Hisdates•ComPage 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 16
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
1831 On February - 16 birth of nikolai Leskow, writer 
1832 Camille Armand Jules Marie de Polignac, Mjr General (Confederate Army) was born on February - 16.
1834 Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, Potsdam Germ, biologist (Causes of Evolution) was born on this day in history.
1836 On this day in history birth of benjamin Edward Woolf, Dutch composer
1838 Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist was born on February - 16.
1838 Henry Adams, Boston Mass, historian, writer (Education of Henry Adams) was born on February - 16.
1847 Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, German composer (Album polonaise) was born on this day in history.
1848 On February - 16 birth of hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist (How species emerge)
1850 On this day in history 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 February - 16.
1854 On this day in history birth of oscar Fetras, composer
1856 Willem Kes, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor (Parkorkest Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.
1856 On this day in history birth of rudolph Karstadt, German entrepreneur (d. 1944)
1858 Laurence "Lon" Myers, US, track star (top US miler) was born on February - 16.
1866 Johann Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King) was born on February - 16.
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 this day in history.
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 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 Frank Burke, American baseball player (d. 1946) was born on this day in history.
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 February - 16.
1884 Robert Flaherty, Mich, father of documentary film (Nanook of North) was born on this day in history.
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 February - 16.
1887 On February - 16 birth of kathleen Clifford, American actress (d. 1962)
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 Ivor Armstrong Richards, England, literary critic [OS] was born on February - 16.
1896 Alexander Brailowsky, Russia, pianist (Chopin) was born on February - 16.
1898 On this day in history birth of katharine Cornell, actress (Barretts of Wimpole St)
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