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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[380]] &ndash; [[Edict of Thessalonica]]: Emperor [[Theodosius I]] and his co-emperors [[Gratian]] and [[Valentinian II]] declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to [[Nicene Christianity]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The London Quarterly and Holborn Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WQcaAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA359|year=1873|pages=359|access-date=2021-02-27|archive-date=2022-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191837/https://books.google.com/books?id=WQcaAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA359|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[425]] &ndash; The [[University of Constantinople]] is founded by Emperor [[Theodosius II]] at the urging of his wife [[Aelia Eudocia]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Charles William Previté-Orton|title=The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History: The later Roman empire to the twelfth century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UsvRAAAAMAAJ|year=1953|publisher=University Press|page=106|access-date=2021-02-27|archive-date=2022-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191838/https://books.google.com/books?id=UsvRAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[907]] &ndash; [[Abaoji]], chieftain of the Yila tribe, is named [[khagan]] of the [[Khitan people|Khitans]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wittfogel|first1=Karl August|last2=Fêng|first2=Chia-shêng|title=History of Chinese Society: Liao, 907–1125|location=Philadelphia|publisher=American Philosophical Society|year=1949|oclc=412297|pages=600–601}}</ref>
*[[1560]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Berwick (1560)|Treaty of Berwick]] is signed by [[England]] and the [[Lords of the Congregation]] of [[Scotland]], establishing the terms under which English armed forces were to be permitted in Scotland in order to expel occupying [[France|French]] troops.<ref>{{cite book|last=Stedall|first=Robert|title=Mary Queen of Scots' Secretary: William Maitland: Politician, Reformer and Conspirator|location=Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK|publisher=Pen et Sword History|date=2021|isbn=9781526787798|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VKMeEAAAQBAJ|pages=22–23}}</ref>
*[[1594]] &ndash; [[Henry IV of France|Henry IV]] is crowned [[List of French monarchs|King]] of [[France]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Holt|first=Mack P.|title=The French Wars of Religion, 1562-1629|location=New York|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=1995|isbn=9780521353595|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dUBQKCEhylIC|page=159}}</ref>
===1601–1900===
*[[1617]] &ndash; [[Sweden]] and the [[Tsardom of Russia]] sign the [[Treaty of Stolbovo]], ending the [[Ingrian War]] and shutting Russia out of the [[Baltic Sea]].<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Stolbovo, Treaty of|title=Encyclopedia of Russian History. Vol. 4: S — Z|editor-last=Millar|editor-first=James R.|location=New York|publisher=Macmillan Reference|date=2003|isbn=9780028656939|page=1485}}</ref>
*[[1626]] &ndash; [[Yuan Chonghuan]] is appointed Governor of [[Liaodong]], after leading the Chinese into a great victory against the [[Manchuria]]ns under [[Nurhaci]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Kennedy|first=George A.|chapter=Yuan, Chonghuan|title=Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period (1644-1911/2)|editor-last=Hummel|editor-first=Arthur W.|location=Great Barrington, Mass.|publisher=Berkshire Publishing Group|date=2017|isbn=9781614728504|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Ge9DwAAQBAJ|page=822}}</ref>
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The [[Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge]] in [[North Carolina]] breaks up a [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalist]] militia.
*[[1782]] &ndash; American Revolutionary War: The [[House of Commons of Great Britain]] votes [[American Revolutionary War#North Ministry collapses|against further war in America]].
*[[1801]] &ndash; Pursuant to the [[District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801]], [[Washington, D.C.]] is placed under the jurisdiction of the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]].
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Action of 27 February 1809]]: Captain [[Bernard Dubourdieu]] captures [[HMS Proserpine (1807)|HMS ''Proserpine'']].
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Argentine War of Independence]]: [[Manuel Belgrano]] raises the [[Flag of Argentina]] in the city of [[Rosario]] for the first time.
*  1812   &ndash; Poet [[Lord Byron]] gives his first address as a member of the [[House of Lords]], in defense of [[Luddite]] violence against [[Industrialism]] in his home county of [[Nottinghamshire]].
*[[1844]] &ndash; The [[Dominican Republic]] gains independence from [[Haiti]].
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[United States House of Representatives|United States representative]] [[Daniel Sickles]], after learning of an affair between his wife and Attorney General [[Philip Barton Key II]], [[Trial of Daniel Sickles#Murder|murders]] him in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Heather |date=2022-09-14 |title=Murder in Lafayette Square {{!}} Headlines & Heroes |url=https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2022/09/murder-in-lafayette-square/ |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=The Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Abraham Lincoln]] makes a [[Cooper Union speech|speech]] at [[Cooper Union]] in the city of New York that plays an important role in his election to the Presidency.
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The first [[Union (American Civil War)|Northern]] prisoners arrive at the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[Andersonville Prison|prison]] at [[Andersonville, Georgia]].
*[[1870]] &ndash; The current [[flag of Japan]] is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[First Boer War]]: The [[Battle of Majuba Hill]] takes place.
*[[1898]] &ndash; King [[George I of Greece]] survives an assassination attempt.
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Second Boer War]]: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from [[Boer]] General [[Piet Cronjé]] at the [[Battle of Paardeberg]].
*  1900   &ndash; The [[Labour Party (UK)|British Labour Party]] is founded.
*  1900   &ndash; [[FC Bayern Munich|Fußball-Club Bayern München]] is founded.

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Second Boer War]]: Australian soldiers [[Breaker Morant|Harry "Breaker" Morant]] and [[Peter Handcock]] are executed in [[Pretoria]] after being convicted of [[Court martial of Breaker Morant|war crimes]].
*[[1916]] &ndash; Ocean liner ''[[SS Maloja]]'' strikes a mine near [[Dover]] and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.<ref name=Maloja>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/3851.html |title=Maloja |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=20 November 2012 |archive-date=15 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615223614/http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/3851.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; The [[International Working Union of Socialist Parties]] is founded in [[Vienna]].
*[[1922]] &ndash; A challenge to the [[Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution]], allowing women the [[right to vote]], is rebuffed by the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] in ''[[Leser v. Garnett]]''.
*[[1932]] &ndash; The [[Mäntsälä rebellion]] begins when members of the far-right [[Lapua Movement]] start shooting at the social democrats' event in [[Mäntsälä|Mäntsälä, Finland]].<ref>Iltalehti Teema Historia: ''Lapuan liike'', Alma Media, 2015, pp. 4–7. (in Finnish)</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Reichstag fire]]: [[Weimar Republic|Germany]]'s parliament building in Berlin, the [[Reichstag (building)|Reichstag]], is set on fire; [[Marinus van der Lubbe]], a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility.
