1. Cyrus McCormick (1809)

Inventor Businessman

Inventor of the McCormick crop reaper, which automated crop harvesting. He was the founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and he based his crop reaping invention on the works...

2. Hannibal Hamlin (1809)

First Republican To Serve As Vic

The 15th Vice President of the United States from 1861 to 1865 who served under Abraham Lincoln during the President's first term in office and the bulk of the American Civil War.

3. Abraham Lincoln (1809)

16th President Of The United Sta

Sixteenth U.S. President who led the country through the horrific American Civil War and helped abolish slavery with the 13th amendment.

4. Leopoldo O'Donnell (1809)

Duke

Leopoldo O'Donnell is a famous Duke, who was born on January 12, 1809 in Spain. Spanish general and statesman who is known for being the first Duke of Tetuan and...

5. William B. Travis (1809)

War Hero

Lieutenant Colonel in the Texas Army who died a hero in the 1836 Battle of the Alamo. He also wrote a famous letter that became a plaque in front of...

6. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809)

Novelist

A nineteenth-century physician, teacher, and author, he is famous for his Breakfast-Table prose series, as well as for his 1830 poem, 'Old Ironsides.' He was one of the famous Fireside...

7. Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1809)

Politician

Joseph Jenkins Roberts is a famous Politician, who was born on March 15, 1809 in United States. Politician who became Liberia’s first President after the country became independent in 1947....

8. Louis Braille (1809)

Inventor

Blind inventor of a system of writing for blind people known as Braille. He later extended his system into musical notations, and, in 1829, he published his first book on...

9. Nikolai Gogol (1809)

Writer

A famous Russian writer of the Nineteenth Century, he is most known for his 1835 novel, Taras Bulba; his 1842 play, Marriage; and such short stories as Diary of a...

10. Edgar Allan Poe (1809)

American Poet Short Story Writer

An American literary icon known for his macabre tales and poems, he is most famous for "The Black Cat," "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and other works of...

11. Minna Planer (1809)

German Actor

Stage actress best known as the first wife of composer Richard Wagner. 

12. William Cannon (1809)

American Politician

Member of the Democratic and Republican Party who served as Governor of Delaware from 1863 to 1865, and in the Delaware General Assembly.

13. Juliusz Slowacki (1809)

Poet

Polish Romantic dramatist and poet known for Kordian, Beniowski, and other works. Over the course of his career, he wrote more than two hundred poetic works and twenty-five plays.

14. Felix Mendelssohn (1809)

German Composer

Early Romantic German musical prodigy known for his Song Without Words and the overture The Hebrides. He was founder of the Leipzig Conservatoire.

15. Charles C. Rich (1809)

American Leader In Lds Church

Early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement who was called by Brigham Young.

16. Albert Pike (1809)

Confederate Army General

Officer of the Confederate Army who was also an attorney, a poet, and a Freemason.

17. Kit Carson (1809)

Union Army General

Frontiersman who participated in the Mexican-American and Civil Wars and led conquests of several Native American tribes.

18. Ljudevit Gaj (1809)

Croatian Academic Writer And Pol

Linguist and central figure of the Illyrian Movement who was known for devising Gaj's Latin alphabet.

19. Timothy Shay Arthur (1809)

Novelist

Timothy Shay Arthur is a famous Novelist, who was born on June 6, 1809 in United States. A nineteenth-century American author, he is best known for his 1854 novel, Ten...

20. Edward Fitzgerald (1809)

Poet

A nineteenth-century British author and poet, he is best known for his English translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. He also famously published the Oxford Book of English Verse.

21. Juan Cortés (1809)

Historian

Remembered both for his diplomatic and his literary work, Cortes served as a Spanish ambassador to France and penned politically-themed works such as Lessons from Political Law (1837) and Essay...

22. Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809)

Novelist

Alfred Lord Tennyson is a famous Novelist, who was born on August 6, 1809 in United Kingdom. A Victorian-era Poet Laureate of Great Britain, he remains one of England’s best-known...

23. Benjamin Peirce (1809)

American Mathematician

Famous American mathematician who taught at Harvard for 50 years. He was also the director of the U.S. Coast Survey from 1867 to 1874.

24. Christina Smith (1809)

Missionary

Nineteenth-century Scottish teacher, missionary, and author who published a book documenting the history, language, and culture of the Buandig group of Indigenous Australians. 

25. Robert C. Schenck (1809)

War Hero

Robert C. Schenck is a famous War Hero, who was born on October 4, 1809 in United States. American war hero who was a Union Army general in the American...

