Egon Kisch

Egon Erwin Kisch was an Austrian and Czechoslovak writer and journalist, who wrote in German. He styled himself Der Rasende Reporter for his countless travels to the far corners of the globe and his equally numerous articles produced in a relatively short time, Kisch was noted for his development of literary reportage, his opposition to Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime, and his Communism.

29 April 1885

Born on the same birth day (29 April): Amy Krouse Rosenthal • Andre Russell • Chris Pearson (politician) • Constantine P. Cavafy • Dick Chrysler • Dmitry Zaikin • Edward Blishen • Edward Wilfred Taylor • Hanne Darboven • Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild • James Faulkner (cricketer) • Jay Cutler • Jonathan Toews • Katherine Langford • Klaus Rinke • Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović • Mallory Swanson • Maya Deren • Mike Babcock • Otis Rush • Paul Holmes (broadcaster) • Peter Sculthorpe • Uma Thurman • Zubin Mehta

Born in the same month (April 1885): György Lukács • Leó Weiner • Marie-Victorin Kirouac • Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy • Tadeusz Kutrzeba • Tatu Kolehmainen