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[United States labor law]]: The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] rules in ''[[NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp.]]'' that the [[National Labor Relations Board]] has no authority to force an employer to rehire workers who engage in [[Sitdown strike|sit-down strikes]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Gross|first=James A.|title=The Reshaping of the National Labor Relations Board: National Labor Policy in Transition, 1937-1947|location=Albany, N.Y.|publisher=State University of New York Press|date=1981|isbn=9780873955164|pages=83–84|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LCTOvFU2n7sC|access-date=2020-02-27|archive-date=2022-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191839/https://books.google.com/books?id=LCTOvFU2n7sC|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Martin Kamen]] and [[Sam Ruben]] discover [[carbon-14]].
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: During the [[Battle of the Java Sea]], an [[American-British-Dutch-Australian Command|Allied]] strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the [[Java Sea]] in the [[Dutch East Indies]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; The [[Smith Mine disaster|Smith Mine #3]] in [[Bearcreek, Montana]], explodes, killing 74 men.
*  1943   &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: In [[Berlin]], the [[Gestapo]] arrest 1,800 Jewish men with German wives, leading to the [[Rosenstrasse protest]].
*[[1951]] &ndash; The [[Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution]], limiting [[President of the United States|Presidents]] to two terms, is ratified.
*[[1961]] &ndash; The first congress of the [[Spanish Trade Union Organisation]] is inaugurated.
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: Two dissident [[Republic of Vietnam Air Force]] pilots [[1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing|bomb the Independence Palace]] in [[Saigon]] in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President [[Ngô Đình Diệm]].
*[[1963]] &ndash; The [[Dominican Republic]] receives its first democratically elected president, [[Juan Bosch (politician)|Juan Bosch]], since the end of the dictatorship led by [[Rafael Trujillo]].
*[[1964]] &ndash; The [[Government of Italy]] asks for help to keep the [[Leaning Tower of Pisa]] from toppling over.
*[[1971]] &ndash; Doctors in the first Dutch [[abortion clinic]] (the Mildredhuis in [[Arnhem]]) start performing artificially-induced abortions.
*[[1973]] &ndash; The [[American Indian Movement]] occupies [[Wounded Knee, South Dakota|Wounded Knee]] in protest of the [[Wounded Knee incident|federal government]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oPlNcHQUvSAC&pg=PA105|title=It Seemed Like Nothing Happened: America in the 1970s|last=Carroll|first=Peter N.|date=1990|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=978-0-8135-1538-0|page=105|access-date=2018-12-18|archive-date=2022-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191840/https://books.google.com/books?id=oPlNcHQUvSAC&pg=PA105|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; The former Spanish territory of [[Western Sahara]], under the auspices of the [[Polisario Front]] declares independence as the [[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]].
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Sumgait pogrom]]: The [[Armenians|Armenian]] community in [[Sumgait|Sumgait, Azerbaijan]] is targeted in a violent pogrom.
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Gulf War]]: U.S. President [[George H. W. Bush]] announces that "[[Kuwait]] is liberated".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rosenthal |first=Andrew |date=1991-02-28 |title=War in the Gulf: Bush Halts Offensive Combat; Kuwait Freed, Iraqis Crushed |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/28/world/war-in-the-gulf-bush-halts-offensive-combat-kuwait-freed-iraqis.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Loganair Flight 670A]] crashes while attempting to make a [[water landing]] in the [[Firth of Forth]] in [[Scotland]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Shorts 360-100 G-BNMT Granton Harbour|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010227-0|access-date=2021-02-26|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|archive-date=2021-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519061221/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010227-0|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Ryanair Flight 296]] catches fire at [[London Stansted Airport]] causing minor injuries.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Frank |date=28 February 2002 |title=Engine fire on Ryanair jet forces passengers to evacuate |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/engine-fire-on-ryanair-jet-forces-passengers-to-evacuate-26060161.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=independent |language=en}}</ref>
*  2002   &ndash; [[Godhra train burning]]: A Muslim mob torches a train returning from [[Ayodhya]], killing 59 Hindu pilgrims.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Death-for-11-life-sentence-for-20-in-Godhra-train-burning-case/articleshow/7600059.cms |title=Death for 11, life sentence for 20 in Godhra train burning case |date=1 March 2011 |access-date=12 February 2021 |archive-date=8 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708181940/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-01/india/28643060_1_haji-billa-godhra-train-rajjak-kurkur |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Godhra verdict: 31 convicted, 63 acquitted |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/godhra-verdict-31-convicted-63-acquitted-448265 |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; A bombing of a [[Superferry 14|SuperFerry]] by [[Abu Sayyaf]] in the [[Philippines]]' worst terrorist attack kills more than 100 passengers.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-11-25 |title=Surge in piracy raises concerns over maritime terrorism |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/world/asia/25iht-pirates.1.18133159.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*  2004   &ndash; [[Shoko Asahara]], the leader of the Japanese doomsday cult [[Aum Shinrikyo]], is sentenced to death for masterminding the 1995 [[Tokyo subway sarin attack]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-02-27 |title=Death sentence for Tokyo gas attack leader |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/feb/27/japan |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Chinese stock bubble of 2007]]: The [[Shanghai Stock Exchange]] falls 9%, the largest daily fall in ten years, following speculation about a crackdown on illegal share offerings and trading, and fears about accelerating inflation.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6399941.stm |title=Business &#124; Share sale knocks Chinese market |work=BBC News |date=2007-02-27 |access-date=2012-06-06 |archive-date=2007-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310032537/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6399941.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Jemaah Islamiyah]] terrorist [[Mas Selamat Kastari]] escapes from a detention center in Singapore, hiding in [[Johor]], Malaysia until he was recaptured over a year later.<ref name="CNA1">{{cite news |date=27 February 2008 |title=JI detainee Mas Selamat Kastari escapes from Singapore detention centre |publisher=Channel NewsAsia |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/331477/1/.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080307191435/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/331477/1/.html |archive-date=7 March 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Breaking News |newspaper=The Straits Times |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_373899.html |url-status=live |access-date=30 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515152703/http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_373899.html |archive-date=15 May 2009}}</ref> 
*[[2010]] &ndash; An [[2010 Chile earthquake|earthquake]] measuring 8.8 on the [[moment magnitude scale]] strikes central parts of [[Chile]] leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggers a tsunami which strikes Hawaii shortly after.
