Famous People Born in 1791

Apr 13 Félix de Mérode, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War and Finance, born in Maastricht, Belgium (d. 1857)
Apr 23 Friedrich von Olivier, German landscape painter, born in Dessau, Germany (d. 1859)

James Buchanan (1791-1868)

Apr 23 15th US President (1857-61), born in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania

Apr 24 Nikolaj Bestuzhev, Russian Navy officer, writer and painter (Decembrist revolt), born in Saint Petersburg (d. 1855)

Samuel Morse (1791-1872)

Apr 27 American inventor (telegraph, Morse code) and painter, born in Charlestown, Massachusetts

May 11 Jan Václav Voříšek, Czech pianist, organist, and composer, born in Vamberk, Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1825)
May 15 Baron Floris van Hall, Dutch nobleman and politician (Prime Minister 1853-56, and 1860-61), born in Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (now Netherlands) (d. 1866)
May 29 Pietro Romani, Italian conductor and composer, born in Rome (d. 1877)
Jun 9 John Howard Payne, American actor, playwright (Fair Warning), author and creator of the hit song "Home! Sweet Home!", born in NYC, New York (d. 1852)
Jun 9 Thomas L. Jennings, American tailor and inventor (dry-cleaning), abolitionist, and desegregationist, born in New York City (d. 1856) [birth date is uncertain, but taken from burial record; many sources cite default of Jan. 1] [1]
Jun 21 Robert Napier, Scottish marine engineer, born in Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (d. 1876)
Jun 30 Félix Savart, French surgeon and physicist (law of Biot & Savart), born in Mézières, France (d. 1841)
Jul 9 Nicolás Ledesma, Spanish organist and composer, born in Grisel, Spain (d. 1883)
Jul 26 Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian composer and 6th child of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1844)
Sep 1 Lydia Sigourney (née Huntley), American poet and writer (How to Be Happy; Letter of Life), known as "the Sweet Singer of Hartford", born in Norwich, Connecticut (d. 1865)
Sep 3 Francisco Acuña de Figueroa, Uruguayan poet (Toraidas), born in Montevideo, Uruguay (d. 1862)
Sep 5 Giacomo Meyerbeer, German opera composer (Gott und die Natur - God and Nature), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1864)
Sep 20 Sergey Aksakov, Russian writer (Semejnaja chronika), born in Ufa, Russian Empire (d. 1859) [NS 10/01]

Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

Sep 22 English scientist, discovered electromagnetic induction, invented 1st electric motor, born in Newington Butts, England

Sep 23 Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer (Encke Comet), born in Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1865)
Sep 23 Theodor Körner, German soldier and poet (Zriny, Leyer und Schwerdt), born in Dresden, Saxony (d. 1813)

Théodore Géricault (1791-1824)

Sep 26 French painter (The Raft of the Medusa), born in Rouen, Normandy, France

Oct 1 Sergey Aksakov, Russian novelist (Chronicles of a Russian Family), born in Ufa, Russian Empire (d. 1859) [OS 09/20]
Oct 26 Charles Sprague, American banker and poet (Curiosity), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1875)
Oct 31 Ferdinand Huber, Swiss composer, born in St. Gallen, Switzerland (d. 1863)
Nov 11 Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councillor, born in Olten, Switzerland (d. 1855)
Dec 4 Johann Gottlob Topfer, German composer, born in Niederroßla (d. 1870)
Dec 9 Peter Josef von Lindpaintner, German composer, born in Koblenz, Germany (d. 1856)
Dec 12 Marie-Louise of Austria, Duchess of Parma and second wife of Napoleon, born in Hofburg, Vienna, Austria (d. 1847)
Dec 14 Charles Wolfe, Irish poet, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1823)
Dec 24 Eugène Scribe, French dramatist (Bertrand et Raton), born in Paris, France (d. 1861)