American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1930)

Lon Chaney

Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney was an American actor and makeup artist. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of cinema, renowned for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and afflicted, characters and for his groundbreaking artistry with makeup. Chaney was known for his starring roles in such silent horror films as The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). His ability to transform himself using makeup techniques that he developed earned him the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Faces".

Born

1883

April 1

Died

1930

Era

1880s

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Lon, in brief

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1883 Born
1930 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

285 Roman emperor Diocletian names Maximian his co-emperor ("Augustus").
527 Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
1081 Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and, after his troops spend three days extensively looting Constantinople, is formally crowned on April 4.
1572 In the Eighty Years' War, the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Seventeen Provinces, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic.

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The world in 1930

When Lon departed

april 18 A fire kills 118 people at a wooden church in the small Romanian town of Costești, most of them schoolchildren, after starting during Good Friday services.
april 2 After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
april 22 The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
april 28 The Independence Producers host the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on April 1

Anamaria Marinca 1978– Romanian-English actress Asa Butterfield 1997– English actor Beth Tweddle 1985– English gymnast Bijou Phillips 1980– American actress and model David Gower 1957– English cricketer and sportscaster Ferenc Puskás 1927–2006 Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2006) Gil Scott-Heron 1949–2011 American singer-songwriter and author (died 2011) Hazem El Masri 1976– Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and educator James Fisk 1834– American businessman (died 1872)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1883

John Maynard Keynes 1883–1946 English economist and philosopher (born 1883) Alexander Neill 1883– Scottish educator (died 1973) Anton Webern 1883–1945 Austrian composer and conductor (died 1945) Archibald Wavell 1883–1950 1st Earl Wavell, English field marshal and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (born 1883) Benito Mussolini 1883–1945 Italian journalist, fascist dictator and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1883) Constance Georgina Adams 1883– South African botanist (died 1968) Enoch L. Johnson 1883–1968 American mob boss (born 1883) Franz Kafka 1883–1924 Czech-Austrian author (died 1924) Ikki Kita 1883– Japanese philosopher and author (died 1937)

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