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Famous people born in 1813

The best-known people born in 1813, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.

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  1. Richard Wagner
    Richard Wagner

    German composer (1813–1883)

    May 22 · d. 1883

    Photo: Franz Hanfstaengl, Public domain
  2. Giuseppe Verdi
    Giuseppe Verdi

    Italian opera composer (1813–1901)

    October 10 · d. 1901

    Photo: Ferdinand Mulnier, Public domain
  3. Søren Kierkegaard
    Søren Kierkegaard

    Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813–1855)

    May 5 · d. 1855

    Photo: La Biblioteca Real de Dinamarca, Public domain
  4. David Livingstone
    David Livingstone

    Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873)

    March 19 · d. 1873

    Photo: Thomas Annan / Adam Cuerden, Public domain
  5. Claude Bernard
    Claude Bernard

    French physiologist (1813-1878)

    July 12 · d. 1878

    Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
  6. Georg Büchner
    Georg Büchner

    German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose (1813–1837)

    October 17 · d. 1837

    Photo: Philipp August Joseph Hoffmann (1807 bis 1883), Public domain
  7. Friedrich Hebbel
    Friedrich Hebbel

    German poet and dramatist (1813-1863)

    March 18 · d. 1863

    Photo: Thomas Ledl, CC BY-SA 4.0
  8. Ivar Andreas Aasen
    Ivar Andreas Aasen

    Norwegian linguist and poet, dubbed the father of Nynorsk (1813 – 1896)

    August 5 · d. 1896

    Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
  9. James Dwight Dana

    American mineralogist, scientist and zoologist (1813-1895)

    February 12 · d. 1895

  10. John Snow

    English epidemiologist and physician (1813–1858)

    March 15 · d. 1858

  11. Petar II Petrović-Njegoš

    Prince-Bishop of Montenegro

    November 13 · d. 1851

  12. Henry Ward Beecher

    American clergyman and activist (1813–1887)

    June 24 · d. 1887

  13. Charles-Valentin Alkan

    French composer and pianist (1813–1888)

    November 30 · d. 1888

  14. Henry Bessemer

    British engineer (1813-1898)

    January 19 · d. 1898

  15. Alexander Dargomyzhsky

    Russian composer

    February 14 · d. 1869

  16. Agostino Depretis

    Italian politician (1813–1887)

    January 31 · d. 1887

  17. Franz Miklosich

    Austrian member of Empire parliament (Austria empire), lawyer and university educator (1813-1891)

    November 20 · d. 1891

  18. Jenny von Westphalen

    German theatre critic and political activist (1814–1881)

    February 12 · d. 1881

  19. Jørgen Moe

    Norwegian folklorist, poet and bishop (1813–1882)

    April 22 · d. 1882

  20. John C. Frémont

    American politician, explorer and military officer (1813–1890)

    January 21 · d. 1890

  21. Stephen A. Douglas

    American politician and lawyer (1813–1861)

    April 23 · d. 1861

  22. Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters

    German-American academic and astronomer (1813–1890)

    September 19 · d. 1890

  23. Walther Flemming

    German biologist (1843–1905)

    April 21 · d. 1905

  24. Louise-Victorine Ackermann

    French poet (1813-1890)

    November 30 · d. 1890

  25. Matthias Alexander Castrén

    Finnish ethnologist and philologist (1813–1852)

    December 2 · d. 1852

  26. Camilla Collett

    Norwegian author and women's rights activist

    January 23 · d. 1895

  27. Ludwig Leichhardt

    German explorer of Australia (1813-1848)

    October 23 · d. 1848

  28. Nikolay Ogarev

    Russian poet, historian and political activist (1813-1877)

    December 6 · d. 1877

  29. Thomas Andrews

    Irish chemist and physicist (1813–1885)

    December 19 · d. 1885

  30. Louis Lucien Bonaparte

    French philologist and politician (1813-1891)

    January 4 · d. 1891

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  • December 5 · Gennady Nevelskoy, Russian navigator (1813-1876)
  • December 8 · Jacob Georg Agardh, Swedish botanist, phycologist, and taxonomist (1813-1901)
  • December 8 · Adolph Kolping, German catholic priest (1813-1865)
  • December 10 · Errico Petrella, Italian opera composer (1813-2040)
  • December 29 · Karel Sabina, Czech writer, poet, journalist, philosopher, translator, literary critic and politician (1813–1877)
  • December 29 · Alexander Parkes, metallurgist and inventor of the early plastic Parkesine (1813–1890)

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