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In the year 1879
570 Notable birthdays
Alexander Moissi
Albanian-born austrian actor (1879–1935).
Born April 2nd, 1879 in Trieste.
Died March 23rd, 1935 at 55 years old in Vienna (pneumonia).
Karl Bühler
German psychologist (1879–1963).
Born May 27th, 1879 in Meckesheim. [ref]
Died October 24th, 1963 at 84 years old in Los Angeles.
Ardengo Soffici
Italian painter, poet and writer (1879–1964).
Born April 7th, 1879 in Rignano sull'Arno.
Died August 19th, 1964 at 85 years old in Vittoria Apuana.
Othon Friesz
French artist (1879-1949).
Born February 6th, 1879 in Le Havre. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1949 at 69 years old in Paris.
Martin Mutschmann
German politician (1879-1947).
Born March 9th, 1879 in Hirschberg.
Died February 14th, 1947 at 67 years old in Lubyanka Building (gunshot wound).
Yevgenia Bosch
Bolshevik politician (1879-1925).
Born September 3rd, 1879. [ref]
Died January 5th, 1925 at 45 years old in Moscow.
Heisuke Yanagawa
Japanese general (1879–1945).
Born October 2nd, 1879 in Nagasaki Prefecture.
Died January 22nd, 1945 at 65 years old
Helen McNicoll
Canadian artist (1879-1915).
Born December 14th, 1879 in Toronto.
Died June 27th, 1915 at 35 years old in Swanage.
Shinobu Ishihara
Japanese ophthalmologist (1879–1963).
Born September 25th, 1879 in Tokyo Prefecture.
Died January 3rd, 1963 at 83 years old in Shimokawazu.
Philippe Gaubert
French musician.
Born July 3rd, 1879 in Cahors.
Died July 8th, 1941 at 62 years old in Paris (stroke). [ref]
Gleb Bokii
Soviet politician.
Born July 3rd, 1879 in Tbilisi.
Died November 15th, 1937 at 58 years old in Moscow.
Kafū Nagai
Japanese writer (1879−1959).
Born December 3rd, 1879 in Tokyo.
Died April 30th, 1959 at 79 years old in Ichikawa.
Gunther Burstyn
Austro-hungarian army officer.
Born July 6th, 1879 in Bad Aussee.
Died April 15th, 1945 at 65 years old in Korneuburg.
James H. Snook
American sportsperson, veterenarian, and executed murderer (1879–1930).
Born September 17th, 1879 in South Lebanon.
Died February 28th, 1930 at 50 years old in Ohio Penitentiary (electrocution).
Milan Šufflay
Croatian historian, albanologist, and politician (1879-1931).
Born November 9th, 1879 in Lepoglava.
Died February 18th, 1931 at 51 years old in Zagreb.
Hussain Ahmad Madani
Indian freedom struggle leader and scholar.
Born October 6th, 1879 in Uttar Pradesh, British Raj, Unnao district. [ref]
Died October 5th, 1957 at 77 years old in Deoband.
Guido Fubini
Italian mathematician (1879-1943).
Born January 19th, 1879 in Venice.
Died June 6th, 1943 at 64 years old in New York City.
Alexander Dutov
Russian general (1864-1921).
Born August 5th, 1879 in Kazaly.
Died March 7th, 1921 at 41 years old in Shuiding.
Alan Wace
British archaeologist (1879–1957).
Born July 13th, 1879 in England, Cambridge.
Died November 9th, 1957 at 78 years old in Greece, Athens.
Henri-Pierre Roché
French writer, art collector and art dealer (1879-1959).
Born May 28th, 1879 in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Died April 9th, 1959 at 79 years old in Meudon.
Arthur Johnson
Irish footballer (1879–1929).
Born April 12th, 1879 in Dublin.
Died May 23rd, 1929 at 50 years old in Wallasey (pneumonia). [ref]
Eugène Freyssinet
French structural engineer (1879–1962).
Born July 13th, 1879 in Objat.
Died June 8th, 1962 at 82 years old in Saint-Martin-Vésubie.
Petar Živković
Prime minister of yugoslavia (1879-1947).
Born January 1st, 1879 in Negotin.
Died February 3rd, 1947 at 68 years old in Paris.
Jacques Bainville
French journalist, historian and academician (1879–1936).
Born February 9th, 1879 in Vincennes.
Died February 9th, 1936 at 57 years old in Rue de Bellechasse.
Karl Heinrich Emil Becker
German general (1879–1940).
Born December 14th, 1879 in Speyer.
Died April 8th, 1940 at 60 years old in Berlin.
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The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been. Madeleine L'Engle