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

Eugen Stettler

1840–1913 architect Bern

Eugene D. Dimmick

1840–1935 military personnel Athens

Eugene Schuyler

1840–1890 diplomat, explorer, journalist, translator, writer Ithaca

Eugene W. Austin

1840–1937 businessperson

Eugene du Pont

1840–1902 businessperson New Castle County

Eugenio Tano

1840–1914 painter Marzi

Eugenius Warming

1840–1924 botanical collector, botanist, ecologist, mycologist, pedagogue, scientific collector, university teacher Mandø

Eugène Ferron

1840–1903 engineer, painter Luxembourg

Evan Jones

1840–1903 Christian minister, poet Gwernogle

Evan Rowland Jones

1840–1920 journalist, politician

Evarts Worcester Farr

1840–1880 lawyer, politician Littleton

Ezekiel McLeod

1840–1920 judge, lawyer, politician Cardwell Parish

Fanny Bowditch Dixwell Holmes

1840–1929

Fanny Janet Blunt

1840–1926 Tarabya

Fanny Loviot

1840–1860 adventurer, writer

Fanny Stevenson

1840–1914 magazine writer, novelist, painter, writer Indianapolis

Father Damien

1840–1889 Catholic priest, Father, missionary Ninde

Fatma Sultan

1840–1884 Çırağan Palace

Federico Tobal

1840–1898 writer Buenos Aires

Fedor Nikiforovich Shvedov

1840–1905 physicist Kiliia

Felipe Alfau Mendoza

1840–1937 military personnel, politician Santo Domingo

Feodor Sergejeff

1840–1924 businessperson, industrialist, merchant

Ferdinand Heine

1840–1920 ornithologist Halberstadt

Ferdinand Lechevallier

1840–1905 politician, textile manufacturer Bolbec

Ferdinand Roybet

1840–1920 engraver, etcher, graphic artist, illustrator, painter, visual artist Uzès

Ferdinand Sander

1840–1920 entrepreneur, politician Rastatt

Ferenc Náday

1840–1909 actor, director, teacher Pest

Fernando de Magalhães e Menezes

1840–1899 military leader Amarante

Filippo Carcano

1840–1914 painter Milan

Filippo Florena

1840–1915 lawyer, politician Santo Stefano di Camastra

Flora Adams Darling

1840–1910 founder, writer

Foster Ellenborough Lascelles Beal

1840–1916 biologist, mathematician, ornithologist, university teacher, zoologist

Franc Govekar

1840–1890 opinion journalist, teacher

Franc Jamšek

1840–1892 teacher

Francesc Miquel i Badia

1840–1899 art critic, journalist, writer Barcelona

Francesco Ciappei

1840–1900 photographer Genoa

Francesco Lomonaco

b. 1840 architect

Francesco Paternostro

1840–1913 politician Corleone

Francesco Petronio

1840–1895 physician, politician Castelforte

Francesco Saverio Gargiulo

1840–1922 magistrate, teacher Sorrento

Francesco Sforza Cesarini

1840–1899 politician Genzano di Roma

Francis Amasa Walker

1840–1897 army officer, biographer, economist, historian, journalist, military officer, political scientist, politician, statistician, university teacher, writer Boston

Francis Bevan

1840–1919 banker

Francis Brownell

1840–1914 Pvt. New York

Francis Huntington Snow

1840–1908 botanical collector, entomologist, meteorological observer, scientific collector Fitchburg

Francis Kilvert

1840–1879 diarist, writer Chippenham

Francis M. Lyman

1840–1916 politician Good Hope

Francisco Borrero y Limón

1840–1908 military personnel Cartaya

Francisco Cavero

1840–1905 military personnel Zaragoza

Francisco Guerrero

1840–1910 serial killer Bajío