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In the year 1878
469 Notable birthdays
Leopold Staff
Polish poet (1878-1957).
Born January 14th, 1878 in Lviv.
Died May 31st, 1957 at 79 years old in Skarżysko-Kamienna.
Julia Swayne Gordon
American actress (1878-1933).
Born October 29th, 1878 in Columbus.
Died May 28th, 1933 at 54 years old in Los Angeles.
Giuseppe Adami
Italian opera librettist (1878-1946).
Born February 4th, 1878 in Verona.
Died October 12th, 1946 at 68 years old in Milan.
Dorothea Bate
Welsh palaeontologist and archaeozoologist (1878-1951).
Born November 8th, 1878 in Napier House.
Died January 13th, 1951 at 72 years old in Westcliff-on-Sea (coronary thrombosis).
Yuzuru Hiraga
Japanese admiral (1878-1943).
Born March 8th, 1878 in Tokyo.
Died February 13th, 1943 at 64 years old in Tokyo.
Walther Ritz
Swiss physicist (1878-1909).
Born February 22nd, 1878 in Sion.
Died July 7th, 1909 at 31 years old in Göttingen (tuberculosis).
Gyula Krúdy
Hungarian writer and journalist (1878–1933).
Born October 21st, 1878 in Nyíregyháza.
Died May 12th, 1933 at 54 years old in Budapest (disease).
Alphonse Mingana
British academic (1878-1937).
Born December 23rd, 1878 in Kurdistan Region.
Died December 5th, 1937 at 58 years old in Birmingham.
Pasquale Amato
Italian opera singer (1878–1942).
Born March 21st, 1878 in Naples.
Died August 13th, 1942 at 64 years old in New York City, Jackson Heights.
Huang Yanpei
Chinese politician (1878–1965).
Born October 1st, 1878 in Jiangsu.
Died December 21st, 1965 at 87 years old
birthdays 251 to 260 of 469
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