Jack Johnson (1878-1946)
Boxer
1
Pancho Villa (1878-1923)
War Hero
2
Louis Chevrolet (1878-1941)
Entrepreneur
3
Taylor Holmes (1878-1959)
Movie Actor
4
Elizabeth Arden (1878-1966)
5
Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)
Poet
6
Upton Sinclair (1878-1968)
Novelist
7
Reza Shah (1878-1944)
World Leader
8
John Henry Mears (1878-1956)
Explorer
9
Bill Robinson (1878-1949)
10
Adeline Genee (1878-1970)
Dancer
11
Grace Abbott (1878-1939)
Activist
12
Ferenc Molnár (1878-1952)
Playwright
13
Owen Johnson (1878-1952)
14
Lionel Barrymore (1878-1954)
15
Arthur Ernest Morgan (1878-1975)
Engineer
16
George M. Cohan (1878-1942)
Composer
17
John B Watson (1878-1958)
Psychologist
18
James O. Richardson (1878-1974)
19
Charles Strite (1878-1956)
20
Martin Buber (1878-1965)
Philosopher
21
Peyo Yavorov (1878-1914)
22
Harry Carey (1878-1947)
23
Akiko Yosano (1878-1942)
24
Died in 1878
Birthdays by Month
Wallace Hartley (1878-1912)
Violinist
25
James Truslow Adams (1878-1949)
26
Marshall Taylor (1878-1932)
Cyclist
27
Egbert Van Alstyne (1878-1951)
Songwriter
28
Frank Gotch (1878-1917)
Wrestler
29
Hattie Caraway (1878-1950)
Politician
30
Eileen Gray (1878-1976)
Architect
31
Louise Dresser (1878-1965)
Movie Actress
32
John Masefield (1878-1967)
33
Jorge Ubico (1878-1946)
34
George Whipple (1878-1976)
Doctor
35
Oscar Apfel (1878-1938)
Screenwriter
36
Mirra Alfassa (1878-1973)
Religious Leader
37
William P Hobby (1878-1964)
38
James Oliver Curwood (1878-1927)
39
Eino Leino (1878-1926)
40
Horacio Quiroga (1878-1937)
41
Myer Prinstein (1878-1925)
Long Jumper
42
Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878-1972)
43
Robert Walser (1878-1956)
44
Edward Kasner (1878-1955)
Mathematician
45
Glenn Curtiss (1878-1930)
46
Don Marquis (1878-1937)
47
Edward Thomas (1878-1917)
48
Years