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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Henry F. Ashurst
Politician
13-Sep-1874 31-May-1962 US Senator from Arizona, 1912-41
William Bagley
Educator
15-Mar-1874 1-Jul-1946 Opponent of Dewey's progressive education
Samuel Aaron Baker
Politician
7-Nov-1874 16-Sep-1933 Governor of Missouri, 1925-29
William Brockman Bankhead
Politician
12-Apr-1874 15-Sep-1940 Speaker of the US House, 1936-40
Charles A. Beard
Historian
27-Nov-1874 1-Sep-1948 The Rise of American Civilization
Carl Bosch
Chemist
27-Aug-1874 26-Apr-1940 Chairman of I. G. Farben
Edward Bowes
Radio Personality
14-Jun-1874 14-Jun-1946 Major Bowes' Amateur Hour
Howard Carter
Archaeologist
9-May-1874 2-Mar-1939 Uncovered Tutankhamun's Tomb
Ernst Cassirer
Philosopher
28-Jul-1874 13-Apr-1945 The Myth of the State
G. K. Chesterton
Author
29-May-1874 14-Jun-1936 The Man Who Was Thursday
Winston Churchill
Head of State
30-Nov-1874 24-Jan-1965 WWII Prime Minister of England
James M. Curley
Politician
20-Nov-1874 12-Nov-1958 Four-time Mayor of Boston
Clarence Day
Author
18-Nov-1874 28-Dec-1935 Life with Father
Emma Dunn
Actor
26-Feb-1874 14-Dec-1966 The Talk of the Town
John L. Duvall
Politician
29-Nov-1874 25-Feb-1962 Indianapolis mayor, took Klan bribes
John A. Elston
Politician
10-Feb-1874 15-Dec-1921 US Congressman from California, 1915-21
Joseph Erlanger
Scientist
5-Jan-1874 5-Dec-1965 Nerve conduction
Charles Fort
Scientist
6-Aug-1874 3-May-1932 Prophet of the Unexplained
Lynn J. Frazier
Politician
21-Dec-1874 11-Jan-1947 Governor and Senator from North Dakota
Robert Frost
Poet
26-Mar-1874 29-Jan-1963 Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Zona Gale
Novelist
26-Aug-1874 27-Dec-1938 Miss Lulu Bett
Mary Garden
Singer
20-Feb-1874 3-Jan-1967 Operatic soprano
Edward Stephen Harkness
Philanthropist
22-Jan-1874 29-Jan-1940 Philanthropist
Gustav Holst
Composer
21-Sep-1874 25-May-1934 The Planets
Herbert Hoover
Head of State
10-Aug-1874 20-Oct-1964 31st US President, 1929-33
Lou Hoover
First Lady
29-Mar-1874 7-Jan-1944 Wife of US President Herbert Hoover
Harry Houdini
Magician
24-Mar-1874 31-Oct-1926 Best-known magician and debunker
Harold Ickes
Government
15-Mar-1874 3-Feb-1952 US Secretary of the Interior, 1933-46
Charles Ives
Composer
20-Oct-1874 19-May-1954 Third Symphony (The Camp Meeting)
Jesse H. Jones
Government
5-Apr-1874 1-Jun-1956 US Secretary of Commerce, 1940-45
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Head of State
17-Dec-1874 22-Jul-1950 Three-time Prime Minister of Canada
Frank Knox
Politician
1-Jan-1874 28-Apr-1944 US Secretary of the Navy, 1940-44
Aleksandr Kolchak
Military
16-Nov-1874 7-Feb-1920 Supreme Ruler of the Russian State, 1918-20
Serge Koussevitzky
Conductor
26-Jul-1874 4-Jun-1951 Music Director, Boston Symphony, 1924-49
James L. Kraft
Business
11-Dec-1874 Feb-1953 Inventor of processed cheese
August Krogh
Scientist
15-Nov-1874 13-Sep-1949 Discovered how capillaries regulate oxygen
Nap Lajoie
Baseball
5-Sep-1874 7-Feb-1959 MLB Hall of Famer
Amy Lowell
Poet
9-Feb-1874 12-May-1925 What's O'Clock
Guglielmo Marconi
Scientist
25-Apr-1874 20-Jul-1937 Inventor of radio
E. W. Marland
Politician
8-May-1874 3-Oct-1941 Governor of Oklahoma, 1935-39
W. Somerset Maugham
Novelist
25-Jan-1874 16-Dec-1965 Of Human Bondage
Charles L. McNary
Politician
12-Jun-1874 25-Feb-1944 US Senator from Oregon, 1917-44
Arthur Meighen
Head of State
16-Jun-1874 5-Aug-1960 Twice Canadian Prime Minister
Charles E. Merriam
Scholar
15-Nov-1874 8-Jan-1953 American Political Ideas
Grant Mitchell
Actor
17-Jun-1874 1-May-1957 Father Is a Prince
Wesley Clair Mitchell
Economist
5-Aug-1874 29-Oct-1948 Business Cycles
William D. Mitchell
Government
9-Sep-1874 24-Aug-1955 US Attorney General, 1929-33
Egas Moniz
Scientist
29-Nov-1874 13-Dec-1955 Pre-frontal lobotomy and cerebral arteriography
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Novelist
30-Nov-1874 24-Apr-1942 Anne of Green Gables
Matthew M. Neely
Politician
9-Nov-1874 18-Jan-1958 Governor and Senator from West Virginia
Fred Niblo
Film Director
6-Jan-1874 11-Nov-1948 Ben-Hur
John Lord O'Brian
Government
14-Oct-1874 1974 Prominent antitrust lawyer
Sidney Reilly
Spy
24-Mar-1874 5-Nov-1925 Ace of Spies
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Business
29-Jan-1874 11-May-1960 Built Rockefeller Center
Arnold Schoenberg
Composer
13-Sep-1874 13-Jul-1951 Emancipated dissonance
Robert W. Service
Poet
16-Jan-1874 11-Sep-1958 Bard of the Yukon
Ernest Shackleton
Explorer
15-Feb-1874 5-Jan-1922 Antarctic explorer
Arthur G. Sorlie
Politician
26-Apr-1874 28-Aug-1928 Governor of North Dakota, 1925-28
Johannes Stark
Physicist
15-Apr-1874 21-Jun-1957 Discovered the Stark Effect
Gertrude Stein
Author
3-Feb-1874 27-Jul-1946 Avant-garde writer, salon
Myron C. Taylor
Business
18-Jan-1874 6-May-1959 CEO of US Steel, 1932-38
Sidney Toler
Actor
28-Apr-1874 12-Feb-1947 Charlie Chan
Henry Travers
Actor
5-Mar-1874 18-Oct-1965 It's a Wonderful Life
William A. Vinson
Judge
22-Dec-1874 26-Oct-1951 Vinson & Elkins
Honus Wagner
Baseball
24-Feb-1874 6-Dec-1955 Pittsburgh shortstop on valuable baseball card
Thomas J. Watson
Business
17-Feb-1874 19-Jun-1956 Led IBM into the computer era
Chaim Weizmann
Head of State
27-Nov-1874 9-Nov-1952 First President of Israel


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