Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 28

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1854  Juliusz Zarebski, composer was born on this day in history.   

1857  Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer was born on February - 28.   

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

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

1865  On this day in history birth of wilfred Grenfell, England, medical missionary   

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 this day in history.   

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 February - 28 birth of sergei Bortkiewicz, composer   

1878  On February - 28 birth of pierre Fatou, French mathematician (d. 1929)   

1878  Artur Kapp, Estonian composer (d. 1952) was born on this day in history.   

1882  Geraldine Farrar, US soprano/actress (Story of American Singer) was born on this day in history.   

1882  On February - 28 birth of jose Vasconcelos, Oaxaca Mexico, politician/essayist/philosopher   

1882  On this day in history birth of richard Heinrich Stein, composer   

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

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 this day in history.   

1889  On February - 28 birth of victor Sutherland, Paducah KY, actor (Captive City)   

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

1893  On this day in history birth of ben Hecht, NYC, novelist/playwright/screenwriter (Front Page)   

1895  Guiomar Novaes, Brazil, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit) was born on February - 28.   

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 February - 28.   

1898  Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey) was born on February - 28.   

1899  On this day in history birth of frederick Denison Maurice Hocking, pathologist   

1900  On February - 28 birth of laura Z Hobson, writer   

1900  Wolfram Hirth, German pilot (d. 1959) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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 February - 28.   

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