Famous people born in 1802
The best-known people born in 1802, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Victor HugoFrench novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
February 26 · d. 1885
Photo: Étienne Carjat, Public domain
Niels Henrik AbelNorwegian mathematician (1802–1829)
August 5 · d. 1829
Photo: Johan Gørbitz, Public domain
Elias LönnrotFinnish physician, philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry (1802–1884)
April 9 · d. 1884
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Lajos KossuthHungarian politician (1802–1894)
September 19 · d. 1894
Photo: Southworth & Hawes, Public domain
János BolyaiHungarian mathematician (1802–1860)
December 15 · d. 1860
Photo: Halmágyi Zsolt, CC BY-SA 4.0
Wilhelm HauffGerman poet and novelist (1802–1827)
November 29 · d. 1827
Photo: Ernst Hader, Public domain
Harriet MartineauEnglish writer and sociologist (1802–1876)
June 12 · d. 1876
Photo: Richard Evans, Public domain
Nikolaus LenauAustrian poet (1802-1850)
August 13 · d. 1850
Photo: Friedrich von Amerling, Public domain- Lydia Maria Child
American abolitionist, author and women's rights activist (1802-1880)
February 11 · d. 1880
- Jean-Baptiste Boussingault
French chemist who made significant contributions to agricultural science, petroleum science and metallurgy (1801–1887)
February 2 · d. 1887
- Ion Heliade Rădulescu
Academic, Romantic and Classicist poet, essayist, memoirist, short story writer, newspaper editor and politician (1802-1872)
January 6 · d. 1872
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January
- January 3 · Félix Dupanloup, French bishop (1802-1878)
- January 6 · Henri Herz, Austrian musician (1803–1888)
- January 10 · Carl Ritter von Ghega, Austrian railway designer (1802–1860)
- January 16 · Friedrich Julius Stahl, German lawyer and politician (1802-1861)
- January 19 · Sylvain Van de Weyer, Belgian politician and ambassador to Britain (1802-1874)
- January 26 · Casimir Lefaucheux, French gunsmith (1802–1852)
February
- February 7 · James Busby, Scottish/Australian/New Zealand viticulturalist, farmer and politician (1802-1871)
- February 14 · Józef Bohdan Zaleski, Polish poet (1802–1886)
- February 19 · Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, member of the Swiss Federal Council (1802-1881)
- February 20 · Charles Auguste de Bériot, Belgian composer and violinist (1802–1870)
- February 25 · Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein, Younger brother of Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1802–1887)
- February 27 · Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg, German duchess (1802–1864)
March
- March 3 · Adolphe Nourrit, French opera singer (1802-1839)
- March 6 · Andrei Stackenschneider, Russian architect of German origin (1802–1865)
- March 14 · Manuel García Gil, Spanish cardinal (1802–1881)
- March 24 · Jacob van Lennep, Dutch writer, politician and director (1802-1868)
- March 27 · Charles-Mathias Simons, Belgian politician (1802-1874)
- March 29 · Johann Moritz Rugendas, German painter (1802–1858)
April
- April 14 · Francis Libermann, French priest (1802-1852)
- April 16 · Eugène Flachat, French civil engineer (1802–1873)
- April 18 · George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle, British politician (1802–1864)
- April 24 · Alexander Dukhnovich, Ruthenian national revivalist, writer, educator and Greek Catholic priest (1802–1865)
- April 26 · Gheorghe Bibescu, Romanian prince (1804–1873)
- April 27 · Louis Niedermeyer, composer (1802-1861)
May
- May 4 · Yuriy Venelin, Russian academic
- May 6 · Charles Nicholas Aubé, French physician and entomologist (1802-1869)
- May 17 · Miguel de San Román, President of Peru (1802–1863)
- May 20 · Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Regent of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1802–1858)
- May 20 · David Octavius Hill, Scottish painter and photographer (1802-1870)
- May 31 · Cesare Pugni, Italian composer (1802–1870)
June
- June 1 · Charles Lenormant, French archaeologist (1802–1859)
- June 2 · Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann, German zoologist (1802-1841)
- June 14 · Frederik Stang, 1st Prime Minister of Norway (1802–1884)
- June 22 · Émile de Girardin, French politician and journalist (1802-1881)
- June 22 · Alexander Kasimovich Kazembek, Russian orientalist, historian and philologist
- June 30 · Benjamin Fitzpatrick, American politician (1802-1869)
July
- July 1 · Gideon Welles, American government official; United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869 (1802–1878)
- July 9 · Thomas Davenport, American inventor (1802–1851)
- July 10 · Robert Chambers, Scottish publisher and writer (1802–1871)
- July 21 · David Hunter, American Union general during the Civil War (1802–1886)
- July 23 · Manuel María Lombardini, President of Mexico (1853)
- July 26 · Mariano Arista, President of Mexico (1851–1853)
August
- August 2 · Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, diocesan Bishop, philosopher and theologian (1802-1865)
- August 14 · Letitia Elizabeth Landon, British poet and novelist (1802–1838)
- August 14 · Fabio Maria Asquini, Italian cardinal (1802–1878)
- August 19 · Stephan Schulzer von Müggenburg, Hungarian mycologist (1802-1892)
- August 20 · Frederick William, Elector of Hesse, last Elector of Hesse-Kassel
- August 31 · Husein Gradaščević, Bosnian Muslim general (1802–1834)
September
- September 13 · Arnold Ruge, German philosopher and political writer (1802–1880)
- September 18 · Leon Sapieha, Prince Leon Sapieha (1803–1878)
- September 18 · Amédée Méreaux, French musicologist, pianist, and composer
- September 20 · Louis Augustus, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, German noble (1802–1818)
- September 24 · Adolphe d'Archiac, academic, member of the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino since 1853 (1802–1868)
- September 28 · Constantine, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Hereditary Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1802–1838)
October
- October 2 · Édouard Ménétries, French entomologist and ornithologist (1802–1861)
- October 4 · Adolphe Niel, French Army general and statesman, also Marshal of France (1802-1869)
- October 7 · Magnus Brostrup Landstad, Norwegian priest, hymnwriter (1802-1880)
- October 20 · Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg, German Lutheran churchman and neo-Lutheran theologian (1802-1869)
- October 31 · Charlotte Napoléone Bonaparte, Princess of France (1802-1839)
- October 31 · Benoît Fourneyron, French engineer (1802-1867)
November
- November 3 · Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, German prince (1802-1871)
- November 8 · Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover, British politician (1802-1867)
- November 9 · Marianna Marquesa Florenzi, Italian philosopher (1802–1870)
- November 9 · Elijah Parish Lovejoy, American minister, journalist, and abolitionist (1802–1837)
- November 14 · August Pott, German linguist (1802–1887)
- November 30 · Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg, German philosopher, philologist, Prussian university professor (1802-1872)
December
- December 4 · Richard Thomas Lowe, British botanist, ichthyologist, malacologist and cleric (1802-1874)
- December 6 · Paul-Émile Botta, French archaeologist (1802–1870)
- December 15 · Jean-Daniel Colladon, Swiss physicist (1802-1893)
- December 20 · Dimitrios Voulgaris, prime minister of Greece with Arvanite origin (1802-1877)
- December 23 · Sara Coleridge, British poet, translator, editor, writer (1802–1852)
- December 24 · François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau, French explorer and entomologist (1802–1880)
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