People Born in the 1840s

Discover ancestors and historical figures in our database of 5,741 people with archival photographs and biographical details.

Browse by decade
1750s 1 people 1760s 1 people 1770s 2 people 1780s 11 people 1790s 19 people 1800s 4,443 people 1810s 3,388 people 1820s 3,805 people 1830s 6,150 people 1840s 5,741 people 1850s 5,608 people 1860s 6,243 people 1870s 6,286 people 1880s 4,010 people 1890s 5,481 people 1900s 4,386 people 1910s 6,703 people 1920s 4,917 people 1930s 5,355 people 1940s 7,428 people 1950s 7,446 people 1960s 3,743 people 1970s 2,695 people 1980s 7,965 people 1990s 6,965 people 2000s 6,343 people

5,741 people found

Philip G. Shadrach

1840–1862 soldier Somerset County

Philipp Perron

1840–1907 sculptor Frankenthal

Philippe Sichel

1840–1899 art dealer, knick-knack dealer Paris

Photius Maniatis

1840–1924 Büyükada

Pierre Marie Etienne Gustave Ardin

1840–1911 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Clairvaux-les-Lacs

Pierre-Lucien Campistron

1840–1921 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Mirande

Pierre-Paul Rheinart des Essarts

1840–1902 civil servant, explorer, military personnel Charleville

Piet Schipperus

1840–1929 painter, printmaker Rotterdam

Pieter Louwerse

1840–1908 editing staff, poet, writer Oost-Souburg

Pieter Willem Steenkamp

1840–1914 military personnel Terneuzen

Pietro Krohn

1840–1905 art historian, ceramicist, designer, draftsperson, illustrator, painter, theatre manager Copenhagen

Pietro Scaratti

1840–1912 military personnel Medole

Pietro di Nocera

1840–1911 Catholic priest Naples

Polina Suslova

1840–1918 writer Gorbatovsky Uyezd

Porfiriy Stamatov

1840–1925 judge Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi

Praskovya Uvarova

1840–1924 archaeologist, historian Terny

Prokof Shervashidze

1840–1915 military personnel, official, politician

Prosper-Édouard Bissuel

1840–1922 architect Brussels

Pyotr Alekseyev

1840–1891 docent Luga

Pyotr Dobrotvorsky

1840–1908 writer Ulyanovsk

Pyotr Heyden

1840–1907 politician Tallinn

Pío Casimiro Bacener

1840–1900 painter

Rafail Zalensky

1840–1902 physician

Raisa Koreneva

1840–1916 writer

Ralph Brocklebank (1840–1921)

1840–1921 art collector, ship-owner

Ramona Insfrán de Codas

b. 1840 Villarrica

Ramsay Traquair

1840–1912 paleontologist Edinburgh

Ramón Artagaveytia

1840–1912 businessperson Montevideo

Ramón Martí Mirapeix

1840–1921 journalist, politician, proprietor Igualada

Ramón Rosell

1840–1898 actor, singer Barcelona

Ranald Slidell Mackenzie

1840–1889 military officer Westchester County

Rasmus Christiansen

1840–1928 farmer, politician Ryslinge

Raycho Nikolov

1840–1885 military officer Raykovtsi

Rees Jones

1840–1916 politician Sydney

René Bigeard

1840–1917 mycologist Anost

Rhoda Broughton

1840–1920 novelist, science fiction writer, writer Denbigh

Ricard Guasch

1840–1921 jurist, lawyer Reus

Richard Isaac Bruce

1840–1926 colonial administrator

Richard Jahn

1840–1918 businessperson, politician Prague

Richard L. Maury

1840–1907 jurist, lawyer, soldier United States

Richard Wachsmuth

1840–1910 classical philologist, head teacher Naumburg

Risden Tyler Bennett

1840–1913 judge, lawyer, politician Wadesboro

Robert Barnes

1840–1895 painter

Robert Fowler

1840–1906 alderman of the City of Sydney, politician

Robert L. Alexander

1840–1923 painter, watercolorist North Ayrshire

Robert M. Wright

1840–1915 politician Bladensburg

Robert Neergaard

1840–1912 xylographer Copenhagen

Robert Smith

1840–1885 surgeon Freetown

Robert Speechly

1840–1885 architect

Robert Stawell Ball

1840–1913 astronomer, mathematician, university teacher, writer Dublin