Famous Birthdays In February - 28

1833  Alfred von Schlieffen, Count/Prussian general-fieldmarshal was born on February - 28.   

1838  Maurice Lévy, French engineer (d. 1910) was born on February - 28.   

1840  Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892) was born on this day in history.   

1841  On February - 28 birth of adrien Albert Marie de Mun, French politician (d. 1914)   

1850  Hermann Schell, German theologist/philosopher (Gott und Geist) was born on February - 28.   

1851  Samuel W. McCall, 47th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1923) was born on this day in history.   

1854  Juliusz Zarebski, composer was born on February - 28.   

1857  On February - 28 birth of gustave Adolph Kerker, composer   

1858  Jacob P Vis, Dutch industrialist (founder NV Royal Salt Industries) was born on this day in history.   

1865  On February - 28 birth of arthur Symons, Welsh poet/critic/co-founder (Savoy)   

1865  On February - 28 birth of wilfred Grenfell, England, medical missionary   

1866  On this day in history birth of vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet [OS=2/16]   

1874  On February - 28 birth of soledad Jiminez, Santander Spain, actor (Phantom ofthe Range)   

1875  Viliam Figus, composer was born on February - 28.   

1876  John Alden Carpenter, Chicago Illinois, composer (Sea Drift) was born on this day in history.   

1877  On February - 28 birth of sergei Bortkiewicz, composer   

1878  On February - 28 birth of pierre Fatou, French mathematician (d. 1929)   

1878  On February - 28 birth of artur Kapp, Estonian composer (d. 1952)   

1882  On this day in history birth of geraldine Farrar, US soprano/actress (Story of American Singer)   

1882  Jose Vasconcelos, Oaxaca Mexico, politician/essayist/philosopher was born on February - 28.   

1882  On February - 28 birth of richard Heinrich Stein, composer   

1886  Jose Gutierrez Solana, Spanish painter/author (Madrid Escenas) was born on this day in history.   

1886  Max Vasmer, German slavic (La Tertulia de Pombo) was born on February - 28.   

1887  William Zorach, Lithuania, US sculptor (Spirit of the Dance) was born on February - 28.   

1889  Victor Sutherland, Paducah KY, actor (Captive City) was born on this day in history.   

1890  Vaslav Nijinsky, Kiev Ukraine, ballet dancer (3/12 NS) was born on this day in history.   

1893  On February - 28 birth of ben Hecht, NYC, novelist/playwright/screenwriter (Front Page)   

1895  Guiomar Novaes, Brazil, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit) was born on this day in history.   

1895  Marcel Pagnol, French playwright/director (Marchands de Gloire) was born on this day in history.   

1896  On February - 28 birth of philip Showalter Hench, Pittsburgh, physician (cortisone-Nobel)   

1898  Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey) was born on this day in history.   

1899  On February - 28 birth of frederick Denison Maurice Hocking, pathologist   

1900  Laura Z Hobson, writer was born on this day in history.   

1900  Wolfram Hirth, German pilot (d. 1959) was born on February - 28.   

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0642  On February - 28 oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle   

1261  On February - 28 hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies   

1326  Death of Duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290) on this day in history.   

1453  On this day in history death of isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400)   

1485  Death of Niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441) on February - 28.   

1510  On this day in history death of juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer   

1525  Death of Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler on this day in history.   

1572  On this day in history death of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505)