Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In 1878

Feb 05 André citroën: French automobile pioneer  

Feb 06 Waclaw gieburowski: Composer  

Feb 07 Ossip gabrilovich: Composer  

Feb 08 Martin buber: German/israeli philosopher/theologist (ich und du)  

Feb 16 Selim palmgren: Finnish pianist/composer/conductor (peter schlemihl)  

Feb 21 Fritz cortolezis: Composer  

Feb 21 The mother: Indian spiritual leader  

Feb 22 Walter ritz: Swiss physicist  

Feb 23 Kazimir malevich: Ukrainian painter and art theorist  

Feb 27 Alvan t. fuller: 50th governor of massachusetts  

Feb 28 Artur kapp: Estonian composer  

Feb 28 Pierre fatou: French mathematician  

Mar 01 Gabriel edouard xavier dupont: Composer  

Mar 02 Wander j de haas: Dutch physicist/son-in-law of lorentz  

Mar 02 William kissam vanderbilt ii: Member of the vanderbilt family  

Mar 04 Egbert van alstyne: American songwriter and pianist  

Mar 04 Peter d. ouspensky: Russian philosopher  

Mar 07 Boris kustodiev: Russian painter  

Mar 10 Karel van de woestijne: Flemish writer/poet (god at sea)  

Mar 12 Joseph gustav mraczek: Composer  

Mar 12 Gemma galgani: Italian saint  

Mar 14 Carel t scharten: Dutch poet/writer (forces of the future)  

Mar 15 Hanson carter: Cricketer (yorkshire aussie wk of early 20th century)  

Mar 16 Clemens a graaf von galen: Cardinal/bishop of munster/anti-nazi  

Mar 16 Henry b walthall: Shelby city al, actor (birth of a nation, klondike)  

Mar 16 Reza sjah pahlawi: [reza chan], shah of iran  

Mar 21 Thurlow weed lieurance: Composer  

Mar 22 Michel théato: Luxembourgian athlete  

Mar 23 Franz schreker: Austrian composer  

Mar 23 Franz schrecker: Composer  

Mar 24 Top naeff: [anthonetta van rhijn-n-naeff], dutch writer  

Mar 25 Henry graaf de baillet-latour: Belgian pres of ioc (1925-42)  

Mar 25 Theodore samuel holland: Composer  

Mar 31 Jack johnson: 1st black heavyweight boxing champ (1908-1915)  

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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,