Peter III of Russia

Peter III Fyodorovich was Emperor of Russia from 5 January 1762 until 9 July of the same year, when he was overthrown by his wife, Catherine II. He was born in the German city of Kiel as Charles Peter Ulrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, but he was a grandson of Peter the Great and a great-grandson of Charles XI of Sweden.

21 February 1728

Born on the same birth day (21 February): Army Ministry • Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor • Dorothy Blum • Eniola Aluko • Francis Ronalds • Hayley Orrantia • Jeanne Calment • John Haden Badley • Jordan Peele • Pierre Fulke • Rhiannon Giddens

Born in the same month (February 1728): John Hunter (surgeon) • John Wood, the Younger • Étienne-Louis Boullée