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=== October ===
* [[October 1]]
** [[Charles James Barnett]], British politician (d. [[1882]])
** [[Louise Swanton Belloc]], French writer and translator (d. [[1881]])
** [[Cornelia Frances Jefferson]], American singer and actress (d. [[1848]])
** [[Mikhail Muravyov-Vilensky]], Russian imperial statesmen (d. [[1866]])
* [[October 2]]
** [[Sir Henry Chamberlain, 2nd Baronet]], Brazilian painter (d. [[1844]])
** [[Sir Edward Denny, 4th Baronet]], British politician (d. [[1889]])
** [[William Boyd Kinnear]], Canadian politician (d. [[1868]])
* [[October 3]] – [[William Jameson (botanist, born 1796)|William Jameson]], Scottish-Ecuadorian botanist (d. [[1873]])
* [[October 4]]
** [[August Wilhelm Bach]], German composer (d. [[1869]])
** [[Thomas Baillie (British Army officer)|Thomas Baillie]], Canadian politician (d. [[1863]])
** [[Robert King, 4th Earl of Kingston]], Irish Earl (d. [[1867]])
** [[John Richardson (author)|John Richardson]], British Army officer and Canadian novelist (d. [[1852]])
* [[October 5]]
** [[John Hoge Ewing]], American politician (d. [[1887]])
** [[Yisrael Friedman of Ruzhin]], Hasidic rabbi and rebe, founder of the Ruzhyn dynasty (d. [[1850]])
* [[October 6]]
** [[August Abendroth]], Lawyer, businessman and philanthropist (d. [[1867]])
** [[Thomas T. Fauntleroy (soldier)|Thomas T. Fauntleroy]], American military figure and politician (d. [[1883]])
** [[Charles Backus Goddard]], American lawyer and politician (d. [[1864]])
** [[Yevgeny Obolensky]], Russian military officer (d. [[1865]])
** [[George R. Redfield]], American politician from Michigan (d. [[1887]])
** [[Leonora Cannon Taylor]], member of the Relief Society (d. [[1868]])
* [[October 8]] – [[Joseph S. Cabot]], Massachusetts banker and politician (d. [[1874]])
* [[October 9]]
** [[Fitzroy Kelly]], British politician (d. [[1880]])
** [[John Murdoch (bishop)|John Murdoch]], Roman Catholic bishop in Scotland (d. [[1865]])
** [[Rémi-Joseph Tellier]], French Jesuit priest (d. [[1866]])
** [[Joseph Bonomi the Younger]], English archaeologist and writer (d. [[1878]])
* [[October 10]]
** [[Franz Gerhard Eschweiler]], German botanist (d. [[1831]])
** [[Thomas Konow]], Norwegian politician and admiral (d. [[1881]])
* [[October 11]]
** [[August Ahlborn]], German painter (d. [[1857]])
** [[John W. Brown (New York politician)|John W. Brown]], American politician from New York (d. [[1875]])
** [[Charles-Prosper Ollivier d'Angers]], French neurologist (d. [[1845]])
* [[October 12]]
** [[William Arrindell]], British judge (d. [[1862]])
** [[Jacob Eichenbaum]], Galician-Jewish maskil, educator, poet and mathematician (d. [[1861]])
* [[October 13]]
** [[Ellen Randolph Coolidge]], granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson (d. [[1876]])
** [[Stephen Creyke]], English Anglican priest (d. [[1883]])
** [[Coralie van den Cruyce]], Belgian writer, feminist, poet (d. [[1858]])
** [[Anders Retzius]], Swedish scientist (d. [[1860]])
* [[October 14]]
** [[John Easton Mills]], former mayor of Montreal, Quebec (d. [[1847]])
** [[Ludvig Nicolaus von Scheele]], Danish statesman (d. [[1874]])
* [[October 15]]
** [[John Stephen Bazin]], French-born bishop in Indiana, United States (d. [[1848]])
** [[Date Narimune]], daimyo (d. [[1819]])
** [[Toma Polyanskyi]], politician (d. [[1869]])
* [[October 16]]
