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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Charles Babbage
Mathematician
26-Dec-1791 18-Oct-1871 Inventor of the Difference Engine
Samuel Bailey
Economist
1791 18-Jan-1870 Formation and Publication of Opinions
F. Preston Blair
Journalist
12-Apr-1791 18-Apr-1876 Blair House
Franz Bopp
Linguist
14-Sep-1791 23-Oct-1867 Comparative Grammar
James Buchanan
Head of State
23-Apr-1791 1-Jun-1868 15th US President, 1857-61
Carl Czerny
Pianist
20-Feb-1791 15-Jul-1857 Pianist, composer of piano exercises
Johann Franz Encke
Astronomer
23-Sep-1791 26-Aug-1865 Investigated comets and asteroids
Michael Faraday
Physicist
22-Sep-1791 25-Aug-1867 Discovered electrical induction
Théodore Géricault
Painter
26-Sep-1791 26-Jan-1824 French Romanticist painter
Duff Green
Journalist
15-Aug-1791 10-Jun-1875 The United States Telegraph
Franz Grillparzer
Playwright
15-Jan-1791 21-Jan-1872 Der Traum, ein Leben
Tommaso Grossi
Poet
20-Jan-1791 10-Dec-1853 The Lombards in the First Crusade
William Snow Harris
Physicist
1-Apr-1791 22-Jan-1867 Invented a lightning rod for ships
Marie Louise
Royalty
12-Dec-1791 17-Dec-1847 Empress of France
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Composer
5-Sep-1791 2-May-1864 Robert le Diable
Samuel F. B. Morse
Inventor
27-Apr-1791 2-Apr-1872 Telegraph inventor and publicist
George Peacock
Mathematician
9-Apr-1791 8-Nov-1858 Treatise on Algebra
István Széchenyi
Politician
21-Sep-1791 8-Apr-1860 Hungarian statesman, patriot
George Ticknor
Educator
1-Aug-1791 26-Jan-1871 History of Spanish Literature


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