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

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

Feb 24 Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski, Polish novelist/satirist (Black Wings) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 24 On this day in history birth of stanisÅ‚aw Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1939)  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 01 Lionel Atwill, English/US actor (Mystery of the Wax Museum) was born on this day in history.  

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 Ringgold "Ring" Lardner, baseball player was born in the year 1885.  

Mar 11 On this day in history 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 In the year 1885 birth of raoul Lufbery, American World War I pilot (d. 1918)  

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

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

Mar 20 In the year 1885 birth of eugen Herrigel, Germany, philosopher/early pioneer of Zen in Europe  

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

Mar 22 Adriano Lualdi, composer was born in the year 1885.  

Mar 22 In the year 1885 birth of aryeh Levin, Orthodox Jewish rabbi  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 25 On this day in history 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 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 on this day in history.  

Apr 05 Dimitrie Cuclin, composer was born on this day in history.  

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Jan 04 Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29 in the year 1885.  

Jan 06 Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72 in the year 1885.  

Jan 13 In the year 1885 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 in the year 1885.  

Feb 14 In the year 1885 death of jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832)  

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