221 Year Old Celebrities

1. Nathan Clifford (1803)

American Politician

Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1858 to 1881.

2. Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald (1803)

Novelist

Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald is a famous Novelist, who was born on December 26, 1803 in Estonia. Renowned Estonian writer who published moralistic tales and works of Estonian folklore. His most...

3. Henri Herz (1803)

Austrian Musician

France-based musician who hid his Jewish heritage from the public for fear of anti-Semitism among the 19th-century French cultural elite.

4. Treffle Berthlaume (1803)

Canadian Artist

Canadian sculptor remembered for his contributions toward church carvings. He made the Barbeau Cross, displayed at the Church of Saint Jean in Quebec.

5. Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803)

Poet

British poet, playwright, and medical doctor who is best known for a blank-verse play entitled The Bride's Tragedy.

6. Catherine Crowe (1803)

British Writer

A nineteenth-century English author, she is best known for her debut novel, The Adventures of Susan Hopley (1841). The work was followed by other popular novels, including Men and Women,...

7. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803)

Philosopher

Ralph Waldo Emerson is a famous Philosopher, who was born on May 25, 1803 in United States. American philosopher of optimism, individuality, and mysticism. According to Astrologers, Ralph Waldo Emerson's...

8. Robert Walter Weir (1803)

Painter

Robert Walter Weir is a famous Painter, who was born on June 18, 1803 in United States. Remembered for his association with the Hudson River School, this nineteenth-century American artist...

9. Theodore Dwight Weld (1803)

Non-fiction Author

Theodore Dwight Weld is a famous Non-Fiction Author, who was born on November 23, 1803 in United States. Nineteenth-century abolitionist, public speaker, and author. He is perhaps best remembered for...

10. Albert Sidney Johnston (1803)

War Hero

Albert Sidney Johnston is a famous War Hero, who was born on February 2, 1803 in United States. War veteran who served as a general with the Texian Army, the...

11. Robert Stephen Hawker (1803)

British Writer

British poet and Anglican priest who published a famous 1825 work entitled The Song of the Western Men. His other works include Echoes from Old Cornwall and Tendrils.

12. Robert Chapman (1803)

Religious Leader

Danish religious leader known as the "apostle of Love" who was a pastor of a Strict Baptist chapel and became an influential figure within the Plymouth Brethren.

13. Robert Stephenson (1803)

British Railway Engineer

Railway pioneer who is widely considered one of the most important engineers of the nineteenth century. He was President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and Institution of Civil Engineers.

14. Hector Berlioz (1803)

French Composer

French composer of the Romantic era best remembered for compositions like Symphonie Fantastique and for his influential Treatise on Instrumentation.

15. Christian Doppler (1803)

Austrian Mathematician And Physi

Austrian physicist who studied the frequency of light waves. His most noteworthy work was entitled "On the coloured light of the binary stars and some other stars of the heavens"....

16. Henry Roberts (1803)

Architect

Pennsylvania-born architect who famously designed London's Fishmongers' Hall. He was also involved with Model Dwellings, a British workers' housing project.

17. Adolphe Adam (1803)

French Composer

Best known for his 1844 Christmas carol "Minuit, chrétiens!" It was later given English lyrics and popularized as "O Holy Night" in 1847.

18. Justus Von Liebig (1803)

Chemist

Justus Von Liebig is a famous Chemist, who was born on May 12, 1803 in Germany. German chemist who is widely considered the father of modern organic chemistry. His discovery...

19. Sarah Helen Whitman (1803)

Poet

Sarah Helen Whitman is a famous Poet, who was born on January 19, 1803 in United States. Nineteenth-century American poet and writer associated with the Transcendentalist and Spiritualist movements. She...

20. John Sutter (1803)

Swiss Pioneer Of California

Swiss pioneer of the California Gold Rush who is known for establishing Sutter's Mill and Sutter's fort near present-day Sacramento. He has been featured in both film and literature, and...

21. James Clarence Mangan (1803)

Poet

James Clarence Mangan is a famous Poet, who was born on May 1, 1803 in Ireland. Irish poet whose well-known poems include “The Funerals,” “Siberia,” and “To the Ruins of...

22. Sarah Childress Polk (1803)

First Lady Of The United States

Wife of the eleventh President of the United States,James K. Polk, who served as the twelfth First Lady from 1845 to 1849. She outlived her husband by 42 years and...

23. Susanna Moodie (1803)

Canadian Writer

An English-born author who wrote about her experiences as a settler in Canada, she is best remembered for Roughing it in the Bush, an 1852 memoir. Her novels include Mark...

24. John Gorrie (1803)

Inventor

Scientist and inventor who was responsible for creating air conditioning and refrigeration. Unfortunately, he didn't make any money from his revolutionary inventions and he died impoverished.

