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

Ihara Noboru

1840–1923 politician

Iisakki Hoikka

1840–1917 politician

Illarion Mikhailovich Pryanishnikov

1840–1894 painter

Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf

1840–1913 composer, pianist Saint Petersburg

Ingram Bywater

1840–1914 classical philologist, university teacher London

Ioan Cetatianu

b. 1840 translator

Ioan Kalinderu

1840–1913 banker, biographer, classical scholar, diplomat, economist, politician Bucharest

Ioannis Ververis

1840–1903 journalist, prose writer, publisher, satirist, writer Ayvalık

Ioannis Zochios

1840–1912 physician, university teacher Corfu

Ion Hanford Perdicaris

1840–1925 abolitionist, businessperson, human rights defender, lawyer, painter, playwright, university teacher, writer Athens

Iosif Livchak

1840–1914 inventor Tysiv

Irma Némethy

1840–1876 actor Pest

Isaac D. De Russy

1840–1923 military officer Fort Monroe

Isabella Stewart Gardner

1840–1924 art collector, curator, museum founder, philanthropist New York City

Isadore G. Jeffery

1840–1919 lyricist, poet Waukegan

Isaiah Fawkes Everhart

1840–1911 naturalist, surgeon Berks County

Isidor Kastan

1840–1931 journalist, writer Kępno

Isidor Seiss

1840–1905 composer, conductor, music educator, pianist Dresden

Ismail Bey Darugha

1840–1891 poet Shusha

Israël Zeitoun

1840–1921 rabbi

István Keglevich

1840–1905 chamberlain, military personnel, politician, theatre manager Vienna

Iulia Hasdeu

1840–1902 Roșia Montană

Ivan Alexeevich Lisanevich

1840–1915 judge Beryozovka, Vorobyovsky District, Voronezh Oblast

Ivan Cankov

1840–1925 revolutionary Zheravna

Ivan Dospevski

1840–1889 painter Samokov

Ivan Laveretskiy

1840–1911 mosaicist, sculptor

Ivan Pelevin

1840–1917 mosaicist, painter Saint Petersburg

Ivan Popov

1840–1915 pedagogue, teacher Vranje

Ivor MacGillivray

1840–1939 farmer, politician, prospector, sailor Lossiemouth

Iwamura Michitoshi

1840–1915 politician, samurai Sukumo

Izydor Lotto

1840–1927 composer, university teacher, violinist Warsaw

J. J. Edens

1840–1914 politician Marshall County

J. P. Walker

1840–1898 lawyer, military officer, politician

Jackson Haines

1840–1876 ballet dancer, dancer, figure skater, figure skating coach New York City

Jacob H. Smith

1840–1918 soldier Ohio

Jacob Nicolaas van Hall

1840–1918 politician, writer Amsterdam

Jacob Petrus Havelaar

1840–1918 engineer, politician

Jacob Ungerer

1840–1920 sculptor Munich

Jacob-Joseph Leyder

1840–1910 university teacher, veterinarian Saeul

Jacques Elion

1840–1893 draftsperson, engraver, medalist, painter Amsterdam

Jacques Siegfried

1840–1909 banker, economist, politician Mulhouse

Jacques de Reinach

1840–1892 banker, librettist, politician Frankfurt

Jadunath Bhattacharya

1840–1883 composer, musician

Jakob Geis

1840–1908 singer Athens

Jakub Arbes

1840–1914 journalist, playwright, politician, science fiction writer, translator, writer Smíchov

Jakub Hron Metánovský

1840–1921 naturalist, pedagogue, philologist, philosopher, poet, secondary school teacher, teacher Metánov

James A. MacAlister

1840–1913 educator

James A. McKenzie

1840–1904 diplomat, lawyer, politician Bennettstown

James Alfred Pearce

1840–1920 judge, lawyer, meteorological observer Chestertown

James B. Hays

1840–1888 judge, lawyer, politician Crawford County