Friedrich Parrot

Johann Jacob Friedrich Wilhelm Parrot was a Baltic German naturalist, explorer, and mountaineer, who lived and worked in Tartu, Estonia in what was then the Governorate of Livonia of the Russian Empire. A pioneer of Russian and Estonian scientific mountaineering, Parrot is best known for leading the first expedition to the summit of Mount Ararat in recorded history.

14 October 1791

Born on the same birth day (14 October): A. J. Pero • David Strickland • François Bozizé • Harry Anderson • Jerry Glanville • Matt Le Tissier • Roger Moore • Roger Taylor (tennis) • Simon van der Stel

Born in the same month (October 1791): Sergey Aksakov