Birthdays Date 1821 | History by KabAstro

Jan 4 John James Peck, American Major General (Union Army), born in Manlius, New York (d. 1878)
Jan 7 Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell, American politician and Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Washington, Georgia (d. 1891)

James Longstreet (1821-1904)

Jan 8 American Confederate general (1st Corps, ANV), born in Edgefield, South Carolina

Jan 12 Nikolai Afanisev, Russian composer and violinist, born in Tobolsk, Russia (d. 1898)
Jan 15 Lafayette McLaws, United States Army officer and Confederate general, born in Augusta, Georgia (d. 1897)
Jan 21 John C. Breckinridge, American politician (14th US VP (1857-61 at just 36) and Confederate general, born near Lexington, Kentucky (d. 1875)
Jan 27 John Chivington, American officer, (d. 1892)
Jan 29 Isaac Ferdinand Quinby, American General (Union Army), born in Morristown, New Jersey (d. 1891)

Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910)

Feb 3 English-American physician who was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, born in Bristol, England

Feb 10 William Read Scurry, (Confederate Army Brigadier General, (d. 1864))
Feb 11 Auguste-Édouard Mariette, French Egyptologist (d. 1881)
Feb 11 Hermann Allmers, German poet (Feldeinsamkeit), born in Rechtenfleth (d. 1902)
Feb 15 Abraham de Amorie van der de Have, Dutch theologist and poet, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1848)
Feb 16 Heinrich Barth, German geographer and explorer (Central Africa), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1865)
Feb 17 Lola Montez, Irish dancer and courtesan, born in Grange, Ireland (d. 1861)
Feb 19 Francis Preston Blair Jr., (Rep-Missouri), born in Lexington, Kentucky (d. 1875)
Feb 21 Charles Scribner, American magazine and book publisher, born in New York City (d. 1871)
Mar 1 Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Catholic bishop (d. 1896)

John Abbott (1821-1893)

Mar 12 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (Conservative: 1891-92), born in Saint-Andre, Quebec

Mar 12 Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (regent for nephews King Ludwig II and King Otto), born in Würzburg, Bavaria (d. 1912)
Mar 14 Jens Worsaae, Danish archaeologist, historian and politician, born in Vejle, Denmark (d. 1885)
Mar 15 Eduard Heine, German mathematician (d. 1881)
Mar 15 Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian scientist (d. 1895)
Mar 15 William Milligan, Scottish theologian (d. 1892)
Mar 16 Ernest Feydeau, French author, friend of Flaubert (Fanny), born in Paris, France (d. 1873)
Mar 19 Francis Barretto Spinola, American politician and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Old Field, New York (d. 1891)

Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)

Mar 19 English explorer and translator (Arabian Nights), born in Torquay, Devon

Mar 19 William Allingham, Irish poet (The Fairies, Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland), born in Ballyshannon, Ireland (d. 1889)
Mar 23 Alekey Pisemski, Russian novelist and playwright (A Bitter Lot), born in Kostroma province, Russia (d. 1881) (OS 11 March)
Mar 24 Rachel Félix, Swiss-born French actress in tragedies (mistress of Napoleon III), born in Mumpf, Switzerland (d. 1858)
Mar 24 [George] Hector Tyndale, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1880)
Mar 26 Ernst Engel, German statistician and economist (Law of Engel), born in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1896)
Mar 29 Joshua Thomas Owen, British-American educator, politician, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Carmarthen, United Kingdom (d. 1887)
Apr 3 T. Pelham Dale, Anglican clergyman prosecuted for Ritualist practices in the 1870s, born in Greenwich (d. 1892)

Linus Yale Jr. (1821-1868)

Apr 4 American portrait painter and inventor (Yale cylinder lock), born in Salisbury, New York [1]

