Page 3: Famous Personalities Born In 1878

Apr 01 On this day in history birth of carl Sternheim, German playwright (Hyperion/Tabula Rasa)  

Apr 06 Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg, composer was born in the year 1878.  

Apr 06 On this day in history birth of erich Mühsam, German author (d. 1934)  

Apr 07 On this day in history birth of c M M Hathorn, cricketer (South African Test centurion in 1905-06)  

Apr 07 On this day in history birth of jozef C Bittremieux, Flemish theologist (Virgin & Mother of God)  

Apr 08 In the year 1878 birth of rudolf Nelson, composer  

Apr 12 In the year 1878 birth of richard B Goldschmidt, German/US zoologist  

Apr 15 In the year 1878 birth of robert Walser, writer  

Apr 16 On this day in history birth of r E "Tip" Foster, cricketer (287 on debut England v Aust SCG 1903)  

Apr 21 Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist was born in the year 1878.  

Apr 22 Kitty Gordon, Folkestone England, entertainer was born on this day in history.  

Apr 24 Jean Crotti, Swiss artist (d. 1958) was born in the year 1878.  

Apr 26 On this day in history birth of ethel Griffies, actress (Billy Liar, Birds, We Live Again)  

Apr 26 Saint Rafael Guízar Valencia, Mexican Catholic bishop was born in the year 1878.  

Apr 27 In the year 1878 birth of frank Alvin Gotch, American professional wrestler (d. 1917)  

Apr 28 In the year 1878 birth of lionel Barrymore, [Blythe], Phila, actor (Free Soul, Dr Kildare)  

May 10 On this day in history birth of gustav Stresemann, German chancellor (1923, Nobel 1926)  

May 11 On this day in history birth of mr Reyskens, oldest male resident of Netherlands, ever  

May 14 James L. Wilkinson, American baseball executive (d. 1964) was born on this day in history.  

May 15 Francisco Pujol, composer was born on this day in history.  

May 16 On this day in history birth of taylor Holmes, Newark NJ, actor (Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely)  

May 19 On this day in history birth of adam von Ahn Carse, composer  

May 21 Glenn Hammond Curtiss, US, inventor (hydroplane) was born on this day in history.  

May 21 On this day in history birth of louis L H de Visser, Dutch MP (CPN)  

May 24 Lillian Moller Gilbreth, engineer (CIOS Gold Medal-1954) was born on this day in history.  

May 25 Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, actor (Stormy Weather, Little Colonel) was born on this day in history.  

May 28 On this day in history birth of paul Pelliot, French sinologist (d. 1945)  

May 30 In the year 1878 birth of mike Donlin, American baseball player (d. 1933)  

Jun 01 In the year 1878 birth of john Masefield, England, 15th poet laureate (Salt-Water Ballads)  

Jun 04 On this day in history birth of frank N D Buchman, US theologist (Moral Rearmament)  

Jun 05 Franklyn Farnum, actor (Cowboy & Bandit, Scarlet Car, Frontier Days) was born on this day in history.  

Jun 05 On this day in history birth of [Francisco] Pancho Villa, Mexico, revolutionary/guerrilla leader  

Jun 06 In the year 1878 birth of vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French criminal attorney (d. 1956)  

Jun 12 James O Curwood, US, journalist/writer (Kazan the wolfdog) was born in the year 1878.  

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Jan 07 In the year 1878 death of françois-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794)  

Jan 09 Victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Jan 18 On this day in history death of antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788)  

Jan 19 On this day in history henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67  

Feb 01 On this day in history george Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85  

Feb 07 Pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85 in the year 1878.  

Feb 08 Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83 in the year 1878.  

Feb 17 Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59 in the year 1878.