Famous People Born In 1870

Discover the most famous people born in 1870. The list includes people like Vladimir Lenin, Alfred Adler, Maria Montessori, Saki, Hilaire Belloc and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, lawyers, diplomats and military leaders born in 1870. This list includes people from United States, France, Austria & Germany and many more countries.
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Vladimir Lenin
(Russian Revolutionary & Politician Who Served as the First Head of Government of Soviet Russia)
Vladimir Lenin
88
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 22nd April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ulyanovsk, Russia
Died: January 21, 1924
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Maria Montessori
(Italian Educator and Founder of the 'Montessori Method of Education')
Maria Montessori
10
Listed In: Educators
Birthdate: 1st August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chiaravalle, Italy
Died: April 30, 1952
 3 
Christian X
(Former King of Denmark (1912 - 1947))
Christian X
6
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 26th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Charlottenlund, Denmark
Died: April 20, 1947
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Saki
(Writer)
Saki
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Birthdate: 18th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Sittwe, Myanmar (Burma)
Died: November 14, 1916
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Alfred Adler
(Austrian Psychotherapist and Founder of the School of ‘Individual Psychology’)
Alfred Adler
10
Listed In: Psychologists
Birthdate: 7th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, Vienna, Austria
Died: May 28, 1937
 6 
Jan Smuts
(2nd Prime Minister of South Africa)
Jan Smuts
4
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 24th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Riebeeck West, South Africa
Died: September 11, 1950
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Bernard Mannes Baruch
(Financier)
Bernard Mannes Baruch
1
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: 19th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Camden, South Carolina, United States
Died: June 20, 1965
 8 
Sophia of Prussia
(Princess of Prussia and Former Queen consort of the Hellenes (1913 - 1917))
Sophia of Prussia
3
Birthdate: 14th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New Palace, Potsdam, Germany
Died: January 13, 1932
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Dadasaheb Phalke
(Father of Indian Cinema)
Dadasaheb Phalke
0
Birthdate: 30th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Tryambakeshwar, Bombay Presidency
Died: February 16, 1944
 10 
Pierre S. du Pont
(Entrepreneur)
Pierre S. du Pont
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 15th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Died: April 4, 1954
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Alfred Douglas
(British Poet, Journalist and Lover of Irish Poet Oscar Wilde)
Alfred Douglas
2
Birthdate: 22nd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Powick, Worcestershire, England
Died: March 20, 1945
 12 
Helena Rubinstein
(Business women)
Helena Rubinstein
2
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: 27th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kraków, Austrian Poland
Died: April 1, 1965
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Hilaire Belloc
(Poet and Author Best Known for His Humorous Poem ‘Cautionary Tales for Children’)
Hilaire Belloc
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 27th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France
Died: July 16, 1953
 14 
Bill Pickett
(Cowboy)
Bill Pickett
3
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 5th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Williamson County, Texas, United States
Died: April 2, 1932
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Adolf Loos
(Architect)
Adolf Loos
0
Birthdate: 10th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Brno
Died: August 23, 1933
 16 
Ivan Bunin
(The First Russian Writer to Receive the Nobel Prize for Literature)
Ivan Bunin
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 22nd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Voronezh, Russia
Died: November 8, 1953
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Joseph Strauss
(American Structural Engineer Who Revolutionized the Design of 'Bascule Bridges')
Joseph Strauss
3
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: 9th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Died: May 16, 1938
 18 
Clara Immerwahr
(German Chemist)
Clara Immerwahr
0
Listed In: Chemists
Birthdate: 21st June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Wojczyce, Poland
Died: May 2, 1915
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Amadeo Giannini
(Founder of 'Bank of America')
Amadeo Giannini
1
Listed In: Bankers
Birthdate: 6th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: San Jose, California, United States
Died: June 3, 1949
 20 
Franz Lehár
(Austro-Hungarian Composer Known for His Operettas)
Franz Lehár
2
Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 30th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Komárom, Hungary
Died: October 24, 1948
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Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov
(Biologist)
Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov
0
Listed In: Biologists
Birthdate: 1st August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Shchigry
Died: March 20, 1932
 22 
Alexander Berkman
3
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: 21st November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Vilnius
Died: June 28, 1936
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William J. Seymour
(Preacher)
William J. Seymour
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 2nd May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Louisiana
Died: September 28, 1922
 24 
Maxfield Parrish
(Painter)
Maxfield Parrish
5
Listed In: Illustrators
Birthdate: 25th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: March 30, 1966
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James M. Cox
(Politician)
James M. Cox
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 31st March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Jacksonburg, Ohio, U.S.
