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

Clara Guthrie d'Arcis

1879–1937 women's rights activist New Orleans

Claude Guillon-Verne

1879–1956 composer Chantenay-sur-Loire

Claudi Tricaz Arnillas

1879–1952 physician, politician Barcelona

Claudius Henricus de Goeje

1879–1955 Suriname studies researcher, anthropologist, cartographer, explorer, naval officer, university teacher Leiden

Clodagh Beresford

1879–1957 writer

Coen de Koning

1879–1954 speed skater Edam

Constance Elizabeth D'Arcy

1879–1950 gynecologist, obstetrician, physician Rylstone

Cora Josephine Gordon

1879–1950 painter

Cyrus Cuneo

1879–1916 painter San Francisco

Czesław Petelenz

1879–1949 journalist Sulistrowa

Dalmacio Iglesias

1879–1933 journalist, lawyer, poet, politician Santibáñez el Bajo

Daniel J. Maloney

1879–1905 test pilot

Daya Ram Sahni

1879–1939 archaeologist Bhera

Dick Blaker

1879–1950 association football player, cricketer Bayswater

Dinko Puc

1879–1945 lawyer, politician Ljubljana

Donka Gyuzeleva-Sarafova

1879–1973 actor Sofia

Dorothea Maude

1879–1959 surgeon South Kensington

E. M. Forster

1879–1970 biographer, essayist, librettist, literary critic, novelist, science fiction writer, screenwriter, writer London

E. R. Moon

1879–1962 missionary Beloit

E.J.M. Stumpel

1879–1967 politician

Earl C. Mathews

1879–1953 politician Mathews County

Edgar Chappell

1879–1949 sociologist, urban planner, writer Ystalyfera

Edgard de Caritat de Peruzzis

1879–1914 politician

Edith Houghton Hooker

1879–1948 journalist, social worker, suffragist Buffalo

Edoardo Spasiano

1879–1944 politician Bagnara Calabra

Eduard Einschlag

1879–1945 painter, printmaker Leipzig

Edward Boulden

1879–1937 actor Pencader

Edward Dillon

1879–1933 actor, film actor, film director, screenwriter New York City

Edward Dąbrowski

1879–1946 Warsaw

Efim Saiko

b. 1879 politician Boryspil

Einar Hustad

1879–1935 merchant, politician Namsos

Eirene Mort

1879–1977 educator Woollahra

Eleonora Jenko Groyer

1879–1959 physician Ljubljana

Eligio Ayala

1879–1930 lawyer, politician Mbuyapey

Elisabeth Lindemann

1879–1960 photographer, textile designer, weaver Nordhastedt

Elsa Gademann

1879–2000 stage actor Munich

Elsa Marguérite Galafrés

1879–1977 film actor, stage actor Berlin

Elsa Reich

1879–2000 opera singer Prague

Elsa Wagner

1879–1915 violinist Dresden

Elsie Clare Pidgeon

1879–1956 military nurse, nurse

Elsie Dumolo

1879–1963

Elsie Grant Suttie

1879–1954 golfer London

Emil Pocola

b. 1879 journalist

Emile Baes

1879–1953 art critic, art historian, illustrator, painter, printmaker City of Brussels

Emilio Bestetti

1879–1954 art director, designer, painter, philanthropist, publisher Milan

Erich Ludwig

1879–1934 athletics competitor, rugby union player Frankfurt

Ernest Atherton

1879–1954 politician Mareeba

Ernest Doneaud

1879–1959 architect

Ernest Douwes Dekker

1879–1950 politician, teacher, writer Pasuruan

Ernest Farrar

1879–1952 politician, saddler, trade unionist Barnsley