February 28th Birthdays

American country singer, Jason Aldean was born as Jason Aldine Williams, on this day in 1977 in Macon, Ga.

• 1931
  Gavin MacLeod, American actor
• 1940
  Mario Andretti, Italian-American race car driver
• 1942
  Frank Bonner, American actor
• 1944
  Kelly Bishop, American actress
• 1947
  Stephanie Beacham, English actress
• 1948
  Bernadette Peters, American actress, singer
  Mercedes Ruehl, American actress
• 1949
  Ilene Graff, American actress, singer
• 1954
  Brian Billick, American football coach
• 1956
  Adrian Dantley, American basketball player
• 1957
  John Turturro, American actor
  Cindy Wilson, American singer
• 1961
  Rae Dawn Chong, Canadian actress
• 1969
  Robert Sean Leonard, American actor
  Patrick Monahan, American singer
• 1971
  Maxine Bahns, American actress
  Peter Stebbings, Canadian actor
• 1972
  Rory Cochrane, American actor
• 1974
  Tangi Miller, American actress
• 1975
  Mike Rucker, American football player
• 1976
  Ali Larter, American actress, model
• 1978
  Jamaal Tinsley, American basketball player
• 1980
  Tayshaun Prince, American basketball player
• 1981
  Brian Bannister, American baseball player
• 1981
  Aroldis Chapman, Cuban baseball player
• 1989
  Charles Jenkins, American basketball player
  Jason Pierre-Paul, American football player
• 1991
  Sarah Bolger, Irish actress
• 1994
  Jake Bugg, English singer, songwriter
• 2007
  Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco

February Birthday Calendar

Died on February 28th:

• 1916
  Henry James, American novelist, critic (age 72)
• 1977
  Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, American actor, comedian (age 71)
• 1978
  Zara Cully, American actress (age 86)
• 1987
  Joan Greenwood, English actress (age 65)
• 1993
  Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress, dancer (age 83)
• 1998
  Dermot Morgan, Irish comedian, actor (age 45)
• 2002
  Mary Stuart, American actress, singer (age 75)
• 2005
  Chris Curtis, English singer, drummer (The Searcher), (age 63)
• 2007
  Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. American historian, critic (age 89)
  Billy Thorpe, English-Australian singer, guitarist (age 60)
• 2009
  Paul Harvey, American radio host (age 90)
• 2011
  Jane Russell, American actress, singer (age 89)
• 2012
  Hal Roach, Irish comedian, author (age 84)
• 2016
  George Kennedy, American actor (age 91)
• 2019
  André Previn, German-American pianist, composer (age 89)