Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In April - 24

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

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  Theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian general/president was born on April - 24.   

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

1874  Willem E Roelofs, Dutch painter/cartoonist was born on April - 24.   

1875  Jeno Huszka, composer was born on April - 24.   

1876  Ioannis Georgiadis, Greek fencer (d. 1960) was born on April - 24.   

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

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

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 April - 24.   

1887  On this day in history 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  Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (d. 1924) was born on this day in history.   

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  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  Gyorgy Kosa, composer was born on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history birth of manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (d. 1955)   

1899  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1904  On April - 24 birth of friedrich Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens), dies   

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

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  On this day in history birth of vaclav Trojan, composer   

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  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 this day in history.   

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 April - 24.   

1530  On April - 24 jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies   

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