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
Pancho Villa5th June, Mexican
General
Upton Sinclair20th September, American
American writer
Lionel Barrymore28th April, American
Actor
C. Rajagopalachari10th December, Indian
Politician, Independence Activist, Lawyer, Writer
Manuel L. Quezon19th August, Filipino
Former President of the Philippines
Bill Robinson25th May, American
Dancer
Gustav Stresemann10th May, German
Chancellor of Germany
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia4th December, Russian
Military Leader
John B. Watson9th January, American
Psychologist
George M. Cohan3rd July, American
American playwright
Lise Meitner7th November, Austrian
Physicist
Carl Sandburg6th January, American
Writer & Editor
Martin Buber8th February, Austrian, Israeli
Philosopher
Yakov Yurovsky19th June, Russian
Soviet Era Executioner
Louis Chevrolet25th December, Swiss, American
Founder of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company
Mirra Alfassa21st February, French
Spiritual Guru
Lillian Moller Gilbreth24th May, American
Mother of Modern Management
J. F. C. Fuller1st September, British
General
Rezā Shāh15th March, Iranian
Political figure
Don Marquis29th July, American
Humorist
Carlos Saavedra Lamas1st November, Argentinian
First Latin American Nobel Peace Prize Recipient
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
Elizabeth Arden31st December, Canadian
Cosmetologist
Werner von Blomberg2nd September, German, Polish
Politician, Officer, Military personnel
Sergio Osmeña9th September, Filipino
Former President of the Philippines
Janusz Korczak22nd July, Polish
Educationist, Pediatrician, Children's writer
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Paul Reynaud15th October, French
Politician, Lawyer, Journalist
Vallathol Narayana Menon16th October, Indian
Author
John Masefield1st June, British
Poet
James Colosimo16th February, American
Criminal
Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany24th July, Irish, British
Dramatist
Shigeru Yoshida22nd September, Japanese
Former Prime Minister
P. D. Ouspensky4th March, Russian
philosopher, writer
Alfred Munnings8th October, British
painter
Glenn Curtiss21st May, American
Aviator
Maurice René Fréchet2nd September, French
Mathematician
Iwane Matsui27th July, Japanese
Soldier, Military personnel
Augustus John4th January, British
Painter, Etcher
Clemens August Graf von Galen16th March, German
Bishop
Horacio Quiroga31st December, Uruguayan
Poet, Writer, Novelist, Children's writer
Princess Ingeborg of Denmark2nd August, Danish
Alexander von Falkenhausen29th October, German
Soldier, Politician, Military personnel
Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord26th September, German
Military personnel
Major Taylor30th November
Cyclist
Kōki Hirota14th February, Japanese
Politician, Diplomat
James Truslow Adams18th October, American
Historian of the modern age, Historian, Biographer
André Citroën5th February, French
French industrialist
Marcel Grossmann9th April, Swiss
Mathematician
Jorge Ubico10th November, Guatemalan
Politician, Officer
Harry Emerson Fosdick24th May, American
Pastor
Barney Oldfield29th January, American
Race-Car Driver
Agner Krarup Erlang1st January, Danish
Mathematician, Engineer, Statistician
Ferenc Molnár12th January, Hungarian, American
Author
Yosano Akiko7th December, Japanese
Author
Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel27th August, Lithuanian, Russian
Military Officer
Jan Łukasiewicz21st December, Irish, Ukrainian
Polish logician
Abdelaziz of Morocco24th February, Moroccan
Sultan of Morocco
Chen Jiongming18th January, Chinese
Political Figure
Lucien Febvre22nd July, French
Historian, Professor, Writer
Othmar Spann1st October, Austrian
Economist, Philosopher, University teacher,
Hans Ledwinka14th February, Austrian
Engineer, Entrepreneur
Oliver St. John Gogarty17th August, Irish
Poet
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski27th May, Polish
physicist, chemist, biologist, explorer,
Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin5th November, Russian
Painter
George Whipple28th August, American
Physician
William Aberhart30th December, Canadian
Politician
Gustav Radbruch21st November, German
Politician
Eva Tanguay1st August, Canadian
Singer
Ossip Gabrilowitsch7th February, American, Russian
Pianist
Emmy Destinn26th February, Czech
Operatic Soprano
Takeo Arishima4th March, Japanese
Novelist
Hans Zinsser17th November, American
Physician
Eino Leino6th July, Finnish
Poet
Richard Goldschmidt12th April, German, American
Geneticist
Alfréd Hajós1st February, Hungarian
Swimmer
Grace Abbott17th November, American
Social Worker
Paul Pelliot28th May, French
Sinologist
Georg Kaiser25th November, German
Dramatist
Lawrence Joseph Henderson3rd June, American
Physiologist
Lionel Groulx13th January, Canadian
Historian
Gordon Coates3rd February, New Zealander
Prime minister
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson2nd October, British
Poet
Ernst Alexanderson25th January, Swedish, American
Electrical Engineer
Fred Fisher2nd January, American
Automobile-body manufacturer
Adelaide Crapsey9th September, American
Poet
Isaiah Bowman26th December, Canadian, American
Geographer
Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz24th September, Swiss
Writer
Rutland Boughton23rd January, British
Composer
Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers3rd September, British
Tennis Player