| Albert Einstein German born physicist, who has made some of the most enduring and important contributions to science yet Alfred Korzybski Polish scientist, 1883-1950 E M Forster English novelist, 1879 - 1970 Edward Steichen American photographer, 1879 - 1973 Emiliano Zapata Mexican revolutionary, 1879-1919 Ethel Barrymore Actress, 1879 - 1959 Harry Emerson Fosdick American minister, 1878 - 1969 James Branch Cabell US essayist and novelist, 1879 - 1958 Joe Hill Lived 1879 - 1914, American labour leader and songwriter Joseph Stalin Russian political leader who was a Communist supporter | Leon Trotsky Russian revolutionary Margaret Sanger American founder of the birth control movement, much maligned by many as a result Nancy Astor British Conservative politician 1879-1964 Paul Klee Artist Robert Lynd Essayist and critic, 1879 - 1949 Thomas Beecham British conductor Vachel Lindsay American poet 1879-1956 Wallace Stevens American poet Will Rogers American writer |