Famous people born in 1811
The best-known people born in 1811, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Franz LisztHungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811-1886)
October 22 · d. 1886
Photo: Franz Hanfstaengl, Public domain
Harriet Beecher StoweAmerican abolitionist and author (1811–1896)
June 14 · d. 1896
Photo: not specified, Public domain
William Makepeace ThackerayBritish novelist (1811–1863)
July 18 · d. 1863
Photo: Jesse Harrison Whitehurst, Public domain
Évariste GaloisFrench mathematician (1811-1832)
October 25 · d. 1832
Photo: Alfred Galois, Public domain
Théophile GautierFrench poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic (1811–1872)
August 30 · d. 1872
Photo: Nadar, Public domain
Vissarion BelinskyRussian literary critic (1811-1848)
June 11 · d. 1848
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Napoleon IIThe second Emperor of the French (1815)
March 20 · d. 1832
Photo: Moritz Michael Daffinger, Public domain
Urbain Le VerrierFrench astronomer (1811-1877)
March 11 · d. 1877
Photo: User Magnus Manske on en.wikipedia, Public domain
Domingo Faustino SarmientoArgentinian politician and writer (1811-1888)
February 15 · d. 1888
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Isaac SingerAmerican businessman; inventor of the Singer sewing machine (1811-1875)
October 27 · d. 1875
Photo: Edward Harrison May, Public domain
Maximilian II of BavariaKing of Bavaria between 1848 and 1864 (1811–1864)
November 28 · d. 1864
Photo: Joseph Bernhardt, Public domain- Emperor Norton
San Francisco eccentric and self-proclaimed Emperor of the United States
January 17 · d. 1880
Karel Jaromír ErbenCzech archivist, poet, ethnographer, librettist, publicist, lawyer, translator and writer (1811–1870)
November 7 · d. 1870
Photo: Jan Vilímek, Public domain- Jón Sigurðsson
leader of the 19th-century Icelandic independence movement (1811-1879)
June 17 · d. 1879
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January
- January 9 · Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English barrister and humorist (1811-1856)
- January 15 · Joseph Cafasso, Italian priest and social reformer (1811-1860)
- January 15 · Abby Kelley Foster, American activist (1811–1887)
- January 16 · Johann Dzierzon, pioneering apiarist (1811–1906)
- January 17 · George S. Houston, American politician, Alabama (1811-1879)
- January 18 · Édouard René Lefèbvre de Laboulaye, French politician (1811-1883)
February
- February 4 · Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, French organ builder (1811–1899)
- February 4 · Peter Julian Eymard, Catholic priest - Saint
- February 5 · William H. Harvey, Irish botanist (1811-1866)
- February 6 · Henry Liddell, British classical scholar and administrator (1811–1898)
- February 19 · Jules Sandeau, French writer (1811–1883)
- February 24 · Edward Dickinson Baker, American politician, lawyer and military leader (1811–1861)
March
- March 2 · Hugh Edwin Strickland, British geologist and zoologist (1811-1853)
- March 9 · Jeanne Émilie de Villeneuve, French nun and saint (1811–1854)
- March 20 · George Caleb Bingham, American artist (1811–1879)
- March 22 · Sakuma Shōzan, Japanese politician (1811-1864)
- March 24 · Fanny Lewald, German writer (1811-1889)
- March 28 · John Neumann, Czech christian missionary and saint (1811–1860)
April
- April 5 · Jules Dupré, French painter (1811-1889)
- April 7 · Leopold, Count von Thun und Hohenstein, Czech nobleman (1811-1888)
- April 11 · Emmanuel Servais, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1811-1890)
- April 11 · Emmanuel de Rougé, French politician, philologist, and egyptologist (1811–1872)
- April 15 · Katarina Ivanović, Serbian painter (1811–1882)
- April 22 · Otto Hesse, German mathematician (*1811 – †1874)
May
- May 8 · Frédéric Alfred Pierre, comte de Falloux, French politician and author (1811–1886)
- May 11 · Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt, British admiral, hydrographer and geologist (1811–1888)
