February 28 Deaths |
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| February 28th, 2008 (February 28 2008) | Death | Mike Smith, English musician (The Dave Clark Five) (born in 1943) | |
| February 28th, 2007 (February 28 2007) | Death | Baron Charles Forte, Italian-born hotelier (born in 1908) | Charles Fort Quotes |
| February 28th, 2007 (February 28 2007) | Death | Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. American historian and political commentator (b.1917) | |
| February 28th, 2007 (February 28 2007) | Death | Billy Thorpe, Australian musician (Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs) (born in 1946) | |
| February 28th, 2006 (February 28 2006) | Death | Owen Chamberlain, American physicist, Nobel laureate (born in 1920) | |
| February 28th, 2004 (February 28 2004) | Death | Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, writer, and Librarian of Congress (born in 1914) | Daniel J. Boorstin Quotes |
| February 28th, 2004 (February 28 2004) | Death | Carmen Laforet, famed Spanish novelist | |
| February 28th, 2004 (February 28 2004) | Death | Andres Nuiamae, Estonian soldier (born in 1982) | |
| February 28th, 2003 (February 28 2003) | Death | Chris Brasher, English athlete (born in 1928) | |
| February 28th, 2003 (February 28 2003) | Death | Fidel Sanchez Hernandez, President of El Salvador (born in 1917) | |
| February 28th, 2003 (February 28 2003) | Death | Roger Michael Needham, British cryptographer (born in 1935) | |
| February 28th, 2003 (February 28 2003) | Death | Rudolf Kingslake, Lens designer, and Engineer (born in 1903) | |
| February 28th, 2002 (February 28 2002) | Death | Mary Stuart, American actress (born in 1926) | |
| February 28th, 2002 (February 28 2002) | Death | Helmut Zacharias, German violinist (born in 1920) | |
| February 28th, 1999 (February 28 1999) | Death | Christine Glanville, British Puppeteer (. 1924) | |
| February 28th, 1998 (February 28 1998) | Death | Dermot Morgan, Irish actor and comedian (born in 1952) | |
| February 28th, 1998 (February 28 1998) | Death | Arkady Shevchenko, Soviet diplomat (born in 1930) | |
| February 28th, 1993 (February 28 1993) | Death | Ishiro Honda, Japanese film director (born in 1911) | |
| February 28th, 1993 (February 28 1993) | Death | Ruby Keeler, Canadian actress and dancer (born in 1910) | |
| February 28th, 1991 (February 28 1991) | Death | Reinhard Bendix, German sociologist (born in 1916) | |
| February 28th, 1991 (February 28 1991) | Death | Wassily Hoeffding, American statistician (born in 1914) | |
| February 28th, 1986 (February 28 1986) | Death | Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden (born in 1927) | Olof Palme Quotes |
| February 28th, 1986 (February 28 1986) | Death | Laura Z. Hobson, American novelist (born in 1900) | |
| February 28th, 1985 (February 28 1985) | Death | David Byron, English singer (Uriah Heep) (born in 1947) | |
| February 28th, 1985 (February 28 1985) | Death | Ray Ellington, English singer (born in 1916) | |
| February 28th, 1979 (February 28 1979) | Death | Paul Alverdes, German writer (born in 1897) | |
| February 28th, 1978 (February 28 1978) | Death | Philip Ahn, American actor (born in 1905) | |
| February 28th, 1978 (February 28 1978) | Death | Zara Cully, American actress (born in 1892) | |
| February 28th, 1978 (February 28 1978) | Death | Eric Frank Russell, English author (born in 1905) | |
| February 28th, 1977 (February 28 1977) | Death | Eddie Rochester Anderson, American actor (born in 1905) | |
| February 28th, 1974 (February 28 1974) | Death | Bobby Bloom, American singer/songwriter (born in 1946) | |
| February 28th, 1967 (February 28 1967) | Death | Henry Luce, American publisher (born in 1898) | |
| February 28th, 1966 (February 28 1966) | Death | Jonathan Hale, Canadian-born actor (born in 1891) | |
| February 28th, 1963 (February 28 1963) | Death | Rajendra Prasad, First President of India (born in 1884) | |
| February 28th, 1959 (February 28 1959) | Death | Maxwell Anderson, American playwright and film writer (born in 1888) | |
| February 28th, 1956 (February 28 1956) | Death | Emile Buisson, French murderer executed (born in 1902) | |
| February 28th, 1942 (February 28 1942) | Death | Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (born in 1889) | |
| February 28th, 1941 (February 28 1941) | Death | King Alfonso XIII of Spain (born in 1886) | |
| February 28th, 1936 (February 28 1936) | Death | Charles Nicolle, French bacteriologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born in 1866) | |
| February 28th, 1935 (February 28 1935) | Death | Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian composer (born in 1847). | |
| February 28th, 1932 (February 28 1932) | Death | Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer (born in 1851) | |
| February 28th, 1929 (February 28 1929) | Death | Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician (born in 1874) | |
| February 28th, 1925 (February 28 1925) | Death | Friedrich Ebert, Chancellor of Germany (born in 1871) | |
| February 28th, 1916 (February 28 1916) | Death | Henry James, American writer (born in 1843) | Henry James Quotes |
| February 28th, 1869 (February 28 1869) | Death | Alphonse de Lamartine, French writer and poet (born in 1790) | Alphonse de Lamartine Quotes |
| February 28th, 1857 (February 28 1857) | Death | Andre Dumont, Belgian geologist (born in 1809) | |
| February 28th, 1788 (February 28 1788) | Death | Thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman (born in 1725) | |
| February 28th, 1786 (February 28 1786) | Death | John Gwynn, English architect and engineer (born in 1713) | |
| February 28th, 1746 (February 28 1746) | Death | Hermann von der Hardt, German historian (born in 1660) | |
| February 28th, 1648 (February 28 1648) | Death | King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway (born in 1577) | |
| February 28th, 1621 (February 28 1621) | Death | Cosimo II de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born in 1590) | |
| February 28th, 1572 (February 28 1572) | Death | Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (born in 1505) | |
| February 28th, 1525 (February 28 1525) | Death | Cuauhtemoc, Aztec ruler | |
| February 28th, 1510 (February 28 1510) | Death | Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer | |
| February 28th, 1485 (February 28 1485) | Death | Niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (born in 1441) | |
| February 28th, 1453 (February 28 1453) | Death | Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (born in 1400) | |
| February 28th, 1326 (February 28 1326) | Death | Duke Leopold I of Austria (born in 1290) | |
| February 28th, 1261 (February 28 1261) | Death | Henry III, Duke of Brabant (born in c. 1230) | |
| February 28th, 0228 (February 28 0228) | Death | Peace Memorial Day, the day of commemorating the 228 IncidentTaiwan | |
