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  Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892) was born on this day in history.   

1841  On this day in history birth of adrien Albert Marie de Mun, French politician (d. 1914)   

1850  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of gustave Adolph Kerker, composer   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1875  On February - 28 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  On this day in history birth of geraldine Farrar, US soprano/actress (Story of American Singer)   

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

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  Marcel Pagnol, French playwright/director (Marchands de Gloire) was born on February - 28.   

1896  Philip Showalter Hench, Pittsburgh, physician (cortisone-Nobel) was born on this day in history.   

1898  On February - 28 birth of molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey)   

1899  On February - 28 birth of frederick Denison Maurice Hocking, pathologist   

1900  On this day in history birth of laura Z Hobson, writer   

1900  On February - 28 birth of wolfram Hirth, German pilot (d. 1959)   

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0642  Oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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  On February - 28 death of niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441)   

1510  Death of Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer on this day in history.   

1525  Death of Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler on February - 28.   

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