Famous Birthdays In 1885

Sep 22 On this day in history birth of ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1951)

Sep 22 In the year 1885 birth of erich von Stroheim, early film director/actor (Grand Illusion)

Sep 22 Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect (d. 1940) was born on this day in history.

Sep 24 Herman Bouber, Dutch actor/playwright (Sailor's Wives) was born in the year 1885.

Sep 26 In the year 1885 birth of anna M F "Annie" Wageningen-Salomons, author (Girl Student) [or 6/26]

Sep 27 Harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician (d. 1965) was born in the year 1885.

Sep 28 In the year 1885 birth of wilbur 'Lefty' Good, pitcher (NY Yankees, 1905)

Oct 01 Louis Untermeyer, NYC, poet/critic (Immortal Poems, Story Poems) was born on this day in history.

Oct 02 Ruth Bryan Rohde, US, (Rep), minister to Denmark was born on this day in history.

Oct 03 Langley Collyer, hoarder (d. 1947) was born in the year 1885.

Oct 03 Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (d. 1970) was born on this day in history.

Oct 04 Henricus Wijdefield, Dutch architect (Peace Palace) was born on this day in history.

Oct 07 Niels Bohr, Denmark, physicist, expanded quantum physics (Nobel 1922) was born in the year 1885.

Oct 08 William Henry Bennett Vodery, composer was born in the year 1885.

Oct 10 Walter Anderson, German folklorist (d. 1962) was born on this day in history.

Oct 11 On this day in history birth of alfred Haar, Hungary, mathematician

Oct 11 Francois Mauriac, France, novelist/poet/playwright (Nobel 1952) was born in the year 1885.

Oct 16 Dorando di Desiderio Pietri, Italian marathoner (Olympic-DQ gold-1908) was born on this day in history.

Oct 17 Aaf Bouber-ten Hoope, Dutch actress (Jantjes)/wife of Herman Bouber was born in the year 1885.

Oct 19 On this day in history birth of charles Merrill, American investment banker (d. 1956)

Oct 21 On this day in history birth of egon Joseph Wellesz, Austria, composer/musicologist

Oct 21 Jan Altink, Dutch painter/co-founder (Ploeg) was born in the year 1885.

Oct 22 Giovanni Martinelli, Montagnana Italy, opera singer (NY Met) was born in the year 1885.

Oct 22 Lothar Windsperger, composer was born on this day in history.

Oct 23 In the year 1885 birth of lawren Harris, Canadian painter (d. 1970)

Oct 24 In the year 1885 birth of ernest Claes, Belgian author (Saints from Zichem)

Oct 27 Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish modernist painter (d. 1948) was born in the year 1885.

Oct 28 In the year 1885 birth of v Chlebnikov, writer

Oct 28 On this day in history birth of velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet (d. 1922)

Oct 30 Ezra Loomis Pound, Hailey Idaho, poet (Cantos) was born in the year 1885.

Nov 02 Harlow Shapley, US, astronomer (studied the galaxies) was born in the year 1885.

Nov 05 In the year 1885 birth of will Durant, US, author/historian (Story of Civilization)

Nov 06 In the year 1885 birth of emiel Poetou, Flemish sculptor

Nov 08 On this day in history birth of emil Fahrenkamp, German architect (d. 1966)

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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 in the year 1885.

Jan 13 On this day in history death of schuyler Colfax,American politician (b.1823)

Jan 19 In the year 1885 fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle

Jan 24 On this day in history martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72

Jan 26 In the year 1885 death of charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51

Feb 14 Jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832) died in the year 1885.

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