Famous people born in 1782
The best-known people born in 1782, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Martin Van Burenpresident of the United States from 1837 to 1841
December 5 · d. 1862
Photo: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain
Niccolò PaganiniItalian violinist and composer (1782–1840)
October 27 · d. 1840
Photo: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Public domain
John C. Calhounvice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832 (1782–1850)
March 18 · d. 1850
Photo: Rembrandt Peale, Public domain
Friedrich FröbelGerman educator
April 21 · d. 1852
Photo: Verlag A.Pichlers Witwe und Sohn, Public domain
Daniel François Esprit AuberFrench composer (1782-1871)
January 29 · d. 1871
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Daniel Webster14th and 19th United States Secretary of State (1782–1852)
January 18 · d. 1852
Photo: Francis Alexander, Public domain- Vicente Guerrero
leading revolutionary generals of the War of Independence and President of Mexico (1782-1831)
August 10 · d. 1831
- Félicité de La Mennais
French priest, philosopher and political theorist (1782–1854)
June 19 · d. 1854
- F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich
British Prime Minister, politician (1782-1859)
November 1 · d. 1859
- Archduke John of Austria
member of the Austrian dynasty; imperial regent of the German Empire (1848 to 1849)
January 20 · d. 1859
- Georg August Goldfuss
German paleontologist, mineralogist, zoologist and botanist (1782-1848)
April 18 · d. 1848
- Robert Morrison
British evangelist and first Christian Protestant missionary to China (1782-1834)
January 5 · d. 1834
- Princess Marie of Baden
Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Brunswick-Oels (1782-1808)
September 7 · d. 1808
- Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied
German explorer, ethnologist and naturalist (1782–1867)
September 23 · d. 1867
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January
- January 8 · Tommaso Riario Sforza, Italian cardinal
- January 14 · Carl Ferdinand Langhans, German architect (1782–1869)
- January 20 · Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg, Politician from Austria
- January 22 · Franciszek Ksawery Lampi, Polish Romantic painter born in Austria of ethnic Italian background (1782–1852)
- January 27 · Titumir, leader of the Bengali resistance against the British East India Company
- January 30 · Ann Taylor, British poet and literary critic (1782–1866)
February
- February 2 · Henri de Rigny, commander of the French squadron at the Battle of Navarino in the Greek War of Independence (1782-1835)
- February 3 · John Macdonald Kinneir, British diplomat
- February 17 · Fyodor Ivanovich Tolstoy, Russian explorer (1782-1846)
- February 19 · Princess Pauline, Duchess of Sagan, Princess of Courland (1782–1845)
- February 22 · Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl, Austrian botanist, entomologist, geologist and physician (1782-1834)
- February 22 · Johann Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann, German mineralogist (1782-1859)
March
- March 4 · Johann Rudolf Wyss, Swiss writer (1782-1830)
- March 7 · Angelo Mai, Italian cardinal and philologist (1782–1854)
- March 7 · Henryka Beyer, Polish artist (1782-1855)
- March 14 · Thomas Hart Benton, State Senator from Tennessee, Senator and U.S. Representative from Missouri (1782–1858)
- March 20 · James Tod, 1782-1835, English officer of the British East India Company and an Oriental scholar
- March 31 · Hippolyte Le Bas, French architect (1782–1867)
April
- April 7 · Marie-Anne Libert, Belgian botanist and mycologist (1782-1865)
- April 8 · John Claudius Loudon, Scottish botanist (1782-1843)
- April 14 · Carlo Coccia, Italian composer (1782-1873)
- April 18 · Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer, German silviculturist, botanist and mycologist (1782–1856)
- April 25 · Adriano Balbi, Italian geographer (1782-1848)
- April 28 · William Darlington, American physician, botanist, and politician (1782-1863)
May
- May 1 · Yevgeny Golovin, Russian general (1782-1858)
- May 10 · Louis-René Villermé, French economist
- May 16 · John Sell Cotman, British artist (1782-1842)
- May 18 · Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow, Prussian lieutenant-general
- May 29 · Valerian Madatov, 19th century Russian general
- May 30 · John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer, British politician (1782-1845)
June
- June 3 · Charles Waterton, English naturalist and explorer (1782-1865)
- June 4 · Christian Martin Frähn, German and Russian numismatist and historian
- June 10 · Amable Guillaume Prosper Brugière, baron de Barante, French historian and statesman (1782–1866)
- June 16 · Ludwig von Welden, Austrian noble (1782-1853)
- June 21 · Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony, Saxon royal (1782-1863)
- June 23 · Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (1782-1851)
July
- July 3 · Pierre Berthier, French geologist
- July 6 · Henri Antoine Jacques, French botanist (1782-1866)
- July 12 · Etienne Marc Quatremère, French orientalist
- July 14 · Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Este, Austrian archduke (1782-1863)
- July 18 · Mariano Enrique Calvo Cuellar, Bolivian politician, president and 3.º vice president of Bolivia (1782-1842)
- July 24 · John Fox Burgoyne, British Army officer
August
- August 1 · Charles-Joseph-Eugene de Mazenod, French Roman Catholic bishop and saint (1782-1861)
- August 10 · Charles James Napier, Major General, Governor of Sindh, and Commander-in-Chief in British India (1782-1853)
- August 15 · Faustin Soulouque, president and emperor of Haiti (1782-1867)
- August 15 · James Justinian Morier, British writer and diplomat (1782-1849)
- August 18 · Pierre-Luc-Charles Ciceri, French stage designer (1782–1868)
- August 25 · Charles Comte, French lawyer, journalist and political writer (1782-1837)
September
- September 3 · Christian Ludwig Nitzsch, German zoologist and botanist (1782–1837)
- September 3 · Benedict Joseph Fenwick, American Catholic bishop
- September 4 · Christoph Friedrich Otto, German botanist (1783–1856)
- September 14 · Christian Magnus Falsen, jurist, father of the Constitution of Norway and member of Stortinget (1782-1830)
- September 18 · José Tomás Boves, Spanish general (1782-1815)
- September 23 · Jacques Féréol Mazas, French musician (1782-1849)
October
- October 11 · Georg Andreas von Rosen, Baltic German army general (1782-1841)
- October 12 · Henry Dodge, American politician and general (1782-1867)
- October 20 · Christian Blom, Norwegian composer
- October 25 · Levi Lincoln, Jr., Massachusetts Governor and Congressman (1782-1868)
- October 29 · Giovanni Battista Niccolini, poet and playwright of the Risorgimento
- October 30 · Lorenzo Maria of Saint Francis Xavier, Italian saint
November
- November 4 · John Branch, American politician (1782-1863)
- November 6 · Maha Bandula, Burmese general (1782-1825)
- November 17 · Conrad Graf, German-Austrian piano maker
- November 22 · Sophie Swetchine, Russian salon-holder
- November 23 · Giulietta Guicciardi, Austrian aristocrat, briefly a piano student of Ludwig van Beethoven
- November 30 · Giuseppe Moretti, Italian botanist (1782-1853)
December
- December 7 · Nicolaus Michael Oppel, German naturalist
- December 10 · Charles Nicolas Fabvier, French military personnel, politician and diplomat (1782-1855)
- December 16 · Louis-Barthélémy Pradher, French composer, pianist and music educator
- December 19 · Julius Vincenz von Krombholz, Czech botanist, surgeon, doctor and mycologist (1782-1843)
- December 23 · Johann Anton Weinmann, German botanist (1782-1858)
- December 24 · Charles Hubert Millevoye, poet from France
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