| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Cleveland Abbe |
Physicist |
3-Dec-1838 |
28-Oct-1916 |
America's first weatherman |
| Edwin A. Abbott |
Author |
20-Dec-1838 |
12-Oct-1926 |
Flatland |
| Henry Adams |
Historian |
16-Feb-1838 |
28-Mar-1918 |
The Education of Henry Adams |
| Tobias Asser |
Activist |
28-Apr-1838 |
29-Jul-1913 |
Hague Court of Arbitration |
| John S. Billings |
Administrator |
12-Apr-1838 |
11-Mar-1913 |
New York Public Library |
| Georges Bizet |
Composer |
25-Oct-1838 |
3-Jun-1875 |
Carmen |
| John Wilkes Booth |
Assassin |
10-May-1838 |
26-Apr-1865 |
Abraham Lincoln's assassin |
| David Braham |
Composer |
1838 |
11-Apr-1905 |
The Mulligan Guards |
| Max Bruch |
Composer |
6-Jan-1838 |
2-Oct-1920 |
Kol Nidrei |
| Bankim Chandra Chatterji |
Novelist |
26-Jun-1838 |
8-Apr-1894 |
Krishna Kanta's Will |
| Cushman Kellogg Davis |
Politician |
16-Jun-1838 |
27-Nov-1900 |
Governor and Senator from Minnesota |
| Léon Gambetta |
Head of State |
2-Apr-1838 |
31-Dec-1882 |
Consolidated democracy in France |
| John Hay |
Government |
8-Oct-1838 |
1-Jul-1905 |
US Secretary of State, 1898-1905 |
| George W. Hill |
Astronomer |
3-Mar-1838 |
16-Apr-1914 |
A New Theorie of Jupiter and Saturn |
| John Ireland |
Religion |
11-Sep-1838 |
25-Sep-1918 |
Catholic Archbishop of St. Paul, 1888-1918 |
| Sir Henry Irving |
Actor |
6-Feb-1838 |
13-Oct-1905 |
English actor, Theater manager |
| Eli Lilly |
Business |
8-Jul-1838 |
6-Jun-1898 |
Founder of Eli Lilly & Co. |
| George E. Lounsbury |
Politician |
7-May-1838 |
16-Aug-1904 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1899-1901 |
| Ernst Mach |
Physicist |
18-Feb-1838 |
19-Feb-1916 |
Optical and sensory perceptualist |
| John Muir |
Activist |
21-Apr-1838 |
24-Dec-1914 |
Patron saint of Yosemite National Park |
| Rufus Wheeler Peckham |
Judge |
8-Nov-1838 |
24-Oct-1909 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1896-1909 |
| William Henry Perkin |
Chemist |
12-Mar-1838 |
14-Jul-1907 |
Invented mauve |
| Henry Sidgwick |
Philosopher |
31-May-1838 |
29-Aug-1900 |
Method of Ethics |
| George James Symons |
Scientist |
6-Aug-1838 |
10-Mar-1900 |
Meteorologist, British Rainfall |
| James Craig Watson |
Astronomer |
28-Jan-1838 |
23-Nov-1880 |
Claimed to discover the planet Vulcan |
| Victoria Woodhull |
Activist |
23-Sep-1838 |
9-Jun-1927 |
First woman candidate for US President |
| Ferdinand von Zeppelin |
Business |
8-Jul-1838 |
8-Mar-1917 |
Builder of rigid airships |
