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Famous people born in 1807

The best-known people born in 1807, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.

Best known

  1. Giuseppe Garibaldi
  2. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

    American poet and educator (1807–1882)

    February 27 · d. 1882

    Photo: Hanstaingl, Public domain
  3. Robert E. Lee
    Robert E. Lee

    Confederate States general (1807–1870)

    January 19 · d. 1870

    Photo: Julian Vannerson, Public domain
  4. Louis Agassiz
    Louis Agassiz

    Swiss-American naturalist (1807–1873)

    May 28 · d. 1873

    Photo: William Shaw Warren, Public domain
  5. Jules Grévy
    Jules Grévy

    French statesman and lawyer (1807–1891)

    August 15 · d. 1891

    Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
  6. Josephine of Leuchtenberg

    Queen of Sweden and Norway from 1844 to 1859

    March 14 · d. 1876

  7. John Greenleaf Whittier

    American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery (1807-1892)

    December 17 · d. 1892

  8. Emily Donelson

    niece of U.S. President Andrew Jackson

    June 1 · d. 1836

  9. Harriet Taylor Mill

    British philosopher (1807–1858)

    October 8 · d. 1858

  10. Lajos Batthyány

    Hungarian politician (1807–1849)

    February 10 · d. 1849

  11. Joseph E. Johnston

    Confederate general (1807-1891)

    February 3 · d. 1891

  12. Aloysius Bertrand

    French poet (1807–1841)

    April 20 · d. 1841

  13. Matthew Fontaine Maury

    United States Navy officer

    January 14 · d. 1873

  14. Amir Kabir

    Prime Minister of Iran (1807-1852)

    January 9 · d. 1852

  15. Thiệu Trị

    third emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn dynasty (1807–1847)

    June 16 · d. 1847

  16. Feodora of Leiningen

    German princess (1807–1872); maternal half-sister of Queen Victoria

    December 7 · d. 1872

  17. Hermann Burmeister

    German Argentine zoologist, entomologist, herpetologist, and botanist (1807–1892)

    January 15 · d. 1892

  18. Narcisse Virgilio Díaz

    French painter (1807-1876)

    August 21 · d. 1876

  19. Alfred Vail

    American inventor (1807–1859)

    September 25 · d. 1859

  20. Jónas Hallgrímsson

    Icelandic writer (1807–1845)

    November 16 · d. 1845

  21. Joseph Petzval

    Slovak physicist, mathematician and inventor (1807-1891)

    January 6 · d. 1891

  22. Anthony Mary Claret

    Spanish Roman Catholic bishop, missionary and saint (1807-1870)

    December 23 · d. 1870

  23. Princess Cecilia of Sweden

    princess of Sweden and Grand Duchess of Oldenburg (1807-1844)

    June 22 · d. 1844

  24. Wilford Woodruff

    President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1807-1898)

    March 1 · d. 1898

  25. Jules Pelouze

    French chemist (1807–1867)

    February 26 · d. 1867

  26. Princess Charlotte of Württemberg

    Russian Grand duchess (1807-1873)

    January 9 · d. 1873

  27. Charles Francis Adams Sr.

    American historical editor, politician and diplomat from Massachusetts (1807–1886)

    August 18 · d. 1886

  28. Friedrich Theodor Vischer

    German philosopher, writer and politician (1807-1887)

    June 30 · d. 1887

  29. Johan Sebastian Welhaven

    Norwegian writer (1807-1873)

    December 22 · d. 1873

  30. Ernest Legouvé

    French dramatist (1807–1903)

    February 14 · d. 1903

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  • September 1 · Pieter Willem Korthals, Dutch botanist (1807–1892)
  • September 2 · Fredrika Runeberg, Finland Swedish novelist, Finland's first female journalist (1807–1879)
  • September 7 · Henry Sewell, 19th-century New Zealand politician (1807-1879)
  • September 11 · Ignaz Lachner, German composer and conductor (1807-1895)
  • September 20 · Giovanni Ruffini, Italian poet and opera librettist (1807-1881)
  • September 28 · Arnaud Henri Guyot, Swiss-American geographer, paleontologist, meteorologist and naturalist (1807-1884)

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