Page 5: Famous Personalities Born In 1885

Aug 15 On this day in history birth of edna Ferber, author, playwright  

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 Clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann, German anarchists/feminist (Wife & society) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 17 On this day in history birth of kurt Hiller, writer  

Aug 18 On this day in history birth of nettie Palmer, Australian poet and essayist (d. 1964)  

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

Aug 19 Werner Elert, German luthers theologist was born on this day in history.  

Aug 20 In the year 1885 birth of dino Campana, Italian poet (Canti orfici)  

Aug 23 Henry Thomas Tizard, scientist was born on this day in history.  

Aug 26 Jules Romains, France, novelist/playwright/poet (Men of Good Will) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 28 Armas Toivo Valdemar Maasalo, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Aug 31 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Sep 05 On this day in history birth of john Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (National monument on the Dam)  

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

Sep 06 Otto Kruger, Toledo Ohio, actor (Lux Video Theater, High Noon) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 07 Harry Sinclair Lewis, US, writer (Babbitt, Nobel 1930) was born in the year 1885.  

Sep 10 On this day in history birth of berthold Altaner, German church historian (Patrologie)  

Sep 10 Carl Clinton Van Doren, US literary (9th Wave) was born in the year 1885.  

Sep 10 On this day in history birth of johannes de Jong, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht (Handbook)  

Sep 11 David Herbert "DH" Lawrence, England, writer (Lady Chatterly's Lover) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 11 On this day in history birth of eratstus Flaval Beadle, publisher (Beadle's Dime Novels)  

Sep 11 On this day in history birth of herbert Stothart, composer  

Sep 13 On this day in history birth of wilhelm Blaschke, Austrian geometer (d. 1962)  

Sep 14 On this day in history birth of vittorio Gui, Italian conductor/composer (Batture d'aspetto)  

Sep 16 Karen Horney, German/US, neo-freudian psychoanalyst was born on this day in history.  

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 Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, New Orleans, jazz pianist/composer was born on this day in history.  

Sep 21 Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer was born on this day in history.  

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Jan 04 In the year 1885 eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29  

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 on this day in history.  

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