Famous People Born In 1878
Discover the most famous people born in 1878. The list includes people like Joseph Stalin, Pancho Villa, Upton Sinclair, Lise Meitner, Jack Johnson (Boxer) and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, soldiers, novelists and historians born in 1878. This list includes people from United States, Germany, Japan & Austria and many more countries.
C. Rajagopalachari(Politician, Independence Activist, Lawyer, Writer & Statesman)
10th December
Indian
John B. Watson(Psychologist)
9th January
American
The Great Gama(Amateur wrestler)
22nd May
Pakistani
Bill Robinson(Film actor, Stage actor)
25th May
American
Major Taylor(Cyclist)
30th November
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia(Emperor)
4th December
Russian
Mirra Alfassa(Mystic, Writer)
21st February
French,Indian
Janusz Korczak(Educationist, Pediatrician, Children's writer)
22nd July
Polish
Werner von Blomberg(Politician, Officer, Military personnel)
2nd September
German,Polish
Paul Reynaud(Politician, Lawyer, Journalist)
15th October
French
Shigeru Yoshida(Politician, Diplomat)
22nd September
Japanese
James Colosimo(Criminal)
16th February
American
Iwane Matsui(Soldier, Military personnel)
27th July
Japanese
Horacio Quiroga(Poet, Writer, Novelist, Children's writer)
31st December
Uruguayan
P. D. Ouspensky(philosopher, writer)
4th March
Russian
Vallathol Narayana Menon(Author)
16th October
Indian
Augustus John(Painter, Etcher)
4th January
British
James Truslow Adams(Historian of the modern age, Historian, Biographer)
18th October
American
Alexander von Falkenhausen(Soldier, Politician, Military personnel)
29th October
German
Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord(Military personnel)
26th September
German
Princess Ingeborg of Denmark2nd August
Danish
Jorge Ubico(Politician, Officer)
10th November
Guatemalan
André Citroën(French industrialist)
5th February
French
Alfred Munnings(painter)
8th October
British
William Aberhart(Politician)
30th December
Canadian
Ferenc Molnár(Author)
12th January
Hungarian,American
Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel(Officer)
27th August
Belgian,Lithuanian
Agner Krarup Erlang(Mathematician, Engineer, Statistician)
1st January
Danish
Marcel Grossmann(Mathematician)
9th April
Swiss
Lucien Febvre(Historian, Professor, Writer)
22nd July
French
Othmar Spann(Economist, Philosopher, University teacher, Sociologist)
1st October
Austrian
Hans Ledwinka(Engineer, Entrepreneur)
14th February
Austrian
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski(physicist, chemist, biologist, explorer, anthropologist)
27th May
Polish
George Whipple(Physician)
28th August
American
Marshall Taylor(Sport cyclist)
26th November
American
Robert Walser15th April
Swiss
Hattie Ophelia Caraway(U.S. Representative)
30th November
Upton Sinclair, Jr.(Novelist, writer, journalist, political activist, politician)
30th November
American
Jan Łukasiewicz(Polish logician)
21st December
Irish,Ukrainian
Kōki Hirota(Politician, Diplomat)
14th February
Japanese
Shōzō Makino22nd September
Japanese
Shōzō Murata(diplomat, ambassador)
30th November
Japanese