Famous people born in 1783

Best known

1. 
   Simón Bolívar

   Venezuelan statesman and military officer (1783–1830)

   July 24 · d. 1830

   Photo: Ricardo Acevedo Bernal, Public domain
2. 
   Stendhal

   French writer (1783–1842)

   January 23 · d. 1842

   Photo: Olof Johan Södermark, Public domain
3. 
   Washington Irving

   American writer, historian and diplomat (1783-1859)

   April 3 · d. 1859

   Photo: Attributed to Charles Robert Leslie, Public domain
4. 
   Vasily Zhukovsky

   Russian poet (1783-1852)

   February 9 · d. 1852

   Photo: Karl Bryullov, Public domain
5. 
   Agustín I of Mexico

   first constitutional emperor of Mexico (1783-1824)

   September 27 · d. 1824

   Photo: Primitivo Miranda, Public domain
6. 
   Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig

   Danish Lutheran pastor, theologian, hymn-writer and educator (1783-1872)

   September 8 · d. 1872

   Photo: Christian Albrecht Jensen, Public domain
7. Hortense de Beauharnais

   queen consort of the Netherlands (1783-1837)

   April 10 · d. 1837

8. Marie-Antoine Carême

   French chef

   June 8 · d. 1833

9. Constantine Samuel Rafinesque

   French naturalist (1783-1840)

   October 22 · d. 1840

10. Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

    Danish painter (1783–1853)

    January 2 · d. 1853

11. Friedrich Sertürner

    German pharmacist (1783–1841)

    June 19 · d. 1841

12. Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia

    Grand Duchess of Russia (1783-1801)

    August 9 · d. 1801

13. Aleksandr Aleksandrov

    Russian Army officer

    September 28 · d. 1866

14. Erik Gustaf Geijer

    Swedish writer, historian, poet, philosopher, and composer (1783–1847)

    January 12 · d. 1847

15. William Sturgeon

    British inventor

    May 22 · d. 1850

16. Johann Heinrich von Thünen

    German economist

    June 24 · d. 1850

17. Catharina of Württemberg

    Queen consort of Westphalia

    February 21 · d. 1835

18. François Magendie

    French physiologist

    October 6 · d. 1855

19. Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom

    daughter of King George III of the United Kingdom (1783–1810)

    August 7 · d. 1810

20. Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria

    Austrian archduke (1783-1853)

    September 30 · d. 1853

21. Peter von Cornelius

    painter from Germany (1783-1867)

    September 23 · d. 1867

22. Carl Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

    Monarch of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1828-1853)

    February 2 · d. 1853

23. Giovanni Berchet

    Italian poet

    December 23 · d. 1851

24. Julius Klaproth

    German orientalist

    October 11 · d. 1835

25. Hannah Van Buren

    Wife of Martin Van Buren

    March 8 · d. 1819

26. Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg

    German duke (1783-1853)

    July 13 · d. 1853

27. Alexander von Benckendorff

    Russian general and statesman of Baltic German origin (1780s-1844)

    June 23 · d. 1844

28. Charles Julien Brianchon

    French mathematician

    December 19 · d. 1864

29. John Crawfurd

    British historian

    August 13 · d. 1868

30. Vicente Rocafuerte

    President of Ecuador (1834 - 1839)

    May 1 · d. 1847

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