Famous Personalities Born In 1779

Jan 01 William clowes: English printer  

Jan 05 Zebulon montgomery pike: Explorer (pike's peak)  

Jan 05 Stephen decatur: Us, naval hero (war of 1812)  

Jan 08 John white: Composer  

Jan 15 Jean coralli: Paris, ballet producer/choreographer  

Jan 18 Peter roget: Thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard)  

Jan 22 Stefano pavesi: Composer  

Jan 24 Elizabeth alexeievna (louise of baden): Russian tsarina  

Feb 20 Augustus callcott: Landscape painter, kensington  

Feb 21 Friedrich c von savigny: German lawyer  

Feb 22 Joachim nicolas eggert: Composer  

Feb 27 Thomas hazlehurst: English soap and alkali manufacturer  

Mar 01 Jacob gottfried weber: Composer  

Mar 02 Joel roberts poinsett: American statesman and botanist  

Mar 06 Philipp roth: Composer  

Mar 13 Oliver shaw: Composer  

Mar 15 William lamb: (whig) viscount melbourne, british pm (1834, 1835-41)  

Mar 15 Lord melbourne: Prime minister of the united kingdom,  

Mar 21 Alexis garaude: Composer  

Mar 28 Angelo maria benincori: Composer  

Apr 11 Louise reichardt: Composer  

Apr 21 William knyvett: Composer  

May 02 John galt: Scotland, novelist (ayrshire legatees, lawrie todd)  

May 25 Henry m baron de kock: Dutch officer/politician  

May 28 Thomas moore: Irish poet  

Jul 10 Alois basil nikolaus tomasini: Composer  

Jul 15 Clement clarke moore: Us, author ('twas the night before xmas)  

Jul 20 Ignaz schuster: Composer  

Jul 21 Gottlob wiedebein: Composer  

Aug 01 Francis scott key: Composer (star-spangled banner)  

Aug 01 Lorenz oken: German naturalist  

Aug 07 Carl ritter: Cofounder of modern science of geography  

Aug 07 Louis de freycinet: French explorer  

Aug 17 Franz de paula roser: Composer  

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Jan 03 Claude bourgelat: French veterinary surgeon (b. 1712)  

Jan 20 John burman: Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens),  

Jan 22 Claudius smith: American revolutionary war loyalist (b. 1736)  

Feb 02 Georg philipp kress: Composer,  

Feb 07 William boyce: Composer,  

Feb 14 James cook: Scottish explorer killed by native hawaiians near kealakekua on the island of hawaii at 50  

Feb 16 William boyce: English organist/composer (cathedral music),  

Feb 24 Paul daniel longolius: German encylopedist (b. 1704)