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 In the year 1885 birth of sacha Guitry, France, actor/playwright (Story of a Cheat)  

Feb 24 In the year 1885 birth of bert Lytell, NYC, actor (Henry-One Man's Family)  

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

Feb 24 On this day in history birth of joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israeli Knesset (1949-59)  

Feb 24 Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski, Polish novelist/satirist (Black Wings) was born in the year 1885.  

Feb 24 In the year 1885 birth of stanisÅ‚aw Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1939)  

Feb 25 Sylvia Brett, Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak (d. 1971) was born on this day in history.  

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

Feb 26 In the year 1885 birth of lili Green, [Alice Sally Mary], Neth/Eng dancer  

Mar 01 Lionel Atwill, English/US actor (Mystery of the Wax Museum) was born in the year 1885.  

Mar 04 In the year 1885 birth of willem H Winkel, Dutch physician/founder (Red Cross of Curacao)  

Mar 06 On this day in history birth of ring Lardner, US, writer (You Know Me Al)  

Mar 09 Ringgold "Ring" Lardner, baseball player was born on this day in history.  

Mar 11 Malcolm Campbell, 1st auto racer to travel 5 miles/min (8 km/min) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 12 On this day in history birth of raphael HLAJM Verwilghen, Flemish architect/urban developer  

Mar 14 In the year 1885 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 In the year 1885 birth of sydney Chaplin, S Afr, actor (Limelight)  

Mar 20 Eugen Herrigel, Germany, philosopher/early pioneer of Zen in Europe was born on this day in history.  

Mar 20 On this day in history 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 Aryeh Levin, Orthodox Jewish rabbi was born in the year 1885.  

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

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

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

Mar 26 Julius Harrison, composer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 26 Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer was born in the year 1885.  

Mar 28 On this day in history birth of marc-Jean-Baptiste Delmas, composer  

Mar 31 Jules Pascin, [Julius Pincas], Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist was born in the year 1885.  

Apr 01 On this day in history birth of clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill (Hozier), British barones  

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

Apr 03 Harry St John Philby, [sheik Abdullah], British explorer was born on this day in history.  

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

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Jan 04 In the year 1885 eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29  

Jan 06 Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Jan 13 Schuyler Colfax,American politician (b.1823) died in the year 1885.  

Jan 19 Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle on this day in history.  

Jan 24 Martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72 in the year 1885.  

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