Famous People Born In 1885
Discover the most famous people born in 1885. The list includes people like Niels Bohr, Ezra Pound, D. H. Lawrence, Alice Paul, Sinclair Lewis and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include soldiers, political leaders, journalists and novelists born in 1885. This list includes people from United States, Germany, France & United Kingdom and many more countries.
Chester W. Nimitz24th February, American
Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet in
Princess Alice of Battenberg25th February, British
Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark
Hugo Boss8th July, German
Fashion Designer, Entrepreneur
Niels Bohr7th October, Danish
Nobel Prize Winning Physicist
Ezra Pound30th October, American
Poet
D. H. Lawrence11th September, British
Novelist
Faisal I of Iraq20th May, Iraqi, Saudi Arabian, Syrian
King of Iraq
Sinclair Lewis7th February, American
Nobel Prize Winner in Literature
Hedda Hopper2nd May, American
Actress
Tomoyuki Yamashita8th November, Japanese
Japanese General
Julius Streicher12th February, German
A Member of National Socialist German Workers'
Albert Kesselring30th November, German
War Criminal
Alice Paul11th January, American
Suffragist and Feminist
Wallace Beery1st April, American
Actor
Will Durant5th November, American
Writer, Historian, Philosopher
John Curtin8th January, Australian
14th Prime Minister of Australia
Kato Svanidze2nd April, Russian
Joseph Stalin's Wife
Alban Berg9th February, Austrian
Composer
Sonia Delaunay14th November, French
Artist
A. J. Muste8th January, American
Clergyman & Political Activist
George Patton11th November, German, American
Military Officer
Milton Avery7th March, American
Painter
Allan Dwan3rd April, American
Director
Olive Dennis20th November, American
Civil Engineer
Max Volmer3rd May, German
Chemist
Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl9th November, German
Mathematician and Theoretical Physicist
George Richards Minot2nd December, American
Medical Researcher
George S. Patton11th November, American
General
Clementine Churchill1st April, British
Wife of Winston Churchill
Karen Blixen17th April, Danish
Writer, Autobiographer
Jerome Kern27th January, American
Composer, Songwriter, Film score composer, Coin
Theda Bara29th July, American
Actress
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Keith Murdoch12th August, Australian
War correspondent
Karen Horney16th September, German
Psychoanalyst
Roman von Ungern-Sternberg29th December, German
officer
György Lukács13th April, Hungarian
Philosopher
Christian Wirth24th November, German
Officer, Torturer
Bess Truman13th February, American
politician
Erich von Stroheim22nd September, Austrian, French, American
American-Austrian director
Yakov Sverdlov3rd June, Russian
Politician
Hugo Sperrle7th February, German
Military personnel, Aviator
Robert Delaunay12th April, French
Painter, Artist
Hermann Hoth12th April, German
Military personnel, Memoirist
Karl Radek31st October, Austrian, Polish
Politician, University teacher, Journalist
Edna Ferber15th August, American
playwright, novelist, writer,screenwriter
John Edensor Littlewood9th June, British
Mathematician, University teacher
William E. Fairbairn28th February, British
Judoka
Otto Klemperer14th May, German, Polish
Conductor
Mikhail Frunze2nd February, Kyrgyz
Politician
Viktor Schauberger30th June, Austrian
Forester, Inventor, Writer
Ben Chifley22nd September, Australian
Politician, Diplomat, Railroad engineer
Duncan Grant21st January, British, Scottish
Painter
Aristides de Sousa Mendes19th July, Portuguese
Diplomat
Chester Nimitz23rd February, American
Admiral
François Mauriac11th October, French
Writer, Journalist, Poet, Novelist, Playwright,
Giacomo Matteotti22nd May
Politician
Lawren Harris23rd October, Canadian
Painter
Ring Lardner6th March, American
Columnist
Ernst Bloch8th July, German
Writer, Philosopher, Journalist, University
Luigi Russolo30th April, Italian
Composer, Painter, Artist, Musical instrument
Phog Allen18th November, American
Basketball player
Malcolm Campbell11th March, British
Journalist, Racecar driver
George de Hevesy1st August, Hungarian, Swedish
Chemist, University teacher
Vladimir Tatlin28th December, Russian
Painter,architect
Charles E. Merrill19th October, American
Philanthropist
Anna Louise Strong24th November, American
Writer, Journalist, Activist, Trade unionist
DuBose Heyward31st August, American
Author
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz24th February, Polish
Writer
Nikolaus von Falkenhorst17th January, German
Military personnel, Diplomat
Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah30th November, Kuwaiti
Ruler
Frank Hurley15th October, Australian
Explorer, Photographer, War photographer,
Harlow Shapley2nd November, American
Astronomer
Harry Benjamin12th January, German
Endocrinologist and sexologist
Fannie Hurst18th October, American
Novelist, Screenwriter, Writer
George Butterworth12th July, British
Composer, Musicologist
Percy Hobart14th June, British
Military Engineer
Walther Schwieger7th April
Submariner
Umberto Nobile21st January, Italian
Explorer, Aerospace engineer, Politician, Military
Romano Guardini17th February, German
Catholic priest, Writer, Theologian, University
Ida Rubinstein25th September, French
dancer, choreographer, ballet dancer, stage actor
Per Albin Hansson28th October, Swedish
Politician
Tamara Karsavina9th March, Russian
Prima Ballerina
Sacha Guitry21st February, French
Screenwriter, Actor, Playwright, Film director,
Louis Untermeyer1st October, American
Author
Władysław Raczkiewicz28th January, Polish
Politician, Jurist, Lawyer
Georges Mandel5th June, French
Journalist
François de La Rocque6th October, French
Political Leader
Fernand de Brinon26th August, French
Journalist, Socialite, Lawyer
Sigrid Hjertén27th October, Swedish
Painter
Carl Van Doren10th September, American
Critic
Harry Blackstone, Sr.27th September, American
Ernst Busch6th July, German, British
Senior officer
G.W. Pabst25th August, Austrian
Film Director
Andre Maurois26th July, French
Robert Collier19th April, American
Essayist
Khai Dinh10th August, Vietnamese
Emperor of Vietnam