Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 16

1832  Camille armand jules marie de polignac: Mjr general (confederate army)   

1834  Ernst heinrich haeckel: Potsdam germ, biologist (causes of evolution)   

1836  Benjamin edward woolf: Dutch composer   

1838  Arnoldus pannevis: South african ship's doctor/linguist   

1838  Henry adams: Boston mass, historian, writer (education of henry adams)   

1847  Ludwig philipp scharwenka: German composer (album polonaise)   

1848  Hugo de vries: Dutch botanist (how species emerge)   

1850  Octave mirbeau: France, writer (journal of a lady's maid)   

1852  Charles taze russell: Religion founder (jehovah's witnesses)   

1852  William scarborough: Macon ga, linguist/author (birds of aristophanes)   

1854  Oscar fetras: Composer   

1856  Willem kes: Dutch violinist/composer/conductor (parkorkest amsterdam)   

1856  Rudolph karstadt: German entrepreneur   

1858  Laurence "lon" myers: Us, track star (top us miler)   

1866  Johann strauss: Austria, composer (waltz king)   

1866  Vyacheslav i ivanov: Russian philosopher/classical/poet [ns=feb 28]   

1866  William "sliding billy" hamilton: Nj, hall of fame baseball player   

1868  Wilhelm schmidt: German anthropologist/linguist (anthropos)   

1874  Marie gutheil-schoder: German soprano   

1876  George macauley trevelyan: England, historian (giuseppi garibaldi)   

1878  Selim palmgren: Finnish pianist/composer/conductor (peter schlemihl)   

1880  Frank burke: American baseball player   

1881  Maurits h e uyldert: Dutch poet/writer (youth of a poet)   

1883  Elizabeth craig: British writer   

1884  Robert flaherty: Mich, father of documentary film (nanook of north)   

1886  Andrew ducat: Cricketer (test for eng 1921 (3 & 2) soccer intl)   

1886  Van wyck brooks: Nj, literary historian/writer (ordeal of mark twain)   

1887  Kathleen clifford: American actress   

1890  Semyon semyonovich bogatiryov: Composer   

1891  Hans f. k. günther: German eugenicist   

1893  Ivor armstrong richards: England, literary critic [os]   

1896  Alexander brailowsky: Russia, pianist (chopin)   

1898  Katharine cornell: Actress (barretts of wimpole st)   

1900  Albert maurice hackett: Playwright/screenwriter   

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0309  Pamphilus van caesarea: Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded   

0923  Abu dja'far mohammed djarir al-tabari: Islamic historian,   

1247  Heinrich raspe: Landgrave of thuringia (b. 1204)   

1279  Afonso iii: King of portugal (1248-79),   

1391  Johannes v palaeologus: Emperor of byzantium (1341-91),   

1531  Johannes stöffler: German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452)   

1538  Everhard/erardus van de mark: Prince-bishop of liege,   

1560  Jean du bellay: French catholic cardinal and diplomat