Famous people born in 1777
The best-known people born in 1777, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Carl Friedrich GaussGerman mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)
April 30 · d. 1855
Photo: Gottlieb Biermann / After Christian Albrecht Jensen, Public domain
Alexander I of RussiaThe tenth Emperor of Russia (1777–1825)
December 23 · d. 1825
Photo: Alexander Molinari, Public domain
Hans Christian ØrstedDanish physicist and chemist (1777-1851)
August 14 · d. 1851
Photo: Christian Albrecht Jensen, Public domain
Heinrich von KleistGerman poet, dramatist, novelist and short story writer (1777–1811)
October 18 · d. 1811
Photo: Anton Graff, Public domain- Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom
British princess; daughter of King George III and Queen Charlotte (1777-1848)
November 3 · d. 1848
- Maria Clementina of Austria, Duchess of Calabria
Austrian and Neapolitan-Sicilian Imperial and Royal
April 24 · d. 1801
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January
- January 5 · Charles-Guillaume Étienne, French dramatist and politician
- January 7 · Lorenzo Bartolini, Italian sculptor (1777-1850)
- January 14 · William Martin Leake, British military man, diplomat and antiquary (1777–1860)
- January 24 · Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly, Count of Mensdorff-Pouilly (1777-1852)
- January 25 · Karoline Jagemann, German opera singer
- January 27 · Lukijan Mušicki, Serbian poet, writer (1777–1837)
February
- February 3 · John Cheyne, British physician, surgeon and author (1777-1836)
- February 7 · Severin Løvenskiold, Norwegian politician (1777–1856)
- February 16 · Benjamin d'Urban, British general and colonial administrator
- February 25 · François Fleury-Richard, French painter (1777-1852)
- February 26 · Matija Nenadović, Serbian historian and politician
- February 27 · Claire de Duras, French writer
March
- March 9 · Aleksander Orłowski, Russian painter (1777–1832)
- March 10 · Louis Hersent, French painter (1777-1860)
- March 17 · Patrick Brontë, Irish Anglican clergyman and writer (1777–1861)
- March 23 · Count Karl Ludwig von Ficquelmont, Austrian politician (1777-1857)
- March 30 · Heinrich Rudolf Schinz, Swiss zoologist (1777–1861)
- March 31 · Louis Cordier, French geologist, petrograph and mineralogist
April
- April 1 · William Gell, English classical archaeologist and illustrator (1777-1836)
- April 5 · Marie Jules César Savigny, French zoologist and botanist (1777–1851)
- April 8 · Antoine Risso, Niçard naturalist (1777–1845)
- April 15 · Heinrich Marx, lawyer and father of Karl Marx (1777–1838)
- April 16 · Henry Kater, British astronomer (1777-1835)
- April 18 · Ludwig Berger, German pianist and composer
May
- May 4 · Richard Bourke, British Army general and colonial administrator
- May 5 · Johann Friedrich Benzenberg, German physicist, astronomer, and university teacher (1777–1846)
- May 18 · John George Children, British chemist, mineralogist and zoologist
- May 19 · Pedro Celestino Negrete, Mexican politician (1777-1846)
- May 22 · Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga, 14th Count of Chinchón, Spanish cardinal (1777-1823)
- May 23 · Friedrich Wilken, German historian, professor and librarian
June
- June 1 · Fernando Errázuriz Aldunate, provisional president of Chile (1777-1841)
- June 22 · Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz, Catholic archbishop
- June 23 · Frederick Bates, American politician, Missouri (1777-1825)
- June 24 · Johann Martin von Wagner, German sculptor, painter and art collector (1777-1858)
- June 24 · Giambattista Magistrini, Italian mathematician (1777 - 1849)
- June 27 · François Debret, French architect and Freemason (1777–1850)
July
- July 9 · Henry Hallam, English historian (1777-1859)
- July 9 · Paavo Ruotsalainen, Finnish lay preacher and the leader of the revivalist Awakening religious movement (1777–1852)
- July 12 · Franz Naegele, German obstetrician
- July 22 · Etheldred Benett, English geologist and paleontologist (1776-1845)
- July 27 · Heinrich Wilhelm Brandes, German meteorologist and physicist
- July 30 · Karl von Grolman, Prussian general
August
- August 6 · Georges Louis Duvernoy, French zoologist
- August 10 · Domenico Barbaia, Italian opera manager
- August 11 · Giuseppe Bossi, Italian painter, arts administrator and writer on art. (1777-1815)
- August 17 · Robert Thomas Wilson, politician (1777-1849)
- August 19 · Auguste de Forbin, French painter, director of the Louvre Museum (1777-1841)
- August 31 · Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann, German writer (1777-1831)
September
- September 1 · Princess Maria Carlotta of Parma, Parmese Royal
- September 11 · Felix Grundy, American politician (1777-1840)
- September 11 · Peter von der Pahlen, Russian military commander (1777-1864)
- September 15 · Henryk Ludwik Lubomirski, Polish noble (1777-1850)
- September 16 · Auguste-Jean-Gabriel de Caulaincourt, French general (1777-1812)
- September 24 · Serfoji II, Maharaja of Thanjavur
October
- October 2 · Jacques Mathieu Delpech, French surgeon (1777-1832)
- October 4 · Francisco de la Lastra, Supreme director of Chiile (1777-1852)
- October 9 · Gaspar Bertoni, Founder of the Stigmatines
- October 16 · Johan Ludwig Lund, Danish painter (1777-1867)
- October 25 · Józef Oleszkiewicz, Polish-Lithuanian painter (c.1777–1830)
- October 26 · Anna Barbara Bansi, Swiss painter (1777–1863)
November
- November 3 · Laval Nugent von Westmeath, Irish soldier (1777-1862)
- November 4 · Carlos Anaya, politician and historian (1777-1862)
- November 5 · Filippo Taglioni, ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer
- November 8 · Anna Lopukhina, Russian noble
- November 14 · Johann Ludwig Christian Carl Gravenhorst, German zoologist and entomologist (1777–1857)
- November 22 · José Cecilio del Valle, Honduran politician (1777-1834)
December
- December 2 · Hendrik Doeff, Dutch diplomat and Japanologist (1777–1835)
- December 7 · Joaquín María de Ferrer y Cafranga, Prime Minister of Spain, Mayor of Madrid and President of the Senate (1777-1861)
- December 14 · Juan Nicasio Gallego, Spanish poet (1777-1853)
- December 16 · Madame Clicquot Ponsardin, French business person (1777-1866)
- December 18 · Juan Martín de Pueyrredon, Argentine politician and general (1777-1850)
- December 21 · John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll, British politician
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