Birthdays In History 1879

1879 William Fox Hungarian-American screenwriter and producer founded the Fox Film Corporation and Fox Theatres (d. 1952)

1879 Hans Eppinger Austrian physician and academic (d. 1946)

1879 John B. Watson American psychologist and academic (d. 1958)

1879 Ray Harroun American race car driver and engineer (d. 1968)

1879 Anton Uesson Estonian engineer and politician 17th Mayor of Tallinn (d. 1942)

1879 Mazo de la Roche Canadian author and playwright (d. 1961)

1879 Henri Giraud French general and politician (d. 1949)

1879 Boris Savinkov Russian soldier and author (d. 1925)

1879 Ruth St. Denis American dancer and educator (d. 1968)

1879 Francis Picabia French painter and poet (d. 1953)

1879 Ernst Põdder Estonian general (d. 1932)

1879 Sarojini Naidu Indian poet and activist (d. 1949)

1879 Dorothy Canfield Fisher American educational reformer social activist and author (d. 1958)

1879 Hod Stuart Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1907)

1879 Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted Danish chemist and academic (d. 1947)

1879 Bernhard Kellermann German author and poet (d. 1951)

1879 William Beveridge English economist and academic (d. 1963)

1879 Andres Larka Estonian general and politician 1st Estonian Minister of War (d. 1943)

1879 Otto Hahn German chemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)

1879 Benjamin R. Jacobs American biochemist (d. 1963)

1879 Maud Menten Canadian physician and biochemist (d. 1960)

1879 Amedee Reyburn American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1920)

1879 Othmar Ammann Swiss-American engineer designed the George Washington Bridge and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge (d. 1965)

1879 Waldemar Tietgens German rower (d. 1917)

1879 Sándor Garbai Hungarian politician 19th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1947)

1879 Miller Huggins American baseball player and manager (d. 1929)

1879 Edward Steichen Luxembourger-American painter and photographer (d. 1973)

1879 Terence MacSwiney Irish republican politician and hunger striker; Lord Mayor of Cork (d. 1920)

1879 Coen de Koning Dutch speed skater (d. 1954)

1879 Stanislaus Zbyszko Polish wrestler and strongman (d. 1967)

1879 Gustav Goßler German rower (d. 1940)

1879 Arthur Berriedale Keith Scottish lawyer (d. 1944)

1879 Nikolaus zu Dohna-Schlodien German naval officer and author (d. 1956)

1879 Bernhard Schmidt Estonian-German astronomer and optician (d. 1935)

1879 Edward Bruce American lawyer and painter (d. 1943)

1879 Oswald Bruce Cooper American type designer lettering artist graphic designer and educator (d. 1940)

1879 Henri Tauzin French hurdler (d. 1918)

1879 Korneli Kekelidze Georgian philologist and scholar (d. 1962)

1879 Arthur Robertson Scottish runner (d. 1957)

1879 Bernhard Gregory Estonian-German chess player (d. 1939)

1879 Susanna Bokoyni Hungarian-American circus performer (d. 1984)

1879 Eric Campbell British actor (d. 1917)

1879 Owen Willans Richardson English physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959)

1879 Thomas Beecham English conductor (d. 1961 March 8)

1879 Richárd Weisz Hungarian Olympic champion wrestler (d. 1945)

1879 Fergus McMaster Australian businessman and soldier co-founded Qantas (d. 1950)

1879 Bedřich Hrozný Czech orientalist and linguist (d. 1952)

1879 Hendrik van Heuckelum Dutch footballer (d. 1929)

1879 Wesley Coe American shot putter discus thrower and tug of war competitor (d. 1926)

1879 Symon Petliura Ukrainian journalist and politician (d. 1926)

1879 Fred Englehardt American jumper (d. 1942)

1879 Pierre Gilliard Swiss author and academic (d. 1962)

1879 Hans Meerwein German chemist (d. 1965)

1879 Warwick Armstrong Australian cricketer and journalist (d. 1947)

1879 Jean Cras French admiral and composer (d. 1932)

1879 Symon Petliura Ukrainian statesman and independence leader (d. 1926)

1879 H. B. Reese American candy maker created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (d. 1956)

1879 Max Aitken Lord Beaverbrook Canadian-English businessman and politician Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (d. 1964)

