Famous people born in 1879

The best-known people born in 1879, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.

Best known

Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
March 14 · d. 1955
Photo: Oren Jack Turner, Public domain
Leon Trotsky
Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
November 7 · d. 1940
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Emiliano Zapata
Mexican revolutionary (1879–1919)
August 8 · d. 1919
Photo: Agustín Casasola, Public domain
Paul Klee
German-Swiss artist (1879–1940)
December 18 · d. 1940
Photo: Alexander Eliasberg, Public domain
Otto Hahn
German chemist and physicist (1879-1968)
March 8 · d. 1968
Photo: Nobel Foundation, Public domain
Max von Laue
German physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi (1879–1960)
October 9 · d. 1960
Photo: Franz Schmelhaus, Zürich, Public domain
E. M. Forster
English novelist (1879-1970)
January 1 · d. 1970
Photo: Dora Carrington (1893–1932), Public domain
Kazimir Malevich
Russian avant-garde artist of Polish ancestry. Founder of the Suprematist movement (1879–1935)
February 23 · d. 1935
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Owen Willans Richardson
British physicist (1879–1959)
April 26 · d. 1959
Photo: Nobel foundation, Public domain
Franz von Papen
German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)
October 29 · d. 1969
Photo: Unknown Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Ramana Maharshi
Indian spiritual teacher (1879–1950)
December 30 · d. 1922
Photo: G. G. Welling, Public domain
Emperor Taishō
Emperor of Japan from 1912 until 1926
August 31 · d. 1926
Photo: Ministry of the Imperial Household, Public domain
Sarojini Naidu
Indian poet, politician, governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from1947 to 1949
February 13 · d. 1949
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Symon Petliura
Ukrainian military leader (1879–1926)
May 22 · d. 1926
Photo: н., Public domain
Margaret Sanger
American birth control activist and nurse (1879–1966)
September 14 · d. 1966
Photo: Los Angeles Times, restored by Adam Cuerden, CC BY 4.0
Will Rogers
American humorist and entertainer (1879–1935)
November 4 · d. 1935
Photo: Melbourne Spurr, Public domain
Francis Picabia
French painter and writer (1879–1953)
January 22 · d. 1953
Photo: Guillaume Apollinaire, Public domain
Ethel Barrymore
American actress (1879–1959)
August 15 · d. 1959
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Wallace Stevens
American poet (1879–1955)
October 2 · d. 1955
Photo: Photograph by Sylvia Salmi., Public domain
Hans Luther
German chancellor (1879-1962)
March 10 · d. 1962
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Joseph Wirth
German chancellor (1879-1956)
September 6 · d. 1956
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Léon Jouhaux
French trade unionist (1879–1954)
July 1 · d. 1954
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Milutin Milanković
Serbian mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, climatologist, and engineer (1879–1958)
May 28 · d. 1958
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Huda Sha'rawi
Egyptian feminist and nationalist (1879–1947)
June 23 · d. 1947
Photo: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain
Alma Mahler
Austrian composer, art collector, author, editor, and socialite (1879-1964)
August 31 · d. 1964
Photo: Not known; Specht does not identify photographer, Public domain
Jane Darwell
American actress (1879-1967)
October 15 · d. 1967
Photo: Photographer: John E. Reed, Hollywood, Public domain
Patrick Pearse
Irish revolutionary, shot by the British Army in 1916
November 10 · d. 1916
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Kartini
Indonesian heroine, feminist (1879–1904)
April 21 · d. 1904
Francis Peyton Rous
American scientist (1879-1970)
October 5 · d. 1970
Rudolf Laban
Austrian choreographer (1879-1958)
December 15 · d. 1958

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Month by month

January

January 1 · William Fox, Hungarian-American film producer
January 2 · Rudolf Bauer, Hungarian discus thrower
January 3 · Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States from 1923 to 1929
January 18 · Henri Giraud, French general \ (1879-1949)
January 27 · Pavel Bazhov, Soviet writer (1879–1950)
January 31 · Boris Savinkov, Russian writer (1879-1925)

February

February 4 · Jacques Copeau, French theatre director, producer, actor, and dramatist (1879–1949)
February 6 · Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Chilean politician and president (1879-1941)
February 17 · Hovannes Adamian, Armenian inventor and engineer (1879–1932)
February 22 · Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Danish physical chemist (1879–1947)
February 23 · Agnes Arber, British botanist (1879-1960)
February 26 · Frank Bridge, English composer and violist (1879–1941)

