Famous People Born In 1879
Discover the most famous people born in 1879. The list includes people like Albert Einstein, Leon Trotsky, Margaret Sanger, Sarojini Naidu, Paul Klee and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, philosophers, composers and artists born in 1879. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & France and many more countries.
Albert Einstein14th March, German, American
Physicist
Leon Trotsky7th November, Russian, Ukrainian, Russian
Founder and first leader of the Red Army
Sarojini Naidu13th February, Indian
Poet and Freedom Fighter
Margaret Sanger14th September, American
Educator
E. M. Forster1st January, British
Writer
Emiliano Zapata8th August, Mexican
Mexican Political figure
Will Rogers4th November, American
Vaudeville Performer, Humorist
Ramana Maharshi30th December, Indian
Philosopher
Paul Klee18th December, Swiss, German
Painter
Franz von Papen29th October, German
Former Vice-Chancellor of Germany
Kazimir Malevich23rd February, Russian
Painter
Ethel Barrymore15th August, American
Actress
Samuel Goldwyn17th August, American
Film Producer
Patrick Pearse10th November, Irish
Politician
Otto Hahn8th March, German
Chemist
Wallace Stevens2nd October, American
Poet
Edward Steichen27th March, American
Photographer
William Beveridge5th March, British
Economist
Alfred Korzybski3rd July, Polish
Scholar who developed the field of General
Max von Laue9th October, German
Physicist
Norman Lindsay22nd February, Australian
Artist
Knud Rasmussen7th June, Greenlander
Explorer
Owen Willans Richardson26th April, British
Physicist
Nancy Astor19th May, British
First Woman MP in the House of Commons
Agnes Arber23rd February, British
Botanist
Emperor Taishō31st August, Japanese
Former Emperor of Japan
Sydney Greenstreet27th December, British
Actor
Billy Mitchell29th December, American
Officer
Bagha Jatin7th December, Indian
Philosopher
Max Schreck6th September, German
Actor
Joe Hill7th October, American
Songwriter, Trade unionist
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Alla Nazimova3rd June, American, Russian
Actress
Fritz Haarmann25th October, German
Serial killer
Vanessa Bell30th May, British
Painter
Warner Oland3rd October, Swedish, American
Actor, Film actor
Shunroku Hata26th July, Japanese
Military personnel
Ottorino Respighi9th July, Italian
Composer, Conductor, Musicologist, Music educator,
Chen Duxiu8th October, Chinese
Politician, Professor, Philosopher, Journalist
Francis Picabia22nd January, French
Painter, Writer, Screenwriter, Poet
Vilhjalmur Stefansson3rd November, Canadian
Explorer
Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster19th March, British
Mark Sykes16th March, British
Politician, Diplomat
E. H. Shepard10th December, British
Artist, Illustrator, Painter
Paul Poiret20th April, French
Grand couturier
Henri Giraud18th January, French
Politician, Officer, Military personnel
Boris Savinkov31st January, Ukrainian, Russian
Revolutionary
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor19th May, American
Politician
Will H. Hays5th November, American
Politician
Hans Lammers27th May, German
Judge, Politician, Jurist
Ruth St. Denis20th January, American
Dancer
Joseph Lyons15th September, Australian
Politician, Teacher, Trade unionist
Clyde Cessna5th December, American
Aviator
Italo Gariboldi20th April, Italian
Politician, Officer
Victor Sjöström20th September, Swedish
Film Director
Miles Franklin14th October, Australian
Writer
Vachel Lindsay10th November, American
Poet
Rudolf von Laban15th December, Hungarian
Dance Artist
Lois Weber13th June, American
Actress
Ernest Jones1st January, Welsh
Psychoanalyst
Émile Nelligan24th December, Canadian
Poet
John J. Raskob19th March, American
Executive
William S. Knudsen25th March, Danish
Industrialist
Lucy Burns28th July
Suffragist, women's rights activist
Sara Allgood29th November, Irish, American
Actress
Mabel Dodge Luhan26th February, American
Biographer
Frank Bridge26th February, British
Composer, Conductor, Music educator
Wanda Landowska5th July, French, Polish
Harpsichordist
Gaston Means11th July, American
Private Detective
James Branch Cabell14th April, American
Author
Rube Foster17th September, American
Baseball player
Maud Menten20th March, Canadian
Chemist, Physician, Biochemist
Edwin Montagu6th February, British
Politician
Patrick Abercrombie6th June, British
Town Planner
Helena Roerich12th February, Indian, Russian
Russian writer
Dwight F. Davis5th July, American
Tennis player, Politician
Agrippina Vaganova26th June, Russian
Ballet Teacher
Alfred Einstein14th March, German, American
Physicist
Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted22nd February, Danish
Chemist
Hans Luther10th March, German
Politician, Chancellor
Hu Hanmin9th December, Chinese
Political leader
Vladko Maček20th June, Croatian
Politician
C. H. Douglas20th January, British
Engineer
Mazo de la Roche15th January, Canadian
Author
Francis Peyton Rous5th October, American
Virologist
Thành Thái14th March, Vietnamese
Emperor
Benjamin Christensen28th September, Danish
Film Director
Walter Hampden30th June, American
Actor
Rudolf Friml7th December, Czech, American
Composer
Joseph Wirth6th September, German
politician, Chancellor
Robert E. Wood13th June, American
Military officer
Oskar Barnack1st November, German
Inventor
Dorothy Canfield Fisher17th February, American
Educator
Bunk Johnson27th December, American
Musician
Freeman Wills Crofts1st June, Irish
Author