Page 5: Famous Personalities Born In 1878

Aug 31 Frank jarvis: American athlete  

Aug 31 Albert riemenschneider: Composer  

Sep 01 Princess alexandra of edinburgh and saxe-coburg and gotha: Princess alexandra of edinburgh and saxe-coburg and gotha (d. 1942)  

Sep 02 Werner von blomberg: German minister of reichswehr  

Sep 09 Sergio osmeña: 4th president of the philippines  

Sep 09 Adelaide crapsey: American poet  

Sep 16 Karl albiker: German sculptor (german art, female nudes)  

Sep 17 Vincenzo tommasini: Composer  

Sep 20 Upton beall sinclair: Us writer (jungle)  

Sep 22 Shigeru yoshida: Japanese pm (most of 1946-54)  

Sep 24 C. f. ramuz: Swiss writer  

Oct 01 Othmar spann: Austria economist/sociologist (geschichtsfilosofie)  

Oct 02 Francois c schlumberger: French physicist  

Oct 05 Louise dresser: [kerlin], evansville in, actress (maid of salem)  

Oct 09 Robert warwick: [bien], sacramento ca, actor (falcon's adventure)  

Oct 12 Karl buresch: Austria politician  

Oct 13 Patrick joseph hartigan: Australian roman catholic priest  

Oct 15 Paul reynaud: Premier france (may-june 1940)  

Oct 16 Maxey long: American athlete  

Oct 16 Carlos pedrell: Composer  

Oct 17 Henri mulet: Composer  

Oct 17 Andrei n rimski-korssakov: Russian musicologist/son of nikolai  

Oct 18 James truslow adams: Historian (pul-1921, founding of new england)  

Oct 24 Hermann claudius: German folk poet (meister bertram)  

Oct 25 Nico van suchtelen: Dutch publisher  

Oct 29 Alex e von falkenhausen: German general (china, ww ii)  

Nov 01 Carlos saavedra lamas: Argentina, jurist (nobel peace prize 1936)  

Nov 01 Konrad mägi: Estonian painter  

Nov 06 Ernest irving: Composer  

Nov 07 Lise meitner: Austrian/swedish physicist (protactinium)  

Nov 08 Marshall walter "major" taylor: World champion cyclist (1899)  

Nov 13 John c kielstra: Dutch economist/governor of suriname (1933-44)  

Nov 13 Max dehn: German mathematician  

Nov 14 Julie manet: French painter, daughter of berthe morisot  

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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,