Page 2: Famous Personalities Born 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  On February - 28 birth of henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892)   

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  Samuel W. McCall, 47th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1923) was born on this day in history.   

1854  On February - 28 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 February - 28.   

1865  Arthur Symons, Welsh poet/critic/co-founder (Savoy) was born on this day in history.   

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

1866  On this day in history birth of vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet [OS=2/16]   

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

1875  Viliam Figus, composer was born on February - 28.   

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

1877  On February - 28 birth of sergei Bortkiewicz, composer   

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

1878  On February - 28 birth of artur Kapp, Estonian composer (d. 1952)   

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 February - 28 birth of richard Heinrich Stein, composer   

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

1886  On this day in history birth of max Vasmer, German slavic (La Tertulia de Pombo)   

1887  On February - 28 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 February - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history birth of philip Showalter Hench, Pittsburgh, physician (cortisone-Nobel)   

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 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  Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies on February - 28.   

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

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

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  On February - 28 death of cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler   

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