Who Was Alive in 1874
81 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1874
Victor HugoAge 72
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 71
George SandAge 70
Hans Christian AndersenAge 69
Charles DarwinAge 65
Franz LisztAge 63
Giuseppe VerdiAge 61
Richard WagnerAge 61
Otto von BismarckAge 59
Frederick DouglassAge 56
Karl MarxAge 56
Herman MelvilleAge 55
Queen VictoriaAge 55
Walt WhitmanAge 55
Susan B. AnthonyAge 54
Florence NightingaleAge 54
Friedrich EngelsAge 54
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 53
Harriet TubmanAge about 52
Louis PasteurAge 52
Gregor MendelAge 52
Jules VerneAge 46
Leo TolstoyAge 46
Henrik IbsenAge 46
Emily DickinsonAge 44
Sitting BullAge about 43
James Clerk MaxwellAge 43
Alfred NobelAge 41
Dmitri MendeleevAge 40
Mark TwainAge 39
Andrew CarnegieAge 39
John D. RockefellerAge 35
Claude MonetAge 34
Pyotr TchaikovskyAge 34
Émile ZolaAge 34
Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 33
Friedrich NietzscheAge 30
Sarah BernhardtAge 30
Thomas EdisonAge 27
Alexander Graham BellAge 27
Paul GauguinAge 26
Antoni GaudíAge 22
Vincent van GoghAge 21
Oscar WildeAge 20
Sigmund FreudAge 18
Nikola TeslaAge 18
Woodrow WilsonAge 18
George Bernard ShawAge 18
Theodore RooseveltAge 16
Emmeline PankhurstAge 16
Max PlanckAge 16
Arthur Conan DoyleAge 15
Anton ChekhovAge 14
Rabindranath TagoreAge 13
Gustav KlimtAge 12
Claude DebussyAge 12
David HilbertAge 12
Henry FordAge 11
Edvard MunchAge 11
Max WeberAge 10
Rudyard KiplingAge 9
H.G. WellsAge 8
Sun Yat-senAge 8
Marie CurieAge 7
Frank Lloyd WrightAge 7
Scott JoplinAge 6
Maxim GorkyAge 6
Mahatma GandhiAge 5
Grigori RasputinAge 5
Henri MatisseAge 5
Vladimir LeninAge 4
Marcel ProustAge 3
Orville WrightAge 3
Rosa LuxemburgAge 3
Ernest RutherfordAge 3
Roald AmundsenAge 2
Bertrand RussellAge 2
Ernest ShackletonAge 0
Guglielmo MarconiAge 0
Winston ChurchillAge 0
Harry HoudiniAge 0
Born in 1874
Winston Churchill
British PM who led WWII effort
Guglielmo Marconi
Pioneer of long-distance radio
Harry Houdini
Legendary escape artist & illusionist
Ernest Shackleton
Heroic Antarctic explorer, Endurance expedition
Also Born in 1874
President of the United States from 1929 to 1933
American poet (1874–1963)
English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
British archaeologist and Egyptologist (1874–1939)
German physicist (1874–1957)
Austrian-American composer (1874–1951)
American author (1874–1946)
Russian admiral and White movement leader (1874–1920)
German chemist and engineer (1874–1940)
Austrian writer and journalist (1874–1936)
Russian existentialist philosopher and theologian (1874–1948)
Also Died in 1874
President of the United States from 1850 to 1853
French writer and historian (1798–1874)
Swedish physicist (1814–1874)
French historian, orator and statesman (1787–1874)
Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (1796–1874)
German poet (1798–1874)
English chess master and Shakespearean scholar (1810–1874)
Sources
- 1874 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
- Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
- Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
- George Sand — Wikipedia
- Hans Christian Andersen — Wikipedia
- Charles Darwin — Wikipedia
- Franz Liszt — Wikipedia
- Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
- Richard Wagner — Wikipedia
- Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
- Frederick Douglass — Wikipedia
- Karl Marx — Wikipedia
- Herman Melville — Wikipedia
- Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
- Walt Whitman — Wikipedia
- Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
- Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
- Friedrich Engels — Wikipedia
- Fyodor Dostoevsky — Wikipedia
- Harriet Tubman — Wikipedia
- Louis Pasteur — Wikipedia
- Gregor Mendel — Wikipedia
- Jules Verne — Wikipedia
- Leo Tolstoy — Wikipedia
- Henrik Ibsen — Wikipedia
- Emily Dickinson — Wikipedia
- Sitting Bull — Wikipedia
- James Clerk Maxwell — Wikipedia
- Alfred Nobel — Wikipedia
- Dmitri Mendeleev — Wikipedia
- Mark Twain — Wikipedia
- Andrew Carnegie — Wikipedia
- John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia
- Claude Monet — Wikipedia
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Wikipedia
- Émile Zola — Wikipedia
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Wikipedia
- Friedrich Nietzsche — Wikipedia
- Sarah Bernhardt — Wikipedia
- Thomas Edison — Wikipedia
- Alexander Graham Bell — Wikipedia
- Paul Gauguin — Wikipedia
- Antoni Gaudí — Wikipedia
- Vincent van Gogh — Wikipedia
- Oscar Wilde — Wikipedia
- Sigmund Freud — Wikipedia
- Nikola Tesla — Wikipedia
- Woodrow Wilson — Wikipedia
- George Bernard Shaw — Wikipedia
- Theodore Roosevelt — Wikipedia
- Emmeline Pankhurst — Wikipedia
- Max Planck — Wikipedia
- Arthur Conan Doyle — Wikipedia
- Anton Chekhov — Wikipedia
- Rabindranath Tagore — Wikipedia
- Gustav Klimt — Wikipedia
- Claude Debussy — Wikipedia
- David Hilbert — Wikipedia
- Henry Ford — Wikipedia
- Edvard Munch — Wikipedia
- Max Weber — Wikipedia
- Rudyard Kipling — Wikipedia
- H. G. Wells — Wikipedia
- Sun Yat-sen — Wikipedia
- Marie Curie — Wikipedia
- Frank Lloyd Wright — Wikipedia
- Scott Joplin — Wikipedia
- Maxim Gorky — Wikipedia
- Mahatma Gandhi — Wikipedia
- Grigori Rasputin — Wikipedia
- Henri Matisse — Wikipedia
- Vladimir Lenin — Wikipedia
- Marcel Proust — Wikipedia
- Wright brothers — Wikipedia
- Rosa Luxemburg — Wikipedia
- Ernest Rutherford — Wikipedia
- Roald Amundsen — Wikipedia
- Bertrand Russell — Wikipedia
- Ernest Shackleton — Wikipedia
- Guglielmo Marconi — Wikipedia
- Winston Churchill — Wikipedia
- Harry Houdini — Wikipedia