Birthdays In History 1878

1878 Agner Krarup Erlang Danish mathematician statistician and engineer (d. 1929)

1878 Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai Indian activist founded the Nair Service Society (d. 1970)

1878 A. E. Coppard English poet and short story writer (d. 1957)

1878 Augustus John Welsh painter and illustrator (d. 1961)

1878 Adeline Genée Danish-born British ballerina (d. 1970)

1878 Carl Sandburg American poet and historian (d. 1967)

1878 John McLean American hurdler football player and coach (d. 1955)

1878 Theodoros Pangalos Greek general and politician President of Greece (d. 1952)

1878 Ferenc Molnár Hungarian-American author and playwright (d. 1952)

1878 Lionel Groulx Canadian priest and historian (d. 1967)

1878 Johanna Müller-Hermann Austrian composer (d. 1941)

1878 Harry Carey American actor director producer and screenwriter (d. 1947)

1878 Herbert Chapman English footballer and manager (d. 1934)

1878 Finlay Currie Scottish-English actor (d. 1968)

1878 Vahan Tekeyan Armenian poet and activist (d. 1948)

1878 Rutland Boughton English composer (d. 1960)

1878 Ernst Alexanderson Swedish-American engineer (d. 1975)

1878 Dave Nourse English-South African cricketer and coach (d. 1948)

1878 A. H. Tammsaare Estonian author (d. 1940)

1878 Joe Lydon American boxer (d. 1937)

1878 Gordon Coates New Zealand soldier and politician 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1943)

1878 André Citroën French engineer and businessman founded Citroën (d. 1935)

1878 Ossip Gabrilowitsch Russian-American pianist and conductor (d. 1936)

1878 Martin Buber Austrian-Israeli philosopher and academic (d. 1965)

1878 Jack Kirwan Irish international footballer (d. 1959)

1878 Julius Nieuwland Belgian priest chemist and academic (d. 1936)

1878 Pamela Colman Smith English occultist and illustrator (d. 1951)

1878 James Colosimo Italian-American mob boss (d. 1920)

1878 Harriet Bosse Swedish–Norwegian actress (d. 1961)

1878 Mirra Alfassa French-Indian spiritual leader (d. 1973)

1878 Kazimir Malevich Ukrainian painter and theorist (d. 1935)

1878 Alvan T. Fuller American businessman and politician 50th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)

1878 Pierre Fatou French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1929)

1878 Takeo Arishima Japanese author and critic (d. 1923)

1878 Egbert Van Alstyne American pianist and songwriter (d. 1951)

1878 Boris Kustodiev Russian painter and stage designer (d. 1927)

1878 Gemma Galgani Italian mystic and saint (d. 1903)

1878 Reza Shah Iranian Shah (d. 1944)

1878 Clemens August Graf von Galen German cardinal (d. 1946)

1878 Paul Jouve French painter (d. 1973)

1878 Percival Perry 1st Baron Perry English businessman (d. 1956)

1878 Morris H. Whitehouse American architect (d. 1944)

1878 Franz Schreker Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1934)

1878 František Janda-Suk Czech discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1955)

1878 Kathleen Scott British sculptor (d. 1947)

1878 C. Ganesha Iyer Ceylon Tamil philologist (d. 1958)

1878 Walter Conrad Arensberg American art collector critic and poet (d. 1954)

1878 Stylianos Lykoudis Greek admiral and historian (d. 1958)

1878 Albert Champion French cyclist (d. 1927)

1878 Georg Misch German philosopher (d. 1965)

1878 Paul Weinstein German high jumper (d. 1964)

1878 Erich Mühsam German author poet and playwright (d. 1934)

1878 R. E. Foster English cricketer and footballer (d. 1914)

1878 Emil Fuchs German-American lawyer and businessman (d. 1961)

1878 Demetrios Petrokokkinos Greek tennis player (d. 1942)

1878 Jean Crotti Swiss-French painter (d. 1958)

1878 William Merz American gymnast and triathlete (d. 1946)

1878 Rafael Guízar y Valencia Mexican bishop and saint (d. 1938)

1878 Friedrich Adler German academic artist and designer (d.1945)

1878 Władysław Witwicki Polish psychologist philosopher translator historian (of philosophy and art) and artist (d. 1948)

