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 Sacha Guitry, France, actor/playwright (Story of a Cheat) was born in the year 1885.  

Feb 24 On this day in history 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 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 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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1885.  

Mar 06 Ring Lardner, US, writer (You Know Me Al) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Mar 12 In the year 1885 birth of raphael HLAJM Verwilghen, Flemish architect/urban developer  

Mar 14 On this day in history 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 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 in the year 1885.  

Mar 22 Adriano Lualdi, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Mar 22 On this day in history birth of jakabs Medins, composer  

Mar 24 On this day in history birth of charlie Daniels, US swimmer (Olympics-4 gold-1904, 08)  

Mar 25 In the year 1885 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 in the year 1885.  

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

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

Apr 03 On this day in history birth of harry St John Philby, [sheik Abdullah], British explorer  

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

Jan 19 Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle in the year 1885.  

Jan 24 On this day in history martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72  

Jan 26 Charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51 died on this day in history.  

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