Famous Personalities Born In 1809

Jan 01 John pieter heije: Dutch physician/writer/poet (silver fleet)  

Jan 02 Friedrich wilhelm jahns: Composer  

Jan 04 Louis braille: Coupvray france, developer (reading system for blind)  

Jan 15 Pierre joseph proudhon: France, politician (libertarian socialist)  

Jan 15 Cornelia connelly: Phila, founder (society of the holy child jesus)  

Jan 18 Richard caswell gatlin: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1896  

Jan 19 Edgar allan poe: Boston, author (pit & the pendulum)  

Jan 20 Sebastian de iradier: Spanish composer (la paloma)  

Jan 23 Veer surendra sai: Indian freedom fighter  

Feb 03 Felix mendelssohn-bartholdy: Hamburg germ, composer (great scherzos)  

Feb 07 Frederik paludan-muller: Danish romantic poet (danserinden)  

Feb 12 Charles darwin: England, discovered evolution (origin of species)  

Feb 12 Abraham lincoln: Kentucky, (r) 16th pres (1861-65)  

Feb 15 André dumont: Belgian geologist  

Feb 15 Cyrus hall mccormick: Inventor (mechanical reaper)  

Feb 20 Henry walton wessells: Brig general (union volunteers), died in 1889  

Feb 20 Albertus j duymaer van twist: Gov-gen of neth-indies  

Feb 24 Edwin h k freiherr von manteuffel: Governor/viceroy (elzas-lutherian)  

Feb 25 George washington cullom: Bvt major general (union army), died in 1892  

Mar 03 Sophia hawthorne: Writer  

Mar 10 William david porter: Commander (union navy), died in 1864  

Mar 15 Joseph jenkins roberts: 1st pres of liberia  

Mar 15 Karl josef von hefele: German theologian  

Mar 19 Fredrik pacius: Composer  

Mar 24 Joseph liouville: France, discover of transcendental numbers  

Mar 27 Georges eugene haussmann: Paris france, architect  

Mar 31 Otto jonas lindblad: Composer  

Mar 31 Edward fitzgerald: England, writer (rubaiyat of omar khayyam)  

Apr 01 Willem ruys j dz: Dutch ship owner  

Apr 01 Nikolai gogol: Ukrainian-born russian novelist, humorist, and dramatist (dead souls, the inspector-general)  

Apr 04 Benjamin pierce: Us mathematician/astronomer  

Apr 14 George w vreede: Dutch lawyer/politician  

Apr 15 Hermann gunther grassmann: Mathematician  

Apr 17 Philip st george cocke: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1861  

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Jan 04 Bartolomeo giacometti: Composer,  

Jan 16 John moore: British general (b. 1761)  

Jan 21 Josiah hornblower: American statesman (b. 1729)  

Feb 20 Johann joseph emmert: Composer,  

Mar 07 Johann georg albrechtsberger: Austrian composer,  

Mar 23 Ferdinand-philippe-joseph staes: Composer,  

Mar 26 Gabriele mario piozzi: Composer,  

Mar 27 Joseph m vien: French (court)painter/etcher,