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

Mary E. P. Davis

1840–1924 nurse New Brunswick

Mary Hammarfeldt

1840–1890 actor Stockholm

Mary Hay

1840–1886 writer Shrewsbury

Mary Jane Serrano

1840–1923 translator, writer Castlebar

Mary Jane Wilson

1840–1916 nun Harihar

Mary T. True

1840–1895 missionary, teacher

María del Rosario Téllez-Girón y Fernández de Velasco

1840–1896

Mathias Rahbek

1840–1910 inventor

Mathias Schneid

1840–1893 canon, philosopher, university teacher Wemding

Mathilda Asp

1840–1920 gymnast, pedagogue Hämeenlinna

Matilda Pascaly

1840–1873 stage actor Bucharest

Matilde Bajer

1840–1934 women's rights activist Næstved

Matteo Albertone

1840–1919 military officer Alessandria

Matías Moreno

1840–1906 painter, restorer, sculptor Fuente el Saz de Jarama

Maurice Signard

1840–1903 politician Yonne

Maurice Wagg

1840–1926 coxswain London

Maurits Snellen

1840–1907 meteorologist, polar explorer Zeist

Max Claudet

1840–1893 ceramicist, sculptor Fécamp

Max Haushofer

1840–1907 economist, poet, politician, statistician, university teacher, writer Munich

Maximilian von Catinelli

1840–1907 cartographer Zadar

Melchert de Jong

1840–1914 politician

Menotti Garibaldi

1840–1903 politician Mostardas

Mensa Bonsu

1840–1896 monarch Ashanti Empire

Michael Haller

1840–1915 composer Nabburg

Michael Katsimpalis

b. 1840 benefactor Athens

Michael Logue

1840–1924 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Kilmacrenan

Michael O'Laughlen

1840–1867 politician Baltimore

Michail Ivanovič Karinskij

1840–1917 mathematician, philosopher, university teacher Moscow

Michał Arct

1840–1916 bookseller, publisher Lublin

Michel Payot

1840–1922 mountain guide Chamonix-Mont-Blanc

Michele Lacava

1840–1896 historian, surgeon, writer Corleto Perticara

Michele Tedeschi Rizzone

1840–1898 politician Modica

Miguel Cruchaga

1840–1887 economist, jurist-consultant, politician, writer

Mihail Paparrigopoulos

1840–1920 diplomat Athens

Mihovilj Naković

1840–1900 writer Großwarasdorf

Mihály Eisler

1840–1911 beekeeper, head teacher, postmaster, primary school teacher Teremia Mică

Mike McKinney

1840–1925 businessperson

Mikhail Kantakuzen

1840–1891 military officer Russian Empire

Mikhail Voronov

1840–1873 opinion journalist, prose writer, short story writer, writer Saratov

Miklós Nagy

1840–1907 journalist Turda

Mikołaj Ludwik Brunner

1840–1914 neurologist Warsaw

Miksa Auerbach

1840–1900 photographer

Milan Bogićević

1840–1929 diplomat Šabac

Milan Miloš Milojević Borovin

1840–1897 historian, politician, writer Bogatić

Mildred Amanda Baker Bonham

1840–1907 journalist, traveler, writer Putnam County

Minna Wagner

1840–1910 actor, opera singer, stage actor Vienna

Mirambo

1840–1884 politician

Mitrofan

1840–1899 Eastern Orthodox priest Livenskiy Uyezd

Mitrofan Kuzmitj Turskij

1840–1899 forestry engineer, forestry scientist, university teacher Narva

Mitrofan Tchaikovsky

1840–1903 military personnel