1. Caroline Norton (1808)

British Writer And Social Reform

A nineteenth-century British author, social and legal reformer, and feminist, she is known for such novels as The Dandies Rout, Stuart of Dunleath, and Old Sir Douglas. Her poetry collections...

2. Jefferson Davis (1808)

President Of The Confederate Sta

American salesman who was President of the Confederate States of America from its beginning in 1861 to its collapse in 1865. His 1881 memoir The Rise and Fall of the...

3. Napoleon III (1808)

First President Of The French Re

Nineteenth-century French leader who held office as the French Republic's first President. From 1852-1870, he also served as French Emperor.

4. Antonio Meucci (1808)

Claim To Have Invented The Telep

Inventor of a communications device that is often considered the first telephone, which he developed from 1856 and 1870.

5. Charity Hallet (1808)

Family Member

Historical figure and celebrity family member who is recognized for having been married to the American showman PT Barnum. She was portrayed by actress Michelle Williams in the 2017 feature film The Greatest Showman.

6. Thomas Cook (1808)

Founder Of Founded The Travel Ag

Cabinetmaker who started an excursion group that became the Thomas Cook Group.

7. William Strong (1808)

Supreme Court Justice

Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1870 to 1880.

8. Mary Anna Custis Lee (1808)

Politician

Third cousin and wife of Robert E. Lee, who was a Confederate General during the American Civil War. She was also related to the first president of the United States, George...

9. Gerard De Nerval (1808)

Poet

Gerard De Nerval is a famous Poet, who was born on May 22, 1808 in France. French Romantic poet best remembered for his translation of Goethe’s Faust. His other notable...

10. Samuel Francis Smith (1808)

Songwriter

Samuel Francis Smith is a famous Songwriter, who was born on October 21, 1808 in United States. Best known for writing the lyrics to My Country, ‘Tis of Thee. He...

11. Salmon P. Chase (1808)

Supreme Court Justice

Salmon P. Chase is a famous Supreme Court Justice, who was born on January 13, 1808 in United States. Served as the sixth Chief Justice of the U.S. from 1864...

12. Caroline Chisholm (1808)

English Humanitarian

19th-century English humanitarian who was an advocate for the welfare of female immigrants in Australia, and who has been considered for sainthood.

13. Emma Darwin (1808)

Family Member

Charles Darwin's wife who tended to her husband and their 10 children.

14. Andrew Johnson (1808)

Seventeenth President Of The Uni

Became the 17th President of the United States; he ascended to office following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

15. Charles Fisher (1808)

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16. David Sinton (1808)

American Businessman

David Sinton was a pig-iron industrialist born in County Armagh Ireland who became one of the wealthiest people in America. Sinton was the son of linen manufacturer John Sinton of...

17. Charles Henry Cooper (1808)

British Antiquarian

Charles Henry Cooper was an English antiquarian.

18. Agustín Morales (1808)

Bolivian Politician

Pedro Agustín Morales Hernández was a military officer and de facto President of Bolivia between 1871 and 1872. Morales was born in La Paz. Originally a supporter of President José...

19. Jonathan Norcross (1808)

American Mayor

Jonathan Norcross is the fourth Mayor of Atlanta Georgia. Dubbed the Father of Atlanta and hard fighter of everything. - Henry W. Grady

20. Kinsley S. Bingham (1808)

American Politician

Kinsley Scott Bingham was a U. S. Representative a U. S. Senator and the 11th Governor of the State of Michigan.

21. Robert McDonald Jones (1808)

Mississippi Politician

Robert McDonald Jones was a member of the Choctaw Nation Pro-Tempore of the Choctaw Senate and prominent Confederate politician. He was born in Mississippi and later relocated to Indian Territory.

22. David Stout Manners (1808)

American Politician

David Stout Manners was the ninth Mayor of Jersey City. He succeeded Robert Gilchrist. A Whig politician he served five one-year terms from May 3 1852 to May 3 1857....

23. Cyrus Aldrich (1808)

American Politician

Cyrus Aldrich was a U. S. Representative from Minnesota. Aldrich was born in Smithfield Rhode Island June 18 1808. He followed the occupations of sailor boatman farmer contractor on public...

24. Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau (1808)

Canadian Politician

Sir Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau KCMG QC was a Canadian politician lawyer and businessman. He was born in Quebec City in 1808. He studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec and went...

25. Hiram Bell (1808)

American Politician

Hiram Bell was a U. S. Representative from the Ohio's Third Congressional District. Bell was born in Salem Vermont and attended the public schools of his native town. In 1826...