26. Giuseppe Giusti (1809)

Poet

Nineteenth-century Italian poet known for a satirical poem entitled "Gingillino." Author Susan Horner published The Tuscan Poet Giuseppe Giusti and His Times, an 1864 biography of the poet.

27. Andiris Perera Dharmagunawardhana (1809)

Religious Leader

Andiris Perera Dharmagunawardhana is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on November 19, 1809 in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan man who was the pioneer of the Buddhist revival movement....

28. Charles Darwin (1809)

Naturalist

Father of evolutionary science whose 1859 book The Origin of Species first introduced the concept of natural selection. His theories, which helped support evolution, made him a controversial figure.

29. Juliusz Słowacki (1809)

Polish Poet

Juliusz Słowacki was a Polish Romantic poet. He is considered one of the Three Bards of Polish literature — a major figure in the Polish Romantic period and the father...

30. James Richardson (1809)

Film Producer

James Richardson is a film producer. In 2002, he co-founded the British film and television production company Vertigo Films with Allan Niblo. Richardson previously worked for Pagoda Films.

31. James Ogilvie Fairlie (1809)

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32. Elijah Williams (chess player) (1809)

British Chess Player

Elijah Williams was an eminent British chess player of the mid-19th century. The first president of the Clifton Chess Club and publisher of a book of games from the Divan...

33. Prince Albert Of Prussia (1809)

Prussian Colonel-general

Prince Frederick Henry Albert of Prussia was the fifth son and youngest child of King Frederick William III of Prussia and Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. His parents had fled to East...

34. Bogusław Fryderyk Radziwiłł (1809)

German General

Bogusław Fryderyk Radziwiłł was a Polish nobleman and Prussian military officer and politician. At the time Poland was partitioned he lived in the Kingdom of Prussia where he was a...

35. Meriwether Lewis Clark Sr. (1809)

United States Army Officer

Meriwether Lewis Clark Sr. was an architect civil engineer politician and a general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He first served in the Trans-Mississippi Theater...

36. George Edmondstone (1809)

Politician

George Edmondstone was an alderman and mayor in the Brisbane Municipal Council. .

37. John P. Cochran (1809)

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John Polk Cochran was an American farmer and politician from Middletown in New Castle County Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as Governor of Delaware.

38. Chauncey L. Knapp (1809)

American Politician

Chauncey Langdon Knapp was a U. S. Representative from Massachusetts.

39. Charles Augustus Wheaton (1809)

American Politician

Charles Augustus Wheaton was a businessman and major figure in the central New York state abolitionist movement and Underground Railroad as well as other progressive causes.

40. Calvin T. Hulburd (1809)

American Politician

Calvin Tilden Hulburd was a United States Representative from New York during the American Civil War and Reconstruction.

41. William Trevitt (1809)

Ohio Politician Diplomat And Doc

Trevitt was a doctor politician diplomat and newspaper publisher in 19th century Ohio. He served two times as Ohio Secretary of State three years in the Ohio House of Representatives...

42. Joseph G. Masten (1809)

American Politician

Joseph Griffiths Masten was Mayor of the City of Buffalo New York serving in 1843–1844 and 1845–1846. He was born in Red Hook New York on June 24 1809. He...

43. Albrecht von Bernstorff (1809)

German Diplomat

Albrecht Graf von Bernstorff was a Prussian statesman. Bernstorff was born at the estate Dreilützow in the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. He studied legal science in Göttingen and Berlin following which...

44. Samuel Carey Bradshaw (1809)

American Politician

Samuel Carey Bradshaw was an Opposition Party member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Samuel Carey Bradshaw was born in Plumstead Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools...

45. Louis Van Heiden Reinestein (1809)

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46. John Prince-Smith (1809)

German Politician

John Prince-Smith was an English-born German free trade liberal and politician.

47. Nakayama Tadayasu (1809)

Japanese Courtier And Peer

Marquess Nakayama Tadayasu was a Japanese nobleman and courtier of the Edo period and then one of the Kazoku of the post-1867 Empire of Japan. He was the father of...

48. Sampson Willis Harris (1809)

American Politician

Sampson Willis Harris was an American politician and lawyer in the states of Georgia and Alabama. Harris was born in Elbert County Georgia. He graduated from the University of Georgia...

49. George Franklin Fort (1809)

American Politician

George Franklin Fort was a physician politician judge and a Democrat who served as the 16th Governor of New Jersey from 1851 to 1854.

50. Herman Thorp (1809)

American Politician

Herman S. Thorp or Thorpe was an American farmer from Bristol or Cypress Wisconsin who served as a Free Soil Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Racine County...