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Born in 1778

121 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Louis Bonaparte

    governor-general, military officer

    1778–1846 · aged 67

    September 2 · 1778

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  2. Marie Thérèse of France

    aristocrat

    1778–1851 · aged 72

    December 19 · 1778

    Source: Genealogics

  3. José de San Martín

    military personnel, soldier

    1778–1850 · aged 72

    February 25 · 1778

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  4. Bernardo O'Higgins

    politician, writer

    1778–1842 · aged 64

    August 20 · 1778

    Source: GeneaStar

  5. Humphry Davy

    naturalist, inventor

    1778–1829 · aged 50

    December 17 · 1778

    Source: Davy, Humphry (DNB00)

  6. Beau Brummell

    military officer

    1778–1840 · aged 61

    June 7 · 1778

    Source: Brummell (the Life of Brummell, by captain Jesse)

  7. Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden

    monarch, visual artist

    1778–1837 · aged 58

    November 1 · 1778

    Source: Find a Grave

  8. Kittur Chennamma

    soldier, freedom fighter

    1778–1829 · aged 50

    October 23 · 1778

    Source: pantheon.world

  9. William Hazlitt

    philosopher, journalist

    1778–1830 · aged 52

    April 10 · 1778

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  10. Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry*

    politician

    Date disputed

    January 24 · 1778

    No external source identified

  11. Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

    physicist, engineer

    1778–1850 · aged 71

    December 6 · 1778

    Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it

  12. Johann Nepomuk Hummel*

    chapelmaster, concertmaster

    Date disputed

    November 14 · 1778

    Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi - digital collection

  13. Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz*

    consort, princess

    Date disputed

    March 2 · 1778

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  14. Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen

    naval officer, soldier

    1778–1852 · aged 73

    September 20 · 1778

    No external source identified

  15. Joseph Grimaldi*

    actor, mime

    Date disputed

    December 18 · 1778

    Source: BnF authorities

  16. Charles Domery

    soldier

    1778–date unavailable

    1778

    No external source identified

  17. Ugo Foscolo

    poet, literary critic

    1778–1827 · aged 49

    February 6 · 1778

    Source: SNAC

  18. Giovanni Battista Belzoni

    archaeologist, travel writer

    1778–1823 · aged 45

    November 5 · 1778

    Source: BnF authorities

  19. Pauline Fourès

    novelist, art collector

    1778–1869 · aged 91

    March 15 · 1778

    Source: MAK

  20. Fernando Sor

    performing artist, composer

    1778–1839 · aged 61

    February 13 · 1778

    Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi

  21. Rembrandt Peale

    curator, scientific collector

    1778–1860

    February 22 · 1778

    Source: SNAC

  22. Friedrich Ludwig Jahn

    politician, pedagogue

    1778–1853

    August 11 · 1778

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  23. Sophie Blanchard*

    balloonist

    Date disputed

    March 24 · 1778

    Source: BnF authorities

  24. Clemens Brentano

    poet, fairy tales writer

    1778–1842 · aged 63

    September 8 · 1778

    Source: Q24354586

  25. Catherine McAuley

    nurse, nun

    1778–1841 · aged 63

    September 29 · 1778

    Source: BnF authorities

  26. Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

    writer, statesperson

    1778–1868 · aged 89

    September 19 · 1778

    Source: BnF authorities

  27. Keōpūolani

    consort

    1778–1823

    1778

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  28. Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry

    diplomat, politician

    1778–1854 · aged 75

    May 18 · 1778

    Source: BnF authorities

  29. Coenraad Jacob Temminck

    scientific collector, ornithologist

    1778–1858 · aged 79

    March 31 · 1778

    Source: GeneaStar

  30. Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

    military personnel

    1778–1819 · aged 41

    June 13 · 1778

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  31. Augustin-Pyramus de Candolle

    professor, scientific collector

    1778–1841 · aged 63

    February 4 · 1778

    Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it

  32. Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld*

    children's writer, writer

    Date disputed

    August 16 · 1778

    Source: Mensdorff-Pouilly, Sophie Gräfin (BLKÖ)