Apr 9 Charles-Pierre Baudelaire, French poet and translator (Les Fleurs du mal), born in Paris, France (d. 1867)
Apr 15 Joseph E. Brown, American attorney and politician (42nd Governor of Georgia), born in Pickens, South Carolina (d. 1894)
Apr 16 Ford Madox Brown, British painter, born in Calais, France (d. 1893)
Apr 19 Mortimer Dormer Leggett, American Major General (Union Army), born in Ithaca, New York (d. 1896)
Apr 23 Pierre Dupont, French songwriter, born in Lyon, France (d. 1870)
May 1 Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, Swiss pianist and composer, born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1873)
May 2 Abram Sanders Piatt, American farmer, publisher, poet, politician, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1908)
May 8 William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman, member of the Vanderbilt family, born in New Brunswick, New Jersey (d. 1885)
May 11 [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Swedish-American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Skåne, Sweden (d. 1894)
May 16 Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (d. 1894)
May 17 Sebastian Kneipp, Bavarian priest and naturopathist (known for "Kneipp Cure" form of hydrotherapy), born in Stephansried, Germany (d. 1897)
May 21 John F. Loudon, Dutch sugar and indigo manufacturer, whose Deft collection was left to the Rijksmuseum, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1895)
May 22 Alfred Sully, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1879)
May 25 Diederich Krug, German pianist and composer (Le petit Chevalier), born in Hamburg, German Confederation (d. 1880)
Jun 2 Ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (Premier of Romania 1876-88), born in Pitești, Principality of Wallachia (d. 1891)
Jun 3 Edward L. Youmans, American scientific writer and founder of "Popular Science" magazine, born in Coeymans, New York (d. 1887)
Jun 4 Apollon Maykov, Russian poet, born in Moscow, Imperial Russia (d. 1897)
Jun 8 John Dunlap Stevenson, American attorney, politician, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Staunton, Virginia (d. 1897)
Jun 8 Samuel White Baker, English explorer (Ceylon & Egypt), born in London, England (d. 1893)
Jun 12 Henry Moses Judah, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Snow Hill, Maryland (d. 1866)
Jun 13 Albert, 4th duc de Broglie, Prime Minister of France (1873-74, 1977), born in Paris (d. 1901)
Jun 13 Gustavus Fox, U.S. Navy officer (Mexican–American War), born in Saugus, Massachusetts (d. 1883)
Jun 15 Nikolay Zaremba, Russian composer and teacher of Tchaikovsky, born in Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1879)
Jun 16 Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (British Open 1861-62, 64, 67), born in St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland (d. 1908)
Jun 26 Bartolomé Mitre [Martínez], Argentine general, author, statesman and President (1862-1868), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1906)
Jun 27 August Conradi, German organist and composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1873)

Charles Tupper (1821-1915)

Jul 2 6th Prime Minister of Canada (Conservative: 69-day term in 1896), born in Amherst, Nova Scotia

Jul 6 Edward Pettus, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Athens, Alabama (d. 1907)
Jul 8 Jozef Lies, Flemish painter, born in Antwerp (d. 1865)
Jul 8 William Harvey Lamb Wallace, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Urbana, Ohio (d. 1862)
Jul 10 Christopher Columbus Augur, American Major General (Union Army), born in Kendall, New York (d. 1898)
Jul 12 Cesare Dominiceti, Italian composer, born in Desenzano del Garda, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, Austrian Empire (now Italy) (d. 1888)
Jul 12 Daniel Harvey Hill, Confederate General (American Civil War), born in York District, South Carolina (d. 1889)

Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877)

Jul 13 American slave trader, Confederate lieutenant general and KKK Grand Wizard, born in Chapel Hill, Tennessee

Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910)

Jul 16 American founder of the religious movement, Christian Science (Science & Health), born in Bow, New Hampshire

Jul 18 Pauline Viardot, French pianist, mezzo-soprano, and composer (Cendrillon), born in Paris (d. 1910)
Jul 21 Vasile Alecsandri, Romanian foreign minister, diplomat and poet, born in Bacau, Moldova (d. 1890)

Bill the Butcher (1821-1855)

Jul 24 American gang member (New York City's Bowery Boys), born in Sussex County, New Jersey

Aug 4 James Springer White, American theologian (co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church), born in Palmyra, Maine (d. 1881)

Louis Vuitton (1821-1892)

Aug 4 French founder of the Louis Vuitton brand of leather goods now owned by LVMH, born in Anchay, France

