Famous people born in 1791
The best-known people born in 1791, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Michael FaradayBritish scientist (1791–1867)
September 22 · d. 1867
Photo: Thomas Phillips, Public domain
James Buchananpresident of the United States from 1857 to 1861
April 23 · d. 1868
Photo: From Brady daguerreotype (Mathew Brady) (1822-1896), Public domain
Charles BabbageEnglish mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)
December 26 · d. 1871
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Samuel Finley Breese MorseAmerican inventor and painter (1791–1872)
April 27 · d. 1872
Photo: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain
Marie Louise, Duchess of ParmaEmpress Consort of the French from 1810 to 1814 and Monarch of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla from 1814 to 1847
December 12 · d. 1847
Photo: François Gérard, Public domain
Franz GrillparzerAustrian dramatist and poet (1791-1872)
January 15 · d. 1872
Photo: Josef Kriehuber, Public domain
Giacomo MeyerbeerGerman-French composer
September 5 · d. 1864
Photo: Au Ménestrel , Paris, 1865. Uploaded, stiched and restored by JLPC, Public domain
Carl CzernyAustrian composer and pianist (1791-1857)
February 21 · d. 1857
Photo: Blasius Höfel, Public domain
Francesco HayezItalian painter (1791–1882)
February 10 · d. 1882
Photo: Francesco Hayez, Public domain- István Széchenyi
Hungarian nobleman, writer, politician and national revivalist (1791–1860)
September 21 · d. 1860
- Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart
Austrian composer, teacher and performer; youngest son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791-1844)
July 26 · d. 1844
- Robert Knox
Scottish physician, anatomist, zoologist and ethnologist (1791-1862)
September 4 · d. 1862
Jan Svatopluk PreslBohemian botanist (1791–1849)
September 4 · d. 1849
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Václav HankaCzech archivist, poet, librarian, lexicographer, linguist, literature historian, publicist, translator, writer, university educator and science writer
June 10 · d. 1861
Photo: Thaddäus Mayer, Public domain
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January
- January 1 · Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer, German botanist (1791-1858)
- January 4 · Joseph Cilley, American politician and farmer (1791-1887)
- January 8 · Jacob Collamer, American politician (1791-1865)
- January 16 · Henryk Dembiński, Polish general (1791-1864)
- January 28 · Ferdinand Hérold, French composer (1791–1833)
- January 28 · James Stirling, British naval officer and colonial administrator (1791–1865)
February
- February 9 · Jean Cruveilhier, French anatomist and pathologist (1791–1874)
- February 11 · Louis Visconti, French architect (1791–1853)
- February 16 · Claude Pouillet, French physicist (1791–1868)
- February 20 · Émile Deschamps, French poet
- February 21 · John Mercer, English chemist and fabric printer (1791–1866)
- February 24 · Sveinbjörn Egilsson, Icelandic poet (1791-1852)
March
- March 6 · Anna Claypoole Peale, painter from the United States (1791-1878)
- March 8 · Kazimierz Brodziński, Polish poet (1791-1835)
- March 10 · Manuela Malasaña, Spanish seamstress
- March 20 · Marie Ellenrieder, German artist (1791-1863)
- March 24 · Charles Pravaz, French surgeon (1791–1853)
- March 31 · Franciszek Mirecki, Polish conductor and composer (1791–1862)
April
- April 4 · Giuseppe Domenico Botto, Italian physicist (1791-1865)
- April 12 · Francis Preston Blair, American newspaper editor and presidential advisor (1791-1876)
- April 13 · Félix de Mérode, Belgian politician (1791-1857)
- April 18 · Ottaviano-Fabrizio Mossotti, Italian physicist (1791-1863)
- April 19 · William Orlando Butler, United States general (1791-1880)
- April 29 · Heinrich Wendland, German botanist (1791-1869)
May
- May 3 · Henryk Rzewuski, Polish journalist and novelist (1791–1866)
- May 11 · Jan Václav Voříšek, Czech music educator, composer, pianist and organist (1791–1825)
- May 15 · Floris Adriaan van Hall, Dutch politician (1791-1866)
- May 18 · August Breithaupt, German mineralogist (1791–1873)
- May 21 · Jean Alexandre Buchon, French historian
- May 31 · John Brown Francis, American politician (1791-1864)
June
- June 1 · John Nelson, Attorney General of the United States from 1843 to 1845
- June 3 · Juan Francisco Giró, president of Uruguay (1791-1863)
- June 9 · John Howard Payne, American actor and writer (1791-1852)
- June 17 · Roberto Cofresí, Puerto Rican pirate (1791–1825)
- June 20 · Thomas Edward Bowdich, English traveller and author (1791-1824)
- June 29 · Ugo Pietro Spinola, Vatican diplomat and cardinal (1791–1858)
July
- July 5 · Samuel Bailey, British philosopher, economist and writer
- July 9 · Friedrich Adolf Ebert, German bibliographer and librarian (1791–1834)
- July 13 · Allan Cunningham, British botanist (1791-1839)
- July 15 · Gabrio Piola, Italian mathematician and physicist (1794–1850)
- July 18 · Isaac D. Barnard, American politician (1791-1834)
- July 26 · Francisco José Debali, Hungarian musician (1791–1859)
August
- August 1 · George Ticknor, American academician and Hispanist, 1791-1871
- August 3 · Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, British politician (1791-1860)
- August 7 · Adolf Ivar Arwidsson, Finnish political journalist, writer and historian (1791-1858)
- August 12 · Henry Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk, British politician (1791-1856)
- August 12 · Joseph Calasanza von Arneth, Austrian numismatist/archæologist (1791–1863)
- August 25 · Christian Charles Josias von Bunsen, German diplomat and scholar (1791-1860)
September
- September 1 · Lydia Sigourney, American poet (1791–1865)
- September 3 · Francisco Acuña de Figueroa, Uruguayan writer (1791–1864)
- September 3 · John Curtis, English entomologist and illustrator (1791–1862)
- September 9 · José María Paz, Argentine general (1791–1854)
- September 25 · Károly Markó, Hungarian landscape painter (1791–1860)
- September 29 · Joanna Grudzińska, Polish noble (1795–1831)
October
- October 2 · Alexis Thérèse Petit, French physicist (1791–1820)
- October 9 · Amalie Schoppe, German writer, editor (1791–1858)
- October 14 · Sima Milutinović Sarajlija, Serbian writer and historian (1791–1847)
- October 19 · Gaetano Errico, Italian saint (1791–1860)
- October 28 · Ján Chalupka, Slovak evangelical priest, dramatist and writer (1791-1871)
- October 29 · John Elliotson, British medical practitioner and teacher (1791-1868)
November
- November 10 · Robert Y. Hayne, American politician (1791–1839)
- November 11 · Josef Munzinger, member of the Swiss Federal Council (1791-1855)
- November 11 · Mary Baker, imposter princess (1791–1864)
- November 16 · Olaf Rye, Norwegian-Danish general (1791-1849)
- November 21 · Heinrich Ritter, German philosopher and historian (1791–1869)
- November 29 · Vladimir Adlerberg, Russian politician (1791-1884)
December
- December 4 · Jane Franklin, British explorer and philanthropist (1791–1875)
- December 10 · Friedrich von Gärtner, German architect (1791–1847)
- December 13 · Phillip Parker King, British Royal Navy officer and early explorer of the Australian and Patagonian coasts (1791–1856)
- December 14 · Johan Ludvig Heiberg, Danish poet and critic (1791–1860)
- December 14 · Charles Wolfe, Irish poet (1791-1823)
- December 21 · Giorgio Jan, Italian zoologist (1791-1866)
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