George Dewey

George Dewey was Admiral of the Navy, the only person in United States history to have attained that rank. He is best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War, with the loss of only a single crewman on the American side.

26 December 1837

Born on the same birth date (26 December 1837): Morgan Bulkeley

Born on the same birth day (26 December): Arsenio Lacson • Candy Crowley • Charles Pathé • Dermot Murnaghan • Dmitriy Vassiliev • Don Barclay (actor) • Donald Moffat • Gray Davis • Imperio Argentina • Jean Echenoz • Joshua John Miller • Keith Martin Ball • Konstantinos Georgakopoulos • Lars Ulrich • Mao Zedong • Marius Canard • Peter Hillary • Ralph Hill (runner) • Souleymane Coulibaly • Tiit Rosenberg

Born in the same month (December 1837): E. W. Bullinger • Morgan Bulkeley • Webster Paulson • Émile Waldteufel