Famous Birthdays In February - 17
Sunday, 24 September 2023
1837 Sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws) was born on this day in history.
1844 A Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward) was born on February - 17.
1848 On this day in history birth of louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (d. 1920)
1849 On February - 17 birth of selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter
1850 On this day in history birth of anton Urspruch, composer
1850 Ludwig Bonvin, composer was born on this day in history.
1854 Friedrich A Krupp, German arms manufacturer was born on this day in history.
1855 On February - 17 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 Ernest Ford, composer was born on February - 17.
1861 Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (d. 1922) was born on this day in history.
1862 Edward German (Jones), Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer was born on February - 17.
1862 Mori ÅŒgai, Japanese novelist and poet (d. 1922) was born on February - 17.
1863 On February - 17 birth of fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927)
1864 On this day in history birth of andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, NSW Australia, poet (Waltzing Matilda)
1864 Jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor (d. 1929) was born on February - 17.
1867 William Cadbury, England, chocolate manufacturer (Cadbury) was born on this day in history.
1870 Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder (Flemish People's Party) was born on February - 17.
1874 On this day in history birth of thomas J Watson, US, representative/founder (IBM)
1877 Henri Vandeputte, Belgian author/poet (L'homme Jeune) was born on this day in history.
1877 On this day in history birth of isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (d. 1904)
1877 On February - 17 birth of andré Maginot, French politician (d. 1932)
1879 On February - 17 birth of dorothy Canfield Fisher, US, novelist (Book-of-Month-Club)
1880 On February - 17 birth of alvaro Obregon, general/president Mexico (1920-24)
1882 Kurt Schindler, composer was born on February - 17.
1882 Noah Beery, Smithville AR, actor (Story of Esther, Mark of Zorro) was born on February - 17.
1884 On this day in history birth of arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish minister of Internal affairs (1940)
1885 On February - 17 birth of steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943)
1887 Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer was born on February - 17.
1888 On this day in history birth of henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award)
1888 Otto Stern, German/US physicist (Stern-Gerlach-experiment, Nobel 1943) was born on this day in history.
1888 Ronald Aburthnott Knox, English priest/writer (Viaduct Murder) was born on this day in history.
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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