Famous People Born In 1878
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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.
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Birthdate: 5th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: La Coyotada, Mexico
Died: July 20, 1923
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Jack Johnson(One of the Most Influential Boxers of All Time)
Birthdate: 31st March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Galveston, Texas, United States
Died: June 10, 1946
Birthdate: 19th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Baler, Philippines
Died: August 1, 1944
Birthdate: 15th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Alasht, Iran
Died: July 26, 1944
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Lionel Barrymore(Actor & Director Best Known for His Role as ‘Mr. Potter’ in the Film ‘It's a Wonderful Life’)
Birthdate: 28th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Philadelphia
Died: November 15, 1954
Birthdate: 20th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland
Died: November 25, 1968
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Joseph Stalin(Soviet Political Leader & Dictator Who Led the Soviet Union from 1922 Until His Death in 1953)
Birthdate: 18th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Gori, Georgia
Died: March 5, 1953
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George M. Cohan(Entertainer, Playwright and Composer Who is Considered to be ‘The Father of American Musical Comedy’)
Birthdate: 3rd July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Died: November 5, 1942
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Lise Meitner(Austrian-Swedish Physicist Who Discovered the Element Protactinium)
Birthdate: 7th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: October 27, 1968
Birthdate: 25th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia, United States
Died: November 25, 1949
Birthdate: 9th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Travelers Rest, South Carolina, United States
Died: September 25, 1958
Birthdate: 6th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Galesburg, Illinois, United States
Died: July 22, 1967
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Louis Chevrolet(Race Car Driver and Co-Founder of the ‘Chevrolet Motor Car Company’ and ‘Frontenac Motor Corporation’)
Birthdate: 25th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Died: June 6, 1941
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Elizabeth Arden
(Canadian-American Businesswoman)
Birthdate: 31st December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada
Died: October 18, 1966
Birthdate: 16th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: The Bronx, New York, United States
Died: September 21, 1947
Birthdate: 4th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tsentralny District, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: June 13, 1918
Birthdate: 9th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Thorapalli, Tamil Nadu, India
Died: December 25, 1972
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Martin Buber(Religious Philosopher Known for His Philosophy of Dialogue)
Birthdate: 8th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: June 13, 1965
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Janusz Korczak
(Former educator, children's author, pedagogue)
Birthdate: 22nd July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
Died: August 7, 1942
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The Great Gama
(Amateur wrestler)
Birthdate: 22nd May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Amritsar
Died: May 22, 1963
Birthdate: 3rd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Birkenhead, England
Died: December 9, 1956
Birthdate: 10th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Berlin
Died: October 3, 1929
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Ernest Joseph King
(Naval Officer)
Birthdate: 23rd November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lorain, Ohio, United States
Died: June 25, 1956
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Sergio Osmeña
(The 4th President of the Philippines)
Birthdate: 9th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cebu City, Philippines
Died: October 19, 1961
Birthdate: 24th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Oakland, California, United States
Died: January 2, 1972
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Glenn Curtiss
(American Aviation and Motorcycling Pioneer & Founder of the U.S. Aircraft Industry)
Birthdate: 21st May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Hammondsport, New York, United States
Died: July 23, 1930
Birthdate: 1st June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Ledbury, United Kingdom
Died: May 12, 1967
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Macario Sakay
(Revolutionary)
Birthdate: 1st March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Manila, Philippines
Died: September 13, 1907
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André Citroën
(Industrialist and the founder of French automaker Citroën)
Birthdate: 5th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: July 3, 1935
Birthdate: 3rd March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Lambeth, Surrey, England
Died: April 9, 1917
Birthdate: 9th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Enniscorthy, Ireland
Died: October 31, 1976
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Paul Reynaud
(French Lawyer and Politician)
Birthdate: 15th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Barcelonnette
Died: September 21, 1966
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P. D. Ouspensky
(Philosopher, Writer)
Birthdate: 5th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kharkiv, Ukraine
Died: October 2, 1947
Birthdate: 8th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Mendham, Suffolk
Died: July 17, 1959
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William Kissam Vanderbilt II
(American Motocross Racer and Sailor)
Birthdate: 26th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New York, United States
Died: January 8, 1944
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Horacio Quiroga
(Uruguayan Playwright, Poet and Short Story Writer)
Birthdate: 31st December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Salto, Uruguay
Died: February 19, 1937
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Major Taylor
(One of the Greatest American Sprinters of All Time)
Birthdate: 26th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Died: June 21, 1932
Birthdate: 15th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
Died: December 25, 1956
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James Truslow Adams
(Historian of the modern age, Historian, Biographer)
Birthdate: 18th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: May 18, 1949
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Barney Oldfield
(American Automobile Racer)
Birthdate: 29th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Wauseon, Ohio, United States
Died: October 4, 1946
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Alexander von Falkenhausen
(Soldier, Politician, Military personnel)
Birthdate: 29th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Silesia Province
Died: July 31, 1966
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Jorge Ubico
(Politician, Officer)
Birthdate: 10th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Guatemala City
Died: June 14, 1946
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Mitsuyo Maeda
(Mixed martial artists)
Birthdate: 18th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
Died: November 28, 1941
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Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(Aristocrat)
Birthdate: 1st September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Rödental, Germany
Died: April 16, 1942
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Abdelaziz of Morocco
(Sultan of Morocco)
Birthdate: 24th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Morocco
Died: June 10, 1943
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Francis Sheehy-Skeffington
(Writer)
Birthdate: 23rd December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bailieborough, Ireland
Died: April 26, 1916
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Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria
(Princess)
Birthdate: 7th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Reichenau an der Rax, Austria
Died: March 13, 1960
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Robert Warwick
(A Matinee Idol During the Silent Film Era with Over 200 Film Appearances)
Birthdate: 9th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Sacramento, California, United States
Died: June 6, 1964
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Ferenc Molnár
( Hungary’s Most Celebrated and Controversial Novelist and Playwright Known for His Novel 'The Paul Street Boys')
Birthdate: 12th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: April 1, 1952
Birthdate: 1st February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Cloughjordan, Ireland
Died: May 3, 1916