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.
Joseph Stalin18th December, Georgian, Russian
Communist Revolutionary & Ruler of former USSR
Lionel Barrymore28th April, American
Actor
Pancho Villa5th June, Mexican
General
Upton Sinclair20th September, American
American writer
C. Rajagopalachari10th December, Indian
Politician, Independence Activist, Lawyer, Writer
Manuel L. Quezon19th August, Filipino
Former President of the Philippines
Yakov Yurovsky19th June, Russian
Soviet Era Executioner
John B. Watson9th January, American
Psychologist
George M. Cohan3rd July, American
American playwright
Carl Sandburg6th January, American
Writer & Editor
Lise Meitner7th November, Austrian
Physicist
Martin Buber8th February, Austrian, Israeli
Philosopher
Bill Robinson25th May, American
Dancer
Mirra Alfassa21st February, French
Spiritual Guru
Louis Chevrolet25th December, Swiss, American
Founder of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company
Gustav Stresemann10th May, German
Chancellor of Germany
Lillian Moller Gilbreth24th May, American
Mother of Modern Management
J. F. C. Fuller1st September, British
General
Rezā Shāh15th March, Iranian
Political figure
Carlos Saavedra Lamas1st November, Argentinian
First Latin American Nobel Peace Prize Recipient
Don Marquis29th July, American
Humorist
Anton Hansen Tammsaare30th January, Estonian
Writer
Peyo Yavorov1st January, Bulgarian
Poet
Jack Johnson (Boxer)31st March, American
Alfred Doblin10th August, German
Writer, Doctor
The Great Gama22nd May, Pakistani
Amateur wrestler
Sergio Osmeña9th September, Filipino
Former President of the Philippines
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia4th December, Russian
Emperor
Janusz Korczak22nd July, Polish
Educationist, Pediatrician, Children's writer
Werner von Blomberg2nd September, German, Polish
Politician, Officer, Military personnel
Major Taylor30th November
Cyclist
John Masefield1st June, British
Poet
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James Colosimo16th February, American
Criminal
Iwane Matsui27th July, Japanese
Soldier, Military personnel
Paul Reynaud15th October, French
Politician, Lawyer, Journalist
Vallathol Narayana Menon16th October, Indian
Author
Shigeru Yoshida22nd September, Japanese
Politician, Diplomat
P. D. Ouspensky4th March, Russian
philosopher, writer
Horacio Quiroga31st December, Uruguayan
Poet, Writer, Novelist, Children's writer
Alfred Munnings8th October, British
painter
Augustus John4th January, British
Painter, Etcher
Kōki Hirota14th February, Japanese
Politician, Diplomat
James Truslow Adams18th October, American
Historian of the modern age, Historian, Biographer
Princess Ingeborg of Denmark2nd August, Danish
Alexander von Falkenhausen29th October, German
Soldier, Politician, Military personnel
Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord26th September, German
Military personnel
Jorge Ubico10th November, Guatemalan
Politician, Officer
André Citroën5th February, French
French industrialist
Barney Oldfield29th January, American
Race-Car Driver
Harry Emerson Fosdick24th May, American
Pastor
Ferenc Molnár12th January, Hungarian, American
Author
Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel27th August, Belgian, Lithuanian
Officer
Marcel Grossmann9th April, Swiss
Mathematician
Agner Krarup Erlang1st January, Danish
Mathematician, Engineer, Statistician
Yosano Akiko7th December, Japanese
Author
William Aberhart30th December, Canadian
Politician
Lucien Febvre22nd July, French
Historian, Professor, Writer
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski27th May, Polish
physicist, chemist, biologist, explorer,
Othmar Spann1st October, Austrian
Economist, Philosopher, University teacher,
Hans Ledwinka14th February, Austrian
Engineer, Entrepreneur
George Whipple28th August, American
Physician
Marshall Taylor26th November, American
Sport cyclist
Sir William Orpen27th November, Irish
Artist
Robert Walser15th April, Swiss
Glenn Hammond Curtiss21st May, American
Aviator
Shōzō Murata30th November, Japanese
diplomat, ambassador
Ernest Joseph King23rd November, American
Naval Officer
Hattie Ophelia Caraway1st February, American
U.S. Representative
Shōzō Makino22nd September, Japanese
Jan Łukasiewicz21st December, Irish, Ukrainian
Polish logician