Page 5: Famous Personalities Born In 1885

Aug 15 In the year 1885 birth of edna Ferber, author, playwright  

Aug 15 Mary Nash, Troy NY, actress (Phila Story, Till the Clouds Roll By) was born in the year 1885.  

Aug 16 Charles Carson, London England, actor (Cry the Beloved Country) was born in the year 1885.  

Aug 17 Clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann, German anarchists/feminist (Wife & society) was born in the year 1885.  

Aug 17 In the year 1885 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 On this day in history birth of werner Elert, German luthers theologist  

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

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

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

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

Aug 28 On this day in history birth of vance Palmer, Australian author (d. 1959)  

Aug 31 DuBose Heyward, novelist (Porgy) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 04 On this day in history birth of antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal (d. 1971)  

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 on this day in history.  

Sep 06 In the year 1885 birth of franz T Csokor, Austrian author (Writings on the Wall)  

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

Sep 07 In the year 1885 birth of harry Sinclair Lewis, US, writer (Babbitt, Nobel 1930)  

Sep 10 In the year 1885 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 In the year 1885 birth of johannes de Jong, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht (Handbook)  

Sep 11 David Herbert "DH" Lawrence, England, writer (Lady Chatterly's Lover) was born in the year 1885.  

Sep 11 In the year 1885 birth of eratstus Flaval Beadle, publisher (Beadle's Dime Novels)  

Sep 11 Herbert Stothart, composer was born in the year 1885.  

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 On this day in history birth of karen Horney, German/US, neo-freudian psychoanalyst  

Sep 17 George Cleveland, Sydney Nova Scotia, actor (Courage of Lassie) was born in the year 1885.  

Sep 17 In the year 1885 birth of uzeir Abdul Huseyn Hajibeyov, composer  

Sep 18 Abdul Muslim Mahomayev, composer was born on this day in history.  

Sep 20 Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, New Orleans, jazz pianist/composer was born in the year 1885.  

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

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

Jan 06 On this day in history peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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