  33. George Bridgetower

    musician, composer

    1778–1860 · aged 81

    October 11 · 1778

    Source: SNAC

  34. Sahle Dengel

    ruler

    1778–1855

    1778

    No external source identified

  35. Joseph Aspdin

    inventor, entrepreneur

    1778–1855 · aged 76

    December 25 · 1778

    Source: commemorative plaque

  36. Augustinos Kapodistrias

    politician

    1778–1857 · aged 78

    November 6 · 1778

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  37. Marie-Louise Coidavid

    politician

    1778–1851

    August 1 · 1778

    No external source identified

  38. Cayetano Ripoll

    teacher

    1778–1826 · aged 48

    January 22 · 1778

    No external source identified

  39. Carl Ludvig Engel

    visual artist, architect

    1778–1840

    July 3 · 1778

    Source: Register of the Artists' Association of Finland

  40. George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland

    politician, aristocrat

    1778–1867 · aged 89

    June 22 · 1778

    Source: The Peerage

  41. William Henry Ashley

    politician, trapper

    1778–1838

    1778

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  42. Esma Sultan

    aristocrat

    1778–1848 · aged 69

    July 17 · 1778

    No external source identified

  43. Mariano Moreno

    journalist, linguist

    1778–1811 · aged 32

    September 23 · 1778

    Source: BnF authorities

  44. Gregory Blaxland

    trader, winemaker

    1778–1853 · aged 74

    June 17 · 1778

    Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography

  45. John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton

    military officer, general field marshal

    1778–1863 · aged 85

    February 16 · 1778

    Source: SNAC

  46. Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky*

    politician

    Date disputed

    January 31 · 1778

    Source: Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky, Franz Anton Graf (BLKÖ)

  47. Alexandrine de Bleschamp

    aristocrat

    1778–1855 · aged 77

    February 23 · 1778

    Source: SNAC

  48. José de La Mar

    politician, military officer

    1778–1830 · aged 52

    May 12 · 1778

    Source: SNAC

  49. Charlotte Badger

    privateer

    1778–date unavailable

    1778

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  50. Andrew Ure

    geologist, astronomer

    1778–1857 · aged 78

    May 18 · 1778

    Source: BnF authorities

  51. Carl Ludwig Koch

    naturalist, ornithologist

    1778–1857 · aged 78

    September 21 · 1778

    No external source identified

  52. John Collins Warren

    surgeon, university teacher

    1778–1856 · aged 77

    August 1 · 1778

    Source: www.academie-medecine.fr

  53. Joseph Lancaster

    teacher

    1778–1838

    November 25 · 1778

    Source: SNAC

  54. James Kirke Paulding

    writer, politician

    1778–1860 · aged 81

    August 22 · 1778

    Source: SNAC

  55. Michael Soutzos*

    politician, diplomat

    Date disputed

    1778

    No external source identified

  56. John Varley

    painter, artist

    1778–1842 · aged 64

    August 17 · 1778

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  57. Anders Sandøe Ørsted

    autobiographer, lawyer

    1778–1860 · aged 81

    December 21 · 1778

    Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, 3rd edition

  58. Smail-aga Čengić*

    military leader, civil servant

    Date disputed

    1778

    Source: BnF authorities

  59. Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg

    politician

    1778–1866 · aged 87

    October 26 · 1778

    Source: SNAC

  60. Charles Alexandre Lesueur

    naturalist, curator

    1778–1846 · aged 68

    January 1 · 1778

    Source: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps biographical dictionary of cartographers

