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In the year 1885
605 Notable birthdays
Florence Turner
American actress (1885-1946).
Born January 6th, 1885 in New York City.
Died August 28th, 1946 at 61 years old in Woodland Hills.
Frederic Lewy
American neurologist (1885–1950).
Born January 28th, 1885 in Berlin.
Died October 5th, 1950 at 65 years old in Pennsylvania.
Egon Wellesz
Austrian, later british composer, teacher and musicologist (1885-1974).
Born October 21st, 1885 in Vienna.
Died November 9th, 1974 at 89 years old in Oxford.
Friedrich Kirchner
German general (1885-1960).
Born March 26th, 1885 in Zöbigker.
Died April 6th, 1960 at 75 years old in Fulda.
Sigurd Lewerentz
Swedish architect (1885–1975).
Born July 29th, 1885 in Bjärtrå.
Died December 29th, 1975 at 90 years old in Lund.
Ludwig Hilberseimer
German architect (1885–1967).
Born September 14th, 1885 in Karlsruhe. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1967 at 81 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Alice Perry
Irish engineer.
Born October 24th, 1885 in Galway.
Died August 21st, 1969 at 83 years old in Boston.
Sam M. Lewis
American singer and lyricist (1885-1959).
Born October 25th, 1885 in New York City.
Died November 22nd, 1959 at 74 years old in New York City.
Guilhermina Suggia
Portuguese musician.
Born June 21st, 1885 in Porto.
Died July 30th, 1950 at 65 years old in Porto (cancer).
Charles Pearce Coleman
Australian american film and television actor (1885-1951).
Born December 22nd, 1885 in Sydney.
Died March 8th, 1951 at 65 years old in Woodland Hills.
Jacques Feyder
Belgian-french film director (1885-1948).
Born July 21st, 1885 in Ixelles.
Died May 25th, 1948 at 62 years old in Prangins.
Hajime Tanabe
Japanese philosopher (1885–1962).
Born February 3rd, 1885 in Tokyo.
Died April 29th, 1962 at 77 years old in Tokyo.
Rolf Carls
German admiral (1885–1945).
Born May 29th, 1885 in Rostock.
Died April 29th, 1945 at 59 years old in Bad Oldesloe.
Bud Fisher
American cartoonist (1885–1954).
Born April 3rd, 1885 in Chicago. [ref]
Died September 7th, 1954 at 69 years old in New York City.
Ralph Waldo Rose
American track and field athlete (1885-1913).
Born March 17th, 1885 in Healdsburg.
Died October 16th, 1913 at 28 years old in San Francisco (typhoid fever).
Leo Sirota
Russian, austrian, and american pianist (1885–1965).
Born May 4th, 1885 in Kamianets-Podilskyi.
Died February 25th, 1965 at 79 years old in United States.
Friedrich Kellner
German justice inspector (1885-1970).
Born February 1st, 1885 in Vaihingen an der Enz.
Died November 4th, 1970 at 85 years old in Lich.
George Fitzmaurice
American film director (1885–1940).
Born February 13th, 1885 in 17th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died June 14th, 1940 at 55 years old in Los Angeles.
Song Zheyuan
A senior general of the national revolutionary army of the republic of china, one of feng yuxiang's "five tiger generals" (1885–1940).
Born October 30th, 1885 in Laoling.
Died April 5th, 1940 at 54 years old in Mianyang.
Muslim Magomayev
Azerbaijani composer and conductor (1885–1937).
Born September 18th, 1885 in Grozny.
Died July 28th, 1937 at 51 years old in Nalchik (tuberculosis).
Dimitrios Loundras
Greek gymnast (1885–1970).
Born September 4th, 1885 in Athens.
Died February 15th, 1970 at 84 years old in Greece.
Mateiu Caragiale
Poet, short story writer, novelist, visual artist, heraldist, civil servant (1885-1936).
Born March 25th, 1885 in Romania, Bucharest.
Died January 17th, 1936 at 50 years old in Bucharest (stroke).
Zhou Zuoren
Chinese writer (1885-1967).
Born January 16th, 1885 in Shaoxing.
Died May 6th, 1967 at 82 years old in Beijing.
Mario Sironi
Italian artist (1885-1961).
Born May 12th, 1885 in Sassari. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1961 at 76 years old in Milan. [ref]
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