Born in 1811

More birthdays

• 1811–1861Elisha Otis19th-century American industrialist and inventor of the Otis ElevatorAugust 3
• 1811–1872Zeng GuofanChinese politician and military commanderNovember 26
• 1811–1888François Achille BazaineFrench marshalFebruary 13
• 1811–1860John NeumannCzech–American Catholic bishop and saintMarch 28
• 1811–1870James Young SimpsonScottish obstetricianJune 7
• 1811–1896Ambroise ThomasFrench composer and music educatorAugust 5
• 1811–1879Jón SigurðssonLeader of the 19th-century Icelandic independence movementJune 17
• 1811–1889John BrightBritish Radical and Liberal statesmanNovember 16
• 1811–1879George Caleb BinghamAmerican artistMarch 20
• 1811–1898Henry LiddellBritish classical scholar and administratorFebruary 6
• 1811–1885Ferdinand HillerGerman composer and conductorOctober 24
• 1811–1896William Robert GroveWelsh judge and physical scientistJuly 11
• 1811–1889Jules DupréFrench painterApril 5
• 1811–1886John Humphrey NoyesAmerican utopian community founderSeptember 3
• 1811–1885James Hamilton, 1st Duke of AbercornBritish Conservative statesmanJanuary 21
• 1811–1852Georg August WallinFinnish orientalist, explorer and professorOctober 24
• 1811–1859Juan Bautista CeballosPresident of Mexico in 1853May 13
• 1811–1881Orson PrattAmerican mathematician and Mormon religious leaderSeptember 19
• 1811–1887Alfred DomettPrime Minister of New Zealand from 1862 to 1863May 20
• 1811–1843Stevens T. MasonFirst governor of MichiganOctober 27
• 1811–1869Giulia GrisiItalian opera singerMay 22
• 1811–1889John Archibald CampbellUS Supreme Court justice from 1853 to 1861June 24
• 1811–1864Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of NewcastleBritish politicianMay 22
• 1811–1890Ulrich OchsenbeinSwiss politicianNovember 24
• 1811–1872Francisco PalauCatalan Discalced Carmelite priestDecember 29
• 1811–1863James Bruce, 8th Earl of ElginBritish colonial administrator and diplomatJuly 20
• 1811–1856Gilbert Abbott à BeckettEnglish barrister and humoristJanuary 9
• 1811–1882Archibald Campbell TaitArchbishop of Canterbury from 1868 to 1882December 21
• 1811–1881Hasan TahsiniAlbanian astronomer, mathematician, rector and philosopherApril 7
• 1811–1880Edward William CookeEnglish painterMarch 27
• 1811–1901Andreas LaskaratosGreek satirical poet and writerMay 1
• 1811–1893Jean-Jacques Challet-VenelSwiss politicianMay 11
• 1811–1876Albertus van RaalteDutch American clergymanOctober 17
• 1811–1891Nathaniel WoodardPriest in the Church of EnglandMarch 21
• 1811–1885Jean-Charles ChapaisCanadian Father of ConfederationDecember 2
• 1811–1875Increase A. LaphamAmerican scientistMarch 7
• 1811–1884Matthew SimpsonAmerican Methodist bishop and academicJune 21
• 1811–1903Alson ShermanAmerican politicianApril 21
• 1811–1873Sir Robert Mackenzie, 10th BaronetAustralian politicianJuly 21
• 1811–1863Filippo ColiniItalian opera singerOctober 21
• 1811–1894Caroline M. SawyerAmerican writerDecember 10
• 1811–1857Ludwik GorzkowskiPolish politician, physicist and revolutionary activistNovember 21
• 1811–1883James MontgomreyBrentford benefactor and timber mill ownerSeptember 1
• 1811–1874Chang and Eng BunkerSiamese-American showmen, the original conjoined twinsMay 11