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

Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner

1840–1899 barrister, explorer, orientalist, photographer Pest

Gregor Krek

1840–1905 linguist, philologist, poet, slavist Četena Ravan

Grigore Mithridate Buiucliu

1840–1912 lawyer, politician Iași

Grigore Trandafil

1840–1907 politician Bucharest

Guido Orazio Di Carpegna Falconieri

1840–1919 politician Rome

Guido Tacchinardi

1840–1917 composer, music educator, musicologist Florence

Guilford Wiley Wells

1840–1909 lawyer, politician Conesus

Gumersindo de Azcárate

1840–1917 jurist, philosopher, politician, writer León

Gunnar Fogelberg

1840–1890 actor, singer

Gunni Busck

1840–1920 businessperson, wholesaler Risbyholm

Gunsanad Kina

1840–1930 Keningau

Gustaf Jakobsson

1840–1921 docent, priest

Gustaf Richard Mallander

1840–1888 actor Stockholm

Gustaf Ullberg

1840–1893 actor, dancer, draftsperson Stockholm

Gustan Le Sénéchal de Kerdréoret

1840–1933 painter Hennebont

Gustav Ernst, Prince and Count of Erbach-Schönberg

1840–1908 politician Schönberg

Gustav Huguenin

1840–1920 entomologist, internist, neurologist, pathologist, psychiatrist, university teacher Krauchthal

Gustav Puhlmann

1840–1900 author

Gustav Siegle

1840–1905 industrialist, politician Nürtingen

Gustav von Hüfner

1840–1908 chemist, university teacher Bad Köstritz

Gustave Achille Guillaumet

1840–1887 architectural draftsperson, engraver, graphic artist, painter, visual artist, writer former 9th arrondissement of Paris

Gustave Thiriart

1840–1906 chansonnier, lithographer, printer, writer Liège

Gustavo Frizzoni

1840–1919 art critic, art historian, philologist Bergamo

Gustavus Cheyney Doane

1840–1892 explorer, soldier Galesburg

H. D. Pittman

1840–1919 writer

Hadzhi Dimitar

1840–1868 revolutionary Sliven

Hambarjowm Alač̣ač̣ean

1840–1907 editing staff, opinion journalist Istanbul

Hans Heinrich Reclam

1840–1920 publisher Leipzig

Hans Just

1840–1912 wholesaler, wine merchant

Hans Kugler

1840–1873 painter Berlin

Harriet Augusta Prunk

1840–1911 head teacher, reader, voice coach

Harriet Stephen

1840–1875 London

Harry Struben

1840–1915 miner, politician Lower Rhine

Hartwig Friedrich Wiese

1840–1905 ornithologist Schönkirchen

Harvey O. Young

1840–1901 painter Lyndon

Hattie Thorn

1840–1920 United States

Hazen S. Pingree

1840–1901 politician Denmark

Heber R. Bishop

1840–1902 entrepreneur, philanthropist Medford

Heinrich Fleige

1840–1890 restorer, sculptor Rietberg

Heinrich Lueg

1840–1917 entrepreneur, politician Sterkrade

Heinrich von Angeli

1840–1925 painter, university teacher Sopron

Helen Bright Clark

1840–1927 human rights defender, peace activist, suffragist Rochdale

Helen Ekin Starrett

1840–1920 educator, journalist, suffragette, writer Pittsburgh

Helen Ernstone

1840–1933 actor

Helena Mickiewicz

1840–1897 Lausanne

Helena Modjeska

1840–1909 actor, stage actor Kraków

Henning Matzen

1840–1910 judge, politician Rehbergholz

Henri Schneider

1840–1898 businessperson, politician Le Creusot

Henri de Braekeleer

1840–1888 draftsperson, graphic artist, painter, visual artist Antwerp

Henri-Gédéon Malhiot

1840–1909 politician Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets