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

Aleksandr Popov

1840–1881 chemist Vitebsk Governorate

Aleksandr Sokolov

1840–1913 actor, journalist, playwright, writer Russian Empire

Aleksandr Strukov

1840–1911 military personnel Russian Empire

Aleksandra Zubovienė

1840–1913 Moscow

Aleksey Apukhtin

1840–1893 poet, prose writer Bolkhov

Alexander Allen Faris

1840–1905 physician

Alexander Cameron Sim

1840–1900 athlete, businessperson, firefighter, pharmacologist Aberlour

Alexander Colley

1840–1916 chemist Moscow

Alexander Darnes

1840–1894 physician St. Augustine

Alexander Frese

b. 1840 military officer, statesperson Russian Empire

Alexander Karl Abraham von Uexküll-Güldenband

1840–1912 politician Saint Petersburg

Alexander Kelly

1840–1907 soldier Pennsylvania

Alexander Maclean

1840–1877 painter

Alexander Sokolov

b. 1840 politician

Alexander Strakosch

1840–1909 actor, stage actor Šarišské Lúky

Alexander von Weiss

1840–1921 engineer, land owner, politician Estonia

Alexandr Veydenbaum

1840–1909 architect, civil engineer Saint Petersburg

Alexandr Yakovlevich Tal

1840–1911 military personnel

Alexandra Freifrau von und zu Bodman

1840–1921 Karlsruhe

Alexandra Nikitichna Annenskaya

1840–1915 children's writer, journalist, translator, writer Pskov Oblast

Alexei Harlamov

1840–1925 painter Dyachevka

Alexei Nikolayevich Ostrogorsky

1840–1917 opinion journalist, pedagogue, teacher, writer Saint Petersburg

Alexei Shepelev

1840–1917 Kyiv

Alexey Avvakumovich Naumov

1840–1895 painter

Alexey Chernyaevsky

1840–1894 teacher Shamakhi

Alexis A. Julien

1840–1919 geologist, meteorological observer New York City

Alexis Hollaender

1840–1924 conductor, music educator, pianist, teacher, university teacher Racibórz

Alexis de Sarachaga

1840–1918 editor Bilbao

Alfred Barouille

1840–1898 politician Meslay-du-Maine

Alfred Holder

1840–1916 classical philologist, librarian, linguist Vienna

Alfred James Reach

1840–1928 baseball player London

Alfred Mongy

1840–1914 engineer Lille

Alfred P. Boller

1840–1912 civil engineer, engineer Philadelphia

Alfred Percy Sinnett

1840–1921 editing staff, journalist, theosophist, writer London

Alfred Scheurer

1840–1921 judge, politician Erlach

Alfred Solvay

1840–1894 businessperson Rebecq

Alfred Thayer Maan

1840–1914 geopolitical analyst, historian, military historian, military officer, political scientist, writer West Point

Alfred Thomas, 1st Baron Pontypridd

1840–1927 politician Penylan

Alfred Wilhelm Stelzner

1840–1895 geologist, mineralogist, university teacher Dresden

Alfred Wordsworth Thompson

1840–1896 painter Baltimore

Alfred-Belloni Dubreuil

b. 1840 con artist Morienval

Allan McLean

1840–1911 businessperson, politician Òban

Alois Lunzer

b. 1840 botanical illustrator, painter

Alojzy Niemetz

1840–1923 official Muszyna

Alpheus Beede Stickney

1840–1916 businessperson Wilton

Alphonse Daudet

1840–1897 autobiographer, novelist, playwright, poet, prose writer, screenwriter, short story writer, writer Nîmes

Alphonse Lotz-Brissonneau

1840–1921 engineer, industrialist Chantenay-sur-Loire

Alphonse Marchegay

1840–1895 Civil ingeneer (Paris School of Mines), chef d'escadron Sainte-Hermine

Alphonse Marie Joseph Ghislain de Moreau

1840–1911 banker, lawyer, politician Andoy

Alphonse Maureau

1840–1880 painter New Orleans