Famous People Born In 1809

Discover the most famous people born in 1809. The list includes people like Abraham Lincoln, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Darwin, William Ewart Gladstone, Kit Carson and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include military leaders, poets, political leaders and soldiers born in 1809. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom and many more countries.
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Abraham Lincoln
(16th President of the United States (1861-1865))
Abraham Lincoln
322
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 12th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Larue County, Kentucky, United States
Died: April 15, 1865
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Edgar Allan Poe
(Writer and Poet - Widely Regarded as a Central Figure of Romanticism in the United States)
Edgar Allan Poe
60
Birthdate: 19th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: October 7, 1849
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Charles Darwin
(Naturalist known for His Contributions to Evolutionary Biology)
Charles Darwin
86
Birthdate: 12th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: The Mount House, Shrewsbury, England
Died: April 19, 1882
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Alfred Lord Tennyson
(19th Century English Poet Who was the Poet Laureate During Much of Queen Victoria's Reign)
Alfred Lord Tennyson
1
Listed In: Poets
Birthdate: 6th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Somersby, Lincolnshire, England
Died: October 6, 1892
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Felix Mendelssohn
(Best Known for His Solo Piano Composition 'Songs Without Words' and Founder of 'Leipzig Conservatory')
Felix Mendelssohn
3
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 3rd February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
Died: November 4, 1847
 6 
Kit Carson
(Explorer & Soldier)
Kit Carson
6
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 24th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Madison County
Died: May 23, 1868
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Louis Braille
(Inventor of Braille)
Louis Braille
40
Birthdate: 4th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Coupvray
Died: January 6, 1852
 8 
Nikolai Gogol
(Russian Novelist, Short Story Writer and Playwright)
Nikolai Gogol
4
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1st April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Velyki Sorochyntsi, Ukraine
Died: March 4, 1852
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William Ewart Gladstone
(Prime Minister)
William Ewart Gladstone
7
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 29th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Died: May 19, 1898
 10 
Hannibal Hamlin
(15th Vice President of the U.S.A)
Hannibal Hamlin
4
Birthdate: 27th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris
Died: July 4, 1891
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Cyrus McCormick
(Inventor of mechanical reaper)
Cyrus McCormick
6
Birthdate: 15th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Shenandoah Valley
Died: May 13, 1884
 12 
William Barret Travis
(Military Leader)
William Barret Travis
11
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 1st August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Saluda County, South Carolina, United States
Died: March 6, 1836
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
(Physician & Poet)
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
2
Listed In: Poets
Birthdate: 29th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Died: October 7, 1894
 14 
James Glaisher
(Meteorologists)
James Glaisher
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 7th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Rotherhithe, London, England
Died: February 7, 1903
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Samuel Ajayi Crowther
(The First Ever African-Anglican Bishop of West Africa)
Samuel Ajayi Crowther
0
Listed In: Priests
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Osogun, Nigeria
Died: December 31, 1891
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Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
(Indian Poet and Educator Who Disseminate Western Learning and Science Among the Young Men of Bengal)
Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
13
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 18th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kolkata, India
Died: December 26, 1831
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Robert Cornelius
(Photographer)
Robert Cornelius
1
Birthdate: 1st March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Philadelphia
Died: August 10, 1893
 18 
Fanny Kemble
(Actress)
Fanny Kemble
0
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 27th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: London, England
Died: January 15, 1893
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Bruno Bauer
(German Philosopher and Theologian Known for His Association and Sharp Break With ‘Karl Marx’ and ‘Friedrich Engels')
Bruno Bauer
1
Birthdate: 6th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Eisenberg, Germany
Died: April 13, 1882
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Juliusz Słowacki
(Polish Romantic Poet)
Juliusz Słowacki
0
Listed In: Poets
Birthdate: 4th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kremenets', Ukraine
Died: April 3, 1849
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Hermann Grassmann
(German Polymath Best Known for His Work as a Mathematician)
Hermann Grassmann
0
Birthdate: 15th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Szczecin, Poland
Died: September 26, 1877
 22 
Owen Jones
(architect)
Owen Jones
0
Birthdate: 15th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: London
Died: April 19, 1874
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Raphael Semmes
(Confederate naval officer)
Raphael Semmes
1
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 27th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Charles County, Maryland
Died: August 30, 1877
 24 
Prince Albert of Prussia
(Prince)
Prince Albert of Prussia
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 4th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Königsberg, Germany
