1. Lewis Waterman (1837)

American Inventor

New York-born entrepreneur who invented the capillary fountain pen and established the Waterman Pen Company.

2. Alois Hitler (1837)

Father Of Adolf Hitler

Austrian man best known as the father of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. He worked as a customs official in a variety of locations across Austria.

3. Charles Hamlin (1837)

War Hero

American war hero who was a Union Army major at the time of the American Civil War and was awarded the the grade of brevet brigadier general United States Volunteers...

4. Giulio Monteverde (1837)

Italian Artist

Italian naturalist sculptor and teacher who sculpted a monument to Giuseppe Mazzini and the piece Cell tomb.

5. Thomas Henry Ismay (1837)

Entrepreneur

Thomas Henry Ismay is a famous Entrepreneur, who was born on January 7, 1837 in United Kingdom. Founder of the Ocean Steam Navigation Company, better known as the White Star...

6. Wild Bill Hickok (1837)

American Folk Hero And Lawman

Western sheriff who brought law and order to Kansas towns and went on many adventures. He also spied for the Union Army and gained fame as an actor after the...

7. Paul Morphy (1837)

American Chess Player

19th century American chess master and one of the first unofficial World Champions of chess who retired from the game when he was very young.

8. Edward L. Martin (1837)

American Politician

Democratic politician who was the U.S. Representative from Delaware from 1879 to 1883.

9. Atis Kronvalds (1837)

Latvian Writer

A nineteenth-century writer and linguist, he was also a prominent member of the Young Latvia movement. He penned the movement's manifesto, Nationale Bestrebungen, in 1872.

10. Anderson Rufin Abbott (1837)

Doctor

Anderson Rufin Abbott is a famous Doctor, who was born on April 7, 1837 in Canada. Canadian doctor known for being the first-ever black Canadian to become a licensed physician....

11. John Burroughs (1837)

American Naturalist And Essayist

New York-born author, naturalist, and conservationist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He published such nature-themed essay collections as Fresh Fields and The Last Harvest.

12. David Josiah Brewer (1837)

Supreme Court Justice

David Josiah Brewer is a famous Supreme Court Justice, who was born on June 20, 1837 in Turkey. Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1889...

13. George Henry Mackenzie (1837)

American Journalist

Scottish chess master who dominated the game in America once he immigrated to the New World.

14. Yohannes IV (1837)

King

Yohannes IV is a famous King, who was born on July 11, 1837 in Ethiopia. Ethiopian royalty who served as the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1871 until his death in...

15. Juan Cuestas (1837)

Politician

Politician who was the President of Uruguay from 1897 to 1903. He was also notably Uruguay's first Ambassador to Mexico.

16. Strong Vincent (1837)

Union Army General

Lawyer who served as an officer in the U.S. Army during the American Civil War. He died as a result of wounds sustained during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.

17. Mily Balakirev (1837)

Russian Composer

Prominent and passionate advocate of Russian music who was supportive of many Russian composers, including Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

18. Joaquin Miller (1837)

American Judge

American "Poet of the Sierras" who is remembered for Pacific Poems, An Elk Hunt, and other western-themed works. He is also known for his 1886 novel, The Destruction of Gotham,...

19. James Beaver (1837)

Politician

During the late 1880s and early 1890s, this Republican Party politician served as Governor of Pennsylvania. After leaving office, he served a two-year term as President of Pennsylvania State University.

20. Vasil Levski (1837)

War Hero

Bulgarian war hero who strategised a revolutionary movement to liberate Bulgaria from Ottoman rule. He founded the Internal Revolutionary Organisation.

21. William Dean Howells (1837)

Novelist

William Dean Howells is a famous Novelist, who was born on March 1, 1837 in United States. A late 19th and early 20th-century American literary critic and author, he edited...

22. Grover Cleveland (1837)

22nd And 24th President Of The U

The 22nd and 24th President of the United States who was the only Democrat elected president during the 1861-1913 era of Republican domination.

23. Addie Lucia Ballou (1837)

Poet

Addie Lucia Ballou is a famous Poet, who was born on April 19, 1837 in United States. Poet, author, suffragist, and Spiritualist known for such poetry collections as Driftwood and...

24. George Dewey (1837)

United States Navy Admiral

Military veteran notable for becoming the first person in United States history to attain the rank of Admiral of the Navy. As Admiral, he became famous for his victory in...

25. Edward Eggleston (1837)

Historian

Edward Eggleston is a famous Historian, who was born on December 10, 1837 in United States. An American fiction writer and historian, he is known for such novels as The...

26. Ellen Arthur (1837)

Political Wife

Wife of Chester A. Arthur, the twenty-first President of the United States from 1881 to 1885. She unfortunately died of pneumonia before he took office.

