Page 5: Famous Personalities Born In 1885

Aug 15 Edna Ferber, author, playwright was born in the year 1885.  

Aug 15 Mary Nash, Troy NY, actress (Phila Story, Till the Clouds Roll By) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 16 Charles Carson, London England, actor (Cry the Beloved Country) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 17 In the year 1885 birth of clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann, German anarchists/feminist (Wife & society)  

Aug 17 Kurt Hiller, writer was born in the year 1885.  

Aug 18 Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and essayist (d. 1964) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 19 On this day in history birth of elsie Ferguson, NY, actress (Lie, Footlights, Scarlet Pages)  

Aug 19 In the year 1885 birth of werner Elert, German luthers theologist  

Aug 20 Dino Campana, Italian poet (Canti orfici) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 23 In the year 1885 birth of henry Thomas Tizard, scientist  

Aug 26 In the year 1885 birth of jules Romains, France, novelist/playwright/poet (Men of Good Will)  

Aug 28 On this day in history birth of armas Toivo Valdemar Maasalo, composer  

Aug 28 Vance Palmer, Australian author (d. 1959) was born in the year 1885.  

Aug 31 In the year 1885 birth of duBose Heyward, novelist (Porgy)  

Sep 04 Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal (d. 1971) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 04 Dimitrios Loundras, Greek gymnast (d. 1971) was born in the year 1885.  

Sep 05 John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (National monument on the Dam) was born in the year 1885.  

Sep 06 Franz T Csokor, Austrian author (Writings on the Wall) was born in the year 1885.  

Sep 06 In the year 1885 birth of otto Kruger, Toledo Ohio, actor (Lux Video Theater, High Noon)  

Sep 07 Harry Sinclair Lewis, US, writer (Babbitt, Nobel 1930) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 10 Berthold Altaner, German church historian (Patrologie) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 10 On this day in history birth of carl Clinton Van Doren, US literary (9th Wave)  

Sep 10 Johannes de Jong, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht (Handbook) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 11 On this day in history birth of david Herbert "DH" Lawrence, England, writer (Lady Chatterly's Lover)  

Sep 11 Eratstus Flaval Beadle, publisher (Beadle's Dime Novels) was born in the year 1885.  

Sep 11 In the year 1885 birth of herbert Stothart, composer  

Sep 13 In the year 1885 birth of wilhelm Blaschke, Austrian geometer (d. 1962)  

Sep 14 In the year 1885 birth of vittorio Gui, Italian conductor/composer (Batture d'aspetto)  

Sep 16 Karen Horney, German/US, neo-freudian psychoanalyst was born in the year 1885.  

Sep 17 In the year 1885 birth of george Cleveland, Sydney Nova Scotia, actor (Courage of Lassie)  

Sep 17 On this day in history birth of uzeir Abdul Huseyn Hajibeyov, composer  

Sep 18 On this day in history birth of abdul Muslim Mahomayev, composer  

Sep 20 On this day in history birth of ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, New Orleans, jazz pianist/composer  

Sep 21 Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer was born in the year 1885.  

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Jan 04 On this day in history 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 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 Charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51 died in the year 1885.  

Feb 14 Jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832) died on this day in history.  

Feb 15 Leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.