Famous People Born In 1874
Discover the most famous people born in 1874. The list includes people like Lucy Maud Montgomery, Winston Churchill, Harry Houdini, Herbert Hoover, Robert Frost and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include poets, novelists, political leaders and composers born in 1874. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & France and many more countries.
Winston Churchill30th November, British
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Herbert Hoover10th August, American
31st U.S. President
Harry Houdini24th March, Hungarian
Illusionist
Robert Frost26th March, American
Poet
John D. Rockefeller Jr.29th January, American
Philanthropist & Businessman
Gertrude Stein3rd February, American
American novelist
Guglielmo Marconi25th April, Italian
Inventor
Lucy Maud Montgomery30th November, Canadian
Author
Arnold Schoenberg13th September, Austrian
Composer
Howard Carter9th May, British
Archaeologist
Charles Ives20th October, American
Composer
Chaim Weizmann27th November, British
Former President of Israel
Edward Thorndike31st August, American
Psychologist
Robert W. Service16th January, Canadian, French, British
Poet & Writer
Henry Travers5th March, British
Actor
Carl Bosch27th August, German
Chemist & Engineer
Antanas Smetona10th August, Lithuanian
Former President of Lithuania
Johannes Stark15th April, German
Nobel Prize Winner in Physics
August Krogh15th November, Danish
Zoophysiologist
Sir Ernest Shackleton15th February, British
Antarctic explorer
Joseph Erlanger5th January, American
Physiologist
William Maugham25th January, British
Novelist & Playwright
Joaquín Torres García28th July, Uruguayan
Artist
Einar Jónsson11th May, Icelander
Icelandic sculptor
Gilbert K. Chesterton29th May, British
Writer
Gustavus Theodore von Holst21st September, British
Composer
Gustav Holst21st September, British
Composer
William Lyon Mackenzie King17th December, Canadian
Former Prime Minister of Canada
Honus Wagner24th February, German, American
Baseballer
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.29th January, American
Business Person
Thomas J. Watson17th February, American
Entrepreneur
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Nicholas Roerich9th October, Russian
Philosopher, Painter, Choreographer, Writer,
Talaat Pasha10th April, Turkish
politician
Lewis Hine26th September, American
Sociologist
J. C. Leyendecker23rd March, American
Illustrator, Painter, Artist
António Egas Moniz29th November, Portuguese
Neurologist
Oswald Chambers24th July, British
Author, Theologian
Nap Lajoie5th September, American
Baseball player
Jesse H. Jones5th April, American
Politician
James Michael Curley20th November, American
Politician
Bert Williams12th November, American
Actor, Screenwriter, Stage actor
Vsevolod Meyerhold9th February, Russian
Theatre Director
Frank Knox1st January, American
Politician
Ernst Cassirer28th July, Polish, Swedish
Philosopher, University teacher
Reginald Johnston21st May, Scottish
Politician, Diplomat, Teacher
Charles A. Beard27th November, American
Historian of the modern age, Historian, University
Abbas II of Egypt14th July, Egyptian
Khedive
Hugo von Hofmannsthal1st February, Austrian
Novelist, Librettist, Poet, Playwright, Writer,
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven12th July, German
Sculptor, Writer, Painter, Model, Poet, Artist
Amy Lowell9th February, American
Poet, Writer, Socialite
Max Scheler22nd August, German
Philosopher, Anthropologist, University teacher,
Arthur Meighen16th June, Canadian
Politician, Lawyer, Diplomat
D. F. Malan22nd May, South African
Politician
Reynaldo Hahn9th August, French, Venezuelan
Conductor, Composer, Choreographer, Music critic,
Romaine Brooks1st May, Italian, American
Painter
Owen D. Young27th October, American
Industrialist
Gustave Whitehead1st January, German, American
Aerospace engineer, Engineer
Wu Peifu22nd April, Chinese
Warlord
Luigi Einaudi24th March, Italian
President
Eugen Fischer5th July, German
Anthropologist, Physician, Racial hygienist,
François Coty3rd May, French
Perfumer
Henri Guisan21st October, Swiss
Officer
Vagn Walfrid Ekman3rd May, Swedish
Oceanographer
Joe Gans25th November, American
Boxer
Konstantin Päts23rd February, Estonian
Politician
Stephen Samuel Wise17th March, Hungarian, American
Rabbi
Auguste Perret12th February, French
architect
Polaire14th May, French
Actor, Singer, Stage actor
Āpirana Ngata3rd July, New Zealander
Politician
Serge Koussevitzky26th July
Composer, Conductor, Musician
Huang Xing24th October, Chinese
Revolutionary
Lina Cavalieri25th December
Singer, Actor, Opera singer
Shahaji II26th June, Indian
Wesley Clair Mitchell5th August, American
Economist
John Russell Pope24th April, American
Architect
Ellen Glasgow22nd April, American
American author
Mary Garden20th February, American
Singer, Opera singer, Actor
Joaquín Torres-García28th July, Spanish, Uruguayan
Artist
Bill Klem22nd February, American
Baseball umpire
Aleksandr Kolchak16th October, Russian
Explorer
Frank Conrad4th May, American
Engineer
Georges Lefebvre6th August, French
Historian
Leopoldo Lugones13th June, Argentinian
Poet
Josep Maria Sert21st December, Spanish
Muralist
Clarence Mackay17th April, American
Financier
Zona Gale26th August, American
Novelist
Clarence Day18th November, American
Author
Nicolae Rădescu30th March, Romanian
Officer
Władysław Grabski7th July, Polish
Politician
Alice Duer Miller28th July, American
Poet, Author, Screenwriter, Writer
Wincenty Witos22nd January, Polish
Politician
Juan Bautista Sacasa21st December, Nicaraguan
Political figure
Maurice Baring27th April, British
Author
Charles Clinton Spaulding1st August, American
Business Person