Famous People Born In 1814
Discover the most famous people born in 1814. The list includes people like Mikhail Bakunin, Samuel Colt, Adolphe Sax, James Paget, Adolf von Henselt and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include political leaders, revolutionaries, physicists and lawyers born in 1814. This list includes people from United States, England and many more countries.
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Birthdate: 6th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dinant
Died: February 7, 1894
The inventor of the saxophone, Belgian musician Adolphe Sax, was born to instrument-maker parents who had themselves re-designed the French horn. As a child, he was known as "the ghost" for his frequent brushes with death. He made many other instruments, which were included in the French army bands.
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Samuel Colt(American Inventor, Industrialist, and Businessman)
Birthdate: 19th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Died: January 10, 1862
Birthdate: 9th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Morintsy, Ukraine
Died: March 10, 1861
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Jean-François Millet
(Artist)
Birthdate: 4th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Gréville-Hague, La Hague, France
Died: January 20, 1875
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Bhanubhakta Acharya
(Poet)
Birthdate: 13th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Chundi Ramgha, Nepal
Died: April 23, 1868
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Jenny von Westphalen
(Karl Marx's wife)
Birthdate: 12th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Salzwedel, Germany
Died: December 2, 1881
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Mikhail Lermontov
(Russian Romantic Writer, Poet and Painter)
Birthdate: 15th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: July 27, 1841
One of the most significant Russian romantic authors of the Golden Age of Russian Poetry, Mikhail Lermontov is remembered for his iconic novel A Hero of Our Time. His initial poems, such as Prisoner of the Caucasus, were highly Byronic. His writings laid the foundation for the Russian psychological novel.
Birthdate: 30th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Russia
Died: July 1, 1876
Mikhail Bakunin was a Russian socialist and anarchist. He is credited with founding an anarchist school of thought called collectivist anarchism. Regarded as one of the most influential personalities of anarchism, Mikhail Bakunin has had a major influence on thinkers like Peter Kropotkin, Herbert Marcuse, Errico Malatesta, Neil Postman, E. P. Thompson, and A. S. Neill.
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Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
(Architect)
Birthdate: 27th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: September 17, 1879
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc was a French architect and author. He is credited with restoring prominent medieval landmarks in France, including iconic buildings which had been damaged during the French Revolution. He restored Notre-Dame de Paris and the Basilica of Saint-Denis, among others. He is regarded as the first theorist of modern architecture and wrote extensively on the subject.
Birthdate: 19th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Steubenville, Ohio, U.S.
Died: December 24, 1869
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Joseph Hooker
(Officer, Soldier)
Birthdate: 13th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Died: October 31, 1879
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Tantia Tope(One of the Best and Most Effective Rebel Generals in the Indian Struggle for Independence)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Yeola, Pune, India
Died: April 18, 1859
Best remembered for leading the Indian Rebellion of 1857, tribal leader Tantia Tope used guerilla tactics in his fights against the British. In spite of no formal military training, he also managed to seize Gwalior temporarily with Rani Lakshmibai. He was later hanged to death by the British.
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John C. Pemberton
(Officer)
Birthdate: 10th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: July 13, 1881
Birthdate: 28th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: February 7, 1873
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James Joseph Sylvester
(Former Mathematician who made fundamental contributions to matrix theory, invariant theory, number theory, partition theory, and combinatorics)
Birthdate: 3rd September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
Died: March 15, 1897
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William Wells Brown
(Abolitionist lecturer, novelist, playwright, and historian)
Birthdate: 15th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Died: November 6, 1884
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Gustav Fabergé
(Jeweller and father of Peter Carl Fabergé, maker of Fabergé eggs)
Birthdate: 18th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Pärnu, Estonia
Died: January 3, 1894
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Anders Jonas Ångström
(Swedish Physicist and One of the Founders of the Science of Spectroscopy)
Birthdate: 13th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Timrå Municipality, Sweden
Died: June 21, 1874
Anders Jonas Ångström was a Swedish physicist best remembered for co-founding the science of spectroscopy. He is also renowned for his studies of terrestrial magnetism, astrophysics, heat transfer, and the aurora borealis. In 1850, Anders Jonas Ångström was made a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Birthdate: 11th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Great Yarmouth, England
Died: December 30, 1899
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Julius von Mayer
(Physicist, Physician)
Birthdate: 25th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Heilbronn
Died: March 20, 1878
Apart from being a qualified doctor, Julius von Mayer was also a skilled chemist and physicist. His theory that heat and work can be transformed into one another paved the path for what is now known as the first law of thermodynamics, which states “energy can be neither created nor destroyed.”
