People Born in the 1870s

Discover ancestors and historical figures in our database of 6,286 people with archival photographs and biographical details.

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6,286 people found

Adolf Maciesza

1878–1929 anthropologist, pathologist Tomsk

Adriaan Willem Gerrit van Riemsdijk

1878–1930 playwright, screenwriter Gorinchem

Aharon Litae

1878–1952 journalist, teacher, translator Gomel Region

Arthur Roe

1878–1942 judge, politician Shafter

Atanasije Šola

1878–1955 politician Trieste

Bernard F. Eilers

1878–1951 draftsperson, etcher, exlibrist, lithographer, painter, pastellist, photographer Amsterdam

Berta Morena

1878–1952 opera singer Mannheim

Birger Palme

1878–1928 artist Norrköping

Béla Kun

1878–1954 journalist, politician Oradea

Carl Sandburg

1878–1967 biographer, children's writer, historian, journalist, musicologist, novelist, poet, screenwriter, trade unionist, writer Galesburg

Carlos Saavedra Lamas

1878–1959 diplomat, jurist, lawyer, politician, university teacher Buenos Aires

Charles Terlinden

1878–1972 historian, university teacher Schaerbeek

Edward Patrick Johnson

1878–1959 opera singer Guelph

Elvira Clemens

1878–2000 stage actor Vienna

Erik P. Petri

1878–1966 painter

Erik W. Tillberg

1878–1940 business magnate, mining engineer Hjorted Parish

Ernest Wynants

1878–1964 painter, sculptor, visual artist Mechelen

Eugène Langevin

1878–1956 poet

Franz Kiebitz

1878–1962 physicist Bautzen

François Labrousse

1878–1951 French resistance fighter, physician, politician Brive-la-Gaillarde

George Cattanach

1878–1954 lacrosse player Alexandria

George Connor

1878–1941 farmer, politician

George Girvan

1878–1968 association football player, athlete Motherwell

Gotthard Söderbergh

1878–1943 Maria Magdalena parish

Guy Wyman

1878–1953 Perry

Hedwig von Szapáry

1878–1918 Štěkeň Castle

Henri Zagwijn

1878–1954 composer Nieuwer-Amstel

Ivar Trägårdh

1878–1951 entomologist, scientific collector, zoologist Järfälla socken

James Robertson

1878–1951 military personnel Toowoomba

Jan van Dommelen

1878–1942 actor, film director Amsterdam

Jean François van Royen

1878–1942 book printer, graphic designer, illustrator, postage stamp designer, publisher, typographer Arnhem

Jean Nellie Miles Walker

1878–1918 nurse

Josep Ciurana i Maijó

1878–1960 politician, writer Torroja del Priorat

Joseph Diongre

1878–1963 architect Uccle

Joseph Zeller

1878–1929 Catholic priest, author Ellwangen

José Berraondo

1878–1950 association football coach, association football player San Sebastián

Julius Geisendörfer

1878–1953 director, film actor, film director, stage actor Karlsruhe

Juliusz Ostoja-Zagórski

1878–1919

Júlio Maria de Lombaerde

1878–1944 Father, missionary, writer Waregem

Kamilo Tončić-Sorinj

1878–1961 architect Zadar

Karl Skoog

1878–1933 engraver, sculptor Väse

Kim Pil-soon

1878–1919 medical researcher

Lambert Ehrlich

1878–1942 Catholic priest, ethnologist, politician, professor, theologian Camporosso

Lauritz Rodtwitt

1878–1956 military officer Ålesund Municipality

Lev Kogut

1878–1947 journalist, lawyer, political activist Chernivtsi

Lev Melkhisedekovich Kreczetowicz

1878–1956 botanist

Logan Long

1878–1933 politician Pennsylvania

Lucy Sprague Mitchell

1878–1967 children's writer, educator, writer Chicago

Marcello Dudovich

1878–1962 draftsperson, graphic artist, graphic designer, illustrator, lithographer, painter, poster artist Trieste

Maria Assunta Pallotta

1878–1905 missionary, nun Force