Patrick Gilmore

Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore was an Irish-born American composer and military bandmaster who lived and worked in the United States after 1848. While serving in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War, Gilmore wrote the lyrics to the song "When Johnny Comes Marching Home". This was published under the pseudonym Louis Lambert in September 1863.

25 December 1829

Born on the same birth day (25 December): Atal Bihari Vajpayee • Bob James (musician) • CCH Pounder • Christina of Saxony • Clarrie Grimmett • Evelyn Nesbit • Filippo Mazzei • Gary McAllister • Gerhard Herzberg • Louise Bourgeois • Lukas Hinds-Johnson • Madan Mohan Malaviya • Malak Hifni Nasif • Manny Trillo • Michael P. Anderson • Noel Goldthorpe • Noël Leslie, Countess of Rothes • Pete Rugolo • Quentin Crisp • Ravish Malhotra • Sadiq al-Mahdi

Born in the same month (December 1829): Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière