Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In April - 24

1856  Henri POBJ Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime) was born on this day in history.   

1864  On April - 24 birth of george AA Alting van Geusau, dir-gen (PTT)/Dutch Min of War (1918-20)   

1867  On April - 24 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  John Russell Pope, US, architect (Jefferson Memorial) was born on April - 24.   

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

1875  On April - 24 birth of jeno Huszka, composer   

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  On this day in history birth of charles Cuvillier, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history birth of jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave soldier Schweik) [or April 30]   

1886  On April - 24 birth of kurt Pinthus, writer   

1886  On this day in history birth of r Pelgrom, oldest Dutch man (died Apr 15, 1994, 9 days short of 108)   

1887  Denys Finch Hatton, English big-game hunter (d. 1931) was born on April - 24.   

1889  On this day in history birth of [Richard] Stafford Cripps, Engl min of Plane-manufacturing (1942-45)   

1889  Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (d. 1924) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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 April - 24.   

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  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 April - 24.   

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

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 April - 24.   

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

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