1780s births

Shaka kaSenzangakhona ( – 24 September 1828), also known as Shaka (the) Zulu () and Sigidi kaSenzangakhona, was the king of the Zulu Kingdom from 1816 to 1828. One of the most influential monarchs of the Zulu, he ordered wide-reaching reforms that reorganized the military into a formidable force.

Russian poet (1783-1852)

Duwamish chief

Sacagawea ( or ; also spelled Sakakawea or Sacajawea; May 1788 – December 20, 1812) was a Lemhi Shoshone or Hidatsa woman who, in her teens, helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the Louisiana Territory. Sacagawea traveled with the expedition thousands of miles from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean, helping to establish cultural contacts with Native American people and contributing to the expedition's knowledge of natural history in different regions.

Prince of Serbia

Hungarian philologist and orientalist (1784-1842)

Khoikhoi woman

American fur trapper and frontiersman

King of Lesotho from 1822 to 1870

French pirate and privateer

Romanian general and revolutionary (1780–1821)

Russian general and statesman of Baltic German origin (1780s-1844)

feral child found in 18th century France

Royal Navy officer and explorer

Greek politician (1782-1858)

King of Tahiti

Russian explorer of Northern Siberia of Swedish origin (1780-1845)

Serbian hajduk (1780-1813)

German clock maker, who claimed to be Louis XVII of France (1785-1845)

Nikitaras () was the nom de guerre of Nikitas Stamatelopoulos () (c. 17841849), a Greek revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence. Due to his fighting prowess, he was known as Turkofagos or Turkophagos (), literally meaning the "Turk-Eater".

Russian politician and army commander (1783-1865)

Spanish guerilla fighter

Haitian freedom fighter

Sultan of Brunei (1788-1885)

Danish painter

Australian botanist (1787-1863)

French writer (1784-1829)

Mexican general and politician

British ornithologist, botanist and horticulturist (1784–1846)

British economist and entomologist

British duchess; second wife of Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1785-1873)

writer and women's rights advocate

Greek politician (1786-1846)

French actress (1787-1867)

Azerbaijani historian

Bey of Tunis (1835-1837)

Russian Jewish writer

Ruler of Kuwait from 1859 to 1866

British Army general (1781 or 1784-1781)

ethnic Greek woman

Russian guerilla leader during the French invasion of 1812

American politician, Louisiana (1784-1856)

American artist (1781-1839)

Khan of Kokand from 1810-1822

American fur trader

Japanese Ukiyo-e artist, fiction writer, and comic tanka poemer

Polish botanist, zoologist, educator and writer (1785–1868)

army general

English philosopher, writer, inventor, and social reformer (1783/4–1861)

King of Eswatini

English painter and explorer (1788/1789–1862)

Royal Navy officer and explorer

Iranian politician

British scientist

Algerian bey (c.1784- c.1850) The last bey in the Beylik of Constantine and one of the symbol figures for Algerian resistance against French invasion

Ottoman and Turkish politician

French pirate (1786-1821)

Indian queen

British cartographer

Poet, public figure and Major General