1878 Konstantinos Parthenis Greek painter (d. 1967)

1878 J. L. Wilkinson American baseball player and manager (d. 1964)

1878 Alfred Laliberté Canadian sculptor and painter (d. 1953)

1878 Glenn Curtiss American cyclist and engineer (d. 1930)

1878 Lillian Moller Gilbreth American psychologist and engineer (d. 1972)

1878 Anna Cervin Swedish artist (d. 1972)

1878 Paul Pelliot French sinologist and explorer (d. 1945)

1878 Wallace Hartley English violinist and bandleader (d. 1912)

1878 Pancho Villa Mexican general and politician Governor of Chihuahua (d. 1923)

1878 Evan Roberts Welsh Revivalist minister (d. 1951)

1878 Margarito Bautista Nahua-Mexican evangelizer theologian and religious founder (d. 1961)

1878 Léon Thiébaut French fencer (d. 1943)

1878 Margaret Abbott Indian-American golfer (d. 1955)

1878 Leopold Löwenheim German mathematician and logician (d. 1957)

1878 Jacques Rosenbaum Estonian-German architect (d. 1944)

1878 Eino Leino Finnish poet and journalist (d. 1926)

1878 Otto Freundlich German painter and sculptor (d. 1943)

1878 Donald Meek Scottish-American stage and film actor (d. 1946)

1878 Janusz Korczak Polish pediatrician and author (d. 1942)

1878 James Thomas Milton Anderson Canadian lawyer and politician 5th Premier of Saskatchewan (d. 1946)

1878 Edward Plunkett 18th Baron of Dunsany Irish author poet and playwright (d. 1957)

1878 Masaharu Anesaki Japanese philosopher and scholar (d. 1949)

1878 Ernst Hoppenberg German swimmer and water polo player (d. 1937)

1878 Don Marquis American author poet and playwright (d. 1937)

1878 Konstantinos Logothetopoulos Greek physician and politician Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1961)

1878 Aino Kallas Finnish-Estonian author (d. 1956)

1878 Eileen Gray Irish architect and furniture designer (d. 1976)

1878 Alfred Döblin Polish-German physician and author (d. 1957)

1878 Oliver W. F. Lodge English poet and author (d. 1955)

1878 Reggie Duff Australian cricketer (d. 1911)

1878 Richard Girulatis German footballer and manager (d. 1963)

1878 Ted Birnie English footballer and manager (d. 1935)

1878 Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel Russian general (d. 1928)

1878 George Whipple American physician and pathologist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)

1878 Frank Jarvis American sprinter and lawyer (d. 1933)

1878 Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1942)

1878 J. F. C. Fuller English general and historian (d. 1966)

1878 Tullio Serafin Italian conductor and director (d. 1968)

1878 Herman Estonian-Finnish archbishop (d. 1961)

1878 Werner von Blomberg German field marshal (d. 1946)

1878 Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers English tennis player (d. 1960)

1878 Adelaide Crapsey American poet and critic (d. 1914)

1878 Arthur Fox English-American fencer (d. 1958)

1878 Sergio Osmeña Filipino lawyer and politician 4th President of the Philippines (d. 1961)

1878 Karl Albiker German sculptor lithographer and educator (d. 1961)

1878 Vincenzo Tommasini Italian composer (d. 1950)

1878 James O. Richardson American admiral (d. 1974)

1878 Francisco Lagos Cházaro acting president of Mexico (d. 1932)

1878 Peter McWilliam Scottish-English footballer and manager (d. 1951)

1878 Shigeru Yoshida Japanese politician and diplomat 51st Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1967)

1878 Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz Swiss author and poet (d. 1947)

