Hisdates•ComPage 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 16
Wednesday, 22 January 2025
1831 On this day in history birth of nikolai Leskow, writer 
1832 On this day in history birth of camille Armand Jules Marie de Polignac, Mjr General (Confederate Army)
1834 On this day in history birth of ernst Heinrich Haeckel, Potsdam Germ, biologist (Causes of Evolution)
1836 Benjamin Edward Woolf, Dutch composer was born on February - 16.
1838 Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist was born on February - 16.
1838 On February - 16 birth of henry Adams, Boston Mass, historian, writer (Education of Henry Adams)
1847 Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, German composer (Album polonaise) was born on February - 16.
1848 Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist (How species emerge) was born on this day in history.
1850 Octave Mirbeau, France, writer (Journal of a Lady's Maid) was born on this day in history.
1852 On this day in history birth of charles Taze Russell, religion founder (Jehovah's Witnesses)
1852 On February - 16 birth of william Scarborough, Macon Ga, linguist/author (Birds of Aristophanes)
1854 On February - 16 birth of oscar Fetras, composer
1856 Willem Kes, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor (Parkorkest Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.
1856 On this day in history birth of rudolph Karstadt, German entrepreneur (d. 1944)
1858 On this day in history birth of laurence "Lon" Myers, US, track star (top US miler)
1866 Johann Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King) was born on this day in history.
1866 On February - 16 birth of vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet [NS=Feb 28]
1866 On this day in history birth of william "Sliding Billy" Hamilton, NJ, hall of fame baseball player
1868 On this day in history birth of wilhelm Schmidt, German anthropologist/linguist (Anthropos)
1874 Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano (d. 1935) was born on this day in history.
1876 On February - 16 birth of george Macauley Trevelyan, England, historian (Giuseppi Garibaldi)
1878 On this day in history birth of selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer/conductor (Peter Schlemihl)
1880 Frank Burke, American baseball player (d. 1946) was born on February - 16.
1881 On February - 16 birth of maurits H E Uyldert, Dutch poet/writer (Youth of a Poet)
1883 Elizabeth Craig, British writer (d. 1980) was born on February - 16.
1884 Robert Flaherty, Mich, father of documentary film (Nanook of North) was born on this day in history.
1886 Andrew Ducat, cricketer (Test for Eng 1921 (3 & 2) Soccer intl) was born on February - 16.
1886 Van Wyck Brooks, NJ, literary historian/writer (Ordeal of Mark Twain) was born on this day in history.
1887 On February - 16 birth of kathleen Clifford, American actress (d. 1962)
1890 Semyon Semyonovich Bogatiryov, composer was born on this day in history.
1891 Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist (d. 1967) was born on February - 16.
1893 On this day in history birth of ivor Armstrong Richards, England, literary critic [OS]
1896 Alexander Brailowsky, Russia, pianist (Chopin) was born on February - 16.
1898 Katharine Cornell, actress (Barretts of Wimpole St) was born on this day in history.
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