Authors born in 1874
- Karl Kraus Writer, 1874
- Katherine Cecil Thurston Novelist, 1874
- Lewis Hine Sociologist, 1874
- Lou Henry Hoover Politician, 1874
- Lucy Maud Montgomery Author, 1874
- Mabel Robinson Writer, 1874
- Mackenzie King Statesman, 1874
- Mary Garden Opera Singer, 1874
- Maurice Baring Writer, 1874
- Myrtle Reed Author, 1874
- Nance O'Neil Actress, 1874
- Nicholas Roerich Painter, 1874
- Nikolai Berdyaev Philosopher, 1874
- Oswald Chambers Author, 1874
- Owen D. Young Economist, 1874
- Raymond Duncan Dancer, 1874
- Robert Frost Poet, 1874
- Robert W. Service Poet, 1874
- Stephen Samuel Wise Clergyman, 1874
- Ursula Bethell Poet, 1874
- W. Somerset Maugham Playwright, 1874
- William Bagley Educator, 1874
- William E. Woodward Writer, 1874
- William Lyon Mackenzie King Politician, 1874
- Winston Churchill Politician, 1874
- Zona Gale Playwright, 1874