Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Physicist
1
Jane Darwell (1879-1967)
Movie Actress
2
Leon Trotsky (1879-1940)
Politician
3
Emiliano Zapata (1879-1919)
War Hero
4
Joe Hill (1879-1915)
Activist
5
Max Schreck (1879-1936)
Movie Actor
6
Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)
Painter
7
Billy Mitchell (1879-1936)
8
Bunk Johnson (1879-1949)
Trumpet Player
9
Will Rogers (1879-1935)
10
Margaret Sanger (1879-1966)
Civil Rights Leader
11
Patrick Pearse (1879-1916)
12
Agrippina Vaganova (1879-1951)
Dancer
13
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
14
Sahan Dosova (1879-2009)
Supercentenarian
15
Grace Coolidge (1879-1957)
First Lady
16
Frieda Von Richthofen (1879-1956)
Family Member
17
Alla Nazimova (1879-1945)
Screenwriter
18
Sydney Greenstreet (1879-1954)
19
Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)
Stage Actress
20
Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949)
Poet
21
Eily Malyon (1879-1961)
22
Lewis Stone (1879-1953)
23
Pablo González Garza (1879-1950)
24
Died in 1879
Birthdays by Month
Willie Anderson (1879-1910)
Golfer
25
Louis Joseph Vance (1879-1933)
Novelist
26
Bertram Bracken (1879-1952)
Playwright
27
Eric Campbell (1879-1917)
28
EM Forster (1879-1970)
29
Otto Hahn (1879-1968)
Chemist
30
William Lord Wright (1879-1947)
31
Samuel Goldwyn (1879-1974)
Film Producer
32
Lucy Burns (1879-1966)
33
James Larkin Pearson (1879-1981)
34
Bob Smith (1879-1950)
35
Mary Young (1879-1971)
36
Tom Corliss (1879-1956)
37
Kazimir Malevich (1879-1935)
38
Miller Huggins (1879-1929)
Baseball Player
39
Knud Rasmussen (1879-1933)
Explorer
40
Moonlight Graham (1879-1965)
41
Milutin Milankovic (1879-1958)
Environmentalist
42
Nancy Astor (1879-1964)
43
Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931)
44
Ruth St. Denis (1879-1968)
45
Joseph Lyons (1879-1939)
World Leader
46
Pants Rowland (1879-1969)
47
Daniel J. Layton (1879-1960)
48
Years