1. Albert Parker (1885)

Screenwriter

Director and screenwriter, most remembered for his films including: Shifting Sands (1918), The Secret Code (1918), Arizona (1918), The Knickerbocker Buckaroo (1919), and Eyes of Youth (1919).

2. Mae Murray (1885)

Actress Dancer Film Producer Scr

Early 20th century actress, producer and writer who starred in the 1925 film The Merry Widow.

3. Bud Fisher (1885)

Cartoonist

American artist who created the cartoon Mutt and Jeff which became the first successful daily comic strip in the United States.

4. Umberto Nobile (1885)

Italian General

Italian Arctic explorer and aeronautical engineer who was the developer and promoter of the semi-rigid airships during the Golden Age of Aviation.

5. Sacha Guitry (1885)

French Dramatist And Playwright

French actor, screenwriter, playwright, and director who appeared in the hits Un Beau mariage, Le Prise de Berg-op-Zoom, and La Pèlerine écossaise. He received the Legion of Honour Award in...

6. Charlie Shaw (1885)

Soccer Player

Goalkeeper for Celtic F.C. in the 1910s and 1920s.

7. Heinrich Hoffmann (1885)

German Photographer

Known for his many images of and close association with the infamous Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, this German photographer and Nazi Party member also published a 1933 biography titled The Hitler...

8. George S. Patton (1885)

War Hero

Four-star United States Army general and iconic commander who led a succession of victorious attacks in Italy, France, and Germany during World War II.

9. Karen Blixen-Finecke (1885)

Autobiographer

Danish writer who penned the autobiographical work, Out of Africa, under the male pseudonym of Isak Dinesen. She is also famous for Babette's Feast, a popular short story that was...

10. George De Hevesy (1885)

Chemist

George De Hevesy is a famous Chemist, who was born on August 1, 1885 in Hungary. A Hungarian radiochemist and Nobel laureate who used radioactive tracers to study the metabolism...

11. Otto Klemperer (1885)

American Conductor

Leading 20th-century conductor. He was influenced by Gustav Mahler. He fled to America in 1933 after the Nazis came to power.

12. Erich Von Stroheim (1885)

Movie Actor

Erich Von Stroheim is a famous Movie Actor, who was born on September 22, 1885 in Austria. Silent film era actor turned director who appeared in Sunset Boulevard, La Grande...

13. Kham-Oun I (1885)

Queen Of Laos

Her Majesty the Queen of Laos who was married to the country's king until her death in 1915. 

14. Sonia Delaunay (1885)

French Painter

Russian-French artist associated with the Orphism art movement and known for her use of vibrant colors and geometric shapes. She became the first living female artist to be honored by...

15. Sigurd Lewerentz (1885)

Architect

Helped design the Malmo Opera and Music Theatre, a leading example of Functionalist architecture. One of the main architects for the 1930 Stockholm International Exhibition.

16. Niels Bohr (1885)

Danish Physicist

Physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922 for his groundbreaking work.

17. Gene Gauntier (1885)

American Actor And Screenwrier

Wrote over 30 screenplays during her career and also performed in 28 films and even directed one: The Grandmother (1909).

18. Elinor Wylie (1885)

American Poet

New Jersey-born poet and author who is remembered for such sensual poetry collections as Angels and Earthly Creatures and Nets to Catch the Wind. Her novels include The Venetian Glass...

19. Ring Lardner (1885)

Sportswriter Short Story Writer

An American sports columnist and short story writer, he satirized theater, athletics, and marriage in works such as Treat 'Em Rough (1918). His other publications include You Know Me Al...

20. Hugo Boss (1885)

Fashion Designer

Former fashion designer best known for founding his famous self-titled international brand.  

21. Aquilino Ribeiro (1885)

Portuguese Writer And Diplomat

Portuguese novelist of the Twentieth Century who was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1960. His nearly eighty novels include Terras do Demo, Estrada de Santiago, and A...

22. George Richards Minot (1885)

Doctor

Nobel Prize-winning physician who discovered a way to treat the deadly disease pernicious anemia.

23. Guilhermina Suggia (1885)

Portuguese Musician

Internationally celebrated cellist who performed solo and with orchestras throughout Europe.

24. Charles E. Merrill (1885)

Entrepreneur

Charles E. Merrill is a famous Entrepreneur, who was born on October 19, 1885 in United States. Co-founder (with Edmund C. Lynch) of Merrill Lynch & Company. He came up...

25. Theda Bara (1885)

Actress

She became Hollywood's first sex symbol after playing the title character in Cleopatra.

