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

Roger Bresnahan

1879–1944 baseball player Toledo

Roland Foster

1879–1966 singer, teacher Dundalk

Rolf Witting

1879–1944 diplomat, foreign minister, geophysicist, oceanographer, politician Vyborg

Roman Pasławski

b. 1879 military officer

Rosario Soler

1879–1944 actor Málaga

Roza Popova

1879–1949 actor Sofia

Rudolf Asmis

1879–1945 diplomat, jurist Mesekenhagen

Rudolf Krasselt

1879–1954 cellist, conductor, intendant, musician Baden-Baden

Rudolf Laban

1879–1958 ballet dancer, choreographer, dancer, theatrologist Bratislava

Rupert Michell

1879–1966 explorer, physician Perth

Rıza Nur

1879–1942 politician, surgeon, writer Sinop

Salvatore Gatti

1879–1951 politician Anagni

Samuel W. Arnold

1879–1961 bureaucrat, entrepreneur, politician, retail worker, school superintendent, teacher Downing

Santiago González-Tablas

1879–1922 military personnel Pamplona

Santos Arias de Miranda Berdugo

1879–1938 politician Aranda de Duero

Sarojini Naidu

1879–1949 freedom fighter, independence activist, poet, politician, writer Hyderabad

Sawada Rikichi

1879–1944 businessperson, politician Hokkaido

Scott Leavitt

1879–1966 politician Elk Rapids

Sergey Leontyev

1879–1937 politician Rostovskiy Uyezd

Severin Eisenberger

1879–1945 composer, pianist Kraków

Sheyda Gerashi

1879–1920 poet Gerash

Shigeru Nishiyama

b. 1879 Fukuoka Prefecture

Shinji Nishimura

1879–1943 archaeologist, editing staff, historian, journalist

Shinmen Ichigobō

1879–1941 haiku poet

Shōji Yoshirō

1879–1931 journalist, politician

Si Bouaziz ben M'hamed ben Gana

1879–1945 politician Oued Righ

Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal

1879–1914 Gangtok

Signe Tandefelt

1879–1943 painter Helsinki

Sigrid Heinricius

1879–1925 writer

Sigurd Curman

1879–1966 architect, art historian, preservationist, restorer Hedvig Eleonora parish

Silvio Hein

1879–1928 composer New York City

Simeta Marsden

1879–1947 actor Islington

Simon Petrus van Leeuwen

1879–1950 composer, conductor

Sin Se-hoai

1879–1951 businessperson, local politician

Spiridon Putin

1879–1965 chef, cook Tver Governorate

Stanislas Bizot

1879–1950 draughts player Nice

Stanisław Karłowski

1879–1939 banker, economist Grąbkowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Stanley Doust

1879–1961 tennis player Sydney

Stefan Czarnowski

1879–1937 cultural historian, sociologist, university teacher Kroczewo

Stsyafan Kulchytski

1879–1937 Eastern Orthodox priest Damavick

Syd Billings

1879–1915 Australian rules football player Fitzroy

Symon Petliura

1879–1926 journalist, politician, theatre critic Poltava

Tadjos Toshyan

b. 1879 Meghri

Tajima Katsutarō

1879–1939 politician

Tanasi Nastu

1879–1926 civil servant, police officer Plasë

Tatsujirō Kamura

1879–1963 military personnel Higashiyoka

Teresina Negri

1879–1974 entrepreneur Turin

Thea Proctor

1879–1966 painter Armidale

Thea Schleusner

1879–1964 painter, writer Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Theo Goedvriend

1879–1969 copyist, draftsperson, etcher, graphic artist, illustrator, lino cutter, lithographer, painter De Steeg