  61. William Wilkins

    classical philologist, architect

    1778–1839 · aged 61

    August 31 · 1778

    Source: SNAC

  62. Thomas Brown

    poet, physician

    1778–1820 · aged 42

    January 9 · 1778

    Source: SNAC

  63. Ruggero Settimo

    politician, military officer

    1778–1863 · aged 84

    May 19 · 1778

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  64. Marie Paradis

    mountaineer, maid

    1778–1839 · aged 61

    February 12 · 1778

    Source: associationdesseniorshalluinois.fr

  65. Anna Maria Erdődy

    aristocrat

    1778–1837 · aged 58

    August 21 · 1778

    Source: biografiA: Lexikon österreichischer Frauen

  66. Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł

    military personnel, politician

    1778–1850 · aged 71

    September 24 · 1778

    Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny

  67. Roman Bagration

    military personnel, royalty

    1778–1834

    1778

    Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia

  68. Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent

    military personnel, journalist

    1778–1846 · aged 68

    July 6 · 1778

    Source: GeneaStar

  69. Manuel Blanco Ramos*

    botanical collector, missionary

    Date disputed

    November 24 · 1778

    Source: RKDartists

  70. Gideon Lee

    politician

    1778–1841 · aged 63

    April 27 · 1778

    Source: Find a Grave

  71. Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko

    playwright, journalist

    1778–1843 · aged 64

    November 29 · 1778

    Source: iht.univ.kiev.ua

  72. Joseph Agricol Viala

    military personnel

    1778–1793 · aged 15

    February 22 · 1778

    Source: arnauld.divry.pagesperso-orange.fr

  73. Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac

    chansonnier, goguettier

    1778–1832 · aged 53

    June 20 · 1778

    Source: Sycomore

  74. Sigismund von Neukomm

    composer, conductor

    1778–1858

    July 10 · 1778

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  75. Godert van der Capellen

    politician

    1778–1848 · aged 69

    December 15 · 1778

    Source: The Peerage

  76. Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi

    khananda, composer

    1778–1846 · aged 68

    January 9 · 1778

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  77. August Zeune

    geographer, university teacher

    1778–1853 · aged 75

    May 12 · 1778

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  78. Mary Brunton

    writer, novelist

    1778–1818 · aged 40

    November 1 · 1778

    Source: The Peerage

  79. William Herbert

    botanist, politician

    1778–1847 · aged 69

    January 12 · 1778

    Source: The Peerage

  80. Rallou Karatza*

    actor, translator

    Date disputed

    1778

    No external source identified

  81. Kunitomo Ikkansai

    gunsmith, inventor

    1778–1840 · aged 62

    November 21 · 1778

    No external source identified

  82. Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen

    archbishop, Catholic theologian

    1778–1839 · aged 61

    October 8 · 1778

    Source: BnF authorities

  83. Duke Heinrich I, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen

    aristocrat

    1778–1847 · aged 69

    July 30 · 1778

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  84. Jean-Toussaint Arrighi de Casanova

    politician, military officer

    1778–1853 · aged 75

    March 8 · 1778

    Source: Find a Grave

  85. Jacques-Joseph Champollion

    linguist, palaeographer

    1778–1867 · aged 88

    October 5 · 1778

    Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it

  86. Nikolai Repnin-Volkonsky

    diplomat, soldier

    1778–1845

    1778

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  87. Mary Anne Talbot

    military personnel, sailor

    1778–1808 · aged 30

    February 2 · 1778

    No external source identified

  88. Javier de Burgos

    poet, politician

    1778–1848

    October 22 · 1778

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  89. Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki

    minister, military personnel

    1778–1846 · aged 68

    January 16 · 1778

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  90. George Bellas Greenough

