1. Asher Brown Durand (1796)

Painter

Asher Brown Durand is a famous Painter, who was born on August 21, 1796 in United States. Associated with the Hudson River School and known for such works as “The...

2. Hartley Coleridge (1796)

British Writer

British poet, biographer, literary critic, and teacher of the early nineteenth century. He is perhaps best remembered for his sonnets and for a lyrical play entitled Prometheus.

3. Antoine-Louis Barye (1796)

French Sculptor

French sculptor most famous for his work as a sculptor of animals. He created Theseus and the Minotaur in 1843.

4. George Back (1796)

Explorer

He made four expeditions to North America's polar coast, exploring the region as part of John Franklin's expedition.

5. William H. Prescott (1796)

Historian

Nineteenth-century American historian and author whose most famous works include The History of the Conquest of Mexico (1843) and The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic...

6. Benjamin Bonneville (1796)

Union Army General

Explorer who blazed large portions of the Oregon Trail in the 1830's. He was also a fur trapper who served as a brevet Brigadier General in the American Civil War.

7. Horace Mann (1796)

American Politician

Whig politician who was an ardent opponent of slavery in the US Congress from 1848 to 1853. He is known as the Father of the Common School Movement, due to...

8. Joseph Bonomi The Younger (1796)

Sculptor

Joseph Bonomi The Younger is a famous Sculptor, who was born on October 9, 1796 in United Kingdom. English sculptor, museum curator, and Egyptologist, he catalogued and illustrated many Egyptian...

9. Jim Bowie (1796)

Explorer

Early American folk hero who fought skillfully with knives and helped Texas to gain its independence.

10. Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais (1796)

French Chess Player

Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais was a French chess master possibly the strongest player in the early 19th century.

11. Charles Hewett (1796)

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12. George W. Bradford (1796)

American Politician

George Washington Bradford was an American physician and politician from New York.

13. Meade Purdy (1796)

American Politician

Smith Meade Purdy was a U. S.

14. Alexander Glynn Campbell (1796)

Member Of Parliament For Fowey

Alexander Glynn Campbell was a Member of Parliament for Fowey from 1819–1820. Campbell was the only son of Colonel Alexander Campbell of Ardchattan Argyllshire and his wife Jane Meux Worsley...

15. Alexandru II Ghica (1796)

Ruler Of Wallachia

Alexandru II or Alexandru D. Ghica a member of the Ghica family was Prince of Wallachia from April 1834 to 7 October 1842 and later caimacam from July 1856 to...

16. Robert Budd Gilchrist (1796)

United States Federal Judge

Robert Budd Gilchrist was a United States federal judge. Born in Charleston South Carolina Gilchrist received an A. B. from South Carolina College in 1814 and an A. M. from...

17. José Manuel Ortúzar Formas (1796)

Chilean Politician

José Manuel Ortúzar Formas was a Chilean lawyer and politician. He was born in Santiago in 1796. He died in the same city in March 1848. He was the son...

18. Charles Augustus FitzRoy (1796)

British Military Officer

Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy KCH KCB was a British military officer politician and member of the aristocracy who held governorships in several British colonies during the 19th century.

19. Giuseppe Giacinto Moris (1796)

Italian Botanist

Giuseppe Giacinto Moris was an Italian botanist known for investigations of flora native to Sardinia. He studied medicine in Turin from where he graduated while still in his teens. From...

20. Charles G. Ferris (1796)

American Politician

Charles Goadsby Ferris was a U. S. Representative from New York. Born at The Homestead Throggs Neck the Bronx New York City Ferris received a limited education. He studied law...

21. Lewis F. Linn (1796)

American Politician

Lewis Fields Linn was a Jacksonian Democratic U. S. Senator for the state of Missouri born in Kentucky. He served in that role from 1833 to 1843. Four states have...

22. Karl Eberhard Herwarth von Bittenfeld (1796)

German General

Karl Eberhard Herwarth von Bittenfeld was a Prussian field marshal.

23. Charles James Barnett (1796)

British Politician

Charles James Barnett was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1820 to 1837 and a Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1831 to...

24. Samuel C. Sample (1796)

American Politician

Samuel Caldwell Sample was a United States Representative from Indiana. He was born in Elkton Maryland and attended a rural school. He learned to become a carpenter and assisted his...

25. Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796)

Second In Line To The British Th

Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales was the only child of George Prince of Wales and Caroline of Brunswick. Had she outlived her father and her grandfather King George III she...

