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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jack Abramoff
Government
28-Feb-1958   Casino Jack
Jason Aldean
Country Musician
28-Feb-1977   Big Green Tractor
Tom Aldredge
Actor
28-Feb-1928 22-Jul-2011 Into The Woods
Mario Andretti
Auto Racing
28-Feb-1940   Indy car racer
Geoffrey Arend
Actor
28-Feb-1978   Ethan Gross on Body of Proof
Stephanie Beacham
Actor
28-Feb-1947   Sable Colby on Dynasty
Victor L. Berger
Politician
28-Feb-1860 7-Aug-1929 Socialist Rep. from Wisconsin
Brian Billick
Football
28-Feb-1954   Head Coach, Baltimore Ravens, 1999-2007
Billie Bird
Actor
28-Feb-1908 27-Nov-2002 The Odd Couple
Kelly Bishop
Actor
28-Feb-1944   Emily Gilmore on Gilmore Girls
Kenneth Blackwell
Government
28-Feb-1948   Ohio Secretary of State, 1999-2007
Eduardo Blanco
Actor
28-Feb-1958   Avellaneda's Moon
Frank Bonner
Actor
28-Feb-1942   Herb Tarlek on WKRP
Jean-Pierre Boyer
Head of State
28-Feb-1776 9-Jul-1850 President of Haiti, 1818-43
Florian Cajori
Historian
28-Feb-1859 14-Aug-1930 A History of Mathematics
Milton Caniff
Cartoonist
28-Feb-1907 3-Apr-1988 Terry and the Pirates
Jean Carson
Actor
28-Feb-1923 2-Nov-2005 Fun girl Daphne
Albert V. Casey
Business
28-Feb-1920 10-Jul-2004 CEO of American Airlines, 1974-85
Rae Dawn Chong
Actor
28-Feb-1961   Quest for Fire
Steven Chu
Physicist
28-Feb-1948   US Secretary of Energy
Rory Cochrane
Actor
28-Feb-1972   Tim Speedle on CSI: Miami
Robin Cook
Politician
28-Feb-1946 6-Aug-2005 UK Foreign Secretary, 1997-2001
Leon N. Cooper
Physicist
28-Feb-1930   BCS Theory of Superconductivity
Richard Dalitz
Physicist
28-Feb-1925 13-Jan-2006 Dalitz pairs and Dalitz plots
Adrian Dantley
Basketball
28-Feb-1956   Former NBA small forward
Olcott H. Deming
Diplomat
28-Feb-1909 20-Mar-2007 First US Ambassador to Uganda, 1963-66
Olivier Despax
Singer
28-Feb-1939 10-Apr-1974 Les Gamblers
Charles Durning
Actor
28-Feb-1923   The Muppet Movie
Richard J. Egan
Business
28-Feb-1936 28-Aug-2009 Co-Founder, EMC Corporation
William A. Emerson, Jr.
Journalist
28-Feb-1923 25-Aug-2009 Editor, Saturday Evening Post, 1965-69
John Fahey
Guitarist
28-Feb-1939 22-Feb-2001 The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death
Mimsy Farmer
Actor
28-Feb-1945   Hot Rods to Hell
Geraldine Farrar
Singer
28-Feb-1882 11-Mar-1967 Soprano, New York Metropolitan Opera
Pierre Fatou
Mathematician
28-Feb-1878 10-Aug-1929 Complex analytic dynamics
Mike Figgis
Film Director
28-Feb-1948   Liebestraum
Don Francks
Actor
28-Feb-1932   Walter on La Femme Nikita
Edmond Frémy
Chemist
28-Feb-1814 3-Feb-1894 Discovered hydrogen fluoride
Sidney J. Furie
Film Director
28-Feb-1933   The Ipcress File
Frank Gehry
Architect
28-Feb-1929   Postmodern architect
Gilbert Gottfried
Comic
28-Feb-1955   Loudmouth Jewish comic
Todd Haley
Football
28-Feb-1967   Head Coach, Kansas City Chiefs, 2009-11
Arthur G. Hansen
Educator
28-Feb-1925 5-Jul-2010 President of Purdue University, 1971-82
René-Just Haüy
Geologist
28-Feb-1743 1-Jun-1822 Founder of crystallography
Ben Hecht
Screenwriter
28-Feb-1894 18-Apr-1964 The Front Page
Philip S. Hench
Scientist
28-Feb-1896 30-Mar-1965 Adrenocortical hormones
Donnie Iris
Musician
28-Feb-1943   Ah! Leah!
