Famous Birthdays In February - 28

1833  Alfred von Schlieffen, Count/Prussian general-fieldmarshal was born on February - 28.   

1838  Maurice Lévy, French engineer (d. 1910) was born on February - 28.   

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  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  Juliusz Zarebski, composer was born on February - 28.   

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

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

1866  On February - 28 birth of vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet [OS=2/16]   

1874  Soledad Jiminez, Santander Spain, actor (Phantom ofthe Range) was born on February - 28.   

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  Sergei Bortkiewicz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history birth of pierre Fatou, French mathematician (d. 1929)   

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

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

1886  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Marcel Pagnol, French playwright/director (Marchands de Gloire) was born on February - 28.   

1896  On this day in history birth of philip Showalter Hench, Pittsburgh, physician (cortisone-Nobel)   

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

1899  Frederick Denison Maurice Hocking, pathologist was born on this day in history.   

1900  Laura Z Hobson, writer was born on February - 28.   

1900  Wolfram Hirth, German pilot (d. 1959) was born on February - 28.   

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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 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  On February - 28 death of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505)