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): Cab Calloway • Christine of Saxony • Hana Meisel • Joel Santana • Ken Stabler • Lady Grizel Baillie • Leo Kubiak • Lina Cavalieri • Rickey Henderson
Born in the same month (December 1829): Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière