Page 2: Famous Personalities Born 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 this day in history birth of fannie Thomas, became oldest known American (113 y 273 d at death)   

1873  On this day in history birth of theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian general/president   

1874  On April - 24 birth of john Russell Pope, US, architect (Jefferson Memorial)   

1874  On April - 24 birth of willem E Roelofs, Dutch painter/cartoonist   

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

1876  On this day in history 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 April - 24.   

1878  On this day in history 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  Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave soldier Schweik) [or April 30] was born on this day in history.   

1886  On April - 24 birth of kurt Pinthus, writer   

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

1887  Denys Finch Hatton, English big-game hunter (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.   

1889  [Richard] Stafford Cripps, Engl min of Plane-manufacturing (1942-45) was born on April - 24.   

1889  Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (d. 1924) was born on April - 24.   

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  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 April - 24 birth of gyorgy Kosa, composer   

1897  On April - 24 birth of manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (d. 1955)   

1899  Oscar Zariski, Russian-born mathematician (d. 1986) was born on April - 24.   

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  On this day in history birth of siegfried F Nadel, Austrian/British anthropologist (Black Byzantium)   

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  Robert Penn Warren, 1st US poet laureate (All the King's Men) was born on April - 24.   

1906  On this day in history birth of william Joyce, Irish fascist (d. 1946)   

1907  Vaclav Trojan, composer was born on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history birth of heddy Bouber, [Hermanus G Blom], actor (Bluejackets)   

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0624  Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 24.   

0709  On April - 24 wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76   

0729  On this day in history egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89   

1077  On April - 24 geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

1185  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on April - 24.   

1338  On April - 24 death of marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)   

1530  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on April - 24.   

1617  On this day in history death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered