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

Maria Farneti

1878–1955 opera singer Forlì

Mary Cabot Wheelwright

1878–1958 anthropologist, art collector Boston

Max Bromme

1878–1974 architect Zielona Góra

Melbourne Inman

1878–1951 English billiards player, snooker player Brentford

Miles C. Allgood

1878–1977 politician Allgood

Miller Huggins

1878–1929 baseball player, lawyer Cincinnati

Mitrofan Karpov

b. 1878 peasant, politician Livenskiy Uyezd

Mitsuyo Maeda

1878–1941 judoka, professional wrestler Hirosaki

Miško Jovanović

1878–1915 Tuzla

Morgan G. Sanders

1878–1956 lawyer, politician Ben Wheeler

Moshe Glickson

1878–1939 journalist, translator Słobódka

Munavvar Qori Abdurashidxon oʻgʻli

1878–1931 journalist, politician, writer Tashkent

Nikolay Tananaev

1878–1959 chemist Morshansky Uyezd

Nikólaos Theotókis

1878–1922 diplomat, politician Corfu

Noël Leslie, Countess of Rothes

1878–1956 aristocrat, charity worker, fundraiser, nurse, philanthropist, socialite Kensington

Oswald Gebbie

1878–1956 rugby union player Greater Buenos Aires

Pancho Villa

1878–1923 partisan, politician San Juan del Río del Centauro del Norte

Pedro Nubiola Espinós

1878–1956 gynecologist, physician Barcelona

Pelene Vajirañāna Mahanayaka Thero

1878–1955 monk

Prince Leopold Clemens of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry

1878–1916 military personnel Svätý Anton

Rachael Robinson Elmer

1878–1919 illustrator Rokeby

Ragnar Rendahl

1878–1929 electrical engineer Karlstad church parish

Richard Meinertzhagen

1878–1967 botanical collector, military officer, ornithologist, scientific collector, writer Kensington

Ruth Mackay

1878–1949 actor, film actor Kennington

Sakura Okamoto

1878–1935

Salvador Anglada i Llongueras

1878–1936 businessperson, politician Barcelona

Salvador Castells i Mas

1878–1941 politician Premià de Dalt

Schotto van Fridagh

1878–1959 politician

Stephen A. Hull

1878–1973 politician St. Louis

Theodore W. Hukriede

1878–1945 judge, lawyer, politician Warren County

Thomas Murphine

1878–1943 politician Ohio

Thorvald Oftedal

1878–1967 musician

Télémaque Lambrino

1878–1930 musician, pianist, university teacher Odesa

Tögs-Ochiryn Namnansüren

1878–1919 politician Uyanga

Ulysses S. Stone

1878–1962 politician DeWitt Township

Umberto Bassignani

1878–1944 sculptor Fivizzano

Victor Arendorff

1878–1958 journalist, poet, writer Stockholm

Victor Richard Ratten

1878–1962 surgeon Kew

Vladimir Picheta

1878–1947 historian, slavist, university teacher Poltava

Wallace Worsley

1878–1944 actor, director, film actor, film director, stage actor Wappingers Falls

Walther Paucker

1878–1919 Lutheran pastor, cleric, parson Simuna

Wanda Bibrowicz

1878–1954 artist, university teacher Grodzisk Wielkopolski

Wataru Yoshizu

1878–1956 microbiologist, politician Osaka Prefecture

Willem Hesselink

1878–1973 association football coach, association football player, athletics competitor, chemist Arnhem

Willem Leliman

1878–1921 architect Amsterdam

Yitsḥaḳ ben Y. Ḥ. Alfiyah

1878–1955 Aleppo

Yury Stravinsky

1878–1941 architect

Yuzuru Hiraga

1878–1943 engineer Tokyo

Zaifu

1878–1935 military leader

Álvaro de Castro

1878–1928 military personnel, politician Guarda