Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 28

1833  On February - 28 birth of alfred von Schlieffen, Count/Prussian general-fieldmarshal   

1838  Maurice Lévy, French engineer (d. 1910) was born on February - 28.   

1840  On this day in history birth of henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892)   

1841  Adrien Albert Marie de Mun, French politician (d. 1914) was born on February - 28.   

1850  On this day in history birth of hermann Schell, German theologist/philosopher (Gott und Geist)   

1851  Samuel W. McCall, 47th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1923) was born on February - 28.   

1854  Juliusz Zarebski, composer was born on this day in history.   

1857  Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer was born on this day in history.   

1858  On this day in history birth of jacob P Vis, Dutch industrialist (founder NV Royal Salt Industries)   

1865  Arthur Symons, Welsh poet/critic/co-founder (Savoy) was born on February - 28.   

1865  Wilfred Grenfell, England, medical missionary was born on February - 28.   

1866  On February - 28 birth of vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet [OS=2/16]   

1874  On this day in history birth of soledad Jiminez, Santander Spain, actor (Phantom ofthe Range)   

1875  On this day in history birth of viliam Figus, composer   

1876  On February - 28 birth of john Alden Carpenter, Chicago Illinois, composer (Sea Drift)   

1877  Sergei Bortkiewicz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history birth of pierre Fatou, French mathematician (d. 1929)   

1878  Artur Kapp, Estonian composer (d. 1952) was born on February - 28.   

1882  On February - 28 birth of geraldine Farrar, US soprano/actress (Story of American Singer)   

1882  On this day in history birth of jose Vasconcelos, Oaxaca Mexico, politician/essayist/philosopher   

1882  Richard Heinrich Stein, composer was born on February - 28.   

1886  On February - 28 birth of jose Gutierrez Solana, Spanish painter/author (Madrid Escenas)   

1886  On February - 28 birth of max Vasmer, German slavic (La Tertulia de Pombo)   

1887  On this day in history birth of william Zorach, Lithuania, US sculptor (Spirit of the Dance)   

1889  On this day in history birth of victor Sutherland, Paducah KY, actor (Captive City)   

1890  Vaslav Nijinsky, Kiev Ukraine, ballet dancer (3/12 NS) was born on this day in history.   

1893  Ben Hecht, NYC, novelist/playwright/screenwriter (Front Page) was born on this day in history.   

1895  On February - 28 birth of guiomar Novaes, Brazil, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit)   

1895  On this day in history birth of marcel Pagnol, French playwright/director (Marchands de Gloire)   

1896  Philip Showalter Hench, Pittsburgh, physician (cortisone-Nobel) was born on this day in history.   

1898  On February - 28 birth of molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey)   

1899  On February - 28 birth of frederick Denison Maurice Hocking, pathologist   

1900  Laura Z Hobson, writer was born on this day in history.   

1900  Wolfram Hirth, German pilot (d. 1959) was born on February - 28.   

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0642  Oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1261  On this day in history hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies   

1326  On February - 28 death of duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290)   

1453  Death of Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400) on this day in history.   

1485  On this day in history death of niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441)   

1510  On this day in history death of juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer   

1525  Death of Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler on this day in history.   

1572  On this day in history death of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505)