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

Sep 22 Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1951) was born in the year 1885.  

Sep 22 On this day in history birth of erich von Stroheim, early film director/actor (Grand Illusion)  

Sep 22 Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect (d. 1940) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 24 Herman Bouber, Dutch actor/playwright (Sailor's Wives) was born in the year 1885.  

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 On this day in history 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 in the year 1885.  

Oct 03 Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (d. 1970) was born in the year 1885.  

Oct 04 Henricus Wijdefield, Dutch architect (Peace Palace) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 07 Niels Bohr, Denmark, physicist, expanded quantum physics (Nobel 1922) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 08 William Henry Bennett Vodery, composer was born in the year 1885.  

Oct 10 On this day in history birth of walter Anderson, German folklorist (d. 1962)  

Oct 11 In the year 1885 birth of alfred Haar, Hungary, mathematician  

Oct 11 On this day in history birth of francois Mauriac, France, novelist/poet/playwright (Nobel 1952)  

Oct 16 In the year 1885 birth of dorando di Desiderio Pietri, Italian marathoner (Olympic-DQ gold-1908)  

Oct 17 Aaf Bouber-ten Hoope, Dutch actress (Jantjes)/wife of Herman Bouber was born on this day in history.  

Oct 19 In the year 1885 birth of charles Merrill, American investment banker (d. 1956)  

Oct 21 Egon Joseph Wellesz, Austria, composer/musicologist was born in the year 1885.  

Oct 21 Jan Altink, Dutch painter/co-founder (Ploeg) was born in the year 1885.  

Oct 22 Giovanni Martinelli, Montagnana Italy, opera singer (NY Met) was born in the year 1885.  

Oct 22 Lothar Windsperger, composer was born on this day in history.  

Oct 23 Lawren Harris, Canadian painter (d. 1970) was born in the year 1885.  

Oct 24 On this day in history birth of ernest Claes, Belgian author (Saints from Zichem)  

Oct 27 In the year 1885 birth of sigrid Hjertén, Swedish modernist painter (d. 1948)  

Oct 28 In the year 1885 birth of v Chlebnikov, writer  

Oct 28 In the year 1885 birth of velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet (d. 1922)  

Oct 30 In the year 1885 birth of ezra Loomis Pound, Hailey Idaho, poet (Cantos)  

Nov 02 On this day in history birth of harlow Shapley, US, astronomer (studied the galaxies)  

Nov 05 Will Durant, US, author/historian (Story of Civilization) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 06 Emiel Poetou, Flemish sculptor was born on this day in history.  

Nov 08 Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect (d. 1966) was born on this day in history.  

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Jan 04 Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.  

Jan 06 On this day in history peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72  

Jan 13 Schuyler Colfax,American politician (b.1823) died in the year 1885.  

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 in the year 1885.  

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

Feb 14 On this day in history death of jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832)  

Feb 15 Leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.