Famous People Born In 1837
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Discover the most famous people born in 1837. The list includes people like Grover Cleveland, J. P. Morgan, Wild Bill Hickok, Mary Harris Jones, Johannes van der Waals and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, physicists, soldiers and poets born in 1837. This list includes people from United States, France and many more countries.
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Birthdate: 18th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Caldwell, New Jersey, United States
Died: June 24, 1908
Birthdate: 17th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Died: March 31, 1913
Birthdate: 24th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: September 10, 1898
Birthdate: 10th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died: July 18, 1863
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James Murray
(Lexicographer)
Birthdate: 7th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Denholm, Scotland
Died: July 26, 1915
6
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
(15th and last shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan)
Birthdate: 28th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Died: November 22, 1913
Birthdate: 26th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Montpelier, Vermont, United States
Died: January 16, 1917
8
Vasil Levski
(Bulgarian Revolutionary & Freedom Fighter Who was Executed by the Ottoman Authorities)
Birthdate: 18th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Karlovo, Bulgaria
Died: February 18, 1873
Birthdate: 27th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Illinois, United States
Died: August 2, 1876
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Thomas Moran
(Explorer, Painter)
Birthdate: 12th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bolton
Died: August 25, 1926
11
Ion Creanga
(Romanian Author Who Was a Prominent Member of the Junimea Literary Society)
Birthdate: 1st March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Târgu Neamț, Moldavia
Died: December 31, 1889
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Washington Roebling
(American Civil Engineer Who Supervised the Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge)
Birthdate: 26th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: July 21, 1926
Birthdate: 26th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lambeth, London, England
Died: July 29, 1898
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P. B. S. Pinchback
(Politician)
Birthdate: 10th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Macon, Georgia, United States
Died: December 21, 1921
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William Dean Howells
(Novelist)
Birthdate: 1st March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Martins Ferry, Ohio, U.S.
Died: May 11, 1920
Birthdate: 24th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bellagio, Italy
Died: April 1, 1930
17
Ilia Chavchavadze
(Journalist)
Birthdate: 8th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kvareli, Georgia
Died: September 12, 1907
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Abraham Kuyper
(Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1901 - 1905))
Birthdate: 29th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Maassluis, Netherlands
Died: November 8, 1920
Birthdate: 7th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Illinois
Died: March 20, 1903
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Mosu, Botswana
Died: February 21, 1923
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Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders
(Belgian Noble and Son of King Leopold I of Belgium)
Birthdate: 24th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Castle of Laeken, Brussels, Belgium
Died: November 17, 1905
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William Williams Keen
(American Physician and the First Brain Surgeon in the United States)
Birthdate: 19th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: June 7, 1932
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Amanda Smith
(American Methodist Preacher and Former Slave Who Opened an Orphanage for African-American Girls)
Birthdate: 23rd January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Long Green, Maryland, United States
Died: February 24, 1915
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Charles Yerkes
(Financier)
Birthdate: 25th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: December 29, 1905
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Gabriel Dumont
(Political figure)
Birthdate: 1st December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Red River Settlement, Canada
Died: May 19, 1906
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Anderson Ruffin Abbott
(Physician)
Birthdate: 7th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
Died: December 29, 1913
Birthdate: 27th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cedarville
Died: December 15, 1912
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Hilary R. W. Johnson
(Politician)
Birthdate: 1st June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Monrovia, Liberia
Died: 1901 AD
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Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
(Queen)
Birthdate: 15th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Krauchenwies, Sigmaringen, Germany
Died: July 17, 1859
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Fredrik Bajer
(Writer and pacifist politician who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1908 together with Klas Pontus Arnoldson)
Birthdate: 21st April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Næstved, Denmark
Died: January 22, 1922
31
Nell Arthur
(Chester A. Arthur's wife)
Birthdate: 30th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Culpeper, Virginia, United States
Died: January 12, 1880
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Charlotte Forten Grimké
(Poet)
Birthdate: 17th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: July 23, 1914
33
Henry Draper
(American Physician and Amateur Astronomer Who Made the First Photograph of the Spectrum of a Star)
Birthdate: 7th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States
Died: November 20, 1882
Birthdate: 21st May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Tosa Domain, Japan
Died: July 16, 1919
35
Jorge Isaacs
(Colombian Novelist, Poet, and Writer of the Romantic Genre)
Birthdate: 1st April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cali, Colombia
Died: April 17, 1895
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Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar
(Sultan)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Unguja ( also known as Zanzibar Island), Tanzania
Died: March 26, 1888
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Donald Dinnie
(Scottish Strongman)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Birse, Scotland
Died: 1916 AD
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Tule Lake, California, United States
Died: October 3, 1873
39
Vladimir Vasilyevich Markovnikov
(Russian Chemist Who Contributed to Structural Theory)
Birthdate: 25th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Knyaginino, Russia
Died: February 11, 1904
40
Prince Albert of Prussia
(General field marshal)
Birthdate: 8th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: September 13, 1906
41
Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
(British statesman)
Birthdate: 23rd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London, England
Died: April 30, 1916
42
James T. Rapier
(American Politician)
Birthdate: 13th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Florence, Alabama, United States
Died: May 31, 1883
Birthdate: 23rd November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Leiden, Netherlands
Died: March 8, 1923
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Alois Hitler(Austrian Civil Servant and the Father of Adolf Hitler)
Birthdate: 7th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Döllersheim, Austria
Died: January 3, 1903
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William Henry Fitzhugh Lee
(Politician)
Birthdate: 31st May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Arlington, Virginia, United States
Died: October 15, 1891
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Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau
(Princess)
Birthdate: 14th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
Died: May 12, 1906
47
Alphonse Legros
(French-British Painter, Etcher and Sculptor)
Birthdate: 8th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Dijon, France
Died: December 8, 1911
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Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione
(Countess)
Birthdate: 22nd March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: November 28, 1899
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François Lenormant
(Archaeologist)
Birthdate: 17th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: December 9, 1883
Birthdate: 9th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Vigan City, Philippines
Died: February 17, 1872