Dennis G. Jacobs
Judge
28-Feb-1944   2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
Brian Jones
Guitarist
28-Feb-1942 3-Jul-1969 Guitarist for the Rolling Stones
Smarty Jones
Racehorse
28-Feb-2001   Winner of 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness
Phil Karlton
Computer Programmer
28-Feb-1947 20-Jun-1997 Netscape Principal Curmudgeon
Alf Kjellin
Actor
28-Feb-1920 5-Apr-1988 Torment
Chris Kraft
Engineer
28-Feb-1924   Long-time voice of NASA's Mission Control
Paul Krugman
Columnist
28-Feb-1953   New York Times columnist/economist
Karolina Kurkova
Model
28-Feb-1984   Graced cover of February 2001 Vogue
Ali Larter
Actor
28-Feb-1976   Final Destination
Frederick W. Lehmann
Attorney
28-Feb-1853 12-Sep-1931 US Solicitor General, 1910-12
Robert Sean Leonard
Actor
28-Feb-1969   House, M.D.
Eric Lindros
Hockey
28-Feb-1973   Philadelphia Flyers, 1992-2000
Mary Lyon
Activist
28-Feb-1797 5-Mar-1849 Founder of Mount Holyoke College
Gavin MacLeod
Actor
28-Feb-1931   Capt. Stubing on Love Boat
Guy Maddin
Film Director
28-Feb-1956   The Saddest Music in the World
Joe Malone
Hockey
28-Feb-1890 15-May-1969 NHL Hall of Famer
Anthony W. Marx
Educator
28-Feb-1959   President, Amherst College
Peter Medawar
Biologist
28-Feb-1915 2-Oct-1987 Acquired immunological tolerance
Carl Menger
Economist
28-Feb-1840 26-Feb-1921 Founder, Austrian School of Economics
Vincente Minnelli
Film Director
28-Feb-1903 25-Jul-1986 The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Patrick Monahan
Singer/Songwriter
28-Feb-1969   Lead singer of Train
Michel de Montaigne
Essayist
28-Feb-1533 23-Sep-1592 Essays
Zero Mostel
Actor
28-Feb-1915 8-Sep-1977 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Thomas Newcomen
Inventor
28-Feb-1663 5-Aug-1729 Atmospheric steam engine
James R. Olin
Politician
28-Feb-1920 29-Jul-2006 Congressman from Virginia, 1983-93
Marcel Pagnol
Screenwriter
28-Feb-1895 18-Apr-1974 Jean de Florette
Harvey Parnell
Politician
28-Feb-1880 16-Jan-1936 Governor of Arkansas, 1928-33
Linus Pauling
Chemist
28-Feb-1901 19-Aug-1994 Scientist and peacenik
Clara Petacci
Relative
28-Feb-1912 28-Apr-1945 Mussolini's mistress
Bernadette Peters
Actor
28-Feb-1948   It Runs in the Family
Harvey Pitt
Government
28-Feb-1945   SEC Chairman, 2001-03
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Film Director
28-Feb-1893 30-Jun-1953 Mother
Cristina Raines
Actor
28-Feb-1952   Lane Ballou on Flamingo Road
René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
Biologist
28-Feb-1683 17-Oct-1757 L'Histoire des Insectes
Leonard Riggio
Business
28-Feb-1941   CEO of Barnes & Noble, 1986-2002
Robert A. Roe
Politician
28-Feb-1924   Congressman from New Jersey, 1969-93
Mercedes Ruehl
Actor
28-Feb-1948   Married to the Mob
Martin Sabo
Politician
28-Feb-1938   Congressman from Minnesota, 1979-2007
Bugsy Siegel
Criminal
28-Feb-1906 20-Jun-1947 Brought the mob to Las Vegas
John Simon
Politician
28-Feb-1873 11-Jan-1954 Lord Chancellor of Britain, 1940-45
Bubba Smith
Football
28-Feb-1945 3-Aug-2011 Athlete, Police Academy star
Dean Smith
Basketball
28-Feb-1931   UNC Basketball Head Coach, 1961-97
Tasha Smith
Actor
28-Feb-1971   Daddy's Little Girls
Lemony Snicket
Author
28-Feb-1970   A Series of Unfortunate Events
Joe South
Musician
28-Feb-1940   Southern singer/songwriter and session guitarist
Stephen Spender
Poet
28-Feb-1909 16-Jul-1995 The Destructive Element
Peter Stebbings
Actor
28-Feb-1971   Alvin Klein on The Listener
Dorothy Stratten
Actor
28-Feb-1960 14-Aug-1980 Actress, centerfold
Arthur Symons
Poet
28-Feb-1865 22-Jan-1945 English symbolist poet
Sir John Tenniel
Artist
28-Feb-1820 25-Feb-1914 Illustrator for Punch
Daniel C. Tsui
Physicist
28-Feb-1939   Fractional quantum Hall effect
Togiola Tulafono
Politician
28-Feb-1947   Governor of American Samoa
Tommy Tune
Dancer
28-Feb-1939   6'6" Broadway dancer
John Turturro
Actor
28-Feb-1957   Barton Fink, Five Corners
Ken Whisenhunt
Football
28-Feb-1962   Head Coach, Arizona Cardinals
Claude R. Wickard
Government
28-Feb-1893 29-Apr-1967 US Secretary of Agriculture, 1940-45
Cindy Wilson
Musician
28-Feb-1957   Vocalist for the B-52s
Saul Zaentz
Film/TV Producer
28-Feb-1921   One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest


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