Famous People Born in 1782

Jan 18 Daniel Webster, US Secretary of State (1841-43, 1850-52), politician and lawyer, born in Salisbury, New Hampshire (d. 1852)

Mar 18 John C. Calhoun, Andrew Jackson's Vice President (1825-32), born in Abbeville, South Carolina (d. 1850)

Mar 24 Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (d. 1836)
Mar 25 Caroline Bonaparte, Queen of Naples (d. 1839) and sister of Napoleon
Apr 14 Carlo Coccia, composer
Apr 26 Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Phillip of Austria
May 16 John Sell Cotman, water color artist
May 26 Joseph Drechsler, Czech composer, born in Vlachovo Březí, Czech Republic (d. 1852)
May 28 Wouter J van Troostwijk, Dutch painter
Jun 3 Charles Waterton, eccentric naturalist/pioneer
Jun 10 Amable-G-P B de Barante, French politician/historian
Jun 19 Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer (L'avenir)
Jun 19 John Bray, English-born American actor and composer (The Indian Princess), born (d. 1822)
Jun 21 Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general, born in Olkhovatsky District, Russia (d. 1852)
Jul 6 Luis [Philippus] Brion, Curacao commander of Colombian fleet
Jul 6 Maria Louisa of Spain, queen of Etruria (d. 1824)
Jul 19 Jonathan Blewitt, English organist and composer, born in London (d. 1853)
Jul 26 John Field, Irish pianist and composer (Nocturnes), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1837)
Aug 10 Charles Napier, soldier, born in London, England

Aug 10 Vicente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, general and 2nd President of Mexico (1829), born in Cuilapan, Oaxaca, Mexico (d. 1831)

Aug 15 Henri de Mérode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs) (d. 1847)
Sep 7 Bernardus Johannes Dibbets, Dutch baron and general-major (Maastricht), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1839)
Sep 16 Daoguang, 8th Emperor of Qing Dynasty, born in Forbidden City, Beijing, China (d. 1850)
Sep 23 Jacques-Fereol Mazas, composer
Sep 25 Charles Robert Maturin, Irish playwright and novelist, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1824)
Oct 9 Lewis Cass, American military officer and politician (U.S. Senator-Michigan), born in Exeter, New Hampshire (d. 1866)
Oct 11 Steen Steensen Blicher, Danish poet and short-story writer (E Binddstouw), born in Vium, Denmark (d. 1848)
Oct 25 Levi Lincoln, Jr., American lawyer and 13th Governor of Massachusetts (1825-34), born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 1868)
Oct 27 Niccolo Paganini, Italian composer and violin virtuoso (Princess Lucca), born in Genoa, Italy (d. 1840)
Nov 1 Viscount Goderich, (Tory), British PM (1827-28)
Nov 13 Esaias Tegnér, Swedish writer (Frithjof's Saga), born in Kyrkerud, Sweden (d. 1846)

Dec 5 Martin Van Buren, 8th US President (Democrat: 1837-41), born in Kinderhook, New York (d. 1862)