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
Hugo Boss8th July, German
Fashion Designer, Entrepreneur
Chester W. Nimitz24th February, American
Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet in
Ezra Pound30th October, American
Poet
D. H. Lawrence11th September, British
Novelist
Niels Bohr7th October, Danish
Nobel Prize Winning Physicist
Hedda Hopper2nd May, American
Actress
Karen Blixen17th April, Danish
Writer
Faisal I of Iraq20th May, Iraqi, Saudi Arabian, Syrian
King of Iraq
Julius Streicher12th February, German
A Member of National Socialist German Workers'
Sinclair Lewis7th February, American
Nobel Prize Winner in Literature
Kato Svanidze2nd April, Russian
Joseph Stalin's Wife
Alice Paul11th January, American
Suffragist and Feminist
Albert Kesselring30th November, German
War Criminal
Tomoyuki Yamashita8th November, Japanese
Japanese General
Wallace Beery1st April, American
Actor
John Curtin8th January, Australian
14th Prime Minister of Australia
Will Durant5th November, American
Writer, Historian, Philosopher
Alban Berg9th February, Austrian
Composer
Sonia Delaunay14th November, French
Artist
George Patton11th November, German, American
Military Officer
Allan Dwan3rd April, American
Director
Milton Avery7th March, American
Painter
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
George S. Patton11th November, American
General
Clementine Churchill1st April, British
Wife of Winston Churchill
Roman von Ungern-Sternberg29th December, German
officer
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Theda Bara29th July, American
Actress
Karen Horney16th September, German
Psychoanalyst
Erich von Stroheim22nd September, Austrian, French, American
American-Austrian director
Jerome Kern27th January, American
Composer, Songwriter, Film score composer, Coin
Bess Truman13th February, American
politician
Keith Murdoch12th August, Australian
War correspondent
György Lukács13th April, Hungarian
Philosopher
Yakov Sverdlov3rd June, Russian
Politician
Hugo Sperrle7th February, German
Military personnel, Aviator
Heinrich Brüning26th November, German
President, Academician, economist, activist
Hermann Hoth12th April, German
Military personnel, Memoirist
Edna Ferber15th August, American
playwright, novelist, writer,screenwriter
Christian Wirth24th November, German
Officer, Torturer
Robert Delaunay12th April, French
Painter, Artist
Chester Nimitz23rd February, American
Admiral
Otto Klemperer14th May, German, Polish
Conductor
Karl Radek31st October, Austrian, Polish
Politician, University teacher, Journalist
Mikhail Frunze2nd February, Kyrgyz
Politician
Phog Allen18th November, American
Basketball player
John Edensor Littlewood9th June, British
Mathematician, University teacher
Ben Chifley22nd September, Australian
Politician
Duncan Grant21st January, British, Scottish
Painter
William E. Fairbairn28th February, British
Judoka
Viktor Schauberger30th June, Austrian
Forester, Inventor, Writer
Ring Lardner6th March, American
Columnist
DuBose Heyward31st August, American
Author
Giacomo Matteotti22nd May
Politician
Ernst Bloch8th July, German
Writer, Philosopher, Journalist, University
Charles E. Merrill19th October, American
Philanthropist
François Mauriac11th October, French
Writer, Journalist, Poet, Novelist, Playwright,
Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah30th November, Kuwaiti
Ruler
Aristides de Sousa Mendes19th July, Portuguese
Diplomat
Luigi Russolo30th April, Italian
Composer, Painter, Artist, Musical instrument
Lawren Harris23rd October, Canadian
Painter
Anna Louise Strong24th November, American
Writer, Journalist, Activist, Trade unionist
Vladimir Tatlin28th December, Russian
Painter,architect
Malcolm Campbell11th March, British
Journalist, Racecar driver
Nikolaus von Falkenhorst17th January, German
Military personnel, Diplomat
George Butterworth12th July, British
Composer, Musicologist
Frank Hurley15th October, Australian
Explorer, Photographer, War photographer,
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz24th February, Polish
Writer
George de Hevesy1st August, German, Hungarian
Chemist
Romano Guardini17th February, German
Catholic priest, Writer, Theologian, University
Harlow Shapley2nd November, American
Astronomer
Ida Rubinstein25th September, French
dancer, choreographer, ballet dancer, stage actor
Georges Mandel5th June, French
Journalist
Umberto Nobile21st January, Italian
Explorer, Aerospace engineer, Politician, Military
Fannie Hurst18th October, American
Novelist, Screenwriter, Writer
Per Albin Hansson28th October, Swedish
Politician
Walther Schwieger7th April
Submariner
Percy Hobart14th June, British
Military Engineer
Harry Benjamin12th January, German
Endocrinologist and sexologist
Sacha Guitry21st February, French
Screenwriter, Actor, Playwright, Film director,
François de La Rocque6th October, French
Political Leader
Tamara Karsavina9th March, Russian
Prima Ballerina
Louis Untermeyer1st October, American
Author
Władysław Raczkiewicz28th January, Polish
Politician, Jurist, Lawyer
Hermann Pister21st February, German
German officer
Velimir Khlebnikov9th November, Russian
Poet
Fernand de Brinon26th August, French
Journalist, Socialite, Lawyer
Anton Flettner1st November, German
Engineer
Sigrid Hjertén27th October, Swedish
Painter
Camille Chautemps1st February, French
Politician