Hisdates•ComPage 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 16
Friday, 17 January 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 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 this day in history birth of ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, German composer (Album polonaise)
1848 On February - 16 birth of hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist (How species emerge)
1850 Octave Mirbeau, France, writer (Journal of a Lady's Maid) was born on this day in history.
1852 Charles Taze Russell, religion founder (Jehovah's Witnesses) was born on this day in history.
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 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 Laurence "Lon" Myers, US, track star (top US miler) was born on this day in history.
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 February - 16 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 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 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 On this day in history birth of elizabeth Craig, British writer (d. 1980)
1884 Robert Flaherty, Mich, father of documentary film (Nanook of North) was born on this day in history.
1886 On February - 16 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 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 Ivor Armstrong Richards, England, literary critic [OS] was born on February - 16.
1896 On February - 16 birth of alexander Brailowsky, Russia, pianist (Chopin)
1898 Katharine Cornell, actress (Barretts of Wimpole St) was born on February - 16.
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