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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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


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