Aug 10 Jay Cooke, American financier (d. 1905)
Aug 14 Clement H. Stevens, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Norwich, Connecticut (d. 1864)
Aug 21 William Barksdale, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Smyrna, Tennessee (d. 1863)
Aug 24 Emanuele Muzio, Italian composer, born in Zibello, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (now Italy) (d. 1890)
Aug 29 Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet, French anthropologist who was the first to organize and classify Stone Age cultures into a chronological sequence of epochs, born in Meylan, France (d. 1898)
Aug 30 Anita Garibaldi, Brazilian warrior; Garibaldi's wife (War of Tatters), born in Laguna, Santa Catarina, Brazil (d. 1849)
Aug 31 Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist, born in Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1894)
Aug 31 Vaclav Hugo Zavrtal, Bohemian clarinetist, bandleader, and composer, born in Polepy, Austrian Empire (now Czech Republic) (d. 1899)
Sep 8 Henry Baxter, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Sidney, New York (d. 1873)
Sep 11 Erastus Flaval Beadle, American publisher (Beadle's Dime Novels), born in Oswego County, New York (d. 1894)
Sep 17 Arthur Saint-Leon, French composer and dancer, born in Paris, France (d. 1870)
Sep 24 Cyprian Norwid, Polish painter, poet and playwright (Wanda), born in Głuchy, Poland (d. 1883)
Sep 26 Alvin Peterson Hovey, American judge, 21st Governor of Indiana (1889-1891), andBrevet Major General (Union Army), born in Mount Vernon, Indiana (d. 1891)
Sep 27 Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Swiss writer (Grains de Mil), born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1881)
Sep 28 Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (Secretary of State and Superintendent of Public Instruction of Florida) and Presbyterian minister, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1874)
Oct 2 Alexander P. Stewart, American Lieutenant General (Confederate Army), born in Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee (d. 1908)
Oct 7 Richard Heron Anderson, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), (d. 1879)
Oct 7 William Still, African-American abolitionist, businessman and conductor of the Underground Railroad, born in Shamong Township, New Jersey (d. 1902)
Oct 11 Angelo Mariani, Italian composer, born in Ravenna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1873)

George Williams (1821-1905)

Oct 11 English philanthropist and founder of YMCA, born in Dulverton, West Somerset, England

Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902)

Oct 13 German politician, anthropologist and pathologist (cell pathology), born in Schivelbein, Prussia

Oct 16 Albert Franz Doppler, Austrian flautist and composer, born in Lemberg, Austrian Empire (now Lviv, Ukraine) (d. 1883)

Collis P. Huntington (1821-1900)

Oct 22 American business tycoon and railroad executive (Central Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Railroad), born in Harwinton, Connecticut

Oct 30 Cenobio Paniagua, Mexican composer, born in Tlalpujahua, Michoacán, Mexico (d. 1882)
Nov 2 Sir George Bowen, British provincial governor and 5th Governor of New Zealand (1868-73), born in Taughboyne, County Donegal, Ireland (d. 1899)
Nov 9 Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin, French composer, born in Alsace, Guebwiller (d. 1910)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881)

Nov 11 Russian novelist (Crime and Punishment, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man) who helped shape literary modernism and existentialism, born in Moscow, Russian Empire

Nov 23 Charles Meryon, British-French etcher who was color blind, born in Paris (d. 1868)
Nov 30 Frederick Temple, 95th Archbishop of Canterbury, born in Levkás, Greece (d. 1902)
Nov 30 Gustavus Woodson Smith, American Major General (Confederate States Army), born in Georgetown, Kentucky (d. 1896)
Dec 2 Rufus Barringer, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Cabarrus County, North Carolina (d. 1895)
Dec 8 Josip Runjanin, Croatian Serb composer (Croatian National Anthem) and soldier, born in Vinkovci (d. 1878)
Dec 10 Nikolay Alekseyevich Nekrasov, Russian poet, writer and publisher (Russkije Zjenjshiny), born in Nemyriv, Russian Empire (d. 1877)

Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880)

Dec 12 French novelist (Madame Bovary), born in Rouen, France

Dec 15 Auguste Vaucorbeil, French composer, born in Rouen, France (d. 1884)
Dec 17 Frederick West Lander, American poet and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Salem, Massachusetts (d. 1862)
Dec 19 Mary Ashton Livermore, American social reformer and women's suffrage leader (President of American Woman Suffrage Association 1878-95), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1905)
Dec 22 Giovanni Bottesini, Italian Romantic composer, conductor and a double bass virtuoso, born in Crema, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia (d. 1889)