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Nicholas I of Russia

The 11th Emperor of Russia (1825–1855)

French physicist, the "father of thermodynamics" (1796–1832)

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

French landscape and portrait painter and printmaker in etching (1796-1875)

Ferdinand von Wrangel

Baltic German explorer and Russian admiral (1797-1870)

Adolphe Quetelet

Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist (1796-1874)

Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales

British princess (1796-1817); only child of George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV)

American politician (1796-1859)

Swiss mathematician (1796-1863)

August von Platen-Hallermünde

German poet (1796-1835)

Swedish composer

American painter (1796-1872)

Philipp Franz von Siebold

German biologist and traveller (1796-1866)

Fernán Caballero

Spanish women novelist (1796-1877)

nineteenth-century American pioneer, soldier, smuggler, slave trader, and land speculator, played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution

Prince Alois II, Prince of Liechtenstein

Prince of Liechtenstein (1796-1858)

François Mignet

French historian and journalist (1796-1884)

Karl Ernst Claus

Baltic German scientist (1796-1864)

Carl Ludwig Blume

German-Dutch botanist (1796-1862)

William Hickling Prescott

American historian and Hispanist (1796–1859)

Johann Christian Poggendorff

German physicist (1796–1877)

Asher Brown Durand

American painter and engraver (1796-1886)

German composer (1796–1869)

Karl Leberecht Immermann

John Stevens Henslow

British botanist, priest and geologist (1796-1861)

Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg

Queen consort of Denmark (1796–1881)

Scottish painter (1796–1864)

Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir

Malay author, translator and teacher

Giovanni Pacini

Italian composer (1796–1867)

Austrian artist (1796–1842)

John M. Clayton

American lawyer and politician (1796–1856)

German-Austrian cabinet maker (1796-1871)

Charles Cousin-Montauban

French general and statesman (1796-1878)

Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia

Prussian princess; Duchess consort of Anhalt-Dessau

Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony

German princess (1796-1865)

Matteo Carcassi

Italian musician (1796–1853)

Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz

Prussian general (1796–1877)

Henry De la Beche

English geologist, palaeontologist and Slave plantations owner (1796–1855)

Phan Thanh Gian

Vietnamese official (1796-1867)

George, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1848-1853)

Juan Esteban Pedernera

Argentine politician and military officer (1796–1886)

arctic explorer and admiral of Russian Navy

Frederick William Beechey

English naval officer and hydrographer (1796-1856)

Cambodian politician (1796–1860)

American botanist (1796–1873)

Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel

German princess and painter (1796–1880)

Wilhelm Hemprich

German naturalist and explorer (1796–1825)

Jean-Gaspard Deburau

Bohemian-French mime (1796-1846)

Antun Mihanović

Croatian poet (1796–1861)

German publisher (1796-1856)

American mechanic and inventor (1796–1859)

Barthélemy-Prosper Enfantin

one of the founders of Saint-Simonianism (1796-1864)

Christian Winther

Danish lyric poet (1796–1876)

American lawyer and politician (1796–1869)

Scottish surgeon, botanist and botanical collector (1796-1872)

Immanuel Hermann Fichte

German philosopher (1796–1879)

Francis Crozier

Irish naval officer and polar explorer

Nikolai Turczaninov

Russian botanist (1796-1864)

Leopold II, Prince of Lippe

Sovereign of the Principality of Lippe

Alexandru II Ghica

Ruler of Wallachia

Feargus O'Connor

Irish politician (1794-1855)