In births:
| July 4th 1810 | | Phineas T Barnum, circus magnate
| | July 4th 1819 | | Reuben Eaton Fenton, Governor (Union), died in 1885
| | July 4th 1826 | | Green Clay Smith, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
| | July 4th 1826 | | Stephen Foster, Lawrencevil, Pa, composer (Oh! Susanna, Swanee River)
| | July 4th 1828 | | Theodor W Ahlwardt, German orientalist
| | July 4th 1828 | | James Johnston Pettigrew, Brig General (Confederate Army)
| | July 4th 1829 | | Hermann Kotzchmar, composer
| | July 4th 1840 | | James McGranahan, composer
| | July 4th 1841 | | Edward Gailliard, Flemish linguist/archaeologicalist
| | July 4th 1841 | | Marie von Wied, Princess of Orange Nassau
| | July 4th 1842 | | Gyula Erkel, composer
| | July 4th 1842 | | Gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria, sociologist/judge/fieldmarshal
| | July 4th 1845 | | Thomas John Barnardo, English social worker
| | July 4th 1847 | | James Anthony Bailey, Detroit, circus impresario (Barnum & Bailey)
| | July 4th 1850 | | Ole Olsen, composer
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