Hisdates•ComPage 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 16
Sunday, 15 June 2025
1831 On this day in history birth of nikolai Leskow, writer 
1832 On this day in history birth of camille Armand Jules Marie de Polignac, Mjr General (Confederate Army)
1834 On February - 16 birth of ernst Heinrich Haeckel, Potsdam Germ, biologist (Causes of Evolution)
1836 Benjamin Edward Woolf, Dutch composer was born on this day in history.
1838 Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist was born on February - 16.
1838 On this day in history birth of henry Adams, Boston Mass, historian, writer (Education of Henry Adams)
1847 On February - 16 birth of ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, German composer (Album polonaise)
1848 On this day in history birth of hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist (How species emerge)
1850 On February - 16 birth of octave Mirbeau, France, writer (Journal of a Lady's Maid)
1852 Charles Taze Russell, religion founder (Jehovah's Witnesses) was born on February - 16.
1852 William Scarborough, Macon Ga, linguist/author (Birds of Aristophanes) was born on this day in history.
1854 On this day in history birth of oscar Fetras, composer
1856 On this day in history birth of willem Kes, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor (Parkorkest Amsterdam)
1856 On this day in history birth of rudolph Karstadt, German entrepreneur (d. 1944)
1858 On this day in history birth of laurence "Lon" Myers, US, track star (top US miler)
1866 Johann Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King) was born on this day in history.
1866 On this day in history birth of vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet [NS=Feb 28]
1866 On this day in history birth of william "Sliding Billy" Hamilton, NJ, hall of fame baseball player
1868 Wilhelm Schmidt, German anthropologist/linguist (Anthropos) was born on February - 16.
1874 On this day in history birth of marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano (d. 1935)
1876 On this day in history birth of george Macauley Trevelyan, England, historian (Giuseppi Garibaldi)
1878 Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer/conductor (Peter Schlemihl) was born on this day in history.
1880 On this day in history birth of frank Burke, American baseball player (d. 1946)
1881 Maurits H E Uyldert, Dutch poet/writer (Youth of a Poet) was born on this day in history.
1883 Elizabeth Craig, British writer (d. 1980) was born on February - 16.
1884 Robert Flaherty, Mich, father of documentary film (Nanook of North) was born on February - 16.
1886 Andrew Ducat, cricketer (Test for Eng 1921 (3 & 2) Soccer intl) was born on February - 16.
1886 On this day in history birth of van Wyck Brooks, NJ, literary historian/writer (Ordeal of Mark Twain)
1887 On this day in history birth of kathleen Clifford, American actress (d. 1962)
1890 Semyon Semyonovich Bogatiryov, composer was born on this day in history.
1891 Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist (d. 1967) was born on February - 16.
1893 Ivor Armstrong Richards, England, literary critic [OS] was born on February - 16.
1896 Alexander Brailowsky, Russia, pianist (Chopin) was born on this day in history.
1898 Katharine Cornell, actress (Barretts of Wimpole St) was born on this day in history.
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