He was born at Couterne, Orne, the son of a taxi driver and a dressmaker.

He was born at Poplar, the son of a captain and later director of the East India Company.

Ostrogorsky was born at Saint Petersburg, Russia, the son of a secondary school principal and a writer on pedagogical subjects.

Jackson was born at Jackson's Mill, the eldest son of Edward Jackson (1759-1828) and his second wife.

He was born at Findhorn in Moray, the son of the writer and journalist Walter Thom.

Plamondon was born in 1804 (or 1802) at L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec, the son of the village grocer and his wife.

Allen was born at Manchester, the son of William Allen and his wife Maria Shepherd.

He was born at Miehlen, the son of Johann and Anna Maria Bückler.

Boyer was born at Taree, New South Wales, the third and youngest son of a Wesleyan minister.

He was born at Weymouth, Massachusetts, the son of Universalist minister and suffragist Olympia Brown.