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

Victor von Wahl

1840–1915 military personnel, politician Livonia Governorate

Victoria Dubourg

1840–1926 painter Paris

Victorine Autier

1840–1874 nurse Amiens

Viggo Kalhauge

1840–1905 composer Copenhagen

Viktor Kraemer senior

1840–1911 publisher Rudersberg

Viktor Ostrogorsky

1840–1902 pedagogue, translator, writer Saint Petersburg

Viktor Wilhelm Russ

1840–1920 politician Vienna

Viktor von Fuchs

1840–1921 judge, politician Vienna

Viktoria Hecht

1840–1890 Virgin Wolpertswende

Vilhelm Richter

1840–1911 non-fiction writer

Vilmos Leipziger

1840–1913 industrialist Wrocław

Vincenzo Massabò

1840–1915 lawyer, politician Porto Maurizio

Vinton E. Howell

1840–1911 banker, farmer, politician, sheriff Licking County

Virgil Chittenden Hart

1840–1904 Lorraine

Virginia Ferni

b. 1840 violinist

Viriamo

1840–1941 informant Easter Island

Vittorio Imbriani

1840–1886 essayist, literary critic, poet, university teacher, writer Naples

Vladimir Sizov

1840–1904 scientist Moscow

Vsevolod Krestovsky

1840–1895 literary critic, novelist, philosopher, poet, translator, writer Mala Berezianka

Václav Nekvasil

1840–1906 businessperson Prague

Václav Špaček ze Starburgu

1840–1912 businessperson Soběslav

W.D. Walker

1840–1920 Rev. Ohio

W.E. Sheridan

1840–1905 Military officer, administrator

W.H. McAllister

1840–1920 Rev.

Walery Mroczkowski

1840–1889 philosopher, photographer Olonets

Walter Meredith Deane

b. 1840 justice of the peace, police officer, politician

Walter Whitehead

1840–1913 designer, surgeon

Walton Wesley Battershall

1840–1920 cleric Troy

Warren B. English

1840–1913 politician Charles Town

Werner von Alvensleben-Neugattersleben

1840–1929 farmer, politician Neugattersleben Castle

Wesley John Gaines

1840–1912 writer Wilkes County

Wiley Scribner

1840–1889 politician Jacksonville

Wilfrid Constant Beauquesne

1840–1913 painter Rennes

Wilhelm Lehmann

1840–1886 entrepreneur Sigmaringendorf

Wilhelm Minnigerode

1840–1913 politician Brunswick

Wilhelm Oesterhaus

1840–1927 writer Detmold

Wilhelm Philipp Daniel Schlich

1840–1925 Indian Civil Service, botanist, forester, university teacher Darmstadt

Wilhelm Victor Alfred Tepe

1840–1920 architect Amsterdam

Willem Iskander

1840–1876 poet Mandailing Natal

Willem Levinus Penning

1840–1924 poet, writer Schiedam

Willem Vincent Reinier Karel Baud

1840–1933 civil servant, military officer

William A. Pickering

1840–1907 interpreter, politician, translator Eastwood

William Alexander Foster

1840–1888 lawyer Toronto

William Allan

1840–1901 politician Edinburgh

William August Kobbé

1840–1931 military personnel New York City

William Barksdale Tabb

1840–1874 military officer Amelia County

William Bartlett Dalby

1840–1918 surgeon Ashby-de-la-Zouch

William Bensinger

1840–1925 Waynesburg

William Clement Ley

1840–1896 Anglican priest, meteorologist, rector

William Cosmo Monkhouse

1840–1901 critic, poet, writer London