Famous People Born In 1803
Discover the most famous people born in 1803. The list includes people like Ralph Waldo Emerson, Hector Berlioz, Christian Doppler, Joseph Paxton, Black Kettle and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, diplomats, inventors and civil rights activists born in 1803. This list includes people from United Kingdom, United States, France & Germany and many more countries.
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Birthdate: 25th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: April 27, 1882
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Hector Berlioz(French Composer and Conductor Known for His Work ‘Symphonie fantastique’, ‘Harold in Italy’ and ‘Roméo et Juliette’)
Birthdate: 11th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: La Côte-Saint-André, France
Died: March 8, 1869
Birthdate: 7th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Black Hills
Died: November 27, 1868
Birthdate: 29th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Salzburg, Austria
Died: March 17, 1853
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Albert Sidney Johnston
(Military general)
Birthdate: 2nd February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Washington, Kentucky
Died: April 6, 1862
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James Brooke
(Politician, Writer, Diplomat)
Birthdate: 29th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Varanasi
Died: June 11, 1868
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Robert Stephenson
(Engineer, Civil engineer, Politician)
Birthdate: 16th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Willington Quay
Died: October 12, 1859
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Justus von Liebig
(German Chemist Who is Considered One of the Principal Founders of Organic Chemistry)
Birthdate: 12th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Darmstadt, Germany
Died: April 18, 1873
Birthdate: 3rd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bedfordshire
Died: June 8, 1865
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Sarah Childress Polk
(U.S. First Lady)
Birthdate: 4th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States
Died: August 14, 1891
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Adolphe Adam
(French Music Critic, Teacher, and Composer Best Remembered for His Ballets, 'Le corsaire' and 'Giselle')
Birthdate: 24th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: May 3, 1856
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Prosper Mérimée
(French Writer and One of the Pioneers of the 'Novella')
Birthdate: 28th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: September 23, 1870
Birthdate: 31st July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Långbanshyttan, Värmland, Sweden
Died: March 8, 1889
Birthdate: 12th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Lisburn, North Ireland
Died: April 10, 1876
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Princess Alexandrine of Prussia
(Aristocrat)
Birthdate: 23rd February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: April 21, 1892
Birthdate: 7th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bordeaux, France
Died: November 14, 1844
Birthdate: 12th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Montrevel-en-Bresse, France
Died: April 28, 1841
Birthdate: 15th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Combermere, Cheshire, England
Died: July 24, 1899
Birthdate: 3rd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Died: June 29, 1855
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Susanna Moodie
(British-Born Canadian Author Who Wrote About Her Experiences as a Settler in Canada)
Birthdate: 6th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Bungay, England
Died: April 8, 1885
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Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony
(Regent)
Birthdate: 6th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Died: May 18, 1829
Birthdate: 27th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: August 27, 1868
Birthdate: 3rd September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Rhode Island
Died: January 28, 1890
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James Challis
(British Clergyman and Astronomer Famous in the History of Astronomy for His Failure to Discover the Planet 'Neptune')
Birthdate: 12th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Braintree, Essex, England
Died: December 3, 1882
Birthdate: 17th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Söjtör, Hungary
Died: January 28, 1876
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Orestes Brownson
(American Preacher and Philosopher)
Birthdate: 16th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Stockbridge, Vermont, United States
Died: April 17, 1876
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Sarah Helen Power Whitman
(Poet)
Birthdate: 19th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Died: June 27, 1878
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Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald
(Estonian Writer Regarded as 'Father of the National Literature for Estonia')
Birthdate: 26th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Jõepere, Estonia
Died: August 25, 1882
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Luiz Alves de Lima e Silva, duke de Caxias
(Military Officer)
Birthdate: 25th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Duque de Caxias, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died: May 7, 1880
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James Clarence Mangan
(Poet)
Birthdate: 1st May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: June 20, 1849
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Jacques Charles François Sturm
(French Mathematician)
Birthdate: 29th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Geneva, Switzerland
Died: December 15, 1855
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Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville
(French cartoonist)
Birthdate: 13th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Nancy, France
Died: March 17, 1847
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John Williamson Nevin
(Theologian)
Birthdate: 20th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Strasburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: June 6, 1886
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton
(Writer)
Birthdate: 25th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: London, England
Died: January 18, 1873
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Theodore Dwight Weld
(Abolitionist)
Birthdate: 23rd November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Hampton, Connecticut, United States
Died: February 3, 1895
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Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff
(Inventor)
Birthdate: 15th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Hannover, Germany
Died: December 20, 1877
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William Smith O'Brien
(Politician)
Birthdate: 17th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dromoland Castle Hotel, Newmarket on Fergus, Ireland
Died: June 18, 1864
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Egerton Ryerson
(Educator, minister known for Championing free schooling in Canada, influence in the design of the Canadian Indian residential school system)
Birthdate: 24th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Walsh, Canada
Died: February 19, 1882
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Henry Darcy
(French Engineer Who Made Several Important Contributions to Hydraulics)
Birthdate: 10th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Dijon, France
Died: January 3, 1858
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John Sutter
(Swiss Immigrant Known for Establishing 'Sutter's Fort' in the Area that Would Eventually Become Sacramento, California)
Birthdate: 23rd February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kandern, Germany
Died: June 18, 1880
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Christopher Memminger
(Politician)
Birthdate: 9th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany
Died: March 7, 1888
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Joseph Whitworth
(British Engineer, Entrepreneur, Inventor and Philanthropist Who Devised the 'British Standard Whitworth System')
Birthdate: 21st December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Stockport, Cheshire, England
Died: January 22, 1887
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Charles Lucien Bonaparte
(French Ornithologist and Naturalist)
Birthdate: 24th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: July 29, 1857
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Gerrit P. Judd
(Physician)
Birthdate: 23rd April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Paris, New York, United States
Died: July 12, 1873
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Edgar Quinet
(French Poet, Historian, and Political Philosopher Known for His Contribution to the Developing Tradition of Liberalism in France)
Birthdate: 17th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bourg-en-Bresse, France
Died: March 27, 1875
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James Douglas(British colonial governor on Vancouver Island (now British Columbia))
Birthdate: 15th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Demerara
Died: August 2, 1877
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Aleksander Wielopolski
(Statesman)
Birthdate: 13th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Sędziejowice, Poland
Died: December 30, 1877
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Henri Herz
(Austrian-born French Composer, Pianist, and Piano Manufacturer)
Birthdate: 6th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: January 5, 1888
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Louis-Antoine Garnier-Pagès
(Politician)
Birthdate: 16th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Marseille, France
Died: October 31, 1878
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Alexandre Decamps
(Painter)
Birthdate: 3rd March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: August 22, 1860