Died On February 28th
Discover the most famous people who died on February 28. The list includes people like Rajendra Prasad, George Hearst, George Kennedy, Jane Russell, Henry James. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, novelists, actors and emperors & kings and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, England, France & Germany and many more countries.
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Jane Russell(Actress, Singer and Model Who was One of Hollywood's Leading Sex Symbols in the 1940s and 1950s )
Birthdate: June 21, 1921
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bemidji, Minnesota, United States
Died: 2011
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
Birthdate: February 18, 1925
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: 2016
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
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Henry James(British Author Who is Regarded as a Key Transitional Figure Between Literary Realism and Literary Modernism)
Birthdate: April 15, 1843
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New York, New York City, United States
Died: 1916
Birthdate: September 4, 1918
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Tulsa
Died: 2009
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André Previn(Known for His Versatile Orchestral Compositions)
Birthdate: April 6, 1929
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: 2019
Birthdate: December 3, 1884
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Siwan, Bihar, India
Died: 1963
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Anthony Mason
(Basketball Player)
Birthdate: December 14, 1966
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Miami, Florida, United States
Died: 2015
Height: 6'8" (203 cm)
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Ruby Keeler
(American Actress Best Known for Her Film '42nd Street')
Birthdate: August 25, 1909
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 1993
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
Birthdate: January 26, 1892
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1978
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
Birthdate: February 4, 1871
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Heidelberg, Germany
Died: 1925
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Just Fontaine
(French Professional Footballer Who Played as a Striker)
Birthdate: August 18, 1933
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Marrakech, Morocco
Died: 2023
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
Birthdate: July 16, 1796
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1875
Birthdate: March 4, 1921
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Chelsea, London, England
Died: 1987
Birthdate: March 31, 1952
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: 1998
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
Birthdate: December 28, 1938
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland
Died: 2016
Birthdate: October 15, 1917
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Died: 2007
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David Byron
(Singer, Songwriter)
Birthdate: January 29, 1947
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Epping
Died: 1985
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Cecil Kellaway
(Screenwriter, Stage actor, Film actor, Television actor)
Birthdate: August 22, 1890
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Cape Town
Died: 1973
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Khosrau II
(considered to be the last great Sasanian king (shah) of Iran, ruling from 590 to 628, with an interruption of one year)
Birthdate: 0570 AD
Birthplace: Ctesiphon, Iraq
Died: 0628
Birthdate: September 23, 1843
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cold Spring, New York
Died: 1903
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Alphonse de Lamartine(French Author, Poet and Member of the National Assembly for Saône-Et-Loire from 1849 to 1851)
Birthdate: October 21, 1790
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Mâcon, France
Died: 1869
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Elliot See
(Officer, Test pilot, Astronaut)
Birthdate: July 23, 1927
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Dallas
Died: 1966
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Freeman Dyson
(Mathematician)
Birthdate: December 15, 1923
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Crowthorne, England
Died: 2020
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Irv Cross
(American Football Player)
Birthdate: July 27, 1939
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Hammond, Indiana, United States
Died: 2021
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
Birthdate: May 17, 1886
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: 1941
Birthdate: May 7, 1911
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Asahi, Japan
Died: 1993
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Charles Bassett
(Test pilot)
Birthdate: December 30, 1931
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Dayton, Ohio, United States
Died: 1966
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Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse
(Leader)
Birthdate: 1041 AD
Birthplace: Toulouse, France
Died: 1105
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Harvey Kuenn
(Baseball player)
Birthdate: December 4, 1930
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: West Allis, Wisconsin, United States
Died: 1988
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Martin Bucer
(German Protestant Reformer and Theologian)
Birthdate: November 11, 1491
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Sélestat, France
Died: 1551
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Anny Ondra
(Czech Actress Who Appeared in Czech, Austrian, French, German, and English films.)
Birthdate: May 15, 1903
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Tarnow, Poland
Died: 1987
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Daniel J. Boorstin
(Librarian, Historian, Writer, Sociologist, Lawyer, Biographer)
Birthdate: October 1, 1914
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Atlanta
Died: 2004
Birthdate: October 25, 1931
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 2011
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
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Cosimo II
(Duke of Tuscany)
Birthdate: May 12, 1590
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Pitti Palace, Florence, Italy
Died: 1621
Birthdate: October 26, 1786
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Easton, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1868
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Henry Luce
(Journalist, Publisher)
Birthdate: April 3, 1898
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dengzhou
Died: 1967
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Owen Chamberlain(American Physicist and Winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physics)
Birthdate: July 10, 1920
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: 2006
Birthdate: January 17, 1920
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: 1987
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Carmen Laforet
(Spanish Novelist and Short-Story Writer)
Birthdate: September 6, 1921
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Barcelona, Spain
Died: 2004
40
Nicholas Mosley
(Novelist)
Birthdate: June 25, 1923
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 2017
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Fidel Sánchez Hernández
(32nd President of El Salvador (1967 – 1972))
Birthdate: July 7, 1917
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: El Divisadero, El Salvador
Died: 2003
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Hugo Kołłątaj
(Polish Roman Catholic Priest, Reformer, Politician and One of the Most Prominent Figures of the Polish Enlightenment)
Birthdate: April 1, 1750
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Velyki Dederkaly, Ukraine
Died: 1812
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Joseph M. Juran
(Engineer)
Birthdate: December 24, 1904
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Brăila, Romania
Died: 2008
Birthdate: September 21, 1866
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Rouen, France
Died: 1936
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Tito Rodríguez
(Puerto Rican Bandleader and Singer)
Birthdate: January 4, 1923
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Died: 1973
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Frigyes Riesz
(Hungarian Mathematician Who Made Fundamental Contributions to Functional Analysis)
Birthdate: January 22, 1880
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Győr, Hungary
Died: 1956
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Jean Gottmann(French Geographer Who Introduced the Concept of 'Megalopolis')
Birthdate: October 10, 1915
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kharkiv, Ukraine
Died: 1994
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Rose Gray
(British Chef and Founder of the 'River Café')
Birthdate: January 28, 1939
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bedford, England
Died: 2010
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Goldsworthy Gurney
(Surgeon)
Birthdate: February 14, 1793
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Treator, Padstow, England
Died: 1875
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John Dickson Carr
(Novelist)
Birthdate: November 30, 1906
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1977
