Famous Birthdays 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 this day in history.  

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

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  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  Jean Crotti, Swiss artist (d. 1958) was born on April - 24.  

1882  On April - 24 birth of hugh Dowding, commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain (d. 1970)  

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  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 this day in history.  

1897  On April - 24 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 this day in history.  

1903  On April - 24 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 this day in history.  

1903  Siegfried F Nadel, Austrian/British anthropologist (Black Byzantium) was born on April - 24.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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  On April - 24 death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury  

0709  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on this day in history.  

0729  Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 on April - 24.  

1077  Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies on April - 24.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.