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In the year 1874
443 Notable birthdays
Beekman Winthrop
Governor of puerto rico (1874–1940).
Born September 18th, 1874 in Orange.
Died November 10th, 1940 at 66 years old in New York City.
Hewlett Johnson
English priest and stalinist theorist (1874–1966).
Born January 25th, 1874 in Manchester.
Died October 22nd, 1966 at 92 years old in London.
Arthur Hoyt
American film actor (1874–1953).
Born March 19th, 1874 in Georgetown.
Died January 4th, 1953 at 78 years old in Woodland Hills.
Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov
Russian and soviet weapons designer (1874-1966).
Born May 3rd, 1874 in Saint Petersburg.
Died September 19th, 1966 at 92 years old in Moscow.
James Henry Thomas
Welsh trade unionist and politician (1874-1949).
Born October 3rd, 1874 in Newport.
Died January 21st, 1949 at 74 years old in London.
Leonard Eugene Dickson
American mathematician (1874–1954).
Born January 22nd, 1874 in Independence.
Died January 17th, 1954 at 79 years old in Harlingen.
Edward Bairstow
English composer and organist.
Born August 22nd, 1874 in Huddersfield. [ref]
Died May 1st, 1946 at 71 years old in York. [ref]
Mikhail Vladimirsky
Soviet/russian politician and statesman (1874-1951).
Born March 4th, 1874 in Arzamas.
Died April 2nd, 1951 at 77 years old in Moscow.
Cecil Hepworth
English film director and film producer (1874-1953).
Born March 19th, 1874 in Lambeth, London Borough of Lambeth. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1953 at 78 years old in Greenford. [ref]
Władysław Grabski
Economist, polish politician and academic (1874-1938).
Born July 7th, 1874 in Borów, Łowicz County.
Died March 1st, 1938 at 63 years old in Warsaw (carcinoma).
Owen Davis
American dramatist (1874–1956).
Born January 29th, 1874 in Portland.
Died October 14th, 1956 at 82 years old in New York City.
Ernest Duchesne
French physician.
Died April 12th, 1912 at 37 years old in Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda (tuberculosis).
Hans Reissner
German engineer and mathematician (1874–1967).
Born January 18th, 1874 in Berlin.
Died October 2nd, 1967 at 93 years old in Mt. Angel.
Johan Gunnar Andersson
Swedish archeologist and geologist (1874–1960).
Born July 3rd, 1874 in Knista parish. [ref]
Died October 29th, 1960 at 86 years old in Hägerstens församling.
Hishida Shunsō
Japanese artist (1874-1911).
Born September 21st, 1874 in Japan, Iida.
Died September 16th, 1911 at 36 years old in Tokyo, Yoyogi (kidney failure).
John Emerson
Stage actor, playwright, producer, and director of silent films (1874-1956).
Born May 29th, 1874 in Sandusky.
Died March 8th, 1956 at 81 years old in Pasadena.
Berthold Laufer
German academic (1874-1934).
Born October 11th, 1874 in Cologne.
Died September 13th, 1934 at 59 years old in Chicago.
Johann Schober
Austrian chancellor and politician (1874-1932).
Born November 14th, 1874 in Perg.
Died August 19th, 1932 at 57 years old in Baden.
Bruno Paul
German architect (1874-1968).
Born January 19th, 1874 in Seifhennersdorf. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1968 at 94 years old in West Berlin. [ref]
Sergey Timofeyevich Konyonkov
Russian and soviet sculptor (1874-1971).
Died December 9th, 1971 at 97 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Vagn Walfrid Ekman
Swedish oceanographer.
Born May 3rd, 1874 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died March 9th, 1954 at 79 years old in Stockaryd.
Patriarch Fotios II of Constantinople
265th ecumenical patriarch of constantinople.
Born November 16th, 1874 in Büyükada.
Died December 29th, 1935 at 61 years old in Istanbul.
Martin P. Nilsson
Scholar of greek, hellenistic and roman religious systems.
Died April 7th, 1967 at 92 years old in Lund. [ref]
Franz Schmidt
Austrian composer, cellist and pianist (1874-1939).
Born December 22nd, 1874 in Bratislava.
Died February 11th, 1939 at 64 years old in Perchtoldsdorf.
Yevgeny Tarle
Soviet historian and academician of the russian academy of sciences (1874-1955).
Born November 20th, 1874 in Kyiv.
Died January 6th, 1955 at 80 years old in Moscow.
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