Famous Birthdays In 1885

Feb 17 On this day in history birth of steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943)

Feb 21 In the year 1885 birth of sacha Guitry, France, actor/playwright (Story of a Cheat)

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 in the year 1885.

Feb 24 Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israeli Knesset (1949-59) was born in the year 1885.

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

Feb 24 Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1939) was born on this day in history.

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 Lili Green, [Alice Sally Mary], Neth/Eng dancer was born in the year 1885.

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

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 on this day in history.

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 in the year 1885.

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

Mar 14 In the year 1885 birth of raoul Lufbery, American World War I pilot (d. 1918)

Mar 16 Giacomo Benvenuti, composer was born on this day in history.

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

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 Aryeh Levin, Orthodox Jewish rabbi was born on this day in history.

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 Veit Valentin, German/US historian (Deutsche Revolution) was born on this day in history.

Mar 26 On this day in history birth of julius Harrison, composer

Mar 26 Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer was born on this day in history.

Mar 28 Marc-Jean-Baptiste Delmas, composer was born on this day in history.

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

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 in the year 1885.

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

Jan 13 On this day in history death of schuyler Colfax,American politician (b.1823)

Jan 19 In the year 1885 fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle

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