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

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

Sep 22 In the year 1885 birth of erich von Stroheim, early film director/actor (Grand Illusion)  

Sep 22 Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect (d. 1940) was born in the year 1885.  

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

Sep 26 On this day in history birth of anna M F "Annie" Wageningen-Salomons, author (Girl Student) [or 6/26]  

Sep 27 On this day in history birth of harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician (d. 1965)  

Sep 28 On this day in history birth of wilbur 'Lefty' Good, pitcher (NY Yankees, 1905)  

Oct 01 In the year 1885 birth of louis Untermeyer, NYC, poet/critic (Immortal Poems, Story Poems)  

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 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of niels Bohr, Denmark, physicist, expanded quantum physics (Nobel 1922)  

Oct 08 On this day in history birth of william Henry Bennett Vodery, composer  

Oct 10 In the year 1885 birth of walter Anderson, German folklorist (d. 1962)  

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

Oct 11 In the year 1885 birth of francois Mauriac, France, novelist/poet/playwright (Nobel 1952)  

Oct 16 Dorando di Desiderio Pietri, Italian marathoner (Olympic-DQ gold-1908) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 17 Aaf Bouber-ten Hoope, Dutch actress (Jantjes)/wife of Herman Bouber was born in the year 1885.  

Oct 19 Charles Merrill, American investment banker (d. 1956) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 21 In the year 1885 birth of egon Joseph Wellesz, Austria, composer/musicologist  

Oct 21 In the year 1885 birth of jan Altink, Dutch painter/co-founder (Ploeg)  

Oct 22 In the year 1885 birth of giovanni Martinelli, Montagnana Italy, opera singer (NY Met)  

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 On this day in history birth of ernest Claes, Belgian author (Saints from Zichem)  

Oct 27 On this day in history birth of sigrid Hjertén, Swedish modernist painter (d. 1948)  

Oct 28 V Chlebnikov, writer was born on this day in history.  

Oct 28 Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet (d. 1922) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Nov 05 On this day in history birth of will Durant, US, author/historian (Story of Civilization)  

Nov 06 On this day in history birth of emiel Poetou, Flemish sculptor  

Nov 08 In the year 1885 birth of emil Fahrenkamp, German architect (d. 1966)  

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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 13 On this day in history death of schuyler Colfax,American politician (b.1823)  

Jan 19 Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle in the year 1885.  

Jan 24 Martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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