Welcome! Check out today's birthdays, recent birthdays, or our birthday stats.

In the year 1870

363 Notable birthdays

Elisabeth Beskow

Swedish writer (1870-1928).

Born November 19th, 1870 in Storkyrkoförsamlingen.

Died October 17th, 1928 at 57 years old in Åre church parish.

André Lichtenberger

French writer (1870-1940).

Born November 29th, 1870 in Strasbourg.

Died March 23rd, 1940 at 69 years old in Paris.

Elis Strömgren

Danish astronomer (1870-1947).

Born May 31st, 1870 in Helsingborg.

Died April 5th, 1947 at 76 years old in Copenhagen.

Mariia Fedosiivna Vetrova

Ukrainian teacher and revolutionary (1870-1897).

Born January 3rd, 1870 in Solonivka.

Died February 12th, 1897 at 27 years old in Saint Petersburg.

Bernard de Pourtalès

Olympic sailor (1870-1935).

Born June 5th, 1870 in Bellevue.

Died July 5th, 1935 at 65 years old in Casablanca.

John Dietz

American sport shooter (1870–1939).

Born November 24th, 1870 in Germany.

Died October 11th, 1939 at 68 years old in New York City.

Henryk Opieński

Polish musician (1870-1942).

Born January 13th, 1870 in Kraków.

Died January 21st, 1942 at 72 years old in Morges.

Paul Lipke

German chess player.

Born June 30th, 1870 in Erfurt.

Died March 8th, 1955 at 84 years old in Osterburg.

Josef Pekař

Czech historian, literature historian, professor, university educator and science writer.

Born April 12th, 1870 in Malý Rohozec. [ref]

Died January 23rd, 1937 at 66 years old in Smíchov. [ref]

Edward Alexander Newell Arber

British palaeobotanist (1870-1918).

Born August 5th, 1870 in London.

Died June 14th, 1918 at 47 years old in Cambridge.

birthdays 311 to 320 of 363

« 1869
1871 »

As you get older, three things happen: The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two. Norman Wisdom