Famous Personalities Born In 1838

Jan 01 William hugh young: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1901  

Jan 04 Charles stratton: [general tom thumb] (famous short person)  

Jan 05 Camille jordan: French mathematician  

Jan 06 Max bruch: Koln (cologne), germany, composer  

Jan 16 Franz brentano: German philosopher and psychologist  

Feb 06 Yisrael meir kagan: Chofetz chayim  

Feb 06 Henry irving: [john h brodribb], engld, knighted 1895/actor (hamlet)  

Feb 12 Charles carroll walcott: Bvt mjr gen (union volunteers), died in 1898  

Feb 14 Margaret knight: Inventor, "the female thomas edison"  

Feb 16 Henry adams: Boston mass, historian, writer (education of henry adams)  

Feb 16 Arnoldus pannevis: South african ship's doctor/linguist  

Feb 18 Ernst mach: Chirlitz-turas austria, physicist/philosopher/psychologist  

Feb 20 James barbour terrill: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1864  

Feb 22 Pierre jules cesar janssen: Discoverer of hydrogen in sun  

Feb 23 Gilbert moxley sorrel: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1901  

Feb 24 Thomas benton smith: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1923  

Feb 26 Wendelin weissheimer: Composer  

Feb 28 Maurice lévy: French engineer  

Mar 01 Gabriele dell' addolorata: [francesco possenti], italian priest  

Mar 02 David duffle wood: Composer  

Mar 03 George w hill: Us astronomer (moon orbit)  

Mar 04 Paul lacome: Composer  

Mar 12 William perkin: Inventor (1st artificial dye)  

Mar 15 Alice cunningham fletcher: Ethnologist (stranger in her native land)  

Mar 15 Karl davydov: Russian cellist  

Mar 18 Randal cremer: Britain, trade unionist, pacifist (nobel 1903)  

Mar 18 Jan b stobbaerts: Flemish painter  

Mar 31 Leon dierx: French poet  

Apr 03 Leon michel gambetta: French attorney/premier (1881-82)  

Apr 05 Alpheus hyatt: Us, invertebrate paleontologist  

Apr 11 Joseph leopold rockel: Composer  

Apr 12 John shaw billings: Us, librarian/army physician  

Apr 16 Karel bendl: Composer  

Apr 18 Paul emile lecoq de boisbaudran: French scientist  

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Jan 13 Ferdinand reis: Composer,  

Jan 16 Aleksandr i polezjajev: Russian poet (sasjka),  

Jan 20 Pierre-louis hus-desforges: Composer,  

Jan 23 Arnold a buyskes: Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director,  

Jan 28 Aleksandr i polezjajev: Russian poet (sasjka),  

Jan 30 Osceola: Chief of seminole indians,  

Feb 01 Abraham de veer: Dutch gov-gen of suriname (1822-28),  

Feb 05 Philippe libon: Composer,