Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In 1885

Feb 17 Steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943) was born in the year 1885.  

Feb 21 Sacha Guitry, France, actor/playwright (Story of a Cheat) was born in the year 1885.  

Feb 24 Bert Lytell, NYC, actor (Henry-One Man's Family) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 24 On this day in history birth of chester Nimitz, US admiral (commanded Pacific fleet in WW II)  

Feb 24 In the year 1885 birth of joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israeli Knesset (1949-59)  

Feb 24 In the year 1885 birth of juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski, Polish novelist/satirist (Black Wings)  

Feb 24 On this day in history birth of stanisÅ‚aw Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1939)  

Feb 25 On this day in history birth of sylvia Brett, Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak (d. 1971)  

Feb 26 Aleksandras Stulginskis, President of Lithuania (d. 1969) was born in the year 1885.  

Feb 26 On this day in history birth of lili Green, [Alice Sally Mary], Neth/Eng dancer  

Mar 01 On this day in history birth of lionel Atwill, English/US actor (Mystery of the Wax Museum)  

Mar 04 Willem H Winkel, Dutch physician/founder (Red Cross of Curacao) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 06 Ring Lardner, US, writer (You Know Me Al) was born in the year 1885.  

Mar 09 Ringgold "Ring" Lardner, baseball player was born in the year 1885.  

Mar 11 In the year 1885 birth of malcolm Campbell, 1st auto racer to travel 5 miles/min (8 km/min)  

Mar 12 Raphael HLAJM Verwilghen, Flemish architect/urban developer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 14 Raoul Lufbery, American World War I pilot (d. 1918) was born in the year 1885.  

Mar 16 In the year 1885 birth of giacomo Benvenuti, composer  

Mar 16 Sydney Chaplin, S Afr, actor (Limelight) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 20 In the year 1885 birth of eugen Herrigel, Germany, philosopher/early pioneer of Zen in Europe  

Mar 20 In the year 1885 birth of hendrik A de Fish, [Henri Pauwels], Flemish philological/sociologist  

Mar 22 Adriano Lualdi, composer was born in the year 1885.  

Mar 22 In the year 1885 birth of aryeh Levin, Orthodox Jewish rabbi  

Mar 22 On this day in history birth of jakabs Medins, composer  

Mar 24 Charlie Daniels, US swimmer (Olympics-4 gold-1904, 08) was born in the year 1885.  

Mar 25 On this day in history birth of veit Valentin, German/US historian (Deutsche Revolution)  

Mar 26 In the year 1885 birth of julius Harrison, composer  

Mar 26 In the year 1885 birth of robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer  

Mar 28 Marc-Jean-Baptiste Delmas, composer was born in the year 1885.  

Mar 31 On this day in history birth of jules Pascin, [Julius Pincas], Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist  

Apr 01 Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill (Hozier), British barones was born on this day in history.  

Apr 03 Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 1954) was born in the year 1885.  

Apr 03 Harry St John Philby, [sheik Abdullah], British explorer was born in the year 1885.  

Apr 05 Dimitrie Cuclin, composer was born on this day in history.  

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Jan 04 Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29 in the year 1885.  

Jan 06 Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72 in the year 1885.  

Jan 13 In the year 1885 death of schuyler Colfax,American politician (b.1823)  

Jan 19 Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle in the year 1885.  

Jan 24 In the year 1885 martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72  

Jan 26 In the year 1885 death of charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51  

Feb 14 Jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832) died in the year 1885.  

Feb 15 In the year 1885 leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52