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1788 births

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English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)

Arthur Schopenhauer

German philosopher (1788-1860)

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1788–1850)

Augustin-Jean Fresnel

French engineer and physicist (1788-1827)

Joseph von Eichendorff

German poet and novelist (1788-1857)

Friedrich Rückert

German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages (1788–1866)

Jean-Victor Poncelet

French engineer and mathematician (1788-1867)

Mikhail Lazarev

Russian fleet commander and explorer (1788-1851)

Third king of Siam of the Chakri Dynasty

Antoine César Becquerel

French scientist and pioneer in the study of electric and luminescent phenomena (1788-1878)

Christian Jürgensen Thomsen

archaeologist (1788-1865)

Margaret Taylor

First Lady of the United States from 1849 to 1850

French philosopher (1788–1856)

Carlos de Borbón y Borbón-Parma

Infante of Spain (1788–1855)

Johan Christian Dahl

Norwegian painter (1788–1857)

Archduke Rudolf of Austria

Austrian cardinal

Princess Wilhelmine of Baden

German princess (1788-1836)

Catherine Pavlovna of Russia

Queen of Wurttemburg

Italian writer (1788-1865)

Princess Augusta Amalia of Bavaria

Bavarian princess, duchess consort of Leuchtenberg

German chemist (1788–1853)

French sculptor and medallist (1788-1856)

Carl Sigismund Kunth

German botanist (1788–1850)

Hugh Clapperton

Royal Navy officer and explorer

FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan

British politician (1788-1855)

Carl Reichenbach

German scientist and philosopher (1788–1869)

British Army general (1788-1883)

Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat

French sinologist (1788-1832)

Pierre Joseph Pelletier

French chemist (1788-1842)

Rafael Urdaneta

Venezuelan General (1788-1845)

Spiridon Trikoupis

Greek historian and politician (1788-1873)

Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes

French archaeologist (1788-1868)

Sarah Goodridge

American artist (1788–1853)

Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

Scottish metaphysician (1788-1856)

Sarah Josepha Hale

American writer and editor (1788–1889)

Károly Kisfaludy

Hungarian writer (1788-1830)

Melchor Múzquiz

President of Mexico (1790-1844)

Gheorghe Asachi

Moldavian polymath (1788-1869)

Francisco Balagtas

Filipino writer

Croatian cardinal (1788–1869)

Charles Robert Cockerell

English architect, archaeologist, and writer (1788–1863)

Austrian composer

Muhammad ibn Thani

1st emir of the whole Qatari Peninsula

Markos Botsaris

general and hero of the Greek War of Independence and more

Edwin Atherstone

British writer (1788-1872)

Prideaux John Selby

English ornithologist, botanist and illustrator (1788–1867)

Tomás de Zumalacárregui

Basque General during the 1st Carlist War

William Henry Smyth

English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)

Athanasios Diakos

Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark

princess of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld

Geert Adriaans Boomgaard

Dutch supercentenarian

Mikhail Shchepkin

Russian actor (1788-1863)

Duke Eugen of Württemberg

Russian general (1787–1857)

Adoniram Judson

American missionary (1788-1850)

John C. Spencer

American politician (1788-1855)

founder of the Egyptian modern army

Russian noble and general (1788–1872)

mother of Edgar Allan Poe (1787–1811)

writer and enslaved woman