Famous people born in 1879
Owen Willans Richardson
Sir Owen Willans Richardson was a British physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1928 for his work on thermionic phenomenon
Norman Lindsay
Norman Lindsay was an Australian artist, etcher, sculptor, writer, illustrator, scale modeler, and amateur boxer
Max von Laue
Max von Laue or Max Theodor Felix von Laue was a German physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1914.
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn was one of the leading film producers of America
William Beveridge
William Beveridge was a British social reformer and economist who came into prominence for his 1942 Beveridge Report
Agnes Arber
Agnes Arber was one of the most eminent botanists whose researches based on plant morphology hold good till date
Kazimir Malevich
Kazimir Malevich is a pioneer of the Suprematism movement in Art and is known for his works like the 'Black Square' and 'Suprematist Composition'
Knud Rasmussen
Knud Rasmussen was a famous Danish explorer who conducted seven explorations to Greenland and Arctic Circle for documenting the life of Inuits
Edward Steichen
Edward Steichen was a Luxembourgian-American photographer and painter.This biography gives detailed information about his childhood, life, works and timeline.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein is popularly known as the Father of Modern Physics