| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for | 
|---|
| Alfred Adler | Psychologist | 7-Feb-1870 | 28-May-1937 | Founder of Individual Psychology | 
| Ray Stannard Baker | Journalist | 17-Apr-1870 | 12-Jul-1946 | Biographer of Woodrow Wilson | 
| Bernard M. Baruch | Business | 19-Aug-1870 | 20-Jun-1965 | Coined the term Cold War | 
| Gustav Bauer | Head of State | 6-Jan-1870 | 16-Sep-1944 | German Chancellor 1919-20 | 
| Hilaire Belloc | Author | 27-Jul-1870 | 16-Jul-1953 | The Bad Child's Book of Beasts | 
| Richard Bedford Bennett | Head of State | 3-Jul-1870 | 26-Jun-1947 | Prime Minister of Canada, 1930-35 | 
| Alexander Berkman | Anarchist | 21-Nov-1870 | 28-Jun-1936 | A.B.C. of Anarchism | 
| Henry E. Bliss | Curator | 29-Jan-1870 | 9-Aug-1955 | Bliss Classification System | 
| Jules Bordet | Scientist | 13-Jun-1870 | 6-Apr-1961 | Researched antibodies and antigens | 
| Ivan Bunin | Author | 10-Oct-1870 | 8-Oct-1953 | Russian short story writer, Light Breathing | 
| Herbert Bunston | Actor | 21-Oct-1870 | 27-Feb-1935 | Dr. Seward in Dracula | 
| Benjamin Cardozo | Judge | 24-May-1870 | 9-Jul-1938 | US Supreme Court Justice, 1932-38 | 
| Christian X | Royalty | 26-Sep-1870 | 20-Apr-1947 | King of Denmark, 1912-47 | 
| Georges Claude | Chemist | 24-Sep-1870 | 23-May-1960 | Neon lighting | 
| James M. Cox | Politician | 31-Mar-1870 | 15-Jul-1957 | Newspaper magnate, twice Ohio Governor | 
| William E. Crow | Politician | 10-Mar-1870 | 2-Aug-1922 | US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1921-22 | 
| Homer S. Cummings | Attorney | 30-Apr-1870 | 10-Sep-1956 | US Attorney General, 1933-39 | 
| Albert Fish | Criminal | 19-May-1870 | 16-Jan-1936 | Serial killer and cannibal | 
| John Spalding Flannery | Attorney | 16-May-1870 | 17-Feb-1954 | Prominent Washington attorney | 
| J. Marion Futrell | Politician | 14-Aug-1870 | 20-Jun-1955 | Twice Governor of Arkansas | 
| A. P. Giannini | Business | 6-May-1870 | 3-Jun-1949 | Founder of Bank of America | 
| Leopold Godowsky | Pianist | 13-Feb-1870 | 21-Nov-1938 | Exceptional Polish-American pianist | 
| Thomas P. Gore | Politician | 10-Dec-1870 | 16-Mar-1949 | Blind US Senator from Oklahoma | 
| Lawrence Grant | Actor | 30-Oct-1870 | 10-Feb-1952 | The Mask of Fu Manchu | 
| Joseph F. Guffey | Politician | 29-Dec-1870 | 6-Mar-1959 | US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1935-47 | 
| Ross Granville Harrison | Zoologist | 13-Jan-1870 | 30-Sep-1959 | Embryology and tissue culture techniques | 
| Richmond Pearson Hobson | Military | 17-Aug-1870 | 16-Mar-1937 | Spanish-American War hero | 
| Josef Hoffmann | Architect | 15-Dec-1870 | 7-May-1956 | Vienna Secession architect | 
| Mary Johnston | Novelist | 21-Nov-1870 | 9-May-1936 | To Have and To Hold | 
| Henry Kolker | Actor | 13-Nov-1870 | 15-Jul-1947 | Romeo and Juliet | 
| Gustav Krupp | Business | 7-Aug-1870 | 16-Jan-1950 | Industrialist, Nazi war criminal | 
| Thomas W. Lamont | Business | 30-Sep-1870 | 2-Feb-1948 | Banker and diplomat | 
| Harry Lauder | Singer | 4-Aug-1870 | 26-Feb-1950 | Roamin' in the Gloamin' | 
| Franz Lehár | Composer | 30-Apr-1870 | 24-Oct-1948 | The Merry Widow | 
| Vladimir Lenin | Head of State | 22-Apr-1870 | 21-Jan-1924 | Revolutionary leader of Soviet Union | 
| Adolf Loos | Architect | 10-Dec-1870 | 8-Aug-1933 | Ornament and Crime | 
| Maria Montessori | Educator | 31-Aug-1870 | 6-May-1952 | Founder of Montessori Education Method | 
| H. H. Munro | Novelist | 18-Dec-1870 | 14-Nov-1916 | Reginald | 
| John M. Nelson | Politician | 10-Oct-1870 | 29-Jan-1955 | Congressman from Wisconsin, 1921-33 | 
| Amado Nervo | Poet | 27-Aug-1870 | 24-May-1919 | Modernismo poet, La Revista Moderna | 
| Albert Jay Nock | Author | 13-Oct-1870 | 19-Aug-1945 | Memoirs of a Superfluous Man | 
| Peter Norbeck | Politician | 20-Aug-1870 | 20-Dec-1936 | US Senator from South Dakota, 1921-36 | 
| Frank Norris | Novelist | 5-Mar-1870 | 25-Oct-1902 | The Octopus | 
| Hamaguchi Osachi | Head of State | 1-Apr-1870 | 26-Aug-1931 | Prime Minister of Japan, 1929-31 | 
| Maxfield Parrish | Artist | 25-Jul-1870 | 10-Mar-1966 | American book and magazine illustrator | 
| Jean Perrin | Physicist | 30-Sep-1870 | 17-Apr-1942 | Verified atomic nature of matter | 
| Edwin Stanton Porter | Film Director | 21-Apr-1870 | 30-Apr-1941 | The Great Train Robbery | 
| Roscoe Pound | Judge | 27-Oct-1870 | 1-Jul-1964 | Sociological jurisprudence | 
| Karl Renner | Head of State | 14-Dec-1870 | 31-Dec-1950 | President of Austria, 1945-50 | 
| Alice Hegan Rice | Novelist | 11-Jan-1870 | 10-Feb-1942 | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | 
| Herbert Samuel | Politician | 6-Nov-1870 | 2-Feb-1963 | High Commissioner of Palestine, 1920-25 | 
| Jan Smuts | Politician | 24-May-1870 | 11-Sep-1950 | South African Prime Minister | 
| Bertrand H. Snell | Politician | 9-Dec-1870 | 2-Feb-1958 | Congressman from New York, 1915-39 | 
| Joseph W. Stern | Composer | 11-Jan-1870 | 31-Mar-1934 | My Mother Was a Lady | 
| John W. Summers | Politician | 29-Apr-1870 | 25-Sep-1937 | US Congressman from Washington, 1919-33 | 
| Harry Vardon | Golf | 9-May-1870 | 20-Mar-1937 | Early golf superstar |