26. John Motley Morehead (1796)

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John Motley Morehead was the 29th Governor of the U. S. state of North Carolina from 1841 to 1845. He is known as the Father of Modern North Carolina. Born...

27. Adolphe Crémieux (1796)

French Politician

Adolphe Crémieux was a French-Jewish lawyer and statesman and staunch defender of the human rights of the Jews of France.

28. Nathaniel Boyden (1796)

American Politician

Nathaniel Boyden was a U. S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1847 and 1849 and later between 1868 to 1869. Born in Conway Massachusetts in 1796 Boyden attended the common...

29. Nathaniel Brander (1796)

Liberian Politician

Nathaniel Brander was a Liberian politician and jurist who served as the first Vice President of Liberia under President Joseph Jenkins Roberts.

30. Charles Brickett Haddock (1796)

American Politician

Charles Brickett Haddock was a New Hampshire educator author politician and civil servant.

31. Robert Wilhelm Lagerborg (1796)

Finnish Politician

Robert Wilhelm Lagerborg was Governor of Uleåborgs Län from 1833 to his death in 1849. He has a monument in Oulu Cemetery with inscriptions in Finnish and Swedish. The Lagerborg...

32. Nathaniel S. Berry (1796)

American Politician

Nathaniel Springer Berry was a two-term governor of New Hampshire served in both houses of the state legislature.

33. Felix Tollemache (1796)

British Politician

x Thomas Tollemache was a British gentleman and Tory politician. He was the second son of William Tollemache Lord Huntingtower and Catherine Gray. On 1 October 1825 he married Sarah...

34. Jean Ulveling (1796)

Luxembourgian Politician

Jean Ulveling was a Luxembourgian statesman politician and historian. He served as a member of the Council of State of Luxembourg for some years and was a member of the...

35. Francis Moon (1796)

Lord Mayor Of London

Sir Francis Graham Moon 1st Baronet was an English printseller and publisher and served as Lord Mayor of London.

36. Pierre Beaubien (1796)

Canadian Politician

Pierre Beaubien was a physician and political figure in Canada East. He was born in Baie-du-Febvre in 1796 and studied at the Séminaire de Nicolet and the Petit Séminaire de...

37. Hiram F. Mather (1796)

American Politician

Hiram Foote Mather was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

38. William Washington Gordon (1796)

American Politician

shington Gordon was an American politician and businessman. Gordon was born in Screven County Georgia. He was named after American Revolutionary War General William Washington under whom Gordon's father Ambrose...

39. William C. McCauslen (1796)

American Politician

Cochran McCauslen was a U. S. Representative from Ohio. McCauslen was born near Steubenville Ohio and attended the public schools. After he studied law he was admitted to the bar...

40. Ferdinand-Alphonse Hamelin (1796)

French Admiral

-Alphonse Hamelin French admiral was born in Pont-l'Évêque Normandy. He went to sea in 1806 as cabin boy with his uncle Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin on the frigate Vénus. The...

41. Moritz Wilhelm August Breidenbach (1796)

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Moritz Wilhelm August Breidenbach was a German jurist.

42. Jonathan Taylor (congressman) (1796)

Congressman

Jonathan Taylor was a U. S.

43. Peter von Meyendorff (1796)

Russian Diplomat

Baron Peter von Meyendorff was a Russian diplomat from the Meyendorff family. From 1850 to 1854 he was Russian ambassador to Austria.

44. Samuel Charles Whitbread (1796)

British Politician

Samuel Charles Whitbread was a British Member of Parliament and member of the Whitbread brewing family. He was the son of Samuel Whitbread. He represented the constituency of Middlesex and...

45. Karel Egon II Van Fürstenberg (1796)

German Politician

46. Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony (1796)

Grand Duchess Of Tuscany

Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony was a daughter of Maximilian Crown Prince of Saxony and his first wife Princess Carolina of Parma. She was by marriage Grand Duchess of Tuscany...

47. Nathaniel Stone Simpkins (1796)

American Politician

Nathaniel Stone Simpkins was a bookseller publisher and legislator in Massachusetts in the 19th century. He ran a bookshop and circulating library in Boston ca. 1820-1830. In 1835 he established...

48. David Richard Pigot (1796)

Irish Judge

David Richard Pigot PC KC was one of the leading Irish judges of his time. Pigot was born in Kilworth County Cork the only son of John Pigot a doctor...

49. Samuel Trehawke Kekewich (1796)

British Politician

Samuel Trehawke Kekewich was an English Tory and later Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1826 to 1830 and from 1858 to 1873. Kekewich was...

50. John Hope-Johnstone (1796)

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