Famous people born in 1822
The best-known people born in 1822, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.
Best known
Louis PasteurFrench chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)
December 27 · d. 1895
Photo: Paul Nadar, Public domain
Ulysses S. Grantpresident of the United States from 1869 to 1877
April 27 · d. 1885
Photo: Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Public domain
Rutherford B. Hayespresident of the United States from 1877 to 1881 (1822-1893)
October 4 · d. 1893
Photo: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain
Gregor MendelMoravian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822–1884)
July 20 · d. 1884
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Rudolf ClausiusGerman mathematical physicist and professor (1822–1888)
January 2 · d. 1888
Photo: Unknown Unknown, Public domain
Frédéric PassyFrench economist and statesman (1822-1912)
May 20 · d. 1912
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Matthew ArnoldBritish poet and cultural critic (1822–1888)
December 24 · d. 1888
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Heinrich SchliemannGerman businessman and archaeologist (1822–1890)
January 6 · d. 1890
Photo: Ed. Schultze Hofphotograph Heidelberg Plöckstrasse 79, CC BY-SA 4.0
Francis GaltonBritish eugenist, polymath, and behavioural geneticist (1822–1911)
February 16 · d. 1911
Photo: Eveleen Myers (née Tennant), Public domain
César FranckBelgian-French composer and organist (1822–1890)
December 10 · d. 1890
Photo: Pierre Petit, Public domain
- Frederick Law Olmsted
American landscape designer, journalist, social critic, and public administrator (1822-1903)
April 26 · d. 1903
- Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies
Princess of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and Empress of the Empire of Brazil (1822-1889)
March 14 · d. 1889
- Midhat Pasha
Ottoman grand vizier, reformist, and creator of the first Ottoman constitution (1822-1883)
October 18 · d. 1883
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January
- January 3 · William Nylander, Finnish lichenologist and entomologist (1822-1899)
- January 6 · Menyhért Lónyay, Hungarian politician (1822–1884)
- January 8 · Alfredo Piatti, Italian cellist (1822-1901)
- January 16 · Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale, French political figure (1822-1897)
- January 23 · Heinrich Brunn, German classical archaeologist (1822-1894)
- January 23 · Regine Olsen, Søren Kierkegaard's fiancée (1822–1904)
February
- February 8 · Maxime Du Camp, French photographer and writer (1822–1894)
- February 14 · Princess Victoria, Duchess of Nemours, Saxe-Coburg and Gothan and French Royal
- February 22 · Adolf Kußmaul, German surgeon (1822–1902)
- February 23 · Giovanni Battista De Rossi, Italian archaeologist (1822–1894)
- February 25 · Lev Mei, Russian writer (1822-1862)
- February 27 · Teofil Lenartowicz, poet and writer (1822–1893)
March
- March 4 · Jules Antoine Lissajous, French physicist (1822-1880)
- March 16 · John Pope, Union United States Army general (1822–1892)
- March 22 · Ahmet Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman statesman (1822-1895)
- March 25 · Albrecht Ritschl, German theologian (1822-1889)
- March 31 · Dmitry Grigorovich, Russian writer (1822–1899)
- March 31 · Fritz Müller, German-Brazilian biologist (1822–1897)
April
- April 3 · Edward Everett Hale, American author, historian and Unitarian minister (1822-1909)
- April 5 · Émile Louis Victor de Laveleye, Belgian economist (1822–1892)
- April 18 · August Heinrich Petermann, German cartographer (1822-1878)
- April 24 · Janko Kráľ, Slovak poet (1822–1876)
- April 25 · James Pierpont, songwriter, arranger, and composer, best known for writing and composing "Jingle Bells" (1822–1893)
- April 26 · Princess Maria Carolina, Duchess of Aumale, Two Sicilian Royal
May
- May 1 · Julius von Haast, German-born New Zealand geologist (1822-1887)
- May 5 · Nikolay Ilminsky, Russian turkologist (1822-1892)
- May 11 · Henry Baker Tristram, English clergyman, Biblical scholar, traveller and ornithologist (1822-1906)
- May 15 · Juan de Borbón y Bragança, Spanish photographer (1822–1887)
- May 26 · Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz, German princess (1822–1862)
- May 27 · Joachim Raff, Swiss composer (1822-1882)
June
- June 1 · Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden, British photographer (1822-1865)
- June 2 · John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough, British conservative cabinet minister, politician and nobleman (1822-1883)
- June 13 · Carl Schmidt, Baltic German chemist (1822–1894)
- June 16 · Johan Fredrik Eckersberg, Norwegian painter (1822-1870)
- June 22 · Alfonso Giacomo Gaspare Corti, Italian physician (1822-1876)
- June 24 · Nadezhda Stasova, Russian educator and feminist (1822–1895)
July
- July 4 · Jean-Baptiste Claude Eugène Guillaume, French sculptor (1822-1905)
- July 19 · Princess Augusta of Cambridge, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- July 22 · Luigi Arditi, Italian composer, conductor (1822–1903)
- July 26 · Jakob Dubs, Swiss politician (1822-1879)
- July 26 · Robert William Thomson, Scottish businessman and inventor (1822-1873)
- July 29 · Alfred Józef Potocki, Polish noble, Prime Minister of Austria (1822–1889)
August
- August 8 · George Stoneman, Union Army General and governor of California (1822–1894)
- August 9 · Jacob Moleschott, Dutch philosopher (1822-1893)
- August 9 · Apollon Grigoryev, Russian writer (1822–1864)
- August 15 · Henry James Sumner Maine, British jurist and historian (1822–1888)
- August 20 · Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, wife of Edgar Allan Poe (1822-1847)
- August 25 · Gardiner Greene Hubbard, American lawyer (1822–1897)
September
- September 3 · Stefano Ussi, Italian painter (1822-1901)
- September 10 · John Adams Whipple, American photographer (1822–1891)
- September 11 · Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, German queen (1822-1892); second daughter of Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia
- September 18 · Ernst Förstemann, German historian, archivist and librarian (1822-1906)
- September 20 · August Krönig, German scientist (1822–1879)
- September 29 · Peter Michal Bohúň, Slovak painter (1822-1879)
October
- October 2 · Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch politician (1822-1895)
- October 7 · Rudolf Leuckart, German zoologist (1822-1898)
- October 9 · Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse, French civil engineer (1822-1883)
- October 20 · Thomas Hughes, English lawyer, judge, politician and author (1822–1896)
- October 21 · Adolph Strecker, German chemist (1822–1871)
- October 21 · Michel Carré, French librettist (1821–1872)
November
- November 1 · Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński, Polish archbishop
- November 10 · Thrasivoulos Zaimis, Prime Minister of Greece (1822–1880)
- November 15 · Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Genoa, Italian prince (1822-1855)
- November 18 · Mathurin Moreau, sculptor from France (1822-1912)
- November 26 · Lilly Martin Spencer, American painter (1822-1902)
- November 27 · José Selgas, Spanish writer (1822–1882)
December
- December 3 · Korla Awgust Kocor, Sorbian composer and conductor (1822–1904)
- December 4 · Frances Power Cobbe, Irish writer, philosopher, social reformer, anti-vivisection activist and leading suffragist (1822-1904)
- December 5 · Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American educator, naturalist, writer (1822-1907)
- December 6 · Pyotr Vannovskiy, Russian general (1822–1904)
- December 8 · Jakov Ignjatović, Serbian writer and politician living in Hungary (1822-1889)
- December 26 · Dion Boucicault, Irish actor and dramatist (1820-1890)
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