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 in the year 1885.  

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 in the year 1885.  

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 On this day in history birth of werner Elert, German luthers theologist  

Aug 20 Dino Campana, Italian poet (Canti orfici) was born in the year 1885.  

Aug 23 On this day in history birth of henry Thomas Tizard, scientist  

Aug 26 Jules Romains, France, novelist/playwright/poet (Men of Good Will) was born in the year 1885.  

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

Aug 28 In the year 1885 birth of vance Palmer, Australian author (d. 1959)  

Aug 31 On this day in history birth of duBose Heyward, novelist (Porgy)  

Sep 04 Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal (d. 1971) was born in the year 1885.  

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 On this day in history birth of harry Sinclair Lewis, US, writer (Babbitt, Nobel 1930)  

Sep 10 Berthold Altaner, German church historian (Patrologie) was born in the year 1885.  

Sep 10 In the year 1885 birth of carl Clinton Van Doren, US literary (9th Wave)  

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

Sep 11 In the year 1885 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 Herbert Stothart, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Sep 14 Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor/composer (Batture d'aspetto) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 16 On this day in history birth of karen Horney, German/US, neo-freudian psychoanalyst  

Sep 17 On this day in history birth of george Cleveland, Sydney Nova Scotia, actor (Courage of Lassie)  

Sep 17 Uzeir Abdul Huseyn Hajibeyov, composer was born in the year 1885.  

Sep 18 Abdul Muslim Mahomayev, composer was born in the year 1885.  

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

Sep 21 On this day in history birth of thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer  

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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 13 Schuyler Colfax,American politician (b.1823) died on this day in history.  

Jan 19 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 15 On this day in history leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52