Famous people born in 1780
The best-known people born in 1780, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Jean-Auguste-Dominique IngresFrench painter (1780–1867)
August 29 · d. 1867
Photo: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Public domain
Pierre-Jean de BérangerFrench poet and chansonnier (1780-1857)
August 19 · d. 1857
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Mary SomervilleScottish scientist, writer and polymath (1780–1872)
December 26 · d. 1872
Photo: Thomas Phillips, Public domain
Ranjit SinghFirst Maharaja of the Sikh Empire (1780–1839)
November 13 · d. 1839
Photo: Colonel James Skinner (1778-1841), Public domain
Richard Mentor Johnsonvice president of the United States from 1837 to 1841
October 17 · d. 1850
Photo: John Neagle, Public domain- Hinrich Lichtenstein
German physician, explorer, botanist and zoologist (1780-1857)
January 10 · d. 1857
- José Joaquín de Olmedo
Ecuadorian lawyer, writer and politician. Vicepresident of Ecuador (1780-1847)
March 31 · d. 1847
- Princess Augusta of Prussia
youngest daughter and fifth child of Frederick William II of Prussia and Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt (1780-1841)
May 1 · d. 1841
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January
- January 4 · Théophile Marion Dumersan, French writer
- January 5 · Madame de Rémusat, French writer
- January 12 · Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette, German theologian and biblical scholar
- January 13 · Pierre Jean Robiquet, French chemist (1780-1840)
- January 21 · Rai San'yo, Japanese poet, historian and painter (1780-1832)
- January 30 · Israel Pickens, American politician (1780-1827)
February
- February 2 · Johannes van den Bosch, Dutch general and statesman (1780–1844)
- February 13 · Lewis David de Schweinitz, German-American botanist and mycologist (1780-1834) and member of the Moravian Church
- February 14 · Johann Friedrich Naumann, German ornithologist, engraver and editor (1780-1857)
- February 15 · Alfred Edward Chalon, Swiss-born British portrait painter (1780–1860)
- February 22 · Francesco di Paola Villadecani, Catholic cardinal (1780-1861)
- February 26 · Christian Samuel Weiss, German mineralogist (1780-1856)
March
- March 6 · Ignaz Franz Castelli, Austrian writer
- March 10 · Frances Trollope, English novelist (1779-1863)
- March 17 · Thomas Chalmers, Scottish mathematician and leader of the Free Church of Scotlandl (1780-1847)
- March 20 · Thomas Metcalfe, American politician (1780–1855)
- March 26 · Julius Eduard Hitzig, German writer (1780-1849)
- March 29 · Jørgen Jørgensen, self declared King of Iceland, defied the crown of Denmark. Reigned for a short period (1780-1841)
April
- April 4 · Edward Hicks, American artist (1780-1849)
- April 6 · Nguyễn Phúc Cảnh, Crown Prince of Vietnam
- April 10 · Léon Dufour, French entomologist, botanist and arachnologist (1780–1865)
- April 19 · Wazir Ali Khan, Nawab wazir of Oudh (1780-1817)
- April 22 · Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg, Duchess of Württemberg (1780-1857)
- April 26 · Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert, German scientist (1780–1860)
May
- May 1 · John McKinley, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1780-1852)
- May 5 · Michele Tenore, Italian botanist (1780-1861)
- May 9 · William J. Duane, American politician, Jackson administration cabinet member (1780-1865)
- May 10 · Angelica Catalani, Italian opera singer
- May 28 · Antonie Brentano, Austrian philanthropist (1780-1869)
- May 29 · Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (1780-1855)
June
- June 15 · Theodor Franz, Count Baillet von Latour, Austrian politician, warrior and nobleman (1780-1848)
- June 15 · Ludovico di Breme, Italian writer
- June 16 · Ludwig von Hagemeister, Baltic German explorer (1780-1833)
- June 21 · Martin D. Hardin, American politician (1780–1823)
- June 21 · Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington, British politician
- June 24 · Kazimierz Dmochowski, Roman Catholic archbishop (1779–1851)
July
- July 1 · Louis Philippe de Bombelles, French diplomat in the service of the Austrian Empire (1780–1843)
- July 2 · Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, British politician (1780–1863)
- July 11 · Johann Friedrich Adam, Russian botanist (1780–1832)
- July 11 · Juan Gregorio Rojas Garnica, Argentine general (1780-1866)
- July 25 · Christian Theodor Weinlig, German composer and conductor
- July 31 · Maximilian Spinola, Italian hymenopterist (1780-1857)
August
- August 10 · Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean, French general, then entomologist, 19th century (1780–1845)
- August 10 · Friedrich Joseph Haass, Russian physician
- August 16 · Zayn al-Abidin Shirvani, Iranian scholar, mystic, and traveler
- August 25 · Conradine Birgitte Dunker, Norwegian writer (1780-1866)
- August 25 · Louis Etienne Watelet, French painter (1780-1866)
- August 29 · Richard Rush, former United States Attorney General and United States Secretary of the Treasury (1780-1859)
September
- September 3 · Heinrich Christian Schumacher, German-Danish astronomer (1780-1850)
- September 8 · George Troup, American politician (1780-1856)
- September 8 · Jean-Marie de La Mennais, Breton Priest, Founder and Venerable
- September 22 · Prince Alfred of Great Britain, Member of the British Royal Family; 14th child and 9th son of King George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- September 22 · Johann von Jasenova Csaplovics, writer, ethnographer (1780-1847)
- September 24 · Hendrik Tollens, Dutch poet (1780–1856)
October
- October 1 · Göran Wahlenberg, Swedish naturalist (1780-1851)
- October 1 · Robert Smirke, British architect (1780–1867)
- October 10 · John Abercrombie, Scottish physician (1780–1844)
- October 15 · Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria (1780-1798), Austrian archduchess
- October 26 · Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard, French painter and sculptor (1780–1850)
- October 28 · Friedrich August Ukert, German classical philologist and historian (1780–1851)
November
- November 2 · Jacques Charles Brunet, French bibliographer
- November 4 · Philippe Paul, comte de Ségur, French general and historian (1780-1873)
- November 9 · Nicolai Wergeland, Father of the Constitution of Norway (1780-1848)
- November 12 · Piet Retief, Afrikaner pioneer (1780–1838)
- November 17 · Peter Oluf Brøndsted, Danish archaeologist and traveller
- November 26 · María Teresa de Borbón, 15th Countess of Chinchón, Spanish noble (1780-1828)
December
- December 1 · Bernhard Rudolf Abeken, German philologist and literature historian
- December 17 · Barbu Lăutaru, Moldovan musician
- December 20 · John Wilson Croker, Anglo-Irish politician and statesman (1780-1857)
- December 24 · Willard Hall, American politician (1780-1875)
- December 31 · Nehemiah R. Knight, American politician (1780-1854)
- December 31 · Gideon Tomlinson, American politician (1780-1854)
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