Page 2: Famous Personalities Born 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 In the year 1885 birth of bert Lytell, NYC, actor (Henry-One Man's Family)  

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

Feb 25 Sylvia Brett, Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak (d. 1971) was born in the year 1885.  

Feb 26 Aleksandras Stulginskis, President of Lithuania (d. 1969) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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 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 in the year 1885.  

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 On this day in history birth of sydney Chaplin, S Afr, actor (Limelight)  

Mar 20 On this day in history birth of eugen Herrigel, Germany, philosopher/early pioneer of Zen in Europe  

Mar 20 Hendrik A de Fish, [Henri Pauwels], Flemish philological/sociologist was born in the year 1885.  

Mar 22 In the year 1885 birth of adriano Lualdi, composer  

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 On this day in history birth of charlie Daniels, US swimmer (Olympics-4 gold-1904, 08)  

Mar 25 Veit Valentin, German/US historian (Deutsche Revolution) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 05 In the year 1885 birth of dimitrie Cuclin, composer  

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Jan 04 On this day in history 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 In the year 1885 death of schuyler Colfax,American politician (b.1823)  

Jan 19 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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