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

Arthur Bolles Lee

1849–1927 scientist Froyle

Aryiris Ephtaliōtēs

1849–1923 poet, writer Mithymna

August Hendrik David Rups

1849–1905 architect, hydraulic engineer Nijmegen

Axel Liebmann

1849–1876 composer Copenhagen

Beatrix Marion Sturt

1849–1944 writer Hastings

Benjamin P. Mead

1849–1913 politician Bridgeport

Benjamin Russell

1849–1935 judge, jurist, law professor, lawyer, politician, stenographer Dartmouth

Bessie Hall

1849–1935 sailor Granville Ferry

Blind Tom Wiggins

1849–1908 composer, pianist Columbus

Božidar Janković

1849–1920 military personnel Belgrade

Béla Radvánszky

1849–1906 cultural historian, politician Sajókaza

Carl Albert Joakim Seberg

1849–1908 literary scholar Lund

Carl Valdemar Kraft

1849–1924 judge, jurist Copenhagen

Carlo Pollonera

1849–1923 malacologist, painter Alexandria

Charles Calvin Pettey

1849–1900 bishop Wilkesboro

Charles Gibier

1849–1931 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Artenay

Charles T. Root

1849–1938 publisher

Charles-Arthur Maitrot

1849–1924 military personnel La Fère

Christian C. Wellensgard

1849–1926 politician Denmark

Christina Karnebeek-Backs

1849–1959 Holterhoek

Christos Palamas

1849–1925 jurist, politician Patras

Clara Gardt

1849–1895 actor, singer Stockholm

Clara Louise Hay

1849–1914

Clare de Graffenried

1849–1921 investigator, labor leader Macon

Clementine Wallmenich

1849–1908 nurse Munich

Constantin Dimitrescu-Iași

1849–1923 philosopher, sociologist

Coriolan Brediceanu

1849–1909 lawyer, politician Lugoj

Cyrus Cornelius Adams

1849–1928 geographer

Daniel Gilfether

1849–1919 actor Boston

David James Hamilton

1849–1909 pathologist

David Tevele ben Abraham Ephrati

1849–1884 Talmid Chacham, talmudist Merkinė

Davorin Karlin

1849–1912 teacher Stara Loka

Dimitrije Cincar-Marković

1849–1903 military personnel, politician Šabac

Dimitrije Topalović Mita

1849–1912 composer Pančevo

Doc Scurlock

1849–1929 bounty hunter, cowboy, gunfighter Tallapoosa County

Domenico de Roberto

1849–1911 lawyer, politician Sieti

Dwight William Tryon

1849–1925 painter, photographer Hartford

Edmund Parr

1849–1925 politician Patrick County

Edoardo Monteforte

1849–1933 painter Polla

Eduard Rodt

1849–1926 architect, historian Bern

Eduard von Nolde

1849–1895 writer

Edward Burnett

1849–1925 politician Boston

Edward Theodore Compton

1849–1921 illustrator, mountaineer, painter, traveler London

Edwin Hartley Pratt

1849–1930 homeopath Towanda

Egbert Braatz

1849–1942 physician, surgeon, university teacher Kutuzovo

Elisabeth Lemke

1849–1925 historian Rąbity

Elisabeth von Rhade

1849–1931 Strzepowo

Elise Hannemann

1849–1934 non-fiction writer, pedagogue Prószków

Elizabeth Boit

1849–1932 businessperson Newton

Ella Gale McClelland

1849–1936 writer