1
Mary Shelley
(British Author Best Known for Her Gothic Novel ‘Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus’)
73
18
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 30, 1797
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Somers Town, London, England
Died: February 1
2
J. M. W. Turner
(Romantic painter)
19
4
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: April 23, 1775
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, England
Died: December 19
3
John James Audubon
(US Artist and Ornithologist Known for His Drawings of North American Birds)
20
2
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: April 26, 1785
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Les Cayes
Died: January 27
4
James Fenimore Cooper
(Writer)
15
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 15, 1789
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Burlington, New Jersey
Died: September 14
5
Louis Daguerre
(Artist)
19
3
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: November 18, 1787
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cormeilles-en-Parisis, France
Died: July 10
6
Hans Christian Ørsted
(Physicist)
13
6
7
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
(German Mathematician Who Founded the Theory of Elliptic Functions)
10
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 10, 1804
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Potsdam, Germany
Died: February 18
8
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover
(King of Hanover)
2
1
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: June 5, 1771
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: London, England
Died: November 18
9
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
(Educator)
3
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 10, 1787
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Died: September 10
10
Karl Drais
(Inventor, Forester)
2
1
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: April 29, 1785
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Karlsruhe
Died: December 10
11
Dean Mahomed
(Traveller, surgeon, entrepreneur, and one of the most notable early non-European immigrants to the Western World)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1759
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Patna, Bihar, India
Died: February 24
12
2
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 28, 1785
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Coburg, Germany
Died: August 27
13
Rama III
(King of Siam)
1
0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: March 31, 1788
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bangkok, Thailand
Died: April 2
14
Joanna Baillie
(Scottish Poet and Dramatist Best Known by Her Plays on the Passions)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 11, 1762
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hamilton, Scotland
Died: February 23
15
Manuel de Godoy
(Political Leader)
0
0
16
Joel Roberts Poinsett
(15th US Secretary of War (1837 – 1841))
1
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 2, 1779
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Died: December 12
17
Albert Lortzing
(Composer)
1
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: October 23, 1801
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: January 21
18
Marie-Thérèse, Duchess of Angoulême
(French princess; eldest child of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette)
1
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 19, 1778
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Versailles, France
Died: October 19
19
Karl Lachmann
(Philologist)
1
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: March 4, 1793
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Braunschweig, Germany
Died: March 13
20
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš
(Prince-Bishop of Montenegro)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 13, 1813
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Njeguši, Montenegro
Died: October 31
21
Therese Malfatti
(Musician best known as one of the possible dedicatees of Beethoven's famous bagatelle, Für Elise, WoO 59)
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0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: January 1, 1792
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: April 27
22
Lorenz Oken
(One of the Most Prominent German Natural Philosophers of the 19th Century)
0
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: August 1, 1779
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bohlsbach, Germany
Died: August 11
23
John Philip
(Missionary)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 14, 1775
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Died: August 27
24
Henry Miller Shreve
(Inventor)
0
0
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: October 21, 1785
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New Jersey, United States
Died: March 6
25
Gaspare Spontini
(Italian opera composer)
0
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: November 14, 1774
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Maiolati Spontini
Died: January 24
26
Sylvester Graham
(Presbyterian minister)
0
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 5, 1794
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Suffield, Connecticut, United States
Died: September 11
27
Sebetwane
(King)
0
0
28
Jean-de-Dieu Soult
(Military leader)
1
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 29, 1769
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Saint-Amans-la-Bastide, France
Died: November 26
29
Francisco Montes Reina
(Bullfighter)
1
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 13, 1805
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Spain
Died: April 4
30
Mizuno Tadakuni
(Goverment official)
0
0
31
Henry Luttrell
(Politician)
1
0
32
Princess Augusta of Bavaria
(Princess)
0
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 21, 1788
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Strasbourg, France
Died: May 13
33
Archibald Alexander
(American Presbyterian Theologian and Professor)
1
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: April 17, 1772
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States
Died: October 22
34
George Thomson
(Musician)
0
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: March 4, 1757
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Fife, Scotland
Died: February 18
35
Prince Wilhelm of Prussia
(Prince)
0
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 3, 1783
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: September 28
36
Marie-Louise Coidavid
(Queen regnant)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 8, 1778
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bredou, Ouanaminthe, Saint-Domingue
Died: March 14
37
Levi Woodbury
(Associate Justice of the Supreme Court)
0
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 22, 1789
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Francestown, New Hampshire, United States
Died: September 4
38
Seh-Dong-Hong-Beh
(Military personnel)
0
0
39
John Brown Russwurm
(Journalist, Publisher)
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0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: October 1, 1799
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Port Antonio, Jamaica
Died: June 17
40
Thomas Davenport
(American inventor)
2
3
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: July 9, 1802
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Williamstown, Vermont, United States
Died: July 6
41
Stanko Vraz
(Slovenian-Croatian Writer Best Remembered as the First Croatian to Make a Living as a Professional Writer)
0
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: June 30, 1810
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Slovenia
Died: May 20
42
Esteban Echeverría
(Argentina Author Who Played a Significant Role in the Development of Argentine Literature)
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1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 2, 1805
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died: January 19
43
Josefa Segovia
(Murderer)
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0
44
Anna Warner Bailey
(Patriot)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 11, 1758
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Groton, Connecticut, United States
Died: January 10
