Famous people born in 1871

The best-known people born in 1871, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.

Best known

Marcel Proust
French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)
July 10 · d. 1922
Photo: Otto Wegener, Public domain
Rosa Luxemburg
Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871–1919)
March 5 · d. 1919
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Ernest Rutherford
New Zealand physicist (1871–1937)
August 30 · d. 1937
Photo: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain
Grazia Deledda
Italian novelist (1871-1936)
September 27 · d. 1936
Photo: Nobel Foundation, Public domain
Paul Valéry
French poet, essayist, and philosopher (1871–1945)
October 30 · d. 1945
Photo: Henri Manuel, Public domain
Lesya Ukrainka
Ukrainian poet, writer and feminist (1871–1913)
February 25 · d. 1913
Photo: Johann Krzanowski, Public domain
Karl Liebknecht
German socialist, editor, and co-founder of the Spartacus League (1871-1919)
August 13 · d. 1919
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Heinrich Mann
German writer (1871–1950)
March 27 · d. 1950
Photo: Photographer not credited, Public domain
Victor Grignard
French chemist (1871-1935)
May 6 · d. 1935
Photo: Fotograv. - Generalstabens Litografiska Anstalt Stockholm, Public domain
Friedrich Ebert
German politician, president of Germany (1871-1925)
February 4 · d. 1925
Photo: Hermann Noack, Public domain
Theodore Dreiser
American novelist and journalist (1871–1945)
August 27 · d. 1945
Photo: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain
Pietro Badoglio
Italian Military General Officer and Marshal of the Royal Italian Army from 1916-1943 during both World Wars and Prime Minister of Italy from 1943-1944 (1871-1956)
September 28 · d. 1956
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Leonid Andreyev
Russian playwright, author and poet (1871–1919)
August 21 · d. 1919
Photo: Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev (1871 - 1919), Public domain
Albert Lebrun
15th President of the French Republic (1871–1950)
August 29 · d. 1950
Photo: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain
Cordell Hull
American politician, U.S. Secretary of State from 1933 to 1944
October 2 · d. 1955
Photo: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain
Stephen Crane
American novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist
November 1 · d. 1900
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Guangxu Emperor
Chinese emperor (1871-1908)
August 14 · d. 1908
Photo: Qing Dynasty Court Painter, Public domain
John Millington Synge
Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore (1871-1909)
April 16 · d. 1909
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Émile Borel
French mathematician and politician (1871-1956)
January 7 · d. 1956
Photo: Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse, Public domain
Marie Dressler
Canadian-American actress (1868-1934)
November 9 · d. 1934
Photo: MGM, Public domain
Christian Morgenstern
German author (1871-1914)
May 6 · d. 1914
Ioannis Metaxas
Greek military officer and politician (1871–1941)
April 12 · d. 1941
Photo: The Archaeological Society at Athens / εν Aθήναις Aρχαιολογική Eταιρεία, 1937, Public domain
Nicolae Iorga
Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, poet and playwright (1871–1940)
June 5 · d. 1940
Winsor McCay
American cartoonist and animator
September 26 · d. 1934
Maurice Garin
French cyclist (1871–1957)
March 3 · d. 1957
Stjepan Radić
Croatian politician (1871-1928)
June 11 · d. 1928
Giacomo Balla
Italian artist (1871-1958)
July 18 · d. 1958
Ernst Zermelo
German mathematician (1871–1953)
July 27 · d. 1953
Georges Rouault
French painter (1871-1958)
May 27 · d. 1958
František Kupka
Czech painter and graphic artist (1871–1957)
September 23 · d. 1957
Photo: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain

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January

January 5 · Gino Fano, Italian mathematician (1871-1952)
January 5 · Federigo Enriques, Italian mathematician (1871-1946)
January 15 · Ahatanhel Krymsky, Ukrainian academic (1871–1942)
January 17 · David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, Royal Navy officer (1871-1936)
January 22 · Nicholas Adontz, historian (1871–1942)
January 27 · Bodil Katharine Biørn, Christian missionaries (1871–1960)

February

February 7 · Kiyoshi Shiga, Japanese physician (1871-1957)
February 7 · Wilhelm Stenhammar, Swedish composer, pianist and conductor (1871–1927)
February 15 · Martin Knudsen, Danish physicist (1871-1949)
February 17 · Jovan Dučić, Bosnian Serb writer and diplomat
February 18 · Harry Brearley, Inventor of stainless steel (1871–1948)
February 19 · William Diller Matthew, American paleontologist (1871–1930)

