Walter Scott
Scottish novelist
26 notable people were born in 1771.
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover
King of Hanover from 1837 to 1851
Robert Owen
Welsh social reformer
Richard Trevithick
British inventor and mining engineer
Emperor Kōkaku
Emperor of Japan from 1779 to 1817
Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
Austrian archduke and general
Mungo Park
Scottish naturalist and explorer of the African continent
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg
Austrian nobleman and field marshal
Antoine-Jean Gros
French painter of historical subjects
Xavier Bichat
French anatomist and pathologist
Éleuthère Irénée du Pont
French-American chemist and industrialist
Thomas Wedgwood
English photographer and inventor
More birthdays
- 1771–1855Dorothy WordsworthEnglish author, poet and diaristDecember 25
- 1771–1831Henry MaudslayEnglish inventor and machine tool innovatorAugust 22
- 1771–1829Nikolay RaevskyRussian general and statesmanSeptember 25
- 1771–1844Nicolas ChopinPolish educator; father of Frédéric ChopinApril 15
- 1771–1839Ferdinando PaerItalian composerJuly 1
- 1771–1842Pierre BaillotFrench violinist and composerOctober 1
- 1771–1820Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of SelkirkScottish landowner and philanthropistJune 20
- 1771–1848Hermann von BoyenPrussian army officerJune 20
- 1771–1845Sydney SmithEnglish writer and clergymanJune 3
- 1771–1859Joseph Diez GergonneFrench mathematician and logicianJune 19
- 1771–1870Patrick GassSergeant in the Lewis and Clark ExpeditionJune 12
- 1771–1816Johann August ApelGerman writer and juristSeptember 17
- 1771–1853Thomas TalbotCanadian soldier and colonial administratorJuly 19
- 1771–1854Heinrich ClaurenGerman writerMarch 20