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

Walter Schmarje

1872–1921 sculptor Flensburg

Walter Schulz

1872–1934 Berlin

Wasaku Natori

1872–1959 entrepreneur, politician Suwa district

Wijtze Nutters

1872–1926 Esperantist, editor, journalist, publisher, translator, typesetter Leeuwarden

Wilfred Trotter

1872–1939 neurosurgeon, surgeon, university teacher Gloucestershire

Wilhelm Freiherr von Tettau

1872–1929 architect, exlibrist Erfurt

Wilhelm Henie

1872–1937 figure skating coach, speed skater, sport cyclist Christiania

Wilhelm Lobsien

1872–1947 writer Brørup Municipality

Wilhelm Schmidt

1872–1941 journalist, writer Rostock

Wilhelm Stahl

1872–1953 librarian, music educator, music historian, university teacher Groß Schenkenberg

Wilhelm Stoeltzner

1872–1954 pediatrician, physician, university teacher Berlin

Wilhelm Wilhelmsen

1872–1955 ship-owner Tønsberg

Willard Gibbs Van Name

1872–1959 zoologist New Haven

Willem de Jong

1872–1918 politician, teacher Schiermonnikoog

William A. L. Bazeley

b. 1872 politician England

William B. Cravens

1872–1939 lawyer, politician Fort Smith

William David Redmond Taggart

1872–1940 architect Belfast

William Desmond Taylor

1872–1922 actor, film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter Carlow

William E. Mahoney

b. 1872 politician, traiteur Boston

William Emerson Brock

1872–1950 businessperson, politician Mocksville

William F. Haggerty

b. 1872 politician

William Fiddian Reddaway

1872–1949 historian, university teacher Middleton

William George Toop Goodman

1872–1961 electrical engineer

William Henry Davis

1872–1951 civil servant, educator, pharmacist Louisville

William Hughes

1872–1918 judge, lawyer, politician Drogheda

William I. McLoughlin

b. 1872 politician

William Lemen Thomas

1872–1921 pharmacist, politician Kilmore

William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp

1872–1938 aristocrat, politician London

William Nicholson

1872–1949 artist, draftsperson, exlibrist, illustrator, landscape painter, painter, portraitist, poster artist, printmaker, still life painter, theatre designer, trustee, visual artist, wood engraver, writer, x Newark-on-Trent

William P. Carleton

1872–1947 actor, stage actor London

William Payne Thompson

1872–1922 socialite

William R. Arnold

1872–1929 curator, educator, linguist Beirut

William Rock

1872–1922 vaudeville performer Evansville

William Rothenstein

1872–1945 artist, painter, teacher, writer Bradford

William T. Enix

1872–1918 alto horn player, musician, singer, trombonist Macon

Willie Tucker

1872–1954 golfer England

Wilson Hunt Blackwell Jr.

1872–1940 Manhattan

Witold Czapski

1872–1945 official

Witten William Harris

1872–1958 politician

Wojciech-Adalbert Wagner

1872–1905 Catholic priest Żelechów

Wong Cho-chau

1872–1931 entrepreneur

Wu Yu

1872–1949 philosopher Chengdu

Władysław Kotwicz

1872–1944 linguist, scientist Ossowo

Włodzimierz Dobrowolski

1872–1937 engineer Suwałki

Xesús San Luís Romero

1872–1966 poet Carballo

Xu Lanzhou

1872–1951

Xu Xian'an

1872–1910 poet

Yasuda Isaemon

1872–1958 military personnel, politician

Yasutada Kagawa

1872–1940 physician, politician

Yogaswami

1872–1964 guru Maviddapuram