Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In April - 24

1856  On April - 24 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 this day in history birth of fannie Thomas, became oldest known American (113 y 273 d at death)   

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

1874  On this day in history birth of john Russell Pope, US, architect (Jefferson Memorial)   

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

1875  On this day in history birth of jeno Huszka, composer   

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

1876  Erich Raeder, German naval commander (d. 1960) was born on this day in history.   

1877  Charles Cuvillier, composer was born on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history birth of jean Crotti, Swiss artist (d. 1958)   

1882  On this day in history birth of hugh Dowding, commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain (d. 1970)   

1883  On this day in history 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 April - 24 birth of denys Finch Hatton, English big-game hunter (d. 1931)   

1889  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of jack Hulbert, Ely England, actor (Into the Blue, Bulldog Jack)   

1893  On April - 24 birth of robert Harron, NYC, actor (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance)   

1895  S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (d. 1955)   

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

1903  On this day in history birth of jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, founder (Spanish Falange)   

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  Friedrich Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens), dies was born on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history birth of willem De Kooning, Rotterdam Netherland, artist (North Atlantic Light)   

1905  On April - 24 birth of robert Penn Warren, 1st US poet laureate (All the King's Men)   

1906  William Joyce, Irish fascist (d. 1946) was born on this day in history.   

1907  On April - 24 birth of vaclav Trojan, composer   

1908  On April - 24 birth of heddy Bouber, [Hermanus G Blom], actor (Bluejackets)   

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0624  On this day in history death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury   

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 this day in history.   

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  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on this day in history.   

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