A decade and a half later, the Polish anthropology student, Bronisław Malinowski ( 1884 – 1942 ), was beginning what he expected to be a brief period of fieldwork in the old model, collecting lists of cultural items, when the outbreak of the First World War stranded him in New Guinea.

Alfons Maria Jakob ( 2 July 1884, Aschaffenburg / Bavaria – 17 October 1931, Hamburg ) was a German neurologist with important contributions on neuropathology.

* 1884 – Walter Huston, Canadian actor ( d. 1950 )

* 1884 – Otto Meyerhof, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1951 )

* 1884 – Tenby Davies, Welsh runner ( d. 1932 )

* 1829 – Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist ( d. 1884 )

* 1884 – Vincent Auriol, French politician, 16th President of the French Republic ( d. 1966 )

* 1884 – Harry Dean, English cricketer ( d. 1957 )

In Australia, the grounds currently used are The Gabba in Brisbane ( first staged an England – Australia Test in the 1932 – 33 season ), Adelaide Oval ( 1884 – 85 ), The WACA, Perth ( 1970 – 71 ) the Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG ) ( 1876 – 77 ) and the Sydney Cricket Ground ( SCG ) ( 1881 – 82 ).

* 1884 – Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan novelist and politician, 46th President of Venezuela ( d. 1969 )

* 1858 – Hans Rott, Austrian composer ( d. 1884 )

* 1884 – Billie Burke, American actress ( d. 1970 )

* 1884 – Sara Teasdale, American poet ( d. 1933 )

* 1824 – John Chisum, American cattle baron ( d. 1884 )

* 1884 – Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-American writer and publisher ( d. 1967 )

* 1884 – Will Cuppy, American author and critic ( d. 1949 )

* 1884 – Ogden L. Mills, American businessman and politician, 50th United States Secretary of the Treasury ( d. 1937 )

* 1884 – J. C. Squire, British poet, writer, and historian ( d. 1958 )

* 1884 – Peter Fraser, New Zealand politician, 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand ( d. 1950 )

Gould Electronics Inc. -- founded in 1884 and based in Chandler, Arizona -- is a company involved in the electronics and semiconductor industries.

* William Egan ( gangster ) ( 1884 – 1921 ), St. Louis politician and organized crime figure

* Dick Egan ( infielder ) ( 1884 – 1947 ), MLB infielder

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In addition to Triumphant Democracy ( 1886 ), and The Gospel of Wealth ( 1889 ), he also wrote An American Four-in-hand in Britain ( 1883 ), Round the World ( 1884 ), The Empire of Business ( 1902 ), The Secret of Business is the Management of Men ( 1903 ), James Watt ( 1905 ) in the Famous Scots Series, Problems of Today ( 1907 ), and his posthumously published autobiography Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie ( 1920 ).

* 1884 – Leo Frank, American factory superintendent, victim of lynching ( d. 1915 )

*" Oh My Darling, Clementine " ( 1884 ) is an American western folk ballad believed to have been based on another song called Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden ( 1863 ).

Stone ( 1847 – 1938 ), a leading American silversmith, was born, trained and worked in Sheffield, England, and Edinburgh, Scotland, before travelling to the United States in 1884.

* 1884 – Clement Smoot, American golfer ( d. 1963 )

* 1950 – Walter Huston, Canadian-born American actor ( b. 1884 )

Henry worked as a playwright, administrator, and faculty member during the early years of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, established in New York City in 1884.

* 1957 – Harrison Ford, American actor ( b. 1884 )

* 1946 – Damon Runyon, American writer ( b. 1884 )

* 1884 – Jane Cowl, American actress and playwright ( d. 1950 )

Edward Sapir (; 1884 – 1939 ) was an American anthropologist-linguist, widely considered to be one of the most important figures in the early development of the discipline of linguistics.

Ezra Abbot ( April 28, 1819, Jackson, Maine – March 21, 1884, Cambridge, Massachusetts ) was an American biblical scholar.

* 1809 – Cyrus McCormick, American inventor ( d. 1884 )

* 1884 – Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American athlete, inventor, and businessman ( d. 1961 )

* 1884 – Robert J. Flaherty, American filmmaker ( d. 1951 )

Hugo Gernsback ( August 16, 1884 – August 19, 1967 ), born Hugo Gernsbacher, was a Luxembourgian American inventor, writer, editor, and magazine publisher, best remembered for publications that included the first science fiction magazine.

* Hack Schumann ( 1884 – 1946 ), American Major League Baseball pitcher

* 1884 – Frank Waller, American athlete ( d. 1941 )

* 1933 – Sara Teasdale, American poet ( b. 1884 )