Famous people born in 1775
The best-known people born in 1775, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
André-Marie AmpèreFrench physicist and mathematician (1775–1836)
January 20 · d. 1836
Photo: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph SchellingGerman philosopher (1775–1854)
January 27 · d. 1854
Photo: Hermann Biow (1804–1850), Berlin, Public domain
J. M. W. TurnerEnglish painter and draftsman (c.1775–1851)
April 23 · d. 1851
Photo: J. M. W. Turner, Public domain
Bahadur Shah Zafar18th and last Mughal Emperor from 1837 to 1857
October 24 · d. 1862
Photo: Ágoston Schoefft, Public domain
Charles LambBritish essayist, poet, antiquarian (1775–1834)
February 10 · d. 1834
Photo: After Henry Hoppner Meyer, Public domain
Louis Antoine, Duke of AngoulêmeFrench prince (1775–1844)
August 6 · d. 1844
Photo: Thomas Lawrence, Public domain- Étienne-Louis Malus
French officer, engineer, physicist, and mathematician (1775-1812)
July 23 · d. 1812
- Bernhard Crusell
Swedish-Finnish clarinetist, composer and translator (1775–1838)
October 15 · d. 1838
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January
- January 4 · Prince Carlo, Duke of Calabria, Heir to the Thrones of Naples and Sicily (1775 - 1778)
- January 10 · Baji Rao II, Peshwa of the Maratha empire (1776–1851)
- January 13 · Gerardus Craeyvanger, Dutch violin player and baritone
- January 21 · Manuel García, Spanish opera singer, composer and impresario (1775-1832)
- January 23 · Pietro Colletta, Italian general and historian
- January 28 · Charlotte Bury, noblewoman; British writer (1775-1861)
February
- February 1 · Philippe de Girard, French engineer and inventor (1775–1845)
- February 3 · Maximilien Sebastien Foy, French military leader, statesman and writer (1775-1825)
- February 3 · Louis-François, Baron Lejeune, French general, painter, and lithographer (1775-1848)
- February 10 · Ádám Récsey, Hungarian politician (1775-1852)
- February 11 · Antonio Bertoloni, Italian botanist (1775-1868)
- February 18 · Thomas Girtin, British painter (1775-1802)
March
- March 7 · Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse, French balloonist, parachutist, and aviation pioneer (1775-1847)
- March 9 · Jean Kickx, Flemish botanist (1775-1831)
- March 17 · Ninian Edwards, American politician (1775-1833)
- March 24 · Pauline Auzou, French painter (1775-1835)
- March 30 · Claudine Thévenet, French saint
- March 30 · Hieronymus Karl Graf von Colloredo-Mansfeld, (1775-1822) Austrian general
April
- April 8 · Adam Albert von Neipperg, Austrian marshall and nobleman (1775-1829)
- April 21 · Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby, British politician (1775-1851)
- April 22 · Georg Hermes, German theologian and philosopher (1775-1831)
- April 24 · Henry Sanfourche, French military personnel
- April 27 · Pietro Ostini, Catholic cardinal
- April 30 · Nicolás Rodríguez Peña, Argentine politician (1775-1853)
May
- May 1 · Sophia Dussek, British singer, pianist, harpist and composer
- May 5 · Pablo Morillo, Spanish general
- May 5 · Johann Christoph Friedrich Klug, German entomologist (1775–1856)
- May 6 · Mary Martha Sherwood, British children's author
- May 9 · Jacob Brown, American general in the War of 1812
- May 25 · Rana Bahadur Shah, King of Nepal
June
- June 10 · James Barbour, American statesman and orator (1775-1842)
- June 12 · Karl Freiherr von Müffling, German general and cartographer (1775–1851)
- June 13 · Antoni Radziwiłł, Polish and Prussian politician (1775-1833)
- June 21 · Camillo Ranzani, Italian priest and naturalist (1775–1841)
- June 22 · Johannes Flüggé, German botanist (1775-1816)
- June 30 · William Thompson, philosopher and political writer from Ireland (1775-1833)
July
- July 3 · Antoine Philippe, Duke of Montpensier, French royal & brother of king Louis-Philippe (1775-1807)
- July 10 · Petro Prokopovych, Ukrainian beekeeper
- July 11 · Joseph Blanco White, Spanish journalist, poet and theologian
- July 15 · Richard Westmacott, British sculptor (1775–1856)
- July 16 · Sergey Glinka, Russian writer
- July 19 · Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona, French general and Italian prince (1775–1832)
August
- August 2 · William Henry Ireland, English forger of Shakespearean documents and plays (1775 or 1777-1835)
- August 7 · Henriette Lorimier, French painter (1775-1854)
- August 13 · William C. C. Claiborne, American frontier politician (c.1773–1817)
- August 15 · Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers, Austro-Hungarian scientist (1775–1852)
- August 22 · François Péron, French scientist and explorer
- August 28 · Sophie Gail, French singer and composer
September
- September 2 · Juan Martín Díez, Spanish military leader and guerrilla fighter
- September 4 · Jean-François Le Gonidec, Breton grammarian and translator
- September 9 · Francisco Ramón Vicuña, President of Chile (1775-1849)
- September 11 · Narciso Fernández de Heredia, 2nd Count of Heredia-Spínola, Prime Minister of Spain (1775-1847)
- September 13 · Laura Secord, Canadian heroine of the War of 1812 (1775–1868)
- September 30 · Robert Adrain, American mathematician (1775-1843)
October
- October 6 · Johann Anton André, German composer (1775-1842)
- October 12 · Lyman Beecher, American Presbyterian minister and American Temperance Society co-founder (1775–1863)
- October 18 · John Vanderlyn, American artist (1775 -1852)
- October 26 · John Maurice Hauke, Polish general
- October 28 · José Rebolledo de Palafox, 1st Duke of Saragossa, Spanish duke and general (1775-1847)
- October 30 · Catterino Cavos, Russian composer
November
- November 8 · Jacob Peter Mynster, Danish theologian and bishop
- November 11 · Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville, French entomologist (1775–1858)
- November 11 · Sofia Vladimirovna Golitsyna, Russian noblewoman (1775-1845)
- November 12 · Mikhail Katchenovski, Russian historian and literary critic, rector of the Imperial University of Moscow (1775-1842)
- November 13 · Rémi Joseph Isidore Exelmans, Marshal of France (1775-1852)
- November 25 · Jean-Baptiste Godart, French entomologist (1775-1825)
December
- December 2 · Joseph Denis Odevaere, painter from the Lower Countries (1775-1830)
- December 6 · Nicolas Isouard, Maltese composer (1773–1818)
- December 10 · Giacomo Filippo Fransoni, Italian Catholic cardinal (1775-1856)
- December 17 · François Marius Granet, French painter (1775-1849)
- December 21 · Julien-Joseph Virey, French anthropologist and naturalist (1775-1846)
- December 28 · João Domingos Bomtempo, Portuguese musician (1775-1842)
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