Famous Birthdays 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  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 this day in history 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  Juliusz Zarebski, composer was born on February - 28.   

1857  Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1866  On this day in history birth of vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet [OS=2/16]   

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  On this day in history birth of john Alden Carpenter, Chicago Illinois, composer (Sea Drift)   

1877  On February - 28 birth of sergei Bortkiewicz, composer   

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

1882  Jose Vasconcelos, Oaxaca Mexico, politician/essayist/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1882  Richard Heinrich Stein, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1886  Max Vasmer, German slavic (La Tertulia de Pombo) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history birth of philip Showalter Hench, Pittsburgh, physician (cortisone-Nobel)   

1898  Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey) was born on February - 28.   

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

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  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  Death of Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400) on February - 28.   

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

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)