Famous Birthdays In February - 28

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

1838  On this day in history birth of maurice Lévy, French engineer (d. 1910)  

1840  On February - 28 birth of henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892)  

1841  Adrien Albert Marie de Mun, French politician (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.  

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  On February - 28 birth of juliusz Zarebski, composer  

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

1865  On February - 28 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 this day in history birth of soledad Jiminez, Santander Spain, actor (Phantom ofthe Range)  

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

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

1877  Sergei Bortkiewicz, composer was born on February - 28.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1886  Jose Gutierrez Solana, Spanish painter/author (Madrid Escenas) was born on this day in history.  

1886  On this day in history 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  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  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  On February - 28 birth of philip Showalter Hench, Pittsburgh, physician (cortisone-Nobel)  

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

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

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 February - 28.  

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 February - 28 death of isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400)  

1485  Death of Niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441) on February - 28.  

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

1525  Death of Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler on February - 28.  

1572  Death of Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505) on February - 28.