Authors born in 1796
- Adolphe Quetelet Astronomer, 1796
- Agnes Strickland Writer, 1796
- Alfred Bunn Theatre Director, 1796
- Anne Royall Writer, 1796
- Asher Brown Durand Painter, 1796
- August von Platen-Hallermunde Poet, 1796
- Auguste-Marseille Barthelemy Poet, 1796
- David Roberts Painter, 1796
- David Walker Abolitionist, 1796
- George Catlin Painter, 1796
- George Vincent Painter, 1796
- Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot Scientist, 1796
- Thomas Bulfinch Writer, 1796
- William Augustus Muhlenberg Educator, 1796
- William Banting Undertaker, 1796
- William H. Prescott Historian, 1796
- William Pennington Politician, 1796