** [[Jean-Joseph Ader]], French playwright (d. [[1859]])
** [[Samuel G. Andrews]], American politician (d. [[1863]])
** [[James Martin Bell]], American politician (d. [[1849]])
** [[Karl Spindler (novelist)|Karl Spindler]], German writer (d. [[1855]])
* [[October 17]]
** [[Richard DeCharms]], American minister (d. [[1864]])
** [[William Deedes (born 1796)|William Deedes]], English cricketer and politician (d. [[1862]])
** [[Leopold Kupelwieser]], Austrian artist (d. [[1862]])
** [[James Matheson]], British politician and merchant (d. [[1878]])
** [[Ross Winans]], inventor, locomotive builder (d. [[1877]])
* [[October 18]]
** [[Francis Bisset Hawkins]], English physician (d. [[1894]])
** [[Hosea Ballou II]], American Universalist minister (d. [[1861]])
** [[John Wilford Blackstone Sr.]], American lawyer and politician (d. [[1868]])
* [[October 19]]
** [[Remexido]], Portuguese guerrilla leader (d. [[1838]])
** [[Carl Wagner (painter)|Carl Wagner]], German painter known for romantic landscape painting (d. [[1867]])
* [[October 20]]
** [[Walter Bearblock]], English cricketer (d. [[1857]])
** [[Pierre Lorillard III]], American businessman (d. [[1867]])
** [[George W. Owen]], American politician (d. [[1837]])
** [[George Eustis Sr.]], American judge (d. [[1858]])
* [[October 22]]
** [[Jacob Ljunglöf]], Swedish businessman (d. [[1860]])
** [[Achille Etna Michallon]], French painter (d. [[1822]])
** [[John James Snodgrass]], British military officer, author (d. [[1841]])
* [[October 23]]
** [[William Casson]], English botanist (d. [[1886]])
** [[Stefano Franscini]], mathematician, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. [[1857]])
* [[October 24]]
** [[August von Platen-Hallermünde]], German poet (d. [[1835]])
** [[David Roberts (painter)|David Roberts]], Scottish painter (d. [[1864]])
** [[Charles Waddington (East India Company officer)|Charles Waddington]], army engineer, British major-general (d. [[1858]])
* [[October 25]] – [[Henry Crewe Boutflower]], British writer and minister (d. [[1863]])
* [[October 26]]
** [[John Bennie (missionary)|John Bennie]], South African missionary (d. [[1869]])
** [[John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane]], British politician (d. [[1862]])
** [[James Curley (astronomer)|James Curley]], Irish-American astronomer (d. [[1889]])
** [[Gottfried Osann]], German chemist and physicist (d. [[1866]])
** [[Joseph Simon Volmar]], Swiss painter and sculptor (d. [[1865]])
* [[October 27]] – [[William L. Chaplin]], American abolitionist (d. [[1871]])
* [[October 28]]
** [[Charles Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg]], German politician (d. [[1854]])
** [[Robert Wilhelm Lagerborg]], Finnish politician (d. [[1849]])
** [[John Law (representative)|John Law]], American politician (d. [[1873]])
** [[Francis Moon]], Lord Mayor of London (d. [[1871]])
* [[October 29]] – [[Richard Spencer (Maryland politician)|Richard Spencer]], American politician (d. [[1868]])
* [[October 30]]
** [[Beaubrun Ardouin]], Haitian politician and historian (d. [[1865]])
** [[Thomas William Bramston]], British politician (d. [[1871]])
** [[Wilhelm August Rieder]], painter (d. [[1880]])
** [[John Simmons (clothing manufacturer)|John Simmons]], American businessman (d. [[1870]])
* [[October 31]]
** [[Ottilie von Goethe]], German writer, editor (d. [[1872]])
** [[Samuel Trehawke Kekewich]], British politician (d. [[1873]])