Who Was Alive in 1878
85 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1878
Victor HugoAge 76
Ralph Waldo EmersonAge 75
Charles DarwinAge 69
Franz LisztAge 67
Giuseppe VerdiAge 65
Richard WagnerAge 65
Otto von BismarckAge 63
Frederick DouglassAge 60
Karl MarxAge 60
Herman MelvilleAge 59
Queen VictoriaAge 59
Walt WhitmanAge 59
Susan B. AnthonyAge 58
Florence NightingaleAge 58
Friedrich EngelsAge 58
Fyodor DostoevskyAge 57
Harriet TubmanAge about 56
Louis PasteurAge 56
Gregor MendelAge 56
Jules VerneAge 50
Leo TolstoyAge 50
Henrik IbsenAge 50
Emily DickinsonAge 48
Sitting BullAge about 47
James Clerk MaxwellAge 47
Alfred NobelAge 45
Dmitri MendeleevAge 44
Mark TwainAge 43
Andrew CarnegieAge 43
John D. RockefellerAge 39
Claude MonetAge 38
Pyotr TchaikovskyAge 38
Émile ZolaAge 38
Pierre-Auguste RenoirAge 37
Friedrich NietzscheAge 34
Sarah BernhardtAge 34
Thomas EdisonAge 31
Alexander Graham BellAge 31
Paul GauguinAge 30
Antoni GaudíAge 26
Vincent van GoghAge 25
Oscar WildeAge 24
Sigmund FreudAge 22
Nikola TeslaAge 22
Woodrow WilsonAge 22
George Bernard ShawAge 22
Theodore RooseveltAge 20
Emmeline PankhurstAge 20
Max PlanckAge 20
Arthur Conan DoyleAge 19
Anton ChekhovAge 18
Rabindranath TagoreAge 17
Gustav KlimtAge 16
Claude DebussyAge 16
David HilbertAge 16
Henry FordAge 15
Edvard MunchAge 15
Max WeberAge 14
Rudyard KiplingAge 13
H.G. WellsAge 12
Sun Yat-senAge 12
Marie CurieAge 11
Frank Lloyd WrightAge 11
Scott JoplinAge 10
Maxim GorkyAge 10
Mahatma GandhiAge 9
Grigori RasputinAge 9
Henri MatisseAge 9
Vladimir LeninAge 8
Marcel ProustAge 7
Orville WrightAge 7
Rosa LuxemburgAge 7
Ernest RutherfordAge 7
Roald AmundsenAge 6
Bertrand RussellAge 6
Ernest ShackletonAge 4
Guglielmo MarconiAge 4
Winston ChurchillAge 4
Harry HoudiniAge 4
Carl JungAge 3
Albert SchweitzerAge 3
Thomas MannAge 3
Pancho VillaAge 0
Lise MeitnerAge 0
Joseph StalinAge 0
Born in 1878
Joseph Stalin
Leader of the Soviet Union 1924–1953
Lise Meitner
Discovered nuclear fission, overlooked for Nobel
Pancho Villa
Mexican revolutionary general
Also Born in 1878
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
American writer and editor (1878–1967)
Chancellor of Germany in 1923
Russian artist and painter (1879–1935)
Shah of Iran from 1925 to 1941
Austrian-Israeli philosopher (1878–1965)
Polish pediatrician, educator and children's author (1879–1942)
American writer (1878–1968)
German novelist, essayist, and doctor (1878–1957)
American actor, director, screenwriter (1878–1954)
Finnish poet and journalist (1878–1926)
President of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944
Also Died in 1878
Head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878
Russian poet, critic, publisher (1821–1878)
King of Italy from 1861 to 1878
American physicist and inventor (1797–1878)
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1846–1852, 1865–1866)
British princess (1843–1878)
English novelist (1820–1878)
French scientist (1788–1878)
Sources
- 1878 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
- Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
- Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
- Charles Darwin — Wikipedia
- Franz Liszt — Wikipedia
- Giuseppe Verdi — Wikipedia
- Richard Wagner — Wikipedia
- Otto von Bismarck — Wikipedia
- Frederick Douglass — Wikipedia
- Karl Marx — Wikipedia
- Herman Melville — Wikipedia
- Queen Victoria — Wikipedia
- Walt Whitman — Wikipedia
- Susan B. Anthony — Wikipedia
- Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
- Friedrich Engels — Wikipedia
- Fyodor Dostoevsky — Wikipedia
- Harriet Tubman — Wikipedia
- Louis Pasteur — Wikipedia
- Gregor Mendel — Wikipedia
- Jules Verne — Wikipedia
- Leo Tolstoy — Wikipedia
- Henrik Ibsen — Wikipedia
- Emily Dickinson — Wikipedia
- Sitting Bull — Wikipedia
- James Clerk Maxwell — Wikipedia
- Alfred Nobel — Wikipedia
- Dmitri Mendeleev — Wikipedia
- Mark Twain — Wikipedia
- Andrew Carnegie — Wikipedia
- John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia
- Claude Monet — Wikipedia
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Wikipedia
- Émile Zola — Wikipedia
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Wikipedia
- Friedrich Nietzsche — Wikipedia
- Sarah Bernhardt — Wikipedia
- Thomas Edison — Wikipedia
- Alexander Graham Bell — Wikipedia
- Paul Gauguin — Wikipedia
- Antoni Gaudí — Wikipedia
- Vincent van Gogh — Wikipedia
- Oscar Wilde — Wikipedia
- Sigmund Freud — Wikipedia
- Nikola Tesla — Wikipedia
- Woodrow Wilson — Wikipedia
- George Bernard Shaw — Wikipedia
- Theodore Roosevelt — Wikipedia
- Emmeline Pankhurst — Wikipedia
- Max Planck — Wikipedia
- Arthur Conan Doyle — Wikipedia
- Anton Chekhov — Wikipedia
- Rabindranath Tagore — Wikipedia
- Gustav Klimt — Wikipedia
- Claude Debussy — Wikipedia
- David Hilbert — Wikipedia
- Henry Ford — Wikipedia
- Edvard Munch — Wikipedia
- Max Weber — Wikipedia
- Rudyard Kipling — Wikipedia
- H. G. Wells — Wikipedia
- Sun Yat-sen — Wikipedia
- Marie Curie — Wikipedia
- Frank Lloyd Wright — Wikipedia
- Scott Joplin — Wikipedia
- Maxim Gorky — Wikipedia
- Mahatma Gandhi — Wikipedia
- Grigori Rasputin — Wikipedia
- Henri Matisse — Wikipedia
- Vladimir Lenin — Wikipedia
- Marcel Proust — Wikipedia
- Wright brothers — Wikipedia
- Rosa Luxemburg — Wikipedia
- Ernest Rutherford — Wikipedia
- Roald Amundsen — Wikipedia
- Bertrand Russell — Wikipedia
- Ernest Shackleton — Wikipedia
- Guglielmo Marconi — Wikipedia
- Winston Churchill — Wikipedia
- Harry Houdini — Wikipedia
- Carl Jung — Wikipedia
- Albert Schweitzer — Wikipedia
- Thomas Mann — Wikipedia
- Pancho Villa — Wikipedia
- Lise Meitner — Wikipedia
- Joseph Stalin — Wikipedia