Born on February 28
February 28 birthdays & history
If you were born on February 28, you share a birthday with Michel de Montaigne, Linus Pauling and Paul Krugman. February 28 babies are Pisces, with amethyst as their birthstone and the violet as their birth flower. February 28 is the 59th day of the year in leap years.
Famous people born on February 28
- 1533Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher and author
- 1901Linus Pauling, American chemist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1953Paul Krugman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1929Frank Gehry, Canadian-American architect and designer
- 1955Gilbert Gottfried, American comedian, actor, and singer
- 1948Steven Chu, American physicist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1930Leon Cooper, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1942Dino Zoff, Italian footballer
- 1939Daniel C. Tsui, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1915Peter Medawar, Brazilian-English biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate
What happened on February 28
- 870The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes.
- 1638The National Covenant was formally adopted in opposition to proposed reforms to the Church of Scotland by King Charles I.
- 1835Elias Lönnrot signs and dates the foreword to the first version of the Kalevala, the so-called Old Kalevala.
- 1904The most successful football club in Portugal, S.L. Benfica, was founded in Lisbon as Sport Lisboa.
- 1922The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
- 1928Indian physicist C. V. Raman and his colleagues discovered what is now known as Raman scattering, for which he later became the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.
- 1939In one of the most famous errors in lexicography, the erroneous word dord was discovered in Webster's New International Dictionary by an editor.
- 1974The British election ended in a hung parliament after the Liberal Party, under Jeremy Thorpe, achieved their highest ever number of votes.
- 1990Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-36.
- 2024Prime Minister Modi of India inaugurates the 2nd Space Port of India - Kulasekarapattinam Spaceport.
Also observed on February 28
- Kalevala Day, also known as the Finnish Culture Day (Finland)
- National Science Day (India)
- Peace Memorial Day (Taiwan)
- Andalusia Day (Spain)
Questions, answered
What star sign is February 28?
People born on February 28 are Pisces. Their birthstone is amethyst and their birth flower is the violet.
Which famous people were born on February 28?
Michel de Montaigne (1533), Linus Pauling (1901), Paul Krugman (1953), Frank Gehry (1929), Gilbert Gottfried (1955), Steven Chu (1948) were all born on February 28.
What happened on February 28 in history?
Among other things: in 1974, The British election ended in a hung parliament after the Liberal Party, under Jeremy Thorpe, achieved their highest ever number of votes; in 1990, Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-36; in 2024, Prime Minister Modi of India inaugurates the 2nd Space Port of India - Kulasekarapattinam Spaceport.
Can I get a newspaper front page from February 28?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any February 28 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “February 28”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.