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In the year 1874
485 Notable birthdays
Auguste Perret
French architect (1874–1954).
Born February 12th, 1874 in Brussels. [ref]
Died February 25th, 1954 at 80 years old in Paris.
Harry McNish
Scottish carpenter and participant in ernest shackleton's endurance expedition.
Born September 11th, 1874 in Port Glasgow.
Died September 24th, 1930 at 56 years old in Wellington.
Lina Cavalieri
Italian operatic soprano (1874-1944).
Born December 25th, 1874 in Viterbo.
Died February 8th, 1944 at 69 years old in Florence, Fiesole (airstrike).
Paul Wegener
German actor and film director (1874-1948).
Born December 11th, 1874 in Jarantowice.
Died September 13th, 1948 at 73 years old in Wilmersdorf.
Dmitry Ulyanov
Russian revolutionary (1874-1943).
Born August 16th, 1874 in Ulyanovsk.
Died July 16th, 1943 at 68 years old in Gorki Leninskiye.
Charles L. McNary
American politician.
Born June 12th, 1874 in Salem.
Died February 25th, 1944 at 69 years old in Fort Lauderdale (brain cancer).
Grant Mitchell
American actor (1874-1957).
Born June 17th, 1874 in Columbus.
Died May 1st, 1957 at 82 years old in Los Angeles (stroke).
George Tupou II
King of tonga (1874-1918).
Born June 18th, 1874 in Neiafu.
Died April 5th, 1918 at 43 years old in Tonga.
François Coty
French perfumer, businessman, newspaper publisher, politician and patron of the arts (1874-1934).
Born May 3rd, 1874 in Ajaccio.
Died July 25th, 1934 at 60 years old in Louveciennes (pneumonia, stroke).
Henriette Caillaux
Second wife of the former prime minister of france (1874-1943).
Born December 5th, 1874 in avenue Paul-Doumer. [ref]
Died January 29th, 1943 at 68 years old in Mamers.
Ellen Glasgow
Novelist, short story writer (1873–1945).
Born April 22nd, 1874 in Richmond.
Died November 21st, 1945 at 71 years old in Richmond.
Charles Middleton
American actor (1874–1949).
Born October 3rd, 1874 in Elizabethtown.
Died April 22nd, 1949 at 74 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Isaac Carasso
Spanish entrepreneur, founder of groupe danone.
Born January 21st, 1874 in Thessaloniki.
Died April 19th, 1939 at 65 years old in Paris.
John Russell Pope
American architect (1874–1937).
Born April 24th, 1874 in Manhattan.
Died August 27th, 1937 at 63 years old in Manhattan.
Clarence Day
American writer (1874–1935).
Born November 18th, 1874 in New York City.
Died December 28th, 1935 at 61 years old in New York City (pneumonia).
Kathleen Lynn
Irish politician, activist and medical doctor.
Born January 28th, 1874 in Killala.
Died September 14th, 1955 at 81 years old
Mary Garden
Scottish opera singer (1874-1967).
Born February 20th, 1874 in Aberdeen.
Died January 3rd, 1967 at 92 years old in Inverurie.
Mustafa Kamil
Egyptian politician (1874–1908).
Born August 14th, 1874 in Cairo.
Died February 10th, 1908 at 33 years old in Cairo (tuberculosis).
Adolf Brand
German writer (1874-1945).
Born November 14th, 1874 in Berlin.
Died February 2nd, 1945 at 70 years old in Berlin.
Lynn Frazier
American politician (1874–1947).
Born December 21st, 1874 in Steele County.
Died January 11th, 1947 at 72 years old in Riverdale.
August Krogh
Danish physiologist (1874–1949).
Born November 15th, 1874 in Grenaa.
Died September 13th, 1949 at 74 years old in Copenhagen.
Elsa Beskow
Swedish artist (1874-1953).
Born February 11th, 1874 in Stockholm, Maria Magdalena parish. [ref]
Died June 30th, 1953 at 79 years old in Danderyd (cancer).
Joseph Goldberger
Slovak-american epidemiologist (1874-1929).
Born July 16th, 1874 in Giraltovce.
Died January 17th, 1929 at 54 years old in Washington, D.C..
Josep Maria Sert
Spanish artist (1874-1945).
Born December 22nd, 1874 in Barcelona.
Died November 27th, 1945 at 70 years old in Barcelona.
Georges Lefebvre
French historian (1874–1959).
Born August 6th, 1874 in Lille.
Died August 28th, 1959 at 85 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt.
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