Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In April - 24

1856  Henri POBJ Pétain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime) was born on this day in history.   

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

1867  On April - 24 birth of fannie Thomas, became oldest known American (113 y 273 d at death)   

1873  On April - 24 birth of theodor Korner von Siegringen, Austrian general/president   

1874  On April - 24 birth of john Russell Pope, US, architect (Jefferson Memorial)   

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  Erich Raeder, German naval commander (d. 1960) was born on April - 24.   

1877  On this day in history birth of charles Cuvillier, composer   

1878  Jean Crotti, Swiss artist (d. 1958) was born on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history 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 April - 24.   

1886  On April - 24 birth of kurt Pinthus, writer   

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

1887  On April - 24 birth of denys Finch Hatton, English big-game hunter (d. 1931)   

1889  [Richard] Stafford Cripps, Engl min of Plane-manufacturing (1942-45) was born on this day in history.   

1889  Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (d. 1924) was born on April - 24.   

1892  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1897  Benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist (or 1797) was born on this day in history.   

1897  Gyorgy Kosa, composer was born on April - 24.   

1897  On this day in history birth of manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (d. 1955)   

1899  Oscar Zariski, Russian-born mathematician (d. 1986) was born on this day in history.   

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  Friedrich Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens), dies was born on this day in history.   

1904  On April - 24 birth of willem De Kooning, Rotterdam Netherland, artist (North Atlantic Light)   

1905  Robert Penn Warren, 1st US poet laureate (All the King's Men) was born on this day in history.   

1906  William Joyce, Irish fascist (d. 1946) was born on this day in history.   

1907  Vaclav Trojan, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1077  Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1530  On this day in history jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies   

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