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 April - 24.   

1867  Fannie Thomas, became oldest known American (113 y 273 d at death) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1874  Willem E Roelofs, Dutch painter/cartoonist was born on this day in history.   

1875  On April - 24 birth of jeno Huszka, composer   

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

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

1877  On April - 24 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 this day in history birth of jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave soldier Schweik) [or April 30]   

1886  On this day in history birth of kurt Pinthus, writer   

1886  R Pelgrom, oldest Dutch man (died Apr 15, 1994, 9 days short of 108) was born on this day in history.   

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

1889  [Richard] Stafford Cripps, Engl min of Plane-manufacturing (1942-45) was born on this day in history.   

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 April - 24 birth of s Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner   

1897  On this day in history birth of benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist (or 1797)   

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

1897  Manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (d. 1955) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of mike Michalske, NFL guard (NY Yankees, Green Bay Packers)   

1903  On April - 24 birth of siegfried F Nadel, Austrian/British anthropologist (Black Byzantium)   

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

1904  Willem De Kooning, Rotterdam Netherland, artist (North Atlantic Light) was born on April - 24.   

1905  Robert Penn Warren, 1st US poet laureate (All the King's Men) was born on April - 24.   

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

1907  Vaclav Trojan, composer was born on April - 24.   

1908  On April - 24 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  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on April - 24.   

0729  On April - 24 egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89   

1077  On this day in history geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

1185  On April - 24 death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns   

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