Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 17
Friday, 04 July 2025
1837 Sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws) was born on February - 17.
1844 On this day in history birth of a Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward)
1848 Louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (d. 1920) was born on this day in history.
1849 On this day in history birth of selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter
1850 On February - 17 birth of anton Urspruch, composer
1850 On this day in history birth of ludwig Bonvin, composer
1854 Friedrich A Krupp, German arms manufacturer was born on this day in history.
1855 On this day in history birth of otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I)
1857 Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher was born on this day in history.
1858 On this day in history birth of ernest Ford, composer
1861 On this day in history birth of princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (d. 1922)
1862 On this day in history birth of edward German (Jones), Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer
1862 Mori ÅŒgai, Japanese novelist and poet (d. 1922) was born on this day in history.
1863 On February - 17 birth of fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927)
1864 Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, NSW Australia, poet (Waltzing Matilda) was born on February - 17.
1864 Jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor (d. 1929) was born on this day in history.
1867 On this day in history birth of william Cadbury, England, chocolate manufacturer (Cadbury)
1870 On February - 17 birth of louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder (Flemish People's Party)
1874 Thomas J Watson, US, representative/founder (IBM) was born on February - 17.
1877 Henri Vandeputte, Belgian author/poet (L'homme Jeune) was born on February - 17.
1877 On February - 17 birth of isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (d. 1904)
1877 André Maginot, French politician (d. 1932) was born on February - 17.
1879 On this day in history birth of dorothy Canfield Fisher, US, novelist (Book-of-Month-Club)
1880 Alvaro Obregon, general/president Mexico (1920-24) was born on this day in history.
1882 Kurt Schindler, composer was born on February - 17.
1882 On this day in history birth of noah Beery, Smithville AR, actor (Story of Esther, Mark of Zorro)
1884 On February - 17 birth of arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish minister of Internal affairs (1940)
1885 Steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943) was born on February - 17.
1887 On February - 17 birth of leevi Antti Madetoja, composer
1888 Henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award) was born on February - 17.
1888 Otto Stern, German/US physicist (Stern-Gerlach-experiment, Nobel 1943) was born on this day in history.
1888 On this day in history birth of ronald Aburthnott Knox, English priest/writer (Viaduct Murder)
1889 On this day in history birth of h[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire
1891 Georg Britting, writer was born on February - 17.
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