Born in 1837

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• 1837–1861Pedro V of PortugalKing of Portugal from 1853 to 1861September 16
• 1837–1863Robert Gould ShawUnion Army officerOctober 10
• 1837–1873Vasil LevskiBulgarian revolutionaryJuly 18
• 1837–1891Georges Ernest BoulangerFrench Army officer and politicianApril 29
• 1837–1917George DeweyUS Navy admiralDecember 26
• 1837–1907Ilia ChavchavadzeGeorgian poet and politician; Georgian Orthodox Church saintNovember 8
• 1837–1895Adam OpelFounder of Opel and manufacturer of bicycles and sewing machinesMay 9
• 1837–1899Dwight L. MoodyAmerican evangelistFebruary 5
• 1837–1885Rosalía de CastroSpanish Galician poet, writerFebruary 24
• 1837–1915James MurrayPrimary editor of the Oxford English DictionaryFebruary 7
• 1837–1865William QuantrillConfederate guerrilla leaderJuly 31
• 1837–1920William Dean HowellsAmerican author, critic, and playwrightMarch 1
• 1837–1926Thomas MoranAmerican artistFebruary 12
• 1837–1919Itagaki TaisukeJapanese politicianMay 21
• 1837–1915Émile WaldteufelFrench composerDecember 9
• 1837–1882Henry DraperAmerican doctor and amateur astronomerMarch 7
• 1837–1892Louis IV of HesseGrand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1877 to 1892September 12
• 1837–1922Fredrik BajerDanish politicianApril 21
• 1837–1885Nicolás Avellaneda3rd President of ArgentinaOctober 3
• 1837–1921John BurroughsAmerican naturalist and essayistApril 3
• 1837–1924Théodore DuboisFrench composer and organistAugust 24
• 1837–1920John Wesley HyattAmerican inventor of plasticNovember 28
• 1837–1872José BurgosFilipino Catholic priest (1837 to 1872)February 9
• 1837–1911Alexandre GuilmantFrench organist and composerMarch 12
• 1837–1899Thomas Henry IsmayFounder of the White Star LineJanuary 7
• 1837–1905Julien ReverchonFrench botanistAugust 3
• 1837–1910Harriet PowersAmerican artistOctober 29
• 1837–1923Ernst Ziller19th-century German-Greek architectJune 22
• 1837–1902Moritz KaposiHungarian physician and dermatologistOctober 23
• 1837–1903Charles Ammi CutterAmerican librarianMarch 14
• 1837–1922Morgan BulkeleyAmerican politician and businessmanDecember 26
• 1837–1891Émile BayardFrench illustratorNovember 2
• 1837–1925R. G. BhandarkarIndian scholar and social reformerJuly 6
• 1837–1903Nikolai BugaevRussian mathematicianSeptember 14
• 1837–1875Karl MauchGerman explorerMay 7
• 1837–1912Józef WieniawskiPolish pianist, composer and conductorMay 23
• 1837–1910Michele RuaItalian Catholic priestJune 9
• 1837–1879Adolf JensenGerman musicianJanuary 12
• 1837–1885Ernst LaasGerman philosopherJune 16
• 1837–1919Anatole MalletMay 23
• 1837–1861Elmer E. EllsworthUnited States Army officerApril 11
• 1837–1908Tony PastorAmerican variety performer and theatre ownerMay 28
• 1837–1919Anne Thackeray RitchieEnglish writerJune 9
• 1837–1902Francis Wayland ParkerAmerican pioneer of the progressive school movementOctober 9
• 1837–1883James T. RapierAmerican politicianNovember 13
• 1837–1915Thomas Playford IIAustralian politicianNovember 26
• 1837–1921George AshlinIrish architectMay 28
• 1837–1886Joseph-Alfred MousseauPremier of Quebec from 1882 to 1884July 17
• 1837–1880Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos19th-century Roman Catholic bishop in Portuguese IndiaSeptember 18
• 1837–1919Auguste-Réal AngersCanadian politician and Lieutenant Governor of QuebecOctober 4
• 1837–1887Webster PaulsonEnglish civil engineerDecember 11