Famous Birthdays In 1874

Jan 01 Frank Knox, American Secretary of the Navy (d. 1944) was born on this day in history.

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

Jan 01 Hugo Leichtentritt, composer was born on this day in history.

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 In the year 1874 birth of joseph Erlanger, doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944)

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

Jan 13 In the year 1874 birth of jozef E van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechlin

Jan 14 On this day in history 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 Wincenty Witoz, Galicia, PM of Poland (1920-21, 1923, 1926) was born in the year 1874.

Jan 24 On this day in history birth of arthur Shomburg, famous African

Jan 25 Hewlett Johnson, [Red Dean of Canterbury], English bishop was born on this day in history.

Jan 25 In the year 1874 birth of [William] Somerset Maugham, Paris, novelist/poet (Of Human Bondage)

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 In the year 1874 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 Gertrude Stein, Penn, author (Autobiography of Alice B Toklas) was born in the year 1874.

Feb 06 Milton Bennett Medary, US, architect (Washington Chapel) was born on this day in history.

Feb 09 In the year 1874 birth of amy Lowell, US poet/critic (Patterns, Sword Blades & Poppy Seed)

Feb 09 On this day in history birth of vsevolod Meyerhold, Russian theatrical director/actor (Houligan)

Feb 11 Elsa Beskow, [Maartman], Swedish children's book/fairy tales author was born in the year 1874.

Feb 11 Fritz Bennicke Hart, composer was born on this day in history.

Feb 13 Hendrik Spiekman, Dutch politician (social-democratic) was born on this day in history.

Feb 15 In the year 1874 birth of emilis Melngailis, composer

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

Feb 16 Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano (d. 1935) was born in the year 1874.

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

Feb 20 On this day in history birth of mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star

Feb 22 Bill Klem, American baseball umpire (d. 1951) was born on this day in history.

Feb 23 Konstantin Päts, Estonian PM (1921-23, 1932-33), dictator (1933-40) was born in the year 1874.

Feb 24 On this day in history birth of honus Wagner, HOF shortstop (Pittsburgh Pirates, 1900-17)

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Jan 04 In the year 1874 death of thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)

Jan 08 On this day in history 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 in the year 1874.

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

Feb 08 David F Strauss, German theologist, dies at 66 in the year 1874.

Feb 09 Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France), dies at 75 on this day in history.

Feb 17 On this day in history [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belg astronomer/sociologist, dies at 77