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  Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892) was born on February - 28.   

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

1857  On this day in history birth of gustave Adolph Kerker, composer   

1858  On February - 28 birth of jacob P Vis, Dutch industrialist (founder NV Royal Salt Industries)   

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

1865  On this day in history birth of wilfred Grenfell, England, medical missionary   

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

1874  On February - 28 birth of soledad Jiminez, Santander Spain, actor (Phantom ofthe Range)   

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 February - 28 birth of sergei Bortkiewicz, composer   

1878  Pierre Fatou, French mathematician (d. 1929) was born on this day in history.   

1878  Artur Kapp, Estonian composer (d. 1952) was born on this day in history.   

1882  Geraldine Farrar, US soprano/actress (Story of American Singer) was born on this day in history.   

1882  Jose Vasconcelos, Oaxaca Mexico, politician/essayist/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history birth of richard Heinrich Stein, composer   

1886  On February - 28 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 February - 28.   

1889  Victor Sutherland, Paducah KY, actor (Captive City) was born on February - 28.   

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

1893  On February - 28 birth of ben Hecht, NYC, novelist/playwright/screenwriter (Front Page)   

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

1895  Marcel Pagnol, French playwright/director (Marchands de Gloire) was born on February - 28.   

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

1898  Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey) was born on February - 28.   

1899  Frederick Denison Maurice Hocking, pathologist was born on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history birth of laura Z Hobson, writer   

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

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0642  On February - 28 oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle   

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

1326  Death of Duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290) on this day in history.   

1453  On this day in history death of isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400)   

1485  Death of Niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441) on this day in history.   

1510  On February - 28 death of juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer   

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

1572  On February - 28 death of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505)