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

Feb 17 Steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943) was born in the year 1885.  

Feb 21 Sacha Guitry, France, actor/playwright (Story of a Cheat) was born in the year 1885.  

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 Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski, Polish novelist/satirist (Black Wings) was born in the year 1885.  

Feb 24 On this day in history birth of stanisÅ‚aw Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1939)  

Feb 25 Sylvia Brett, Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak (d. 1971) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 26 Aleksandras Stulginskis, President of Lithuania (d. 1969) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 26 In the year 1885 birth of lili Green, [Alice Sally Mary], Neth/Eng dancer  

Mar 01 In the year 1885 birth of lionel Atwill, English/US actor (Mystery of the Wax Museum)  

Mar 04 In the year 1885 birth of willem H Winkel, Dutch physician/founder (Red Cross of Curacao)  

Mar 06 Ring Lardner, US, writer (You Know Me Al) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 09 In the year 1885 birth of ringgold "Ring" Lardner, baseball player  

Mar 11 On this day in history birth of malcolm Campbell, 1st auto racer to travel 5 miles/min (8 km/min)  

Mar 12 On this day in history birth of raphael HLAJM Verwilghen, Flemish architect/urban developer  

Mar 14 Raoul Lufbery, American World War I pilot (d. 1918) was born in the year 1885.  

Mar 16 Giacomo Benvenuti, composer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 16 On this day in history birth of sydney Chaplin, S Afr, actor (Limelight)  

Mar 20 On this day in history birth of eugen Herrigel, Germany, philosopher/early pioneer of Zen in Europe  

Mar 20 On this day in history birth of hendrik A de Fish, [Henri Pauwels], Flemish philological/sociologist  

Mar 22 On this day in history birth of adriano Lualdi, composer  

Mar 22 Aryeh Levin, Orthodox Jewish rabbi was born on this day in history.  

Mar 22 Jakabs Medins, composer was born in the year 1885.  

Mar 24 On this day in history birth of charlie Daniels, US swimmer (Olympics-4 gold-1904, 08)  

Mar 25 On this day in history birth of veit Valentin, German/US historian (Deutsche Revolution)  

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

Mar 26 Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer was born in the year 1885.  

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

Mar 31 Jules Pascin, [Julius Pincas], Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist was born on this day in history.  

Apr 01 On this day in history 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 Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.  

Jan 06 Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72 in the year 1885.  

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

Feb 14 Jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832) died in the year 1885.  

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