Famous people born in 1815
The best-known people born in 1815, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Otto von BismarckGerman statesman and Chancellor (1815-1898)
April 1 · d. 1898
Photo: Jacques Pilartz, Public domain
Ada LovelaceEnglish mathematician (1815–1852)
December 10 · d. 1852
Photo: Antoine Claudet, Public domain
George BooleEnglish mathematician, philosopher and logician (1815–1864)
November 2 · d. 1864
Photo: Samuel Prout Newcombe (c1824-1912), Public domain
Karl WeierstraßGerman mathematician (1815–1897)
October 31 · d. 1897
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
John BoscoItalian Roman Catholic priest, educator, writer (1815–1888)
August 16 · d. 1888
Photo: Carlo Felice Deasti, Public domain
Elizabeth Cady StantonAmerican writer, suffragist and Women's Rights activist (1815–1902)
November 12 · d. 1902
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
John A. Macdonald1st prime minister of Canada from 1867 to 1873 and 1878 to 1891
January 11 · d. 1891
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Otto of GreeceKing of Greece from 1832 to 1862 (1815–1867)
June 1 · d. 1867
Photo: Friedrich Dürck, Public domain
Anthony TrollopeEnglish novelist of the Victorian period (1815-1882)
April 24 · d. 1882
Photo: C. E. Fry & Son, Public domain
Ľudovít ŠtúrSlovak poet, philosopher, linguist, publicist, politician and writer (1815–1856)
October 28 · d. 1856
Photo: Jozef Božetech Klemens, Public domain- Louis Jules Trochu
French general, President of the National Defence Council (1815-1896)
March 12 · d. 1896
- Ildefons Cerdà
Urban planner (1815-1876), noted for the extension plan of Barcelona
December 23 · d. 1876
- James Curtis Hepburn
American physician, educator, and phonologist of Japanese (1815–1911)
March 13 · d. 1911
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January
- January 18 · Warren De la Rue, British astronomer, chemist and photographer (1815–1889)
- January 21 · Horace Wells, American dentist and anaesthesia pioneer (1815-1848)
- January 22 · Theophan the Recluse, Russian saint (1815–1894)
- January 22 · Vicente Cerna Sandoval, Guatemalan president (1815-1885)
- January 25 · Bertha Wehnert-Beckmann, German photographer (1815–1901)
- January 30 · Karl Gerok, German theologian (1815–1890)
February
- February 3 · Edward James Roye, first member of Liberia's True Whig Party to serve as President (1815-1872)
- February 4 · Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Croatian Roman Catholic bishop, benefactor and politician (1815–1905)
- February 4 · Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek politician (1815-1883)
- February 9 · Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz, Spanish artist (1815-1894)
- February 12 · Edward Forbes, Manx naturalist (1815–1854)
- February 13 · Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American editor, literary critic, anthologist, and writer (1815–1857)
March
- March 4 · Mykhailo Verbytskyi, Ukrainian composer, priest, and music pedagogue
- March 5 · Mehmed Emin Âli Paşa, Ottoman statesman and Grand Vizier (1815–1871)
- March 6 · Pyotr Yershov, Russian poet, playwright and teacher (1815-1869)
- March 8 · Jean-Delphin Alard, French musician (1815–1888)
- March 28 · Arsène Houssaye, French writer (1814-1896)
- March 29 · Henry Bartle Frere, British colonial Welsh administrator (1815-1884)
April
- April 6 · Robert Volkmann, German-born Hungarian composer, conductor and teacher
- April 8 · Andrew Graham, Irish astronomer
- April 9 · Alphonse Beau de Rochas, French engineer (1815–1893)
- April 19 · Daniel Bashiel Warner, President of Liberia (1815-1880)
- April 21 · Louise Rasmussen, Danish ballet dancer and actress; morganatic spouse of King Frederick VII of Denmark (1815-1874)
- April 28 · Karl von Blaas, Austrian artist (1815-1894)
May
