Page 6: Famous Personalities Born In 1885

Sep 22 Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1951) was born in the year 1885.  

Sep 22 On this day in history birth of erich von Stroheim, early film director/actor (Grand Illusion)  

Sep 22 In the year 1885 birth of gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect (d. 1940)  

Sep 24 Herman Bouber, Dutch actor/playwright (Sailor's Wives) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 26 Anna M F "Annie" Wageningen-Salomons, author (Girl Student) [or 6/26] was born on this day in history.  

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

Sep 28 Wilbur 'Lefty' Good, pitcher (NY Yankees, 1905) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 01 On this day in history birth of louis Untermeyer, NYC, poet/critic (Immortal Poems, Story Poems)  

Oct 02 Ruth Bryan Rohde, US, (Rep), minister to Denmark was born in the year 1885.  

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

Oct 03 In the year 1885 birth of sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (d. 1970)  

Oct 04 On this day in history birth of henricus Wijdefield, Dutch architect (Peace Palace)  

Oct 07 In the year 1885 birth of niels Bohr, Denmark, physicist, expanded quantum physics (Nobel 1922)  

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

Oct 10 On this day in history birth of walter Anderson, German folklorist (d. 1962)  

Oct 11 In the year 1885 birth of alfred Haar, Hungary, mathematician  

Oct 11 On this day in history birth of francois Mauriac, France, novelist/poet/playwright (Nobel 1952)  

Oct 16 In the year 1885 birth of dorando di Desiderio Pietri, Italian marathoner (Olympic-DQ gold-1908)  

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 Egon Joseph Wellesz, Austria, composer/musicologist was born on this day in history.  

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 Lawren Harris, Canadian painter (d. 1970) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 28 On this day in history birth of v Chlebnikov, writer  

Oct 28 In the year 1885 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 On this day in history birth of harlow Shapley, US, astronomer (studied the galaxies)  

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 On this day in history 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 in the year 1885.