People Born in 1871

The Top Ten
1 Ernest Rutherford Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, was a New Zealand physicist who became known as the father of nuclear physics.
2 Orville Wright
3 Marcel Proust Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922), better known as Marcel Proust, was a French novelist, critic, and essayist. He is considered by English critics and writers to be one of the most influential authors of the 20th century.
4 Jacob Ellehammer
5 James Weldon Johnson
6 Rosa Luxemburg
7 Emily Carr
8 Ernst Stromer
9 Walter Russell
10 Abanindranath Tagore
The Contenders
11 Guangxu Emperor
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