Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 17
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
1837 Sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws) was born on this day in history.
1844 On this day in history birth of a Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward)
1848 On this day in history birth of louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (d. 1920)
1849 Selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter was born on February - 17.
1850 On February - 17 birth of anton Urspruch, composer
1850 On February - 17 birth of ludwig Bonvin, composer
1854 On this day in history birth of friedrich A Krupp, German arms manufacturer
1855 On this day in history birth of otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I)
1857 On February - 17 birth of samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher
1858 Ernest Ford, composer was born on this day in history.
1861 Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (d. 1922) was born on February - 17.
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 February - 17.
1863 Fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927) was born on February - 17.
1864 On February - 17 birth of andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, NSW Australia, poet (Waltzing Matilda)
1864 Jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor (d. 1929) was born on this day in history.
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 On February - 17 birth of henri Vandeputte, Belgian author/poet (L'homme Jeune)
1877 On this day in history birth of isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (d. 1904)
1877 André Maginot, French politician (d. 1932) was born on this day in history.
1879 On February - 17 birth of dorothy Canfield Fisher, US, novelist (Book-of-Month-Club)
1880 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1887 Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer was born on this day in history.
1888 On February - 17 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 On this day in history birth of ronald Aburthnott Knox, English priest/writer (Viaduct Murder)
1889 H[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire was born on this day in history.
1891 Georg Britting, writer was born on this day in history.
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