Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift.

Famous People Born in July 1885

  • Jul 4 Lucy Diggs Slowe, American educator (Dean of Women, Howard University, 1922-37), tennis champion (American Tennis Association, 1917), and sorority co-founder (Alpha Kappa Alpha, 1908), born in Berryville, Virginia (d. 1937)
  • Jul 5 André Lhote, French painter and art historian (Traité du paysage), born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1962)
  • Jul 6 Ernst Busch, German field marshal (WWII), born in Essen, German Empire (d. 1945)
  • Jul 7 Ernest Farrar, English composer whose career was cut short by WWI, born in London (d. 1918)
  • Jul 8 Emil Bloch, German Marxist philosopher, born in Ludwigshafen, Germany (d. 1977)
  • Jul 8 Hugo Boss, German clothing manufacturer, Nazi party member, and war profiteer, born in Metzingen, Kingdom of Württemberg (d. 1948) [1]
  • Jul 11 Roger de la Fresnaye, French sculptor and Cubist painter, born in Le Mons, France (d. 1925)
  • Jul 12 George Butterworth, English composer, born in Paddington, London, England (d. 1916)
  • Jul 14 Sisavang Vong, King of Laos (1904-59), born in Luang Phrabang (d. 1959)
  • Jul 17 Benjamin Dale, British composer (Before the Paling of the Stars; The Flowing Tide), and educator (Royal Academy), born in Upper Holloway, Islington, England (d. 1943)
  • Jul 20 Gustave Charlier, Belgian literary historian and critic, born in Huy, Belgium (d. 1959)
  • Jul 21 Frances Parkinson Keyes, American novelist (Dinner at Antoine's), born in Charlottesville, Virginia (d. 1970)
  • Jul 24 Desider Antalffy-Zsiross, Hungarian organist and composer, born in Nagybecskerek, Hungary (d. 1945)
  • Jul 25 Benito Lynch, Irish-Argentine writer (Caranchos de la Florida), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1951)
  • Jul 26 Andre Maurois [Emile Herzog], French writer (Balzac), born in Elbeuf, France (d. 1967)
  • Jul 29 Theda Bara, American film actress (Cleopatra, The Unchastened Woman), born in Avondale, Ohio (d. 1955)