Famous Personalities Born In 1874

Jan 01 In the year 1874 birth of frank Knox, American Secretary of the Navy (d. 1944)  

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

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of hugo Leichtentritt, composer  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer (Asrael)  

Jan 04 Sven Fleuron, writer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of joseph Erlanger, doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944)  

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of fred Niblo, U.S. film actor, director, producer (d. 1948)  

Jan 13 On this day in history 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 In the year 1874 birth of wincenty Witoz, Galicia, PM of Poland (1920-21, 1923, 1926)  

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

Jan 25 On this day in history birth of hewlett Johnson, [Red Dean of Canterbury], English bishop  

Jan 25 [William] Somerset Maugham, Paris, novelist/poet (Of Human Bondage) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 29 On this day in history birth of john David Rockefeller Jr, Cleveland Ohio, philanthropist  

Jan 29 Robert Lach, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Feb 03 On this day in history 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 in the year 1874.  

Feb 09 Amy Lowell, US poet/critic (Patterns, Sword Blades & Poppy Seed) was born on this day in history.  

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

Feb 11 On this day in history birth of elsa Beskow, [Maartman], Swedish children's book/fairy tales author  

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

Feb 13 In the year 1874 birth of hendrik Spiekman, Dutch politician (social-democratic)  

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

Feb 15 Ernest H Shackleton, Kilkee Ireland, explorer (Endurance, Antarctica) was born in the year 1874.  

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

Feb 17 On this day in history birth of thomas J Watson, US, representative/founder (IBM)  

Feb 20 In the year 1874 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 In the year 1874 birth of konstantin Päts, Estonian PM (1921-23, 1932-33), dictator (1933-40)  

Feb 24 Honus Wagner, HOF shortstop (Pittsburgh Pirates, 1900-17) was born in the year 1874.  

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Jan 04 Thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798) died in the year 1874.  

Jan 08 Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian (b. 1814) died in the year 1874.  

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 On this day in history death of lunalilo, Hawaiian monarch (b. 1835)  

Feb 08 In the year 1874 david F Strauss, German theologist, dies at 66  

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