26. Harlow Shapley (1885)

American Astronomer

Award-winning astronomer remembered for correctly estimating the size of the Milky Way Galaxy. He also originated the concept of "habitable zones," which describes areas in space where liquid water can...

27. Hedda Hopper (1885)

Journalist

Hollywood gossip columnist and rival of film critic and fellow gossip writer Louella Parsons. Her "Hedda Hopper's Hollywood" column, which eventually fed the anti-communist hysteria of the McCarthy era by...

28. María Grever (1885)

Mexican Musician

Composer known for being one of the first successful Mexican female composers in history. She is perhaps most famous for the song "What A Difference A Day Makes," which earned...

29. Alain Leroy Locke (1885)

Author

Alain Leroy Locke is a famous Author, who was born on September 13, 1885 in United States. African American author, philosopher, and teacher. A key figure in the development of...

30. Malcolm Campbell (1885)

Racing Motorist

Former land and water speed record holder who also competed in Grand Prix motor racing, winning the Grand Prix de Boulogne in 1927 and 1928.

31. Keith Murdoch (1885)

Family Member

Father of multi-billionaire Rupert Murdoch who was a journalist for The Age in Australia who attempted to work in London but his speech impediment cost him a job with the...

32. Agustín Barrios (1885)

Paraguayan Guitarist And Compose

Paraguayan classical guitarist and prolific composer who released the piece "La Catedral."

33. Kenneth Roberts (1885)

Writer

An American writer of historical novels, he is best known for Northwest Passage, Arundel, and Rabble in Arms. He posthumously received a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation for his body of...

34. Paul Manship (1885)

American Sculptor

Prominent American sculptor who combined Greek, Roman, and Indian art into his own, decorative style.

35. Aleksandras Stulginskis (1885)

Second President Of Lithuania (f

Lithuanian politician who was the second President of Lithuania from 1920 to 1926, as well as the acting president several months later for a few hours during a military coup.

36. Miroslav Kraljević (1885)

Croatian Painter

Painter and sculptor who was a member of the Munich Circle and a founder of Croatian Modernism. His styles encompassed Impressionism, Pointillism, and Expressionism.

37. Muhammad Shahidullah (1885)

Bangladeshi Linguist

Philologist and writer who became the most famous Bangladeshi educator of the Twentieth Century.

38. Deems Taylor (1885)

American Composer

Vocal advocate for classical music. He was a music critic and member of the infamous Algonquin Round Table. His original works included "The Chambered Nautilus," a cantata from 1916, and...

39. Jack Britton (1885)

American Boxer

Three time holder of the World Welterweight title who set a record by appearing in 37 title bouts.

40. Harry Blackstone Sr. (1885)

Magician

Harry Blackstone Sr. is a famous Magician, who was born on September 27, 1885 in United States. Known as The Great Blackstone, he was one of the most renowned magicians...

41. Giacomo Matteotti (1885)

Italian Politician

Italian Socialist politician who was killed by Mussolini's Fascist forces eleven days after he alleged that the Fascists rigged the the 1924 elections. He became a martyr for those in...

42. Mary O'Hara (1885)

Novelist

An American novelist and screenwriter, she is most famous for her 1941 work, My Friend Flicka. The book is set in Wyoming and focuses on rancher's son Ken McLaughlin and...

43. John Curtin (1885)

Australian Politician

Labor politician who was the 14th Prime Minister of Australia during the bulk of World War II from 1941 to 1945.

44. Adolf Behne (1885)

Critic Art Historian Architectur

Architectural writer and art historian who led the Avant-Garde movement in the Weimar Republic and coined the term, expressionist architecture.

45. Ezra Pound (1885)

Poet Critic

American-born modernist poet whose most famous works include The Cantos, Ripostes, and Hugh Selwyn Mauberley. He became an expatriate during the World War II years and was ultimately arrested by...

46. Alban Berg (1885)

Composer

Austrian composer who was a member of the Second Viennese School alongside Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern. His works fused Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique with Mahlerian Romanticism.

47. Phog Allen (1885)

American Football And Basketball

'Father of Basketball Coaching' inducted into both the Basketball Hall of Fame and the College Basketball Hall of Fame.

48. Blanche Stuart Scott (1885)

Pilot

Blanche Stuart Scott is a famous Pilot, who was born on April 8, 1885 in United States. First female pilot in the United States to fly solo. She was also...

49. Svend Rathsack (1885)

Sculptor

Award-winning Danish sculptor from the early 20th century. He made the Maritime Monument, in Copenhagen.

50. Bess Truman (1885)

First Lady

Wife of President Harry S. Truman who became the First Lady of the US in 1945 after the death of President Franklin Roosevelt. She is the longest living First Lady...