Editing 1878 (section)

===January&ndash;March===
* [[January 2]] &ndash; [[Jaakko Mäki]], Finnish politician (d. [[1938]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Jaakko Mäki |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911109.aspx |publisher=[[Parliament of Finland]] |access-date=4 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501004312/https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911109.aspx |archive-date=1 May 2019 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}</ref>
* [[January 4]]
** [[A. E. Coppard]], English short story writer and poet (d. [[1957]])
** [[Augustus John]], Welsh painter (d. [[1961]])
* [[January 6]] &ndash; [[Carl Sandburg]], American poet and historian (d. [[1967]])
* [[January 9]] &ndash; [[John B. Watson]], American psychologist (d. [[1958]])
* [[January 11]]
**[[Theodoros Pangalos (general)|Theodoros Pangalos]], Greek general, politician and [[List of heads of state of Greece|President of Greece]] (d. [[1952]])
**[[Leopoldo Saro]], Spanish general (d. [[1936]])
* [[January 12]] &ndash; [[Ferenc Molnár]], Hungarian-born author (d. [[1952]])
* [[January 16]] &ndash; [[Harry Carey (actor)|Harry Carey]], American actor (d. [[1947]])
* [[January 20]] &ndash; [[Finlay Currie]], Scottish actor (d. [[1968]])
* [[January 22]] &ndash; [[Constance Collier]], English stage, screen actress (d. [[1955]])
* [[January 23]] &ndash; [[Rutland Boughton]], English composer (d. [[1960]])
* [[January 25]] &ndash; [[Ernst Alexanderson]], Swedish-born American television pioneer (d. [[1975]])
* [[January 26]] 
** [[Luís of Orléans-Braganza (1878–1920)|Luís of Orléans-Braganza]], Brazilian royalty 
** [[Harry Rountree]], New Zealand illustrator (d. [[1950]])
* [[February 1]] &ndash; [[Milan Hodža]], Slovak politician, champion of regional integration in Europe (d. [[1944]])
* [[February 2]]
** [[Alfréd Hajós]], Hungarian swimmer, architect (d. [[1955]])
** [[Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn]], American suffragist (d. [[1951]])
* [[February 3]] &ndash; [[Gordon Coates]], 21st [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (d. [[1943]])
* [[February 4]] &ndash; [[Grigory Petrovsky]], Ukrainian Soviet politician and Old Bolshevik (d. [[1958]])
* [[February 5]] &ndash; [[André Citroën]], French automobile manufacturer (d. [[1935]])
* [[February 8]] &ndash; [[Martin Buber]], Austrian philosopher (d. [[1965]])
* [[February 14]] &ndash; [[Kōki Hirota]], 21st [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (d. [[1948]])
* [[February 16]] &ndash; [[Big Jim Colosimo]], Italian-born American gangster (d. [[1920]])
* [[February 18]] &ndash; [[Kate Gordon Moore]], American psychologist (d. [[1963]])
* [[February 21]] &ndash; [[Mirra Alfassa]], multi-origined spiritual leader and founder of [[Auroville]], India (d. [[1973]])
* [[February 26]] &ndash; [[Emmy Destinn]], Czech soprano (d. [[1930]])
* [[February 28]] &ndash; [[Pierre Fatou]], French mathematician (d. [[1929]])
* [[March 3]] &ndash; [[Edward Thomas (poet)|Edward Thomas]], British poet (d. [[1917]])
* [[March 4]]
** [[Egbert Van Alstyne]], American songwriter, pianist (d. [[1951]])
** [[Arishima Takeo]], Japanese novelist, short-story writer and essayist (d. [[1923]])
* [[March 5]] &ndash; [[P. D. Ouspensky]], Russian mathematician and philosopher (d. [[1947]])
* [[March 7]] &ndash; [[Boris Kustodiev]], Soviet painter and designer (d. [[1927]])
* [[March 16]] 
** [[Reza Shah Pahlavi]], Shah of Iran (d. [[1944]])
** [[Clemens August Graf von Galen]], German Catholic cardinal (d. [[1946]])
* [[March 20]] &ndash; [[Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz]] (d. [[1927]])
* [[March 22]] &ndash; [[Michel Théato]], Luxembourg athlete (d. [[1923]])
* [[March 23]] &ndash; [[Franz Schreker]], Austrian composer (d. [[1934]])
* [[March 25]] &ndash; [[Frances Glessner Lee]], American forensic scientist; known as "mother of forensic science" (d. [[1962]])
* [[March 26]] &ndash; [[Henry Gullett]], Australian politician (d. [[1940]])
* [[March 31]] &ndash; [[Jack Johnson (boxer)|Jack Johnson]], American boxer (d. [[1946]])