Editing 1837 (section)

===January–June===
[[File:JohnPierpontMorgan.png|thumb|110px|[[J. P. Morgan]]]]
* [[January 2]] – [[Mily Balakirev]], Russian composer (d. [[1910]])
* [[January 7]] – [[Thomas Henry Ismay]], English shipowner (''White Star Line'') (d. [[1899]])
* [[February 5]]
** [[Dwight L. Moody]], American evangelist (d. [[1899]])
** [[Edward Miner Gallaudet]], American educator of the deaf (d. [[1917]])
* [[February 13]] – [[Valentin Zubiaurre]], Spanish composer (d. [[1914]])
* [[February 20]] – [[Samuel Swett Green]], American librarian, advocate (d. [[1918]])
* [[February 24]] – [[Nakamuta Kuranosuke]], Japanese admiral (d. [[1916]])
* [[March 1]] – [[William Dean Howells]], American writer, historian, editor, and politician (d. [[1920]])
* [[March 3]] – [[Jacques Duchesne]], French general (d. [[1918]])
* [[March 7]] – [[Henry Draper]], American physician and astronomer (d. [[1882]])
* [[March 18]] – [[Grover Cleveland]], 22nd and 24th [[President of the United States]] (d. [[1908]])
* [[March 22]] – [[Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione]] (d. [[1899]])
* [[March 23]] – [[Charles Wyndham (actor)|Sir Charles Wyndham]], English actor, theatrical manager (d. [[1919]])
* [[March 27]] – [[Fox sisters|Kate Fox]], American medium (d. [[1892]])
* [[April 1]] – [[Luis Francisco Benítez de Lugo y Benítez de Lugo]] (d. [[1876]])
* [[April 5]] – [[Algernon Charles Swinburne]], English poet (d. [[1909]])
* [[April 17]] – [[J. P. Morgan]], American financier, banker (d. [[1913]])
* [[April 21]] – [[Fredrik Bajer]], Danish politician, pacifist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (d. [[1922]])
* [[April 27]] – [[Queen Cheorin]], Korean queen (d. [[1878]]) 
* [[April 29]] – [[Georges Ernest Boulanger]], French general, politician (d. [[1891]])
* [[May 5]]
** [[Anna Maria Mozzoni]], Italian feminist, founder of the Italian women's movement (d. [[1920]])
** [[Theodor Rosetti]], 16th Prime Minister of Romania (d. [[1923]])
* [[May 7]] – [[Karl Mauch]], German explorer (d. [[1875]])
* [[May 9]]
** [[Adam Opel]], German engineer, industrialist (d. [[1895]])
** [[Ben Hall (bushranger)|Ben Hall]], Australian bushranger (d. [[1865]])
* [[May 27]] – [[Wild Bill Hickok]], American gunfighter (d. [[1876]])
* [[May 28]]
** [[George Ashlin]], Irish architect (d. [[1921]])
** [[Tony Pastor]], American impresario, theater owner (d. [[1908]])
* [[June 22]]
** [[Paul Bachmann]], German mathematician (d. [[1920]])
** [[Paul Morphy]], American chess player (d. [[1884]])
** [[Touch the Clouds]], Native American [[Miniconjou]] chief (d. [[1905]])
* [[June 28]] – [[Petre P. Carp]], 2-time prime minister of Romania (d. [[1919]])