Lord Byron
Profession - Poet
Born - Jan 22,1788
Died - Apr 19,1824
1788 Rudolf of Austria Austrian archduke and archbishop (d. 1831)
1788 William Thomas Brande English chemist and academic (d. 1866)
1788 Pavel Kiselyov Russian general and politician (d. 1874)
1788 William Henry Smyth Royal Navy officer hydrographer astronomer and numismatist
1788 Francis Ronalds British scientist inventor and engineer who was knighted for developing the first working electric telegraph (d. 1873)
1788 Arthur Schopenhauer German philosopher and author (d. 1860)
1788 Johan Christian Dahl Norwegian-German painter (d. 1857)
1788 Antoine César Becquerel French physicist and biochemist (d. 1878)
1788 Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff German author poet playwright and critic (d. 1857)
1788 Edward Hodges Baily English sculptor (d. 1867)
1788 Francisco Balagtas Filipino poet and author (d. 1862)
1788 Wilhelmine Reichard German balloonist (d. 1848)
1788 Franz Pforr German painter (d. 1812)
1788 Charles Robert Cockerell English architect archaeologist and writer (d. 1863)
1788 Augustin-Jean Fresnel French physicist and engineer (d. 1827)
1788 Friedrich Rückert German poet and translator (d. 1866)
1788 Charles A. Wickliffe American politician 14th Governor of Kentucky (d. 1869)
1788 Thomas Blanchard American inventor (d. 1864)
1788 Jean-Victor Poncelet French mathematician and engineer (d. 1867)
1788 Leopold Gmelin German chemist and academic (d. 1853)
1788 Adoniram Judson American missionary and lexicographer (d. 1850)
1788 Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes French archaeologist and author (d. 1868)
1788 Theodore Hook English composer and educator (d. 1841)
1788 Simon Sechter Austrian organist composer and conductor (d. 1867)
1788 Sarah Josepha Hale American author and poet (d. 1879)
1788 Mihály Bertalanits Slovene poet and educator (d. 1853)
1788 Félix Varela Cuban-born Roman Catholic priest (d. 1853)
1788 Christian Jürgensen Thomsen Danish antiquarian (d. 1865)
1788 Carl Reichenbach German chemist and philosopher (d. 1869)
1788 David G. Burnet American politician 2nd Vice-President of Texas (d. 1870)