Famous people born in 1789
The best-known people born in 1789, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Georg Simon OhmGerman physicist and mathematician
March 16 · d. 1854
Photo: Original: unknown, Public domain
James Fenimore CooperAmerican writer (1789–1851)
September 15 · d. 1851
Photo: John Wesley Jarvis, Public domain
Augustin-Louis CauchyFrench mathematician (1789–1857)
August 21 · d. 1857
Photo: Jean Roller (1798–1866), Public domain- Johann Friedrich Overbeck
German painter, a member of the Nazarene movement (1789–1869)
July 3 · d. 1869
- Stéphanie de Beauharnais
consort of Karl, Grand Duke of Baden, and adoptive daughter of Napoleon I
August 28 · d. 1860
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January
- January 4 · Alphonse Henri d'Hautpoul, French soldier, politician and officer (1789-1865)
- January 5 · Jules Robert Auguste, French painter and sculptor (1789-1850)
- January 9 · Louis Dupré, French Orientalist and Philhellene painter (1789–1837)
- January 17 · August Neander, German theologian and church historian (1789-1850)
- January 17 · Emmanuele Antonio Cicogna, Italian historian (1789-1868)
- January 20 · John Blackwall, British entomologist (1790–1881)
February
- February 5 · José Ramón Rodil, 1st Marquis of Rodil, Spanish noble and general (1789-1853)
- February 7 · Joakim Frederik Schouw, Danish botanist (1789-1852)
- February 8 · Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, German composer, conductor and violinist
- February 9 · Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German stenographer and inventor of Gabelsberger shorthand
- February 15 · Frederic Ernest Fesca, German musician and composer
- February 16 · Charles Rivière-Hérard, President of Haiti (1789-1850)
March
- March 1 · John Ramsay McCulloch, Scottish economist, author and editor
- March 8 · Miguel Barragán, President of Mexico and Governor of Veracruz (1789-1836)
- March 9 · Desiré-Raoul Rochette, French archaeologist (1790–1854)
- March 10 · Manuel de la Peña y Peña, President of Mexico (1789-1850)
- March 16 · Francis Rawdon Chesney, British Army general
- March 18 · Charlotte Elliott, English poet, hymn writer, editor (1789-1871)
April
- April 1 · Auguste Couder, French painter (1789-1873)
- April 7 · Alberto della Marmora, Italian general officer and naturalist (1789-1863)
- April 10 · Leona Vicario, Mexican spy
- April 10 · Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg, Member of the House of Arenberg
- April 15 · Diego Noboa, President of Ecuador (1850 - 1851)
- April 26 · Matthias Numsen Blytt, Norwegian botanist (1789–1862)
May
- May 10 · Jared Sparks, American historian, educator, and Unitarian minister (1789-1866)
- May 15 · Sunwon, queen; korean regent (1789-1857)
- May 20 · Marcellin Champagnat, French priest and Catholic saint
- May 23 · Franz Schlik, Czech nobleman (1789-1862)
- May 24 · Betsi Cadwaladr, Welsh nurse
- May 27 · Lorenzo Simonetti, Italian priest
June
- June 3 · Adolph Reichsgraf von Ottweiler, German military personnel (1789-1812)
- June 10 · Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon, French Religious Sister and foundress
- June 15 · Franz Christian Gau, German-French architect and archaeologist
- June 15 · Josiah Henson, author, abolitionist, and minister; born into slavery, in Port Tobacco, Charles Co., Maryland, he escaped to Upper Canada (now Ontario) in 1830
- June 20 · Friedrich Wilhelm Carové, German philosopher and publicist (1789-1852)
- June 27 · Friedrich Silcher, German composer (1789-1860)
July
- July 1 · Francisco Javier Mina, Spanish general and lawyer
- July 5 · François Antommarchi, Corsican physician, professor of anatomy, botanist and private physician to Napoleon Bonaparte (1780-1838)
- July 18 · Thomas Carlin, American politician (1789-1852)
- July 21 · Vasil Aprilov, Bulgarian educator (1789—1847)
- July 22 · Antonio Alcalá Galiano, Spanish politician and writer (1789–1865)
- July 25 · Mikhail Zagoskin, Russian playwright (1789–1852)
August
- August 2 · Heinrich von Brandt, German general
- August 5 · Baron Isidore Justin Séverin Taylor, royal commissioner of the Théâtre-Français (1789-1879)
- August 16 · Amos Kendall, American politician (1789–1869)
- August 20 · Bernardo Monteagudo, Rioplatensian journalist and lawyer (1789-1825)
- August 25 · John Miers, British botanist and engineer (1789-1879)
- August 29 · Hanna Winsnes, Norwegian poet, novelist and cookbook writer (1789-1872)
September
- September 1 · Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington, Irish writer, editor (1789-1849)
- September 4 · Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré, French botanist (1789-1854)
- September 20 · Rbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, Rbi Third Chabad Rebbe (1789–1866)
- September 27 · Jakob Alt, German painter (1789-1872)
- September 28 · Charles-Victor Prévot, vicomte d'Arlincourt, French writer
- September 29 · Peter Joseph Lenné, Prussian gardener and landscape architect (1789-1866)
October
- October 3 · Henry Pottinger, British colonial administrator (1789–1856), first governor of Hong Kong
- October 5 · William Scoresby, English Arctic explorer and whaler (1789–1857)
- October 13 · Josephine Fodor, French opera singer
- October 14 · Agustín Durán, Spanish writer
- October 24 · Michel Félix Dunal, French botanist (1789-1856)
- October 24 · Ramón Carnicer, Spanish musician (1789-1855)
November
- November 1 · Johan Emanuel Wikström, Swedish botanist (1789-1856)
- November 7 · Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée, French botanist (1789-1874)
- November 9 · Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster, British astronomer, naturalist, and philosopher (1789-1860)
- November 11 · Pietro Tenerani, Italian artist (1789-1869)
- November 16 · Ludwig Freiherr Roth von Schreckenstein, German general (1789-1858)
- November 21 · William Broderip, British lawyer and naturalist (1789-1859)
December
- December 4 · Micurá de Rü, Austrian presbyter and author (1789–1847)
- December 14 · Zinaida Volkonskaya, Russian writer, poet, singer, salonist (1792–1862)
- December 15 · Carlos Soublette, Venezuelan politician and statesman
- December 17 · Clement Comer Clay, American politician (1789-1866)
- December 28 · Thomas Ewing, American politician (1789–1871)
- December 28 · Catharine Sedgwick, American writer 1789-1867
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