Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 28

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

1838  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1851  Samuel W. McCall, 47th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1923) was born on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history 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 February - 28.   

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 February - 28.   

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

1875  On February - 28 birth of viliam Figus, composer   

1876  John Alden Carpenter, Chicago Illinois, composer (Sea Drift) was born on this day in history.   

1877  Sergei Bortkiewicz, composer was born on February - 28.   

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

1878  Artur Kapp, Estonian composer (d. 1952) was born on February - 28.   

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 this day in history birth of richard Heinrich Stein, composer   

1886  On February - 28 birth of jose Gutierrez Solana, Spanish painter/author (Madrid Escenas)   

1886  On February - 28 birth of max Vasmer, German slavic (La Tertulia de Pombo)   

1887  On this day in history birth of william Zorach, Lithuania, US sculptor (Spirit of the Dance)   

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 this day in history.   

1893  On February - 28 birth of ben Hecht, NYC, novelist/playwright/screenwriter (Front Page)   

1895  On February - 28 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  On February - 28 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 this day in history.   

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

1261  On February - 28 hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies   

1326  On this day in history death of duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290)   

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 this day in history death of juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer   

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

1572  Death of Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505) on this day in history.