Famous Personalities Born In 1801

Jan 11 John lodge ellerton: Composer  

Jan 21 Ramon vilanova y barrera: Composer  

Jan 29 Johannes bernardus van bree: Dutch violinist/composer (felix meritis)  

Feb 01 Adolf fredrik lindblad: Composer  

Feb 01 Émile littré: French lexicographer  

Feb 01 Thomas cole: Us, romantic landscape painter (hudson river school)  

Feb 07 John rylands: England, merchant/philanthropist  

Feb 21 Johann wenzel kalliwoda: Composer  

Feb 21 John henry newman: England, cardinal/author (dream of gerontius)  

Mar 15 Coenraad j van houten: Dutch cocoa manufacturer  

Mar 21 Maria theresa of tuscany: Queen of sardinia  

Mar 23 Peterus d regout: Dutch industrialist (sphinx, maastricht)  

Apr 07 Henry eagle: Commander (union navy), died in 1882  

Apr 11 Claude tillier: French journalist/writer (my uncle benjamin)  

Apr 12 Josef franz karl lanner: Austria, composer/violist  

Apr 12 Henry de cock: Dutch reformed vicar/secession leader  

Apr 19 Gustav t fechner: [dr mises], german philosopher/physicist  

Apr 26 Ambrose dudley mann: American diplomat  

May 06 George sears greene: Bvt mjr general (union volunteers), died in 1899  

May 09 Samuel cousins: Mezzotint engraver  

May 11 Henri labrouste: French architect  

May 16 William h. seward: United states secretary of state, bought alaska at 2 ¢/acre  

May 31 Johann georg baiter: Swiss philologist  

Jun 01 Brigham young: Painter/religious leader (mormon church)/polygamist  

Jun 03 Frantisek jan skroup: Composer  

Jun 04 James pennethorne: Architect  

Jun 14 Heber c. kimball: American religious leader  

Jun 15 Benjamin raymond: Mayor of chicago  

Jun 16 Julius plücker: German mathematician and physicist  

Jun 23 Daniel smith donelson: Major general (confederate army), died in 1863  

Jul 05 David glasgow farragut: Tenn, vice admiral (union navy), died in 1870  

Jul 12 John hill hewitt: Composer  

Jul 14 Johannes peter müller: German physiologist  

Jul 26 John drake sloat: Ret major general comm (union navy), died in 1867  

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Jan 02 Johann c lavater: Swiss vicar/philosopher,  

Jan 11 Domenico cimarosa: Italian composer (matrimonio segreto),  

Feb 07 Daniel chodowiecki: Polish painter (b. 1726)  

Feb 08 Johann chrysostomus drexel: Composer,  

Mar 14 Christian friedrich penzel: Composer,  

Mar 17 Juan de sesse y balaguer: Composer,  

Mar 21 Andrea lucchesi: Composer,  

Mar 23 Tsar paul i of russia (1796-1801) is struck with a sword: Strangled, and trampled to death in his bedroom at st. michael's castle aged 46