Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known 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 |