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  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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1865  On February - 28 birth of wilfred Grenfell, England, medical missionary   

1866  Vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet [OS=2/16] was born on this day in history.   

1874  On this day in history birth of soledad Jiminez, Santander Spain, actor (Phantom ofthe Range)   

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  On February - 28 birth of pierre Fatou, French mathematician (d. 1929)   

1878  On this day in history birth of artur Kapp, Estonian composer (d. 1952)   

1882  On February - 28 birth of geraldine Farrar, US soprano/actress (Story of American Singer)   

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 this day in history birth of jose Gutierrez Solana, Spanish painter/author (Madrid Escenas)   

1886  Max Vasmer, German slavic (La Tertulia de Pombo) was born on February - 28.   

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 February - 28.   

1890  On this day in history 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  Marcel Pagnol, French playwright/director (Marchands de Gloire) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 February - 28.   

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

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

1326  On this day in history death of duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290)   

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  Death of Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer on this day in history.   

1525  On this day in history death of cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler   

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