| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Grace Abbott |
Activist |
17-Nov-1878 |
19-Jun-1939 |
Advocate against child labor |
| James Truslow Adams |
Author |
18-Oct-1878 |
18-May-1949 |
The Epic of America |
| Ernst F. W. Alexanderson |
Inventor |
25-Jan-1878 |
14-May-1975 |
Developed radio and television at GE and RCA |
| Pasquale Amato |
Singer |
21-Mar-1878 |
13-Aug-1942 |
Operatic baritone, NY Metropolitan Opera |
| Elizabeth Arden |
Business |
31-Dec-1878 |
18-Oct-1966 |
Founder, Elizabeth Arden Co. |
| Ernest Ball |
Songwriter |
22-Jul-1878 |
3-May-1927 |
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling |
| Lionel Barrymore |
Actor |
28-Apr-1878 |
15-Nov-1954 |
Young Dr. Kildare |
| Claude G. Bowers |
Diplomat |
20-Nov-1878 |
21-Jan-1958 |
The Tragic Era |
| Martin Buber |
Philosopher |
8-Feb-1878 |
13-Jun-1965 |
Ich und Du |
| Hattie Wyatt Caraway |
Politician |
1-Feb-1878 |
21-Dec-1950 |
First female elected to US Senate |
| Harry Carey, Sr. |
Actor |
16-Jan-1878 |
21-Sep-1947 |
VP in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
| Robert D. Carey |
Politician |
12-Aug-1878 |
17-Jan-1937 |
Governor and Senator from Wyoming |
| Albert Champion |
Business |
2-Apr-1878 |
26-Oct-1927 |
ACDelco and Champion spark plugs |
| Louis Chevrolet |
Auto Racing |
25-Dec-1878 |
6-Jun-1941 |
Designed the first Chevrolet |
| André Citroën |
Engineer |
5-Feb-1878 |
3-Jul-1935 |
Europe's Henry Ford |
| Gordon Coates |
Head of State |
3-Feb-1878 |
27-May-1943 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1925-28 |
| George M. Cohan |
Composer |
3-Jul-1878 |
5-Nov-1942 |
Yankee Doodle Dandy |
| Constance Collier |
Actor |
22-Jan-1878 |
25-Apr-1955 |
Stage Door |
| Rachel Crothers |
Playwright |
12-Dec-1878 |
5-Jul-1958 |
When Ladies Meet |
| Finlay Currie |
Actor |
20-Jan-1878 |
9-May-1968 |
Great Expectations |
| Glenn Curtiss |
Aviator |
21-May-1878 |
23-Jul-1930 |
American aviation pioneer |
| Harry L. Davis |
Politician |
25-Jan-1878 |
21-May-1950 |
Governor of Ohio, 1921-23 |
| Alfred Döblin |
Novelist |
10-Aug-1878 |
26-Jun-1957 |
Berlin Alexanderplatz |
| Pierre Fatou |
Mathematician |
28-Feb-1878 |
10-Aug-1929 |
Complex analytic dynamics |
| Bruno Frank |
Playwright |
13-Jun-1878 |
20-Jun-1945 |
Storm in a Teacup |
| Maurice Fréchet |
Mathematician |
2-Sep-1878 |
4-Jun-1973 |
Fréchet differential |
| Walter F. George |
Politician |
29-Jan-1878 |
4-Aug-1957 |
US Senator from Georgia, 1922-57 |
| Taylor Holmes |
Actor |
16-May-1878 |
30-Sep-1959 |
Nightmare Alley |
| Henry Horner |
Politician |
30-Nov-1878 |
6-Oct-1940 |
Governor of Illinois, 1933-40 |
| Jack Johnson |
Boxing |
31-Mar-1878 |
10-Jun-1946 |
First black heavyweight champion |
| Georg Kaiser |
Playwright |
25-Nov-1878 |
4-Jun-1945 |
The Gardener of Toulouse |
| Ernest J. King |
Military |
23-Nov-1878 |
25-Jun-1956 |
Chief of Naval Operations, 1942-45 |
| Ladislav Klíma |
Philosopher |
8-Aug-1878 |
19-Apr-1928 |
The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch |
| Carlos Saavedra Lamas |
Diplomat |
1-Nov-1878 |
5-May-1959 |
Diplomat, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Herbert H. Lehman |
Politician |
28-Mar-1878 |
5-Dec-1963 |
Governor of New York, 1933-42 |
