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

1874  John Russell Pope, US, architect (Jefferson Memorial) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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 April - 24.   

1883  On April - 24 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 this day in history.   

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

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 April - 24.   

1893  Robert Harron, NYC, actor (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance) was born on this day in history.   

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 April - 24 birth of gyorgy Kosa, composer   

1897  Manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (d. 1955) was born on April - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  On April - 24 birth of willem De Kooning, Rotterdam Netherland, artist (North Atlantic Light)   

1905  On this day in history birth of robert Penn Warren, 1st US poet laureate (All the King's Men)   

1906  On April - 24 birth of william Joyce, Irish fascist (d. 1946)   

1907  On April - 24 birth of vaclav Trojan, composer   

1908  Heddy Bouber, [Hermanus G Blom], actor (Bluejackets) was born on April - 24.   

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0624  On this day in history death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury   

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

1530  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on this day in history.   

1617  Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on April - 24.