Famous birthdays by year
Famous People Born in 1870
Born in 1870? Meet the well-known people who share your birth year, from the biggest names to the ones you might not expect, month by month.
Turning 156 in 2026 · Chinese zodiac: Year of the Horse
The 1870s
The most famous people born in 187021
1870–1924Vladimir Lenin
Bolshevik revolutionary who led the 1917 October Revolution in Russia and founded the Soviet state and its Communist Party
Photo: Pavel Zhukov · Public domain
1870–1953Ivan Bunin
Russian writer of The Gentleman from San Francisco who became the first Russian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature
Photo: Georgi Vasilievich Trunov · Public domain
1870–1937Alfred Adler
Austrian psychiatrist and early colleague of Freud who founded individual psychology and introduced the inferiority complex
Photo: Isidoricaaa7 · CC BY-SA 4.0
1870–1952Maria Montessori
Italian doctor and educator who founded the Montessori method of child-led, hands-on learning now used in schools worldwide
Photo: Unknown author · Public domain
1870–1942Jean-Baptiste Perrin
French physicist who proved the existence of atoms
Photo: Agence de presse Meurisse · Public domain
1870–1938Aleksandr Kuprin
Influential Russian author best known for the novel The Duel
Photo: Vokrugsveta · Public domain
1870–1961Jules Bordet
Nobel Prize-winning immunologist who discovered the complement system
Photo: A. B. Lagrelius & Westphal, Stockholm · Public domain
1870–1947Christian X of Denmark
King of Denmark who became a symbol of national resistance
Photo: {{Creator: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/related/?fi=name&q=Bain%20News%20Service ; publisher; Bain News Service}} · Public domain
Born in 1870, month by month
- January
- Ernst Barlach (January 2) · German Expressionist sculptor, printmaker and playwright
- Miguel Primo de Rivera, 2nd Marquis of Estella (January 8) · Military officer who served as the dictator of Spain
- February
- Alfred Adler (February 7) · Austrian psychiatrist and early colleague of Freud who founded individual psychology and introduced the inferiority complex
- April
- Vladimir Lenin (April 22) · Bolshevik revolutionary who led the 1917 October Revolution in Russia and founded the Soviet state and its Communist Party
- Franz Lehár (April 30) · Composer of the popular operetta The Merry Widow
- May
- Jan Christiaan Smuts (May 24) · South African statesman who served twice as Prime Minister
- June
- Jules Bordet (June 13) · Nobel Prize-winning immunologist who discovered the complement system
- July
- Hilaire Belloc (July 27) · Prolific writer of poetry and essays known for Cautionary Tales
- August
- Lavr Kornilov (August 18) · Russian military general and intelligence officer during the First World War
- Aleksandr Kuprin (August 26) · Influential Russian author best known for the novel The Duel
- Maria Montessori (August 31) · Italian doctor and educator who founded the Montessori method of child-led, hands-on learning now used in schools worldwide
- September
- Christian X of Denmark (September 26) · King of Denmark who became a symbol of national resistance
- Jean-Baptiste Perrin (September 30) · French physicist who proved the existence of atoms
- October
- Ivan Bunin (October 22) · Russian writer of The Gentleman from San Francisco who became the first Russian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature
- November
- Alexander Berkman (November 21) · Russian-American anarchist writer and political activist
- Maurice Denis (November 25) · French painter and theorist associated with the Nabis art movement
- Juho Kusti Paasikivi (November 27) · Seventh President of Finland and diplomat
- December
- Adolf Loos (December 10) · Austrian architect and influential theorist of modern architecture
- Pierre Louÿs (December 10) · French writer and poet known for classical and erotic themes
- Karl Renner (December 14) · Statesman who served as the first President of post-war Austria
- Saki (December 18) · British writer known for his witty and macabre short stories