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 this day in history.   

1874  On April - 24 birth of willem E Roelofs, Dutch painter/cartoonist   

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

1876  Ioannis Georgiadis, Greek fencer (d. 1960) was born on this day in history.   

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

1877  Charles Cuvillier, composer was born on April - 24.   

1878  Jean Crotti, Swiss artist (d. 1958) was born on this day in history.   

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 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  On April - 24 birth of lyubov Popova, Russian painter (d. 1924)   

1892  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1903  On April - 24 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 this day in history.   

1904  Willem De Kooning, Rotterdam Netherland, artist (North Atlantic Light) was born on this day in history.   

1905  Robert Penn Warren, 1st US poet laureate (All the King's Men) was born on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history birth of william Joyce, Irish fascist (d. 1946)   

1907  Vaclav Trojan, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89   

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 April - 24.   

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

1617  Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on this day in history.