Mary Somerville

Mary Somerville was a Scottish scientist, writer, and polymath. She studied mathematics and astronomy, and in 1835 she and Caroline Herschel were elected as the first female Honorary Members of the Royal Astronomical Society.

26 December 1780

Born on the same birth day (26 December): Ahmed Barusso • Alan King • Arsenio Lacson • Daniel Schmid • Denis Cheryshev • Evan Bayh • Georgios Rallis • James Mercer (musician) • José Yves Limantour • Marcelo Ríos • Mario Mendoza • Oskar Osala • Ozzie Smith • Percy Hodge • Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld • Raja Pervaiz Ashraf • Rohan Kanhai • Ruud Kaiser • Tim Legler • Wang Lijun • Yun Chi-ho

Born in the same month (December 1780): Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner