History Deaths on February 28

Leopold I, Duke of Austria (b. 1290)

#Leopold_I,_Duke_of_Austria

George Kennedy, American actor (b. 1925)

#George_Kennedy

Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American actor and comedian (b. 1905)

#Eddie_"Rochester"_Anderson

Ishir? Honda, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1911)

#Ishir?_Honda

Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian and author (b. 1505)

#Aegidius_Tschudi

André Previn, German-American pianist, conductor, and composer. (b. 1929)

#André_Previn

Eric Frank Russell, English author (b. 1905)

#Eric_Frank_Russell

Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (b. c. 1042)

#Raymond_IV,_Count_of_Toulouse

Alphonse de Lamartine, French author and poet (b. 1790)

#Alphonse_de_Lamartine

Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress and dancer (b. 1909)

#Ruby_Keeler

Khosrow II, king of the Persian Empire

#Khosrow_II

Arkady Shevchenko, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1930)

#Arkady_Shevchenko

Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)

#Henry_James

Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

#Charles_Nicolle

Carmen Laforet, Spanish author (b. 1921)

#Carmen_Laforet

Rajendra Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st President of India (b. 1884)

#Rajendra_Prasad

Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch linguist and author (b. 1935)

#Hugo_Brandt_Corstius

George Hearst, American businessman and politician (b. 1820)

#George_Hearst

Charles Bassett, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1931)

#Charles_Bassett

Jane Russell, American actress and singer (b. 1921)

#Jane_Russell

Henry III, Duke of Brabant (b. 1230)

#Henry_III,_Duke_of_Brabant

Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)

#Friedrich_Ebert

Jim Green, American-Canadian educator and politician (b. 1943)

#Jim_Green_(councilman)

Frisner Augustin, Haitian drummer and composer (b. 1948)

#Frisner_Augustin

Thomas Cushing, American lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1725)

#Thomas_Cushing

Martin Bucer, German Protestant reformer (b. 1491)

#Martin_Bucer

Hortense Allart, Italian-French author (b. 1801)

#Hortense_Allart

André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (b. 1809)

#André_Dumont

Christian IV of Denmark (b. 1577)

#Christian_IV_of_Denmark

Paul Harvey, American radio host (b. 1918)

#Paul_Harvey

Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian and librarian (b. 1914)

#Daniel_J._Boorstin

Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400)

#Isabella,_Duchess_of_Lorraine

Ya?ar Kemal, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1923)

#Ya?ar_Kemal

Chris Brasher, Guyanese-English runner and journalist, co-founded the London Marathon (b. 1928)

#Chris_Brasher

Henry Luce, Chinese-American publisher, co-founded Time Magazine (b. 1898)

#Henry_Luce

Elliot See, American commander, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)

#Elliot_See

Stephen Tennant, English author (b. 1906)

#Stephen_Tennant

Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1590)

#Cosimo_II_de'_Medici,_Grand_Duke_of_Tuscany

Mary Stuart, American actress and singer (b. 1926)

#Mary_Stuart_(actress)

Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer (b. 1450)

#Juan_de_la_Cosa

Owen Chamberlain, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)

#Owen_Chamberlain

John Gwynn, English architect and engineer (b. 1713)

#John_Gwynn_(architect)

Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)

#Guillaume_Bigourdan

Abu Abdallah al-Shi'i, Muslim Shia imam

#Abu_Abdallah_al-Shi'i

Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)

#Clemens_von_Pirquet

Donald A. Glaser, American physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)

#Donald_A._Glaser

Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)

#Chiquinha_Gonzaga

Annie Girardot, French actress (b. 1931)

#Annie_Girardot

Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (b. 1889)

#Karel_Doorman

Helmut Zacharias, German violinist and composer (b. 1920)

#Helmut_Zacharias

Alex Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1942)

#Alex_Johnson

Andres Nuiamäe, Estonian sergeant (b. 1982)

#Andres_Nuiamäe

Zara Cully, American actress (b. 1892)

#Zara_Cully

Pierre Pascau, Mauritian-Canadian journalist (b. 1938)

Lee Lorch, American mathematician and activist (b. 1915)

Neil McCorkell, English cricketer and coach (b. 1912)

Hal Roach, Irish comedian and author (b. 1927)

Joseph M. Juran, Romanian-American engineer and businessman (b. 1904)

Billy Thorpe, English-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1946)

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. American historian and critic (b. 1917)

Charles Forte, Baron Forte, Italian-English businessman, founded the Forte Group (b. 1908)

Chris Curtis, English singer and drummer (b. 1941)

Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Salvadorian general and politician, President of El Salvador (b. 1917)

Dermot Morgan, Irish comedian and actor (b. 1952)

Wassily Hoeffding, Finnish-American statistician and theorist (b. 1914)

Winifred Atwell, Trinidadian pianist (b. 1910 or 1914)

Maxwell Anderson, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1888)

Alfonso XIII of Spain (b. 1886)