1809 births

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War, defeating the Confederate States and playing a major role in the abolition of slavery.

English naturalist and biologist (1809-1882)

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as one of the central figures of Romanticism and Gothic fiction in the United States and of early American literature. Poe was one of the country's first successful practitioners of the short story, and is generally considered to be one of the pioneers of the detective fiction genre. In addition, he is credited with contributing significantly to the emergence of science fiction. He is the first well-known American writer to earn a living exclusively through writing, which resulted in a financially difficult life and career.

Russian writer of Ukrainian origin (1809–1852)

German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent (1809-1847)

British Poet Laureate (1809–1892)

French politician, philosopher, anarchist and socialist (1809-1865)

British Liberal prime minister (1809–1898)

French organist and teacher (1809-1852), inventor of braille, a system for reading and writing text and music, used by people who are blind or visually impaired

Polish Romantic poet (1809–1849)

American poet and physician (1809–1894)

Vice President of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809–1891)

French official and politician (1809-1891)

German philosopher and theologian (1809–1882)

French mathematician and engineer (1809–1882)

Armenian writer, activist, academic (1809-1848)

German polymath, linguist and mathematician (1809–1877)

Spanish romantic writer (1809-1837)

President of Liberia (1809–1876)

Italian politician (1809–1880)

Croatian academic, writer and politician (1809–1872)

Russian poet (1809–1842)

English poet and translator (1809–1883)

American frontiersman and Union Army general (1809-1868)

American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist and Confederate States Army general Associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, Freemason (1809–1891)

Italian politician, scientist, and general (1809–1896)

German physician (1809–1885)

American inventor and businessman (1809–1884)

American mathematician (1809–1880)

German psychiatrist and children's writer

Scottish physicist and glaciologist (1809–1868)

Italian poet (1809–1850)

Spanish author, political theorist and diplomat (1809-1853)

German composer resided in Finland (1809-1891)

Chilean politician (1809–1880)

Spanish general and statesman (1809–1867)

Prussian colonel-general (1809-1872)

English actress and writer (1809–1893)

British meteorologist and aeronaut (1809-1903)

American photographer and lamp manufacturer (1809–1893)

President of Argentina (1809-1867)

American politician and Confederate States Army general in the Civil War (1809–1867)

German politician (1809-1886)

Swiss naturalist (1809–1883)

French politician and lawyer (1809-1880)

Russian noble (1809-1881)

Prince of Hesse and by Rhine and German general (1809-1877)

French painter (1809-1864)

German botanist (1809-1879)

French General, Marshal of France (1809–1895)

French revolutionary leader, journalist, and military commander of the Paris Commune (1809–1871)

Alamo commander and defender (1809–1836)

Baltic German botanist (1809-1889)

Belgian zoologist (1809–1894)

German general (1809–1885)

German philologist (1809-1881)

German-American physician and botanist (1809-1884)

Spanish composer from Basque Country

German zoologist (1809-1870)

English entomologist (1809–1874)