| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Paul Delaroche |
Painter |
17-Jul-1797 |
4-Nov-1856 |
French academic painter; The Young Martyr |
| Gérard Paul Deshayes |
Geologist |
13-May-1797 |
9-Jun-1875 |
Mollusques de l'Algérie |
| Gaetano Donizetti |
Composer |
29-Nov-1797 |
8-Apr-1848 |
Lucia di Lammermoor |
| George Evans |
Politician |
12-Jan-1797 |
6-Apr-1867 |
US Senator from Maine, 1841-47 |
| Heinrich Heine |
Poet |
13-Dec-1797 |
17-Feb-1856 |
Buch der Lieder |
| Joseph Henry |
Physicist |
17-Dec-1797 |
13-May-1878 |
Discovered electromagnetic induction |
| Hiroshige |
Artist |
1797 |
12-Oct-1858 |
Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido |
| George Moses Horton |
Poet |
c. 1797 |
c. 1883 |
The Hope of Liberty |
| Samuel Lover |
Novelist |
24-Feb-1797 |
6-Jul-1868 |
Handy Andy, an Irish Tale |
| Charles Lyell |
Geologist |
14-Nov-1797 |
22-Feb-1875 |
Principles of Geology |
| Mary Lyon |
Activist |
28-Feb-1797 |
5-Mar-1849 |
Founder of Mount Holyoke College |
| Sir Anthony Panizzi |
Curator |
16-Sep-1797 |
8-Apr-1879 |
Librarian of the British Museum |
| Giuditta Pasta |
Singer |
26-Oct-1797 |
1-Apr-1865 |
Operatic soprano |
| Franz Schubert |
Composer |
31-Jan-1797 |
19-Nov-1828 |
Symphony in C Major |
| Mary Shelley |
Novelist |
30-Aug-1797 |
1-Feb-1851 |
Frankenstein |
| Gerrit Smith |
Activist |
6-Mar-1797 |
28-Dec-1874 |
Anti-slavery and temperance reformer |
| Edwin Vose Sumner |
Military |
30-Jan-1797 |
21-Mar-1863 |
Union Army General |
| Adolphe Thiers |
Head of State |
18-Apr-1797 |
3-Sep-1877 |
First President of the Third Republic |
| Sojourner Truth |
Activist |
c. 1797 |
26-Nov-1883 |
Abolitionist, former slave |
| Alfred de Vigny |
Poet |
27-Mar-1797 |
17-Sep-1863 |
Chatterton |
| Thurlow Weed |
Journalist |
15-Nov-1797 |
22-Nov-1882 |
Newspaperman and Anti-Mason |
| Archibald Yell |
Politician |
9-Aug-1797 |
23-Feb-1847 |
Congressman and Governor of Arkansas |
