Famous people born in 1878
Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore was an Academy award winning American actor of stage, screen, and radio
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Lillian Gilbreth was an American psychologist hailed to be the first true industrial/organizational psychologist
Carlos Saavedra Lamas
Carlos Saavedra Lamas was an Argentine politician, diplomat, labour rights legislator, international law expert and the first Latin American Nobel Peace Prize recipient
Lise Meitner
Lise Meitner was a renowned Austrian scientist who worked with Otto Hahn to discover the phenomenon of nuclear fission
Anton Hansen Tammsaare
Anton Hansen Tammsaare was an Estonian writer who is best known for his pentalogy ‘Truth and Justice’
Louis Chevrolet
Louis Chevrolet was a Swiss-American car racer who designed the first Chevrolet automobile and also founded the ‘Frontenac Motor Corporation’
C. Rajagopalachari
Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari was an Indian lawyer, independence activist, politician and writer
Jack Johnson (Boxer)
Jack Johnson was the first African American to become the world’s heavyweight boxing champion