Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In August - 12

1854  On August - 12 birth of johannes P Kelly, Dutch [Kellij], actor/operetta writer   

1856  "Diamond Jim" Brady, American financier (d. 1917) was born on this day in history.   

1859  Katharine Lee Bates, US, author (America the Beautiful) was born on August - 12.   

1866  On August - 12 birth of jacinto Benavente y Martínez, Spanish playwright (Nobel 1922)   

1867  On August - 12 birth of edith Hamilton, US, writer (Mythology)   

1868  On August - 12 birth of frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21)   

1872  On August - 12 birth of princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1956)   

1875  Ettore Panizza, composer was born on this day in history.   

1875  Mezio Agostini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1876  On August - 12 birth of mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer (Miss Pinkerton)   

1880  Christy Mathewson, HOF baseball pitcher (Won 37 in 1908) was born on August - 12.   

1880  On August - 12 birth of marguerite "John" Radclyffe-Hall, author   

1881  On this day in history birth of cecil B deMille, Mass, directed God (10 Commandments, Cleopatra)   

1881  On this day in history birth of vaclav Vackar, composer   

1883  On August - 12 birth of jan Schouten, Dutch co-founder (Daily Trouw)/chairman (ARP)   

1883  Pauline Frederick, American actress (d. 1938) was born on August - 12.   

1884  On this day in history birth of frank Arthur Swinnerton, England, novelist (Summer Storm, Sanctuary)   

1885  On August - 12 birth of alexander Albrecht, composer   

1885  On this day in history birth of jean Cabannes, French physicist (d. 1959)   

1885  On this day in history birth of marion Lorne, American actress (d. 1968)   

1886  On this day in history birth of sir Keith Murdoch, Australian journalist and newspaper owner (d. 1952)   

1887  Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1961) was born on August - 12.   

1888  On this day in history birth of marion Lorne, Phila, actress (Strangers on a Train, Girl Rush)   

1888  On August - 12 birth of willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer/founder (AVRO)   

1889  Zerna Sharp, American writer and educator (Dick and Jane) (d. 1981) was born on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history birth of al Goodman, Nikopol Russia, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour)   

1893  On this day in history birth of howard Smith, Attleboro Mass, actor (Harvey Griffin-Hazel)   

1897  On August - 12 birth of manuel Blancafort, composer   

1897  Otto (von) Struve, German/US dir (Yerkes/MacDonald observatory) was born on this day in history.   

1897  On August - 12 birth of ramon Gonzalez Barron, composer   

1898  Oscar Homolka, Vienna Austria, actor (I Remember Mama) was born on this day in history.   

1899  On August - 12 birth of alfred Kantorowicz, German historian (Spanish Diary)   

1899  On August - 12 birth of ben Sealey, West Indian cricketer (d. 1963)   

1900  On this day in history birth of jose Ignacio Prieto Arrizubieta, composer   

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0030  On this day in history death of cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC)   

0875  On this day in history louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50   

1158  Anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies on August - 12.   

1350  On August - 12 philip VI, king of France, dies   

1424  On this day in history death of yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360)   

1484  On August - 12 sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies   

1546  Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies on August - 12.   

1577  Death of Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513) on August - 12.