January 1, 1885 Roland Diggle, composer
January 2, 1885 Johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer (dikes)
January 8, 1885 John Curtin, Victoria, Australian PM (Labor, 1941-45)
January 11, 1885 Alice Paul, ERA advocate/founder (National Woman's Party)
January 13, 1885 Alfred Fuller, CEO (Fuller Brush Man)
January 16, 1885 Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, president of Poland (1939-40)
January 17, 1885 E Ball-Hennings, writer
January 17, 1885 Joseph Arendt, Belgian worker's union leader
January 21, 1885 Umberto Nobile, Italian general
January 23, 1885 Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski, composer
January 25, 1885 A J Else Mauhs, German/Dutch actress (Eline Vere, L'aiglon)
January 27, 1885 Eduard Kunneke, German composer (Vetter aus Dingsda)
January 27, 1885 Jerome Kern, New York City, Broadway composer (Showboat, Roberta)
January 30, 1885 John Henry Towers, aviator/naval hero
February 1, 1885 Camille Chautemps, premier France
February 2, 1885 Aldo Palazzeschi, [Giurlani], Italian writer (I cavalli bianchi)
February 4, 1885 Cairine Ray Wilson, Montreal, 1st female Canadian senator (appointed)
February 7, 1885 Sinclair Lewis, novelist/social critic (Main Street, Nobel 1930)
February 8, 1885 Edith Evans, London England, actress (Tom Jones, David Copperfield)
February 9, 1885 Alban Maria Johannes Berg, Vienna Austria, a Lulu of a composer!
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