Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 28

1833  Alfred von Schlieffen, Count/Prussian general-fieldmarshal was born on this day in history.   

1838  Maurice Lévy, French engineer (d. 1910) was born on February - 28.   

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

1841  Adrien Albert Marie de Mun, French politician (d. 1914) was born on February - 28.   

1850  On February - 28 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 February - 28 birth of gustave Adolph Kerker, composer   

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

1865  Arthur Symons, Welsh poet/critic/co-founder (Savoy) was born on February - 28.   

1865  Wilfred Grenfell, England, medical missionary was born on this day in history.   

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  On February - 28 birth of viliam Figus, composer   

1876  On this day in history birth of john Alden Carpenter, Chicago Illinois, composer (Sea Drift)   

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

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

1886  Jose Gutierrez Solana, Spanish painter/author (Madrid Escenas) was born on February - 28.   

1886  On February - 28 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  Victor Sutherland, Paducah KY, actor (Captive City) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1895  On February - 28 birth of guiomar Novaes, Brazil, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit)   

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 this day in history.   

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  Wolfram Hirth, German pilot (d. 1959) was born on February - 28.   

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0642  Oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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

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  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  On February - 28 death of cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler   

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