{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1885

Feb 17 In the year 1885 birth of steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943)  

Feb 21 In the year 1885 birth of sacha Guitry, France, actor/playwright (Story of a Cheat)  

Feb 24 In the year 1885 birth of bert Lytell, NYC, actor (Henry-One Man's Family)  

Feb 24 Chester Nimitz, US admiral (commanded Pacific fleet in WW II) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 24 On this day in history birth of joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israeli Knesset (1949-59)  

Feb 24 In the year 1885 birth of juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski, Polish novelist/satirist (Black Wings)  

Feb 24 In the year 1885 birth of stanisÅ‚aw Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1939)  

Feb 25 On this day in history birth of sylvia Brett, Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak (d. 1971)  

Feb 26 On this day in history birth of aleksandras Stulginskis, President of Lithuania (d. 1969)  

Feb 26 Lili Green, [Alice Sally Mary], Neth/Eng dancer was born in the year 1885.  

Mar 01 Lionel Atwill, English/US actor (Mystery of the Wax Museum) was born in the year 1885.  

Mar 04 Willem H Winkel, Dutch physician/founder (Red Cross of Curacao) was born in the year 1885.  

Mar 06 Ring Lardner, US, writer (You Know Me Al) was born in the year 1885.  

Mar 09 On this day in history birth of ringgold "Ring" Lardner, baseball player  

Mar 11 Malcolm Campbell, 1st auto racer to travel 5 miles/min (8 km/min) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 12 Raphael HLAJM Verwilghen, Flemish architect/urban developer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 14 Raoul Lufbery, American World War I pilot (d. 1918) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 16 Giacomo Benvenuti, composer was born in the year 1885.  

Mar 16 In the year 1885 birth of sydney Chaplin, S Afr, actor (Limelight)  

Mar 20 Eugen Herrigel, Germany, philosopher/early pioneer of Zen in Europe was born on this day in history.  

Mar 20 In the year 1885 birth of hendrik A de Fish, [Henri Pauwels], Flemish philological/sociologist  

Mar 22 In the year 1885 birth of adriano Lualdi, composer  

Mar 22 On this day in history birth of aryeh Levin, Orthodox Jewish rabbi  

Mar 22 Jakabs Medins, composer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 24 Charlie Daniels, US swimmer (Olympics-4 gold-1904, 08) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 25 Veit Valentin, German/US historian (Deutsche Revolution) was born in the year 1885.  

Mar 26 Julius Harrison, composer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 26 Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 28 Marc-Jean-Baptiste Delmas, composer was born in the year 1885.  

Mar 31 On this day in history birth of jules Pascin, [Julius Pincas], Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist  

Apr 01 In the year 1885 birth of clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill (Hozier), British barones  

Apr 03 On this day in history birth of bud Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 1954)  

Apr 03 Harry St John Philby, [sheik Abdullah], British explorer was born on this day in history.  

Apr 05 On this day in history birth of dimitrie Cuclin, composer  

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Jan 04 In the year 1885 eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29  

Jan 06 Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 26 Charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51 died in the year 1885.  

Feb 14 In the year 1885 death of jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832)  

Feb 15 Leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1885.