Famous people born in 1805
The best-known people born in 1805, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Hans Christian AndersenDanish writer and poet (1805–1875)
April 2 · d. 1875
Photo: Thora Hallager, Public domain
Alexis de TocquevilleFrench political thinker and historian, minister of Foreign Affairs (1805-1859)
July 29 · d. 1859
Photo: Théodore Chassériau, Public domain
Joseph SmithAmerican religious leader and founder of the Latter Day Saint movement (1805–1844)
December 23 · d. 1844
Photo: Lucian Rose Foster, Public domain
Giuseppe MazziniItalian nationalist activist, politician, journalist and philosopher
June 22 · d. 1872
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
William Rowan HamiltonIrish mathematician and astronomer (1805-1865)
August 4 · d. 1865
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune DirichletGerman mathematician (1805–1859)
February 13 · d. 1859
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Carl Gustav Jacob JacobiGerman mathematician (1804–1851)
December 10 · d. 1851
Photo: August Kaselowsky ; Giesecke u. Devrient (heliogr.), Public domain
Ferdinand de LessepsFrench diplomat and entrepreneur, developer of the Suez Canal (1805–1894)
November 19 · d. 1894
Photo: Pierre Petit, Public domain
Louis Auguste BlanquiFrench socialist and political activist (1805-1881)
February 8 · d. 1881
Photo: Eugène Appert, Public domain
Robert FitzroyRoyal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)
July 5 · d. 1865
Photo: Hemus, Charles 1849?-1925, Public domain
Adalbert StifterAustrian painter, pacifist and writer (1805-1868)
October 23 · d. 1868
Photo: Josef Grandauer, Public domain- Esteban Echeverría Mamani
Argentine poet, fiction writer, cultural promoter, and political activist
September 2 · d. 1851
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January
- January 6 · Ewelina Hańska, Polish noblewoman, Honoré de Balzac's wife (c. 1805 – 1882)
- January 8 · John Bigler, Governor of California (1805-1871)
- January 11 · Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger, Austrian artist (1805–1880)
- January 15 · Louise Bertin, French composer (1805-1877)
- January 27 · Samuel Palmer, British landscape painter, etcher and printmaker (1805-1881)
- January 29 · Eugénie de Guérin, French women writer (1805-1848)
February
- February 3 · Samuel Curtis, American Union Army general (1805–1866)
- February 4 · Maria De Mattias, Italian Catholic nun, foundress and saint (1805-1866)
- February 10 · Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Indian Carmelite priest and Religious Founder (1805–1871)
- February 21 · Theodor Hartig, German forestry scientist, entomologist and botanist (1805–1880)
- February 22 · Princess Amalia of Sweden, Swedish princess (1805-1853)
- February 26 · Malek Jahan Khanom, Regent of Persia, Qajar queen mother and princess (1805-1873)
March
- March 2 · Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg, German prince (1805-1863)
- March 14 · Eduard Clam-Gallas, Czech nobleman (1805-1891)
- March 17 · Manuel García, Spanish baritone and educator (1805–1906)
- March 26 · Shirali Muslumov, disputed claimant to extreme longevity record (1805–1973)
- March 29 · Eugène Schneider, French businessman and French civil law notary (1805-1875)
- March 30 · Auguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry, French priest and scholar (1805-1872)
April
- April 4 · Prosper Guéranger, French Benedictine abbot (1806–1875)
- April 8 · Hugo von Mohl, German botanist (1805–1872)
- April 11 · Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian linguist and botanist (1805-1887)
- April 22 · Eugène Devéria, French painter (1805–1865)
- April 23 · Karl Rosenkranz, German philosopher (1805–1879)
- April 23 · Augustus Addison Gould, American conchologist (1805–1866)
May
- May 5 · José Ballivián, Bolivian general (1805-1852)
- May 11 · Philipp Foltz, German history painter (1805–1877)
- May 14 · Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, Danish composer (1805–1900)
- May 14 · Salomon Munk, German-born Jewish-French Orientalist (1803–1867)
- May 16 · Alexander Burnes, British explorer and political officer in British India (1805-1841)
- May 20 · Georg Gottfried Gervinus, German historian and politician (national liberalism), (1805-1871)
June
- June 8 · Salustiano de Olózaga y Almandoz, Prime Ministers of Spain (1805-1873)
- June 9 · Johann Friedrich Klotzsch, German botanist and pharmacist (1805-1860)
- June 13 · Johann Eduard Erdmann, German philosopher (1805–1892)
- June 14 · Robert Anderson, Union Army general (1805–1871)
- June 19 · Victor Baltard, architect (1805–1874)
- June 22 · Ida von Hahn-Hahn, German author and countess (1805-1880)
July
- July 3 · Jean-Baptiste Nothomb, Belgian politician (1805-1881)
- July 4 · Ludwig Georg Karl Pfeiffer, German physician, zoologist and botanist (1805–1877)
- July 8 · Luigi Ricci, Italian opera composer (1805-1859)
- July 9 · József Szén, Hungarian chess player (1805–1857)
- July 23 · Maria da Assunção of Portugal, Portuguese Infanta (1805–1834)
- July 30 · Rudolf Wagner, German scientist (1805–1864)
August
- August 12 · Johann Karl Rodbertus, economist from Germany (1805-1875)
- August 19 · Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire, French philosopher, journalist, statesman, and possible illegitimate son of Napoleon I of France (1805-1895)
- August 21 · August Bournonville, Danish ballet master and choreographer (1805–1879)
- August 23 · Anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman (1805–1893)
- August 29 · Frederick Denison Maurice, English theologian, religious author and Christian Socialist (1805-1872)
- August 30 · Michael Sars, Norwegian biologist and priest (1805-1869)
September
- September 6 · Horatio Greenough, American artist (1805-1852)
- September 7 · Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop in the Church of England
- September 19 · John Stevens Cabot Abbott, American historian, pastor, and author (1805-1877)
- September 26 · Dmitry Venevitinov, Russian poet (1805–1827)
- September 27 · George Müller, German-English clergyman (1805–1898)
- September 29 · Christian Morgenstern, German painter (1805-1867)
October
- October 6 · Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient, German opera soprano (1804–1860)
- October 11 · Gustav Struve, German revolutionary and journalist (1805-1870)
- October 15 · Wilhelm von Kaulbach, German painter (1805-1874)
- October 15 · Eusebio Guilarte Mole, President of Bolivia (1805-1849)
- October 16 · Jean Laborde, adventurer and early industrialist in Madagascar
- October 28 · Antonio Saverio De Luca, cardinal (1805–1883)
November
- November 7 · Thomas Brassey, British engineering contractor (1805–1870)
- November 12 · Mariano Ospina Rodríguez, Colombian politician (1805–1885); President of Colombia from 1857 to 1861
- November 14 · Eugène Rousseau, French chess player
- November 19 · Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys, French diplomat (1805-1881)
- November 21 · Carlo Luigi Morichini, Catholic cardinal (1805–1879)
- November 30 · George François Reuter, botanist (1805-1872)
December
- December 9 · Tomás Villalba, Uruguayan politician (1805–1886)
- December 10 · Joseph Škoda, Czech surgeon, internist, pathologist and university educator (1805–1881)
- December 13 · Johann von Lamont, Scottish-German astronomer (1805–1879)
- December 22 · John Obadiah Westwood, English entomologist and archaeologist (1805-1893)
- December 30 · Frederick Smith, British entomologist (1805–1879)
- December 31 · Jeanne Deroin, French feminist, editor (1805–1894)
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