Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 28

1833  On this day in history birth of alfred von Schlieffen, Count/Prussian general-fieldmarshal   

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

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

1858  On February - 28 birth of jacob P Vis, Dutch industrialist (founder NV Royal Salt Industries)   

1865  On this day in history birth of arthur Symons, Welsh poet/critic/co-founder (Savoy)   

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

1866  On this day in history 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  John Alden Carpenter, Chicago Illinois, composer (Sea Drift) was born on February - 28.   

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 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  On this day in history birth of jose Vasconcelos, Oaxaca Mexico, politician/essayist/philosopher   

1882  Richard Heinrich Stein, composer was born on February - 28.   

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

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

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 February - 28.   

1890  On February - 28 birth of vaslav Nijinsky, Kiev Ukraine, ballet dancer (3/12 NS)   

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

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  Philip Showalter Hench, Pittsburgh, physician (cortisone-Nobel) was born on February - 28.   

1898  On this day in history birth of molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey)   

1899  On February - 28 birth of frederick Denison Maurice Hocking, pathologist   

1900  On February - 28 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 February - 28 oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle   

1261  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1485  Death of Niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441) on this day in history.   

1510  Death of Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer on February - 28.   

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

1572  Death of Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505) on this day in history.