Henry David Thoreau
Profession - Naturalist
Born - Jul 12,1817
Died - May 06,1862
1817 Theophilus Shepstone English-South African politician (d. 1893)
1817 Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse French geologist and mineralogist (d. 1881)
1817 Émile Prudent French pianist and composer (d. 1864)
1817 Richard S. Ewell American general (d. 1872)
1817 Édouard Thilges Luxembourgian jurist and politician 7th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 1904)
1817 Lewis Armistead American general (d. 1863)
1817 José Zorrilla Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1893)
1817 Carl Wilhelm Borchardt German mathematician and academic (d. 1880)
1817 Giovanni Duprè Italian sculptor and educator (d. 1882)
1817 János Arany Hungarian journalist and poet (d. 1882)
1817 Edwards Pierrepont American lawyer and politician 34th United States Attorney General (d. 1892)
1817 Austen Henry Layard English archaeologist academic and politician Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (d. 1894)
1817 Braxton Bragg American general (d. 1876)
1817 Francesco Selmi Italian chemist and patriot (d. 1881)
1817 Alexander Kaufmann German poet and educator (d. 1893)
1817 Debendranath Tagore Indian philosopher and author (d. 1905)
1817 Manuel Robles Pezuela Unconstitutional Mexican interim president (d. 1862)
1817 Branwell Brontë English painter and poet (d. 1848)
1817 Louise von François German author (d. 1893)
1817 Joseph Dalton Hooker English botanist and explorer (d. 1911)
1817 Albert von Kölliker Swiss anatomist and physiologist (d. 1905)
1817 Sir John Fowler 1st Baronet English engineer designed the Forth Bridge (d. 1898)
1817 Ivan Aivazovsky Armenian-Russian painter and illustrator (d. 1900)
1817 Martin Körber Baltic German pastor composer and conductor (d. 1893)
1817 Archduke Albrecht Duke of Teschen (d. 1895)
1817 Alexander H. Bailey American lawyer judge and politician (d. 1874)
1817 Marie-Eugénie de Jésus French nun and saint founded the Religious of the Assumption (d. 1898)
1817 Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy Russian poet author and playwright (d. 1875)
1817 Alexander Tilloch Galt English-Canadian businessman and politician 1st Canadian Minister of Finance (d. 1893)
1817 Herman Adolfovich Trautscohold German geologist and paleontologist (d. 1902)
1817 Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio Spanish poet and philosopher (d. 1901)
1817 Syed Ahmad Khan Indian philosopher and scholar (d. 1898)
1817 Pierre Larousse French lexicographer and author (d. 1875)
1817 Bahá'u'lláh Persian spiritual leader founded the Baháʼí Faith (d. 1892)
1817 John Bigelow American lawyer and politician United States Ambassador to France (d. 1911)
1817 Charles Adolphe Wurtz Alsatian-French chemist (d. 1884)
1817 William Ellery Channing American poet and author (d. 1901)
1817 Heinrich von Sybel German historian academic and politician (d. 1895)
1817 Nikoloz Baratashvili Georgian poet and author (d. 1845)
1817 Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs Danish lawyer and politician 10th Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1896)
1817 James J. Archer American lawyer and general (d. 1864)
1817 Princess Clémentine of Orléans (d. 1907)
1817 Alvin Saunders Territorial Governor and Senator from Nebraska (d. 1899)
1817 William Crowther Dutch-Australian politician 14th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1885)