March

March 16 · Frantz Reichel, French athlete (1871–1932)
March 19 · Mary von Vetsera, Austrian noblewoman, mistress to Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria (1871-1889)
March 25 · Igor Grabar, Russian post-impressionist painter, publisher, restorer and historian of art (1871-1960)
March 25 · Hermann Abert, German musicologist (1871–1927)
March 25 · Louis Perrée, French fencer (1871–1924)
March 28 · Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (1871-1951)

April

April 7 · Charlotte Maxeke, South African activist
April 11 · Gyula Kellner, Hungarian athletics competitor (born 1871)
April 13 · Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Catholic bishop (1871–1927)
April 20 · Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer and inventor (1871–1922)
April 29 · William Stern, German psychologist (1871-1938)
April 29 · Yoshioka Yayoi, Japanese activist and physician (1871–1959)

May

May 7 · Gyula Károlyi, Hungarian politician (1871–1947)
May 9 · Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia, Grand Duke of Russia (1871–1899); third son of Alexander III of Russia and Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
May 14 · Vasyl Stefanyk, Ukrainian writer (1871–1936)
May 22 · Thekla Resvoll, Norwegian botanist (1871-1948)
May 26 · Camille Huysmans, Belgian former prime minister (1871-1968)
May 30 · Nándor Dáni, Hungarian athlete (1871–1948)

June

June 13 · Princess Hélène of Orléans, Princess of France
June 19 · Fritz Hofmann, German sprinter and gymnast (1871-1927)
June 19 · Alajos Szokolyi, Olympian athlete, physician (1871-1932)
June 21 · Guglielmo Ferrero, Italian historian and writer (1871-1942)
June 22 · William McDougall, British psychologist (1871–1938)
June 28 · Sergei Bulgakov, Russian Orthodox Christian theologian, philosopher, priest and economist (1871–1944)

July

July 2 · Wilhelm von Mirbach, German diplomat (1871-1918)
July 4 · Hubert Cecil Booth, British engineer (1871–1955)
July 15 · José Enrique Rodó, Uruguayan writer (1871–1917)
July 15 · Henryk Arctowski, Polish scientist and explorer (1871–1958)
July 15 · Ugo Ojetti, Italian writer and art critic (1871-1946)
July 23 · Ovide Decroly, Belgian psychologist (1871–1932)

August

August 3 · Hàm Nghi, Vietnamese emperor (1871-1944)
August 7 · Abanindranath Tagore, Indian painter and writer (1871–1951)
August 12 · Gustavs Zemgals, President of Latvia (1871-1939)
August 15 · Arthur Tansley, British botanist (1871–1955)
August 16 · Zakaria Paliashvili, Georgian composer (1871–1933)
August 25 · Nils Edén, Swedish 20th century prime minister (1871-1945)

September

September 5 · Friedrich Akel, Estonian diplomat and politician (1871–1941)
September 17 · Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, Grand Duchess consort of Hesse and by Rhine (1871–1937)
September 19 · Fritz Schaudinn, German zoologist (1871–1906)
September 21 · Meletios, Archbishop of Athens (1918–1920), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1921–1923) and Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria (1926–1935)
September 21 · Ivan Gubkin, geologist (1871-1939)
September 24 · Lottie Dod, English tennis player (1871-1960)

October

October 8 · Ivan Poddubny, Russian-Soviet wrestler
October 8 · Ma Barker, American mother of several criminals and Barker Gang leader (1873–1935)
October 14 · Alexander von Zemlinsky, Austrian Jewish composer, conductor, teacher and art collector (1871-1942)
October 19 · Walter Bradford Cannon, American physiologist (1871-1945)
October 23 · Gjergj Fishta, Albanian writer (1871-1940)
October 27 · Vatslav Vorovsky, Soviet diplomat (1871-1923)

November

November 1 · Alexander Spendiaryan, Russian composer of Armenian descent (1871-1928)
November 3 · Hanns Heinz Ewers, German actor and writer (1871–1943)
November 5 · Shūsui Kōtoku, Japanese anarchist (1871–1911)
November 9 · Florence R. Sabin, American medical scientist (1871–1953)
November 15 · Erich von Tschermak, Austrian geneticist (1871-1962)
November 26 · Luigi Sturzo, Italian Catholic priest and politician (1871-1959)

December

December 9 · Charles Bennett, British athlete (1870–1948)
December 13 · Emily Carr, Canadian painter and writer (1871–1945)
December 18 · Jan Kotěra, Czech architect, designer, painter and university educator (1871–1923)
December 22 · Cesare Mori, Italian prefect and politician (1871-1942)
December 29 · Giuseppe Motta, member of the Swiss Federal Council (1871-1940)
December 29 · Emmanuel Foulon, Belgian archer

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