1879 William Stickney American golfer (d. 1944)

1879 Karl Bühler German-American linguist and psychologist (d. 1963)

1879 Hans Lammers German judge and politician (d. 1962)

1879 Milutin Milanković Serbian mathematician astronomer and geophysicist (d. 1958)

1879 Colin Blythe English cricketer and soldier (d. 1917)

1879 Konstantin Ramul Estonian psychologist and academic (d. 1975)

1879 Frances Alda New Zealand-Australian soprano (d. 1952)

1879 Alla Nazimova Ukrainian-American actress producer and screenwriter (d. 1945)

1879 Raymond Pearl American biologist and botanist (d. 1940)

1879 Vivian Woodward English footballer and soldier (d. 1954)

1879 Mabel Lucie Attwell English author and illustrator (d. 1964)

1879 Robert Mayer German-English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1985)

1879 Knud Rasmussen Danish anthropologist and explorer (d. 1933)

1879 Joan Voûte Dutch astronomer and academic (d. 1963)

1879 Harry DeBaecke American rower (d. 1961)

1879 Roger Bresnahan American baseball player and manager (d. 1944)

1879 Heinrich Gutkin Estonian businessman and politician (d. 1941)

1879 Charalambos Tseroulis Greek general and politician Greek Minister for Military Affairs (d. 1929)

1879 Arthur Duffey American sprinter and coach (d. 1955)

1879 Thibaudeau Rinfret Canadian lawyer and jurist 9th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1962)

1879 Huda Sha'arawi Egyptian feminist and journalist (d. 1947)

1879 Wilhelm Steinkopf German chemist (d. 1949)

1879 Benedetto Aloisi Masella Italian cardinal (d. 1970)

1879 Léon Jouhaux French union leader Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954)

1879 Alfred Korzybski Polish-American mathematician linguist and philosopher (d. 1950)

1879 Dwight F. Davis American tennis player and politician 49th United States Secretary of War (d. 1945)

1879 Wanda Landowska Polish-French harpsichord player and educator (d. 1959)

1879 Carlos Chagas Brazilian physician and parasitologist (d. 1934)

1879 Ottorino Respighi Italian composer and conductor (d. 1936)

1879 Jack Laviolette Canadian ice hockey player coach and manager (d. 1960)

1879 Shunroku Hata Japanese field marshal and politician 48th Japanese Minister of War (d. 1962)

1879 Francesco Gaeta Italian poet (d. 1927)

1879 Stefan Filipkiewicz Polish painter (d. 1944)

1879 Johannes Kotze South African cricketer (d. 1931)

1879 Bob Smith American physician and surgeon co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1950)

1879 Emiliano Zapata Mexican general and politician (d. 1919)

1879 John Willcock Australian politician 15th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1956)

1879 John Ireland English composer and educator (d. 1962)

1879 Ethel Barrymore American actress (d. 1959)

1879 Alexander Rodzyanko Russian general (d. 1970)

1879 Han Yong-un Korean independence activist reformer and poet (d. 1944)

1879 Alma Mahler Austrian-American composer and author (d. 1964)

1879 Taishō emperor of Japan (d. 1926)

1879 Max Schreck German actor (d. 1936)

1879 Joseph Wirth German educator and politician Chancellor of Germany (d. 1956)

1879 Louis Coatalen French engineer (d. 1962)

1879 Joseph Lyons Australian educator and politician 10th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1939)

1879 Rube Foster American baseball player and manager (d. 1930)

1879 Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Indian businessman social activist and politician (d. 1973)

