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 this day in history 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  Hermann Schell, German theologist/philosopher (Gott und Geist) was born on February - 28.   

1851  On February - 28 birth of samuel W. McCall, 47th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1923)   

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

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  Arthur Symons, Welsh poet/critic/co-founder (Savoy) was born on February - 28.   

1865  Wilfred Grenfell, England, medical missionary was born on this day in history.   

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  On February - 28 birth of viliam Figus, composer   

1876  On this day in history birth of john Alden Carpenter, Chicago Illinois, composer (Sea Drift)   

1877  On February - 28 birth of sergei Bortkiewicz, composer   

1878  Pierre Fatou, French mathematician (d. 1929) was born on this day in history.   

1878  On February - 28 birth of artur Kapp, Estonian composer (d. 1952)   

1882  Geraldine Farrar, US soprano/actress (Story of American Singer) was born on February - 28.   

1882  Jose Vasconcelos, Oaxaca Mexico, politician/essayist/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1882  Richard Heinrich Stein, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1886  Max Vasmer, German slavic (La Tertulia de Pombo) was born on this day in history.   

1887  William Zorach, Lithuania, US sculptor (Spirit of the Dance) was born on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history birth of victor Sutherland, Paducah KY, actor (Captive City)   

1890  Vaslav Nijinsky, Kiev Ukraine, ballet dancer (3/12 NS) was born on February - 28.   

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 February - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle   

1261  Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies on February - 28.   

1326  Death of Duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290) on this day in history.   

1453  On this day in history 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 February - 28 death of juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer   

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

1572  Death of Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505) on February - 28.