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

Pablo Luna

1879–1942 composer, screenwriter Alhama de Aragón

Patrick Abercrombie

1879–1957 architect, poet, urban planner Ashton upon Mersey

Paul Briët

1879–1961 politician Voorthuizen

Paul Münch

1879–1951 writer Ruchheim

Paul Theodor Range

1879–1952 botanist, geographer, geologist, university teacher Lübeck

Paul Thiersch

1879–1928 architect, university teacher Munich

Paul Tirard

1879–1945 diplomat Croissy-sur-Seine

Paul W. Houser

1879–1942 politician Lincoln

Pavel Bazhov

1879–1950 children's writer, folklorist, journalist, opinion journalist, pedagogue, politician, prose writer, screenwriter, writer Sysert

Pavel Nemchinov

1879–1948 military officer

Pavlo Rybalchenko

b. 1879 politician

Peije Rasp

1879–1941 instrumentalist Ureterp

Per Falk

1879–1944 Eskilstuna

Percy Turner

1879–1954 association football player Mountsorrel

Percy Wilson

1879–1944 botanist, curator

Pere Domènech i Seriñana

1879–1955 industrialist, politician Barcelona

Perikli Georgiev

1879–1939 Struga

Peter G. Gerry

1879–1957 politician New York City

Peter Lippert

1879–1936 Catholic priest, theologian, writer Freudenberg

Peter Stojchev

1879–1945 film director, screenwriter Shumen

Peter van Anrooy

1879–1954 composer, conductor Zaltbommel

Petko Naumov

1879–1933 composer, conductor, music educator, school teacher, university teacher Berkovitsa

Petros Khan Melik Anderasian

1879–1913 revolutionary

Philibert Cockx

1879–1949 painter Ixelles

Philip Loring Spooner

1879–1945 singer Hudson

Phoebe Chapple

1879–1967 obstetrician, physician Adelaide

Pilar Millán-Astray

1879–1949 playwright, spy, writer A Coruña

Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen

1879–1945 aristocrat Potsdam

Práxedes Zancada

1879–1936 politician, writer Madrid

Rabinoṿits, Eliʻezer Yehudah

1879–1941 rabbi

Rado Lah

1879–1955 agronomist, editor, opinion journalist

Raffaele Montuori

1879–1960 politician Portici

Rajguru Priyo Ratana Mahathera

1879–1954

Ralph George Hawtrey

1879–1975 economist Slough

Ralph Vary Chamberlin

1879–1967 arachnologist, curator, entomologist, historian, myriapodologist, university teacher, zoologist Salt Lake City

Remi Vanderschelden

1879–1964 politician

René Champoiseau

1879–1966 industrialist, motorcycle racer, racing automobile driver, sport cyclist Orléans

Rezső Honti

1879–1956 linguist, literary historian, translator Budapest

Riccardo Momigliano

1879–1960 journalist, politician Cuneo

Richard Birkeland

1879–1928 mathematician, professor Farsund Municipality

Richard Langer

1879–1950 sculptor, university teacher Nordhausen

Richard Teschner

1879–1948 decorative artist, designer, director, draftsperson, exlibrist, film director, graphic artist, illustrator, painter, puppet designer, puppeteer, teacher, visual artist Karlovy Vary

Robert Dennison

1879–1951 politician

Robert Gardiner

1879–1945 farmer, politician Aberdeenshire

Robert Heath Lock

1879–1915 botanist

Robert M. Leach

1879–1952 politician Franklin

Robert Michael

1879–1963 Australian rules football player Sale

Robert Spencer

1879–1931 painter Harvard

Robert Welles Ritchie

1879–1942 journalist, novelist, screenwriter, short story writer

Robertson Smyth

1879–1916 rugby union player County Down