Editing 1811 in science (section)

==Births==
* March 2 – [[Hugh Edwin Strickland]], [[English people|English]] [[geologist]] and [[ornithologist]] (died [[1853 in science|1853]])
* March 11
** Lady [[Katherine Sophia Kane]] née Baily, [[Irish people|Irish]] botanist (died [[1886 in science|1886]])
** [[Urbain Le Verrier]], [[French people|French]] [[astronomer]] (died [[1877 in science|1877]])
* March 30 – [[Robert Bunsen]], [[German people|German]] [[chemist]] (died [[1899 in science|1899]])
* July 13 – [[James Young (Scottish chemist)|James Young]], [[Scottish people|Scottish]] chemist (died [[1883 in science|1883]])
* September 14 – [[William Budd]], English [[physician]] and [[epidemiologist]] (died [[1880 in science|1880]])
* October 25 – [[Évariste Galois]], French [[mathematician]] (died [[1832 in science|1832]])
* [[John James Waterston|John Waterston]], Scottish [[physicist]] and [[civil engineer]] (died [[1883 in science|1883]])