Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In 1885

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 24 StanisÅ‚aw Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1939) was born in the year 1885.  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 26 In the year 1885 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 in the year 1885.  

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

Mar 09 On this day in history birth of ringgold "Ring" Lardner, baseball player  

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

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

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

Mar 16 Giacomo Benvenuti, composer was born in the year 1885.  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 20 Hendrik A de Fish, [Henri Pauwels], Flemish philological/sociologist was born on this day in history.  

Mar 22 On this day in history birth of adriano Lualdi, composer  

Mar 22 Aryeh Levin, Orthodox Jewish rabbi was born in the year 1885.  

Mar 22 Jakabs Medins, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 28 In the year 1885 birth of marc-Jean-Baptiste Delmas, composer  

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 on this day in history.  

Apr 03 In the year 1885 birth of bud Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 1954)  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 26 Charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51 died in the year 1885.  

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

Feb 15 On this day in history leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52