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In the year 1878
480 Notable birthdays
Vasily Shulgin
Russian lawyer (1878–1976).
Born January 13th, 1878 in Kyiv.
Died February 15th, 1976 at 98 years old in Vladimir.
Lina Stern
Soviet biochemist, physiologist and humanist (1878-1968).
Born August 26th, 1878 in Liepāja.
Died March 7th, 1968 at 89 years old in Moscow.
Max Dehn
German-american mathematician (1878-1952).
Born November 13th, 1878 in Hamburg.
Died June 27th, 1952 at 73 years old in Black Mountain.
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
British poet (1878–1962).
Born October 2nd, 1878 in Hexham.
Died May 26th, 1962 at 83 years old in Virginia Water.
Dorothea Douglass
English tennis and badminton player.
Born September 3rd, 1878 in Ealing.
Died January 7th, 1960 at 81 years old in Kensington. [ref]
R. E. Foster
Cricket player of england. (1878-1914).
Born April 16th, 1878 in Malvern.
Died May 13th, 1914 at 36 years old in Brompton (diabetes).
Oscar Apfel
Actor, film director (1878-1938).
Born January 17th, 1878 in Cleveland. [ref]
Died March 21st, 1938 at 60 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Isaiah Bowman
American geographer (1878–1950).
Born December 26th, 1878 in Waterloo.
Died January 6th, 1950 at 71 years old in Baltimore.
Lev Chernyi
Russian anarchist theorist, activist and poet executed by the bolsheviks (1890–1921).
Born February 19th, 1878 in Moscow.
Died September 27th, 1921 at 43 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Hans Zinsser
American physician, bacteriologist (1878–1940).
Born November 17th, 1878 in New York City.
Died September 4th, 1940 at 61 years old in New York City (leukemia).
Alex Raisbeck
Scottish footballer (1878-1949).
Born December 26th, 1878 in Polmont.
Died March 12th, 1949 at 70 years old in Liverpool.
Rafael Guízar y Valencia
Catholic bishop and saint.
Born April 26th, 1878 in Cotija de la Paz.
Died June 6th, 1938 at 60 years old in Mexico City.
Sergey Markov
Russian general.
Born July 7th, 1878 in Saint Petersburg Governorate.
Died June 25th, 1918 at 39 years old in Stavropol Governorate (killed in action).
Blanche Friderici
American actress (1878-1933).
Born January 21st, 1878 in Brooklyn.
Died December 23rd, 1933 at 55 years old in Visalia (myocardial infarction).
Peyo Yavorov
Bulgarian poet (1878–1914).
Born January 13th, 1878 in Chirpan.
Died October 29th, 1914 at 36 years old in Sofia (gunshot wound).
Andreas Hermes
German politician (1878-1964).
Born July 16th, 1878 in Cologne.
Died January 4th, 1964 at 85 years old in Berg.
Solomon Lozovsky
Soviet revolutionary (1878-1952).
Born March 16th, 1878 in Alexandrovsky Uyezd.
Died August 12th, 1952 at 74 years old in Lubyanka Building, Bolshevo.
Luigi Federzoni
Italian politician (1878-1967).
Born September 27th, 1878 in Bologna.
Died January 24th, 1967 at 88 years old in Rome.
Adelaide Crapsey
American writer (1878-1914).
Born September 9th, 1878 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1914 at 36 years old in Rochester (tuberculosis). [ref]
Jack Judge
British songwriter and music hall entertainer (1878-1938).
Born December 3rd, 1878 in Oldbury.
Died July 25th, 1938 at 59 years old in West Bromwich (disease).
Ahn Chang-ho
Korean independence activist (1878–1938).
Born November 9th, 1878 in Kangso.
Died March 10th, 1938 at 59 years old in Keijō Imperial University (disease).
Albert Champion
Road bicycle racer (1878–1927).
Born April 5th, 1878 in 17th arrondissement of Paris.
Died October 27th, 1927 at 49 years old in 1st arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction).
Fidel Dávila Arrondo
Spanish general and noble (1878-1962).
Born April 24th, 1878 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 1962 at 83 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Mykhailo Omelianovych-Pavlenko
Supreme commander of the ukrainian galician army.
Born December 20th, 1878 in Tbilisi.
Died May 29th, 1952 at 73 years old in Paris.
Hassan Taqizadeh
Iranian diplomat and politician (1878–1970).
Born September 27th, 1878 in Tabriz.
Died January 28th, 1970 at 91 years old in Tehran. [ref]
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