Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In February - 17
Thursday, 10 July 2025
1837 Sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws) was born on February - 17.
1844 On February - 17 birth of a Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward)
1848 Louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (d. 1920) was born on February - 17.
1849 Selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter was born on February - 17.
1850 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I)
1857 Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher was born on this day in history.
1858 Ernest Ford, composer was born on February - 17.
1861 Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (d. 1922) was born on this day in history.
1862 On this day in history birth of edward German (Jones), Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer
1862 On this day in history birth of mori ÅŒgai, Japanese novelist and poet (d. 1922)
1863 On this day in history birth of fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927)
1864 Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, NSW Australia, poet (Waltzing Matilda) was born on February - 17.
1864 Jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor (d. 1929) was born on February - 17.
1867 On this day in history birth of william Cadbury, England, chocolate manufacturer (Cadbury)
1870 Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder (Flemish People's Party) was born on this day in history.
1874 Thomas J Watson, US, representative/founder (IBM) was born on February - 17.
1877 On February - 17 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 André Maginot, French politician (d. 1932) was born on February - 17.
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 February - 17.
1882 Kurt Schindler, composer was born on this day in history.
1882 On this day in history birth of noah Beery, Smithville AR, actor (Story of Esther, Mark of Zorro)
1884 On February - 17 birth of arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish minister of Internal affairs (1940)
1885 On this day in history birth of steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943)
1887 On this day in history birth of leevi Antti Madetoja, composer
1888 Henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award) was born on this day in history.
1888 On February - 17 birth of otto Stern, German/US physicist (Stern-Gerlach-experiment, Nobel 1943)
1888 On February - 17 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 Georg Britting, writer was born on this day in history.
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