- May 11 · Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, British Liberal statesman (1815-1891)
- May 14 · Aleksandr Baryatinsky, Russian Field Marshal and advisor to Tsar Alexander II (1815-1879)
- May 18 · James Bicheno Francis, American engineer (1815-1892)
- May 19 · Catherine Dickens, née Hogarth, spouse of Charles Dickens (1815-1879)
- May 25 · Giovanni Caselli, Italian abbot, physicist and inventor (1815-1891)
- May 27 · Henry Parkes, Australian statesman and politician (1815-1896)
June
- June 10 · James W. Nye, American judge (1815-1876)
- June 11 · Otto von Böhtlingk, German Indologist and Sanskrit scholar (1815-1904)
- June 18 · Princess Elisabeth of Prussia, third daughter and seventh child of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia and Princess Marie Anna of Hesse-Homburg (1815-1885)
- June 18 · Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German-Bavarian general of the infantry (1815–1881)
- June 25 · John Hughes, Welsh businessman, founder of Donetsk
- June 28 · Robert Franz, German composer (1815-1892)
July
- July 4 · Pavel Fedotov, Russian artist (1815-1852)
- July 7 · Théodore Hersart de la Villemarqué, French writer (1815–1895)
- July 13 · James Seddon, American lawyer and politician (1815-1880)
- July 18 · Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg, Danish politician (1815-1892)
- July 24 · Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie, French and Basque geographer (1815-1893)
- July 26 · Robert Remak, Polish/German embryologist, physiologist, and neurologist (1815–1865)
August
- August 1 · Richard Henry Dana, American author and lawyer (1815–1882)
- August 5 · Edward John Eyre, British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)
- August 13 · Eduard August von Regel, German botanist (1815–1892)
- August 15 · Georgios Averoff, Greek businessman (1815–1899)
- August 27 · Alexander Keyserling, Baltic German scientist (1815-1891)
- August 28 · Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina, Italian journalist, writer and patriot (1815-1890)
September
- September 7 · John McDouall Stuart, British explorer (1815-1866)
- September 7 · Howell Cobb, American politician (1815–1868)
- September 8 · Giuseppina Strepponi, Italian singer (1815-1897)
- September 8 · Marguerite Bays, Canonized Catholic laywoman (1815-1879)
- September 9 · Johann Gottfried Piefke, prussian composer and conductor (1815-1884)
- September 17 · Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian composer (1815–1868)
October
- October 4 · Pyotr Valuyev, Russian noble (1815-1890)
- October 11 · Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Prince of France (1815-1881)
- October 12 · William Joseph Hardee, Confederate Army general (1815-1873)
- October 16 · Francis Lubbock, Governor of Texas, 1857-1859
- October 25 · Camillo Sivori, Italian violinist and composer (1815-1894)
- October 31 · Andrew Jackson Downing, American horticulturist, nurseryman and landscape architect (1815 - 1852)
November
- November 1 · Crawford Williamson Long, American physician (1815–1878)
- November 7 · Isidore Pils, French painter (1815–1875)
- November 11 · Anne Lynch Botta, American poet and socialite (1815–1891)
- November 16 · George Charles Wallich, British biologist (1815–1899)
- November 17 · Eliza Farnham, American novelist, feminist, abolitionist, and activist for prison reform
- November 29 · Ii Naosuke, daimyo (1815-1860)
December
- December 2 · Javier Espinosa y Espinosa, President of Ecuador (1868 - 1869)
- December 13 · Pálné Veres, Hungarian feminist (1815-1895)
- December 20 · James Legge, Scottish missionary and translator (1815–1897)
- December 22 · Lucien Petipa, French ballet dancer (1815–1898)
- December 22 · Marmaduke Wyvill, British chess player and MP (1815-1896)
- December 25 · Temistocle Solera, Italian opera librettist
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