{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1878

Nov 14 Leopold Staff, Polish poet (d. 1957) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 15 In the year 1878 birth of bela Reinitz, composer  

Nov 17 In the year 1878 birth of grace Abbott, Grand Island Neb, social worker (US Children Bureau)  

Nov 21 In the year 1878 birth of gustav Radbruch, German lawyer/minister of Justice  

Nov 23 On this day in history birth of andre Caplet, composer  

Nov 23 On this day in history birth of ernest J King, US fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations (WW II)  

Nov 23 Holcombe Ward, tennis champ (US Open-1904) was born in the year 1878.  

Nov 24 Mark N Tod, English classicist/historian was born on this day in history.  

Nov 25 On this day in history birth of georg Kaiser, writer  

Nov 27 In the year 1878 birth of jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian (Bengali) poet (d.1948).  

Nov 27 In the year 1878 birth of mabel Wheeler Daniels, composer  

Nov 28 In the year 1878 birth of jozef van Mierlo, Belgian Jesuit/literary (Hadewych)  

Dec 01 Arthur B Spingarn, US NAACP-chairman (1940-65) was born on this day in history.  

Dec 05 Arrigo Pedrollo, composer was born on this day in history.  

Dec 07 In the year 1878 birth of akiko Yosano, Japan, poet (Tangled Hair)  

Dec 10 In the year 1878 birth of rajaji, India's freedom fighter and the first Governor General of independent India (d.1972)  

Dec 15 Hans Carossa, writer was born on this day in history.  

Dec 19 In the year 1878 birth of anton Lajovic, composer  

Dec 21 On this day in history birth of jan Łukasiewicz, Polish philosopher and mathematician (d. 1956)  

Dec 23 In the year 1878 birth of stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (d. 1972)  

Dec 25 Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-born race car driver (d. 1941) was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 25 W Starling Burgess, yacht designer (America Cup's Enterprise) was born on this day in history.  

Dec 26 Isaiah Bowman, US, geography/co-founder (Geographical Review) was born on this day in history.  

Dec 30 On this day in history birth of william Aberhart, Canadian politician (d. 1943)  

Dec 31 Elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman (d. 1966) was born on this day in history.  

Dec 31 In the year 1878 birth of horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro)  

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Jan 07 François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794) died in the year 1878.  

Jan 09 Victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Jan 18 Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788) died in the year 1878.  

Jan 19 On this day in history henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67  

Feb 01 George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Feb 07 Pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Feb 08 On this day in history elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83  

Feb 17 Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59 in the year 1878.