1. Warwick Armstrong (1879)

Cricketer

All-rounder who captained Australia in ten tests in 1920 and 1921.

2. Owen Willans Richardson (1879)

Physicist

British physicist who won the 1928 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in thermionic emission, which is what led to Richardson's Law.

3. Will H. Hays (1879)

Business Executive

Will H. Hays is a famous Business Executive, who was born on November 5, 1879 in United States. Former President of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America. He...

4. Bertram Bracken (1879)

American Film Actor And Director

Playwright and screenwriter, most remembered for writing the hilarious College Life, which he also produced.

5. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879)

Canadian Explorer

Polar explorer who challenged many of the conventions about the North Pole.

6. John J. Raskob (1879)

Entrepreneur

John J. Raskob is a famous Entrepreneur, who was born on March 19, 1879 in United States. American businessman who constructed the Empire State Building. According to Astrologers, John J....

7. Tom Major-Ball (1879)

British Entertainer

Father of former British Prime Minister John Major who rose to fame as a noted circus performer.

8. Emiliano Zapata (1879)

Mexican Revolutionary Army Of Th

Commander of the Liberation Army of the South, a group that took part in the Mexican Revolution and overthrew the Mexican president.

9. Francis Picabia (1879)

French Painter

French painter associated with Dada, Surrealism, and Cubism and known for works such as "Horses" from 1911 and "Tarentelle" from 1912.

10. Alla Nazimova (1879)

Actress

Screenwriter and producer most recognized as an integral part of the Silent Film era; most remembered for her involvement with films like Nazimova and Billions (1920).

11. Kazimir Malevich (1879)

Painter

Abstract painter associated with Suprematism and known for "Black Square," "White on White," and other geometric works. He was hired by Vladimir Mayakovskiy and Vsevolod Meyerhold to decorate "Mystery Bouffe,"...

12. Pablo González Garza (1879)

War Hero

Pablo González Garza is a famous War Hero, who was born on May 5, 1879 in Mexico. Military General who served in the Mexican Army during the Mexican Revolution. He...

13. Rudolf Friml (1879)

Czech-american Composer

Known for Giannina Mia and Love Is Like a Firefly. He gained success with Rose-Marie and The Vagabond King both on Broadway and film.

14. Jane Darwell (1879)

Actress

She acted in over 100 films, playing the matriarch in The Grapes of Wrath and the bird woman in Mary Poppins. She also played a role in the classic film Gone with...

15. Billy Mitchell (1879)

American General Regarded As Fat

U.S. Army general who directed all American air combat in France during World War I.

16. Milutin Milanković (1879)

Serbian Climatologist

Serbian scientist who made many influential discoveries in relation to the Earth's climate. Among his key contributions to modern climatology is an understanding of how the Earth's climate is impacted...

17. Robert Zuppke (1879)

American Football Coach

Revered football coach who coached at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1913 to 1941, winning four National Championships during that span. He also led Muskegon High School to...

18. Joe Hill (1879)

Activist

Singing labor activist with the radical International Workers of the World who was convicted of murder in a controversial trial.

19. William Lord Wright (1879)

Screenwriter

A screenwriter and producer, he is most remembered for his scripts for Ace of Spades (1925), Fighting with Buffalo Bill (1926), and The Vanishing Rider (1928). His producing credits include...

20. Knud Rasmussen (1879)

Danish Explorer And Anthropologi

He was considered the father of eskimology, as he was the first person to travel completely through the Northwest Passage.

21. Gus Edwards (1879)

American Performer

Known for compositions such as Meet Me Under the Wisteria and In My Merry Oldsmobile. He was also a music publisher and vaudevillian.

22. Benjamin Foulois (1879)

First Military Aviator

U.S. general who became the first pilot to serve in the U.S. Army and aided in the formation of the U.S. Air Force.

23. Josep María Jujol (1879)

Architect

Josep María Jujol is a famous Architect, who was born on September 16, 1879 in Spain. Architect from Catalonia who designed the Patronat Obrer Theatre in Tarragona in 1908 and...

24. Albert Lawton (1879)

Cricketer

All-around player who captained Derbyshire in the early 20th century.

25. Leonid Mandelstam (1879)

Physicist

Leonid Mandelstam is a famous Physicist, who was born on May 4, 1879 in Belarus. Physicist known for his work on the theory of oscillations, including optics, and quantum mechanics....

26. Paul Klee (1879)

Swiss Painter Of German National

German-Swiss painter whose more than 10,000 works included "Fish Magic," "Ranks," and "Twittering Machine." He was influenced by expressionism, cubism, surrealism, and orientalism.