1879 Lope K. Santos Filipino lawyer and politician 4th Governor of Rizal (d. 1963)

1879 Hans Hahn Austrian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1934)

1879 Frederick Schule American hurdler and coach (d. 1962)

1879 Cyril Scott English poet and composer (d. 1970)

1879 Wallace Stevens American poet (d. 1955)

1879 Warner Oland Swedish-American actor and singer (d. 1938)

1879 Robert Edwards American artist musician and writer (d. 1948)

1879 Francis Peyton Rous American pathologist and virologist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)

1879 Joe Hill Swedish-born American labor activist and poet (d. 1915)

1879 Huntley Gordon Canadian-American actor (d. 1956)

1879 Max von Laue German physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1960)

1879 Ernst Mally Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1944)

1879 Edward Hennig American gymnast (d. 1960)

1879 Jane Darwell American actress (d. 1967)

1879 Emma Bell Miles American writer poet and artist (d. 1919)

1879 B. A. Rolfe American bandleader and producer (d. 1956)

1879 Fritz Haarmann German serial killer (d. 1925)

1879 Channing H. Cox American lawyer and politician 49th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1968)

1879 Alva B. Adams American lawyer and politician (d. 1941)

1879 Karel Hašler Czech actor director and composer (d. 1941)

1879 Marion Jones Farquhar American tennis player and violinist (d. 1965)

1879 Otto Wahle Austrian-American swimmer and coach (d. 1963)

1879 King Baggot American actor director and screenwriter (d. 1948)

1879 Jenő Bory Hungarian architect and sculptor (d. 1959)

1879 Milan Šufflay Croatian historian and politician (d. 1931)

1879 Vachel Lindsay American poet and educator (d. 1931)

1879 Patrick Pearse Irish lawyer poet teacher and insurrectionist; executed for his role in the Easter Rising (d. 1916)

1879 John Grieb American gymnast and triathlete (d. 1939)

1879 Lewis Stone American actor (d. 1953)

1879 Wylie Cameron Grant American tennis player (d. 1968)

1879 Jacob Gade Danish violinist and composer (d. 1963)

1879 Albert Asher New Zealand rugby player (d. 1965)

1879 Charles Hutchison American actor director and screenwriter (d. 1949)

1879 Kafū Nagai Japanese author and playwright (d. 1959)

1879 Donald Matheson Sutherland Canadian physician and politician 5th Canadian Minister of National Defence (d. 1970)

1879 Clyde Vernon Cessna American pilot and businessman founded the Cessna Aircraft Corporation (d. 1954)

1879 Rudolf Friml Czech-American pianist composer and academic (d. 1972)

1879 Paul Klee Swiss-German painter and educator (d. 1940)

1879 Émile Nelligan Canadian poet (d. 1941)

1879 Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1952)

1879 Sydney Greenstreet English-American actor (d. 1954)

1879 Billy Mitchell American general and pilot (d. 1936)

1879 Ramana Maharshi Indian guru and philosopher (d. 1950)

1879 Othon Friesz French painter (d. 1949)

1879 Magnús Guðmundsson Icelandic lawyer and politician 3rd Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1937)

1879 Edwin Samuel Montagu English politician Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (d. 1924)

1879 Carl Ramsauer German physicist and author (d. 1955)

1879 Frank Bridge English viola player and composer (d. 1941)

1879 Jimmy Hunter New Zealand rugby player (d. 1962)

1879 Neyzen Tevfik Turkish philosopher poet and composer (d. 1953)

1879 Bernhard Gregory Estonian-German chess player (d. 1939)

1879 Coenraad Hiebendaal Dutch rower and physician (d. 1921)

1879 Margherita Piazzola Beloch Italian mathematician (d. 1976)

1879 Han Yong-un Korean poet (d. 1944)

1879 Max Emmerich American triathlete and gymnast (d. 1956)

1879 Melville Henry Cane American lawyer and poet (d. 1980)

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