Elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442)
1533 - Michel de Montaigne, French writer (d. 1592)
1552 - Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632)
1573 - Elias Holl, German Architect (d. 1646)
1612 - John Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686)
1670 - Benjamin Wadsworth, American President of Harvard University (d. 1737)
1675 - Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (d. 1726)
1683 - René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (d. 1757)
1704 - Louis Godin, French astronomer (d. 1760)
1712 - Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French military commander (d. 1759)
1724 - George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, British field marshal (d. 1807)
1812 - Berthold Auerbach, German poet and author (d. 1882)
1820 - John Tenniel, English illustrator (d. 1914)
1823 - Ernest Renan, French philosopher (d. 1892)
1824 - Blondin, French tightrope walker (d. 1897)
1833 - Alfred von Schlieffen, German field marshal (d. 1913)
1838 - Maurice Lévy, French engineer (d. 1910)
1840 - Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892)
1841 - Adrien Albert Marie de Mun, French politician (d. 1914)
1851 - Samuel W. McCall, 47th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1923)
1865 - Wilfred Grenfell, medical missionary (d. 1940)
1878 - Pierre Fatou, French mathematician (d. 1929)
1878 - Artur Kapp, Estonian composer (d. 1952)
1882 - Pádraic Ã" Conaire, Irish writer (d. 1928)
1882 - José Vasconcelos, Mexican writer (d. 1959)
1882 - Geraldine Farrar, American soprano (d. 1967)
1894 - Ben Hecht, American playwright (d. 1964)
1895 - Marcel Pagnol, French novelist, playwright and film director (d. 1974)
1896 - Philip Showalter Hench, American physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
1900 - Wolfram Hirth, German pilot (d. 1959)
1901 - Linus Pauling, American chemist and activist, Nobel laureate (d. 1994)
1903 - Vincente Minnelli, American film director (d. 1986)
1906 - Bugsy Siegel, American gangster (d. 1947)
1907 - Milton Caniff, American cartoonist (Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon) (d. 1988)
1908 - Billie Bird, American actress (d. 2002)
1908 - Alexander Golitzen, American art director (d. 2005)
1909 - Stephen Spender, English poet (d. 1995)
1912 - Clara Petacci, Italian mistress of Benito Mussolini (d. 1945)
1915 - Ketti Frings, American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter, (d. 1981)
1915 - Peter Medawar, Brazilian-born scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1987)
1915 - Zero Mostel, American actor (d. 1977)
1916 - Cesar Climaco, Filipino politician (d. 1984)
1921 - Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (d. 2006)
1923 - Charles Durning, American actor
1925 - Harry H Corbett, English actor (d. 1982)
1926 - Svetlana Alliluyeva, Soviet defector, daughter of Joseph Stalin
1929 - Hayden Fry, American football coach
1929 - Frank Gehry, Canadian-American architect
1929 - John Montague, Irish poet
1929 - Joseph Rouleau, French Canadian bass opera singer
1930 - Gavin MacLeod, American actor
1930 - Leon Neil Cooper, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1931 - Dean Smith, American basketball coach
1932 - Don Francks, Canadian actor
1933 - Miro Steržaj, Slovenian 9-pin bowler
1933 - Rein Taagepera, Estonian politician
1939 - Tommy Tune, American dancer
1939 - Daniel C. Tsui, Chinese-born physicist, Nobel laureate
1940 - Mario Andretti, Italian-American race car driver and one-time F1 world champion
1940 - Joe South, American singer
1942 - Dino Zoff, Italian footballer
1942 - Brian Jones, English musician (The Rolling Stones) (d. 1969)
1942 - Frank Bonner, American actor
1943 - Barbara Acklin, American soul singer (d. 1998)
1943 - Charles Bernstein, American composer
1944 - Win Aung, Burmese politician
1944 - Kelly Bishop, American actress
1944 - Sepp Maier, German footballer
1945 - Bubba Smith, American football player and actor
1946 - Robin Cook, British politician (d. 2005)
1947 - Stephanie Beacham, English actress
1948 - Steven Chu, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1948 - Mike Figgis, English director
1948 - Bernadette Peters, American actress and singer
1948 - Mercedes Ruehl, American actress
1951 - Bill Cratty, American modern dancer and choreographer (d. 1998)
1952 - William Finn, American composer
1953 - Ingo Hoffmann, Brazilian racing driver
1953 - Paul Krugman, American economist
1954 - Brian Billick, American football coach
1955 - Gilbert Gottfried, American comedian
1956 - Adrian Dantley, American basketball player
1956 - Jimmy Nicholl, Canadian-born Northern Irish footballer
1956 - Mike Tenay, American wrestling commentator
1957 - Paul Delph, American musician and producer (d. 1996)
1957 - Ainsley Harriott, British celebrity chef
1957 - John Turturro, American actor
1957 - Cindy Wilson, American singer (The B-52's)
1958 - Jeanne Mas, French singer and actress
1960 - Dorothy Stratten, Canadian actress (d. 1980)
1961 - Rae Dawn Chong, Canadian actress
1961 - Mark Latham, Australian politician
1961 - René Simard, French Canadian singer and TV host
1961 - Eric Bachelart, Belgian racing driver
1963 - Claudio Chiappucci, Italian cyclist
1964 - Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Uzbekistan cyclist
1966 - Paulo Futre, Portuguese footballer
1967 - Colin Cooper, English footballer
1968 - Stéphan Lebeau, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 - Butch Leitzinger, American race car driver
1969 - Robert Sean Leonard, American actor
1969 - Tor Øivind Ødegaard, Norwegian track runner
1969 - Patrick Monahan, American singer (Train)
1970 - Daniel Handler, American writer, better known as Lemony Snicket
1970 - Noureddine Morceli, Algerian athlete
1971 - Peter Stebbings, Canadian actor
1971 - Junya Nakano, Japanese composer
1971 - Tristan Louis, American writer
1972 - Rory Cochrane, American actor
1973 - Eric Lindros, Canadian ice hockey player
1973 - Nicolas Minassian, French racing driver
1974 - Lee Carsley, Irish footballer
1974 - Moana Mackey, New Zealand politician
1975 - Mike Rucker, American football player
1976 - Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Canadian actor
1976 - Adam Pine, Australian swimmer
1976 - Ali Larter, American actress and model
1977 - Jason Aldean, American country singer
1978 - Benjamin Raich, Austrian Olympic skier
1978 - Jamaal Tinsley, American basketball player
1978 - Mariano Zabaleta, Argentine tennis player
1979 - Primož Peterka, Slovenian ski jumper
1979 - Ivo Karlović, Croatian tennis player
1979 - Michael Bisping, English mixed martial artist
1979 - Sébastien Bourdais, French racing driver
1980 - Tayshaun Prince, American basketball player
1980 - Piotr Giza, Polish footballer
1980 - Lucian Bute, Romanian-born Quebec boxer
1980 - Pascal Bosschaart, Dutch footballer
1981 - Brian Bannister, American baseball player
1981 - Florent Serra, French tennis player
1982 - Natalia Vodianova, Russian supermodel
1984 - Karolína Kurková, Czech supermodel
1984 - Ben Fagan, American musician and reality show contestant
1985 - Fefe Dobson, Canadian singer
1985 - Jelena Janković, Serbian tennis player
1987 - Kerrea Gilbert, English footballer
1988 - Markéta Irglová, Czech songwriter and actress
1989 - Zhang Liyin, Chinese R&B singer
1991 - Sarah Bolger, Irish actress
2007 - Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco