Births 1879

1 births

1.1 january–march
1.2 april–june
1.3 july–september
1.4 october–december
1.5 date unknown

births
january–march

otto hahn



albert einstein



january 1 – e. m. forster, english writer (d. 1970)
january 3 – grace coolidge, first lady of united states (d. 1957)
january 10 – bobby walker, scottish footballer (d. 1930)
january 12

ray harroun, american race car driver (d. 1968)
calbraith perry rodgers, american pioneer aviator, made first transcontinental u.s. flight (d. 1912)


january 13 – melvin jones, american founder of lions clubs international (d. 1961)
january 20 – ruth st. denis, american dancer (d. 1968)
january 28

betty kuuskemaa, estonian actress (d. 1966)
francis picabia, french painter , poet (d. 1953)


february 6 – magnús guðmundsson, 3rd prime minister of iceland (d. 1937)
february 22

j. n. brønsted, danish chemist (d. 1947)
norman lindsay, australian painter (d. 1969)


february 26 – frank bridge, english composer (d. 1941)
march 3 – józsef klekl, slovene writer , journalist (d. 1936)
march 6 – william p. cronan, 19th naval governor of guam (d. 1929)
march 8 – otto hahn, german chemist, nobel prize laureate (d. 1968)
march 14 – albert einstein, german-born physicist, nobel prize laureate (d. 1955)
march 18 – emma carus, american opera singer, (d. 1927)
march 26 – othmar ammann, swiss-born engineer (d. 1965)
march 27

sándor garbai, prime minister of hungary (d. 1947)
edward steichen, luxembourgeois-born painter/photographer (d. 1973)


march 30 – coen de koning, dutch speed skater (d. 1954)

april–june

april 9 – thomas meighan, american actor (d. 1936)
april 11 – bernhard schmidt, german-estonian optician , inventor (d. 1935)
april 16 – gala galaction, romanian writer (d. 1961)
april 20

italo gariboldi, italian general (d. 1970)
robert wilson lynd, irish essayist , writer (d. 1949)
paul poiret, french couturier (d. 1944)


april 21 – kartini, indonesian national heroine , women s rights activist (d. 1904)
april 26 – owen willans richardson, british physicist, nobel prize laureate (d. 1959)
april 29 – sir thomas beecham, english conductor (d. 1961)
may 6 – bedřich hrozný, czech orientalist , linguist (d. 1952)
may 10 – james alexander allan, australian poet (d. 1967)
may 12



georgia ann robinson


george landenberger, united states navy captain , 23rd governor of american samoa (d. 1936)
georgia ann robinson, community worker , first african american woman appointed los angeles police officer (d. 1961)


may 16 – gustaf aulén, bishop of strängnäs in church of sweden (d. 1977)
may 19

nancy astor, viscountess astor, american-born british politician; wife of waldorf astor, 2nd viscount astor (d. 1964)
waldorf astor, 2nd viscount astor, british businessman , politician; husband of nancy astor, viscountess astor (d. 1952)


may 20 – hans meerwein, german chemist (d. 1965)
may 22 – alla nazimova, russian-born american stage , film actress (d. 1945)
may 23 – dezső lauber, hungarian sportsman (d. 1966)
may 25

max aitken, lord beaverbrook, canadian-born statesman , newspaper publisher (d. 1964)
andrew kennaway henderson, new zealand illustrator, cartoonist, , pacifist (d. 1960)


may 27 – lucile watson, canadian-born film , stage actress (d. 1962)
may 28 – milutin milanković, serbian scientist (d. 1958)
june 3 – raymond pearl, american biologist (d. 1940)
june 7

knud rasmussen, danish polar explorer , anthropologist (d. 1933)
joan voûte, dutch astronomer (d. 1963)


june 10 – rafael erich, prime minister of finland (d. 1946)
june 13

charalambos tseroulis, greek general (d. 1929)
lois weber, american film director , screenwriter (d. 1939)



july–september

july 1 – léon jouhaux, french labour leader, recipient of nobel peace prize (d. 1954)
july 5 – wanda landowska, polish harpsichordist , musicologist (d. 1959)
july 9 – ottorino respighi, italian composer, musicologist, , conductor (d. 1936)

karen platou, norwegian politician (d. 1950)


