Hisdates•ComPage 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 16
Monday, 27 October 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 Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, Potsdam Germ, biologist (Causes of Evolution) was born on February - 16.
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 Henry Adams, Boston Mass, historian, writer (Education of Henry Adams) was born on February - 16.
1847 On February - 16 birth of ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, German composer (Album polonaise)
1848 Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist (How species emerge) was born on this day in history.
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 On this day in history birth of william Scarborough, Macon Ga, linguist/author (Birds of Aristophanes)
1854 Oscar Fetras, composer was born on February - 16.
1856 Willem Kes, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor (Parkorkest Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.
1856 Rudolph Karstadt, German entrepreneur (d. 1944) was born on February - 16.
1858 Laurence "Lon" Myers, US, track star (top US miler) was born on February - 16.
1866 On February - 16 birth of johann Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King)
1866 Vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet [NS=Feb 28] was born on this day in history.
1866 On February - 16 birth of william "Sliding Billy" Hamilton, NJ, hall of fame baseball player
1868 On this day in history birth of wilhelm Schmidt, German anthropologist/linguist (Anthropos)
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 Frank Burke, American baseball player (d. 1946) was born on this day in history.
1881 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of andrew Ducat, cricketer (Test for Eng 1921 (3 & 2) Soccer intl)
1886 On February - 16 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 February - 16.
1891 On this day in history birth of hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist (d. 1967)
1893 Ivor Armstrong Richards, England, literary critic [OS] was born on February - 16.
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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