Page 6: Famous Personalities Born In 1885

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

Sep 22 Erich von Stroheim, early film director/actor (Grand Illusion) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history 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 In the year 1885 birth of ruth Bryan Rohde, US, (Rep), minister to Denmark  

Oct 03 Langley Collyer, hoarder (d. 1947) was born on this day in history.  

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

Oct 04 In the year 1885 birth of henricus Wijdefield, Dutch architect (Peace Palace)  

Oct 07 Niels Bohr, Denmark, physicist, expanded quantum physics (Nobel 1922) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 08 William Henry Bennett Vodery, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Oct 11 Alfred Haar, Hungary, mathematician was born in the year 1885.  

Oct 11 Francois Mauriac, France, novelist/poet/playwright (Nobel 1952) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 16 Dorando di Desiderio Pietri, Italian marathoner (Olympic-DQ gold-1908) was born in the year 1885.  

Oct 17 On this day in history birth of aaf Bouber-ten Hoope, Dutch actress (Jantjes)/wife of Herman Bouber  

Oct 19 Charles Merrill, American investment banker (d. 1956) was born in the year 1885.  

Oct 21 Egon Joseph Wellesz, Austria, composer/musicologist was born in the year 1885.  

Oct 21 On this day in history birth of jan Altink, Dutch painter/co-founder (Ploeg)  

Oct 22 Giovanni Martinelli, Montagnana Italy, opera singer (NY Met) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 22 On this day in history birth of lothar Windsperger, composer  

Oct 23 On this day in history birth of lawren Harris, Canadian painter (d. 1970)  

Oct 24 Ernest Claes, Belgian author (Saints from Zichem) was born in the year 1885.  

Oct 27 In the year 1885 birth of sigrid Hjertén, Swedish modernist painter (d. 1948)  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 05 Will Durant, US, author/historian (Story of Civilization) was born on this day in history.  

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

Nov 08 Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect (d. 1966) was born on this day in history.  

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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 In the year 1885 death of schuyler Colfax,American politician (b.1823)  

Jan 19 On this day in history fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle  

Jan 24 In the year 1885 martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72  

Jan 26 On this day in history 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 Leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.