Famous people born in 1792
The best-known people born in 1792, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Percy Bysshe ShelleyBritish Romantic poet (1792–1822)
August 4 · d. 1822
Photo: After Amelia Curran, Public domain
Pius IXPope of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878
May 13 · d. 1878
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Gioachino RossiniItalian opera composer (1792–1868)
February 29 · d. 1868
Photo: Étienne Carjat, Public domain
Nikolai Ivanovich LobachevskyRussian mathematician (1792–1856)
December 1 · d. 1856
Photo: Lev Kryukov, Public domain
John Frederick William HerschelEnglish polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and photographer (1792–1871)
March 7 · d. 1871
Photo: Julia Margaret Cameron, Public domain
John Russell, 1st Earl RussellPrime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1846–1852 and 1865–1866 (1792–1878)
August 18 · d. 1878
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
William II of the NetherlandsKing of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1840 to 1849 (1792-1849)
December 6 · d. 1849
Photo: Nicolaas Pieneman, Public domain
Karl Ernst von BaerBaltic German scientist (1792-1876)
February 28 · d. 1876
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
George M. Dallasvice president of the United States from 1845 to 1849 (1792–1864)
July 10 · d. 1864
Photo: Mathew Brady, CC0- Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
Queen consort of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1830 to 1837
August 13 · d. 1849
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January
- January 5 · Antonio González, 1st Marquis of Valdeterrazo, Spanish politician, diplomat and jurist (1792-1876)
- January 7 · Enrico Marconi, Italian architect
- January 8 · Lowell Mason, American composer; leading figure in American church music
- January 14 · Christian Julius de Meza, Danish general
- January 18 · Gustav Bischof, German geologist and chemist (1792–1870)
- January 24 · Friedrich Wilhelm, Count Brandenburg, German general; son of Frederick William II of Prussia and Sophie von Dönhoff (1792–1850)
February
- February 1 · Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach, German surgeon (1792-1847)
- February 4 · James G. Birney, American politician and Kentucky native (1792-1857)
- February 13 · Lucie Ingemann, Danish painter (1792–1868)
- February 23 · José Joaquín de Herrera, President of Mexico (1792-1854)
- February 25 · Johann Georg Christian Lehmann, German botanist (1792–1860)
- February 28 · Johann Georg Hiedler, paternal grandfather of Adolf Hitler (1792–1857)
March
- March 6 · Jean-Jacques Willmar, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1792-1866)
- March 13 · Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Wallroth, German botanist (1792-1857)
- March 15 · Virginie Ancelot, French writer and painter (1792-1875)
- March 18 · António José Severim de Noronha, 1st Duke of Terceira, Prime Minister of Portugal (1792-1860)
- March 19 · José María Carreño, President of Venezuela (1792–1849)
- March 19 · Alexander Hill Everett, American diplomat and writer (1792–1847)
April
- April 1 · Andreas Kalvos, Greek poet (1792–1869)
- April 4 · Thaddeus Stevens, American statesman (1792–1868)
- April 8 · Prince Wilhelm of Baden, Prince of Baden (1792–1859)
- April 12 · John George Lambton Durham, British politician (1792-1840)
- April 23 · Thomas Romney Robinson, British astronomer (1792–1882)
- April 25 · John Keble, British churchman and poet (1792–1866)
May
- May 6 · Martin Ohm, German mathematician (1792-1872)
- May 15 · James Mayer de Rothschild, French banker (1792–1868)
- May 15 · Lajos Aulich, Hungarian soldier (1792-1849)
- May 16 · Fryderyk Buchholtz, klavírista
- May 17 · Anne Isabella Byron, English educational reformer and philanthropist (1792-1860)
- May 30 · Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, German nobleman
June
- June 1 · Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet, British statesman (1792-1861)
- June 14 · Wilhelm I, Duke of Nassau, Duke of Nassau (1816-1839)
- June 15 · Thomas Mitchell, Scottish surveyor and explorer of south-eastern Australia (1792–1855)
- June 16 · John Linnell, British artist (1792–1882)
- June 22 · Dominic Barberi, Italian theologian (1792–1849)
- June 26 · Christian Albrecht Jensen, Danish portrait painter (1792-1870)
July
- July 5 · Jean Civiale, French surgeon and urologist (1792–1867)
- July 8 · Joseph Bates, American sailor, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (1792–1872)
- July 11 · Grand Duchess Olga Pavlovna of Russia, Grand Duchess of Russia
- July 21 · William Sharp Macleay, British civil servant and entomologist, active in Cuba and New South Wales, Australia (1792–1865)
- July 27 · Maria Quitéria, Brazilian lieutenant and national heroine (1792–1853)
- July 29 · Peter von Hess, German artist (1792-1871)
August
- August 4 · Edward Irving, Scottish clergyman (1792-1834)
- August 19 · Edward Hincks, Irish Assyriologist (1792-1866)
- August 20 · Jacques Ignace Hittorff, French architect (1792-1867)
- August 22 · Gong Zizhen, Poet and calligrapher
- August 26 · Manuel Oribe, 2nd President of Uruguay (1835-38)
- August 29 · Charles Grandison Finney, American religious leader, writer and educator (1792–1875)
September
- September 2 · Vicente Ramón Roca, President of Ecuador (1845 - 1849)
- September 5 · Ours-Pierre-Armand Petit-Dufrénoy, professor of mineralogy in the École des Mines, Paris, France
- September 16 · James Francis Stephens, British ornithologist and entomologist (1792-1852)
- September 20 · Lev Perovski, mineralogist (1792-1856)
- September 25 · Ivan Lazhechnikov, Russian writer (1792–1869)
- September 26 · William Hobson, first Governor of New Zealand and co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi (1792-1842)
October
- October 11 · Thomas Bell, English zoologist, surgeon and writer (1792–1880)
- October 13 · Moritz Hauptmann, German music theorist, teacher and composer (1792–1868)
- October 17 · Lucas Alamán, Mexican historian and politician of the XIX century (1792-1853)
- October 18 · Gulab Singh, First maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir (1792-1857)
- October 20 · Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, British Army officer (1792-1863)
- October 28 · Simon von Stampfer, Austrian mathematician (1792–1864)
November
- November 2 · Engelbert Sterckx, Roman Catholic archbishop (1792-1867)
- November 11 · József Katona, Hungarian writer (1791-1830)
- November 13 · Edward John Trelawny, British adventurer and writer (1792–1881)
- November 15 · Isaac Toucey, American politician (1792-1869)
- November 22 · Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1792–1863)
- November 23 · Karl Heinrich Rau, German economist (1792-1870)
December
- December 5 · James Guthrie, American politician and businessman (1792–1869)
- December 6 · Maria Beatrice of Savoy, Duchess of Modena, Jacobite pretender to the British throne (1792-1840)
- December 6 · Abraham Jacob van der Aa, Dutch writer and academic (1792-1857)
- December 20 · Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, French painter (1792-1845)
- December 22 · Manuel de Pando, 2nd Marquis of Miraflores, Prime Minister of Spain (1792-1872)
- December 22 · Pavel Katenin, Russian poet (1792-1853)
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