Famous people born in 1781
The best-known people born in 1781, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
George StephensonEnglish civil and mechanical engineer and the "Father of Railways" (1781-1848)
June 9 · d. 1848
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Adelbert von ChamissoGerman poet and botanist (1781–1838)
January 30 · d. 1838
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Karl Friedrich SchinkelPrussian architect, city planner and painter (1781–1841)
March 13 · d. 1841
Photo: Carl Joseph Begas, Public domain
Siméon Denis PoissonFrench mathematician, mechanician and physicist (1781–1840)
June 21 · d. 1840
Photo: François-Séraphin Delpech / After Nicolas Eustache Maurin, Public domain
David BrewsterScottish astronomer and mathematician (1781–1868)
December 11 · d. 1868
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Ludwig Achim von ArnimGerman poet and novelist
January 26 · d. 1831
Photo: Peter Eduard Ströhling, Copyrighted free use
Bernard BolzanoBohemian mathematician and priest (1781–1848)
October 5 · d. 1848
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
René LaennecFrench physician, inventor of stethoscope (1781-1826)
February 17 · d. 1826
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain- Andrés Bello
Venezuelan humanist, diplomat, poet, legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist (1781-1865)
November 29 · d. 1865
- Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Saxe-Coburger-Saalfelder/Gothan Royal
September 23 · d. 1860
- Alexander von Benckendorff
Russian general and statesman of Baltic German origin (1780s-1844)
July 4 · d. 1844
Joseph Johann LittrowAustrian astronomer (1781-1840)
March 13 · d. 1840
Photo: After Josef Kriehuber, Public domain
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January
- January 17 · Robert Hare, American chemist (1781-1858)
- January 20 · Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg, Politician from Austria
- January 21 · Rai San'yo, Japanese poet, historian and painter (1780-1832)
- January 22 · François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor (1781-1849)
- January 28 · Émilie de Beauharnais, French court official (1781-1855)
- January 30 · Christian von Steven, Botanist and lepidopterist (1781-1863)
February
- February 8 · Princess Wilhelmine, Duchess of Sagan, Duchess of Sagan (1781–1839)
- February 11 · Philipp Bruch, German botanist (1781-1847)
- February 17 · Gustav, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, (1781-1848)
- February 18 · Henry Martyn, English Anglican priest and missionary in India and Persia
- February 26 · José María Calatrava y Peinado, Prime Minister of Spain and Minister of State
- February 26 · Étienne-Jean Delécluze, French painter and critic (1781-1863)
March
- March 2 · Sir Thomas Gage, 7th Baronet, British botanist (1781-1820)
- March 17 · Ebenezer Elliott, British poet (1781-1849)
- March 20 · Joseph Paelinck, Belgian painter (1781-1839)
- March 22 · Adolphe Marbot, French general (1781–1844)
- March 27 · Charles Joseph Minard, French engineer (1781-1870)
- March 27 · Alexander Vostokov, Russian philologist (1781-1864)
April
- April 1 · Robert Lucas, Governor of Ohio (1781-1853)
- April 3 · Benjamin Swift, American politician (1781-1847)
- April 7 · Francis Legatt Chantrey, English artist (1781-1841)
- April 21 · Albin Roussin, French admiral and statesman (1781–1854)
- April 25 · Robert Ker Porter, British artist, writer and diplomat (1777-1842)
- April 30 · George Washington Parke Custis, adopted son of George Washington (1781-1857)
May
- May 8 · Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela, Portuguese noble and diplomat (1781-1850)
- May 9 · Henri Cassini, French botanist (1781-1832)
- May 14 · Friedrich von Raumer, German historian (1781-1873)
- May 18 · Richard Taylor, English naturalist, editor and publisher (1781-1858)
- May 26 · Sir George Staunton, 2nd Baronet, English traveller and Orientalist (1781-1859)
- May 29 · John Walker, British inventor (1781-1859)
June
- June 1 · Franciscana Cirer, Spanish religious, founder of the congregation, blessed (1781–1855)
- June 5 · Christian Lobeck, German classical scholar (1781-1860)
- June 14 · Jan de Witte, voják
- June 17 · Francisco Espoz y Mina, Spanish military commander
- June 18 · Benjamin W. Leigh, American politician (1781-1849)
- June 21 · Matthew Harvey, United States federal judge (1781-1866)
July
- July 1 · John Wesley Jarvis, American artist (1781-1839)
- July 2 · Erich Christian Werlauff, Danish autobiographer
- July 5 · George Bruce, Scottish-American inventor and businessman
- July 9 · Cirilo de Alameda y Brea, Catholic cardinal
- July 11 · Bartolomeo Borghesi, Italian numismatist and epigrapher naturalized in San Marino (1781-1860)
- July 25 · Merry-Joseph Blondel, French painter (1781-1853)
August
- August 3 · Friedrich Weber, German entomologist, son of botanist Georg Heinrich Weber (1781–1823)
- August 12 · Robert Mills, American architect
- August 18 · Joaquín Suárez, president of Uruguay
- August 23 · John M. Berrien, American politician from Georgia, United States (1781-1856)
- August 23 · Friedrich Tiedemann, German zoologist
- August 27 · Finnur Magnússon, Icelandic writer, archaeologist, and translator of ancient texts
September
- September 6 · Vincent Novello, English musician (1781-1861)
- September 6 · Joseph Maull, American politician (1781-1846)
- September 7 · Jiří Buquoy, Bohemian aristocrat, mathematician, and inventor
- September 12 · William A. Palmer, American politician (1781-1860)
- September 19 · Ludwig Gottfried Blanc, German philologist (1781-1866)
- September 24 · Pompeo Litta Biumi, Italian historian, genealogist, military officer, politician, and nobleman
October
- October 1 · Friedrich Siegmund Voigt, German zoologist and botanist (1781–1850)
- October 9 · Dionisio de Herrera, first president of Honduras
- October 17 · Johann Friedrich Meckel the younger, German anatomist (1781-1833)
- October 19 · Juan Pedro Aguirre, politician (1781-1837)
- October 25 · Friedrich von Berchtold, Czech botanist, traveller and doctor (1781-1876)
- October 29 · Thomas Stewart Traill, Scottish physician, chemist, mineralogist, meteorologist, zoologist and scholar
November
- November 5 · María Rafols Bruna, Spanish nun (1781-1853)
- November 6 · Lucy Aikin, British feminist historian and poet (1781-1864)
- November 9 · Claude-Philibert Barthelot, comte de Rambuteau, Count of France (1781-1869)
- November 11 · Caroline Bardua, German painter (1781–1864)
- November 20 · Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German lawyer
- November 20 · Bartolomeo Pinelli, Italian painter and engraver (1781–1835)
December
- December 1 · Sir William Parker, 1st Baronet, of Shenstone, British Royal Navy admiral (1781-1866)
- December 1 · Charles Philippe Lafont, French violinist and composer (1781–1839)
- December 6 · Charlotte von Ahlefeld, German novelist
- December 8 · Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey, British Tory politician (1781-1859)
- December 9 · François Étienne de La Roche, Genevan naturalist and physician (1781-1813)
- December 30 · Prince Henry of Prussia, (1781-1846); third son and sixth child of Frederick William II of Prussia and Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt
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