- May 13 · Juan Bautista Ceballos, President of Mexico (1811-1859)
- May 20 · Alfred Domett, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1811-1887)
- May 22 · Kurmanjan Datka, Kyrgyzstani diplomat (1811-1907)
- May 23 · José de Salamanca, 1st Count of los Llanos, Spanish politician and entrepreneur (1811-1883)
June
- June 5 · Princess Louise Amelie of Baden, Princess of Vasa (1811-1854)
- June 7 · James Young Simpson, British obstetrician (1811–1870)
- June 8 · Carl Johan Thyselius, Swedish politician and prime minister 1883–1884 (1811–1891)
- June 9 · Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (1812–1885)
- June 17 · Adolphe d'Ennery, French Jewish dramatist and novelist (1811–1899)
- June 25 · John William Casilear, American artist (1811-1893)
July
- July 8 · Luis González Bravo, Spanish journalist and politician (1811-1871)
- July 11 · Johann Georg von Hahn, Austrian diplomat and linguist (1811–1869)
- July 13 · George Gilbert Scott, English architect (1811–1878)
- July 18 · Karl Ludwig von Littrow, Austrian astronomer (1811–1877)
- July 20 · James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, British nobleman, politician and diplomat (1811–1863)
- July 21 · Dimitrios Demeter, Croatian writer (1811–1872)
August
- August 7 · Elias Loomis, American science writer (1811–1889)
- August 8 · Enrico Cialdini, Italian general (1811-1892)
- August 13 · Gonçalves de Magalhães, Viscount of Araguaia, Brazilian poet, playwright, physician and diplomat (1811–1882)
- August 16 · George Jones, American journalist who co-founded the New-York Daily Times (1811–1891)
- August 18 · Johannes Warnardus Bilders, painter from the Northern Netherlands (1811-1890)
- August 21 · Joseph Derenbourg, Franco-German orientalist (1811-1895)
September
- September 1 · Richard Dybeck, Swedish writer (1811–1877)
- September 2 · J. C. Jacobsen, Danish industrialist and philanthropist (1811—1887)
- September 7 · Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1811–1885)
- September 11 · Victor Duruy, French historian and statesman (1811-1894)
- September 12 · James Hall, American paleontologist (1811-1898)
- September 12 · William Bell Scott, British artist (1811-1890)
October
- October 9 · Princess Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, duchess consort of Anhalt-Bernburg (1811-1902)
- October 12 · Thomas Caverhill Jerdon, British zoologist, botanist, and physician (1811-1872)
- October 23 · Orazio Antinori, Italian explorer and zoologist (1811–1882)
- October 24 · Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel, Dutch botanist (1811-1871)
- October 24 · Georg August Wallin, Finnish orientalist (1811–1852)
- October 29 · Prince Adalbert of Prussia, Prussian admiral; fifth child of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia and Princess Marie Anna of Hesse-Homburg
November
- November 4 · Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain, Infante of Portugal and Spain (1811–1875)
- November 6 · Markiian Shashkevych, Ukrainian poet, translator (1811-1843)
- November 16 · John Bright, British Radical and Liberal statesman (1811–1889)
- November 19 · François Delsarte, French singer and teacher (1811–1871)
- November 24 · Ditlev Gothard Monrad, Danish politician (1811–1887)
- November 29 · Wendell Phillips, American abolitionist, advocate for Native Americans, orator and lawyer (1811-1884)
December
- December 3 · Francisco Javier Zaldúa, President of Colombia
- December 6 · Justus Carl Hasskarl, German botanist (1811-1894)
- December 7 · Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist (1810–1894)
- December 23 · Evdokiya Rostopchina, Russian noble and poet (1812-1858)
- December 25 · Wilhelm Emmanuel Freiherr von Ketteler, German theologian and politician who served as Bishop of Mainz (1811-1877)
- December 29 · Francisco Palau, Beatified Spanish Discalced Carmelite friar and priest (1811-1872)
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