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[2013 Menznau shooting|A shooting]] takes place at a factory in [[Menznau]], Switzerland, in which five people (including the perpetrator) are killed and five others injured.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-04-05 |title=Death toll from Swiss Menznau shooting rises to five |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/death-toll-from-swiss-menznau-shooting-rises-to-five-8561521.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; Russian politician [[Boris Nemtsov]] is [[Assassination of Boris Nemtsov|assassinated]] in Moscow while out walking with his girlfriend.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/03/europe/russia-nemtsov-girlfriend-duritskaya/|title=Anna Duritskaya: Model girlfriend who witnessed Boris Nemtsov's slaying|work=[[CNN]]|date=3 March 2015|access-date=14 March 2016|archive-date=14 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314170852/http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/03/europe/russia-nemtsov-girlfriend-duritskaya/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Pakistan Air Force]] [[JF-17 Thunder]] downs Indian pilot [[Abhinandan Varthaman]]'s [[Mig-21]] in an aerial dogfight and captures him after conducting [[2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes|airstrikes in Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/pakistan-marks-anniversary-of-day-it-downed-indian-jet/2159313|title=Pakistan marks anniversary of day it downed Indian jet|access-date=2021-03-22|archive-date=2021-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227171947/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/pakistan-marks-anniversary-of-day-it-downed-indian-jet/2159313|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
* [[272]] &ndash; [[Constantine the Great]], Roman emperor (d. 337)
*[[1343]] &ndash; [[Alberto d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara]] (d. 1393)
*[[1427]] &ndash; [[Ruprecht of the Palatinate (Archbishop of Cologne)|Ruprecht]], Archbishop of Cologne (d. 1480)
*[[1500]] &ndash; [[João de Castro]], Portuguese nobleman and fourth viceroy of Portuguese India (d. 1548)
*[[1535]] &ndash; [[Min Phalaung]], Burmese monarch (d. 1593)
*[[1567]] &ndash; [[William Alabaster]], English poet (d. 1640)<ref>{{cite web |title=William Alabaster {{!}} Biography, Renaissance Poet, & Latin Scholar {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Alabaster |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=28 April 2025 |language=en |date=28 March 2025}}</ref>
*[[1572]] &ndash; [[Francis II, Duke of Lorraine]] (d. 1632)
*[[1575]] &ndash; [[John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp]] (d. 1616)

===1601–1900===
*[[1622]] &ndash; [[Carel Fabritius]], Dutch painter (d. 1654)
*[[1630]] &ndash; [[Roche Braziliano]], Dutch pirate (d. 1671)
*[[1659]] &ndash; [[William Sherard]], English botanist (d. 1728)
*[[1667]] &ndash; [[Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł]], Prussian-Lithuanian wife of [[Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine]] (d. 1695)
*[[1689]] &ndash; [[Pietro Gnocchi]], Italian composer, director, historian, and geographer (d. 1775)
*[[1703]] &ndash; [[Lord Sidney Beauclerk]], English politician (d. 1744)
*[[1711]] &ndash; [[Constantine Mavrocordatos]], Ottoman ruler (d. 1769)
*[[1724]] &ndash; [[Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken]] (d. 1767)
*[[1732]] &ndash; [[Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de Boisgelin]], French cardinal (d. 1804)
*[[1746]] &ndash; [[Louis-Jérôme Gohier]], French politician, [[Ministry of Justice (France)|French Minister of Justice]] (d. 1830)
*[[1748]] &ndash; [[Anders Sparrman]], Swedish physician and activist (d. 1820)
*[[1767]] &ndash; [[Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure]], French lawyer and politician, 24th [[Prime Minister of France]] (d. 1855)
*[[1779]] &ndash; [[Thomas Hazlehurst (businessman)|Thomas Hazlehurst]], English businessman, founded [[Hazlehurst & Sons]] (d. 1842)
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza]], Chilean lawyer and politician, [[Ministry of National Defense (Chile)|Chilean Minister of National Defense]] (d. 1818)
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[José Antonio Navarro]], American merchant and politician (d. 1871)
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Edward Belcher]], British naval officer, hydrographer, and explorer (d. 1877)
*  1799   &ndash; [[Frederick Catherwood]], British artist, architect and explorer (d. 1854)
*[[1807]] &ndash; [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]], American poet and educator (d. 1882)
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Jean-Charles Cornay]], French missionary and saint (d. 1837)
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[William Nicholson (Australian politician)|William Nicholson]], English-Australian politician, 3rd [[Premier of Victoria]] (d. 1865)
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Ellen Terry]], English actress (d. 1928)<ref>{{cite book|author=Nina Auerbach|title=Ellen Terry, Player in Her Time|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2PkzZ9KaRlwC&pg=PA31|date=29 January 1997|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|isbn=0-8122-1613-X|pages=31|access-date=8 October 2019|archive-date=14 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191839/https://books.google.com/books?id=2PkzZ9KaRlwC&pg=PA31|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Hubert Parry]], English composer and historian (d. 1918)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Bertha Pappenheim]], Austrian-German activist and author (d. 1936)<ref>{{cite book|first=Lisa|last=Appignanesi|title=Freud's Women: Family, Patients, Followers|location=New York|publisher=Other Press|year=2001|page=73|isbn=978-1-89274-694-8}}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Joaquín Sorolla]], Spanish painter (d. 1923)
*  1863   &ndash; [[George Herbert Mead]], American sociologist and philosopher (d. 1930)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Eemil Nestor Setälä]], Finnish linguist and politician, [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Finland)|Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs]] (d. 1935)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Irving Fisher]], American economist and statistician (d. 1947)
*  1867   &ndash; [[Wilhelm Peterson-Berger]], Swedish composer and critic (d. 1942)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Alice Hamilton]], American physician and academic (d. 1970)<ref>{{cite book |first=Barbara |last=Sicherman |title=Notable American Women: The Modern Period: a Biographical Dictionary |location=Cambridge |publisher=Belknap Press |year=1980 |page=303 |isbn=978-0-67462-733-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CfGHM9KU7aEC&pg=PA303 |access-date=2020-10-31 |archive-date=2022-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191839/https://books.google.com/books?id=CfGHM9KU7aEC&pg=PA303 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Alexandru Vaida-Voevod]], Romanian politician, [[Prime Minister of Romania]] (d. 1950)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Filatov]], Russian-Ukrainian ophthalmologist and surgeon (d. 1956)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Adela Verne]], English pianist and composer (d. 1952)
*  1877   &ndash; [[Joseph Grinnell]], American zoologist and biologist (d. 1939)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Alvan T. Fuller]], American businessman and politician, 50th [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (d. 1958)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Xenophon Kasdaglis]], Greek-Egyptian tennis player (d. 1943)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Sveinn Björnsson]], Danish-Icelandic lawyer and politician, 1st [[President of Iceland]] (d. 1952)
*  1881   &ndash; [[L. E. J. Brouwer]], Dutch mathematician, philosopher, and academic (d. 1966)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Hugo Black]], American captain, lawyer, politician, and associate justice of the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] (d. 1971)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Pyotr Nesterov]], Russian captain, pilot, and engineer (d. 1914)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Roberto Assagioli]], Italian psychiatrist and psychologist (d. 1974)
