Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 16
Monday, 14 July 2025
1831 On February - 16 birth of nikolai Leskow, writer
1832 On February - 16 birth of camille Armand Jules Marie de Polignac, Mjr General (Confederate Army)
1834 Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, Potsdam Germ, biologist (Causes of Evolution) was born on this day in history.
1836 Benjamin Edward Woolf, Dutch composer was born on this day in history.
1838 On February - 16 birth of arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist
1838 On this day in history birth of henry Adams, Boston Mass, historian, writer (Education of Henry Adams)
1847 Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, German composer (Album polonaise) was born on February - 16.
1848 Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist (How species emerge) was born on this day in history.
1850 Octave Mirbeau, France, writer (Journal of a Lady's Maid) was born on this day in history.
1852 On February - 16 birth of charles Taze Russell, religion founder (Jehovah's Witnesses)
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 Willem Kes, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor (Parkorkest Amsterdam) was born on February - 16.
1856 Rudolph Karstadt, German entrepreneur (d. 1944) was born on this day in history.
1858 Laurence "Lon" Myers, US, track star (top US miler) was born on this day in history.
1866 On this day in history birth of johann Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King)
1866 On February - 16 birth of vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet [NS=Feb 28]
1866 William "Sliding Billy" Hamilton, NJ, hall of fame baseball player was born on February - 16.
1868 Wilhelm Schmidt, German anthropologist/linguist (Anthropos) was born on this day in history.
1874 On February - 16 birth of marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano (d. 1935)
1876 George Macauley Trevelyan, England, historian (Giuseppi Garibaldi) was born on this day in history.
1878 On February - 16 birth of selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer/conductor (Peter Schlemihl)
1880 On February - 16 birth of frank Burke, American baseball player (d. 1946)
1881 On February - 16 birth of maurits H E Uyldert, Dutch poet/writer (Youth of a Poet)
1883 Elizabeth Craig, British writer (d. 1980) was born on this day in history.
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 Van Wyck Brooks, NJ, literary historian/writer (Ordeal of Mark Twain) was born on this day in history.
1887 Kathleen Clifford, American actress (d. 1962) was born on this day in history.
1890 Semyon Semyonovich Bogatiryov, composer was born on February - 16.
1891 Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist (d. 1967) was born on this day in history.
1893 On February - 16 birth of ivor Armstrong Richards, England, literary critic [OS]
1896 On February - 16 birth of alexander Brailowsky, Russia, pianist (Chopin)
1898 On this day in history birth of katharine Cornell, actress (Barretts of Wimpole St)
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