Famous Personalities Born In 1837

Jan 02 Mili alexeyevich balakirev: Nizhny-novgorod, russia, composer (tamara)  

Jan 04 Casimiro de abreu: Brazil, poet (camoes e o jau)  

Jan 05 A ch swinburne: Writer [or apr 5]  

Jan 12 Adolf jensen: Composer  

Jan 16 James phillip simms: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1887  

Jan 19 William williams keen: Surgeon (brain)  

Jan 20 David josiah brewer: U.s. supreme court justice  

Feb 05 Dwight lyman moody: Us, evangelist (student volunteer movement)  

Feb 07 James augustus henry murray: Scotland, created oxford dictionary  

Feb 13 Valentin de zubiaurre y unionbarrenechea: Composer  

Feb 17 Sam[uel] van houten: Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws)  

Feb 17 Francis jay herron: Major general (union volunteers), died in 1902  

Feb 26 Charles woeste: Belgian count/min of justice  

Mar 01 Ion creanga: Romanian fairy tale author (amintiti the copilarie)  

Mar 01 William dean howells: Us, novelist/critic/editor (atlantic)  

Mar 07 Henry draper: Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer (moon, jupiter)  

Mar 12 Felix alexandre guilmant: Composer  

Mar 14 Charles ammi cutter: Us librarian (expansive classification)  

Mar 18 Grover cleveland: [stephen], nj, 22nd/24th pres (1885-89, 93-97)  

Mar 19 Robert daniel johnston: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1919  

Mar 23 Joseph wieniawski: Composer  

Mar 24 Philips: Count of flanders belgium  

Mar 31 Robert ross mcburney: 1st paid secretary of the ymca  

Mar 31 Stephen dodson ramseur: Major general (confederate army), died in 1864  

Apr 03 John burroughs: Writer/nature enthusiast (burroughs medal namesake)  

Apr 05 Algernon charles swinburne: England, poet (atalanta in calydon)  

Apr 10 Forceythe willson: American poet  

Apr 11 Ephraim elmer ellsworth: Col (union army), died in 1861  

Apr 15 Horace porter: Bvt brig general (union army), died in 1921  

Apr 17 J. p. morgan: American financier  

Apr 17 John pierpont morgan: Us banker/ceo (us steel)  

Apr 21 Fredrik bajer: Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (nobel 1908)  

Apr 24 Friedrich von holstein: German diplomat (die graue eminenz)  

Apr 25 William charles levey: Composer  

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Jan 11 John field: Irish pianist/composer (nocturnes),  

Jan 20 John soane: English architect (book of designs),  

Jan 23 John field: Composer,  

Jan 29 Aleksandr pushkin: Poet/novelist (golden cockeral), killed in a duel  

Feb 07 King gustav iv adolf of sweden: King gustav iv adolf of sweden (b. 1778)  

Feb 10 Alexander s pushkin: Writer,  

Feb 12 Ludwig borne: Writer,  

Feb 13 Mariano josé de larra: Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809