Nicolás Avellaneda

Nicolás Remigio Aurelio Avellaneda Silva was an Argentine politician and journalist, and President of Argentina from 1874 to 1880. Avellaneda's main projects while in office were banking and education reform, leading to Argentina's economic growth. The most important events of his government were the Conquest of the Desert and the transformation of the Buenos Aires into a federal district.

3 October 1837

Born on the same birth day (3 October): Aleksandr Rogozhkin • Benjamin Boretz • Bruce Arians • Danny Coid • Dennis Eckersley • Eric Munson • Gwen Stefani • James Herriot • Keb' Mo' • Max Plath • Michael Hordern • Miguel-Ángel Cárdenas • Pierre Bonnard • Raffaele Di Gennaro • Thiago Alves (fighter) • Tommy Lee • Two Door Cinema Club • Yoon Eun-hye

Born in the same month (October 1837): Auguste-Réal Angers • Francis Wayland Parker • Harriet Powers • Moritz Kaposi • Robert Gould Shaw • Tokugawa Yoshinobu