Page 3: Famous Personalities Born In 1878

Apr 01 Carl Sternheim, German playwright (Hyperion/Tabula Rasa) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 06 On this day in history birth of carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg, composer  

Apr 06 On this day in history birth of erich Mühsam, German author (d. 1934)  

Apr 07 C M M Hathorn, cricketer (South African Test centurion in 1905-06) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 07 Jozef C Bittremieux, Flemish theologist (Virgin & Mother of God) was born in the year 1878.  

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

Apr 12 In the year 1878 birth of richard B Goldschmidt, German/US zoologist  

Apr 15 On this day in history birth of robert Walser, writer  

Apr 16 R E "Tip" Foster, cricketer (287 on debut England v Aust SCG 1903) was born in the year 1878.  

Apr 21 Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist was born in the year 1878.  

Apr 22 In the year 1878 birth of kitty Gordon, Folkestone England, entertainer  

Apr 24 In the year 1878 birth of jean Crotti, Swiss artist (d. 1958)  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

May 10 On this day in history 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 in the year 1878.  

May 15 Francisco Pujol, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

May 19 In the year 1878 birth of adam von Ahn Carse, composer  

May 21 Glenn Hammond Curtiss, US, inventor (hydroplane) was born in the year 1878.  

May 21 On this day in history birth of louis L H de Visser, Dutch MP (CPN)  

May 24 In the year 1878 birth of lillian Moller Gilbreth, engineer (CIOS Gold Medal-1954)  

May 25 On this day in history birth of bill "Bojangles" Robinson, actor (Stormy Weather, Little Colonel)  

May 28 Paul Pelliot, French sinologist (d. 1945) was born in the year 1878.  

May 30 Mike Donlin, American baseball player (d. 1933) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jun 04 Frank N D Buchman, US theologist (Moral Rearmament) was born in the year 1878.  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

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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 in the year 1878.  

Jan 18 Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788) died on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83  

Feb 17 Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59 on this day in history.