Famous Birthdays In February - 17
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1837 On February - 17 birth of sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws)
1844 On this day in history birth of a Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward)
1848 On this day in history birth of louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (d. 1920)
1849 On February - 17 birth of selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter
1850 Anton Urspruch, composer was born on February - 17.
1850 On February - 17 birth of ludwig Bonvin, composer
1854 On February - 17 birth of friedrich A Krupp, German arms manufacturer
1855 On February - 17 birth of otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I)
1857 Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher was born on this day in history.
1858 Ernest Ford, composer was born on this day in history.
1861 Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (d. 1922) was born on this day in history.
1862 Edward German (Jones), Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer was born on this day in history.
1862 On this day in history birth of mori ÅŒgai, Japanese novelist and poet (d. 1922)
1863 Fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927) was born on February - 17.
1864 Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, NSW Australia, poet (Waltzing Matilda) was born on February - 17.
1864 Jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor (d. 1929) was born on February - 17.
1867 William Cadbury, England, chocolate manufacturer (Cadbury) was born on February - 17.
1870 Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder (Flemish People's Party) was born on February - 17.
1874 On this day in history birth of thomas J Watson, US, representative/founder (IBM)
1877 Henri Vandeputte, Belgian author/poet (L'homme Jeune) was born on this day in history.
1877 On February - 17 birth of isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (d. 1904)
1877 On this day in history birth of andré Maginot, French politician (d. 1932)
1879 On this day in history birth of dorothy Canfield Fisher, US, novelist (Book-of-Month-Club)
1880 On this day in history birth of alvaro Obregon, general/president Mexico (1920-24)
1882 On this day in history birth of kurt Schindler, composer
1882 On February - 17 birth of noah Beery, Smithville AR, actor (Story of Esther, Mark of Zorro)
1884 Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish minister of Internal affairs (1940) was born on February - 17.
1885 Steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943) was born on February - 17.
1887 Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer was born on this day in history.
1888 On this day in history birth of henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award)
1888 Otto Stern, German/US physicist (Stern-Gerlach-experiment, Nobel 1943) was born on February - 17.
1888 Ronald Aburthnott Knox, English priest/writer (Viaduct Murder) was born on this day in history.
1889 On February - 17 birth of h[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire
1891 On February - 17 birth of georg Britting, writer
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