Born in 1878

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• 1878–1946Jack JohnsonAmerican boxerMarch 31
• 1878–1928Pyotr WrangelRussian generalAugust 27
• 1878–1966Paul ReynaudFrench politician and lawyerOctober 15
• 1878–1942Janusz KorczakPolish pediatrician, educator and children's authorJuly 22
• 1878–1961Sergio OsmeñaPresident of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946September 9
• 1878–1967Shigeru YoshidaPrime Minister of Japan (1946–1947; 1948–1954)September 22
• 1878–1946Werner von BlombergGerman military commanderSeptember 2
• 1878–1947Harry CareyAmerican actorJanuary 16
• 1878–1966Elizabeth ArdenCanadian-American businesswomanDecember 31
• 1878–1903Gemma GalganiItalian Catholic mystic and saintMarch 12
• 1878–1941Louis ChevroletAmerican racing driverDecember 25
• 1878–1973Mirra AlfassaFrench-Indian spiritual guruFebruary 21
• 1878–1957Lord DunsanyAnglo-Irish writer and dramatistJuly 24
• 1878–1972Lillian Moller GilbrethAmerican psychologist and industrial engineerMay 24
• 1878–1956Robert WalserSwiss writerApril 15
• 1878–1934Herbert ChapmanEnglish association football player and managerJanuary 19
• 1878–1957Alfred DöblinGerman novelist, essayist, and doctorAugust 10
• 1878–1935André CitroënFrench industrialist and Citroën car brand founderFebruary 5
• 1878–1949Bill RobinsonAmerican dancer and actorMay 25
• 1878–1967John MasefieldEnglish poet and writerJune 1
• 1878–1942George M. CohanAmerican actor, singer, composer and playwrightJuly 3
• 1878–1951Pamela Colman SmithBritish occultist, artist and illustratorFebruary 16
• 1878–1930Glenn CurtissAmerican aviator and industrialistMay 21
• 1878–1942Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and GothaPrincess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg from 1913 to 1942September 1
• 1878–1942Yosano AkikoJapanese poetDecember 7
• 1878–1952Ferenc MolnárHungarian-born dramatist and novelistJanuary 12
• 1878–1976Eileen GrayIrish architect and furniture designerAugust 9
• 1878–1946Clemens August Graf von GalenGerman Catholic bishop and cardinalMarch 16
• 1878–1961Augustus JohnWelsh painterJanuary 4
• 1878–1956Jan ŁukasiewiczPolish logician and philosopherDecember 21
• 1878–1955Margaret AbbottAmerican golferJune 15
• 1878–1976George WhippleAmerican biomedical researcherAugust 28
• 1878–1937Horacio QuirogaUruguayan writerDecember 31
• 1878–1912Wallace HartleyEnglish violinist, and ''Titanic'' bandleaderJune 2
• 1878–1961Joseph M. SchenckFilm studio executiveDecember 25
• 1878–1966J. F. C. FullerBritish Army generalSeptember 1
• 1878–1926Eino LeinoFinnish poet and journalistJuly 6
• 1878–1947Charles Ferdinand RamuzSwiss writerSeptember 24
• 1878–1965Louise DresserAmerican actressOctober 5
• 1878–1931Mohammad Ali JauharIndian Muslim activistDecember 10
• 1878–1920Big Jim ColosimoAmerican mobsterFebruary 16
• 1878–1959Carlos Saavedra LamasArgentine academic and politicianNovember 1
• 1878–1929Arthur ScherbiusGerman electrical engineerOctober 30
• 1878–1968Finlay CurrieScottish actorJanuary 20
• 1878–1934Erich MühsamGerman anarchist writerApril 6
• 1878–1972Stephen TimoshenkoUkrainian engineer and academicDecember 23
• 1878–1940A. H. TammsaareEstonian writerJanuary 30
• 1878–1952Theodoros PangalosLeader of Greece from 1925 to 1926January 11
• 1878–1945Paul PelliotFrench sinologist and OrientalistMay 28
• 1878–1925Konrad MägiEstonian painterNovember 1
• 1878–1944Milan HodžaSlovak politician and journalistFebruary 1
• 1878–1929Agner Krarup ErlangDanish mathematician, statistician and engineerJanuary 1
• 1878–1934Franz SchrekerAustrian composerMarch 23
• 1878–1955Alfréd HajósHungarian swimmer and architectFebruary 1
• 1878–1958Grigory PetrovskySoviet Ukrainian politicianFebruary 3
• 1878–1966Julie ManetFrench painterNovember 14
• 1878–1949Gustav RadbruchGerman legal scholar and politicianNovember 21
• 1878–1949James Truslow AdamsAmerican writer and historianOctober 18
• 1878–1932Major TaylorAmerican racing cyclistNovember 26
• 1878–1947Kathleen ScottBritish sculptorMarch 27