Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 28

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

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

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

1851  On this day in history birth of samuel W. McCall, 47th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1923)   

1854  On February - 28 birth of juliusz Zarebski, composer   

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

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  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 February - 28.   

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

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

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

1878  Pierre Fatou, French mathematician (d. 1929) was born on February - 28.   

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

1882  Geraldine Farrar, US soprano/actress (Story of American Singer) was born on February - 28.   

1882  Jose Vasconcelos, Oaxaca Mexico, politician/essayist/philosopher was born on February - 28.   

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

1887  William Zorach, Lithuania, US sculptor (Spirit of the Dance) was born on February - 28.   

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 February - 28.   

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

1895  On this day in history 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 February - 28.   

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

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

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

1900  On this day in history birth of wolfram Hirth, German pilot (d. 1959)   

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0642  On this day in history oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle   

1261  Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies on February - 28.   

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

1453  Death of Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400) on February - 28.   

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)