| William Lemke |
Politician |
13-Aug-1878 |
30-May-1950 |
Congressman from North Dakota, 1933-50 |
| Harry G. Leslie |
Politician |
6-Apr-1878 |
10-Dec-1937 |
Governor of Indiana, 1929-33 |
| Jan Lukasiewicz |
Mathematician |
21-Dec-1878 |
13-Feb-1956 |
Invented Reverse Polish Notation |
| Kazimir Malevich |
Painter |
23-Feb-1878 |
15-May-1935 |
Founder of Suprematist school |
| Don Marquis |
Journalist |
29-Jul-1878 |
29-Dec-1937 |
archy and mehitabel |
| John Masefield |
Poet |
1-Jun-1878 |
12-May-1967 |
Poet Laureate of England, 1930-67 |
| Donald Meek |
Actor |
14-Jul-1878 |
18-Nov-1946 |
Scottish-American character actor |
| Lise Meitner |
Physicist |
7-Nov-1878 |
27-Oct-1968 |
Discovered nuclear fission |
| Ferenc Molnár |
Playwright |
12-Jan-1878 |
1-Apr-1952 |
The Paul Street Boys |
| Thomas H. Moodie |
Politician |
26-May-1878 |
3-Mar-1948 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1935 |
| Grayson Murphy |
Business |
1878 |
Nov-1937 |
Banker, Co-Founder of American Legion |
| Sergio Osmeña |
Head of State |
9-Sep-1878 |
19-Oct-1961 |
4th President of the Philippines |
| Peter D. Ouspensky |
Philosopher |
5-Mar-1878 |
2-Oct-1947 |
Esoteric philosopher, Tertium Organum |
| Reza Shah Pahlavi |
Head of State |
16-Mar-1878 |
26-Jul-1944 |
Shah of Iran, 1925-41 |
| Walter B. Pitkin |
Psychologist |
6-Feb-1878 |
25-Jan-1953 |
Life Begins at Forty |
| James H. Price |
Politician |
7-Sep-1878 |
22-Nov-1943 |
Governor of Virginia, 1938-42 |
| Manuel Quezon |
Head of State |
19-Aug-1878 |
1-Aug-1944 |
2nd President of the Philippines |
| James O. Richardson |
Military |
18-Sep-1878 |
2-May-1974 |
US Admiral |
| Bill Robinson |
Dancer |
25-May-1878 |
25-Nov-1949 |
Bojangles |
| Pitts Sanborn |
Critic |
1878 |
7-Mar-1941 |
Music critic for New York Globe |
| Carl Sandburg |
Author |
6-Jan-1878 |
22-Jul-1967 |
Illinois poet, Lincoln biographer |
| Jean Schwartz |
Songwriter |
4-Nov-1878 |
30-Nov-1956 |
Chinatown, My Chinatown |
| Upton Sinclair |
Novelist |
20-Sep-1878 |
25-Nov-1968 |
The Jungle |
| Josef Stalin |
Head of State |
18-Dec-1878 |
5-Mar-1953 |
Brutal dictator, Soviet Union |
| Joel Stebbins |
Astronomer |
30-Jul-1878 |
16-Mar-1966 |
Photoelectric photometry |
| Gustav Stresemann |
Head of State |
10-May-1878 |
3-Oct-1929 |
German Chancellor 1923 |
| Conway Tearle |
Actor |
17-May-1878 |
1-Oct-1938 |
Stella Maris |
| Stephen Timoshenko |
Engineer |
23-Dec-1878 |
29-May-1972 |
Mechanical engineering professor at Stanford |
| Pancho Villa |
Military |
5-Jun-1878 |
20-Jul-1923 |
Revolutionary, invaded United States |
| Werner von Blomberg |
Military |
2-Sep-1878 |
22-Mar-1946 |
Nazi general, married a whore |
| Albert Von Tilzer |
Songwriter |
29-Mar-1878 |
1-Oct-1956 |
Take Me Out To The Ball Game |
| Robert Warwick |
Actor |
9-Oct-1878 |
6-Jun-1964 |
Alias Jimmy Valentine |
| John Watson |
Psychologist |
9-Jan-1878 |
25-Sep-1958 |
Founder of Behaviorism |
| George H. Whipple |
Scientist |
28-Aug-1878 |
2-Feb-1976 |
Bile, hemoglobin, and the liver |
| Shigeru Yoshida |
Head of State |
22-Sep-1878 |
20-Oct-1967 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1948-54 |
| Hans Zinsser |
Scientist |
17-Nov-1878 |
4-Sep-1940 |
Typhus vaccine |
