Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 22
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1817 Niels wilhelm gade: Danish violinist/composer/conductor 

1817 Carl wilhelm borchardt: German mathematician 

1819 Bernardo calvo puig: Composer 

1819 James russell lowell: Poet/critic/diplomat/abolitionist 

1821 Giovanni bottesini: Composer 

1822 Adolf kuszmaul: German physician (stomach pump, kuszmaul disease) 

1824 Pierre janssen: French astronomer 

1825 Jean baptiste salpointe: Second archbishop of santa fe 

1827 James barnet fry: Bvt major general (union army), died in 1894 

1828 Robert alexander cameron: Bvt mjr gen (union volunteers), died in 1894 

1833 Josef foerster: Composer 

1834 Albert heinrich zabel: Composer 

1836 Eduard wachmann: Composer 

1838 Pierre jules cesar janssen: Discoverer of hydrogen in sun 

1839 Francis pharcellus church: American editor and publisher 

1840 F august bebel: German social-democrat 

1842 Carl rosa: Hamburg germany, founder (rosa opera company) 

1842 Leon vanderkindere: Belgian historian/mayor (ukkel) 

1843 Affonso de escragnolle taunay: France/brazil writer (inocencia) 

1844 Kazamierz julian kratzer: Composer 

1849 Nikolay yakovlevich sonin: Russian mathematician 

1850 Isaac l rice: Germany, (namesake of columbia univ's rice stadium) 

1852 Pieter k pel: Internist (pel-ebstein fever) 

1857 Heinrich hertz: Physicist, 1st to broadcast & receive radio waves 

1857 Robert baden-powell: Founder (boy scouts, girl guides) 

1862 Karen hulda garborg[-bergersen]: Norwegian playwright (mot solen/eli) 

1864 Jules renard: France, writer (poil de carotte) 

1865 Otto modersohn: German painter 

1868 Henri polak: Union leader/politician (soc-dem) 

1873 Muhammad iqbal: Dutch east indies lawyer/poet/philosopher 

1874 Bill klem: American baseball umpire 

1877 Yme c schuitmaker: Dutch potato salesman/dramatist 

1878 Walter ritz: Swiss physicist 

1880 Frigyes riesz: Hungarian mathematician 

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