Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In 1885

Feb 17 Steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 21 Sacha Guitry, France, actor/playwright (Story of a Cheat) was born on this day in history.  

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

Feb 24 Chester Nimitz, US admiral (commanded Pacific fleet in WW II) was born on this day in history.  

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 StanisÅ‚aw Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1939) was born in the year 1885.  

Feb 25 In the year 1885 birth of sylvia Brett, Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak (d. 1971)  

Feb 26 In the year 1885 birth of aleksandras Stulginskis, President of Lithuania (d. 1969)  

Feb 26 Lili Green, [Alice Sally Mary], Neth/Eng dancer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 01 In the year 1885 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 In the year 1885 birth of ring Lardner, US, writer (You Know Me Al)  

Mar 09 In the year 1885 birth of ringgold "Ring" Lardner, baseball player  

Mar 11 Malcolm Campbell, 1st auto racer to travel 5 miles/min (8 km/min) was born in the year 1885.  

Mar 12 In the year 1885 birth of raphael HLAJM Verwilghen, Flemish architect/urban developer  

Mar 14 On this day in history birth of raoul Lufbery, American World War I pilot (d. 1918)  

Mar 16 On this day in history birth of giacomo Benvenuti, composer  

Mar 16 Sydney Chaplin, S Afr, actor (Limelight) was born in the year 1885.  

Mar 20 Eugen Herrigel, Germany, philosopher/early pioneer of Zen in Europe was born in the year 1885.  

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

Mar 22 Adriano Lualdi, composer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 22 On this day in history birth of aryeh Levin, Orthodox Jewish rabbi  

Mar 22 Jakabs Medins, composer was born in the year 1885.  

Mar 24 Charlie Daniels, US swimmer (Olympics-4 gold-1904, 08) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 25 In the year 1885 birth of veit Valentin, German/US historian (Deutsche Revolution)  

Mar 26 Julius Harrison, composer was born in the year 1885.  

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 In the year 1885 birth of jules Pascin, [Julius Pincas], Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist  

Apr 01 Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill (Hozier), British barones was born in the year 1885.  

Apr 03 Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 1954) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 03 On this day in history birth of harry St John Philby, [sheik Abdullah], British explorer  

Apr 05 Dimitrie Cuclin, composer was born in the year 1885.  

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Jan 04 Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.  

Jan 06 On this day in history peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72  

Jan 13 On this day in history 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 Charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51 died on this day in history.  

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

Feb 15 Leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.