Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Physicist
1
Leon Trotsky (1879-1940)
Politician
2
Jane Darwell (1879-1967)
Movie Actress
3
Will Rogers (1879-1935)
Movie Actor
4
Emiliano Zapata (1879-1919)
War Hero
5
Billy Mitchell (1879-1936)
6
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Painter
7
Frieda Von Richthofen (1879-1956)
Family Member
8
Mary Young (1879-1971)
9
Patrick Pearse (1879-1916)
Activist
10
Sahan Dosova (1879-2009)
Supercentenarian
11
Samuel Goldwyn (1879-1974)
Film Producer
12
Max Schreck (1879-1936)
13
Wallace Stevens (1879-1955)
Poet
14
Ruth St. Denis (1879-1968)
Dancer
15
Joe Hill (1879-1915)
16
Margaret Sanger (1879-1966)
Civil Rights Leader
17
Kazimir Malevich (1879-1935)
18
Grace Coolidge (1879-1957)
First Lady
19
Owen Willans Richardson (1879-1959)
20
Bob Smith (1879-1950)
21
Agrippina Vaganova (1879-1951)
22
EM Forster (1879-1970)
Novelist
23
Lucy Burns (1879-1966)
24
Died in 1879
Birthdays by Month
Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949)
25
Nancy Astor (1879-1964)
26
Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879-1958)
27
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
Stage Actress
28
Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931)
29
Eily Malyon (1879-1961)
30
Tom Corliss (1879-1956)
31
Bunk Johnson (1879-1949)
Trumpet Player
32
Sydney Greenstreet (1879-1954)
33
Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)
34
Amon G. Carter (1879-1955)
Entrepreneur
35
Emile Nelligan (1879-1941)
36
Pablo González Garza (1879-1950)
37
J Warren Kerrigan (1879-1947)
38
Robert Zuppke (1879-1957)
Football Player
39
Vivian Woodward (1879-1954)
Soccer Player
40
Knud Rasmussen (1879-1933)
Explorer
41
Milutin Milankovic (1879-1958)
Environmentalist
42
Eric Campbell (1879-1917)
43
Lewis Stone (1879-1953)
44
Willie Anderson (1879-1910)
Golfer
45
Jack Norworth (1879-1959)
Songwriter
46
Joseph Lyons (1879-1939)
World Leader
47
William Lord Wright (1879-1947)
Screenwriter
48
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