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In the year 1885
560 Notable birthdays
Dorothea Mackellar
Australian poet.
Born July 1st, 1885 in Point Piper.
Died January 14th, 1968 at 82 years old in Paddington (fall).
Sisavang Vong
King of laos (1885-1959).
Born July 14th, 1885 in Luang Prabang.
Died October 29th, 1959 at 74 years old in Luang Prabang.
Gene Gauntier
American actor and screenwriter (1885-1966).
Born May 17th, 1885 in Kansas City.
Died December 18th, 1966 at 81 years old in Cuernavaca.
André Maurois
French journalist (1885-1967).
Born July 26th, 1885 in Elbeuf. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1967 at 82 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Ernst Busch
German field marshal (1885-1945).
Died July 17th, 1945 at 60 years old in Aldershot (cardiovascular disease).
Thomas Ashe
Irish revolutionary and politician (1885–1917).
Born January 12th, 1885 in Lispole.
Died September 25th, 1917 at 32 years old in Dublin.
Allan Dwan
Film director, film producer, screenwriter (1885–1981).
Born April 3rd, 1885 in Toronto.
Died December 28th, 1981 at 96 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Sigrid Hjertén
Swedish modernist painter (1885-1948).
Born October 27th, 1885 in Sundsvalls parish.
Died March 24th, 1948 at 62 years old in Saltsjöbaden Parish. [ref]
Percy Hobart
British army general.
Born June 14th, 1885 in Nainital.
Died February 19th, 1957 at 71 years old in Farnham.
Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay
Indian archaeologist (1885–1930).
Born April 12th, 1885 in Berhampore.
Died May 23rd, 1930 at 45 years old in Kolkata.
Per Albin Hansson
Swedish politician, prime minister of sweden between 1932–1936 and 1936–1946 (1885–1946).
Born October 28th, 1885. [ref]
Died October 6th, 1946 at 60 years old in Bromma parish (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Kaka Kalelkar
Indian social reformer, historian, educationist, and journalist (1885–1981).
Born December 1st, 1885 in Satara.
Died August 21st, 1981 at 95 years old
Milton Avery
American artist (1885–1965).
Born March 7th, 1885 in Altmar.
Died January 3rd, 1965 at 79 years old in New York City.
Władysław Raczkiewicz
Polish politician, president of poland from 1939 to 1947 (1885-1947).
Born January 28th, 1885 in Kutaisi.
Died July 6th, 1947 at 62 years old in Ruthin.
Pat Sullivan
Australian animator (1887–1933).
Born February 22nd, 1885 in Paddington.
Died February 15th, 1933 at 47 years old in New York City (pneumonia, alcoholism).
A. J. Muste
Christian pacifist and civil rights activist (1885-1967).
Born January 8th, 1885 in Zierikzee.
Died February 11th, 1967 at 82 years old in New York City.
Herbert Stothart
American composer (1885-1949).
Born September 11th, 1885 in Milwaukee.
Died February 1st, 1949 at 63 years old in Los Angeles.
Harry Ricardo
British internal combustion engine engineer (1885-1974).
Born January 26th, 1885 in London.
Died May 18th, 1974 at 89 years old
Uzeyir Hajibeyov
Azerbaijani composer (1885–1948).
Born September 18th, 1885 in Aghjabadi.
Died November 23rd, 1948 at 63 years old in Baku (heart failure).
Princess Der Ling
Multiracial historian of chinese-american descent (1885-1944), lady-in-waiting of empress dowager cixi.
Born June 8th, 1885 in Wuchang District.
Died December 22nd, 1944 at 59 years old in Berkeley (struck by vehicle).
Tamara Karsavina
Russian ballet dancer.
Born March 10th, 1885 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 26th, 1978 at 93 years old in Beaconsfield.
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
German actor (1885-1955).
Born November 24th, 1885 in Cologne.
Died May 29th, 1955 at 69 years old in Wetzelsdorf.
Charlemagne Péralte
Haitian nationalist leader.
Born October 10th, 1885 in Hinche. [ref]
Died November 1st, 1919 at 34 years old in Grande-Rivière-du-Nord (gunshot wound).
Georges Mandel
French jewish politician, resistance fighter and art collector, murdered in the holocaust (1885-1944).
Born June 5th, 1885 in Chatou. [ref]
Died July 7th, 1944 at 59 years old in Fontainebleau (execution). [ref]
Roland West
American film director (1885-1952).
Born February 20th, 1885 in Cleveland.
Died March 31st, 1952 at 67 years old in Santa Monica.
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