Famous Birthdays In April - 24

1856  On this day in history birth of henri POBJ Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime)   

1864  George AA Alting van Geusau, dir-gen (PTT)/Dutch Min of War (1918-20) was born on April - 24.   

1867  On April - 24 birth of fannie Thomas, became oldest known American (113 y 273 d at death)   

1873  Theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian general/president was born on this day in history.   

1874  John Russell Pope, US, architect (Jefferson Memorial) was born on this day in history.   

1874  Willem E Roelofs, Dutch painter/cartoonist was born on April - 24.   

1875  On April - 24 birth of jeno Huszka, composer   

1876  On this day in history birth of ioannis Georgiadis, Greek fencer (d. 1960)   

1876  On April - 24 birth of erich Raeder, German naval commander (d. 1960)   

1877  Charles Cuvillier, composer was born on April - 24.   

1878  On April - 24 birth of jean Crotti, Swiss artist (d. 1958)   

1882  Hugh Dowding, commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain (d. 1970) was born on April - 24.   

1883  On April - 24 birth of jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave soldier Schweik) [or April 30]   

1886  Kurt Pinthus, writer was born on April - 24.   

1886  R Pelgrom, oldest Dutch man (died Apr 15, 1994, 9 days short of 108) was born on April - 24.   

1887  On April - 24 birth of denys Finch Hatton, English big-game hunter (d. 1931)   

1889  On April - 24 birth of [Richard] Stafford Cripps, Engl min of Plane-manufacturing (1942-45)   

1889  On this day in history birth of lyubov Popova, Russian painter (d. 1924)   

1892  On April - 24 birth of jack Hulbert, Ely England, actor (Into the Blue, Bulldog Jack)   

1893  On this day in history birth of robert Harron, NYC, actor (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance)   

1895  S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner was born on April - 24.   

1897  On April - 24 birth of benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist (or 1797)   

1897  On April - 24 birth of gyorgy Kosa, composer   

1897  Manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (d. 1955) was born on April - 24.   

1899  On April - 24 birth of oscar Zariski, Russian-born mathematician (d. 1986)   

1903  Jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, founder (Spanish Falange) was born on April - 24.   

1903  Mike Michalske, NFL guard (NY Yankees, Green Bay Packers) was born on April - 24.   

1903  Siegfried F Nadel, Austrian/British anthropologist (Black Byzantium) was born on April - 24.   

1904  On this day in history birth of friedrich Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens), dies   

1904  On April - 24 birth of willem De Kooning, Rotterdam Netherland, artist (North Atlantic Light)   

1905  Robert Penn Warren, 1st US poet laureate (All the King's Men) was born on this day in history.   

1906  On April - 24 birth of william Joyce, Irish fascist (d. 1946)   

1907  On this day in history birth of vaclav Trojan, composer   

1908  Heddy Bouber, [Hermanus G Blom], actor (Bluejackets) was born on this day in history.   

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0624  Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

0709  On this day in history wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76   

0729  Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 on April - 24.   

1077  Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies on April - 24.   

1185  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on this day in history.   

1338  Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on this day in history.   

1530  On April - 24 jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies   

1617  On April - 24 death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered