Famous People Born In 1817
Discover the most famous people born in 1817. The list includes people like Henry David Thoreau, Debendranath Tagore, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, George A. Smith, Syed Ahmad Khan and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include philosophers, artists, poets and judges born in 1817. This list includes people from England, United States, India and many more countries.
Henry David Thoreau12th July, American
Writer and Philosopher
Braxton Bragg22nd March, American
Military Leader
William III of the Netherlands19th February, Dutch
King
Debendranath Tagore15th May, Indian
Philosopher
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan17th October, Indian
Founder of Aligarh Muslim University
George A. Smith26th June, American
Political leader
Syed Ahmad Khan17th October, Indian, British
Judge, Philosopher, Knight, Lawyer
Ivan Aivazovsky29th July, Ukrainian, Russian
Painter
Branwell Brontë26th June, British
Painter, Poet, Writer
Richard Dadd1st August, British
Painter, Illustrator
George Henry Lewes18th April, British
Philosopher
Joseph Dalton Hooker30th June, British
Botanist, Explorer, Pteridologist, Bryologist
Theodor Mommsen30th November, German
Historian
George Frederic Watts23rd February, British
Painter, Sculptor
Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville25th April, French
Publisher
Austen Henry Layard5th March, British
Archaeologist
Benjamin Jowett15th April, British
Tutor
José Zorrilla21st February, Spanish
Poet
Albert von Kölliker6th July, Swiss
Anatomist
Theodor Storm14th September, German
Lawyer, writer
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen4th August, American
Politician
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy5th September, Russian
poet,novelist
Niels Gade22nd February, Danish
Danish composer
Charles-François Daubigny15th February, French
Painter
Mihail Kogălniceanu6th September, Moldovan, Romanian
Statesman
Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard8th April, Mauritian
Neurologist
Mary Ann Bickerdyke19th July, American
Medical worker
Heinrich Graetz31st October, Polish
Historian
Alexander Tilloch Galt6th September, British
Politician
Theophilus Shepstone8th January, British, South African
Statesman
James Thomas Fields31st December, American
Publisher, Journalist
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Herman Haupt26th March, American
Civil Engineer
Shimazu Hisamitsu28th November, Japanese
Samurai
Tom Taylor19th October, British
Dramatist
Pierre Larousse23rd October, French
Lexicographer
Baha'u'llah12th November, Persian
Religious leader
Charles-Adolphe Wurtz26th November, French
Chemist
Thomas Holmes30th November, American
Mortician
Rudolf Hermann Lotze21st May, German
Philosopher
Janos Arany2nd March, Hungarian
Nathan Cook Meeker12th July, American
American journalist