Page 3: Famous Personalities Born In 1894

Apr 20 Martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling) was born in the year 1894.  

Apr 23 On this day in history birth of basil Sydney, England, actor (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife)  

Apr 23 Cow Cow Davenport, American pianist (d. 1955) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 23 George Renevant, Paris, actor (Moulin Rouge, Scotland Yard, Comrade X) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 26 On this day in history birth of rudolf Hess, Nazi official (d. 1987)  

Apr 27 George Petty, WWII Pin-Up Artist (d. 1975) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 27 In the year 1894 birth of nicolas Slonimsky, composer  

May 05 Kit Guard, Denmark, actor (El Diablo Rides, Kid Courageous) was born on this day in history.  

May 06 On this day in history birth of filip Lazar, composer  

May 10 In the year 1894 birth of dimitri Tiomkin, Russia, composer (Acad Award 1954-High & Mighty)  

May 11 In the year 1894 birth of anton A Mussert, Dutch nazi leader (NSB)  

May 11 On this day in history birth of florimond Cornellie, Belgium, yachting (Olympic-gold-1920)  

May 11 Martha Graham, Allegheny Penn, choreographer (Appalachian Spring) was born in the year 1894.  

May 12 Cleo Ridgely, NY, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama) was born on this day in history.  

May 13 In the year 1894 birth of Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, 2nd President of Iceland (d. 1972)  

May 20 Adela Rogers St John, journalist/author (Foreign Correspondent) was born in the year 1894.  

May 20 Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian Hindu sage, Jivanmukta (d. 1994) was born on this day in history.  

May 25 Dirk Vansina, Flemish playwright (Verschaeve Gives Evidence) was born on this day in history.  

May 27 Dashiell Hammett, Maryland, author (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon) was born on this day in history.  

May 27 Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French writer (d. 1961) was born in the year 1894.  

May 28 In the year 1894 birth of sammy White, RI, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off)  

May 29 In the year 1894 birth of beatrice Lillie, Toronto, comedian/actress (Around World in 80 Days)  

May 29 Josef von Sternberg, Austrian director (Der blaue Engel) was born on this day in history.  

May 30 On this day in history birth of hubertus J van Mook, Dutch minister of Colonies (1942-45)  

May 31 In the year 1894 birth of fred Allen, Cambridge Mass, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show)  

Jun 04 On this day in history birth of blanch Knopf, publishing CEO (Knopf)  

Jun 05 On this day in history birth of roy Thomson, Lord Thomson of Fleet, English publisher (d. 1976)  

Jun 06 Sabin V Dragoi, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jun 08 Erwin Schulhoff, Czech/Russian composer/pianist (Ogelala) was born on this day in history.  

Jun 10 Pavel Borkovec, Czech composer (Stmivani, [Twilight]) was born in the year 1894.  

Jun 11 On this day in history birth of dai Vernon (David Frederick Wingfield Verner), Canadian magician, The Professor (d. 1992)  

Jun 13 Dr. Leo Kanner, Austrian-American physician (d. 1981) was born in the year 1894.  

Jun 13 In the year 1894 birth of isaak E Babel, Russian writer (Konarmija, Marija) [or Jul 13]  

Jun 13 On this day in history birth of jacques-Henri Lartigue, France, photographer  

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Jan 01 In the year 1894 death of heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist (b. 1857)  

Jan 08 Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84 in the year 1894.  

Jan 13 In the year 1894 death of nadezhda von Meck, Russian patroness of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (b. 1831)  

Jan 19 Francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Jan 21 On this day in history guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24  

Feb 04 Antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Feb 11 On this day in history pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70  

Feb 12 Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830) died on this day in history.