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1879 births
- Albert EinsteinOn the 14th of March 1879, Albert Einstein was born in Ulm within the Kingdom of Württemberg. His parents were Hermann Einstein and Pauline Koch.
- Leon TrotskyLev Davidovich Bronstein was born on the 7th of November 1879 into a wealthy but illiterate Jewish farming family in Yanovka, a village in the Kherson…
- William BeveridgeWilliam Henry Beveridge entered the world on the 5th of March 1879 in Rangpur, India. His father served as an Indian Civil Service officer and District Judge…
- Kazimir MalevichKazimir Severinovich Malevich was born on the 11th of February 1879 in Kiev, a city that now belongs to Ukraine. His parents were ethnic Poles who had fled…
- Sarojini NaiduSarojini Naidu was born on the 13th of February 1879 in Hyderabad. Her father Aghorenath Chattopadhyay held a doctorate from Edinburgh University and served…