1871 births

Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871–1919)

French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)

New Zealand physicist (1871–1937)

Italian novelist (1871-1936)

French poet, essayist, and philosopher (1871–1945)

Ukrainian poet, writer and feminist (1871–1913)

German socialist, editor, and co-founder of the Spartacus League (1871-1919)

German writer (1871–1950)

German politician, president of Germany (1871-1925)

French chemist (1871-1935)

American novelist and journalist (1871–1945)

Italian Military General Officer and Marshal of the Royal Italian Army from 1916-1943 during both World Wars and Prime Minister of Italy from 1943-1944 (1871-1956)

Russian playwright, author and poet (1871–1919)

15th President of the French Republic (1871–1950)

American politician, U.S. Secretary of State from 1933 to 1944

American novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist

Chinese emperor (1871-1908)

French mathematician and politician (1871-1956)

Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore (1871-1909)

German author (1871-1914)

Greek military officer and politician (1871–1941)

Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, poet and playwright (1871-1940)

Croatian politician (1871-1928)

French cyclist (1871–1957)

Italian artist (1871-1958)

German mathematician (1871–1953)

German-American painter (1871–1956)

French painter (1871-1958)

Irish politician and writer, founder of Sinn Féin (1871–1922)

Czech painter and graphic artist (1871–1957)

Russian Orthodox Christian theologian, philosopher, priest and economist (1871–1944)

British psychologist (1871–1938)

American physiologist (1871-1945)

German psychologist (1871-1938)

Canadian painter and writer (1871–1945)

Russian-Soviet wrestler

Ukrainian academic (1871–1942)

Austrian Jewish composer, conductor, and teacher (1871-1942)

Bosnian Serb writer and diplomat

British botanist (1871–1955)

Indian painter and writer (1871–1951)

American medical scientist (1871–1953)

Royal Navy officer (1871-1936)

third son of Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria of Russia (1871–1899)

President of Latvia (1871-1939)

Austrian noblewoman, mistress to Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria (1871-1889)

Dutch conductor (1871-1951)

Italian historian and writer (1871-1942)

Russian post-impressionist painter, publisher, restorer and historian of art (1871-1960)

Vietnamese emperor (1871-1944)

Uruguayan writer (1871–1917)

German sprinter and gymnast (1871-1927)

Albanian activist and educator (ca. 1870–1949)

Princess of France

Estonian diplomat and politician (1871-1941)

Olympian athlete, physician (1871-1932)

Austrian geneticist (1871-1962)

English tennis player (1871-1960)

Swedish 20th century prime minister (1871-1945)

athletics competitor