Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 28

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

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

1840  Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892) was born on February - 28.   

1841  Adrien Albert Marie de Mun, French politician (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1857  Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1866  Vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet [OS=2/16] was born on February - 28.   

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

1875  On this day in history 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  Pierre Fatou, French mathematician (d. 1929) was born on February - 28.   

1878  On this day in history birth of artur Kapp, Estonian composer (d. 1952)   

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

1882  Jose Vasconcelos, Oaxaca Mexico, politician/essayist/philosopher was born on February - 28.   

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

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

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 February - 28.   

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

1890  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of guiomar Novaes, Brazil, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit)   

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  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 this day in history 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 February - 28 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  Death of Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400) on February - 28.   

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.