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  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 April - 24.   

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

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

1875  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1883  Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave soldier Schweik) [or April 30] was born on April - 24.   

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

1889  On April - 24 birth of [Richard] Stafford Cripps, Engl min of Plane-manufacturing (1942-45)   

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

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 April - 24.   

1897  On April - 24 birth of benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist (or 1797)   

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  Jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, founder (Spanish Falange) was born on April - 24.   

1903  Mike Michalske, NFL guard (NY Yankees, Green Bay Packers) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history birth of vaclav Trojan, composer   

1908  Heddy Bouber, [Hermanus G Blom], actor (Bluejackets) was born on this day in history.   

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

0709  On this day in history 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 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  On April - 24 death of marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)   

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

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