Famous people born in 1797
The best-known people born in 1797, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Franz SchubertAustrian composer (1797–1828)
January 31 · d. 1828
Photo: Wilhelm August Rieder, Public domain
Heinrich HeineGerman poet, writer and literary critic (1797–1856)
December 13 · d. 1856
Photo: Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, Public domain
Wilhelm I19th-century German Emperor and King of Prussia (1797–1888)
March 22 · d. 1888
Photo: Wilhelm Kuntzemüller, Public domain
Adolphe ThiersPresident of France from 1871 to 1873 (1797-1877)
April 15 · d. 1877
Photo: Nadar, Public domain
Mirza GhalibIndian poet (1797-1869)
December 27 · d. 1869
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Alfred de VignyFrench poet, playwright, and novelist (1797–1863)
March 27 · d. 1863
Photo: Nadar, Public domain
ShamilNorth Caucasian imam and warrior (1797-1871)
July 7 · d. 1871
Photo: Andrey Denyer, Public domain
Joseph HenryAmerican scientist and the 1st Secretary of the Smithsonian (1797-1878)
December 17 · d. 1878
Photo: Henry Ulke (1821-1910), Public domain
Charles LyellBritish geologist (1797–1875)
November 14 · d. 1875
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Ferdinand von WrangelBaltic German explorer and Russian admiral (1797-1870)
January 9 · d. 1870
Photo: Alexander Fedorovich Pershakov, Public domain- Maria Leopoldina of Austria
Queen consort of Portugal and Empress consort of Brazil (1797–1826)
January 22 · d. 1826
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January
- January 7 · Mariano Paredes, President of Mexico (1797-1849)
- January 15 · Vincenz Kollar, Austrian zoologist, entomologist and journalist (1797–1860)
- January 21 · Joseph Méry, French writer (1797–1866)
- January 24 · Karl Eduard von Holtei, German actor (1798–1880)
- January 26 · Therese Albertine Luise Robinson, German-American writer (1797–1870)
- January 29 · Prince Adolf zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Prime Minister of Prussia, Prussian prince (1797-1873)
February
- February 5 · Jean-Marie Duhamel, French mathematician and physicist (1797–1872)
- February 6 · Joseph von Radowitz, Prussian general and statesman (1797-1853)
- February 6 · Richard Hawes, United States Representative; Second Confederate governor of Kentucky (1797-1877)
- February 20 · Jules Bourcier, French naturalist (1797-1873)
- February 28 · Prince Frederik of the Netherlands, Dutch Royal (1797–1881)
- February 28 · Mary Lyon, American educator (1797–1849)
March
- March 2 · Étienne Mulsant, French entomologist and ornithologist
- March 3 · Gotthilf Hagen, German physicist (1797–1884)
- March 6 · Gerrit Smith, American abolitionist and politician (1797–1874)
- March 14 · Charles de Rémusat, French politician and writer (1797-1875)
- March 21 · Johann Andreas Wagner, German zoologist (1797–1861)
- March 22 · Eduard Gans, German jurist (1797–1839)
April
- April 3 · Barthélémy Du Mortier, Belgian politician and botanist (1797-1878)
- April 7 · Pierre Leroux, French philosopher and political economist (1797-1871)
- April 13 · Stanislas Julien, French sinologist (1799-1873)
- April 14 · Benjamin Bonneville, Union Army general (1796–1878)
- April 22 · Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, French physicist (1797-1869)
- April 27 · Jean Victor Audouin, French naturalist, an entomologist, ornithologist and malacologist (1797-1841)
May
- May 2 · Abraham Pineo Gesner, Canadian physician and geologist (1797–1864)
- May 11 · José Mariano Salas, President of Mexico (1797-1867)
- May 15 · Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby, British Whig politician and author (1797-1863)
- May 17 · Count Karl Ferdinand von Buol, Austrian politician (1797-1865)
- May 21 · Gottlieb Wilhelm Bischoff, German botanist, educationist and university teacher (1797-1854)
- May 30 · Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann, German geologist (1797-1873)
June
- June 16 · Sophie Fremiet, French painter (1797-1867)
- June 17 · Alexandre Vinet, Swiss theologian and literary historian (1797-1847)
- June 19 · Hamilton Hume, Australian explorer (1797–1873)
- June 21 · Wilhelm Küchelbecker, Russian writer (1797–1846)
- June 25 · Duke Paul Wilhelm of Württemberg, German aristocrat and naturalist (1797–1860)
- June 29 · Frederic Baraga, Catholic missionary and bishop (1797-1868)
July
- July 2 · Princess Maria Antonia Koháry, 2nd Princess of Koháry, Hungarian noblewoman
- July 2 · Francisco Javier Echeverría, President of Mexico (1797-1852)
- July 12 · Adele Schopenhauer, German writer (1797-1849)
- July 14 · James Scott Bowerbank, British scientist/naturalist (1797-1877)
- July 20 · Paweł Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (1797–1873)
- July 25 · Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel, German aristocrat (1786–1850), Viceregal consort of the Kingdom of Hanover from 1818 to 1837
August
- August 10 · Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, German botanist (1797-1848)
- August 12 · Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir, Malay author, translator and teacher
- August 23 · Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant, French mathematician (*1797 – †1886)
- August 28 · Karl Otfried Müller, German scholar of classical Greek studies (1797–1840)
- August 31 · James Ferguson, American astronomer (1797–1867)
- August 31 · Ramón Castilla, president of Peru (1797-1867)
September
- September 10 · Carl Gustaf Mosander, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (1797–1858)
- September 12 · Emily de Vialar, French saint (1797–1856)
- September 16 · Anthony Panizzi, Italian librarian (1797-1879) and Principal Librarian of the British Museum
- September 17 · Heinrich Kuhl, German naturalist and zoologist (1797–1821)
- September 19 · January Suchodolski, Polish artist (1797-1875)
- September 25 · Wenceslas Bojer, Czech botanist (1797–1856)
October
- October 5 · John Gardner Wilkinson, English egyptologist (1797-1875)
- October 6 · Joseph Othmar Rauscher, Catholic cardinal (1797-1875)
- October 7 · Peter Georg Bang, Danish politician (1797-1861)
- October 23 · Jan Jacob Rochussen, Dutch politician (1797-1871)
- October 26 · Giuditta Pasta, Italian opera singer (1798-1865)
- October 30 · Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg, Archduchess of Austria (1797-1829)
November
- November 1 · Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg, Archduchess of Austria (1797–1855)
- November 2 · Baltazar Mathias Keilhau, Norwegian geologist and professor (1797-1858)
- November 6 · Gabriel Andral, French pathologist (1797-1876)
- November 15 · Thurlow Weed, United States political manager and journalist (1797–1882)
- November 19 · Charles Anthon, American classical scholar and educator (1797–1867)
- November 20 · Mary Buckland, British palaeontologist, marine biologist and scientific illustrator (1797-1857)
December
- December 2 · Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, archduchess of Austria (1797-1817)
- December 4 · George Tupou I, Monarch of Tonga (1797–1893)
- December 6 · Naum Veqilharxhi, Albanian inventor of writing system (1797-1846)
- December 12 · Pierre Léonard Vander Linden, Belgian entomologist (1797-1831)
- December 23 · Adrien-Henri de Jussieu, French botanist (1797-1853)
- December 27 · Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz, Prussian general (1796–1877)
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