Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In August - 24

1828  On August - 24 birth of george Hume "Maryland" Steuart, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1837  Theodore Dubois, composer was born on August - 24.   

1839  On August - 24 birth of eduard Napravnik, composer   

1842  On this day in history birth of edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market)   

1845  James C. Calhoun, American soldier, brother-in-law of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1876) was born on this day in history.   

1851  On this day in history birth of tom Kendall, Australian cricketer (d. 1924)   

1852  Deacon White, American baseball player (d. 1919) was born on this day in history.   

1854  On August - 24 birth of nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer   

1856  Felix Mottl, composer was born on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history birth of dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer (d. 1918)   

1865  On this day in history birth of ferdinand I VAM, king of Romania   

1872  Max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit (Saturday Review) was born on August - 24.   

1879  Rentaro Taki, composer was born on August - 24.   

1880  On this day in history birth of joshua L Cowen, inventor (electric train)   

1880  On this day in history birth of miles W L Killearn of Killearn, Scotish baron/diplomat   

1886  William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships was born on August - 24.   

1887  On August - 24 birth of harry Hooper, American baseball player (d. 1974)   

1889  On August - 24 birth of simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet   

1890  Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaii, swimmer (Olympics-3 gold/2 silver-12, 20, 24) was born on August - 24.   

1890  Franz Philipp, composer was born on this day in history.   

1890  Jean Rhys, British writer (d. 1979) was born on August - 24.   

1891  On August - 24 birth of alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, composer   

1891  Germaine Loosveldt, Flemish actress (Kniertje in On hope) was born on this day in history.   

1894  On August - 24 birth of jean Rhys, [Ella Williams], Dominica, writer (Voyage in the Dark)   

1895  On August - 24 birth of richard Cardinal Cushing, archbishop of Boston (d. 1970)   

1896  Phil Baker, Phila, comedian (Who's Whose) was born on this day in history.   

1897  On August - 24 birth of fred Rose, American songwriter and publishing executive (d. 1954)   

1898  On August - 24 birth of albert Claude, Belgium, biologist/physician (Nobel 1974)   

1898  Malcolm Cowley, Belsano Penn, author (Flowering of New England) was born on this day in history.   

1898  On August - 24 birth of marie J Hugenholtz, [Doctor Grandi], surgeon on Curacao   

1899  On this day in history birth of johan J Fabricius, Dutch novelist (Island of Demons)   

1899  On August - 24 birth of jorge Luis Borges, Argentina, writer of fiction, essays (Labyrinths)   

1899  Ruth Schaumann, German painter/writer (Rose, Black King) was born on this day in history.   

1900  Preston Foster, Ocean City NJ, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger) was born on August - 24.   

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0079  On August - 24 death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on this day in history.   

1217  On August - 24 eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle   

1313  On this day in history henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies   

1371  On this day in history death of eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on August - 24.   

1542  On August - 24 death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)   

1572  On this day in history death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded