January 1, 1838 William Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
January 4, 1838 Charles Stratton, [General Tom Thumb] (famous short person)
January 6, 1838 Max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer
February 6, 1838 Henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet)
February 12, 1838 Charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898
February 16, 1838 Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist
February 16, 1838 Henry Adams, Boston Mass, historian, writer (Education of Henry Adams)
February 18, 1838 Ernst Mach, Chirlitz-Turas Austria, physicist/philosopher/psychologist
February 20, 1838 James Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
February 22, 1838 Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, discoverer of hydrogen in Sun
February 23, 1838 Gilbert Moxley Sorrel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
February 24, 1838 Thomas Benton Smith, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1923
February 26, 1838 Wendelin Weissheimer, composer
March 1, 1838 Gabriele dell' Addolorata, [Francesco Possenti], Italian priest
March 2, 1838 David Duffle Wood, composer
March 3, 1838 George W Hill, U.S. astronomer (Moon orbit)
March 4, 1838 Paul Lacome, composer
March 12, 1838 William Perkin, inventor (1st artificial dye)
March 15, 1838 Alice Cunningham Fletcher, ethnologist (Stranger in Her Native Land)
March 18, 1838 Jan B Stobbaerts, Flemish painter
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