Famous Personalities Born In 1874

Jan 01 Frank Knox, American Secretary of the Navy (d. 1944) was born in the year 1874.  

Jan 01 In the year 1874 birth of gustave Whitehead, German inventor (d. 1927)  

Jan 01 In the year 1874 birth of hugo Leichtentritt, composer  

Jan 04 Josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer (Asrael) was born in the year 1874.  

Jan 04 Sven Fleuron, writer was born in the year 1874.  

Jan 05 Joseph Erlanger, doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944) was born in the year 1874.  

Jan 06 Fred Niblo, U.S. film actor, director, producer (d. 1948) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 13 Jozef E van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechlin was born on this day in history.  

Jan 14 In the year 1874 birth of thornton Waldo Burgess, author (Peter Rabbit)  

Jan 16 On this day in history birth of robert Service, England, Canadian poet (Cremation of Sam McGee)  

Jan 22 On this day in history birth of edward Harkness, American philanthropist (d. 1940)  

Jan 22 In the year 1874 birth of wincenty Witoz, Galicia, PM of Poland (1920-21, 1923, 1926)  

Jan 24 Arthur Shomburg, famous African was born in the year 1874.  

Jan 25 In the year 1874 birth of hewlett Johnson, [Red Dean of Canterbury], English bishop  

Jan 25 [William] Somerset Maugham, Paris, novelist/poet (Of Human Bondage) was born in the year 1874.  

Jan 29 John David Rockefeller Jr, Cleveland Ohio, philanthropist was born in the year 1874.  

Jan 29 Robert Lach, composer was born in the year 1874.  

Feb 01 On this day in history birth of hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austria, poet/dramatist/essayist  

Feb 03 In the year 1874 birth of franklyn Dyall, Liverpool England, actor (Easy Virtue)  

Feb 03 In the year 1874 birth of gertrude Stein, Penn, author (Autobiography of Alice B Toklas)  

Feb 06 In the year 1874 birth of milton Bennett Medary, US, architect (Washington Chapel)  

Feb 09 On this day in history birth of amy Lowell, US poet/critic (Patterns, Sword Blades & Poppy Seed)  

Feb 09 In the year 1874 birth of vsevolod Meyerhold, Russian theatrical director/actor (Houligan)  

Feb 11 In the year 1874 birth of elsa Beskow, [Maartman], Swedish children's book/fairy tales author  

Feb 11 On this day in history birth of fritz Bennicke Hart, composer  

Feb 13 On this day in history birth of hendrik Spiekman, Dutch politician (social-democratic)  

Feb 15 Emilis Melngailis, composer was born in the year 1874.  

Feb 15 On this day in history birth of ernest H Shackleton, Kilkee Ireland, explorer (Endurance, Antarctica)  

Feb 16 On this day in history birth of marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano (d. 1935)  

Feb 17 Thomas J Watson, US, representative/founder (IBM) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 20 In the year 1874 birth of mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star  

Feb 22 In the year 1874 birth of bill Klem, American baseball umpire (d. 1951)  

Feb 23 In the year 1874 birth of konstantin Päts, Estonian PM (1921-23, 1932-33), dictator (1933-40)  

Feb 24 In the year 1874 birth of honus Wagner, HOF shortstop (Pittsburgh Pirates, 1900-17)  

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Jan 04 On this day in history death of thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)  

Jan 08 In the year 1874 death of charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian (b. 1814)  

Jan 17 In the year 1874 chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese/Thai Siamese twins, dies at 62  

Jan 19 H v Fallersleben, writer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Feb 03 Lunalilo, Hawaiian monarch (b. 1835) died in the year 1874.  

Feb 08 David F Strauss, German theologist, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Feb 09 Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France), dies at 75 in the year 1874.  

Feb 17 In the year 1874 [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belg astronomer/sociologist, dies at 77