Authors born in 1879
- Agrippina Vaganova Ballet Master, 1879
- Albert Einstein Physicist, 1879
- Alfred Korzybski Scientist, 1879
- Alfred Shrubb Runner, 1879
- Alla Nazimova Actress, 1879
- Andrew Soutar Novelist, 1879
- Benton MacKaye Forester, 1879
- Billy Mitchell Military General , 1879
- C. H. Douglas Engineer, 1879
- Carl H. Claudy Writer, 1879
- Charles Jaffe Chess Player, 1879
- Charles Richards Lawyer, 1879
- Claude Grahame-White Aviator, 1879
- Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven Writer, 1879
- David I. Rozenberg Economist, 1879
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher Educator, 1879
- E. M. Forster Writer, 1879
- Edward Martin Lawyer, 1879
- Edward Steichen Photographer, 1879
- Edwin Clarence Riegel Author, 1879
- Eleanor Robson Belmont Actress, 1879
- Emile Argand Geologist, 1879
- Emiliano Zapata Revolutionary, 1879
- Ernest Lanigan Journalist, 1879
- Ernest Thesiger Actor, 1879
- Ethel Barrymore Actress, 1879
- F. M. Powicke Historian, 1879
- Francis Picabia Painter, 1879
- Franz von Papen Politician, 1879
- H. J Eckenrode Historian, 1879
- James Branch Cabell Author, 1879
- Joe Hill Political Activist, 1879
- John Erskine Educator, 1879
- Karl Buhler Psychologist, 1879
- Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould Writer, 1879
- Katharine Fullerton Gerould Writer, 1879
- Leon Jouhaux Leader, 1879
- Leon Trotsky Revolutionary, 1879
- Margaret Sanger Activist, 1879
- Martin H. Fischer Physician, 1879