Born in 1874

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• 1874–1934Gustav HolstEnglish composerSeptember 21
• 1874–1942Lucy Maud MontgomeryCanadian novelistNovember 30
• 1874–1952Chaim WeizmannIsraeli statesman and British chemistNovember 27
• 1874–1950William Lyon Mackenzie KingCanadian prime ministerDecember 17
• 1874–1947Nicholas RoerichRussian painter, writer, archaeologist and philosopherOctober 9
• 1874–1944Lou Henry HooverFirst Lady of the United States from 1929 to 1933March 29
• 1874–1960John D. Rockefeller Jr.American financier and philanthropistJanuary 29
• 1874–1955António Egas MonizPortuguese neurologistNovember 29
• 1874–1940Carl BoschGerman chemist and engineerAugust 27
• 1874–1965Henry TraversBritish-American actorMarch 5
• 1874–1944Abbas II of EgyptKhedive of Egypt and Sudan from 1892 to 1914July 14
• 1874–1954Charles IvesAmerican modernist composerOctober 20
• 1874–1952Charles LightollerBritish mariner and officerMarch 30
• 1874–1948Nikolai BerdyaevRussian existentialist philosopher and theologianMarch 18
• 1874–1928Max SchelerGerman philosopherAugust 22
• 1874–1961Luigi EinaudiPresident of Italy from 1948 to 1955March 24
• 1874–1945Ernst CassirerGerman philosopherJuly 28
• 1874–1956Konstantin PätsEstonian statesman and presidentFebruary 23
• 1874–1929Hugo von HofmannsthalAustrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatistFebruary 1
• 1874–1944Antanas Smetona1st President of Lithuania (1919–1920, 1926–1940)August 10
• 1874–1959D. F. MalanPrime Minister of South Africa from 1948 to 1954May 22
• 1874–1933Mary Ann BevanSide show performer, nurseDecember 20
• 1874–1936Karl KrausAustrian writer and journalistApril 28
• 1874–1960Arthur MeighenPrime Minister of Canada (1920–1921; 1926)June 16
• 1874–1957Johannes StarkGerman physicistApril 15
• 1874–1940Lewis HineAmerican sociologist and photographerSeptember 26
• 1874–1955Honus WagnerAmerican baseball playerFebruary 24
• 1874–1956Thomas J. WatsonAmerican businessmanFebruary 17
• 1874–1939Wu PeifuChinese general and warlordApril 22
• 1874–1951J. C. LeyendeckerGerman-American illustratorMarch 23
• 1874–1899Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and GothaHereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and GothaOctober 15
• 1874–1949August KroghDanish physiologistNovember 15
• 1874–1932Charles FortAmerican writerAugust 6
• 1874–1935Josef SukCzech composer and violinistJanuary 4
• 1874–1948Charles A. BeardAmerican historianNovember 27
• 1874–1938Steve BloomerEnglish footballer and managerJanuary 20
• 1874–1925Amy LowellAmerican poetFebruary 9
• 1874–1944Frank Knox47th Secretary of the Navy of the United StatesJanuary 1
• 1874–1970Romaine BrooksAmerican portrait artistMay 1
• 1874–1951Serge KoussevitzkyRussian and American conductorJuly 26
• 1874–1927Gustave WhiteheadGerman–American aviatorJanuary 1
• 1874–1947Reynaldo HahnVenezuelan-French composerAugust 9
• 1874–1944Rose O'NeillAmerican illustratorJune 25
• 1874–1965Joseph ErlangerAmerican physiologistJanuary 5
• 1874–1948Abby Aldrich RockefellerAmerican socialite and philanthropistOctober 26
• 1874–1953Elsa BeskowSwedish artistFebruary 11
• 1874–1938Ivana Brlić-MažuranićCroatian writerApril 18
• 1874–1916Huang XingChinese revolutionaryOctober 25
• 1874–1967Eugen FischerGerman physician and racial hygienistJuly 5
• 1874–1878Princess Marie of Hesse and by RhineGerman princessMay 24
• 1874–1939Franz SchmidtAustrian composer, cellist and pianistDecember 22
• 1874–1963Charles Vyner Brooke3rd Rajah of SarawakSeptember 26
• 1874–1952Harold L. IckesAmerican politicianMarch 15
• 1874–1958Robert W. ServiceBritish-Canadian poet and writerJanuary 16
• 1874–1947Sidney TolerAmerican actor, playwright, and theatre directorApril 28
• 1874–1917Oswald ChambersScottish baptist and evangelistJuly 24
• 1874–1948Fred NibloAmerican film directorJanuary 6
• 1874–1936Bhaktisiddhanta SarasvatiGaudīya Vaisnava ĀcāryaFebruary 6
• 1874–1967Mary GardenAmerican sopranoFebruary 20
• 1874–1953Charles William MillerBrazilian sportsmanNovember 24