Page 5: Famous Personalities Born In 1885

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

Aug 15 On this day in history birth of mary Nash, Troy NY, actress (Phila Story, Till the Clouds Roll By)  

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

Aug 19 In the year 1885 birth of elsie Ferguson, NY, actress (Lie, Footlights, Scarlet Pages)  

Aug 19 Werner Elert, German luthers theologist was born in the year 1885.  

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

Aug 23 Henry Thomas Tizard, scientist was born in the year 1885.  

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

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

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

Sep 04 In the year 1885 birth of dimitrios Loundras, Greek gymnast (d. 1971)  

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

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 in the year 1885.  

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

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

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 in the year 1885.  

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

Sep 11 In the year 1885 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 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 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 on this day in history.  

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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 in the year 1885.  

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

Jan 24 On this day in history 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 Jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832) died on this day in history.  

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