1797 births

Austrian composer (1797–1828)

German poet, writer and literary critic (1797–1856)

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin and her mother was the philosopher and women's rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft.

19th-century German Emperor and King of Prussia (1797–1888)

President of France from 1871 to 1873 (1797-1877)

Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan (27 December 179715 February 1869), commonly known as Mirza Ghalib, was an Indian poet and letter writer of the Mughal Empire. Writing in Persian and Urdu during the final years of the Mughal Empire and the rise of British colonial rule, his poetry often addressed themes of love, loss, philosophy, the human condition, and socio-political disturbances with a depth and complexity that influenced the literary traditions of his time. His ghazals, noted for their intricate imagery and layered meanings, form a significant part of Urdu literature. He spent most of his life in

African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist (1797–1883)

French poet, playwright, and novelist (1797–1863)

Italian opera composer (1797–1848)

North Caucasian imam and warrior (1797-1871)

or , born Andō Tokutarō (; 1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition.

American scientist and the 1st Secretary of the Smithsonian (1797-1878)

British geologist (1797–1875)

Queen consort of Portugal and Empress consort of Brazil (1797–1826)

German composer and writer (1797–1848)

French painter (1797-1856)

Italian dancer, choreographer and dance teacher

king of Saxony (1797–1854)

Swiss novelist (1797–1854)

Grand Duke of Tuscany

Italian philosopher and priest (1797–1855)

Monarch of the Hawaiian Islands (1797–1824)

Astronomer and banker (1797-1850)

Austrian explorer and writer, editor (1797-1858)

Baltic German admiral (1797–1882)

Russian writer, poet and soldier (1797–1837)

Queen consort of Spain (1797-1818)

Ecuadorian revolutionary heroine (1797-1856)

German botanist (1797-1848)

British zoologist (1797–1836)

Swedish chemist and mineralogist (1797–1858)

Scottish surgeon, explorer, ethnologist and zoologist (1797–1872)

Belgian politician and botanist (1797-1878)

Monarch of Tonga (1797–1893)

Italian opera singer (1798-1865)

Dutch Royal (1797-1881)

German scholar of classical Greek studies (1797–1840)

French botanist (1797-1853)

American astronomer (1797–1867)

Archduchess of Austria (1797–1855)

German zoologist (1797–1861)

German aristocrat (1786–1850), Viceregal consort of the Kingdom of Hanover from 1818 to 1837

Russian writer (1797-1846)

German naturalist and zoologist (1797–1821)

president of Peru (1797-1867)

Archduchess of Austria (1797-1829)

French mathematician (*1797 – †1886)

French naturalist, an entomologist, ornithologist and malacologist (1797-1841)

President of Mexico (1797-1849)

Polish artist (1797-1875)

French physicist (1797-1869)

Russian bishop and saint

German physicist (1797–1884)

Danish politician (1797-1861)

Polish explorer and geologist (1797–1873)

Hungarian noblewoman

Catholic cardinal (1797-1875)

Italian librarian (1797-1879) and Principal Librarian of the British Museum

President of Mexico (1797-1867)

German-American piano maker (1797-1871)