Famous birthdays for Feb. 28: Bernadette Peters, John Turturro

Those born on this date are under the sign of Pisces.

-- French essayist Michel de Montaigne in 1533

-- Chemist/physicist Linus Pauling, twice winner of the Nobel Prize (peace and chemistry), in 1901

-- Movie director Vincente Minnelli in 1903

-- Actor Charles Durning in 1923

-- Svetlana Alliluyeva, daughter of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, in 1926

-- Architect Frank Gehry in 1929 (age 94)

-- Dancer Tommy Tune in 1939 (age 84)

-- Former race car driver Mario Andretti in 1940 (age 83)

-- Musician Brian Jones in 1942

-- Former U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu in 1948 (age 75)

-- Actor Bernadette Peters in 1948 (age 75)

-- Actor Mercedes Ruehl in 1948 (age 75)

-- Newspaper columnist/Nobel laureate Paul Krugman in 1953 (age 70)

-- Comedian Gilbert Gottfried in 1955

-- Celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott in 1957 (age 66)

-- Actor Rae Dawn Chong in 1961 (age 62)

-- Singer Patrick Monahan in 1969 (age 54)

-- Actor Robert Sean Leonard in 1969 (age 54)

-- Actor Tasha Smith in 1971 (age 52)

-- Actor Ali Larter in 1976 (age 47)

-- Country singer Jason Aldean in 1977 (age 46)

-- Actor Sarah Bolger in 1991 (age 32)