27. Sydney Greenstreet (1879)

Actor

He played a villain in the classic films Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon, both of which starred Humphrey Bogart. His acting style inspired Marvel to create the character The Kingpin,...

28. Margaret Sanger (1879)

American Women's Rights Acti

An American reproduction educator and social activist during the Reproductive Rights Movement, who helped women attain birth control. The important work that she did paved the way for the creation...

29. Émile Nelligan (1879)

Canadian Poet

Acclaimed Symbolist poet known for such works as "Le Vaisseau d'Or" and "Christ en Croix." His complete poems were translated into English by Fred Cogswell in 1983.

30. Lucy Burns (1879)

Suffragette

Suffragist and advocate for women's rights who was the editor of the Congressional Union’s newspaper The Suffragist during the early 20th century.

31. Othmar Ammann (1879)

Swiss-american Structural Engine

Swiss-American structural engineer who designed the George Washington Bridge, Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, and Bayonne Bridge.

32. Harold Garnett (1879)

English Cricketer

Wicket keeper who played first class for Lancashire and Argentina.

33. Lewis Stone (1879)

Actor

20th-Century actor who earned an Oscar nomination for his leading role in the 1928 film, The Patriot. His other films include the 1925 classic dinosaur epic, The Lost World, and...

34. Frieda Von Richthofen (1879)

Family Member

Frieda Von Richthofen is a famous Family Member, who was born on August 11, 1879 in Germany. Distant relative of the famous Red Baron and wife of the renowned novelist...

35. Harold Samuel (1879)

Pianist

Intellectual musician who was among the first 20th-century pianists to specialize in Johann Sebastian Bach's compositions.

36. Gil Dobie (1879)

American Football Player And Coa

Legend of the University of Washington's football program who led the Huskies to 58 straight wins over eight perfect seasons.

37. Mirko Rački (1879)

Croatian Painter

Croatian artist whose most famous paintings were inspired by Dante's "Divine Comedy," a motif with which he was preoccupied for most of his career.

38. Emma Carus (1879)

German-born American Singer

Early twentieth-century stage actress and vaudeville performer who appeared in 1907 in the original Ziegfeld Follies.

39. Kazimieras Būga (1879)

Lithuanian Linguist

Lithuanian linguist and philologist who was known for his work on the Lithuanian language. He helped discover that the homeland of the Lithuanians and other Baltic peoples had been just...

40. Mary Young (1879)

Movie Actress

American actress was almost sixty years-old when she made her debut in Hollywood, appearing in the film This is My Affair in 1937. Other notable films she went on to...

41. Nancy Astor (1879)

Politician

Famous as the first female member of the British Parliament, the American-born Astor represented England's Plymouth Sutton constituency from 1919 until 1945. She was a member of the Conservative Party.

42. Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879)

Novelist

An influential educational reformer and bestselling author, she published such novels as Understood Betsy (1917) and Seasoned Timber (1939). An advocate of the Montessori Method of education, she published several...

43. Otto Hahn (1879)

German Chemist

Pioneer in radioactivity and radiochemistry, who is known as the 'Father of of nuclear chemistry.' He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1944 for the discovery of nuclear fission.

44. Patrick Pearse (1879)

Irish Revolutionary

Irish activist, author, and teacher who became known for his role in the 1916 Easter Rising.

45. Joseph Lyons (1879)

Australian Politician And Prime

For the last seven years of his life, this prominent member of the United Australia Party served as his country's tenth Prime Minister. Earlier in his political career, as a...

46. J Warren Kerrigan (1879)

Movie Actor

J Warren Kerrigan is a famous Movie Actor, who was born on July 25, 1879 in United States. Remembered for his roles in hundreds of silent films of the 1910s...

47. Bunk Johnson (1879)

Trumpet Player

Jazz musician considered one of the best trumpeters of the early 1900s. He frequently collaborated with clarinetist George Lewis and with singer and fellow trumpeter Louis Armstrong.

48. Max Schreck (1879)

Actor

Gaunt actor who played the vampire Count Orlok in the 1922 silent classic film, Nosferatu. He received additional recognition for his roles in the 1922 film, The Merchant of Venice,...

49. Hugo Ehrlich (1879)

Croatian Architect

Croatian architect who took over the design of the Zagreb Stock Exchange in 1924. He was commissioned to restore the Burg Kreuzenstein while working for Humbert Walcher. He embraced eclectic...

50. Mark Hambourg (1879)

Pianist

Child prodigy considered by some to be the greatest pianist of his time. He appeared in 1941's The Common Touch as a pianist nicknamed Chopin.