Famous Personalities Born In 1878

Jan 01 Edwin franko goldman: Composer  

Jan 01 Agner krarup erlang: Danish scientist and engineer  

Jan 04 Alfred edgar coppard: England, writer (black dogs & other stories)  

Jan 04 Augustus john: Welsh painter  

Jan 06 Dame adeline genée: Danish-british ballerina  

Jan 06 Carl sandburg: Us, poet/biographer of lincoln (the people, yes)  

Jan 11 Theodorus pangalos: Greek general/dictator (1926)  

Jan 12 Ferenc molnar: Hungarian/us playwright (a pal utrai fiuk)  

Jan 13 Lionel groulx: Canadian nationalist  

Jan 14 Victor a d segalen: [max anely], french writer  

Jan 15 Johanna muller-hermann: Composer  

Jan 16 Harry carey sr: Bronx ny, actor (aces wild, border cafe, air force)  

Jan 16 Robert garbe: German poet (gorniek)  

Jan 16 Henry dewitt "harry" carey ii: Us actor (informer)  

Jan 17 Oscar apfel: Cleve, actor (abraham lincoln, inspiration, before dawn)  

Jan 18 Hendrik baels: Belgian politician  

Jan 19 Herbert chapman: English football player and manager  

Jan 20 Finlay currie: Scotland, actor (quo vadis, ivanhoe, avengers)  

Jan 21 Egon friedell: Austria, journalist/actor/writer (der partylowe)  

Jan 22 Francis picabia: French painter/illustrator  

Jan 22 Constance collier: Windsor england, actress/writer (kitty, whirlpool)  

Jan 23 Rutland boughton: Composer  

Jan 23 Oton zupancic: Slovenian poet (zimzelen pod snegom)  

Jan 25 Ernst alexanderson: Swedish-born television pioneer  

Jan 26 A w "dave" nourse: Cricketer ("grand old man" of s african cricket)  

Jan 28 Walter kollo [kollodziepski]: German composer (der juxbaron)  

Jan 29 Barney oldfield: Ohio, daredevil  

Jan 30 Anton hansen tammsaare: Estonian author  

Jan 31 Willem j m van eysinga: Dutch international law jurist  

Feb 01 Hattie wyatt caraway: Politician/teacher/1st woman elected to senate  

Feb 01 Milan hodža: Slovak politician  

Feb 02 Christian gauss: Educator/writer (phi beta kappa award namesake)  

Feb 02 Alfréd hajós: Hungarian swimmer  

Feb 03 Joseph gordon coates: Pm of new zealand (1925-28)  

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Jan 07 François-vincent raspail: French chemist (b. 1794)  

Jan 09 Victor emmanuel ii: King of sard (1849-61)/italy (1861-78),  

Jan 18 Antoine césar becquerel: French physicist (b. 1788)  

Jan 19 Henri v regnault: French physicist/chemist,  

Feb 01 George cruikshank: English illustrator (grimm),  

Feb 07 Pius ix: "pio nono", [giovanni ferretti], pope (1846-78),  

Feb 08 Elias m fries: Swedish botanist (mycologicum),  

Feb 17 Jose amador de los rios: Spanish historian/poet,