| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known 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 |
