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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

French diplomat (1754-1838)

Adelbert von Chamisso

German poet and botanist (1781–1838)

Lorenzo Da Ponte

Italian opera librettist, poet and Roman Catholic priest (1749–1838)

Ivan Kotliarevskyi

Ukrainian writer

Pierre Louis Dulong

French scientist (1785-1838)

Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest

French zoologist (1784–1838)

American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor (1770-1838)

Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy

French linguist and orientalist (1758–1838)

José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva

(1763-1838) Brazilian politician

Osceola (1804 – January 30, 1838, Vsse Yvholv in Creek, also spelled Asi-yahola), named Billy Powell at birth, was an influential leader of the Seminole people in Florida. His mother was Muscogee, and his great-grandfather was a Scotsman, James McQueen. He was reared by his mother in the Creek (Muscogee) tradition. When he was a child, they migrated to Florida with other Red Stick refugees, led by a relative, Peter McQueen, after their group's defeat in 1814 in the Creek Wars. There they became part of what was known as the Seminole people.

Frédéric Cuvier

French biologist (1773-1838)

Jean Marc Gaspard Itard

French physician (1774-1838)

Ferenc Kölcsey

Hungarian politician and writer (1790-1838)

Bernard Courtois

chemist (1777-1838)

Prince Maximilian of Saxony

Prince of Saxony (1759-1838)

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

British poet and novelist (1802–1838)

French explorer (1799–1838)

Johanna Schopenhauer

German writer (1766-1838)

German composer

Kaspar Maria von Sternberg

Czech botanist, geologist, paleontologist and nobleman (1761-1838)

Jędrzej Śniadecki

writer, physician, chemist and biologist (1768-1838)

Bernhard Crusell

Swedish-Finnish clarinetist, composer and translator (1775–1838)

Joseph Lancaster

British educator

Johann Nepomuk Maelzel

German inventor (1772–1838)

Afrikaner pioneer (1780–1838)

Charles Percier Bassant

French architect (1764–1838)

Friedrich Accum

German chemist (1769-1838)

Thomas Andrew Knight

British botanist (1759-1838)

Maria Louisa Catherine Cecilia Cosway

painter from Italy who lived and worked in Italy, England and France (1760-1838)

Nathaniel Bowditch

American astronomer and mathematician who founded modern navigation (1773-1838)

Ignaz von Rudhart

Prime Minister of Greece (1790-1838)

Laure Junot, Duchess of Abrantès

French writer and memoirist (1784-1838)

Johann Friedrich Adam

Russian botanist (1780–1832)

Maximilian von Montgelas

German politician (1759-1838)

American politician (1739-1838)

The last Dey of the Regency of Algiers (1765-1838)

François Pouqueville

French diplomat, writer and scholar

French politician and officer (1770-1838)

Sir Richard Hoare, 2nd Baronet

Archaeologist and antiquarian (1758-1838)

Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai

French politician (1754-1838)

lawyer and father of Karl Marx (1777–1838)

Frédéric-César de La Harpe

Swiss political leader (1754-1838)

French scientist

English composer and organist

Poul Martin Møller

Danish academic and poet (1794–1838)

Carl Philipp von Wrede

German field marshal (1767-1838)

German classical pianist

William Henry Ashley

American politician (1778-1838)

Spanish painter (1770-1838)

Friedrich Hermann Otto, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

Jean-François Le Gonidec

Breton grammarian and translator

Alexander Polezhayev

Russian poet (1804–1838)

Anne-Marie Rivier

French sister (1768-1838)

Sophie von Dönhoff

morganatic wife of Frederick William II of Prussia (1768-1834)

François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo

French general (1774-1838)

Johann Adam Möhler

German theologian (1796–1838)

Yusuf Karamanli

Pasha of tripolitania

Hégésippe Moreau

French writer (1810-1838)

François-Joseph-Victor Broussais

French physician (1772-1838)