Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In April - 24

1856  Henri POBJ Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime) was born on April - 24.   

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

1867  Fannie Thomas, became oldest known American (113 y 273 d at death) was born on April - 24.   

1873  On April - 24 birth of theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian general/president   

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

1874  On this day in history birth of willem E Roelofs, Dutch painter/cartoonist   

1875  Jeno Huszka, composer was born on this day in history.   

1876  On April - 24 birth of ioannis Georgiadis, Greek fencer (d. 1960)   

1876  Erich Raeder, German naval commander (d. 1960) was born on April - 24.   

1877  On this day in history birth of charles Cuvillier, composer   

1878  Jean Crotti, Swiss artist (d. 1958) was born on April - 24.   

1882  Hugh Dowding, commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain (d. 1970) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of r Pelgrom, oldest Dutch man (died Apr 15, 1994, 9 days short of 108)   

1887  On this day in history 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 April - 24 birth of lyubov Popova, Russian painter (d. 1924)   

1892  Jack Hulbert, Ely England, actor (Into the Blue, Bulldog Jack) was born on this day in history.   

1893  Robert Harron, NYC, actor (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance) was born on April - 24.   

1895  On this day in history birth of s Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner   

1897  Benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist (or 1797) was born on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history birth of gyorgy Kosa, composer   

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

1899  Oscar Zariski, Russian-born mathematician (d. 1986) was born on this day in history.   

1903  Jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, founder (Spanish Falange) was born on this day in history.   

1903  On April - 24 birth of mike Michalske, NFL guard (NY Yankees, Green Bay Packers)   

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

1904  Friedrich Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens), dies was born on April - 24.   

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

1905  On this day in history birth of robert Penn Warren, 1st US poet laureate (All the King's Men)   

1906  William Joyce, Irish fascist (d. 1946) was born on April - 24.   

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

1908  Heddy Bouber, [Hermanus G Blom], actor (Bluejackets) was born on April - 24.   

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

0709  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on this day in history.   

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  On April - 24 death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns   

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

1530  On this day in history jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies   

1617  Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on April - 24.