*  1888   &ndash; [[Lotte Lehmann]], German-American soprano and actress (d. 1976)<ref>{{cite book|author=Alan Jefferson|title=Lotte Lehmann, 1888-1976|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xj0IAQAAMAAJ|year=1988|publisher=MacRae|isbn=978-0-86203-311-8|page=5|access-date=2019-10-08|archive-date=2022-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191903/https://books.google.com/books?id=Xj0IAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1888   &ndash; [[Stephen McKenna (novelist)|Stephen McKenna]], English novelist (d. 1967)<ref>{{cite book |title=Who's Who 1935 |publisher=MacMillan |location=London |page=2120}}</ref>
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Mabel Keaton Staupers]], American nurse and advocate (d. 1989)<ref>{{cite book|author=Melvin I. Douglass|title=Black Winners: A History of Spingarn Medalists, 1915-1983|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Et9tAAAAMAAJ|year=1984|publisher=T. Gaus|isbn=978-0-912444-31-4|page=52|access-date=2019-10-08|archive-date=2022-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191840/https://books.google.com/books?id=Et9tAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[David Sarnoff]], American businessman, founded [[RCA]] (d. 1971)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[William Demarest]], American actor (d. 1983)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Miyagiyama Fukumatsu]], Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1943)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Marian Anderson]], American singer (d. 1993)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Charles Best (medical scientist)|Charles Best]], American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered [[insulin]] (d. 1978)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Marino Marini (sculptor)|Marino Marini]], Italian sculptor and academic (d. 1980)
*  1901   &ndash; [[Yoshikazu Okada|Kotama Okada]], Japanese religious leader (d. 1974)
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Lúcio Costa]], French-Brazilian architect and engineer, designed [[Gustavo Capanema Palace]] (d. 1998)
*  1902   &ndash; [[Gene Sarazen]], American golfer and sportscaster (d. 1999)
*  1902   &ndash; [[John Steinbeck]], American journalist and author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1968)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Feb. 27: Kate Mara, Timothy Spall |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/02/27/Famous-birthdays-for-Feb-27-Kate-Mara-Timothy-Spall/6451677344480/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=26 February 2024 |date=27 February 2023}}</ref>
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Reginald Gardiner]], English-American actor and singer (d. 1980)
*  1903   &ndash; [[Hans Rohrbach]], German mathematician (d. 1993)
*  1903   &ndash; [[Joseph B. Soloveitchik]], Belarusian-American rabbi and philosopher (d. 1993)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[James T. Farrell]], American author and poet (d. 1979)
*  1904   &ndash; [[Yulii Borisovich Khariton]], Russian physicist and academic (d. 1996)
*  1904   &ndash; [[André Leducq]], French cyclist (d. 1980)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Franchot Tone]], American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1968)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Mildred Bailey]], American singer (d. 1951)
*  1907   &ndash; [[Momčilo Đujić]], Serbian-American priest and commander (d. 1999)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Joan Bennett]], American actress (d. 1990)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1910   &ndash; [[Peter De Vries]], American journalist and author (d. 1993)
*  1910   &ndash; [[Kelly Johnson (engineer)|Kelly Johnson]], American engineer, co-founded [[Skunk Works]] (d. 1990)
*  1910   &ndash; [[Genrikh Kasparyan]], Armenian chess player and composer (d. 1995)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Oscar Heidenstam]], English bodybuilder (d. 1991)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Lawrence Durrell]], British author, poet, and playwright (d. 1990)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1912   &ndash; [[Kusumagraj]], Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1999)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Paul Ricœur]], French philosopher and academic (d. 2005)<ref>{{cite book|author=F. D. Vansina|title=Paul Ricœur, Primary and Secondary Bibliography 1935-2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9xtYiCvkDHcC&pg=PR23|year=2000|publisher=Peeters Publishers|isbn=978-90-429-0873-4|pages=23|access-date=2019-10-08|archive-date=2022-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191909/https://books.google.com/books?id=9xtYiCvkDHcC&pg=PR23|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1913   &ndash; [[Kazimierz Sabbat]], Polish soldier and politician, [[President of Poland]] (d. 1989)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Irwin Shaw]], American author and screenwriter (d. 1984)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Denis Whitaker]], Canadian general, football player, and businessman (d. 2001)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[John Connally]], American lieutenant and politician, 39th [[Governor of Texas]] and 61st [[United States Secretary of Treasury]] (d. 1993)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Chick Halbert]], American basketball player (d. 2013)<ref>{{cite web |title=Chuck Halbert |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76918/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref>
*  1919   &ndash; [[Johnny Pesky]], American baseball player and manager (d. 2012)<ref>{{cite web |title=Johnny Pesky |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/johnny-pesky-120450 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Reg Simpson]], English cricketer (d. 2013)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Theodore Van Kirk]], American soldier, pilot, and navigator (d. 2014)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Hans Rookmaaker]], Dutch historian, author, and scholar (d. 1977)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Dexter Gordon]], American saxophonist, composer, and actor (d. 1990)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Kenneth Koch]], American poet, playwright and professor (d. 2002)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Pia Sebastiani]], Argentine pianist and composer (d. 2015)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[David H. Hubel]], Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2013)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Aira Samulin]], Finnish dancer and entrepreneur (d. 2023)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://airasamulin.fi/ |title=Aira Samulin official site |access-date=2021-09-05 |archive-date=2021-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905175450/https://airasamulin.fi/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1927   &ndash; [[Peter Whittle (mathematician)|Peter Whittle]], English-New Zealand mathematician and theorist (d. 2021)<ref> {{cite web |last1=Kelly |first1=Frank |title=Draft Memorial Tribute for the National Academy of Engineering PETER WHITTLE, 1927-2021 |url=http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~frank/whittle_nae.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814061010/http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~frank/whittle_nae.pdf |archive-date=2021-08-14 |url-status=live |website=Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge |publisher=University of Cambridge |access-date=27 February 2022}}</ref>
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[René Clemencic]], Austrian composer, recorder player, harpsichordist, conductor and clavichord player (d. 2022)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Jack Gibson (rugby league)|Jack Gibson]], Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2008)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Djalma Santos]], Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Patricia Ward Hales]], British tennis player (d. 1985)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Jovan Krkobabić]], Serbian politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia]] (d. 2014)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Peter Stone (writer)|Peter Stone]], American screenwriter and producer (d. 2003)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Paul von Ragué Schleyer]], American chemist and academic (d. 2014)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Joanne Woodward]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> 
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Taylor]], English-American actress and humanitarian (d. 2011)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1932   &ndash; [[David Young, Baron Young of Graffham]], English businessman and politician, [[Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills]] (d. 2022)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Raymond Berry]], American football player and coach
