Famous People Born in 1879

Famous people born in 1879

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

German-born physicist

Leon Trotsky

Leon Trotsky (1879 - 1940)

Soviet politician

Margaret Sanger

Margaret Sanger (1879 - 1966)

American activist and sex educator

Emiliano Zapata

Emiliano Zapata (1879 - 1919)

Mexican general

Sarojini Naidu

Sarojini Naidu (1879 - 1949)

Indian poet and activist

E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster (1879 - 1970)

English author

Ramana Maharshi

Ramana Maharshi (1879 - 1950)

Indian philosopher

Max Schreck

Max Schreck (1879 - 1936)

German actor

Franz von Papen

Franz von Papen (1879 - 1969)

German politician

Ethel Barrymore

Ethel Barrymore (1879 - 1959)

Actress

Wallace Stevens

Wallace Stevens (1879 - 1955)

American poet

Emperor Taishō

Emperor Taishō (1879 - 1926)

Japanese emperor

Billy Mitchell

Billy Mitchell (1879 - 1936)

American general

Joe Hill

Joe Hill (1879 - 1915)

American poet and activist

Samuel Goldwyn

Samuel Goldwyn (1879 - 1974)

Film producer

Edward Steichen

Edward Steichen (1879 - 1973)

American photographer of Luxembourgian descent

Otto Hahn

Otto Hahn (1879 - 1968)

German chemist

Sydney Greenstreet

Sydney Greenstreet (1879 - 1954)

Actor

Alla Nazimova

Alla Nazimova (1879 - 1945)

Russian-American actress, scriptwriter, and producer

Francis Picabia

Francis Picabia (1879 - 1953)

French painter and poet

Ottorino Respighi

Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936)

Italian composer

Grace Coolidge

Grace Coolidge (1879 - 1957)

American First Lady, Teacher

Lucy Burns

Lucy Burns (1879 - 1966)

Suffragette

Will Rogers

Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)

American actor

Jane Darwell

Jane Darwell (1879 - 1967)

Actress

Vachel Lindsay

Vachel Lindsay (1879 - 1931)

Poet

Bob Smith

Bob Smith (1879 - 1950)

American physician and co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous

Will H. Hays

Will H. Hays (1879 - 1954)

American politician

Paul Klee

Paul Klee (1879 - 1940)

Swiss-German painter

Miller Huggins

Miller Huggins (1879 - 1929)

American baseball player

Charles Follis

Charles Follis (1879 - 1910)

American football player

Knud Rasmussen

Knud Rasmussen (1879 - 1933)

Danish explorer and anthropologist

Rudolf Friml

Rudolf Friml (1879 - 1972)

Czech musician

Jack Norworth

Jack Norworth (1879 - 1959)

songwriter, singer, vaudeville performer, actor, the song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" creator

Kazimir Malevich

Kazimir Malevich (1879 - 1935)

Ukrainian painter and theorist

Warner Oland

Warner Oland (1879 - 1978)

Swedish-American actor