Sep 1 Jan Bake, Dutch linguist, literature professor, teacher, and critic, born in Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands (d. 1864) Sep 5 François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist, born in Paris (d. 1850) Sep 10 John J. Crittenden, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky), born in Versailles, Kentucky (d. 1863) Sep 18 Johann David Passavant, German historian, painter and graphic artist, born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1861) 1786 Famous Birthdays by Year 1788