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 Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg, composer was born in the year 1878.  

Apr 06 Erich Mühsam, German author (d. 1934) was born in the year 1878.  

Apr 07 In the year 1878 birth of c M M Hathorn, cricketer (South African Test centurion in 1905-06)  

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 On this day in history birth of robert Walser, writer  

Apr 16 In the year 1878 birth of r E "Tip" Foster, cricketer (287 on debut England v Aust SCG 1903)  

Apr 21 On this day in history birth of albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist  

Apr 22 Kitty Gordon, Folkestone England, entertainer was born in the year 1878.  

Apr 24 On this day in history birth of jean Crotti, Swiss artist (d. 1958)  

Apr 26 Ethel Griffies, actress (Billy Liar, Birds, We Live Again) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 26 In the year 1878 birth of saint Rafael Guízar Valencia, Mexican Catholic bishop  

Apr 27 Frank Alvin Gotch, American professional wrestler (d. 1917) was born in the year 1878.  

Apr 28 On this day in history 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 Mr Reyskens, oldest male resident of Netherlands, ever was born in the year 1878.  

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 On this day in history 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 Glenn Hammond Curtiss, US, inventor (hydroplane) was born on this day in history.  

May 21 Louis L H de Visser, Dutch MP (CPN) was born on this day in history.  

May 24 Lillian Moller Gilbreth, engineer (CIOS Gold Medal-1954) was born in the year 1878.  

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

May 28 Paul Pelliot, French sinologist (d. 1945) was born on this day in history.  

May 30 In the year 1878 birth of mike Donlin, American baseball player (d. 1933)  

Jun 01 In the year 1878 birth of john Masefield, England, 15th poet laureate (Salt-Water Ballads)  

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

Jun 05 Franklyn Farnum, actor (Cowboy & Bandit, Scarlet Car, Frontier Days) was born in the year 1878.  

Jun 05 [Francisco] Pancho Villa, Mexico, revolutionary/guerrilla leader was born on this day in history.  

Jun 06 On this day in history birth of vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French criminal attorney (d. 1956)  

Jun 12 On this day in history birth of james O Curwood, US, journalist/writer (Kazan the wolfdog)  

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Jan 07 François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794) died on this day in history.  

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

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 On this day in history george Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85  

Feb 07 Pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

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