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

Nov 14 Leopold Staff, Polish poet (d. 1957) was born in the year 1878.  

Nov 15 Bela Reinitz, composer was born in the year 1878.  

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

Nov 21 Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer/minister of Justice was born in the year 1878.  

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

Nov 23 In the year 1878 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 on this day in history.  

Nov 24 In the year 1878 birth of mark N Tod, English classicist/historian  

Nov 25 Georg Kaiser, writer was born in the year 1878.  

Nov 27 On this day in history birth of jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian (Bengali) poet (d.1948).  

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

Nov 28 On this day in history birth of jozef van Mierlo, Belgian Jesuit/literary (Hadewych)  

Dec 01 In the year 1878 birth of arthur B Spingarn, US NAACP-chairman (1940-65)  

Dec 05 Arrigo Pedrollo, composer was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 07 On this day in history 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 In the year 1878 birth of hans Carossa, writer  

Dec 19 Anton Lajovic, composer was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 21 Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish philosopher and mathematician (d. 1956) was born on this day in history.  

Dec 23 Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (d. 1972) was born on this day in history.  

Dec 25 In the year 1878 birth of louis Chevrolet, Swiss-born race car driver (d. 1941)  

Dec 25 In the year 1878 birth of w Starling Burgess, yacht designer (America Cup's Enterprise)  

Dec 26 Isaiah Bowman, US, geography/co-founder (Geographical Review) was born in the year 1878.  

Dec 30 William Aberhart, Canadian politician (d. 1943) was born in the year 1878.  

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

Dec 31 Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro) was born in the year 1878.  

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Jan 07 On this day in history death of françois-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794)  

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

Jan 18 On this day in history death of antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788)  

Jan 19 Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67 in the year 1878.  

Feb 01 George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85 in the year 1878.  

Feb 07 In the year 1878 pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85  

Feb 08 In the year 1878 elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83  

Feb 17 On this day in history jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59