Famous People Born in 1779

27 notable people were born in 1779.

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834; 1835–1841)

March 15 · 1779–1848

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1807 to 1808

September 8 · 1779–1808

American lawyer and poet

August 1 · 1779–1843

Irish poet, singer and songwriter

May 28 · 1779–1852

Swedish chemist

August 20 · 1779–1848

German geographer

August 7 · 1779–1859

American general and explorer

January 5 · 1779–1813

Swiss general and writer on the art of war

March 6 · 1779–1869

United States naval officer and commodore

January 5 · 1779–1820

American writer and professor

July 15 · 1779–1863

American politician and diplomat

March 2 · 1779–1851

Danish poet and playwright

November 14 · 1779–1850

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1779–1845Joseph StoryUS Supreme Court justice from 1812 to 1845September 18
1779–1869Peter Mark RogetBritish physician, philologist and theologianJanuary 18
1779–1851Lorenz OkenGerman naturalistAugust 1
1779–1853Tabitha BabbittAmerican tool makerDecember 9
1779–1808Louis Charles, Count of BeaujolaisFrench royal; son of Louis Philippe II, Duke of OrléansOctober 17
1779–1865Benjamin GompertzEnglish self-educated mathematician and actuaryMarch 5
1779–1825José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, 4th Marquess of Torre TaglePresident of Peru from 1823 to 1824March 21
1779–1851Anne-Marie JavouheyFrench Catholic nun and saintNovember 10
1779–1808Pedro Velarde y SantiyánOctober 25
1779–1865Aimé, duc de Clermont-TonnerreFrench general and statesmanNovember 27
1779–1853Johann Nepomuk SchödlbergerAustrian painterMay 22
1779–1851Giorgio PullicinoMaltese painter, architect, and professor of drawing and architectureJuly 8
1779–1847William ClowesEnglish printerJanuary 1
1779–1820José Andrés Pacheco de MeloArgentine politicianOctober 17
1779–1842Thomas HazlehurstFebruary 27