People Born in the 1840s

Discover ancestors and historical figures in our database of 5,741 people with archival photographs and biographical details.

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5,741 people found

A.P Pi︠a︡tkovskiĭ

1840–1904 editing staff, historian, historiographer, journalist, publisher, translator, writer Saint Petersburg

Aaron Abel Wright

1840–1922 merchant, politician Athens

Aaron Samuel Liberman

1840–1880 activist, journalist, writer Lunna

Abdollah Behbahani

1840–1910 politician Najaf

Abdulvali Yaushev

1840–1906 Troitsk

Abdur Rahman Khan

1840–1901 politician Kabul

Abdón de Paz

1840–1899 journalist, jurist, writer Polán

Abigail May Alcott Nieriker

1840–1879 artist, botanical illustrator, copyist, painter, writer Concord

Abraham Goldfaden

1840–1908 composer, journalist, librettist, playwright, poet, translator, writer Starokostiantyniv

Abraham Jacob Paperna

1840–1919 writer Kapyĺ

Achille Ballière

1840–1905 architect, communard Sannerville

Ada Benson

1840–1882 head teacher, pedagogue Winson Green

Ada Maria Leigh

1840–1931 writer

Adalbert Grüllich

1840–1905 pedagogue Neugersdorf

Adam Zelle

1840–1910

Addison Clay Harris

1840–1916 diplomat, lawyer, politician, writer Wayne County

Adele Bianchi Montaldo

1840–1888 opera singer Brescello

Adinolfo Lucchesi Palli, 10th Prince of Campofranco and 5th Duke of the Grazia

1840–1911 diplomat, sports executive Graz

Adolf Brehmer

1840–1904 lawyer, notary Lübeck

Adolf Ditlev Jørgensen

1840–1897 archivist, historian Gråsten

Adolf Fredrik Nordling

1840–1888 painter Royal Karlskrona Admiralty parish

Adolfo Calzado y Sanjurjo

1840–1909 banker, journalist, politician Bordeaux

Adolfo Murillo

1840–1899 botanist, physician, politician Santiago

Adolfo de Mentaberry

1840–1887 writer

Adolphe Deslandres

1840–1911 composer, organist Batignolles-Monceau

Adrian John Ebell

1840–1877 teacher

Agathangelos of Sisani

1840–1882 Burgaz Adası

Agathe Zeis

1840–1887 Oschatz

Agnes Weston

1840–1918 writer London

Ah Louis

1840–1936

Aharon Chelouche

1840–1920 goldsmith, money changer Oran

Aimé Olivier de Sanderval

1840–1919 entrepreneur, explorer, writer Lyon

Aimé Sauffroy

1840–1907 architect former 3rd arrondissement of Paris

Alagonda Elizabet Schaft-Dojeer

1840–1918 Nieuw-Helvoet

Albert Brown Chandler

1840–1923 businessperson Randolph

Albert Cornelis Vreede

1840–1908 university teacher Gorinchem

Albert Lachièze

1840–1925 politician Lot

Albert Mérat

1840–1909 poet, translator, writer Troyes

Albert Mériel

b. 1840 politician Caen

Albert R. Howe

1840–1884 politician Brookfield

Albert Steinberger

1840–1894 politician Massachusetts

Alberto Cerruti

1840–1912 politician Alexandria

Alberto Maso Gilli

1840–1894 engraver, painter, visual artist Chieri

Alcibiades Krassas

1840–1912 lawyer, university teacher, writer

Alden Finney Brooks

1840–1931 painter

Aldine Silliman Kieffer

1840–1904 publisher

Alejandro Gorostiaga

1840–1912 military personnel La Serena

Aleksandr Dembovetsky

1840–1920 politician

Aleksandr Dyuvernua

1840–1886 dialectologist, ethnologist, philologist, slavist Moscow

Aleksandr Popov

1840–1910 politician Saint Petersburg