Famous people born in 1794

Best known

1. 
   Antonio López de Santa Anna

   Mexican politician and military leader (1794-1876)

   February 21 · d. 1876

   Photo: Carlos Paris, Public domain
2. 
   Cornelius Vanderbilt

   American businessman and tycoon (1794–1877)

   May 27 · d. 1877

   Photo: Produced by Mathew Brady 's studio, restored by Michel Vuijlsteke, Public domain
3. Elias Magnus Fries

   Swedish biologist considered to be one of the founding fathers of the modern taxonomy of mushrooms (1794–1878)

   August 15 · d. 1878

4. William Whewell

   English philosopher and historian of science (1794–1866)

   May 24 · d. 1866

5. Wilhelm Müller

   German poet (1794-1827)

   October 7 · d. 1827

6. Matthew C. Perry

   American naval officer (1794–1858)

   April 10 · d. 1858

7. René Lesson

   French surgeon, naturalist, ornithologist, and herpetologist (1794-1849)

   March 20 · d. 1849

8. William Cullen Bryant

   American romantic poet and journalist (1794-1878)

   November 3 · d. 1878

9. Eduard Rüppell

   German naturalist and explorer (1794-1884)

   November 20 · d. 1884

10. Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius

    German botanist (1794-1868)

    April 17 · d. 1868

11. Achille Valenciennes

    French zoologist, ichthyologist, and malacologist (1794–1865)

    August 9 · d. 1865

12. Pyotr Chaadayev

    Russian philosopher (1794-1856)

    June 7 · d. 1856

13. Edward Everett

    American politician, pastor, educator, diplomat and orator (1794–1865)

    April 11 · d. 1865

14. 
    Ignaz Moscheles

    Bohemian conductor, music educator, composer and pianist (1794–1870)

    May 23 · d. 1870

    Photo: Felix Moscheles (Life time: 8 February 1833 - 22 December 1917), Public domain
15. Józef Bem

    Polish general (1794–1850)

    March 14 · d. 1850

16. Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain

    Spanish infante (1794-1865)

    March 10 · d. 1865

17. Léon Cogniet

    French painter (1794-1880)

    August 29 · d. 1880

18. Theobald Boehm

    Bavarian flautist and tinkerer (1794-1881)

    April 9 · d. 1881

19. 
    Heinrich Wilhelm Schott

    botanist from Austria (1794-1865)

    January 7 · d. 1865

    Photo: Introuvable (mais photo et signature du XIXe siècle), Public domain
20. Jacques Babinet

    French physicist, mathematician and astronomer (1794–1872)

    March 5 · d. 1872

21. Eilhard Mitscherlich

    German chemist (1794–1863)

    January 7 · d. 1863

22. 
    Carl Borivoj Presl

    Czech botanist, physician and naturalist (1794-1852)

    February 17 · d. 1852

    Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
23. Edward Robinson

    American biblical scholar (1794-1863)

    April 10 · d. 1863

24. Friedrich Christian Diez

    German philologist (1794–1876)

    March 15 · d. 1876

25. Eduard Friedrich Eversmann

    German zoologist, explorer and university teacher (1794-1860)

    January 23 · d. 1860

26. Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge

    German chemist (1794–1867)

    February 8 · d. 1867

27. Abbasgulu Bakikhanov

    Azerbaijani writer and scholar

    July 2 · d. 1847

28. Jeanne Villepreux-Power

    French biologist (1794-1871)

    September 25 · d. 1871

29. Johann Heinrich von Mädler

    German astronomer (1794–1874)

    May 29 · d. 1874

30. Ami Boué

    Austrian geologist, physician and botanist (1794-1881)

    March 16 · d. 1881

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