Famous people born in 1812
The best-known people born in 1812, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Charles DickensEnglish novelist and social critic (1812–1870)
February 7 · d. 1870
Photo: Jeremiah Gurney, Public domain
Robert BrowningEnglish poet and playwright (1812–1889)
May 7 · d. 1889
Photo: Herbert Rose Barraud / Adam Cuerden, Public domain
Ivan GoncharovRussian novelist and official (1812–1891)
June 18 · d. 1891
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Alexander HerzenRussian author, philosopher, and revolutionary (1812–1870)
April 6 · d. 1870
Photo: Étienne Carjat, Public domain
Johann Gottfried GalleGerman astronomer (1812-1910)
June 9 · d. 1910
Photo: Olga Radomsky, Public domain
Edward LearBritish artist, illustrator, author and poet (1812-1888)
May 12 · d. 1888
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Henry Wilsonvice president of the United States from 1873 to 1875
February 16 · d. 1875
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Samuel SmilesScottish writer and journalist (1812-1904)
December 23 · d. 1904
Photo: George Reid, Public domain
Peter Christen AsbjørnsenNorwegian forester, writer, children's writer, and collector of fairy tales (1812–1885)
January 15 · d. 1885
Photo: various, Public domain- Maria Cristina of Savoy, Queen of the Two Sicilies
Queen Consort of the Two Sicilies (1812-1836) and Blessed
November 14 · d. 1836
- Alexander H. Stephens
vice president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865 (1812–1883)
February 11 · d. 1883
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January
- January 6 · Melchora Aquino, Filipina revolutionary (1812-1919)
- January 6 · Knud Knudsen, Norwegian linguist and philologist (1812-1895)
- January 20 · Édouard Séguin, French physician and educator (1812-1880)
- January 25 · Pierre De Decker, Belgian politician (1812-1891)
- January 25 · William Shanks, Amateur calculator, school owner
- January 28 · Ilija Garašanin, Serbian politician (1812-1874)
February
- February 2 · Yevgeny Grebyonka, Russian and Ukrainian poet (1812-1848)
- February 5 · Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès, French soldier and politician (1812-1895)
- February 19 · Andrew Dickson Murray, British scientist (1812-1878)
- February 22 · John B. Weller, United States Senator, from California (1812-1875)
- February 25 · Carl Christian Hall, Danish politician (1812–1888)
- February 27 · Samo Chalupka, Slovak poet
March
- March 1 · Nicolae Crețulescu, Romanian politician and physician (1812–1900)
- March 2 · Carl Edvard Rotwitt, Danish prime Minister (1812-1860)
- March 6 · Bruno Hildebrand, German economist (1812-1878)
- March 11 · Vincent Wallace, Irish composer and musician (1812–1865)
- March 12 · Ignacio Comonfort, President of Mexico (1812-1863)
- March 27 · Ivan Panaev, Russian writer, critic and publisher (1812–1862)
April
- April 14 · George Grey, British soldier, explorer, colonial administrator and writer (1812–1898)
- April 16 · Juraj Dobrila, Croatian Roman Catholic bishop and benefactor (1812-1882)
- April 22 · James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, Scottish politician and civil servant (1812–1860)
- April 22 · Walthère Frère-Orban, Belgian politician (1812-1896)
- April 23 · Frederick Whitaker, Premier of New Zealand (1812–1891)
- April 26 · Alfred Krupp, German entrepreneur and inventor (1812–1887)
May
- May 14 · Emilie Mayer, German composer (1812-1883)
- May 18 · Francisco Coll Guitar, Spanish saint (1812–1875)
- May 19 · Charlotte Guest, noblewoman; Welsh translator and business woman (1812-1895)
- May 22 · Gabriel Aivazovsky, Armenian archbishop, historian, scientist (1812–1880)
- May 22 · Theodor Bergk, German classical philologist (1812–1881)
- May 25 · Filippo Pacini, 19th-century Italian anatomist
June
- June 8 · Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Czech violinist, composer and violist (1814-1865)
- June 9 · Hermann von Fehling, German chemist (1812–1885)
- June 13 · Izmail Sreznevsky, Russian and Ukrainian slavic academic
- June 14 · Antoine Patek, Polish watchmaker (1812–1877)
- June 18 · Otto Wilhelm Sonder, German botanist (1812-1881)
- June 30 · Pavel Annenkov, Russian literary critic and memoirist (1813–1887)
July
- July 9 · George Henry Kendrick Thwaites, English botanist and entomologist (1812–1882)
- July 11 · Louis Leroy, French engraver, painter, and playwright (1812-1885)
- July 14 · Buenaventura Báez, President of the Dominican Republic (1812–1884)
- July 15 · Emil von Sydow, German geographer (1812–1873)
- July 15 · Benno Adam, German painter (1812-1892)
- July 27 · Thomas Lanier Clingman, Confederate Army general and politician (1812-1897)
August
- August 1 · Jean Baptiste François Pitra, Catholic cardinal (1812–1889)
- August 6 · Emmanuel Arago, French politician (1812–1896)
- August 13 · Carl Rahl, Austrian artist (1812-1865)
- August 25 · Nikolay Zinin, Russian chemist (1812-1880)
- August 26 · Duke Peter of Oldenburg, Russian duke (1812–1881)
- August 27 · Bertalan Szemere, Prime Minister of Hungary (1812-1869)
September
- September 2 · William Fox, Premier of New Zealand in the 19th century, company agent, explorer and artist (1812–1893)
- September 2 · Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Scottish inventor of the bicycle (1812–1878)
- September 13 · Auguste Maquet, French historian and writer (1813–1888)
- September 16 · Robert Fortune, British botanist
- September 16 · Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint, Dutch writer, editor (1812-1886)
- September 21 · Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde, Hungarian countess (1812-1841)
October
- October 4 · Fanny Tacchinardi Persiani, Italian opera singer (soprano)
- October 10 · János Garay, Hungarian poet (1812–1853)
- October 14 · Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ, Danish politician and mathematician (1812–1893)
- October 19 · Agostino Bertani, Italian physician end revolutionary (1812-1886)
- October 27 · Abraham Dee Bartlett, British zoologist (1812-1897)
- October 28 · Cirilo Villaverde, Cuban writer (1812-1894)
November
- November 9 · Paul Abadie, French architect and building restorer (1812–1884)
- November 9 · Charles Duclerc, French politician (1812-1888)
- November 10 · Zuo Zongtang, Qing dynasty general (1812-1885)
- November 14 · Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet and politician (1812-1878)
- November 24 · George James Allman, Irish natural historian (1812-1898)
- November 30 · Auguste Duméril, French zoologist (1812–1870)
December
- December 6 · Louis-Nicolas Cabat, French painter (1812-1892)
- December 7 · William James Linton, English-born American artist and botanist (1812-1897)
- December 23 · Henri Wallon, French politician (1812-1904)
- December 24 · Eliza Cook, British writer (1818–1889)
- December 25 · Ludwig Wilhelmy, German chemist (1812–1864)
- December 28 · Julius Rietz, German musician (1812–1877)
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