People Born in the 1870s

Prokop Toman

1872–1955 art historian, collector, jurist, poet, translator, writer Prague

Pyotr Z. Bazhbeuk-Melikov

1872–1944 White émigré, agronomist, engineer, essayist, politician, writer Bender

Pío Baroja

1872–1956 baker, novelist, physician, physician writer, playwright, poet, writer San Sebastián

Pēteris Juraševskis

1872–1945 lawyer, politician, public figure Sesava Parish

Qiqian Zhu

1872–1964 politician Xinyang

R.P. van Calcar

1872–1957 physician, university teacher

Raffaello Baldi Papini

1872–1938 politician Pistoia

Rakuichiro Ganeko

1872–1941 physician, politician

Ralph Vaughan Williams

1872–1958 choreographer, classical composer, composer, conductor, film score composer, musicologist, organist, pedagogue Down Ampney

Ramon Argemí i Comerma

1872–1955 businessperson Terrassa

Ramon Pichot

1872–1925 painter Barcelona

Ramón Avanceña

1872–1957 judge Captaincy General of the Philippines

Ramón Couto Fernández

1872–1900 illustrator, painter Santiago de Compostela

Ramón Ferreiro Lago

1872–1962 journalist, notary, writer Mondoñedo

Raoul Barré

1872–1932 animator, caricaturist, comics artist, film director, illustrator, painter Montreal

Raoul Pighetti de Rivasso

1872–1914 military personnel, writer Marseille

Raymond Colrat de Montrozier

1872–1931 explorer, journalist Sarrazac

Raymond Pitet

1872–1959 Deauville

Reginald Doherty

1872–1910 tennis player Wimbledon

Reginald John Adrian Yzendoorn

1872–1935 cleric Utrecht

Reginald Skelton

1872–1956 engineer, explorer, photographer Long Sutton

Renatus Robin

1872–1954 politician

René Grandjean

b. 1872 association football player

Riccardo Calcagno

1872–1953 military personnel, politician Lecce

Richard Arlington Brush

1872–1944 carpenter

Richard Braungart

1872–1963 journalist, writer Freising

Richard C. L. Moncure

1872–1937 politician Richmond

Richard Fischer

1872–1954 historian, journalist, jurist, lawyer, local historian, local politician, opinion journalist, poet, politician, writer Loštice

Richard Luksch

1872–1936 medalist, sculptor, university teacher Vienna

Richard Otto

1872–1952 university teacher Mechowo

Richard von Pawelsz

1872–1943 military officer Stade

Riheita Kameyama

1872–1915 politician

Rizo Rizov

1872–1950 revolutionary Veles

Robert Brough

1872–1905 painter Invergordon

Robert Lehmann-Nitsche

1872–1938 anthropologist, ethnologist, photographer, physician, researcher

Robert Maillart

1872–1940 architect, civil engineer, structural engineer Bern

Robert Walter Campbell Shelford

1872–1912 entomologist Singapore in the Straits Settlements

Robert William Evans

1872–1955 businessperson, politician Swansea

Robert Witt

1872–1952 art collector, art historian

Robert de Flers

1872–1927 diplomat, journalist, librettist, literary critic, novelist, playwright, short story writer, writer Pont-l'Évêque

Rodolphe d'Erlanger

1872–1932 artist, ethnomusicologist, musicologist, painter Boulogne-Billancourt

Rodrigo Sanz

1872–1939 politician Ferrol

Roger Dutilleul

1872–1956 art collector, patron of the arts 8th arrondissement of Paris

Rolf Schroeder

1872–1948 architect Snesere Parish

Romualdo Antônio Baraúna

1872–1937 journalist Santo Amaro

Rosa Fitinghoff

1872–1949 author Torsåker parish

Rose Pettigrew

1872–1958 art model Portsmouth

Rosina Storchio

1872–1945 opera singer Venice

Rosine Picquart

1872–1953 nurse Avion

Rowland Louis Johnston

1872–1939 lawyer, politician Louisiana