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

Walery Sławek

1879–1939 military officer, politician Nemyriv

Walter Hofmann

1879–1952 engraver, librarian, poet Dresden

Walter Zechlin

1879–1962 author, jurist, translator Świdwin

Walther Schiller

1879–1944 engineer, geologist, mineralogist, researcher, university teacher Dahme/Mark

Warner Oland

1879–1938 actor, film actor, stage actor, translator Västerbotten County

Wilfred Fell

1879–1920 Australian rules football player Gisborne

Wilhelm Hermann Heckel

1879–1952 musical instrument maker Biebrich

Wilhelm Maucher

1879–1930 mineralogist Winterstettenstadt

Wilhelm von Essen

1879–1972 equestrian, military personnel Hömbs church parish

Wilhelm Światołdycz-Kisiel

1879–1940

Willfred Weymouth Lufkin

1879–1934 politician Essex

William B. Greeley

1879–1955 scientist Oswego

William Chadwick

1879–1962 painter Dewsbury

William G. S. Cadogan

1879–1914 cricketer, military officer

William Harrison Hays

1879–1954 lawyer, politician, public figure, writer Sullivan

William L. Igoe

1879–1953 lawyer, politician St. Louis

William Sloane Coffin, Sr.

1879–1933 merchant Manhattan

Witold Wojtkiewicz

1879–1909 draftsperson, painter, visual artist, writer Warsaw

Wolfgang von Wurzbach

1879–1957 art historian, collector, literary historian, literary scholar, man of letters, romanist, university teacher, writer Vienna

Władysław Studziński

1879–1964 official Sanok

Yasumichi Katō

1879–1971 politician Tokyo

Yoshihisa Kawaguchi

1879–1945 businessperson, politician Kanagawa Prefecture

Yoshinobu Tsurumi

1879–1941 military personnel, politician Tochigi Prefecture

Yoshitaka Furuya

1879–1945 politician Ena

Ype Wenning

1879–1959 painter Leeuwarden

Yu Yan

1879–1954 physician Zhenhai District

Zinoviy Litvin-Sedoy

1879–1947 revolutionary Kolomna

Zsigmond Móricz

1879–1942 children's writer, editing staff, journalist, playwright, writer Tiszacsécse

Álvaro Poppe

1879–1972 military personnel, politician

Álvaro de Albornoz

1879–1954 lawyer, politician, writer Ḷḷuarca

Ángel Adami

1879–1945 aircraft pilot, journalist, photographer Montevideo

Ângelo Alves de Sousa Vaz

1879–1962 journalist, physician, politician, writer Lisbon

Émile Nelligan

1879–1941 poet Montreal

Ğaliäsğar Kamal

1879–1933 journalist, playwright, prose writer, translator, writer Kazan

İzzet Ulvi Aykurt

1879–1957 politician, writer Eskişehir

Şerif İlden

1879–1952 diplomat, politician Veles