26. William Giles Jones (1808)

United States Federal Judge

Giles Jones was a United States federal judge. Born in Powhatan County Virginia Jones attended Hampden–Sydney College and the University of Virginia before reading law to enter the bar in...

27. Giovanni Battista Pioda (1808)

Swiss Politician

Giovanni Battista Pioda was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council. He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 30 July 1857 and resigned on...

28. William W. Chapman (1808)

American Politician

s Chapman was an American politician and lawyer in Oregon and Iowa. He was born and raised in Virginia. He served as a United States Attorney in Iowa when it...

29. Samuel J. Gholson (1808)

Confederate Army General Judge L

Samuel Jameson Gholson was a U. S. Representative from Mississippi as well as a Confederate general during the American Civil War. He also served as a United States federal judge...

30. Levi Boone (1808)

American Mayor

Levi Day Boone served as mayor of Chicago Illinois for the American Party.

31. George S. Catlin (1808)

American Politician

George Smith Catlin was a U. S.

32. Lord Arthur Chichester (1808)

British Politician

Lord Arthur Chichester was an Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament. Chichester was the fourth son of George Chichester 2nd Marquess of Donegall and Anna daughter of Sir Edward May 2nd Baronet....

33. Robert Hunter Morris (1808)

American Politician

Template:Cleanup=formatRobert Hunter Morris born 1700 in Trenton New Jersey died 27 January 1764 in Shrewsbury New Jersey was a prominent governmental figure in Colonial Pennsylvania serving as governor of Pennsylvania...

34. David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre (1808)

British Politician

David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre also known as D. O. Dyce Sombre and David Dyce Sombre was an Anglo-Indian held to be the first person of Asian descent to be elected...

35. Caleb Blood Smith (1808)

American Politician And Judge

Caleb Blood Smith was an American journalist and politician serving in the Cabinet of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.

36. Robert Dalglish (1808)

British Politician

Robert Dalglish was a Scottish Radical politician. He was the Member of Parliament MP for Glasgow from 1857 to 1874. Dalglish was born in Glasgow the son of Robert Dalglish...

37. Philip Tomppert (1808)

American Politician

Philip Tomppert was the fifteenth and seventeenth Mayor of Louisville Kentucky in 1865 and 1867 to 1868. He was born in Württemberg Germany and immigrated to Wheeling West Virginia in...

38. Benjamin Crisp (1808)

Carrier Temperance Reformer Char

Benjamin Crisp was a New Zealand carrier temperance reformer and character. He was born in London London England on 11 May 1808.

39. David W. Dickinson (1808)

American Politician

David W. Dickinson was an American politician who represented Tennessee's eighth district in the United States House of Representatives.

40. George C. Richardson (1808)

American Politician

George Carter Richardson was a Massachusetts politician who served as the Mayor of Cambridge Massachusetts.

41. John Scourfield (1808)

British Politician

Sir John Henry Scourfield1st Baronet was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1852 to 1876.

42. Kenneth Rayner (1808)

American Politician

Kenneth Rayner was a whig U. S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1839 and 1845. Born in Bertie County North Carolina Rayner attended Tarborough Academy then studied law and was...

43. José Rufino Echenique (1808)

President Of Peru

José Rufino Echenique Benavente was President of Peru in 1851. He participated in the Peruvian War of Independence. In 1851 Echenique won the presidential elections to succeed Ramón Castilla. Under...

44. Lord Charles Wellesley (1808)

British Politician

Major-General Lord Charles Wellesley was a British politician soldier and courtier. He was the second son of Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington and Catherine Pakenham. He married Augusta Sophia...

45. George Washington Ewing (1808)

American Politician

George Washington Ewing was a Confederate politician during the American Civil War. Ewing was born in Adairville Kentucky and educated in the common schools of Logan County. After passing the...

46. William F. Allen (New York) (1808)

American Politician

Allen was an American lawyer and politician.

47. Nils Jønsberg (1808)

Norwegian Politician

Nils Jønsberg was a Norwegian priest and politician. He was an elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1842 representing the constituency of Finmarkens Amt which at that time consisted of...

48. T. J. Southard (1808)

Shipbuilder

Thomas Jefferson Southard was an American shipbuilder ship owner entrepreneur politician and philanthropist who is considered one of the founding fathers of Richmond Maine. Southard rose from humble origins to...

49. Wilhelm Vischer-Bilfinger (1808)

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50. Joseph-Narcisse Cardinal (1808)

Canadian Politician

Joseph-Narcisse Cardinal was a notary and political figure in Lower Canada. He was the first person executed for taking part in the Lower Canada Rebellion. He was born in Saint-Constant...