Alonzo W. Balch was born on September 16, 1837, in Hartford, Connecticut.

He was an American tea and coffee merchant and owned the company A.W. Balch & Co., which imported and dealt in foreign and domestic wines and liquors.

In 1865, he married Joanna B. Rohr (1840-1901). After the death of his wife and only son, David Clark (1867-1902), he committed suicide on December 21, 1903, in New York City, New York.

Reginald Ernest Balch was born on December 29, 1894, in Sevenoaks, Kent, England.

He was a Canadian scientist, author, and photographer who received his education at Bedford School and Kingswood School in England. Balch initially received a university scholarship but decided to become a farmer instead. In 1913, he left England and became a cowboy in Canada. With the outbreak of World War I, he enlisted and served for three years in France with the Canadian Field Artillery. After the war, his interest in forest biology led him to enroll in the Ontario Agricultural College, from which he graduated in 1923 with a B.Sc. in Agriculture degree. He worked as a fire ranger and also assisted an American forest entomologist before graduating from Syracuse University's New York State College of Forestry with a M.Sc. degree in 1928. In 1930, he was appointed Officer-in-Charge of the Dominion Entomological Laboratory, a federal government facility on the University of New Brunswick campus in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Balch's half-hour radio lectures for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's University of the Air series in the spring of 1965 were instrumental in introducing the word "ecology" to the public. Later, he served as the honorary president of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, one of the first modern Canadian environmental groups established in 1969. He also travelled and photographed in Europe, particularly Ireland, and his photos illustrated a book of Alden Nowlan's poems, “Early Poems.” Balch published numerous scientific articles and books, including "The Ecological Viewpoint" (1956), "A Mind's Eye" (1985), and "Celebration of Nature" (1991). In 1961, he became the first Canadian to receive the Society of American Foresters Award of Achievement in Biological Research. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by the University of New Brunswick in 1963 and also received the Silver Medal from the Royal Society of Arts.

In 1829, he married Martha Agnes (Rubidge) Bowman (1907–2000). He died on December 31, 1994, in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

John Hewitt Balderson, Esq., was born on January 11, 1859, in Perth, Ontario.

In 1893, he was appointed Secretary of the Department of Railways and Canals, Canada.

He died unmarried on February 26, 1928, in Ottawa, Ontario.

Argentine Andrés Baldesari was the first musician to write lyrics for the famous instrumental tango “Derecho Viejo,” composed by Eduardo Arolas in 1916. Arolas had dedicated the piece to some law students (thus “derecho” meaning law in Spanish). Baldesari’s lyrics were first recorded by Argentine singer Téofilo Ibáñez with the Orquesta Típica in 1934. Since then there have been other lyrics written for Arolas’ tango, and many recordings of Baldesari’s lyrics by other singers.

Dr. Edward Robinson Baldwin was born on September 8, 1864, in Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

He was an American physician and a noted tuberculosis authority. He graduated from Yale Medical School in 1890 and interned at Hartford Hospital before beginning practice at Cromwell, Connecticut, in 1891. When he developed tuberculosis, he applied for entry to the Trudeau Sanatorium. Dr. Edward L. Trudeau was astonished when Dr. Baldwin indicated that he knew he had tuberculosis, discovering the bacillus using his microscope. Dr. Trudeau invited him to work in his laboratory, and they exchanged the latest French and German medical literature on the disease. Dr. Baldwin moved into a house across the street from Trudeau's house and lab, known since as the Baldwin House. In 1892, he was appointed Assistant, and later Director, of the new Saranac Laboratory and later became president of the Reception Hospital for Tuberculosis. After Dr. Trudeau's death, he was elected chair of the executive committee of the Trudeau Sanatorium. In 1916, he started the Trudeau School of Tuberculosis and founded the Edward Livingston Trudeau Foundation with Dr. Walter B. James, an endowment for tuberculosis research. He was also instrumental in the building of the Saranac Lake General Hospital. Dr. Baldwin was elected president of the American Clinical and Climatological Association. He was a founder and president of the National Tuberculosis Association and served as editor-in-chief of the American Review of Tuberculosis. He wrote more than 100 research papers on tuberculosis and several chapters in medical texts. He was awarded the Trudeau Medal in 1927. Dartmouth College honoured him with the Doctor of Science degree in 1937.

In 1895, he married Mary Caroline Ives (1863-1957). He died on May 6, 1947, in Saranac Lake, Franklin County, New York.

Dr. Maitland Baldwin was born on September 29, 1918, in New York City, New York.

He was a neurosurgeon and research scientist. After attending Harvard College (1935-1938), he enrolled at the Faculty of Medicine, Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, where he received M.D. and C.M. degrees with honours in 1943. He completed his neurosurgical training under Dr. Wilder Penfield at Montreal Neurological Institute. In 1952, he was certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgeons and was appointed Chief of Neurosurgery at Colorado General Hospital and Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery in the medical school of the University of Colorado at Denver, where he remained until 1953. In 1953, Dr. Baldwin joined the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness as Branch Chief of Surgical Neurology, and in 1960, he assumed the additional duty of Clinical Director of the Institute, holding both positions until his death. His initial research focused on the pathophysiology and treatment of epilepsy. He also investigated the effect of hypothermia on seizure activity. Dr. Baldwin served as a Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery at Georgetown University Medical School. He also served as a Captain in the United States Navy Reserve during World War II and was a reservist in the Marine Corps until his death.

He died suddenly at work from an intracerebral hemorrhage on February 9, 1970, and, is buried in the Gettysburg National Cemetery, Pennsylvania.

Maurice Scollard Baldwin was born on June 21, 1836, in Toronto, Ontario.

He was a Canadian Anglican Bishop from Toronto, Upper Canada. He was ordained a Deacon in 1860 and Priest in 1861. In 1865, he moved to Montreal as the Incumbent of St. Luke's Church, and in 1870, he became assistant Rector of Christ Church Anglican Cathedral in Montreal. On the death of the Rev. Dean Bethune in 1871, he was appointed to succeed him as Rector, and in 1879, he was made Dean of Montreal. Noted for his evangelism and skillful oratory, he was elected the third Bishop of Huron in 1883. Under his leadership, the diocese adopted parliamentary rules for its synod, balanced its budget, and first broke off, then restored, its association with Western University of London, Ontario. He was the author of two books, "A Break in the Ocean Cable" (1877) and "Life in a Look”(1879).

He died on October 19, 1904, in London, Ontario.

Robert Baldwin, Jr. was born on April 17, 1834, in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Hon. Robert Baldwin (1804-1858).

He was a secretary. He was educated at the Upper Canada College. At the age of fifteen, he decided to spend several years at sea working on merchants’ ships. In 1874, he became secretary of the Upper Canada Bible Society, a position he held until his death. He was interested in everything which contributed to the morality and improvement of the community. Baldwin was one of the founders and first president of the Y.M.C.A. in Toronto.

In 1859, he married Jemima McDougall (1834–1873), and in 1877, he remarried Elizabeth Mary Walker (1843–1903). He died on December 9, 1885, in Toronto, Ontario.