1879 births

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for "his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect".

Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)

German-Swiss artist (1879–1940)

Mexican revolutionary (1879–1919)

German chemist and physicist (1879-1968)

German physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi (1879–1960)

Russian avant-garde artist of Polish ancestry. Founder of the Suprematist movement (1879–1935)

English novelist (1879-1970)

British physicist (1879-1959)

German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)

Indian spiritual teacher (1879–1950)

Emperor of Japan from 1912 until 1926

Indian poet, politician, governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from 1947 to 1949

Ukrainian military leader (1879–1926)

American birth control activist and nurse (1879–1966)

American humorist and entertainer (1879–1935)

American actress (1879–1959)

French painter and writer (1879–1953)

American poet (1879–1955)

German chancellor (1879-1962)

German chancellor (1879-1956)

Serbian mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, climatologist, and engineer (1879–1958)

French trade unionist (1879–1954)

Austrian composer, art collector, author, editor, and socialite (1879-1964)

Irish revolutionary, shot by the British Army in 1916

American actress (1879-1967)

American scientist (1879-1970)

Raden Adjeng Kartini, also known as Raden Ayu Kartini (21 April 1879 – 17 September 1904), was a prominent Indonesian advocate of women's rights and female education.

Austrian choreographer (1879-1958)

First Lady of the United States from 1923 to 1929

Italian composer, musicologist and conductor

Prime Minister of Hungary (1879–1941)

Chinese politician and co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party (1879–1942)

British conductor and impresario (1879–1961)

Danish explorer and anthropologist

Swedish film director, screenwriter, and actor (1879-1960)

Danish physical chemist (1879–1947)

Queen consort of King Christian X of Denmark (1879–1952)

British economist and social reformer (1879-1963)

Australian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (1879-1939)

Polish-French harpsichordist (1879–1959)

French general and politician (1879-1949)

first female Member of Parliament to take her seat (1879-1964)

Czech archeologist, linguist and orientalist (1879-1952)

Russian writer (1879-1925)

Polish-American scholar and philosopher (1879–1950)

American politician and tennis player (1879–1945)

American photographer, artist and curator (1879-1973)

Finnish forest scientist and politician (1879-1943)

Hungarian-American film producer

Austrian politician (1879-1960)

British botanist (1879-1960)

Australian writer and feminist (1879–1954)

Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World

Bulgarian prime minister (14 October 1919 – 9 June 1923)

German psychologist (1879–1963)

Russian-American actress, screenwriter and producer (1879–1945)

Brazilian doctor and scientist (1878–1934)

21st Prime Minister of Norway

Austrian mathematician (1879–1934)