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In the year 1879
467 Notable birthdays
Jacques Bainville
French journalist, historian and academician.
Born February 9th, 1879 in Vincennes. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1936 at 57 years old in rue de Bellechasse. [ref]
Henry de Monfreid
French writer and adventurer.
Born November 14th, 1879 in Leucate. [ref]
Died December 13th, 1974 at 95 years old in Ingrandes.
Prens Sabahaddin
Ottoman sociologist and intellectual.
Born February 13th, 1879 in Istanbul.
Died June 30th, 1948 at 69 years old in Canton of Neuchâtel.
Yitzhak Gruenbaum
Israeli politician.
Born November 24th, 1879 in Warsaw.
Died September 7th, 1970 at 90 years old in Gan Shmuel.
Raymond Pearl
American biogerontologist (1879-1940).
Born June 3rd, 1879 in Farmington.
Died November 17th, 1940 at 61 years old in Hershey.
Harry Burton
English egyptologist and archaeological photographer.
Born September 13th, 1879 in Lincolnshire.
Died June 27th, 1940 at 60 years old in Kingdom of Egypt.
Heisuke Yanagawa
Japanese general.
Born October 2nd, 1879 in Nagasaki Prefecture.
Died January 22nd, 1945 at 65 years old
Han Yong-un
Korean writer (1879-1944).
Born August 29th, 1879 in Gyeongsang. [ref]
Died June 29th, 1944 at 64 years old in Seoul (disease).
Robert Greig
American/australian actor (1879-1958).
Born December 27th, 1879 in Melbourne.
Died June 27th, 1958 at 78 years old in Los Angeles.
Zsigmond Móricz
Hungarian writer.
Born July 2nd, 1879 in Tiszacsécse. [ref]
Died September 5th, 1942 at 63 years old in Budapest. [ref]
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