Who Was Alive in 1879
87 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1879
Victor HugoAge 77
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 76
Charles DarwinAge 70
Franz LisztAge 68
Giuseppe VerdiAge 66
Richard WagnerAge 66
Otto von BismarckAge 64
Frederick DouglassAge 61
Karl MarxAge 61
Herman MelvilleAge 60
Queen VictoriaAge 60
Walt WhitmanAge 60
Susan B. AnthonyAge 59
Florence NightingaleAge 59
Friedrich EngelsAge 59
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 58
Harriet TubmanAge about 57
Louis PasteurAge 57
Gregor MendelAge 57
Jules VerneAge 51
Leo TolstoyAge 51
Henrik IbsenAge 51
Emily DickinsonAge 49
Sitting BullAge about 48
James Clerk MaxwellAge 48
Alfred NobelAge 46
Dmitri MendeleevAge 45
Mark TwainAge 44
Andrew CarnegieAge 44
John D. RockefellerAge 40
Claude MonetAge 39
Pyotr TchaikovskyAge 39
Émile ZolaAge 39
Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 38
Friedrich NietzscheAge 35
Sarah BernhardtAge 35
Thomas EdisonAge 32
Alexander Graham BellAge 32
Paul GauguinAge 31
Antoni GaudíAge 27
Vincent van GoghAge 26
Oscar WildeAge 25
Sigmund FreudAge 23
Nikola TeslaAge 23
Woodrow WilsonAge 23
George Bernard ShawAge 23
Theodore RooseveltAge 21
Emmeline PankhurstAge 21
Max PlanckAge 21
Arthur Conan DoyleAge 20
Anton ChekhovAge 19
Rabindranath TagoreAge 18
Gustav KlimtAge 17
Claude DebussyAge 17
David HilbertAge 17
Henry FordAge 16
Edvard MunchAge 16
Max WeberAge 15
Rudyard KiplingAge 14
H.G. WellsAge 13
Sun Yat-senAge 13
Marie CurieAge 12
Frank Lloyd WrightAge 12
Scott JoplinAge 11
Maxim GorkyAge 11
Mahatma GandhiAge 10
Grigori RasputinAge 10
Henri MatisseAge 10
Vladimir LeninAge 9
Marcel ProustAge 8
Orville WrightAge 8
Rosa LuxemburgAge 8
Ernest RutherfordAge 8
Roald AmundsenAge 7
Bertrand RussellAge 7
Ernest ShackletonAge 5
Guglielmo MarconiAge 5
Winston ChurchillAge 5
Harry HoudiniAge 5
Carl JungAge 4
Albert SchweitzerAge 4
Thomas MannAge 4
Pancho VillaAge 1
Lise MeitnerAge 1
Joseph StalinAge 1
Albert EinsteinAge 0
Leon TrotskyAge 0
Born in 1879
Albert Einstein
Theory of relativity, E=mc²
Leon Trotsky
Russian revolutionary, founder of the Red Army
Also Born in 1879
Soviet politician and revolutionary (1879–1940)
Mexican revolutionary (1879–1919)
Swiss-German painter (1879–1940)
German nuclear chemist and Nobel laureate (1879–1968)
German physicist (1879–1960)
English novelist and writer (1879–1970)
Chancellor of Germany in 1932
Indian Hindu sage (1879–1950)
Indian political activist and poet (1879–1949)
American psychologist (1878–1958)
American birth control activist and nurse (1879–1966)
Ukrainian military leader (1879–1926)
Died in 1879
Also Died in 1879
Scottish physicist and mathematician (1831–1879)
French Roman Catholic saint (1844–1879)
French artist (1808–1879)
French architect and author (1814–1879)
German chess player (1818–1879)
American journalist and abolitionist (1805–1879)
French painter (1815–1879)
German architect and theorist (1803–1879)
Sources
- 1879 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
- Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
- Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
- Charles Darwin — Wikipedia
- Franz Liszt — Wikipedia
- Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
- Richard Wagner — Wikipedia
- Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
- Frederick Douglass — Wikipedia
- Karl Marx — Wikipedia
- Herman Melville — Wikipedia
- Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
- Walt Whitman — Wikipedia
- Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
- Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
- Friedrich Engels — Wikipedia
- Fyodor Dostoevsky — Wikipedia
- Harriet Tubman — Wikipedia
- Louis Pasteur — Wikipedia
- Gregor Mendel — Wikipedia
- Jules Verne — Wikipedia
- Leo Tolstoy — Wikipedia
- Henrik Ibsen — Wikipedia
- Emily Dickinson — Wikipedia
- Sitting Bull — Wikipedia
- James Clerk Maxwell — Wikipedia
- Alfred Nobel — Wikipedia
- Dmitri Mendeleev — Wikipedia
- Mark Twain — Wikipedia
- Andrew Carnegie — Wikipedia
- John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia
- Claude Monet — Wikipedia
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Wikipedia
- Émile Zola — Wikipedia
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Wikipedia
- Friedrich Nietzsche — Wikipedia
- Sarah Bernhardt — Wikipedia
- Thomas Edison — Wikipedia
- Alexander Graham Bell — Wikipedia
- Paul Gauguin — Wikipedia
- Antoni Gaudí — Wikipedia
- Vincent van Gogh — Wikipedia
- Oscar Wilde — Wikipedia
- Sigmund Freud — Wikipedia
- Nikola Tesla — Wikipedia
- Woodrow Wilson — Wikipedia
- George Bernard Shaw — Wikipedia
- Theodore Roosevelt — Wikipedia
- Emmeline Pankhurst — Wikipedia
- Max Planck — Wikipedia
- Arthur Conan Doyle — Wikipedia
- Anton Chekhov — Wikipedia
- Rabindranath Tagore — Wikipedia
- Gustav Klimt — Wikipedia
- Claude Debussy — Wikipedia
- David Hilbert — Wikipedia
- Henry Ford — Wikipedia
- Edvard Munch — Wikipedia
- Max Weber — Wikipedia
- Rudyard Kipling — Wikipedia
- H. G. Wells — Wikipedia
- Sun Yat-sen — Wikipedia
- Marie Curie — Wikipedia
- Frank Lloyd Wright — Wikipedia
- Scott Joplin — Wikipedia
- Maxim Gorky — Wikipedia
- Mahatma Gandhi — Wikipedia
- Grigori Rasputin — Wikipedia
- Henri Matisse — Wikipedia
- Vladimir Lenin — Wikipedia
- Marcel Proust — Wikipedia
- Wright brothers — Wikipedia
- Rosa Luxemburg — Wikipedia
- Ernest Rutherford — Wikipedia
- Roald Amundsen — Wikipedia
- Bertrand Russell — Wikipedia
- Ernest Shackleton — Wikipedia
- Guglielmo Marconi — Wikipedia
- Winston Churchill — Wikipedia
- Harry Houdini — Wikipedia
- Carl Jung — Wikipedia
- Albert Schweitzer — Wikipedia
- Thomas Mann — Wikipedia
- Pancho Villa — Wikipedia
- Lise Meitner — Wikipedia
- Joseph Stalin — Wikipedia
- Albert Einstein — Wikipedia
- Leon Trotsky — Wikipedia