*  1933   &ndash; [[Malcolm Wallop]], American politician (d. 2011)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Loren Jost|author2=James A. Donahue|title=Wyoming Blue Book: without special title|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9lgkAQAAIAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Wyoming State Archives, Department of Commerce|page=240|access-date=2019-10-08|archive-date=2022-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191841/https://books.google.com/books?id=9lgkAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Vincent Fourcade]], French interior designer (d. 1992)
*  1934   &ndash; [[N. Scott Momaday]], American poet and writer (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/N-Scott-Momaday|title= N. Scott Momaday|website=Britannica |language=en|access-date=2023-12-15}}</ref>
*  1934   &ndash; [[Ralph Nader]], American lawyer, politician, and activist<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Mirella Freni]], Italian soprano and actress  (d. 2020)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Uri Shulevitz]], American author and illustrator
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Ron Barassi]], Australian footballer and coach (d. 2023)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Sonia Johnson]], American feminist activist and author<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv47851|title= Sonia Johnson papers, 1958-1983|website=Archives West |language=en|access-date=2018-06-19|archive-date=2020-08-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814144727/http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv47851|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1936   &ndash; [[Roger Mahony]], American cardinal
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Barbara Babcock]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Jake Thackray]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist (d. 2002)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Don McKinnon]], English-New Zealand farmer and politician, 12th [[Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand]]
*  1939   &ndash; [[Peter Revson]], American race car driver (d. 1974)<ref>{{cite book|author=Doug Nye|title=International Motor Racing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=omaUDO399ycC|year=1973|publisher=Crowell|isbn=978-0-690-00428-1|page=81|access-date=2021-02-27|archive-date=2022-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191841/https://books.google.com/books?id=omaUDO399ycC|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Pierre Duchesne]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 28th [[Lieutenant Governor of Quebec]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Society of Clerks-at-the-Table in Empire Parliaments|title=Table|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BZhWAAAAYAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Butterworth|page=204|access-date=2019-10-08|archive-date=2022-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191914/https://books.google.com/books?id=BZhWAAAAYAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1940   &ndash; [[Howard Hesseman]], American actor (d. 2022)<ref>{{Cite news|date=January 30, 2022|title=Howard Hesseman, Dr. Johnny Fever on 'WKRP in Cincinnati,' Dies at 81|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/howard-hesseman-dead-wkrp-cincinnati-1235084085/|access-date=January 30, 2022|work=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-date=January 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130174117/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/howard-hesseman-dead-wkrp-cincinnati-1235084085/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1940   &ndash; [[Bill Hunter (actor)|Bill Hunter]], Australian actor (d. 2011)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/movies/bill-hunter-actor-who-typified-australia-dies-at-71.html?ref=obituaries|title=Bill Hunter, Actor Who Typified Australia, Dies at 71|agency=Associated Press|work=The New York Times|date=22 May 2011|access-date=27 February 2021|archive-date=29 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029112246/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/movies/bill-hunter-actor-who-typified-australia-dies-at-71.html?ref=obituaries|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Paddy Ashdown]], British soldier and politician (d. 2018)<ref>{{cite book|title=Dod's Parliamentary Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ja2IAAAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited|isbn=978-0-905702-43-8|page=477|access-date=2021-02-27|archive-date=2020-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803133528/https://books.google.com/books?id=ja2IAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Burns]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1942   &ndash; [[Robert H. Grubbs]], American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2021)
*  1942   &ndash; [[Charlayne Hunter-Gault]], American journalist
*  1942   &ndash; [[Klaus-Dieter Sieloff]], German footballer (d. 2011)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Mary Frann]], American actress (d. 1998)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1943   &ndash; [[Morten Lauridsen]], American composer and conductor
*  1943   &ndash; [[Carlos Alberto Parreira]], Brazilian footballer and manager
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Ken Grimwood]], American author (d. 2003)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Graeme Pollock]], South African cricketer and coach
*  1944   &ndash; [[Roger Scruton]], English philosopher and writer (d. 2020)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/01/12/sir-roger-scruton-conservative-philosopher-wide-interests-lightning/ |title=Sir Roger Scruton, conservative philosopher of wide accomplishments – obituary |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=12 January 2020 |access-date=2020-03-04 |archive-date=2020-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302163611/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/01/12/sir-roger-scruton-conservative-philosopher-wide-interests-lightning/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Alan Guth]], American physicist and cosmologist<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1947   &ndash; [[Gidon Kremer]], Latvian violinist and conductor
*  1947   &ndash; [[Sonia Manzano Vela]], Ecuadorian writer
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Mary Gibby]], British botanist and professor (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Stephen Blackmore |author2=Johannes Vogel |author1-link=Stephen Blackmore |author2-link=Johannes Vogel (botanist) |title=Professor Mary Gibby Ph.D., OBE, FLS, FRSE, PPBPS (1949–2024) |journal=[[Edinburgh Journal of Botany]] |date=December 2024 |volume=81 |pages=1–6 |doi=10.24823/EJB.2024.2084|doi-broken-date=26 February 2025 }}</ref>
*  1949   &ndash; [[Debra Monk]], American actress, singer, and writer<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Annabel Goldie]], Scottish lawyer and politician
*  1950   &ndash; [[Julia Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger]], English rabbi and politician
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Carl A. Anderson]], 13th [[Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus]]
*  1951   &ndash; [[Lee Atwater]], American journalist, activist and political strategist (d. 1991)
*  1951   &ndash; [[Walter de Silva]], Italian car designer
*  1951   &ndash; [[Steve Harley]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2024)
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Dwight Jones (basketball)|Dwight Jones]], American basketball player (d. 2016)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dwight Jones |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77182/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Gavin Esler]], Scottish journalist and author
*  1953   &ndash; [[Ian Khama]], English-Botswanan lieutenant and politician, 4th [[President of Botswana]]
*  1953   &ndash; [[Stelios Kouloglou]], Greek journalist, author, director and politician
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Neal Schon]], American rock guitarist and singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Meena Keshwar Kamal]], Afghan activist, founded the [[Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan]] (d. 1987)<ref>{{cite book|first=Ida |last=Lichter |title=Muslim Women Reformers: Inspiring Voices Against Oppression|location=Amherst NY|publisher=Prometheus Books|year=2009|page=45|isbn=978-1-59102-716-4}}</ref>
*  1956   &ndash; [[Belus Prajoux]], Chilean tennis player
