Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 28

1833  On February - 28 birth of alfred von Schlieffen, Count/Prussian general-fieldmarshal   

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

1840  Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892) was born on February - 28.   

1841  Adrien Albert Marie de Mun, French politician (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.   

1850  Hermann Schell, German theologist/philosopher (Gott und Geist) was born on this day in history.   

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

1854  Juliusz Zarebski, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 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  Viliam Figus, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1878  On this day in history birth of artur Kapp, Estonian composer (d. 1952)   

1882  Geraldine Farrar, US soprano/actress (Story of American Singer) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1890  Vaslav Nijinsky, Kiev Ukraine, ballet dancer (3/12 NS) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1898  Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey) was born on this day in history.   

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

1900  Laura Z Hobson, writer was born on this day in history.   

1900  On February - 28 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 this day in history.   

1453  On this day in history death of isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400)   

1485  On February - 28 death of niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441)   

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  On this day in history death of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505)