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

William Dean

1840–1905 engineer

William Disch

1840–1912 politician Glarus

William Edward Gumbleton

1840–1911 botanical collector, botanist, explorer County Cork

William Farley Peck

1840–1908 journalist

William Francis Bartlett

1840–1876 soldier Haverhill

William Frank Carver

1840–1927 dentist, sniper

William Frederick Taylor

1840–1927 politician, surgeon London

William Frederick Windham

1840–1866 large estate owner Erpingham

William Freeman Vilas

1840–1908 lawyer, politician Chelsea

William G. Whitney

1840–1915 Allen

William Gedney Bunce

1840–1916 painter Hartford

William Graham Sumner

1840–1910 anthropologist, economist, historian, philosopher, political scientist, political theorist, sociologist, university teacher, writer Paterson

William Guilfoyle

1840–1912 botanical collector, botanist London

William H. H. Cowles

1840–1901 lawyer, politician

William H. Savage

1840–1930 politician County Limerick

William Hathaway Forbes

1840–1897 businessperson Milton

William Henry Hale

1840–1919 lawyer, physician Albany

William Henry Harrison Larimer

1840–1910

William Henry Harrison Stowell

1840–1922 politician Windsor

William Hixon McDonald

1840–1898

William J. Carson

1840–1913 military personnel Westmoreland County

William J. Hill

1840–1918 newspaper proprietor, politician

William J. Purman

1840–1928 lawyer, politician

William Jones

1840–1908 historian, journalist Ffestiniog

William Knickerbocker Van Reypen

1840–1924 military physician Bergen City

William Lovenstein

1840–1896 politician Laurel

William Martin Ampt

1840–1909 lawyer, volapükologist

William McKay Wright

1840–1882 lawyer, politician Wright's Town, Lower Canada

William Mortimer Lewis

1840–1880 preacher Meidrim

William N. Roach

1840–1902 politician Washington, D.C.

William Norwood Potter

1840–1895 chess player, clerk, journalist, literary editor London

William Owens

1840–1917 merchant, politician Lachute

William P. Hogarty

1840–1914 military personnel New York City

William Patrick Rend

1840–1915 County Leitrim

William Pittenger

1840–1904 screenwriter, writer Jefferson County

William Richard Jones

1840–1898 Christian minister, writer Llanfrothen

William Ripley Brown

1840–1916 judge, lawyer, politician Buffalo

William Robert Maurice Wynne

1840–1909 large estate owner, politician, soldier Ruyton-XI-Towns

William Ryan

1840–1925 politician Tipperary

William Samuel Lilly

1840–1919 barrister Dorset

William Smith

1840–1910 Union Soldier, Carpenter Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

William Suermondt

1840–1930 entrepreneur Aachen

William Tecumseh Barks

1840–1906 poet Bedford

William Thomas Sampson

1840–1902 army officer, military officer Wayne County

William Warner

1840–1916 lawyer, politician Shullsburg

William Williams

1840–1893 military personnel County Louth

William Winter-Irving

1840–1901 politician

Wincenty Sękowski

1840–1911 Catholic priest Marijampolė

Władysław Fudalewski

1840–1918 Latin Catholic priest, journalist Skąpe, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

Władysław Szymanowski

1840–1917 actor, theatrical director Warsaw