Famous Birthdays In April - 24

1856  On this day in history birth of henri POBJ Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime)   

1864  George AA Alting van Geusau, dir-gen (PTT)/Dutch Min of War (1918-20) was born on this day in history.   

1867  Fannie Thomas, became oldest known American (113 y 273 d at death) was born on April - 24.   

1873  On this day in history birth of theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian general/president   

1874  John Russell Pope, US, architect (Jefferson Memorial) was born on this day in history.   

1874  On April - 24 birth of willem E Roelofs, Dutch painter/cartoonist   

1875  On April - 24 birth of jeno Huszka, composer   

1876  On April - 24 birth of ioannis Georgiadis, Greek fencer (d. 1960)   

1876  On this day in history birth of erich Raeder, German naval commander (d. 1960)   

1877  Charles Cuvillier, composer was born on April - 24.   

1878  Jean Crotti, Swiss artist (d. 1958) was born on April - 24.   

1882  On April - 24 birth of hugh Dowding, commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain (d. 1970)   

1883  Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave soldier Schweik) [or April 30] was born on this day in history.   

1886  Kurt Pinthus, writer was born on this day in history.   

1886  R Pelgrom, oldest Dutch man (died Apr 15, 1994, 9 days short of 108) was born on April - 24.   

1887  Denys Finch Hatton, English big-game hunter (d. 1931) was born on April - 24.   

1889  On this day in history birth of [Richard] Stafford Cripps, Engl min of Plane-manufacturing (1942-45)   

1889  On April - 24 birth of lyubov Popova, Russian painter (d. 1924)   

1892  On April - 24 birth of jack Hulbert, Ely England, actor (Into the Blue, Bulldog Jack)   

1893  On this day in history birth of robert Harron, NYC, actor (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance)   

1895  S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner was born on April - 24.   

1897  On this day in history birth of benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist (or 1797)   

1897  On this day in history birth of gyorgy Kosa, composer   

1897  On April - 24 birth of manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (d. 1955)   

1899  On this day in history birth of oscar Zariski, Russian-born mathematician (d. 1986)   

1903  On this day in history birth of jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, founder (Spanish Falange)   

1903  On April - 24 birth of mike Michalske, NFL guard (NY Yankees, Green Bay Packers)   

1903  Siegfried F Nadel, Austrian/British anthropologist (Black Byzantium) was born on April - 24.   

1904  On April - 24 birth of friedrich Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens), dies   

1904  Willem De Kooning, Rotterdam Netherland, artist (North Atlantic Light) was born on April - 24.   

1905  On this day in history birth of robert Penn Warren, 1st US poet laureate (All the King's Men)   

1906  William Joyce, Irish fascist (d. 1946) was born on April - 24.   

1907  On this day in history birth of vaclav Trojan, composer   

1908  Heddy Bouber, [Hermanus G Blom], actor (Bluejackets) was born on this day in history.   

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0624  Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 24.   

0709  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on April - 24.   

0729  Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 on this day in history.   

1077  On this day in history geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

1185  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on this day in history.   

1338  Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on April - 24.   

1530  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on April - 24.   

1617  On this day in history death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered