Page 3: Famous Personalities Born In 1878

Apr 01 On this day in history birth of carl Sternheim, German playwright (Hyperion/Tabula Rasa)  

Apr 06 In the year 1878 birth of carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg, composer  

Apr 06 Erich Mühsam, German author (d. 1934) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 07 C M M Hathorn, cricketer (South African Test centurion in 1905-06) was born in the year 1878.  

Apr 07 Jozef C Bittremieux, Flemish theologist (Virgin & Mother of God) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 08 In the year 1878 birth of rudolf Nelson, composer  

Apr 12 On this day in history birth of richard B Goldschmidt, German/US zoologist  

Apr 15 Robert Walser, writer was born on this day in history.  

Apr 16 On this day in history birth of r E "Tip" Foster, cricketer (287 on debut England v Aust SCG 1903)  

Apr 21 Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist was born on this day in history.  

Apr 22 On this day in history birth of kitty Gordon, Folkestone England, entertainer  

Apr 24 Jean Crotti, Swiss artist (d. 1958) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 26 In the year 1878 birth of ethel Griffies, actress (Billy Liar, Birds, We Live Again)  

Apr 26 Saint Rafael Guízar Valencia, Mexican Catholic bishop was born on this day in history.  

Apr 27 In the year 1878 birth of frank Alvin Gotch, American professional wrestler (d. 1917)  

Apr 28 In the year 1878 birth of lionel Barrymore, [Blythe], Phila, actor (Free Soul, Dr Kildare)  

May 10 In the year 1878 birth of gustav Stresemann, German chancellor (1923, Nobel 1926)  

May 11 On this day in history birth of mr Reyskens, oldest male resident of Netherlands, ever  

May 14 James L. Wilkinson, American baseball executive (d. 1964) was born on this day in history.  

May 15 Francisco Pujol, composer was born in the year 1878.  

May 16 In the year 1878 birth of taylor Holmes, Newark NJ, actor (Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely)  

May 19 Adam von Ahn Carse, composer was born on this day in history.  

May 21 In the year 1878 birth of glenn Hammond Curtiss, US, inventor (hydroplane)  

May 21 In the year 1878 birth of louis L H de Visser, Dutch MP (CPN)  

May 24 Lillian Moller Gilbreth, engineer (CIOS Gold Medal-1954) was born on this day in history.  

May 25 Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, actor (Stormy Weather, Little Colonel) was born on this day in history.  

May 28 In the year 1878 birth of paul Pelliot, French sinologist (d. 1945)  

May 30 On this day in history birth of mike Donlin, American baseball player (d. 1933)  

Jun 01 John Masefield, England, 15th poet laureate (Salt-Water Ballads) was born in the year 1878.  

Jun 04 On this day in history birth of frank N D Buchman, US theologist (Moral Rearmament)  

Jun 05 In the year 1878 birth of franklyn Farnum, actor (Cowboy & Bandit, Scarlet Car, Frontier Days)  

Jun 05 On this day in history birth of [Francisco] Pancho Villa, Mexico, revolutionary/guerrilla leader  

Jun 06 In the year 1878 birth of vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French criminal attorney (d. 1956)  

Jun 12 James O Curwood, US, journalist/writer (Kazan the wolfdog) was born in the year 1878.  

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

Jan 09 In the year 1878 victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57  

Jan 18 In the year 1878 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 Pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85 in the year 1878.  

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