March

March 1 · Aleksandar Stamboliyski, Bulgarian prime minister (14 October 1919 – 9 June 1923)
March 4 · Bernhard Kellermann, German author (1879-1951)
March 5 · William Beveridge, British economist and social reformer (1879-1963)
March 20 · Maud Menten, Canadian physician and chemist (1879–1960)
March 27 · Edward Steichen, American photographer, artist and curator (1879-1973)
March 29 · Alan Gardiner, English egyptologist and philologist (1879–1963)

April

April 2 · Alexander Moissi, Albanian-born Austrian actor (1879–1935)
April 4 · Aimo Cajander, Finnish forest scientist and politician (1879-1943)
April 11 · Bernhard Schmidt, Baltic German astronomer (1879-1935)
April 14 · James Branch Cabell, American author (1879–1958)
April 20 · Italo Gariboldi, Italian general (1879-1970)
April 29 · Thomas Beecham, British conductor and impresario (1879–1961)

May

May 2 · James F. Byrnes, American politician (1882–1972)
May 6 · Bedřich Hrozný, Czech archeologist, linguist and orientalist (1879-1952)
May 19 · Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, first female Member of Parliament to take her seat (1879-1964)
May 25 · Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Anglo-Canadian business tycoon, politician, and writer (1879-1964)
May 27 · Karl Bühler, German psychologist (1879–1963)
May 30 · Vanessa Bell, British painter and interior designer (1879–1961)

June

June 2 · Alla Nazimova, Russian-American actress (1879–1945)
June 3 · Vivian Woodward, English footballer (1879-1954)
June 6 · Agrippina Vaganova, Russian ballerina and founder of a ballet teaching method (1879-1951)
June 6 · René Pottier, French racing cyclist (1879–1907)
June 7 · Knud Rasmussen, Danish explorer and anthropologist
June 13 · Lois Weber, American actor/film director (1879-1939)

July

July 2 · Zsigmond Móricz, Hungarian writer (1879-1942)
July 3 · Alfred Korzybski, Polish-American scholar and philosopher (1879–1950)
July 5 · Wanda Landowska, Polish-French harpsichordist (1879–1959)
July 5 · Dwight Filley Davis Sr., American politician and tennis player (1879–1945)
July 9 · Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer, musicologist and conductor
July 9 · Carlos Chagas, Brazilian doctor and scientist (1878–1934)

August

August 8 · Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese general (1879-1946)
August 10 · Alexander Drankov, Russian photographer (1886-1949)
August 13 · John Ireland, British composer and teacher of music (1879-1962)
August 17 · Pierre Cérésole, Swiss pacifist, engineer and quaker (1879-1945)
August 20 · Alfred Swahn, sport shooter (1879–1931)
August 26 · Georgios Kondylis, Greek politician and general (1879-1936)

September

September 6 · Johan Nygaardsvold, 21st Prime Minister of Norway
September 6 · Max Schreck, German actor (1879-1936)
September 15 · Joseph Lyons, Australian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (1879-1939)
September 17 · Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy, Indian social reformer (1879-1973)
September 20 · Victor Sjöström, Swedish film director, screenwriter, and actor (1879-1960)
September 27 · Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician (1879–1934)

October

October 3 · Warner Oland, Swedish-American actor (1879–1938)
October 8 · Chen Duxiu, Chinese politician and co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party (1879–1942)
October 14 · Miles Franklin, Australian writer and feminist (1879–1954)
October 18 · Grzegorz Fitelberg, Polish musician (1879–1953)
October 21 · Joseph Canteloube, French composer and musicologist (1879-1957)
October 22 · José Giral, Spanish politician (1879-1962)

November

November 1 · Pál Teleki, Prime Minister of Hungary (1879–1941)
November 3 · Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)
November 7 · Kārlis Skalbe, Latvian writer (1879–1945)
November 10 · Vachel Lindsay, American poet (1879–1931)
November 15 · Lewis Stone, American actor (1879–1953)
November 24 · Eli Heckscher, Swedish historian and economist (1879–1952)

December

December 3 · Kafū Nagai, Japanese writer (1879−1959)
December 9 · Hu Han-min, Chinese politician (1879-1936)
December 10 · Ernest Howard Shepard, British artist (1879-1976)
December 20 · Ion G. Duca, Romanian politician (1879-1933)
December 24 · Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Queen consort of King Christian X of Denmark (1879–1952)
December 27 · Sydney Greenstreet, British-American actor (1879-1954)

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