Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 28

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

1838  On February - 28 birth of maurice Lévy, French engineer (d. 1910)   

1840  On this day in history birth of henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892)   

1841  Adrien Albert Marie de Mun, French politician (d. 1914) was born on February - 28.   

1850  On February - 28 birth of hermann Schell, German theologist/philosopher (Gott und Geist)   

1851  On this day in history birth of samuel W. McCall, 47th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1923)   

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 February - 28 birth of arthur Symons, Welsh poet/critic/co-founder (Savoy)   

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

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

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

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  On this day in history birth of sergei Bortkiewicz, composer   

1878  On February - 28 birth of pierre Fatou, French mathematician (d. 1929)   

1878  Artur Kapp, Estonian composer (d. 1952) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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 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 this day in history.   

1895  On this day in history birth of guiomar Novaes, Brazil, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit)   

1895  Marcel Pagnol, French playwright/director (Marchands de Gloire) was born on this day in history.   

1896  Philip Showalter Hench, Pittsburgh, physician (cortisone-Nobel) was born on February - 28.   

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  On this day in history birth of wolfram Hirth, German pilot (d. 1959)   

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0642  On February - 28 oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle   

1261  Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies on this day in history.   

1326  Death of Duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290) on February - 28.   

1453  On February - 28 death of isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400)   

1485  Death of Niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441) on February - 28.   

1510  On February - 28 death of juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer   

1525  Death of Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler on this day in history.   

1572  On February - 28 death of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505)