july 10 – charles p. snyder, american admiral (d. 1964)
july 15 – joseph campbell, irish poet , lyricist (d. 1944)
july 20 – habib miyan, indian supercentenarian (d. 2008)
july 22 – janusz korczak (pen-name of henryk goldszmit), polish-jewish children s author, pediatrician, , child pedagogist (born 1878 or 1879) (d. 1942)
august 8

wesley newcomb hohfeld, american jurist (d. 1918)
emiliano zapata, mexican revolutionary (d. 1919)


august 13 – john ireland, english composer , organist (d. 1962)
august 15 – ethel barrymore, american actress of film , stage (d. 1959)
august 21 – claude grahame-white, british aviation pioneer (d. 1959)
august 23 – yevgenia bosch, ukrainian politician (d. 1925)
august 28 – sydney ayres, american silent film actor (d. 1916)
august 30 – fritzi scheff, viennese-born american actress , singer (d. 1954)
august 31

isidro ayora, 22nd president of ecuador (d. 1978)
emperor taishō, 123rd emperor of japan (d. 1926)


september 6

max schreck, german actor (d. 1936)
adolf strauss, german general (d. 1973)
joseph wirth, chancellor of germany (d. 1956)


september 13 – tsutomu sakuma, japanese naval officer (d. 1910)
september 14 – margaret sanger, american birth control advocate (d. 1966)
september 15 – joseph lyons, premier of tasmania , prime minister of australia (d. 1939)
september 20 – victor sjöström, swedish film actor , director (d. 1960)
september 25

shinobu ishihara, japanese ophthalmologist , professor (d. 1963)
lope k. santos, filipino writer , grammarian (d. 1963)


september 27

hans hahn, austrian mathematician (d. 1934)
cyril scott, english composer , writer (d. 1970)



october–december

max von laue



leon trotsky



paul klee



october 2 – wallace stevens, american poet (d. 1955)
october 3 – warner oland, swedish-born actor (d. 1938)
october 5 – francis peyton rous, american pathologist, recipient of nobel prize in physiology or medicine (d. 1970)
october 9 – max von laue, german physicist, nobel prize laureate (d. 1960)
october 15 – jane darwell, american actress (d. 1967)
october 18 – giovanni marinelli, italian fascist political leader (d. 1944)
october 21

joseph canteloube, french composer , singer (d. 1957)
eugene ely, american pioneer aviator (d. 1911)


october 28 – sydney jacob, indian born british male tennis player (d. 1977)
october 29 – franz von papen, german diplomat; served chancellor (1932) , vice-chancellor (1933–34; under adolf hitler) (d. 1969)
november 1 – pál teleki, 2-time prime minister of hungary (d. 1941)
november 4 – rogers, american humorist (d. 1935)
november 7 – leon trotsky, russian revolutionary (d. 1940)
november 9 – s. o. davies, oldest post-war british mp (d. 1972)
november 10

vachel lindsay, american poet (d. 1931)
patrick pearse, irish rebel leader (d. 1916)


november 15 – lewis stone, american stage , film actor, known playing judge hardy (d. 1953)
november 26 – charles w. goddard, playwright , screenwriter (d. 1951)
december 4 – nagai kafu, japanese writer (d. 1959)
december 5 – clyde cessna, american aviator , aircraft designer , manufacturer (d. 1954)
december 10

jouett shouse, american politician (d. 1968)
hanna grönvall, swedish politician , trade union worker. (d. 1953)
p. l. robertson, canadian inventor (d. 1951)
e. h. shepard, english artist , book illustrator (d. 1976)


december 12 – laura hope crews, american film , stage actress (d. 1942)
december 18 – paul klee, swiss artist (d. 1940)
december 20

ion g. duca, 35th prime minister of romania (d. 1933)
earle ovington, american aviator, flew first experimental airmail (d. 1936)


december 25 – grace george, american stage actress (d. 1961)
december 27 – sydney greenstreet, british-born american film , stage actor (d. 1954)
december 28 – billy mitchell, u.s. general , military aviation pioneer (d. 1936)
december 29 – florence mary taylor, australia s first female architect (d. 1969)
december 30 – ramana maharshi, indian sage , jivanmukta (d. 1950)

date unknown

abdallah beyhum, 10th prime minister of lebanon (d. 1962)
etelka freund, hungarian pianist (d. 1977)