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Danny Antonucci]], Canadian animator, producer, and screenwriter
*  1957   &ndash; [[Kevin Curran (writer)|Kevin Curran]], American screenwriter and television producer (d. 2016)
*  1957   &ndash; [[Robert de Castella]], Australian runner
*  1957   &ndash; [[Adrian Smith (musician)|Adrian Smith]], English guitarist and songwriter<ref name="AP"/> 
*  1957   &ndash; [[Timothy Spall]], English actor<ref name="AP"/> 
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Naas Botha]], South African rugby player and sportscaster
*  1958   &ndash; [[Maggie Hassan]], American politician, 81st [[List of governors of New Hampshire|Governor of New Hampshire]]
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Andrés Gómez]], Ecuadorian tennis player
*  1960   &ndash; [[Johnny Van Zant]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[James Worthy]], American basketball player and sportscaster
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Adam Baldwin]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1962   &ndash; [[Grant Show]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Nasty Suicide]], Finnish musician and pharmacist
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Jeffrey Pasley]], American educator and academic
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Pedro Chaves]], Portuguese racing driver
*  1965   &ndash; [[Noah Emmerich]], American actor<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for February 27, 2023 includes celebrities Josh Groban, Kate Mara |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/02/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-february-27-2023-includes-celebrities-josh-groban-kate-mara.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=26 February 2024 |date=27 February 2023}}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Baltasar Kormákur]], Icelandic actor, director, and producer
*  1966   &ndash; [[Donal Logue]], Canadian actor and director<ref name="AP"/>
*  1966   &ndash; [[Oliver Reck]], German footballer and manager
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Jony Ive]], English-American industrial designer, former [[chief design officer]] of [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/947e557a-98a8-11e9-8cfb-30c211dcd229|title=Jony Ive, iPhone designer, announces Apple departure|first=Tim|last=Bradshaw|date=27 June 2019|website=Financial Times|access-date=24 February 2020|archive-date=20 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720172338/https://www.ft.com/content/947e557a-98a8-11e9-8cfb-30c211dcd229|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1967   &ndash; [[Dănuț Lupu]], Romanian footballer
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Matt Stairs]], Canadian baseball player and sportscaster
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Juan E. Gilbert]], American computer scientist, inventor, and academic
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Kent Desormeaux]], American jockey
*  1970   &ndash; [[Patricia Petibon]], French soprano and actress
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Sara Blakely]], American businesswoman, founded [[Spanx]]
*  1971   &ndash; [[Derren Brown]], English magician and painter
*  1971   &ndash; [[Roman Giertych]], Polish lawyer and politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland]]
*  1971   &ndash; [[David Rikl]], Czech-English tennis player
*  1971   &ndash; [[Rozonda Thomas]], American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Richard Coyle]], English actor<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Peter Andre]], English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Carte Goodwin]], former United States senator from West Virginia<ref>{{Cite web |title=e-WV {{!}} Carte Goodwin |url=https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2310 |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=www.wvencyclopedia.org}}</ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Aitor González]], Spanish racing driver
*  1975   &ndash; [[Prodromos Korkizoglou]], Greek decathlete
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Ludovic Capelle]], Belgian cyclist
*  1976   &ndash; [[Cornelia Ecker]], Austrian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Recherchieren: Personen - Cornelia Ecker |url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/83109 |publisher=[[Austrian Parliament]] |access-date=17 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240929170211/https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/83109 |archive-date=29 September 2024 |location=Vienna, Austria |language=de}}</ref>
*  1976   &ndash; [[Tony Gonzalez]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tony Gonzalez |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/tony-gonzalez/ |publisher=[[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] |access-date=11 November 2022}}</ref>
*  1976   &ndash; [[Sergei Semak]], Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[James Beattie (footballer)|James Beattie]], English footballer and manager
*  1978   &ndash; [[Kakha Kaladze]], Georgian footballer and politician
*  1978   &ndash; [[Emelie Öhrstig]], Swedish skier and cyclist
*  1978   &ndash; [[Simone Di Pasquale]], Italian ballet dancer
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Brandon Beemer]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1980   &ndash; [[Chelsea Clinton]], American journalist and academic<ref>{{cite book |author=Clinton, Hillary Rodham|year=2003|title=Living History|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-7432-4582-1|pages=84–85, 91, 93|title-link=Living History (book)}}</ref>
*  1980   &ndash; [[Bobby V]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Natalie Grandin]], English-South African tennis player
*  1981   &ndash; [[Josh Groban]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor<ref>{{cite news|title=Monitor|newspaper=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=February 22, 2013|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2013/02/22/monitor|access-date=February 27, 2021|archive-date=November 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122092048/http://www.ew.com/article/2013/02/22/monitor|url-status=live}}</ref> 
*  1981   &ndash; [[Élodie Ouédraogo]], Belgian sprinter
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Ali Bastian]], English actress
*  1982   &ndash; [[Pat Richards]], Australian rugby league player
*  1982   &ndash; [[Bruno Soares]], Brazilian tennis player
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Devin Harris]], American basketball player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Kate Mara]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> 
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[James Augustine]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=James Augustine |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/200788/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Jumbo Díaz]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jumbo Diaz |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jumbo-diaz-471822 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Akseli Kokkonen]], Norwegian ski jumper
*  1984   &ndash; [[Aníbal Sánchez]], Venezuelan baseball player
*  1984   &ndash; [[Lotta Schelin]], Swedish footballer
*  1984   &ndash; [[Denard Span]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Denard Span |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/denard-span-452655 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Asami Abe]], Japanese singer and actress
*  1985   &ndash; [[Diniyar Bilyaletdinov]], Russian footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Vladislav Kulik]], Ukrainian-Russian footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Thiago Neves]], Brazilian footballer
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Yovani Gallardo]], Mexican baseball player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Daniel Gibson]], American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Daniel Gibson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/200789/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref>
*  1986   &ndash; [[Jonathan Moreira]], Brazilian footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Sandeep Singh]], Indian field hockey player
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Valeriy Andriytsev]], Ukrainian wrestler
*  1987   &ndash; [[Florence Kiplagat]], Kenyan runner
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Dustin Jeffrey]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1988   &ndash; [[Iain Ramsay]], Australian footballer
