Louis Chevrolet (1878-1941)
Entrepreneur
1
Reza Shah (1878-1944)
World Leader
2
Bill Robinson (1878-1949)
Movie Actor
3
Pancho Villa (1878-1923)
War Hero
4
Jack Johnson (1878-1946)
Boxer
5
Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)
Poet
6
Grace Abbott (1878-1939)
Activist
7
Horacio Quiroga (1878-1937)
Playwright
8
Marshall Taylor (1878-1932)
Cyclist
9
John B Watson (1878-1958)
Psychologist
10
Edward Kasner (1878-1955)
Mathematician
11
Eileen Gray (1878-1976)
Architect
12
Ernest Ball (1878-1927)
Composer
13
Edith Maud Cook (1878-1910)
Pilot
14
Ethel Griffies (1878-1975)
Movie Actress
15
Egbert Van Alstyne (1878-1951)
Songwriter
16
Lionel Barrymore (1878-1954)
17
Elizabeth Arden (1878-1966)
18
Adeline Genee (1878-1970)
Dancer
19
Edward Thomas (1878-1917)
20
Died in 1878
Birthdays by Month
John Henry Mears (1878-1956)
Explorer
21
James Truslow Adams (1878-1949)
Novelist
22
Charles Strite (1878-1956)
23
Frank Gotch (1878-1917)
Wrestler
24
James Oliver Curwood (1878-1927)
25
Upton Sinclair (1878-1968)
26
Harry Carey (1878-1947)
27
Louise Dresser (1878-1965)
28
Donald Meek (1878-1946)
29
Ferenc Molnár (1878-1952)
30
Akiko Yosano (1878-1942)
31
Taylor Holmes (1878-1959)
32
William P Hobby (1878-1964)
Politician
33
Eino Leino (1878-1926)
34
Arthur Ernest Morgan (1878-1975)
Engineer
35
George M. Cohan (1878-1942)
36
Wallace Hartley (1878-1912)
Violinist
37
Robert Walser (1878-1956)
38
Owen Johnson (1878-1952)
39
Augustus John (1878-1961)
Painter
40
Leopold Staff (1878-1957)
41
James O. Richardson (1878-1974)
42
Clara Westhoff (1878-1954)
Sculptor
43
Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878-1972)
44
Harriet Bosse (1878-1961)
45
Peyo Yavorov (1878-1914)
46
Mirra Alfassa (1878-1973)
Religious Leader
47
Robert D. Carey (1878-1937)
48
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