This Week’s Birthdays – Week of February 28

February 28, 1906 – Bugsy Siegel, American gangster (d. 1947)

March 1, 1904 – Glenn Miller, American bandleader (d. 1944)

March 2, 1793 – Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1863)

March 3, 1847 – Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian inventor (d. 1922)

March 4, 1938 – Paula Prentiss, American actress

March 5, 1954 – Marsha Warfield, American actress

March 6, 1475 – Michelangelo, Italian artist and sculptor (d. 1564)