Jan 1 William Hugh Young, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1901) Jan 4 Charles Stratton [General Tom Thumb], famous short person (performed with P. T. Barnum), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 1883) Jan 5 Camille Jordan, French mathematician, born in Lyon, France (d. 1922) Jan 6 Max Bruch, German composer (Kol Nidre), born in Cologne, Germany (d. 1920) Jan 16 Franz Brentano, German philosopher & psychologist, born in Rhine Province, Germany (d. 1917) 1837 Famous Birthdays by Year 1839