Famous people born in 1808
The best-known people born in 1808, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Andrew JohnsonPresident of the United States from 1865 to 1869
December 29 · d. 1875
Photo: Mathew Brady, Retouched by Mmxx, Public domain
Napoleon IIIPresident of the Second French Republic, Emperor of the Second French Empire and last monarch of France (1808–1873)
April 20 · d. 1873
Photo: Mayer & Peirson, France, Public domain
Jefferson DavisPresident of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865 (1808–1889)
June 3 · d. 1889
Photo: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain
Abdelkader El DjezairiAlgerian religious and military leader (1808–1883)
September 6 · d. 1883
Photo: Ange Tissier, Public domain
Patrice de MacMahonthird President of the French Republic (1808–1893)
June 13 · d. 1893
Photo: Mayer et Pierson, Public domain
Gérard de NervalFrench writer, poet, essayist and translator (1808–1855)
May 22 · d. 1855
Photo: Nadar / Adrien Alban Tournachon, Public domain
Frederick VII of DenmarkKing of Denmark from 1848 to 1863
October 6 · d. 1863
Photo: Johan Vilhelm Gertner, Public domain
Jules Amédée Barbey d'AurevillyFrench writer (1808-1889)
November 2 · d. 1889
Photo: Émile Lévy, Public domain
José de EsproncedaSpanish poet (1808-1842)
March 25 · d. 1842
Photo: Antonio María Esquivel, Public domain
Antonio MeucciItalian inventor and telephone pioneer (1808–1889)
April 13 · d. 1889
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain- Lysander Spooner
American political philosopher, essayist, pamphlet writer, Unitarian, abolitionist, individualist anarchist, legal theorist, a member of the socialist First International and entrepreneur of the 19th century (1808–1887)
January 19 · d. 1887
- Princess Louise of Prussia
youngest daughter and eighth child of Frederick William III of Prussia (1808–1870)
February 1 · d. 1870
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January
- January 10 · Abraham Mapu, Hebrew novelist (1808–1867)
- January 12 · Wilhelm Philippe Schimper, German-French botanist (1808-1880)
- January 13 · Jørgen Roed, Danish artist (1808-1888)
- January 18 · Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark, Danish Princess; Duchess of Glücksburg (1808–1891)
- January 21 · Juan Crisóstomo Torrico, President of Peru (1808–1875)
- January 22 · James Fergusson, Scottish architectural historian (1808–1886)
February
- February 3 · Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, princess of Saxe-Wiemar-Eisenach by birth, and by marriage a princess of Prussia
- February 4 · Josef Kajetán Tyl, Czech poet, playwright, publicist, writer, historic literature writer and lyricist (1808-1856)
- February 15 · Karl Friedrich Lessing, German historical and landscape painter (1808-1880)
- February 21 · Prince Frederick of Württemberg, German prince and general (1808-1870)
- February 29 · Hugh Falconer, Scottish scientist (1808–1865)
- February 29 · Constantin Negruzzi, Romanian politician and writer (1808-1868)
March
- March 4 · Frederik Stang, 1st Prime Minister of Norway (1802–1884)
- March 6 · Sofia Adlersparre, Swedish painter (1808-1862)
- March 7 · Johann Caspar Bluntschli, Swiss jurist and politician (1808-1881)
- March 11 · Agustín Morales, Bolivian politician (1808-1872)
- March 19 · José María Urbina, President of Ecuador (1851-1856)
- March 22 · Caroline Norton, English feminist, social reformer, and author, editor (1808-1877)
April
- April 8 · Philipp Christoph Zeller, German entomologist (1808–1883)
- April 10 · Auguste Franchomme, French musician (1808-1884)
- April 11 · Eugène Bourdon, French clockwork maker and inventor (1808-1884)
- April 13 · Eugène Emmanuel Amaury Duval, French painter (1808-1885)
- April 18 · Teréz Karacs, Hungarian writer, educator, memoirist, and women's rights activist (1808–1892)