Died: July 15, 1957
 26 
Roscoe Pound
(Scholar)
Roscoe Pound
1
Listed In: Educators
Birthdate: 27th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Died: June 30, 1964
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William G. Morgan
(American Educator and Inventor of Volleyball)
William G. Morgan
1
Birthdate: 23rd January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Lockport, New York, United States
Died: December 27, 1942
 28 
Juho Kusti Paasikivi
(7th President of Finland)
Juho Kusti Paasikivi
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 27th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hämeenkoski
Died: December 14, 1956
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Robert Erskine Childers
(Former Teachta Dála of Ireland)
Robert Erskine Childers
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 25th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Mayfair, London, England
Died: November 24, 1922
 30 
Chittaranjan Das
(Leader of the Swaraj Party in Bengal Under British Rule)
Chittaranjan Das
4
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: 5th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kolkata, India
Died: June 16, 1925
 31 
Karl Renner
(Politician, Librarian, Diplomat, Lawyer)
Karl Renner
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 14th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Dolní Dunajovice
Died: December 31, 1950
 32 
Thomas Byles
(Priest)
Thomas Byles
0
Listed In: Priests
Birthdate: 26th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Died: April 15, 1912
 33 
Edwin S. Porter
(Pioneering Filmmaker of the Early 1900s)
Edwin S. Porter
1
Birthdate: 21st April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Connellsville, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: April 30, 1941
 34 
Mary Victoria Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston
(Vicereine)
Mary Victoria Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston
1
Listed In: Family Members
Birthdate: 27th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: July 18, 1906
 35 
Marie Lloyd
(Singer)
Marie Lloyd
1
Birthdate: 12th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hoxton, London, United Kingdom
Died: October 7, 1922
 36 
Frank Norris
(Journalist)
Frank Norris
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 5th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, U.S
Died: October 25, 1902
 37 
Benjamin Cardozo
(Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1932 to 1938)
Benjamin Cardozo
1
Listed In: Judges
Birthdate: 24th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: July 9, 1938
 38 
Aḥmad Shawqī
(Arabic Poet Laureate, Playwright, and Writer)
Aḥmad Shawqī
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 17th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cairo, Egypt
Died: October 14, 1932
 39 
Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
(Infante Carlos of Spain and Inspector General of the Spanish Army)
Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 10th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Gries-San Quirino, Bolzano, Italy
Died: November 11, 1949
 40 
Louis Bachelier
(Mathematician, Economist, Non-fiction writer)
Louis Bachelier
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 11th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Le Havre
Died: April 26, 1946
 41 
Lavr Kornilov
(Russian General Who Was Involved in the 'Kornilov Affair')
Lavr Kornilov
0
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 30th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ust'-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
Died: April 13, 1918
 42 
Ynes Mexia
(Mexican-American Botanist Best Known For Her Large Collection of Plants)
Ynes Mexia
0
Listed In: Botanists
Birthdate: 24th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
Died: July 12, 1938
 43 
Maurice Denis
(Painter)
Maurice Denis
0
Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 25th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Granville, France
Died: November 13, 1943
 44 
R. B. Bennett
(Politician, Lawyer, Diplomat)
R. B. Bennett
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 3rd July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hopewell Hill, New Brunswick
Died: June 26, 1947
 45 
Princess Maria of Romania
(Princess)
Princess Maria of Romania
3
Birthdate: 8th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania
Died: April 9, 1874
 46 
Leopold Godowsky
(Virtuoso Pianist, Composer and Teacher, Termed as ‘Buddha of the Piano’ by Famous Musicians)
Leopold Godowsky
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 13th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Soshly, Lithuania
Died: November 21, 1938
 47 
Jules Bordet
(Nobel Prize-Winning Belgian Scientist Known for His Discovery of Factors in Blood Serum that Destroy Bacteria)
Jules Bordet
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 13th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Soignies
Died: April 6, 1961
 48 
Uncle Dave Macon
(American Old-Time Banjo Player, Singer & Comedian)
Uncle Dave Macon
4
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: 7th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Smartt Station, Tennessee, United States
Died: March 22, 1952
 49 
Pierre Louÿs
(Poet)
Pierre Louÿs
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 10th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ghent, Belgium
Died: June 6, 1925
 50 
John Marin
(painter, architect)
John Marin
1
Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 23rd December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Rutherford
Died: October 2, 1953