Famous people born in 1776
The best-known people born in 1776, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Amedeo AvogadroItalian scientist
August 9 · d. 1856
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E. T. A. HoffmannGerman writer (1776-1822)
January 24 · d. 1822
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Sophie GermainFrench mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (1776-1831)
April 1 · d. 1831
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Johann Friedrich HerbartGerman philosopher, psychologist, and founder of pedagogy as an academic discipline (1776-1841)
May 4 · d. 1841
Photo: Konrad Geyer (1816-1893), Public domain- Princess Mary of the United Kingdom
British princess (1776-1857); daughter of George III
April 25 · d. 1857
- Hester Stanhope
noblewoman; British aristocrat, antiquarian and archaeologist (1776–1839)
March 12 · d. 1839
- Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck
German botanist, embryologist and natural philosopher (1776-1858)
February 14 · d. 1858
- Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
British prince, nephew and son-in-law of George III; (1776-1834)
January 15 · d. 1834
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January
- January 3 · Thomas Morris, American politician from Ohio (1776-1844)
- January 4 · Bernardino Drovetti, Italian diplomat, explorer and scholar
- January 6 · Ferdinand von Schill, German noble
- January 8 · Thomas Langlois Lefroy, Irish politician and judge (1776-1869)
- January 9 · Ludwig Rhesa, Prussian academic (1776-1840)
- January 17 · Jane Porter, Scottish historical novelist, dramatist and literary figure (1776-1850)
February
- February 3 · Blas Parera, Spanish musician
- February 4 · Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus, German biologist (1776-1837)
- February 17 · Jean-Marc Mousson, Swiss politician and lawyer (1776-1861)
- February 17 · Georg zu Münster, German paleontologist (1776-1844)
- February 20 · Mariano Ricafort Palacín y Abarca, Spanish governor of Cuba, intendant of La Paz and governor-general of the Philippines (1776-1846)
- February 29 · Karl Albrecht, 4th Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, (1776-1843)
March
- March 4 · Guillaume Emmanuel Guignard, vicomte de Saint-Priest, French general in Russian service
- March 5 · Gerard Troost, American mineralogist
- March 14 · Eustahija Arsić, Serbian writer, translator, and salonist
- March 20 · Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, British politician (1776–1839)
- March 24 · Zusho Hirosato, samurai
- March 27 · José Manuel de Herrera, Mexican clergy
April
- April 1 · Louis Didier Jousselin, French engineer (1776-1858)
- April 3 · Mary Anne Clarke, English courtesan and diarist
- April 6 · Alphonse Giroux, French painter and cabinetmaker (1776-1848)
- April 6 · Jesse Bledsoe, American politician (1776–1836)
- April 25 · James Miller, American politician (1776–1851); governor of Arkansas Territory from 1819 to 1824
- April 27 · Hyacinthe Jadin, French composer (1776-1800)
May
- May 6 · Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky, Russian Field Marshal (1776-1852)
- May 10 · George Thomas Smart, English musician (1776-1867)
- May 16 · Luigi Lambruschini, Catholic cardinal (1776-1854)
- May 17 · Amos Eaton, American botanist (1776-1842)
- May 20 · Simon Fraser, Scottish fur trader and an explorer in British Columbia (1776-1862)
- May 29 · Peter Erasmus Müller, Danish historian, linguist, and clergy member
June
- June 1 · Giuseppe Zamboni, Italian Roman Catholic priest-physicist
- June 4 · Aleksander Chodkiewicz, Polish chemist, playwright and author
- June 8 · Thomas Rickman, British architect
- June 12 · Pierre Révoil, French painter (1776-1842)
- June 21 · Josepha Sophie of Fürstenberg-Weitra, Princess Consort of Liechtenstein (1776-1848)
- June 24 · Giovanni Rosini, Italian writer and publisher
July
- July 1 · Sophie Gay, French writer (1776–1852)
- July 4 · Ethan Allen Brown, American politician (1776-1852)
- July 16 · Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German zoologist
- July 20 · Ignaz Schuppanzigh, Austrian musician
- July 22 · Etheldred Benett, English geologist and paleontologist (1776-1845)
- July 22 · Friedrich Hermann Otto, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, German prince
August
- August 4 · Pierre-Simon Ballanche, French writer and philosopher
- August 6 · Princess Amalie of Nassau-Weilburg, German noblewoman, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1776-1841)
- August 14 · Christian Friedrich Tieck, German sculptor (1776–1851)
- August 15 · Ignaz von Seyfried, Austrian musician (1776–1841)
- August 16 · Amalia von Helvig, German artist, writer and Salonist
- August 29 · Georg Friedrich Treitschke, German librettist and lepidopterist
September
- September 1 · Jacques Gervais, baron Subervie, French general and politician (1776-1856)
- September 15 · Calvin Willey, American politician (1776–1858)
- September 17 · Langdon Cheves, American politician (1776-1857)
- September 25 · Jean-Baptiste Mougeot, French physician and botanist (1776–1858)
- September 27 · Maria Versfelt, Dutch writer and actor
- September 28 · David Hieronymus Grindel, Latvian botanist, chemist and pharmacist (1776-1836)
October
- October 4 · Antonio Tosti, Catholic Cardinal
- October 4 · Mariano Lagasca, Spanish doctor, writer and botanist (1776-1839)
- October 6 · Hirata Atsutane, conventionally ranked as one of the four great men of kokugaku studies, and one of the most significant theologians of the Shintō religion
- October 11 · Pietro Nobile, Italian architect and builder (1776-1854)
- October 15 · John Vanderlyn, American artist (1775 -1852)
- October 30 · George M. Bibb, American politician (1776–1859)
November
- November 16 · Mary Matilda Betham, English diarist and painter (1776–1852)
- November 17 · Friedrich Christoph Schlosser, German historian
- November 17 · Robert Trimble, United States federal judge (1776-1828)
- November 20 · Empress Xiaoherui, Qing Dynasty empress (1776-1850)
- November 24 · Jean-Joseph Marcel, French printer (1776-1854)
- November 28 · Landgravine Auguste of Hesse-Homburg, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1776-1871)
December
- December 2 · Nicolas Charles Seringe, French physician and botanist (1776-1858)
- December 4 · Aimée du Buc de Rivéry, French heiress (born 1768)
- December 19 · Eusebio Bardají y Azara, Prime Minister of Spain (1776-1842)
- December 19 · Lord Edward Somerset, British Army general (1776-1842)
- December 26 · Charles Hamilton Smith, British artist and naturalist (1776-1859)
- December 31 · Johann Spurzheim, German physician and phrenologist (1776-1832)
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