Famous people born on 28 February

20 of the people we track were born on 28 February, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Michel de Montaigne 1533French writer and philosopherdied aged 59
2. Linus Pauling 1901American physicist and chemistdied aged 93
3. Paul Krugman 1953American economistliving, 73
4. Frank Gehry 1929Canadian architectdied aged 96
5. Ernest Renan 1823French philosopher and writerdied aged 69
6. Gilbert Gottfried 1955American stand-up comediandied aged 67
7. Steven Chu 1948American physicistliving, 78
8. Leon Cooper 1930American physicistdied aged 94
9. Vladimir Vernadsky 1863Russian mineralogist and geochemistdied aged 81
10. Dino Zoff 1942Italian footballerliving, 84
11. Marcel Pagnol 1895French playwrightdied aged 79
12. Emmelie de Forest 1993Danish singerliving, 33
13. Daniel C. Tsui 1939American physicistliving, 87
14. Peter Medawar 1915English physiciandied aged 72
15. Philip Reeve 1966British children's writer and illustratorliving, 60
16. Svetlana Alliluyeva 1926Translatordied aged 85
17. Mario Andretti 1940Italian driverliving, 86
18. Ali Larter 1976American actor and modelliving, 50
19. Jelena Janković 1985Serbian tennis playerliving, 41
20. Bai Juyi AD 772Chinese poetdied aged 74