February 28th
185 Notable deaths
Guillaume Bigourdan
French astronomer (1851-1932).
Born April 6th, 1851 in Sistels. [ref]
Died February 28th, 1932 at 80 years old in Paris. [ref]
Oscar Chajes
Austrian-american chess player.
Born December 14th, 1873 in Brody.
Died February 28th, 1928 at 54 years old in New York City.
Alberto Marcovecchio
Argentine association football player (1893-1958).
Born March 6th, 1893 in Avellaneda.
Died February 28th, 1958 at 64 years old in Lanús.
Kálmán Kánya
Hungarian politician (1869-1945).
Born November 7th, 1869 in Sopron.
Died February 28th, 1945 at 75 years old in Budapest.
Vsevolod Vishnevsky
Soviet dramatist and prose writer. (1900–1951).
Born December 21st, 1900 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died February 28th, 1951 at 50 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Gennady Kuzmin
Ukrainian chess player (1946–2020).
Born January 19th, 1946 in Mariinsk.
Died February 28th, 2020 at 74 years old in Luhansk. [ref]
Kornel Filipowicz
Polish author (1913–1990).
Born October 27th, 1913 in Ternopil.
Died February 28th, 1990 at 76 years old in Kraków (lung cancer).
Alfred Beamish
English tennis player.
Born August 6th, 1879 in Richmond.
Died February 28th, 1944 at 64 years old in Nairn.
Grant Turner
New zealand footballer (1958–2023).
Born October 7th, 1958 in Lower Hutt.
Died February 28th, 2023 at 64 years old in Tauranga (cancer). [ref]
Gérard Calvet
French abbot (1927–2008).
Born November 18th, 1927 in Bordeaux. [ref]
Died February 28th, 2008 at 80 years old in Carpentras (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 141 to 150 of 185
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson