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In the year 1873
398 Notable birthdays
Edwin Flack
Australian middle distance runner and tennis player (1873-1935).
Born November 5th, 1873 in London.
Died January 10th, 1935 at 61 years old in Berwick.
Ray Ewry
American track and field athlete (1873–1937).
Born October 14th, 1873 in Lafayette.
Died September 29th, 1937 at 63 years old in New York City.
Nureddin Pasha
Ottoman army general (1873-1932).
Born July 17th, 1873 in Bursa. [ref]
Died February 18th, 1932 at 58 years old in Istanbul.
Sayyid Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi
Libyan supreme leader of the senussi order (1873–1933).
Born December 18th, 1873 in Jaghbub.
Died March 10th, 1933 at 59 years old in Medina.
Jukums Vācietis
Soviet army commander (1873-1938).
Born November 23rd, 1873 in Jaunlutriņi.
Died July 28th, 1938 at 64 years old in Moscow.
Leo Baeck
German-born rabbi, scholar and theologian (1873-1956).
Born May 23rd, 1873 in Leszno. [ref]
Died November 2nd, 1956 at 83 years old in London. [ref]
Francis Burton Harrison
American-filipino politician (1873–1957).
Born December 18th, 1873 in New York City.
Died November 21st, 1957 at 83 years old in Hunterdon Medical Center.
J. E. H. MacDonald
Canadian artist (1873-1932).
Born May 12th, 1873 in Durham.
Died November 26th, 1932 at 59 years old in Toronto.
Bibb Graves
Governor of alabama (1873–1942).
Born April 1st, 1873 in Hope Hull.
Died March 14th, 1942 at 68 years old in Sarasota.
Barbados Joe Walcott
British boxer (1873-1935).
Born March 13th, 1873 in British Guiana.
Died October 1st, 1935 at 62 years old in Massillon (traffic collision).
Leo Frobenius
German ethnologist and archaeologist (1873-1938).
Born June 29th, 1873 in Berlin. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1938 at 65 years old in Verbania. [ref]
Louis Feuillade
French film director of the silent era (1873-1925).
Born February 19th, 1873 in Lunel.
Died February 26th, 1925 at 52 years old in Nice (peritonitis).
Karl von Müller
German naval officer and politician (1873-1923).
Born June 13th, 1873 in Hanover.
Died March 11th, 1923 at 49 years old in Brunswick (malaria).
Sante Geronimo Caserio
Anarchist.
Born September 8th, 1873 in Motta Visconti. [ref]
Died August 16th, 1894 at 20 years old in Lyon (guillotine). [ref]
Albert Howard
British botanist 1873-1947.
Born December 8th, 1873 in Bishop's Castle.
Died October 20th, 1947 at 73 years old in Blackheath.
Ramón Castillo
Former president of argentina (1873-1944).
Born November 20th, 1873 in Ancasti.
Died October 12th, 1944 at 70 years old in Buenos Aires.
Alexey Shchusev
Russian architect (1873-1949).
Born October 8th, 1873 in Chișinău.
Died May 24th, 1949 at 75 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Arthur Oncken Lovejoy
American philosopher and intellectual historian (1873-1962).
Born October 10th, 1873 in Berlin.
Died December 30th, 1962 at 89 years old in Baltimore.
Johannes V. Jensen
Danish author (1873-1950).
Born January 20th, 1873 in Farsø. [ref]
Died November 25th, 1950 at 77 years old in Copenhagen (kidney disease). [ref]
Richard Wilhelm
German sinologist.
Born May 10th, 1873 in Stuttgart. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1930 at 56 years old in Tübingen. [ref]
Valery Bryusov
Russian poet, prose writer, dramatist, translator, critic and historian (1873–1924).
Born December 13th, 1873 in Moscow.
Died October 9th, 1924 at 50 years old in Moscow (pneumonia). [ref]
Carl Lotus Becker
American historian.
Born September 7th, 1873 in Waterloo.
Died April 10th, 1945 at 71 years old in Ithaca.
Jean Adair
Actress (1873-1953).
Born June 13th, 1873 in Hamilton.
Died May 11th, 1953 at 79 years old in New York City (disease).
Dámaso Berenguer, 1st Count of Xauen
Spanish general and politician (1873-1953).
Born August 4th, 1873 in Remedios.
Died May 19th, 1953 at 79 years old in Madrid.
Anton Pannekoek
Dutch astronomer and marxist theorist (1873-1960).
Born January 2nd, 1873 in Vaassen.
Died April 28th, 1960 at 87 years old in Wageningen.
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