Died: October 14, 1872
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Khachatur Abovian
(Writer)
Khachatur Abovian
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 15th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Yerevan, Armenia
Died: April 14, 1848
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Joseph Jenkins Roberts
(President)
Joseph Jenkins Roberts
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 15th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Died: February 24, 1876
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Heinrich Hoffmann
(German physician and writer)
Heinrich Hoffmann
0
Listed In: Psychiatrists
Birthdate: 13th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Died: September 20, 1894
 28 
Bénédict Morel
(French Psychiatrist)
Bénédict Morel
0
Listed In: Psychiatrists
Birthdate: 22nd November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: March 30, 1873
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Benjamin Robbins Curtis
(Jurist)
Benjamin Robbins Curtis
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 4th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Watertown, Massachusetts, United States
Died: September 15, 1874
 30 
Fredrik Pacius
(Known as the 'Father of Finnish Music' and Composer of De facto National Anthem of Finland)
Fredrik Pacius
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 19th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
Died: January 8, 1891
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Louis Charles Delescluze
(French Revolutionary Figure Who Participated in the Uprisings of 1830 and 1848)
Louis Charles Delescluze
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 2nd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dreux, France
Died: May 25, 1871
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Thomas Story Kirkbride
(Physician)
Thomas Story Kirkbride
0
Listed In: Psychiatrists
Birthdate: 31st July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Morrisville, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: December 16, 1883
 33 
James David Forbes
(Scottish Physicist and Glaciologist Known for His Research on Heat Conduction and Glaciers)
James David Forbes
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 20th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: December 31, 1868
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Cornelia Connelly
(Religious Leader)
Cornelia Connelly
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 15th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: April 18, 1879
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Jules Favre
(Statesman)
Jules Favre
0
Birthdate: 21st March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Lyon, France
Died: January 20, 1880
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Leopoldo O'Donnell, duke de Tetuán
(Spanish Grandee and General)
Leopoldo O'Donnell, duke de Tetuán
0
Listed In: Prime Ministers
Birthdate: 12th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Died: November 5, 1867
 37 
Edwin, Freiherr von Manteuffel
(Military general)
Edwin, Freiherr von Manteuffel
0
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 24th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Dresden, Germany
Died: June 17, 1885
 38 
Albert Pike
(Military Leader)
Albert Pike
5
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 29th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: April 2, 1891
 39 
Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard
(Scientist)
Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard
0
Listed In: Educators
Birthdate: 5th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sheffield, Massachusetts, United States
Died: April 27, 1889
 40 
Manuel Montt
(Former President of Chile (1851 - 1861))
Manuel Montt
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 4th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Petorca, Chile
Died: September 21, 1880
 41 
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
(French Socialist and Politician Regarded as the 'Father of Anarchism')
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
7
Birthdate: 15th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Besançon, France
Died: January 19, 1865
 42 
James Burke
(Boxer)
James Burke
0
Listed In: Boxers
Birthdate: 8th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: St. Giles, England
Died: January 8, 1845
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François Certain de Canrobert
(Military Leader)
François Certain de Canrobert
0
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 27th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Saint-Céré, France
Died: January 28, 1895
 44 
Pierre-Joseph van Beneden
(Paleontologist)
Pierre-Joseph van Beneden
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 19th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Mechelen, Belgium
Died: January 8, 1894
 45 
Juan Donoso Cortés
(Spanish Author, Politician, Diplomat, and Catholic Political Theologian)
Juan Donoso Cortés
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 6th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Valle de la Serena, Spain
Died: May 3, 1853
 46 
Sterling Price
(Politician)
Sterling Price
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: 14th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Prince Edward County, Virginia, U.S.
Died: September 29, 1867
 47 
Edward FitzGerald
(Poet, Writer)
Edward FitzGerald
0
Listed In: Poets
Birthdate: 31st March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bredfield House
Died: June 14, 1883
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Theodor Benfey
(Philologist)
Theodor Benfey
0
Birthdate: 28th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Nörten-Hardenberg, Germany
Died: June 26, 1881
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Georges-Eugène Haussmann
(Official)
Georges-Eugène Haussmann
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 27th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: January 11, 1891
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Albert Brisbane
(Author)
Albert Brisbane
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 22nd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Batavia, New York, United States
Died: May 1, 1890