Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In 1885

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

Feb 21 On this day in history birth of sacha Guitry, France, actor/playwright (Story of a Cheat)  

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

Feb 24 On this day in history birth of juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski, Polish novelist/satirist (Black Wings)  

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 On this day in history birth of aleksandras Stulginskis, President of Lithuania (d. 1969)  

Feb 26 On this day in history birth of lili Green, [Alice Sally Mary], Neth/Eng dancer  

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 On this day in history birth of ring Lardner, US, writer (You Know Me Al)  

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

Mar 14 Raoul Lufbery, American World War I pilot (d. 1918) was born on this day in history.  

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

Mar 16 In the year 1885 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 On this day in history birth of hendrik A de Fish, [Henri Pauwels], Flemish philological/sociologist  

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

Mar 22 Aryeh Levin, Orthodox Jewish rabbi was born on this day in history.  

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

Mar 24 Charlie Daniels, US swimmer (Olympics-4 gold-1904, 08) was born in the year 1885.  

Mar 25 In the year 1885 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 in the year 1885.  

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

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 Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 1954) was born on this day in history.  

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

Apr 05 On this day in history birth of dimitrie Cuclin, composer  

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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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 24 Martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72 in the year 1885.  

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

Feb 14 On this day in history death of jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832)  

Feb 15 Leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1885.