1878 Walter Steinbeck German actor (d. 1942)

1878 Joseph Ruddy American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1962)

1878 Othmar Spann Austrian economist sociologist and philosopher (d. 1950)

1878 Louise Dresser American actress (d. 1965)

1878 Truxtun Hare American football player and hammer thrower (d. 1956)

1878 Patrick Joseph Hartigan Australian priest and author (d. 1952)

1878 Paul Reynaud French lawyer and politician 118th Prime Minister of France (d. 1966)

1878 Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart Spanish politician and 17th Duke of Alba (d. 1953)

1878 James Truslow Adams American historian and author (d. 1949)

1878 Jaan Lattik Estonian pastor and politician 9th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1967)

1878 William Kissam Vanderbilt II American motor racing enthusiast and yachtsman (d. 1944)

1878 Arthur Scherbius German electrical engineer invented the Enigma machine (d. 1929)

1878 Konrad Mägi Estonian painter and educator (d. 1925)

1878 Ōkido Moriemon Japanese sumo wrestler the 23rd Yokozuna (d. 1930)

1878 Bangalore Nagarathnamma Indian Carnatic singer and activist (d. 1952)

1878 Lise Meitner Austrian-Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1968)

1878 Dorothea Bate English palaeontologist and archaeozoologist (d. 1951)

1878 Ahn Changho Korean activist and politician (d. 1938)

1878 Cy Morgan American baseball player (d. 1962)

1878 Max Dehn German-American mathematician and academic (d. 1952)

1878 Julie Manet French painter and art collector (d. 1966)

1878 Leopold Staff Ukrainian-Polish poet and academic (d. 1957)

1878 Grace Abbott American social worker (d. 1939)

1878 Augustus Goessling American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1963)

1878 Gustav Radbruch German lawyer and politician German Minister of Justice (d. 1949)

1878 Frank Pick English lawyer and businessman (d. 1941)

1878 Major Taylor American cyclist (d. 1932)

1878 Jatindramohan Bagchi Indian poet and critic (d. 1948)

1878 Charles Dvorak American pole vaulter and coach (d. 1969)

1878 Francis A. Nixon American businessman (d. 1956)

1878 Elvia Carrillo Puerto Mexican politician (d. 1968)

1878 Akiko Yosano Japanese author poet pioneering feminist pacifist and social reformer (d. 1942)

1878 C. Rajagopalachari Indian lawyer and politician 45th Governor-General of India (d. 1972)

1878 Hans Carossa German author and poet (d. 1956)

1878 Jan Łukasiewicz Polish-Irish mathematician and philosopher (d. 1956)

1878 Myer Prinstein Polish-American jumper (d. 1925)

1878 Stephen Timoshenko Ukrainian-American engineer and academic (d. 1972)

1878 Louis Chevrolet Swiss-American race car driver and businessman co-founded Chevrolet (d. 1941)

1878 Noël Countess of Rothes philanthropist social leader and heroine of Titanic disaster (d. 1956)

1878 Joseph M. Schenck Russian-American film producer (d. 1961)

1878 William Aberhart Canadian evangelist and politician seventh Premier of Alberta (d. 1943)

1878 Elizabeth Arden Canadian businesswoman founded Elizabeth Arden Inc. (d. 1966)

1878 Horacio Quiroga Uruguayan-Argentinian author poet and playwright (d. 1937)

1878 Dorothy Scarborough American author (d. 1935)

1878 Walter Kollo German composer and conductor (d. 1940)

1878 Alfréd Hajós Hungarian swimmer and architect designed the Grand Hotel Aranybika (d. 1955)

1878 Milan Hodža Slovak journalist and politician 10th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (d. 1944)

1878 Peeter Põld Estonian scientist and politician 1st Estonian Minister of Education (d. 1930)

1878 John Masefield English author and poet (d. 1967)

1878 Johannes Terwogt Dutch rower (d. 1977)

1878 Robert Walser Swiss author and playwright (d. 1956)

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