27. William Harkness (1837)

American Civil War Surgeon And A

19th-century astronomer who designed telescopes and served on the Transit of Venus commission. He also invented the spherometer caliper.

28. Mark Hanna (1837)

United States Senator

During the late 1890s and early 1900s, this Republican Party politician served as a United States Senator from Ohio and chaired the Republican National Committee. He is also remembered as...

29. Adolf Jensen (1837)

German Composer

German pianist and music teacher who composed 160 songs and wrote several pieces for piano. His seven-piece work, "Erotikon," Op. 44, was comprised of scenes from Greek legends. Some of...

30. JP Morgan (1837)

Entrepreneur

JP Morgan is a famous Entrepreneur, who was born on April 17, 1837 in United States. Industrialist who made an enormous fortune in financing and corporate consolidations. According to Astrologers,...

31. Robert Gould Shaw (1837)

unknow

Union soldier who commanded the all-black 54th Massachusetts regiment during the American Civil War. He was killed in battle in 1863, but has been posthumously honored and memorialized for his...

32. J. P. Morgan (1837)

American Financier

John Pierpont J. P. Morgan was an American financier banker philanthropist and art collector who dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation during his time. In 1892 Morgan arranged the merger...

33. Ignatz Kolisch (1837)

Austro-hungarian Chess Player

Baron Ignatz von Kolisch also Baron Ignaz von Kolisch or báró Kolisch Ignác was a merchant journalist and chess master with Jewish roots. Kolisch was born into a Jewish family...

34. Charles Paul Narcisse Moreau (1837)

French Mathematician And Chess P

Colonel Charles Paul Narcisse Moreau was a French soldier serving in the artillery and an officier of the French Legion of Honor. He introduced Moreau's necklace-counting function into mathematics and...

35. Samuel Rosenthal (1837)

Polish-french Chess Player

Samuel Rosenthal was a Jewish chess master. Chess historian Edward Winter wrote He dedicated his life to chess-playing touring writing teaching and analysing. Despite only occasional participation in first-class events...

36. Henry Hosmer (1837)

American Chess Player

Henry Hosmer was a nineteenth-century American chess master. He is known to have played in only two significant chess tournaments: the Second and Third American Chess Congresses in 1871 and...

37. Ellen Gilbert (1837)

American Chess Player

Ellen E. Gilbert was a strong 19th century correspondence chess player and one of the first significant women players in chess history. She became famous for her match victory...

38. Dion Martinez (1837)

Cuban-american Chess Player

Dion M. Martinez was a Cuban–American chess master. He was regarded as one of the strongest chess players in Philadelphia.

39. Nehemiah Green (1837)

American Politician

Nehemiah Green was the fourth Governor of Kansas serving in that position on an interim basis from November 1868 to January 1869. He subsequently served as Speaker pro Tempore of...

40. Benjamin Butterworth (1837)

Politician

Benjamin Butterworth was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U. S. Representative from Ohio and Commissioner of Patents.

41. Narciso García-Loygorri (1837)

Mayor Of Madrid Spain And Spanis

Narciso García-Loygorri y Rizo the second Duke of Vistahermosa mayor of Madrid for 50 days in 1890. Served as ambassador in Russia and also in Helvetia. Senator between 1889 and...

42. John Schuette (1837)

Politician

John Schuette was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate.

43. Christian Henrik Arendrup (1837)

Governor Of The Danish West Indi

Christian Henrik Arendrup was Governor-General of The Danish West Indies from 1881 to 1893. Arendrup was born in Frederikshavn as the son of Christian Rasmus Arendrup councillor of Fyens Stift...

44. John W. Lawson (1837)

American Politician

John William Lawson was a U. S. Representative from Virginia.

45. Preston B. Plumb (1837)

Union Army Officer

Preston Bierce Plumb was a United States Senator from Kansas as well as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

46. Sanjō Sanetomi (1837)

Japanese Politician

Prince Sanjō Sanetomi was an Imperial court noble and statesman at the time of the Meiji Restoration. He held many high-ranking offices in the Meiji government.

47. Christopher William Bunting (1837)

Canadian Politician

Christopher William Bunting was an Irish-born politician merchant newspaper owner and newspaper publisher. Born in Amigan Limerick Ireland he was the son of William Bunting and Jane Crowe and came...

48. George Madison Adams (1837)

U.s. Representative

George Madison Adams was a U. S.

49. Hiram A. Tuttle (1837)

American Politician

Olympic horseman see Hiram Tuttle Hiram Americus Turtle was an American merchant and Republican politician from Pittsfield New Hampshire. Born in 1837 in Barnstead New Hampshire he served New Hampshire...

50. William H. Kitchin (1837)

American Congressman

Hodges Kitchin was a one-term U. S. Congressional representative from North Carolina. He helped tighten the color line between blacks and whites in the state. He left a North Carolina...