Born on August 8th, 1878
Weekday
Thursday
August 8th, 1878 was a Thursday.
Zodiac
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Leo (The Lion)
July 23rd, 1878 - August 23rd, 1878
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 53,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 785 days, exactly on June 13th, 2026, people who were born on August 8th, 1878 will be 54,000 days old!
53,215 Days
7,602 Weeks
1,748 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on August 8th?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 8th
Born on August 8th, 1878
Maurice-Louis Dubourg
French Catholic priest
*August 8th, 1878, Besançon †January 31st, 1954, BesançonSame Day
Who's birthday is on August 8th?
Kathinka Hedwig Agerskov
Danish painter
*August 8th, 1859, Flensburg †November 23rd, 1890, Frederiksberg.jpg "Roger Federer")
Piero Drogo
Italian racing driver (1926-1973)
*August 8th, 1926, Vignale Monferrato †April 28th, 1973, Bologna
82 Paul Dirac
British theoretical physicist (1902–1984)
*August 8th, 1902, Bristol †October 20th, 1984, TallahasseeEmiliano Zapata
Mexican revolutionary (1879-1919)
*August 8th, 1879, Anenecuilco †April 10th, 1919, Morelos
67 Mohamed Morsi
President of Egypt from 2012 to 2013
*August 8th, 1951, El-Adwah †June 17th, 2019, Tora Prison
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82 Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Ukrainian-born Israeli Hebrew writer, Nobel laureate in Literature (1888-1970)
*August 8th, 1887, Buchach †February 17th, 1970, Jerusalem
Ernest Lawrence
American nuclear physicist (1901–1958)
*August 8th, 1901, Canton †August 27th, 1958, Palo AltoSame year
Born in 1878
81 Dorothea Douglass
English tennis and badminton player
*September 3rd, 1878, Ealing †January 7th, 1960, Kensington
74 Joseph Stalin
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
*December 18th, 1878, Gori †March 5th, 1953, Kuntsevo Dacha
86 Ernst Rodenwaldt
German racial hygienist, university teacher and military physician (1878-1965)
*August 5th, 1878, Berlin †June 4th, 1965, Ruhpolding
87 Marie-Elisabeth Lüders
German politician (1878–1966)
*June 25th, 1878, Berlin †March 23rd, 1966, West Berlin
64 Janusz Korczak
Polish educator (1878-1942)
*July 22nd, 1878, Warsaw †August 7th, 1942, Treblinka extermination camp
89 Carl Sandburg
American writer and editor
*January 6th, 1878, Galesburg †July 22nd, 1967, Flat Rock
74 Ferenc Molnár
Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist (1878-1952)
*January 12th, 1878, Budapest †April 1st, 1952, New York City
87 Elizabeth Arden
Canadian American businesswoman
*December 31st, 1878, Woodbridge †October 18th, 1966, New York City
51 Gustav Stresemann
German politician, statesman, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1878-1929)
*May 10th, 1878, Berlin †October 3rd, 1929, Berlin
98 Eileen Gray
Irish architect and designer (1878-1976)
*August 9th, 1878, Enniscorthy †October 31st, 1976, 14th arrondissement of Paris
56 Erich Mühsam
German-Jewish anarchist writer (1878–1934)
*April 6th, 1878, Berlin †July 10th, 1934, Oranienburg concentration camp
51 Pierre Fatou
French mathematician and astronomer
*February 28th, 1878, Lorient †August 9th, 1929, Pornichet
48 Albert Corey
French long distance runner (1878-1926)
*April 16th, 1878, Meursault †August 3rd, 1926, Paris
77 Paul Renner
German type designer (1878–1959)
*August 9th, 1878, Wernigerode †April 25th, 1956, Überlingen
89 Lise Meitner
Austrian-Swedish physicist
*November 7th, 1878, Vienna †October 27th, 1968, CambridgeMartin Buber
German Jewish Existentialist philosopher and theologian (1878–1965)
*February 8th, 1878, Vienna †June 13th, 1965, Jerusalem
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45 Pancho Villa
Mexican revolutionary (1878-1923)
*June 5th, 1878, San Juan del Río, Durango †July 20th, 1923, Hidalgo del Parral
73 Owen Johnson
American novelist and short story writer
*August 27th, 1878, New York City †January 27th, 1952, MassachusettsBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on August 8th
Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day) which are celebrated on August 8th.
Ceasefire Day (end of Iran–Iraq War) (Iraqi Kurdistan)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_IraqDominic de Guzmán, founder of the Dominican Order.
Christian Feast Dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_DominicAugust 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian Feast Dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_8_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Father's Day or Bā bā Day (爸爸節), Bā Bā is Mandarin for "father" and "8-8", or August 8. (Mongolia, Taiwan)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father's_DayHappiness Happens Day
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Society_of_Happy_PeopleInternational Cat Day
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Cat_DayNamesday of the Queen (Sweden)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_flying_days_in_SwedenNane Nane Day (Tanzania)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nane_Nane_DaySignal Troops Day (Ukraine)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_UkraineDate as a Roman numeral / digit
8.8.1878
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | L = 50 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
No: With 365 days 1878 is a normal year and no leap year.