Famous people born in 1785

Best known

1. 
   Alessandro Manzoni

   Italian writer and poet (1785–1873)

   March 7 · d. 1873

   Photo: Francesco Hayez, Public domain
2. 
   Jacob Grimm

   German philologist, linguist, jurist and mythologist (1785–1863)

   January 4 · d. 1863

   Photo: Siegmund Friedlaender, Public domain
3. 
   Mahmud II

   30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1808–1839)

   July 20 · d. 1839

   Photo: Henry Guillaume Schlesinger, Public domain
4. 
   John James Audubon

   French-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter (1785–1851)

   April 26 · d. 1851

   Photo: John Syme, Public domain
5. 
   Thomas De Quincey

   British author (1785–1859)

   August 15 · d. 1859

   Photo: John Watson Gordon, Public domain
6. 
   Louis XVII of France

   heir of the French throne

   March 27 · d. 1795

   Photo: Alexander Kucharsky, Public domain
7. 
   Bettina von Arnim

   German writer and novelist (1785-1859)

   April 4 · d. 1859

   Photo: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain
8. Karl Drais

   German inventor of early form of bicycle and typewriter (1785-1851)

   April 29 · d. 1851

9. Lin Tse-hsu

   Chinese scholar and politician (1785-1850)

   August 30 · d. 1850

10. Claude-Louis Navier

    French engineer and physicist (1785–1836)

    February 10 · d. 1836

11. William Jackson Hooker

    English botanist and botanical illustrator (1785-1865)

    July 6 · d. 1865

12. Pierre Louis Dulong

    French scientist (1785-1838)

    February 12 · d. 1838

13. Adam Sedgwick

    English geologist (1785–1873)

    March 22 · d. 1873

14. Diponegoro

    Javanese prince who opposed Dutch colonialism during the Java War (1825-1830)

    November 11 · d. 1855

15. Carl Adolph Agardh

    Swedish cleric and botanist (1785–1859)

    January 23 · d. 1859

16. Shah Shujah Durrani

    Emir of Afghanistan (1839-1842) and ruler of the Durrani Empire (1803-1809)

    November 4 · d. 1842

17. Nicholas Aylward Vigors

    Irish zoologist and politician (1785–1840)

    December 12 · d. 1840

18. Thomas Love Peacock

    English novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company (1785–1866)

    October 18 · d. 1866

19. Lady Caroline Lamb

    English writer (1785-1828)

    November 13 · d. 1828

20. Jean Charles Athanase Peltier

    French physicist (1785-1845)

    February 22 · d. 1845

21. Vicente López y Planes

    Argentine writer and politician (1785-1856)

    May 3 · d. 1856

22. William Prout

    British chemist (1785-1850)

    January 15 · d. 1850

23. Agustín Gamarra

    President of Peru (1785-1841)

    August 27 · d. 1841

24. Victor de Broglie

    French politician (1785-1870)

    November 28 · d. 1870

25. Adam Wilhelm Moltke

    Danish politician (1785-1864)

    August 25 · d. 1864

26. Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

    German prince (1785-1851)

    March 28 · d. 1851

27. Florestan, Prince of Monaco

    monarch of Monaco (1785-1856)

    October 10 · d. 1856

28. Hans Karl von Diebitsch

    Russian general (1785-1831)

    May 13 · d. 1831

29. Prince Paul of Württemberg

    Prince of Württemberg

    January 19 · d. 1852

30. Etienne Constantin de Gerlache

    Belgian noble, lawyer and politician (1785-1871)

    December 26 · d. 1871

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