Famous People Born in 1885

Famous people born in 1885

George S. Patton

George S. Patton (1885 - 1945)

American Army general

Niels Bohr

Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962)

Danish physicist and a philosopher

Ezra Pound

Ezra Pound (1885 - 1972)

American poet

D. H. Lawrence

D. H. Lawrence (1885 - 1930)

English writer

Sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis (1885 - 1951)

American author and playwright

Karen Blixen

Karen Blixen (1885 - 1962)

Danish author

Theda Bara

Theda Bara (1885 - 1955)

American actress

Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery (1885 - 1949)

American actor

Tomoyuki Yamashita

Tomoyuki Yamashita (1885 - 1946)

Japanese general

Julius Streicher

Julius Streicher (1885 - 1946)

German politician

Will Durant

Will Durant (1885 - 1981)

American historian

Louis B. Mayer

Louis B. Mayer (1885 - 1957)

Canadian-American film producer

Alban Berg

Alban Berg (1885 - 1935)

Austrian composer

Jerome Kern

Jerome Kern (1885 - 1945)

American composer

Hedda Hopper

Hedda Hopper (1885 - 1966)

Actress, gossip columnist, radio personality

Bess Truman

Bess Truman (1885 - 1982)

First Lady

Sonia Delaunay

Sonia Delaunay (1885 - 1979)

French painter

Gabby Hayes

Gabby Hayes (1885 - 1969)

American ctor

Erich von Stroheim

Erich von Stroheim (1885 - 1957)

Austrian-American actor

Phog Allen

Phog Allen (1885 - 1974)

American football and basketball coach

Edna Ferber

Edna Ferber (1885 - 1968)

Novelist, playwright

Heinrich Brüning

Heinrich Brüning (1885 - 1970)

German politician

Otto Klemperer

Otto Klemperer (1885 - 1973)

American conductor

François Mauriac

François Mauriac (1885 - 1970)

French author

Chester W. Nimitz

Chester W. Nimitz (1885 - 1966)

United States Navy fleet admiral

Giacomo Matteotti

Giacomo Matteotti (1885 - 1924)

Italian politician

Sacha Guitry

Sacha Guitry (1885 - 1957)

Russian playwright

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885 - 1939)

Polish author, poet, and painter

Alice Paul

Alice Paul (1885 - 1977)

American activist

Hugo Boss

Hugo Boss (1885 - 1948)

German fashion designer

Charles Edward Merrill

Charles Edward Merrill (1885 - 1956)

American philanthropist

Gunnar Asplund

Gunnar Asplund (1885 - 1940)

Swedish architect

Louis Untermeyer

Louis Untermeyer (1885 - 1977)

American poet

Paul Manship

Paul Manship (1885 - 1966)

American sculptor

Princess Alice of Battenberg

Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885 - 1969)

European royalty

Harry O. Hoyt

Harry O. Hoyt (1885 - 1961)

Screenwriter, Film director