Famous People Born in 1791

25 notable people were born in 1791. See what happened in 1791 →

President of the United States from 1857 to 1861

April 23 · 1791–1868

English chemist and physicist

September 22 · 1791–1867

English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer

December 26 · 1791–1871

American inventor and painter

April 27 · 1791–1872

French painter

September 26 · 1791–1824

Son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

July 26 · 1791–1844

English landowner and lesbian diarist

April 3 · 1791–1840

Austrian composer, teacher and pianist

February 21 · 1791–1857

German-born opera composer

September 5 · 1791–1864

Second emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn dynasty in the 19th century

May 25 · 1791–1841

Austrian writer

January 15 · 1791–1872

German philologist

September 14 · 1791–1867

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1791–1883Peter CooperAmerican politician and businessmanFebruary 12
1791–1859Sergey AksakovRussian writerOctober 1
1791–1865Johann Franz EnckeGerman astronomerSeptember 23
1791–1841Félix SavartFrench physicistJune 30
1791–1841Friedrich ParrotBaltic German naturalist and explorerOctober 14
1791–1813Theodor KörnerGerman poetSeptember 23
1791–1863Giuseppe Gioachino BelliItalian poetSeptember 7
1791–1855Josef MunzingerSwiss politicianNovember 11
1791–1873Charles KnightEnglish publisher, editor, and authorMarch 15
1791–1848Count Franz Philipp von LambergAustrian soldier and statesmanNovember 30
1791–1823Charles WolfeIrish poetDecember 14
1791–1869Friedrich Ernst SchellerGerman jurist and politicianNovember 15
1791–1836Ferenc NovákHungarian Slovene Roman Catholic priest and writerDecember 7