25. Thomas Page (1803)

Writer

26. Karl Schorn (1803)

German Artist

Karl Schorn was a German painter and chess master. He was a member of the Berlin Pleiades in the first half of the 19th century.

27. Charles Manning Reed (1803)

American Politician

Charles Manning Reed was a Whig member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Charles M. Reed was born in Erie Pennsylvania. He was the grandson of the...

28. Horace Wheaton (1803)

American Politician

Horace Wheaton was a United States Representative from New York. Born in New Milford Litchfield County Connecticut he moved with his parents to Pompey Onondaga County New York in 1810....

29. Charles Turner (MP) (1803)

British Politician

Charles Turner was a British businessman and Conservative politician. He was the son of Ralph Turner a trader from Hull Yorkshire. He entered business in Liverpool as an East India...

30. Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot (1803)

British Politician

Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot FRS was a landowner industrialist and Liberal politician. He developed his estate at Margam near Swansea as an extensive ironworks served by railways and a port...

31. Jeremiah E. Cary (1803)

American Politician

Jeremiah Eaton Cary was a United States Representative from New York. Cary was born in Coventry Rhode Island on April 30 1803 he attended public school. He moved to Cherry...

32. Walter Hughes (1803)

Australian Philanthropist

Sir Walter Watson Hughes was a pastoralist public benefactor and founder of the University of Adelaide South Australia.

33. John S. Wells (1803)

American Politician

John Sullivan Wells was a United States Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Durham he attended Pembroke Academy studied law was admitted to the bar in 1828 and practiced in...

34. Christopher Memminger (1803)

South Carolina Politician

Christopher Gustavus Memminger was a prominent German-American political leader and the first Secretary of the Treasury for the Confederate States of America.

35. Daniel Washabaugh (1803)

American Legislator And Public O

Daniel Washabaugh was an American legislator and public official. Born near Hagerstown Maryland Washabaugh moved to Chambersburg Pennsylvania and then to Bedford Pennsylvania. He served in the Pennsylvania House of...

36. Sampson H. Butler (1803)

American Politician

Sampson Hale Butler was a U. S. Representative from South Carolina. Born near Ninety Six Edgefield District South Carolina Butler attended the country schools and South Carolina College at Columbia....

37. Bernardo Berro (1803)

President Of Uruguay

Bernardo Prudencio Berro was the President of Uruguay from 1860 to 1864.

38. Mason Mathews (1803)

American Politician

Mason Mathews was an American politician. A Whig he was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Greenbrier County during the American Civil War. Raised in Greenbrier County...

39. William Tharp (1803)

American Politician

Tharp was an American farmer and politician from Milford in Kent County Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as...

40. Albrecht von Roon (1803)

German General

Albrecht Theodor Emil Graf von Roon was a Prussian soldier and statesman. As Minister of War from 1859 to 1873 Roon along with Otto von Bismarck and Helmuth von Moltke...

41. Richard Stockton Field (1803)

United States Senator United Sta

Richard Stockton Field was a United States Senator from New Jersey and later a United States federal judge.

42. Samuel B. Chipman (1803)

Canadian Politician

Samuel Bishop Chipman was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Annapolis County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1840 to 1843 as a Reformer....

43. Sarah Yorke Jackson (1803)

First Lady Of The United States

Sarah Yorke Jackson was the daughter-in-law of U. S. President Andrew Jackson. She served as White House hostess and unofficial First Lady of the United States from November 26 1834...

44. Leon Sapieha (1803)

Polish Noble

Leon Sapieha was a Polish noble politician and statesman. Leon was born and educated in Warsaw and studied law and economics in Paris and Edinburgh from 1820 to 1824. He...

45. Albert Smith White (1803)

American Politician

Albert Smith White was a U. S. Senator and Representative from the state of Indiana. White was born in Orange County New York. He graduated from Union College in Schenectady...

46. William J. Bacon (1803)

American Politician

Johnson Bacon was an American politician and a U. S. Representative from New York.

47. Théodore Humann (1803)

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48. Flora Tristan (1803)

French Suffragist

Tristan was a socialist writer and activist. She was one of the founders of modern feminism. She wrote several works the best known of which are Peregrinations of a Pariah...

49. Richard Green-Price (1803)

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Sir Richard Green-Price 1st Baronet was a Welsh Liberal politician. Born Richard Green he assumed the additional surname of Price as heir to his maternal uncle Richard Price of Norton...

50. Lewis Selye (1803)

United States Representative Fro

Lewis Selye was a U. S. Representative from New York. Born in Chittenango New York Selye attended the common schools and learned the blacksmith trade. He moved to Rochester New...

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