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
Margaret Sanger14th September, American
Birth Control Activist
Leon Trotsky7th November, Russian, Ukrainian, Russian
Founder and first leader of the Red Army
Sarojini Naidu13th February, Indian
Poet and Freedom Fighter
Emiliano Zapata8th August, Mexican
Mexican Political figure
Will Rogers4th November, American
Vaudeville Performer, Humorist
E. M. Forster1st January, British
Writer
Paul Klee18th December, Swiss, German
Painter
Kazimir Malevich23rd February, Russian
Painter
Ethel Barrymore15th August, American
Actress
Otto Hahn8th March, German
Chemist
Samuel Goldwyn17th August, American
Film Producer
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
Ramana Maharshi30th December, Indian
Philosopher
Billy Mitchell29th December, American
Officer
Franz von Papen29th October, German
Chancellor , Prime Minister
Patrick Pearse10th November, Irish
Poet, writer
Max Schreck6th September, German
Actor
Joe Hill7th October, American
Songwriter, Trade unionist
Fritz Haarmann25th October, German
Serial killer
Alla Nazimova3rd June, American
Film producer, Screenwriter, Writer, Stage actor,
Vanessa Bell30th May, British
Painter
Shunroku Hata26th July, Japanese
Military personnel
Ottorino Respighi9th July, Italian
Composer, Conductor, Musicologist, Music educator,
Warner Oland3rd October, Swedish, American
Actor, Film actor
Bagha Jatin7th December, Indian
Philosopher
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Joseph Lyons15th September, Australian
Politician, Teacher, Trade unionist
E. H. Shepard10th December, British
Artist, Illustrator, Painter
Chen Duxiu8th October, Chinese
Politician, Professor, Philosopher, Journalist
Paul Poiret20th April, French
Grand couturier
Henri Giraud18th January, French
Politician, Officer, Military personnel
Francis Picabia22nd January, French
Painter, Writer, Screenwriter, Poet
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor19th May, American
Politician
Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster19th March, British
Vilhjalmur Stefansson3rd November, Canadian
Explorer
Hans Lammers27th May, German
Judge, Politician, Jurist
Italo Gariboldi20th April, Italian
Politician, Officer
Mark Sykes16th March, British
Politician, Diplomat
Lucy Burns28th July
Suffragist, women's rights activist
Frank Bridge26th February, British
Composer, Conductor, Music educator
Rube Foster17th September, American
Baseball player
Helena Roerich12th February, Indian, Russian
Russian writer
Hans Luther10th March, German
Politician, Chancellor
Maud Menten20th March, Canadian
Chemist, Physician, Biochemist
Francis Peyton Rous5th October, American
Virologist
Thành Thái14th March, Vietnamese
Emperor
Joseph Wirth6th September, German
politician, Chancellor
Dwight F. Davis5th July, American
Tennis player, Politician
Léon Jouhaux1st July, French
leader
Bessie Anderson Stanley30th November, American
Writer
Sir Thomas Beecham29th April, British
Rıza Nur30th August, Turkish
Politician, Historian
John Ireland13th August, British
composer, music educator, film score composer
Symon Petlura22nd May, Ukrainian
Politician, Journalist
Alma Mahler Gropius Werfel31st August, Austrian
Emperor Taishō31st August, Japanese
Former Emperor of Japan
Emperor Taishō31st August, Japanese
Former Emperor of Japan
Milutin Milanković28th May, Croatian, Serbian
Mathematician,Astronomer, Climatologist,