- April 25 · Gustav Weil, German orientalist (1808–1889)
May
- May 2 · Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin (1808-1896)
- May 4 · Agustín Fernando Muñoz, 1st Duke of Riánsares, 1st Duke of Riánsares (1808-1873)
- May 9 · John Scott Russell, British naval engineer (1808–1882)
- May 11 · Moses Ashley Curtis, U.S. botanist (1801–1872)
- May 18 · Venancio Flores, Uruguayan politician (1808-1868)
- May 20 · Thomas D. Rice, American performer, playwright and comedian (1808-1860)
June
- June 1 · Johannes Elias Teijsmann, Dutch botanist (1808-1882)
- June 10 · Frederik Kaiser, Dutch astronomer (1808-1872)
- June 13 · Carl Ritter von Ghega, Austrian railway designer (1802–1860)
- June 21 · Bernard du Bus de Gisignies, Belgian politician, ornithologist and paleontologist (1808–1874)
- June 22 · Xavier Marmier, French writer 1808-1892
- June 28 · Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso, Italian noblewoman, patriot, editor and philanthropist (1808–1871)
July
- July 8 · Mindon Min, King of Burma (1808–1878)
- July 10 · José María Linares, President of Bolivia (1808-1861)
- July 13 · Antonio Arenas, President of Peru (1808-1891)
- July 15 · Henry Cole, English civil servant and inventor (1808–1882)
- July 15 · George Peter Alexander Healy, American painter (1813–1894)
- July 27 · Moriz Haupt, German philologist (1808–1874)
August
- August 3 · Hamilton Fish, American politician (1808–1893)
- August 13 · Robert Wilhelm Ekman, Finnish painter (1808–1873)
- August 15 · Alfred von Reumont, German scholar and diplomat (1808-1887)
- August 19 · James Nasmyth, Scottish mechanical engineer and inventor (1808–1890)
- August 28 · Pyotr Chikhachyov, Russian scientist (1808–1890)
- August 29 · Franz Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German economist (1808-1883)
September
- September 9 · Wendela Hebbe, Swedish journalist and writer (1808–1899)
- September 12 · August von Werder, Prussian general (1808-1887)
- September 14 · Rudolf Amandus Philippi, German-Chilean naturalist and palaeontologist (1808-1904)
- September 15 · John Hutton Balfour, British botanist (1808-1884)
- September 21 · Solon Borland, American politician (1808-1864)
- September 25 · Georg Fresenius, German botanist (1808–1866)
October
- October 9 · Mary Horner Lyell, British geologist (1808–1873)
- October 12 · Victor Prosper Considerant, French utopian Socialist (1808–1893)
- October 12 · Frances Dana Barker Gage, American writer (1808-1884)
- October 20 · Qaani, Iranian poet
- October 24 · Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist and botanist (1808-1879)
- October 29 · Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer (1808–1873)
November
- November 1 · John Taylor, British-born American religious leader and third president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1808–1887)
- November 16 · José Rufino Echenique, President of Peru (1808–1887)
- November 20 · Albert Kazimirski de Biberstein, Polish-French orientalist (1808–1887)
- November 21 · Camillo Rondani, Italian entomologist (1808–1879)
- November 22 · Lionel de Rothschild, UK art collector and politician (1808-1879); member of Parliament
- November 23 · Charles Cardale Babington, English botanist and archaeologist (1808-1895)
December
- December 4 · Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria, Bavarian Royal (1808–1888)
- December 4 · Joseph Gabet, French Lazarist missionary that traveled in China with Évariste Régis Huc (1808-1853)
- December 6 · Sinjeong, queen; politician (1809-1890)
- December 7 · Hugh McCulloch, American financier and politician (1808–1895)
- December 23 · Eugénie de Beauharnais, Franco-German princess (1808-1847)
- December 29 · György Apponyi, Hungarian politician (1808-1899)
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