Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 17
Sunday, 06 July 2025
1837 Sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws) was born on February - 17.
1844 A Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward) was born on this day in history.
1848 Louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (d. 1920) was born on this day in history.
1849 On this day in history birth of selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter
1850 On February - 17 birth of anton Urspruch, composer
1850 On this day in history birth of ludwig Bonvin, composer
1854 On this day in history birth of friedrich A Krupp, German arms manufacturer
1855 Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I) was born on this day in history.
1857 On February - 17 birth of samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher
1858 On February - 17 birth of ernest Ford, composer
1861 On February - 17 birth of princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (d. 1922)
1862 Edward German (Jones), Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer was born on February - 17.
1862 On February - 17 birth of mori ÅŒgai, Japanese novelist and poet (d. 1922)
1863 Fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927) was born on February - 17.
1864 Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, NSW Australia, poet (Waltzing Matilda) was born on February - 17.
1864 On February - 17 birth of jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor (d. 1929)
1867 On February - 17 birth of william Cadbury, England, chocolate manufacturer (Cadbury)
1870 On this day in history birth of louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder (Flemish People's Party)
1874 On February - 17 birth of thomas J Watson, US, representative/founder (IBM)
1877 On this day in history birth of henri Vandeputte, Belgian author/poet (L'homme Jeune)
1877 Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.
1877 On this day in history birth of andré Maginot, French politician (d. 1932)
1879 On February - 17 birth of dorothy Canfield Fisher, US, novelist (Book-of-Month-Club)
1880 Alvaro Obregon, general/president Mexico (1920-24) was born on this day in history.
1882 On this day in history birth of kurt Schindler, composer
1882 On February - 17 birth of noah Beery, Smithville AR, actor (Story of Esther, Mark of Zorro)
1884 On this day in history birth of arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish minister of Internal affairs (1940)
1885 Steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943) was born on February - 17.
1887 Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer was born on this day in history.
1888 Henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award) was born on February - 17.
1888 On this day in history birth of otto Stern, German/US physicist (Stern-Gerlach-experiment, Nobel 1943)
1888 On this day in history birth of ronald Aburthnott Knox, English priest/writer (Viaduct Murder)
1889 On this day in history birth of h[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire
1891 On this day in history birth of georg Britting, writer
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