Famous Birthdays In February - 28

1833  On February - 28 birth of alfred von Schlieffen, Count/Prussian general-fieldmarshal   

1838  Maurice Lévy, French engineer (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.   

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

1841  On this day in history birth of adrien Albert Marie de Mun, French politician (d. 1914)   

1850  Hermann Schell, German theologist/philosopher (Gott und Geist) was born on February - 28.   

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

1858  On this day in history 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  Wilfred Grenfell, England, medical missionary was born on February - 28.   

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

1874  On February - 28 birth of soledad Jiminez, Santander Spain, actor (Phantom ofthe Range)   

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

1876  John Alden Carpenter, Chicago Illinois, composer (Sea Drift) was born on February - 28.   

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 February - 28 birth of artur Kapp, Estonian composer (d. 1952)   

1882  On this day in history birth of geraldine Farrar, US soprano/actress (Story of American Singer)   

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

1882  On February - 28 birth of richard Heinrich Stein, composer   

1886  On February - 28 birth of jose Gutierrez Solana, Spanish painter/author (Madrid Escenas)   

1886  On this day in history 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  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  Ben Hecht, NYC, novelist/playwright/screenwriter (Front Page) was born on February - 28.   

1895  Guiomar Novaes, Brazil, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1900  On February - 28 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 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  On February - 28 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)