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[David Button]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=48440|title=David Button|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=22 February 2020|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308125200/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=48440|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1989   &ndash; [[Lloyd Rigby]], English footballer
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Chandler Jones]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chandler Jones |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14927/chandler-jones |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=16 February 2023}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Adam Morgan (baseball)|Adam Morgan]], American baseball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adam Morgan Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/morgaad01.shtml |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Lindsey Morgan]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Azeem Rafiq]], Pakistani cricketer
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Meyers Leonard]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Meyers Leonard |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203086/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Ioannis Potouridis]], Greek footballer
*  1992   &ndash; [[Jonjo Shelvey]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/4135/Jonjo-Shelvey/overview|title=Jonjo Shelvey Profile, News and Statistics|website=Premier League|access-date=8 October 2019|archive-date=17 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517085304/https://www.premierleague.com/players/4135/Jonjo-Shelvey/overview|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Callum Wilson]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Callum Wilson|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/8454/Callum-Wilson/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=27 February 2024}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[Alphonse Areola]], French footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Alphonse Areola|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/5748/Alphonse-Areola/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=27 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Mike Matheson]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Matheson |url=https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/player/mike-matheson-8476875 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Laura Gulbe]], Latvian tennis player
*  1995   &ndash; [[Sergej Milinković-Savić]], Serbian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Sergej Milinković-Savić|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/sergej-milinkovi-savi/299106/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 February 2024}}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; [[Tomáš Souček]], Czech footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Tomás Šoucek|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/25183/Tom%C3%A1s-Soucek/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=27 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Chris Godwin]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Godwin |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3116165/chris-godwin |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=16 February 2023}}</ref>
*  1996   &ndash; [[Ten (singer)|Ten]], Thai singer and dancer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://search.naver.com/search.naver?query=NCT%20텐&noq=NCT|title=NCT 텐|website=Naver|access-date=February 14, 2022|language=ko|archive-date=February 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191847/https://search.naver.com/search.naver?query=NCT+%ED%85%90&noq=NCT|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Todd Cantwell]], English footballer<ref name="11v11">{{cite web|url=https://www.11v11.com/players/todd-cantwell-254028/|title=Todd Cantwell|website=11v11.com|publisher=AFS Enterprises|access-date=6 September 2019|archive-date=13 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613155502/https://www.11v11.com/players/todd-cantwell-254028/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Johnny Davis (basketball, born 2002)|Johnny Davis]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Johnny Davis |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1631098/johnny-davis |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref>

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[640]] &ndash; [[Pepin of Landen]], Frankish lord (b. 580)
* [[906]] &ndash; [[Conrad, Duke of Thuringia|Conrad the Elder]], Frankish nobleman
* [[956]] &ndash; [[Theophylact of Constantinople|Theophylact]], [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople]] (b. 917)
*[[1167]] &ndash; [[Robert of Melun]], English theologian and bishop
*[[1416]] &ndash; [[Eleanor of Castile (d. 1416)|Eleanor of Castile]], queen consort of Navarre (b. c. 1363)
*[[1425]] &ndash; Prince [[Vasily I of Moscow]] (b. 1371)
*[[1483]] &ndash; [[William VIII of Montferrat]] (b. 1420)
*[[1558]] &ndash; [[Johann Faber of Heilbronn]], controversial Catholic preacher (b. 1504)
*  1558   &ndash; [[Kunigunde of Brandenburg-Kulmbach]], German Noblewoman (b. 1524)
===1601–1900===
*[[1641]] &ndash; [[Pau Claris]], [[Catalans|Catalan]] lawyer, clergyman and [[President of the Government of Catalonia|President of the Generalitat]], founder of the [[Catalan Republic (1640–1641)|Catalan Republic]] (b. 1586)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Elliott |first1=John H. |title=El conde duque de Olivares. El político en una época de decadencia |date=1990 |publisher=Crítica |location=Barcelona |page=588}}</ref>
*[[1659]] &ndash; [[Henry Dunster]], English-American clergyman and academic (b. 1609)
*[[1699]] &ndash; [[Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton]], English politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire]] (b. 1625)
*[[1706]] &ndash; [[John Evelyn]], English gardener and author (b. 1620)
*[[1712]] &ndash; [[Sir William Villiers, 3rd Baronet]], English politician (b. 1645)
*[[1720]] &ndash; [[Samuel Parris]], English-American minister (b. 1653)
*[[1735]] &ndash; [[John Arbuthnot]], Scottish physician and polymath (b. 1667)
*[[1784]] &ndash; [[Count of St. Germain]], European adventurer (b. 1710)
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[Tanikaze Kajinosuke]], Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1750)
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Biddle (banker)|Nicholas Biddle]], American banker and politician (b. 1786)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Alexander Borodin]], Russian composer and chemist (b. 1833)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Louis Vuitton (designer)|Louis Vuitton]], French fashion designer and businessman, founded [[Louis Vuitton]] (b. 1821)
===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Breaker Morant|Harry "Breaker" Morant]], English-Australian lieutenant (b. 1864)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Schofield Haigh]], English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Chandra Shekhar Azad]], Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Joshua W. Alexander]], American judge and politician, 2nd [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] (b. 1852)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Ivan Pavlov]], Russian physiologist and physician, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1849)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Hosteen Klah]], Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.heardguild.org/hosteen-klah/|title=Hosteen Klah|website=www.heardguild.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-12|archive-date=2018-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307023129/http://www.heardguild.org/hosteen-klah/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1937   &ndash; [[Emily Malbone Morgan]], American saint, foundress of the [[Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross]] (b. 1862)<ref>{{cite book|first1=David|last1=Hein|first2=Gardiner H.|last2=Shattuck|title=The Episcopalians|location=Westport|publisher=Praeger Publishers|year=2004|page=253|isbn=978-0-31322-958-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iZ4mwq4JqIgC&pg=PA253|access-date=2020-10-31|archive-date=2022-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191912/https://books.google.com/books?id=iZ4mwq4JqIgC&pg=PA253|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Kostis Palamas]], Greek poet and playwright (b. 1859)
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar]], Indian lawyer and politician, 1st [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] (b. 1888)
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Orry-Kelly]], Australian-American costume designer (b. 1897)
