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

Adolf Láng

1848–1913 architect, engineer, university teacher Prague

Adolf Marschall von Bieberstein

1848–1920 diplomat, politician Karlsruhe

Adolf Sprung

1848–1909 meteorologist Plattenburg

Adolph Kohut

1848–1917 cultural historian, journalist, music historian, translator, writer Mindszent

Adrian Lawrence Greene

1848–1907 judge Canton

Afinogen Antonovich

1848–1917 economist, journalist, statistician Volhynian Governorate

Albert Wirth

1848–1923 university teacher Biberach an der Riss

Alberto Castoldi

1848–1922 engineer, politician Cagliari

Alberto Issel

1848–1926 ceramicist, entrepreneur, painter, sculptor Genoa

Alberto Riva

1848–1924 engineer, entrepreneur Casnate con Bernate

Aleksandr Borodin

1848–1898 railway engineer Saint Petersburg

Aleksandr Grigoryev

1848–1908 botanist, explorer, geographer

Aleksandr Letniy

1848–1883 chemist, engineer Saint Petersburg

Aleksandr Vasil'evič Dolgušin

1848–1885 politician, revolutionary Tara

Aleksey Rekeyev

1848–1932 translator Küşki-Yaña Timbay

Alfredo Pioda

1848–1909 politician Locarno

Alice James

1848–1892 diarist, writer New York City

Amy Spain

1848–1865

Anatoly Kovsharov

1848–1927 architect

Andrey Gorenko

1848–1915 Sevastopol

Andrey Meshchersky

1848–1905 Moscow

Angelo Salmoiraghi

1848–1939 engineer, entrepreneur, politician Milan

Anselm J. McLaurin

1848–1909 lawyer, politician Brandon

Antonio Fratti

1848–1897 politician Forlì

Antonio Ronzon

1848–1905 historian Vigo di Cadore

Arrigo Tamassia

1848–1917 physician, politician, university teacher Poggio Rusco

Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov

1848–1913 poet, writer Pushkin

Arthur Kleinschmidt

1848–1919 historian, librarian, opinion journalist, university teacher, writer Wiesbaden

Augusto Tamburini

1848–1919 physician, psychiatrist Ancona

Blenda Lublin

1848–1902 actor

Bohuslav Hřímalý

1848–1894 composer, conductor, music educator, musician, violinist, violist Plzeň

Carl Fredrik Hjortberg

1848–1897 actor, singer

Carl Fröschl

1848–1934 illustrator, painter Vienna

Carlo Dell'Acqua

1848–1918 entrepreneur, politician Legnano

Carlo Landberg

1848–1924 arabist, orientalist, philologist Gothenburg

Carlos de Borbón y Austria-Este

1848–1909 Ljubljana

Casto Sampedro Folgar

1848–1937 composer, heraldist, historian, lawyer, musicologist Redondela

Cesare Saldini

1848–1922 engineer, politician Milan

Charles Ashton

1848–1899 bibliographer, historian, literary scholar, police officer Llawryglyn

Charles Dumercy

1848–1934 art critic, lawyer, writer Antwerp

Charles Henry Turner

1848–1908 painter Newburyport

Clelia Bompiani

1848–1927 painter Rome

Clotildis Alexandrina Maria Cornelia van Lamsweerde

1848–1913 painter Arnhem

Célita Soulouque

1848–1912

Dmitrij Ivanovič Azarevič

1848–1920 jurist, university teacher Horki

Dmitriy Rikhter

1848–1919 geographer Moscow

Dyal Singh Majithia

1848–1898 banker, philanthropist, politician Varanasi

Eben E. Rexford

1848–1916 floriculturist, horticulturist, lyricist, poet, songwriter, writer Johnsburg

Edouard Secrétan

1848–1917 journalist, politician The Hague

Edward Ernest Cooper

1848–1922 musician, politician