    geologist, politician

    1778–1855 · aged 77

    January 18 · 1778

    Source: MAK

  91. Georg Anton Friedrich Ast

    writer, classical philologist

    1778–1841 · aged 62

    December 29 · 1778

    Source: BnF authorities

  92. Alexandrine-Caroline Branchu*

    stage actor, opera singer

    Date disputed

    November 2 · 1778

    Source: Find a Grave

  93. Marie-Éléonore Godefroid

    painter

    1778–1849 · aged 70

    June 29 · 1778

    Source: archives.paris.fr

  94. Lewis Weston Dillwyn

    botanical collector, botanist

    1778–1855 · aged 77

    August 21 · 1778

    Source: The Peerage

  95. Pierre Justin Marie Macquart

    dipterologist, entomologist

    1778–1855 · aged 77

    April 8 · 1778

    Source: books.google.com

  96. Teodoro Lechi*

    politician, military officer

    Date disputed

    January 16 · 1778

    No external source identified

  97. Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie

    lawyer, politician

    1778–1849 · aged 70

    December 7 · 1778

    Source: Stortinget og statsraadet: 1814–1914. B. 1 D. 1 : Biografier A-K

  98. Pierre Bretonneau

    scientist, pathologist

    1778–1862 · aged 83

    April 3 · 1778

    Source: www.academie-medecine.fr

  99. Maria Dalle Donne

    teacher, gynecologist

    1778–1842 · aged 63

    July 12 · 1778

    No external source identified

  100. Evaristo Pérez de Castro*

    politician, head of government

    Date disputed

    October 26 · 1778

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  101. Pedro Agustín Girón

    military personnel, politician

    1778–1842 · aged 64

    January 2 · 1778

    No external source identified

  102. Elizabeth Benger*

    novelist, biographer

    Date disputed

    1778

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  103. Nikolaus Kraft

    cellist, composer

    1778–1853 · aged 74

    December 14 · 1778

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  104. Claus Harms

    pastor, secondary school teacher

    1778–1855 · aged 76

    May 25 · 1778

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  105. Alire Raffeneau Delile

    diplomat, scientific collector

    1778–1850 · aged 72

    January 23 · 1778

    Source: BnF authorities

  106. Carl Bernhard von Trinius*

    physician, botanist

    Date disputed

    March 6 · 1778

    No external source identified

  107. Agathon Jean François Fain

    baron, politician

    1778–1837 · aged 59

    January 11 · 1778

    Source: Léonore database

  108. Carl Friedrich Rungenhagen

    choir director, conductor

    1778–1851 · aged 73

    September 27 · 1778

    Source: SNAC

  109. Ludwig Robert

    dramaturge, writer

    1778–1832 · aged 53

    December 16 · 1778

    Source: SNAC

  110. Louis Antoine François Baillon

    ornithologist, zoologist

    1778–1855 · aged 77

    January 20 · 1778

    No external source identified

  111. Joseph Knight

    horticulturist, gardener

    1778–1855

    October 7 · 1778

    No external source identified

  112. Giacomo Monico

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1778–1851 · aged 72

    June 26 · 1778

    Source: Monico, Jacob (BLKÖ)

  113. Honoré V, Prince of Monaco*

    politician

    Date disputed

    May 14 · 1778

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  114. Paolo Polidori

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1778–1847 · aged 69

    January 4 · 1778

    Source: SNAC

  115. Vincenzo Pucitta

    composer

    1778–1861 · aged 83

    February 17 · 1778

    Source: SNAC

  116. Antonio Francesco Orioli

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1778–1852 · aged 73

    December 10 · 1778

    Source: BnF authorities

  117. Aleksey Merzlyakov

    poet, literary critic

    1778–1830 · aged 52

    March 28 · 1778

    Source: Concise Literary Encyclopedia

  118. Johan Storm Munch

    translator, poet

    1778–1832 · aged 53

    August 31 · 1778

    Source: Stortinget og statsraadet: 1814–1914. B. 1 D. 2 : Biografier L-Ø : samt tillæg

  119. Joaquín Abarca

    Catholic priest, politician

    1778–1844 · aged 66

    May 22 · 1778

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  120. Christiane Becker-Neumann

    actor, stage actor

    1778–1797 · aged 18

    December 15 · 1778

    Source: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie

  121. Anna Barbara van Meerten-Schilperoort

    editor, women's rights activist

    1778–1853 · aged 75

    January 3 · 1778

    Source: RKDartists

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