Famous People Born In 1801

Discover the most famous people born in 1801. The list includes people like Brigham Young, Vincenzo Bellini, Johannes Peter Müller, Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán, John Henry Newman and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, physicists, composers and artists born in 1801. This list includes people from United States, England, Germany and many more countries.
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Marie Laveau
(American Voodoo Priestess and Herbalist)
Marie Laveau
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Listed In: Priests
Birthdate: 10th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Died: June 15, 1881
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William H. Seward
(Former United States Secretary of State)
William H. Seward
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Birthdate: 16th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Florida, New York, United States
Died: October 10, 1872
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John Henry Newman
(Theologian and Philosopher)
John Henry Newman
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 21st February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom
Died: August 11, 1890
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David Farragut
(Military officer)
David Farragut
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Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 5th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Farragut, Tennessee, United States
Died: August 14, 1870
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Joseph Plateau
(Belgian Physicist & Mathematician - One of the First People to Demonstrate the Illusion of a Moving Image)
Joseph Plateau
2
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 14th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Brussels
Died: September 15, 1883
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Vincenzo Bellini
(Italian Opera Composer Known for His Long-Flowing Melodies)
Vincenzo Bellini
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Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 3rd November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Catania, Italy
Died: September 23, 1835
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Thomas Cole
(Painter)
Thomas Cole
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Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 1st February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bolton, Lancashire, England
Died: February 11, 1848
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Frédéric Bastiat
(Member of the National Assembly of France (1848 - 1850))
Frédéric Bastiat
2
Birthdate: 30th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bayonne, France
Died: December 24, 1850
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Brigham Young
(Second President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Brigham Young
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Birthdate: 1st June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Whitingham
Died: August 29, 1877
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George Washington Adams
(Politician, Lawyer)
George Washington Adams
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 12th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: April 30, 1829
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Josip Jelačić
(Croatian Lieutenant Field Marshal in the Imperial-Royal Army)
Josip Jelačić
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 16th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Petrovaradin, Serbia
Died: May 20, 1859
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Thierry Hermès
(Founded Hermès International)
Thierry Hermès
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Birthdate: 10th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Krefeld, Germany
Died: January 10, 1878
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George Biddell Airy
(British Mathematician and Astronomer)
George Biddell Airy
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 27th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Alnwick, Northumberland, England
Died: January 2, 1892
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Johannes Peter Müller
(One of the Great Natural Philosophers of the 19th Century)
Johannes Peter Müller
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 14th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Koblenz, Germany
Died: April 28, 1858
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Gustav Fechner
(Physicist, Psychologist, Statistician, University teacher, Philosopher)
Gustav Fechner
2
Birthdate: 19th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bad Muskau
Died: November 18, 1887
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Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria
(Queen)
Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria
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Birthdate: 13th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: December 14, 1873
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Henri Labrouste
(architect)
Henri Labrouste
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Birthdate: 11th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Paris
Died: June 24, 1875
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Princess Sophie of Sweden
(Princess)
Princess Sophie of Sweden
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Birthdate: 21st May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: July 6, 1865
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Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán
(Former President of El Salvador)
Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Cartago
Died: 1875 AD
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Amalie Auguste of Bavaria
(Queen)
Amalie Auguste of Bavaria
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Birthdate: 13th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: November 8, 1877
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Fredrika Bremer
(Swedish Writer and Feminist Reformer)
Fredrika Bremer
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Listed In: Feminists
Birthdate: 17th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Turku, Finland
Died: December 31, 1865
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Samuel Gridley Howe
(Physician)
Samuel Gridley Howe
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Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: 10th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: January 9, 1876
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Gail Borden
(Inventor)
Gail Borden
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Birthdate: 9th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Norwich, Chenango County, New York, United States
Died: January 11, 1874
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Pío Pico
(10th Governor of California)
Pío Pico
1
Birthdate: 5th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: San Gabriel, California, United States
Died: September 11, 1894
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Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn
(Field marshal)
Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn
