Authors born in 1801
- Abraham Hayward Writer, 1801
- Armand Trousseau Internist, 1801
- Brigham Young Religious Leader, 1801
- David Farragut Vice Admiral, 1801
- Edward William Lane Translator, 1801
- Frederic Bastiat Economist, 1801
- George Biddell Airy Astronomer, 1801
- George Perkins Marsh Diplomat, 1801
- Jane Welsh Carlyle Writer, 1801
- Johannes P. Muller Physiologist, 1801
- John Henry Newman Poet, 1801
- William Barnes Writer, 1801
- William F. Lynch Officer, 1801
- William H. Seward Secretary, 1801