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.
Princess Alice of Battenberg25th February, British
Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark
Niels Bohr7th October, Danish
Nobel Prize Winning Physicist
Ezra Pound30th October, American
Poet
D. H. Lawrence11th September, British
Novelist
Alice Paul11th January, American
Suffragist and Feminist
Sinclair Lewis7th February, American
Nobel Prize Winner in Literature
Wallace Beery1st April, American
Actor
Julius Streicher12th February, German
A Member of National Socialist German Workers'
John Curtin8th January, Australian
14th Prime Minister of Australia
Kato Svanidze2nd April, Russian
Joseph Stalin's Wife
Will Durant5th November, American
Writer, Historian, Philosopher
Alban Berg9th February, Austrian
Composer
Sonia Delaunay14th November, French
Artist
Milton Avery7th March, American
Painter
George Patton11th November, German, American
Military Officer
Allan Dwan3rd April, American
Director
A. J. Muste8th January, American
Clergyman & Political Activist
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
Hugo Boss8th July, German
Chester W. Nimitz24th February, American
Officer
Karen Blixen17th April, Danish
Writer, Autobiographer
Tomoyuki Yamashita8th November, Japanese
Officer
Albert Kesselring30th November, German
German military commander
Theda Bara29th July, American
Actress
Roman von Ungern-Sternberg29th December, German
officer
Jerome Kern27th January, American
Composer, Songwriter, Film score composer, Coin
Keith Murdoch12th August, Australian
War correspondent
Bess Truman13th February, American
politician
Erich von Stroheim22nd September, Austrian, French, American
American-Austrian director
Robert Delaunay12th April, French
Painter, Artist
Yakov Sverdlov3rd June, Russian
Politician
Ben Chifley22nd September, Australian
Politician, Diplomat, Railroad engineer
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Hermann Weyl9th November, German, American
Mathematician, Physicist, Philosopher, University
Edna Ferber15th August, American
playwright, novelist, writer,screenwriter
John Edensor Littlewood9th June, British
Mathematician, University teacher
Hermann Hoth12th April, German
Military personnel, Memoirist
Christian Wirth24th November, German
Officer, Torturer
Karl Radek31st October, Austrian, Polish
Politician, University teacher, Journalist
Otto Klemperer14th May, German, Polish
Conductor
Mikhail Frunze2nd February, Kyrgyz
Politician
Hugo Sperrle7th February, German
Military personnel, Aviator
Giacomo Matteotti22nd May
Politician
William E. Fairbairn28th February, British
Judoka
Chester Nimitz23rd February, American
Admiral
Lawren Harris23rd October, Canadian
Painter
Aristides de Sousa Mendes19th July, Portuguese
Diplomat
Ernst Bloch8th July, German
Writer, Philosopher, Journalist, University
Vladimir Tatlin28th December, Russian
Painter,architect
Viktor Schauberger30th June, Austrian
Forester, Inventor, Writer
Malcolm Campbell11th March, British
Journalist, Racecar driver
Luigi Russolo30th April, Italian
Composer, Painter, Artist, Musical instrument
François Mauriac11th October, French
Writer, Journalist, Poet, Novelist, Playwright,
Nikolaus von Falkenhorst17th January, German
Military personnel, Diplomat
Frank Hurley15th October, Australian
Explorer, Photographer, War photographer,
Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah30th November, Kuwaiti
Monarch
George Butterworth12th July, British
Composer, Musicologist
George de Hevesy1st August, Hungarian, Swedish
Chemist, University teacher
Harlow Shapley2nd November, American
Astronomer
Romano Guardini17th February, German
Catholic priest, Writer, Theologian, University
Ida Rubinstein25th September, French
dancer, choreographer, ballet dancer, stage actor
Umberto Nobile21st January, Italian
Explorer, Aerospace engineer, Politician, Military
Walther Schwieger7th April
Submariner
Sacha Guitry21st February, French
Screenwriter, Actor, Playwright, Film director,
Anna Louise Strong24th November, American
Writer, Journalist, Activist, Trade unionist
Isak Dinesen17th April, Danish
Sigrid Hjertén27th October, Swedish
Painter
Fannie Hurst18th October, American
Novelist, Screenwriter, Writer
Fernand de Brinon26th August, French
Journalist, Socialite, Lawyer
Georg Lukács13th April, Hungarian
Philosopher
George Minot2nd December, American
Medical doctor
Harry Blackstone, Sr.27th September, American
George Smith Patton, Jr.11th November, American
Ernst Busch6th July, German, British
Senior officer
Robert Collier19th April, American
Essayist
Andre Maurois26th July, French
Niels Henrik David Bohr7th October, Danish
Chester William Nimitz24th February, American
Kōji Sakai4th November, Japanese
Military personnel
Władysław Raczkiewicz28th January, Polish
Politician, Jurist, Lawyer