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Frankie Lymon]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Marius Barbeau]], Canadian ethnographer and academic (b. 1883)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Bill Everett]], American author and illustrator (b. 1917)
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[John Dickson Carr]], American author and playwright (b. 1905)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[George Tobias]], American actor (b. 1901)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Ray Ellington]], English singer and drummer (b. 1916)
*  1985   &ndash; [[Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.]], American politician and diplomat, 3rd [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]] (b. 1902)
*  1985   &ndash; [[J. Pat O'Malley]], English-American actor and singer (b. 1904)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Jacques Plante]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1929)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Bill Holman (cartoonist)|Bill Holman]], American cartoonist (b. 1903)
*  1987   &ndash; [[Franciszek Blachnicki]], Polish priest (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite web |title="Układy lokalne, SB, obecne służby". Wciąż nie wyjaśniono śmierci ks. Blachnickiego |url=https://www.tvp.info/51804001/niewyjasniona-smierc-ks-blachnickiego-tvp-info |website=tvp.info |access-date=22 June 2021 |language=pl |date=14 January 2021 |quote=... w najbliższym otoczeniu ks. Blachnickiego w Carlsbergu. Byli oni obecni w czasie jego śmierci 27 lutego 1987 roku. |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204841/https://www.tvp.info/51804001/niewyjasniona-smierc-ks-blachnickiego-tvp-info |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Konrad Lorenz]], Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1903)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[S. I. Hayakawa]], Canadian-American linguist and politician (b. 1906)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Lillian Gish]], American actress (b. 1893)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[George H. Hitchings]], American pharmacologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1905)
*  1998   &ndash; [[J. T. Walsh]], American actor (b. 1943)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Horace Tapscott]], American pianist and composer (b. 1934)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Spike Milligan]], Irish soldier, actor, comedian, and author (b. 1918)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[John Lanchbery]], English-Australian composer and conductor (b. 1923)
*  2003   &ndash; [[Fred Rogers]], American minister and television host (b. 1928)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Yoshihiko Amino]], Japanese historian and academic (b. 1928)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Paul Sweezy]], American economist and journalist (b. 1910)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Otis Chandler]], American publisher (b. 1927)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Robert Lee Scott, Jr.]], American general and author (b. 1908)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Linda Smith (comedian)|Linda Smith]], English comedian and author (b. 1958)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven]], German general (b. 1914)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[William F. Buckley, Jr.]], American author and journalist, founded the ''[[National Review]]'' (b. 1925)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Myron Cope]], American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1929)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Ivan Rebroff]], German vocalist of Russian descent with four and a half octave range (b. 1931)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Nanaji Deshmukh]], Indian educator and activist (b. 1916)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Frank Buckles]], American soldier (b. 1901)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Necmettin Erbakan]], Turkish engineer and politician, 32nd [[Prime Minister of Turkey]] (b. 1926)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Duke Snider]], American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1926)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Gary Winick]], American director and producer (b. 1961)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Ma Jiyuan]], Chinese general (b. 1921)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Tina Strobos]], Dutch physician and psychiatrist (b. 1920)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Helga Vlahović]], Croatian journalist and producer (b. 1945)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Van Cliburn]], American pianist (b. 1934)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Ramon Dekkers]], Dutch mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (b. 1969)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Dale Robertson]], American actor (b. 1923)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Adolfo Zaldívar]], Chilean lawyer and politician (b. 1943)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Aaron Allston]], American game designer and author (b. 1960)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Terry Rand]], American basketball player (b. 1934)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Boris Nemtsov]], Russian academic and politician, [[First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia]] (b. 1959)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Leonard Nimoy]], American actor (b. 1931)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Julio César Strassera]], Argentinian lawyer and jurist (b. 1933)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Yi Cheol-seung]], South Korean lawyer and politician (b. 1922)
*  2016   &ndash; [[James Z. Davis]], American lawyer and judge (b. 1943)
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Steve Folkes]], Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1959)
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[France-Albert René]], Seychellois politician, 2nd [[President of Seychelles]] (b. 1935)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/10572/France+Albert+Rene%2C+former+President+of+Seychelles%2C+dies+at+age+|title=France Albert Rene, former President of Seychelles, dies at age 83|website=www.seychellesnewsagency.com|access-date=2019-08-18|archive-date=2019-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227230904/http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/10572/France+Albert+Rene%2C+former+President+of+Seychelles%2C+dies+at+age+|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Ng Man-tat]], Hong Kong actor (b. 1952)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/166386/Veteran-actor-Ng-Man-tat-dies-at-age-70|title=Veteran actor Ng Man-tat dies at age 70|website=www.thestandard.com.hk|access-date=2022-02-27}}</ref>
*[[2025]] &ndash; [[Boris Spassky]], Russian chess grandmaster (b. 1937)<ref>{{Cite news |last=McClain |first=Dylan Loeb |date=February 27, 2025 |title=Boris Spassky, Chess Champion Who Lost 'Match of the Century,' Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/world/europe/boris-spassky-dead.html |access-date=March 1, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Anne Line]]<ref name="Martyrology">{{cite book |title=Martirologio Romano |date=2004 |publisher=Libreria Editrice Vaticana|pages=170–171|url=https://vidaeremitica.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/MARTIROLOGIO-ROMANO.pdf |access-date=2 April 2024|ref={{harvid|Martirologio|2004}}}}</ref>
**[[Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows]]<ref name="Martyrology" />
**[[George Herbert]] ([[Anglicanism]])
**[[Gregory of Narek]]<ref name="Martyrology" />
**[[Honorina]]<ref name="Martyrology" />
**[[Leander of Seville|Leander]]<ref name="Martyrology" />
**[[February 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Doctors' Day (Vietnam)]]
*[[Public holidays in the Dominican Republic|Independence Day (Dominican Republic)]], celebrates the first independence of [[Dominican Republic]] from [[Haiti]] in 1844.
*[[Majuba Day]] (some [[Afrikaners]] in [[South Africa]])
*[[Marathi Language Day]] ([[Maharashtra]], India) 
*[[Non-governmental_organization#World_NGO_Day|World NGO Day]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons}}
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/27 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=2|day=27}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/february/27 Historical Events on February 27]

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[[Category:Days of February]]