Famous Birthdays In February - 28

1833  Alfred von Schlieffen, Count/Prussian general-fieldmarshal was born on February - 28.   

1838  On February - 28 birth of maurice Lévy, French engineer (d. 1910)   

1840  Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892) was born on this day in history.   

1841  On this day in history birth of adrien Albert Marie de Mun, French politician (d. 1914)   

1850  Hermann Schell, German theologist/philosopher (Gott und Geist) was born on this day in history.   

1851  On February - 28 birth of samuel W. McCall, 47th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1923)   

1854  On this day in history birth of juliusz Zarebski, composer   

1857  Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer was born on February - 28.   

1858  Jacob P Vis, Dutch industrialist (founder NV Royal Salt Industries) was born on this day in history.   

1865  On February - 28 birth of arthur Symons, Welsh poet/critic/co-founder (Savoy)   

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

1866  Vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet [OS=2/16] was born on February - 28.   

1874  Soledad Jiminez, Santander Spain, actor (Phantom ofthe Range) was born on this day in history.   

1875  Viliam Figus, composer was born on this day in history.   

1876  John Alden Carpenter, Chicago Illinois, composer (Sea Drift) was born on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history birth of sergei Bortkiewicz, composer   

1878  On February - 28 birth of pierre Fatou, French mathematician (d. 1929)   

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

1882  On this day in history birth of geraldine Farrar, US soprano/actress (Story of American Singer)   

1882  On February - 28 birth of jose Vasconcelos, Oaxaca Mexico, politician/essayist/philosopher   

1882  Richard Heinrich Stein, composer was born on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history birth of jose Gutierrez Solana, Spanish painter/author (Madrid Escenas)   

1886  Max Vasmer, German slavic (La Tertulia de Pombo) was born on this day in history.   

1887  William Zorach, Lithuania, US sculptor (Spirit of the Dance) was born on this day in history.   

1889  Victor Sutherland, Paducah KY, actor (Captive City) was born on this day in history.   

1890  On February - 28 birth of vaslav Nijinsky, Kiev Ukraine, ballet dancer (3/12 NS)   

1893  Ben Hecht, NYC, novelist/playwright/screenwriter (Front Page) was born on February - 28.   

1895  Guiomar Novaes, Brazil, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit) was born on this day in history.   

1895  On February - 28 birth of marcel Pagnol, French playwright/director (Marchands de Gloire)   

1896  Philip Showalter Hench, Pittsburgh, physician (cortisone-Nobel) was born on February - 28.   

1898  On this day in history birth of molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey)   

1899  Frederick Denison Maurice Hocking, pathologist was born on February - 28.   

1900  Laura Z Hobson, writer was born on February - 28.   

1900  Wolfram Hirth, German pilot (d. 1959) was born on this day in history.   

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0642  Oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle on February - 28.   

1261  On February - 28 hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies   

1326  Death of Duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290) on February - 28.   

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

1485  On February - 28 death of niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441)   

1510  Death of Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer on this day in history.   

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

1572  Death of Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505) on this day in history.