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

Achilleas Protosyngellos

1879–1943 military personnel

Adalbert Kielland

1879–1956 architect Hamar Municipality

Adavie Efendiyeva

1879–1944 embroiderer, painter Yevpatoriia

Adele von Finck

1879–1943 painter Buenos Aires

Adolf Bergman

1879–1926 fiddler, police officer, tug of war competitor Östra Broby

Adolphe Ferrière

1879–1960 pedagogue, sociologist Geneva

Adolphine Kok

1879–1928 jurist, lawyer Rotterdam

Adriaan Moen

1879–1950 architect Amsterdam

Agnes Morgan

1879–1976 actor, director, librettist, lyricist, playwright, songwriter, stage actor, theatrical director, theatrical producer, writer Le Roy

Agrippina Vaganova

1879–1951 ballet dancer, ballet master, ballet teacher, choreographer, music educator Saint Petersburg

Aino Alli

1879–1958 painter Oulu

Akagi Kakudō

1879–1948 journalist

Albert Franz Theodor Reuss

1879–1958 biologist, businessperson, entomologist, herpetologist, lepidopterist, painter Munich

Albert H. Oswald

b. 1879 composer

Albert Twesme

1879–1949 judge, politician Ettrick

Alberto Cruz Montt

1879–1955 architect, university teacher Valparaíso

Albin Krabbe

1879–1918 actor

Alec Ross

1879–1952 golfer Dornoch

Aleksandr Nemits

1879–1967 military personnel, university teacher Cotiujeni

Alexander Bekzadyan

1879–1939 diplomat, politician, revolutionary Shusha

Alexander Krastev

1879–1945 musician Vidin

Alexander West Russell

1879–1961 politician

Alexandre Galopin

1879–1944 banker, engineer Ghent

Alexandre Sallès

1879–1956 aircraft pilot, cabinetmaker Vincennes

Alexandru Dobrogeanu-Gherea

1879–1937 journalist, politician Ploiești

Alf Gilson

1879–1912 association football player Lichfield

Alfred Etscheit

1879–1944 lawyer Koblenz

Alfred Faniel

1879–1950 decorative painter, painter Verviers

Alfred Swahn

1879–1931 sport shooter Uddevalla

Ali of Hejaz

1879–1935 regent Mecca

Alice Guszalewicz

1879–1940 opera singer Budapest

Alla Nazimova

1879–1945 actor, film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, stage actor, writer Yalta

Alois Bohn

1879–1937 architect Aradul Nou

Anders Lundberg

1879–1961 architect Trollhättan

Anders Roland

1879–1926 architect Järpås

Anderson E. Shumate

1879–1947 politician Giles County

Andrew Bethea

1879–1945 politician Dillon County

Andrey Arkhangelsky

1879–1940 botanist, geologist, university teacher Ryazan

Andrey Dmitriyev

1879–1946 botanist Rybinsk

André Brunot

1879–1973 actor, singer Prémery

Angelina Noble

1879–1964 missionary, teacher Colony of Queensland

Anna Grönfeldt

1879–1973 politician Karlskoga Church Parish

Anna Paradowska-Szelągowska

1879–1962 banker, politician, women's rights activist Warsaw

Anna Van Damme

1879–1934 La Louvière

Antoinette van Dijk

1879–1975 opera singer, radio personality Amsterdam

Antoni Malet i Pujol

1879–1909 activist Barcelona

Antonio Bifani

1879–1948 journalist, politician Torraca

Antonio Irineo Villarreal

1879–1944 military personnel, minister, politician Lampazos de Naranjo

Antonio Rey Soto

1879–1966 writer Ourense

Antony Troncet

1879–1939 painter, printmaker Buzançais