John Langdon Down 1828–1896 Source: Wikimedia Commons About John Langdon Down British physician and first person to describe Down syndrome (1828-1896) People from the Same Era David B. Kurtz 1819–1898 politician Pennsylvania John Henry Hooper b. 1833 politician Antônio de Macedo Costa 1830–1891 Catholic archbishop, Catholic bishop, Catholic deacon, Catholic priest Maragogipe Minna Wetlesen 1821–1891 teacher, writer Drammen William Merriman 1838–1917 association football player Georgios Martinelis 1836–1896 poet Corfu