Famous Personalities Born In 1874

Jan 01 Frank knox: American secretary of the navy  

Jan 01 Hugo leichtentritt: Composer  

Jan 01 Gustave whitehead: German inventor  

Jan 04 Josef suk: Czech violinist/composer (asrael)  

Jan 04 Sven fleuron: Writer  

Jan 05 Joseph erlanger: Doctor (shock therapy-nobel 1944)  

Jan 06 Fred niblo: U.s. film actor, director, producer  

Jan 13 Jozef e van roey: Flemish cardinal/archbishop of mechlin  

Jan 14 Thornton waldo burgess: Author (peter rabbit)  

Jan 16 Robert service: England, canadian poet (cremation of sam mcgee)  

Jan 22 Edward harkness: American philanthropist  

Jan 22 Wincenty witoz: Galicia, pm of poland (1920-21, 1923, 1926)  

Jan 24 Arthur shomburg: Famous african  

Jan 25 [william] somerset maugham: Paris, novelist/poet (of human bondage)  

Jan 25 Hewlett johnson: [red dean of canterbury], english bishop  

Jan 29 John david rockefeller jr: Cleveland ohio, philanthropist  

Jan 29 Robert lach: Composer  

Feb 01 Hugo von hofmannsthal: Austria, poet/dramatist/essayist  

Feb 03 Franklyn dyall: Liverpool england, actor (easy virtue)  

Feb 03 Gertrude stein: Penn, author (autobiography of alice b toklas)  

Feb 06 Milton bennett medary: Us, architect (washington chapel)  

Feb 09 Vsevolod meyerhold: Russian theatrical director/actor (houligan)  

Feb 09 Amy lowell: Us poet/critic (patterns, sword blades & poppy seed)  

Feb 11 Fritz bennicke hart: Composer  

Feb 11 Elsa beskow: [maartman], swedish children's book/fairy tales author  

Feb 13 Hendrik spiekman: Dutch politician (social-democratic)  

Feb 15 Emilis melngailis: Composer  

Feb 15 Ernest h shackleton: Kilkee ireland, explorer (endurance, antarctica)  

Feb 16 Marie gutheil-schoder: German soprano  

Feb 17 Thomas j watson: Us, representative/founder (ibm)  

Feb 20 Mary garden: Aberdeen scotland, opera star  

Feb 22 Bill klem: American baseball umpire  

Feb 23 Konstantin päts: Estonian pm (1921-23, 1932-33), dictator (1933-40)  

Feb 24 Honus wagner: Hof shortstop (pittsburgh pirates, 1900-17)  

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Jan 04 Thomas gregson: Premier of tasmania (b. 1798)  

Jan 08 Charles etienne brasseur de bourbourg: French writer and historian (b. 1814)  

Jan 17 Chang & eng bunker: Chinese/thai siamese twins,  

Jan 19 H v fallersleben: Writer,  

Feb 03 Lunalilo: Hawaiian monarch (b. 1835)  

Feb 08 David f strauss: German theologist,  

Feb 09 Jules michelet: French historian (history of france),  

Feb 17 [lambert] adolphe j quetelet: Belg astronomer/sociologist,