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Famous People Born in February 1845

  • Feb 3 Ernst von Wildenbruch, German playwright (Sedan), born in Beirut in Lebanon (d. 1909)
  • Feb 14 Cecil De Vere, English chess player (1st official British chess champion (1866), born in London, England (d. 1875)

Elihu Root (1845-1937)

Feb 15 American statesman (Nobel Peace Prize, 1912), born in Clinton, New York

Alexander III (1845-1894)

Feb 26 Russian Tsar (1881-94), born in the Winter Palace, St Petersburg, Russian Empire