February 28th
170 Notable deaths
Pedro Bonifacio Palacios
Argentine poet (1854–1917).
Born May 13th, 1854 in La Matanza Partido.
Died February 28th, 1917 at 62 years old in La Plata.
Chushiro Hayashi
Japanese astrophysicist.
Born July 25th, 1920 in Kyoto.
Died February 28th, 2010 at 89 years old in Kyoto (pneumonia). [ref]
Álvaro Cunqueiro
Spanish writer.
Born December 22nd, 1911 in Mondoñedo.
Died February 28th, 1981 at 69 years old in Vigo.
Karl Moser
Swiss architect (1860-1936).
Born August 10th, 1860 in Baden. [ref]
Died February 28th, 1936 at 75 years old in Zürich. [ref]
Ferdinand Alquié
French philosopher (1906-1985).
Born December 18th, 1906 in Carcassonne. [ref]
Died February 28th, 1985 at 78 years old in Montpellier. [ref]
Max Rudolf
German conductor (1902-1995).
Born June 15th, 1902 in Frankfurt am Main. [ref]
Died February 28th, 1995 at 92 years old in Philadelphia.
Franco Brusati
Italian film director and screenwriter.
Born August 4th, 1922 in Milan. [ref]
Died February 28th, 1993 at 70 years old in Rome. [ref]
Leonhard Hess Stejneger
Biologist (1851-1943).
Born October 30th, 1851 in Bergen.
Died February 28th, 1943 at 91 years old in Washington, D.C..
Achim Müller
German scientist.
Born February 14th, 1938 in Detmold.
Died February 28th, 2024 at 86 years old [ref]
Nikolay Nikanorovich Dubovskoy
Russian artist (1859-1918).
Born December 17th, 1859 in Novocherkassk. [ref]
Died February 28th, 1918 at 58 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Deaths 111 to 120 of 170
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche