Authors born in 1838
- Abba Louisa Goold Woolson Writer, 1838
- Abram Joseph Ryan Poet, 1838
- Alexander Crum Brown Chemist, 1838
- Auberon Herbert Writer, 1838
- Benjamin Morrell Sea Captain, 1838
- Cleveland Abbe Meteorologist, 1838
- Edwin A. Abbott Theologian, 1838
- Eliza Bisbee Duffey Painter, 1838
- Ernest Solvay Chemist, 1838
- Ernst Mach Physicist, 1838
- Eugen Richter Politician, 1838
- George C. Lorimer Pastor, 1838
- George Miller Sternberg Physician, 1838
- George P. Rowell Publisher, 1838
- Georges Bizet Composer, 1838
- J. D. Sedding Architect, 1838
- James Bryce Jurist, 1838
- James J. Hill Chief Executive Officer, 1838
- John D. Long Lawyer, 1838
- John Hay Statesman, 1838
- John Morley Statesman, 1838
- John Muir Naturalist, 1838
- John Wanamaker Merchant, 1838
- Margaret Elizabeth Sangster Poet, 1838
- Victoria Woodhull Activist, 1838
- Walter Goodman Painter, 1838
- William Edward Hartpole Lecky Historian, 1838
- William Jay Youmans Scientist, 1838
- William Winwood Reade Historian, 1838