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<html> <head> <title>Born in 1837</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Born in 1837 LISTS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_grunk"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/310/000127926/">Ellen Arthur</a></td> <td><center>First Lady</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Aug-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jan-1880</tt></td> <td>Wife of US President Chester A. Arthur</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/816/000091543/">Fredrik Bajer</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Apr-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jan-1922</tt></td> <td>Pacifist, Nobel Prize recipient</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/242/000179702/">George Bascom</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Feb-1862</tt></td> <td>Launched Cochise on the warpath</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/938/000164446/">Georges Boulanger</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Apr-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Sep-1891</tt></td> <td>French general-turned-politician</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/124/000102815/">Mary Elizabeth Braddon</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Oct-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Feb-1915</tt></td> <td>Lady Audley's Secret</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/888/000180348/">David Josiah Brewer</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Mar-1910</tt></td> <td>US Supreme Court Justice, 1890-1910</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/724/000048580/">John Burroughs</a></td> <td><center>Naturalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Apr-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Mar-1921</tt></td> <td>Birds and Poets</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/585/000209955/">Abiram Chamberlain</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Dec-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-May-1911</tt></td> <td>Governor of Connecticut, 1903-05</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/433/000026355/">Grover Cleveland</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Mar-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jun-1908</tt></td> <td>22nd & 24th US President, 1885-89 & 1893-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/106/000094821/">George Dewey</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Dec-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jan-1917</tt></td> <td>Sank the Spanish fleet at Manila</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/739/000167238/">Henry Draper</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Mar-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Nov-1882</tt></td> <td>Early astrophotographer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/441/000048297/">Edward Eggleston</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Dec-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Sep-1902</tt></td> <td>The Hoosier School-Master</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/013/000101707/">Marcus Alonzo Hanna</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Sep-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Feb-1904</tt></td> <td>Senator from Ohio, kingmaker</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/002/000096711/">Wild Bill Hickok</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-May-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Aug-1876</tt></td> <td>Buffalo Bill's Wild West show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/072/000052913/">Alois Hitler</a></td> <td><center>Relative</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jun-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jan-1903</tt></td> <td>Father of Adolf Hitler</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/743/000103434/">Friedrich von Holstein</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Apr-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-May-1909</tt></td> <td>Ran the German foreign office</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/995/000048851/">William Dean Howells</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Mar-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-May-1920</tt></td> <td>The Rise of Silas Lapham</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/210/000104895/">Taisuke Itagaki</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Apr-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jul-1919</tt></td> <td>Founder of Japan's Liberal party</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/889/000132493/">Mother Jones</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Aug-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Nov-1930</tt></td> <td>The grandmother of all agitators</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/006/000054841/">Lyman Knapp</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Nov-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Oct-1904</tt></td> <td>Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1889-93</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/393/000167889/">Franklin MacVeagh</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Nov-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jul-1934</tt></td> <td>US Treasury Secretary, 1909-13</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/336/000087075/">Joaquin Miller</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Sep-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Feb-1913</tt></td> <td>Songs of the Sierras</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/851/000159374/">Dwight L. Moody</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Feb-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Dec-1899</tt></td> <td>Revivalist, founder Northfield Mt. Hermon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/965/000082719/">J. Pierpont Morgan</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Apr-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Mar-1913</tt></td> <td>Railroad financier, J. P. Morgan & Co.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/480/000103171/">John Alexander Reina Newlands</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Nov-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jul-1898</tt></td> <td>Periodic Law of Elements</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/224/000130831/">P. B. S. Pinchback</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-May-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Dec-1921</tt></td> <td>First African-American US Governor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/861/000180321/">Leonidas LaFayette Polk</a></td> <td><center>Agriculturalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Apr-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jun-1892</tt></td> <td>Agrarian reformer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/711/000050561/">Horace Porter</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Apr-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-May-1921</tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to France, 1897-1905</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/977/000165482/">William Quantrill</a></td> <td><center>Criminal</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jul-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jun-1865</tt></td> <td>Quantrill's Raiders</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/856/000137445/">James T. Rapier</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Nov-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-May-1883</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Alabama, 1873-75</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/540/000206919/">Whitelaw Reid</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Oct-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Dec-1912</tt></td> <td>Editor of the New York Tribune, 1872-1905</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/407/000166906/">Henry M. Robert</a></td> <td><center>Administrator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-May-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-May-1923</tt></td> <td>Robert's Rules of Order</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/176/000044044/">Algernon Charles Swinburne</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Apr-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Apr-1909</tt></td> <td>Masochist Victorian poet</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/509/000099212/">Johannes Diderik van der Waals</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Nov-1837</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Mar-1923</tt></td> <td>Investigated states of matter</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=105521" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2012 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/336/000000336/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/336/336/s336.jpg" width=128> MTV VJs Where Are They Now</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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