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Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts
(Philanthropist)
Birthdate: 21st April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, England
Died: December 30, 1906
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George-Étienne Cartier
(Canadian statesman)
Birthdate: 6th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Saint-Antoine, Canada
Died: May 20, 1873
Birthdate: 3rd May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone
Died: May 3, 1879
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Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda
(Spanish Writer)
Birthdate: 23rd March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Camaguey, Cuba
Died: February 1, 1873
Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda was a Cuban-born Spanish writer best remembered for her 1841 antislavery novel Sab. A prolific writer, Avellaneda also wrote numerous poems and about 20 plays. Her works were considered scandalous in Cuba because of its unconventional approach to society and recurrent themes of interracial love.
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William Lowndes Yancey
(Journalist)
Birthdate: 10th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Warren, Georgia, United States
Died: July 27, 1863
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Horace Cleveland
(Landscape architect)
Birthdate: 16th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lancaster, Massachusetts, United States
Died: December 5, 1900
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Frederick William Faber
(Writer)
Birthdate: 28th June
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Calverley, England
Died: November 26, 1863
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John Henry Anderson
(Magician)
Birthdate: 14th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Craigmyle, Scotland
Died: February 5, 1874
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John Lothrop Motley
(Author)
Birthdate: 15th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: May 29, 1877
Birthdate: 8th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Ipsden, England
Died: April 11, 1884
Birthdate: 20th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Anstruther, Scotland
Died: March 6, 1867
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Esther Hobart Morris
(First Woman Justice of the Peace in the United States)
Birthdate: 8th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Spencer, New York, United States
Died: April 2, 1902
Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack Morris, the US’s first female judge, was a prominent suffragist who made it possible for women of Wyoming to gain their voting rights. She left New York, since the city’s laws didn’t let her own property after her first husband’s death.
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George Washington Harris
(Humorist)
Birthdate: 20th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: December 11, 1869
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Girolamo de Rada
(Journalist)
Birthdate: 29th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: San Demetrio Corone, Italy
Died: February 28, 1903
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Lorenzo Snow
(American Religious Leader)
Birthdate: 3rd April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Mantua Township, Ohio, United States
Died: October 10, 1901
Lorenzo Snow was an American religious leader who became the fifth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in 1898. A school teacher by profession, he became involved in church services as a young man. In his later years, he founded a society called the Polysophical Society. He married multiple times and had many children.
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Juan Prim, 1st Count of Reus
(Statesman)
Birthdate: 6th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Reus, Spain
Died: December 30, 1870
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Alfred Saker
(British Missionary)
Birthdate: 28th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Wrotham, England
Died: March 12, 1880
Born to an engineer father, British missionary Alfred Saker had built a small steam engine by 16. Intelligent and well-read, he later departed on a mission to Africa, eventually setting up the city of Victoria, now known as Limbe, in Cameroon. He is also credited with translating the Bible into Douala.
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Jules Quicherat
(Historian)
Birthdate: 13th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: April 8, 1882
Birthdate: 30th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Port-au-Prince
Died: May 25, 1884
Birthdate: 12th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Vintu de Jos, Romania
Died: December 22, 1875
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Wilhelm von Giesebrecht
(Historian)
Birthdate: 5th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: December 17, 1889
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Thomas Crawford
(Sculptor)
Birthdate: 22nd March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: October 10, 1857
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John Bennet Lawes
(Entrepreneur)
Birthdate: 28th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Rothamsted, England
Died: August 31, 1900
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Alexander Majors
(Businessman)
Birthdate: 4th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Franklin, Kentucky, United States
Died: January 13, 1900
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Gardner Quincy Colton
(Showman)
Birthdate: 7th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Georgia, Vermont, United States
Died: August 10, 1898
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Rose O'Neal Greenhow
(American Confederate Spy Who was Active During the American Civil War)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
Died: October 1, 1864
Rose O'Neal Greenhow was a well-known Confederate spy who was active during the American Civil War. She is credited with securing the South's victory at the Battle of First Manassas in July 1861. After her demise, Rose O'Neal Greenhow was given a Confederate military funeral.
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Mehmed Fuad Pasha
(Statesman)
Birthdate: 30th November
Birthplace: İstanbul, Turkey
Died: February 12, 1869
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Nicolaas Beets
(Dutch Theologian, Novelist and Poet)
Birthdate: 13th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Haarlem, Netherlands
Died: March 13, 1903
Nicolaas Beets was a Dutch author, professor, poet, and preacher. He is credited with founding a Protestant school, which is now known by the name, Nicolaas Beetsschool. Nicolaas Beets is also remembered for his magnum opus Camera Obscura, which continues to be celebrated even today.
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Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook
(Politician)
Birthdate: 1st October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bradford, England
Died: October 30, 1906
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Manuel Pavía y Lacy
(General)
Birthdate: 6th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: October 22, 1896