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Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 6th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: October 16, 1885
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Rifa'a al-Tahtawi
(Egyptian Writer, Translator, Teacher, Intellectual, and Egyptologist)
Rifa'a al-Tahtawi
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Listed In: Educators
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Tahta, Egypt
Died: May 27, 1873
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Albert Lortzing
(Composer)
Albert Lortzing
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Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 23rd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: January 21, 1851
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Prince Achille Murat
(Prince)
Prince Achille Murat
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Birthdate: 21st January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: April 15, 1847
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Karl Baedeker
(Publisher)
Karl Baedeker
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Birthdate: 3rd November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Essen, Germany
Died: October 4, 1859
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George Perkins Marsh
(Environmentalist)
George Perkins Marsh
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 15th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Woodstock, Vermont, United States
Died: July 23, 1882
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Antoine-Augustin Cournot
(Philosopher and Mathematician Known for His Contribution to the Development of Economics)
Antoine-Augustin Cournot
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 28th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Gray, France
Died: March 31, 1877
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Pierre-Jean de Smet
(Priest)
Pierre-Jean de Smet
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Listed In: Priests
Birthdate: 30th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Termonde, Belgium
Died: May 23, 1873
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Theodore Dwight Woolsey
(Author)
Theodore Dwight Woolsey
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Listed In: Educators
Birthdate: 31st October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: July 1, 1889
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Jean-Baptiste Boussingault
(French Chemist Who Made Significant Contributions to Agricultural Science, Petroleum Science and Metallurgy)
Jean-Baptiste Boussingault
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Listed In: Chemists
Birthdate: 2nd February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: May 11, 1887
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John Quidor
(Painter)
John Quidor
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Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 26th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tappan, New York, United States
Died: December 13, 1881
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Émile Littré
(Lexicographer)
Émile Littré
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Birthdate: 1st February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: June 2, 1881
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Prince Charles of Prussia
(Prince)
Prince Charles of Prussia
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 29th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin, Germany
Died: January 21, 1883
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Robert J. Walker
(Statesman)
Robert J. Walker
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 19th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Northumberland, Pennsylvania
Died: November 11, 1869
 39 
Félix Dujardin
(French Biologist Best Known For His Research on Protozoans)
Félix Dujardin
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 5th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Tours, France
Died: April 8, 1860
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Lars Johan Hierta
(Swedish Newspaper Publisher, Businessman and Politician Who was the Founder of the Newspaper 'Aftonbladet')
Lars Johan Hierta
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Birthdate: 22nd January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Uppsala, Sweden
Died: November 20, 1872
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Carl August von Steinheil
(German Physicist, Inventor, Engineer and Astronomer)
Carl August von Steinheil
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Birthdate: 12th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ribeauvillé, France
Died: September 14, 1870
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Johann Nestroy
(Austrian Playwright, Poet and Actor)
Johann Nestroy
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 7th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: May 25, 1862
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John Batman
(Australian Grazier and Explorer Who Played an Important Role in the Founding of Melbourne)
John Batman
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 21st January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Parramatta
Died: May 6, 1839
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Henry Inman
(Painter)
Henry Inman
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Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 20th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Utica, New York, United States
Died: January 17, 1846
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Fox Maule Ramsay, 11th earl of Dalhousie
(British statesman)
Fox Maule Ramsay, 11th earl of Dalhousie
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Birthdate: 22nd April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Brechin Castle, Scotland
Died: July 6, 1874
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Auguste Arthur de la Rive
(Physicist)
Auguste Arthur de la Rive
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 9th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Geneva, Switzerland
Died: November 27, 1873
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Carlo Cattaneo
(Philosopher)
Carlo Cattaneo
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Birthdate: 15th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
Died: February 6, 1869
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George Maclean
(Governor)
George Maclean
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 2nd February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Keith, Scotland
Died: May 22, 1847
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Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer
(Dutch Politician and Historian)
Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer
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Birthdate: 21st August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Netherlands
Died: May 19, 1876
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Henry Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer
(Politician)
Henry Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 13th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: London, England
Died: May 23, 1872