Famous Birthdays 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  On February - 28 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 this day in history birth of juliusz Zarebski, composer   

1857  On February - 28 birth of gustave Adolph Kerker, composer   

1858  On February - 28 birth of jacob P Vis, Dutch industrialist (founder NV Royal Salt Industries)   

1865  Arthur Symons, Welsh poet/critic/co-founder (Savoy) was born on February - 28.   

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

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  Pierre Fatou, French mathematician (d. 1929) was born on February - 28.   

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

1882  On February - 28 birth of geraldine Farrar, US soprano/actress (Story of American Singer)   

1882  On this day in history birth of jose Vasconcelos, Oaxaca Mexico, politician/essayist/philosopher   

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

1889  Victor Sutherland, Paducah KY, actor (Captive City) was born on February - 28.   

1890  On this day in history birth of vaslav Nijinsky, Kiev Ukraine, ballet dancer (3/12 NS)   

1893  Ben Hecht, NYC, novelist/playwright/screenwriter (Front Page) was born on this day in history.   

1895  Guiomar Novaes, Brazil, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit) was born on this day in history.   

1895  On February - 28 birth of marcel Pagnol, French playwright/director (Marchands de Gloire)   

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 February - 28.   

1900  On February - 28 birth of laura Z Hobson, writer   

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

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0642  On this day in history oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle   

1261  On this day in history hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies   

1326  On February - 28 death of duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290)   

1453  Death of Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400) on this day in history.   

1485  Death of Niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441) on this day in history.   

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 February - 28.