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In the year 1879
568 Notable birthdays
Zsigmond Kunfi
Hungarian politician (1879-1929).
Born April 28th, 1879 in Nagykanizsa. [ref]
Died November 18th, 1929 at 50 years old in Vienna (intoxication).
Mieczysława Ćwiklińska
Polish actress (1879–1972).
Born January 1st, 1879 in Lublin. [ref]
Died July 28th, 1972 at 93 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Johan Petter Åhlén
Olympic curler (1879-1939).
Born April 13th, 1879 in Insjön. [ref]
Died March 31st, 1939 at 59 years old in Atlantic Ocean. [ref]
Manuel Arteaga y Betancourt
Catholic cardinal (1879–1963).
Born December 28th, 1879 in Cuba.
Died March 20th, 1963 at 83 years old in Havana.
Herman Teirlinck
Belgian writer (1879-1967).
Born February 24th, 1879 in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean.
Died February 4th, 1967 at 87 years old in Beersel.
Emmet D. Boyle
American politician (1879-1926).
Born July 26th, 1879 in Virginia City.
Died January 3rd, 1926 at 46 years old in Reno.
Witold Wojtkiewicz
Polish painter (1879-1909).
Born December 29th, 1879 in Warsaw.
Died June 14th, 1909 at 29 years old in Warsaw (heart failure).
George M. Gebhardt
Swiss-american actor (1879-1919).
Born September 19th, 1879 in Basel.
Died May 2nd, 1919 at 39 years old in Los Angeles (tuberculosis).
Hasmik
Armenian soviet actress (1879–1947).
Born March 21st, 1879 in Nakhchivan.
Died August 23rd, 1947 at 68 years old in Yerevan.
Alfred Beamish
English tennis player (1879–1944).
Born August 6th, 1879 in Richmond.
Died February 28th, 1944 at 64 years old in Nairn.
Georgy Chulkov
Russian poet, editor, writer and critic (1879–1939).
Born February 1st, 1879 in Moscow.
Died January 1st, 1939 at 59 years old in Moscow.
Antti Tulenheimo
Prime minister of finland (1879–1952).
Born December 4th, 1879 in Kangasala.
Died September 3rd, 1952 at 72 years old in Helsinki.
Julio Enrique Moreno
Acting president of ecuador (1940).
Born October 20th, 1879 in Quito.
Died April 2nd, 1952 at 72 years old in Quito (myocardial infarction).
Adolf Wiklund
Swedish composer, conductor and pianist (1879–1950).
Died April 2nd, 1950 at 70 years old in Kungsholm parish.
Kalla Pasha
Actor, comedian (1879-1933).
Born March 5th, 1879 in Detroit.
Died June 10th, 1933 at 54 years old in Talmage.
Moissey Kogan
Russian jewish sculptor and printmaker (1879–1943).
Died March 3rd, 1943 at 63 years old in Auschwitz.
Wesley Coe
American shot putter (1879–1926).
Born May 8th, 1879 in Boston. [ref]
Died December 24th, 1926 at 47 years old in Bozeman.
Rafael Erich
Finnish politician (1879-1946).
Born June 10th, 1879 in Turku.
Died February 19th, 1946 at 66 years old in Helsinki.
Bertram Bracken
American film actor and director (1879-1952).
Born August 10th, 1879 in San Antonio.
Died November 1st, 1952 at 73 years old in Cathedral City.
Hans Grade
German aviation pioneer (1879–1946).
Born May 17th, 1879 in Koszalin.
Died October 22nd, 1946 at 67 years old in Borkheide. [ref]
Mabel Trunnelle
American actress (1879-1981).
Born November 8th, 1879 in Dwight.
Died April 29th, 1981 at 101 years old in Glendale (disease).
Sydney Ayres
Silent film actor, director, screenwriter (1879-1916).
Born August 28th, 1879 in New York City.
Died September 9th, 1916 at 37 years old in Oakland (multiple sclerosis).
Rudolf Bauer
Hungarian discus thrower.
Born January 2nd, 1879 in Budapest.
Died November 9th, 1932 at 53 years old in Dunatetétlen.
Natanael Berg
Swedish composer (1879-1957).
Born February 9th, 1879 in Stockholm.
Died October 14th, 1957 at 78 years old in Stockholm.
Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck
Romanian painter (1879-1969).
Born March 14th, 1879 in Câineni.
Died October 29th, 1969 at 90 years old in Bucharest.
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