Born in 1809

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• 1809–1894Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.American poet, essayist, physicianAugust 29
• 1809–1876Joseph Jenkins Roberts1st and 7th president of Liberia (1848–56, 1872–76)March 15
• 1809–1849Juliusz SłowackiPolish Romantic poetSeptember 4
• 1809–1884Cyrus McCormickAmerican inventor and businessmanFebruary 15
• 1809–1877Hermann GrassmannGerman polymath, linguist and mathematicianApril 15
• 1809–1882Joseph LiouvilleFrench mathematicianMarch 24
• 1809–1883Edward FitzGeraldEnglish poet and translatorMarch 31
• 1809–1836William B. TravisTexian Army officer and lawyerAugust 1
• 1809–1893Fanny KembleEnglish actress and writerNovember 27
• 1809–1837Mariano José de LarraSpanish romantic writerMarch 24
• 1809–1885Friedrich Gustav Jakob HenleGerman physicianJuly 9
• 1809–1894Heinrich HoffmannGerman psychiatrist and children's writerJune 13
• 1809–1880Manuel MonttPresident of Chile from 1851 to 1861September 4
• 1809–1891Fredrik PaciusGerman composer, lived in FinlandMarch 19
• 1809–1874Benjamin Robbins CurtisUS Supreme Court justice from 1851 to 1857November 4
• 1809–1884Veer Surendra SaiFreedom fighter and revolutionary from OdishaJanuary 23
• 1809–1880Achille GuenéeFrench lawyer and entomologistJanuary 1
• 1809–1870John A. DahlgrenAmerican admiralNovember 13
• 1809–1837Jean-Charles CornayFrench missionary and martyrFebruary 27
• 1809–1851John Kirk TownsendU.S. ornithologistAugust 10
• 1809–1899Charles ChiniquyCanadian Presbyterian minister and socio-political activistJuly 30
• 1809–1895François Certain de CanrobertMarshal of FranceJune 27
• 1809–1877Edmund SharpeEnglish architect and engineerOctober 31
• 1809–1857André DumontBelgian geologistFebruary 15
• 1809–1899Alvan Wentworth ChapmanAmerican botanist and physicianSeptember 28
• 1809–1866François-Xavier GarneauFrench Canadian notary, poet, civil servant and liberalJune 15
• 1809–1864Otto LindbladSwedish composerMarch 31
• 1809–1889Friedrich August von QuenstedtGerman geologist and palaeontologistJuly 10
• 1809–1892Alexandros Rizos RangavisGreek man of letters, poet and statesmanDecember 27
• 1809–1882George Washington BainesAmerican politician and journalistDecember 29
• 1809–1882Karl Felix HalmGerman classical philologist and librarianApril 5
• 1809–1884Isaak August DornerGerman Lutheran church leaderJune 20
• 1809–1889Volney HowardAmerican lawyer, statesman, and juristOctober 22
• 1809–1873John HartAustralian politicianFebruary 25
• 1809–1885James ClarkAmerican Jesuit educatorOctober 21