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

Claude-Henri Gorceix

1842–1919 mineralogist Saint-Denis-des-Murs

Clemens Herschel

1842–1930 engineer, translator Boston

Conrad Wise Chapman

1842–1910 painter, soldier Washington, D.C.

Cornelius R. Parsons

1842–1901 politician York

Daniel A. Currie

1842–1911 politician Scarsdale

Daniel G. Rollins

1842–1897 lawyer, politician

David Goldie

1842–1926 politician Hobart

David L. Bass

1842–1886 Ireland

David Lindo Alexander

1842–1922 barrister

Denis Cashman

1842–1897 Dungarvan

Dimitar Tapkov

1842–1899 Giannitsa

Dimitrije Ruvarac

1842–1931 Eastern Orthodox priest, historian, journalist, opinion journalist, pastor, writer Stari Banovci

Diomede Falconio

1842–1917 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest, diplomat, theologian Pescocostanzo

Dora Rappard

1842–1923 missionary Malta

Dudley C. Haskell

1842–1883 explorer, politician Springfield

Dávid Ney

1842–1905 opera singer Várpalota

E.T. Hooley

1842–1903 explorer

Ebenezer Skellie

1842–1898 Mina

Edmund Clarence Messer

1842–1919 painter Skowhegan

Edmund Rice

1842–1906 Brighton

Edward Everett Parker

1842–1923 judge, lawyer Brookline

Edward Lane

1842–1912 judge, lawyer, politician Cleveland

Edward Lowe Martin

1842–1912 politician Maysville

Edward Shepard Wilkinson

1842–1902 banker, politician Rowe

Elimelekh Wechsler-Besredka

1842–1919 translator Kryve Ozero

Eliyahu David Rabinowitz-Teomim

1842–1905 rabbi Pikeliai

Elizabeth Bacon Custer

1842–1933 journalist, memoirist, writer Monroe

Elizabeth S. MacLeod

1842–1939 poet Edinburgh

Emeline M. North

1842–1920 clubwoman, temperance worker New York City

Emil Römmler

1842–1941 photographer, postcard publisher Mittweida

Erik Gustaf Boström

1842–1907 estate owner, politician Stockholm

Eustachy Benedykt Koziełł-Poklewski

b. 1842 Knyahinin

Evelyn Magruder DeJarnette

1842–1902 writer Glenmore

F. A. de Roepstorff

1842–1883 philologist, writer

Felix Schweighofer

1842–1912 stage actor Brno

Ferdinand Humbert

1842–1934 painter Paris

Frank Beard

1842–1905 draftsperson

Frank Hill Smith

1842–1904 interior designer, painter Boston

François Pollen

1842–1886 explorer, naturalist, ornithologist, zoologist Rotterdam

François-Marie-Joseph Gourdon

1842–1927 Catholic missionary, Catholic priest Beaupréau

Frederik Asmussen

1842–1919 lawyer

Frederik Treschow til Krabbesholm

1842–1876

Georg Franzius

1842–1914 civil engineer, engineer, executive, university teacher Aurich

George H. Harrison

1842–1919 Massachusetts

George Province

b. 1842 Newport

Giuseppe Mazzolani

1842–1916 painter

Guillermo de Landa y Escandón

1842–1927 politician Mexico City

Gustav Eduard Osterloh

1842–1903 Leipzig

Gustave Vieille

1842–1909 architect Besançon

Géza Entz

1842–1919 biologist, teacher, zoologist Mezőkomárom