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

Beatrice Speraz

1840–1923 novelist, writer Trieste

Beatrix Lucia Catherine Tollemache

1840–1926 writer

Belle Reynolds

1840–1936 nurse Peoria

Ben Davies

1840–1930 Christian minister, preacher, writer Rhondda

Bendt Wedell

1840–1922

Benedetto Bonazzi

1840–1915 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Marigliano

Benjamin A. Cady

1840–1920 businessperson, politician Granville

Benjamin A. Willis

1840–1886 lawyer, politician New York City

Benjamin Altman

1840–1913 art collector, entrepreneur New York City

Benjamin Bryan

1840–1914 activist, book editor, journalist, newspaper editor, non-fiction writer Matlock Bath

Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow

1840–1913 priest

Bennet Burleigh

1840–1914 journalist, spy

Benoni Irwin

1840–1896 painter

Benoît Oriol

1840–1926 entrepreneur, politician Saint-Chamond

Bernard de Quatrebarbes

1840–1867 military personnel Nantes

Bernhard Fredrik Godenhjelm

1840–1912 professor Saint Petersburg

Bernhard Förster

1840–1904 mining engineer, ministry official Schellenberg

Bertram Ashburnham, 5th Earl of Ashburnham

1840–1913 politician

Bethenia Angelina Owens-Adair

1840–1926 physician, writer Cass County

Blanche d'Antigny

1840–1874 actor, singer Martizay

Bloody Knife

1840–1876 military personnel Dakota Territory

Bourgès

1840–1901 chansonnier, singer Bordeaux

Brayton Ives

1840–1914 businessperson Farmington

Brettena Smyth

1840–1898 businessperson, politician, suffragist Kyneton

Briton Rivière

1840–1920 painter London

Brother Walfrid

1840–1915 priest County Sligo

Brusher Mills

1840–1905

Butamatsu

b. 1840

Bálint Mikó

1840–1919 politician Brașov

Béla Szász

1840–1898 philosopher, poet, translator Aiud

Camilla Urso

1840–1902 violinist Nantes

Camille Bouchez

1840–1905 Procureur général, lawyer, procureur de la République près le tribunal de grande instance de Paris Cambrai

Camille Crémer

1840–1876 military officer, military personnel Sarreguemines

Camille Moreau-Nélaton

1840–1897 ceramicist, painter Paris

Camillo Miola

1840–1919 painter Naples

Carel Jan Emilius van Bylandt

1840–1902 politician

Carl Ehrenberg

1840–1914 painter Dannau

Carl Feigenbaumn

1840–1896

Carl Friedrich Meyer

1840–1904 geographer, historian, pedagogue

Carl Gudmund Uno Silfverstolpe

1840–1899 archivist, writer Jakob and Johannes parish

Carl Joseph von Lemm

1840–1890 clergyman Haapsalu

Carl Ludwig Sahl

1840–1897 diplomat Darmstadt

Carl Schröder

1840–1916 librarian Waren

Carlo Alberto Quigini Puliga

1840–1914 politician Casale Monferrato

Carlo Andreoli

1840–1906 composer, conductor, music educator, pianist Mirandola

Carlo Borgatta

1840–1914 politician Rocca Grimalda

Carlo Cerruti

1840–1904 politician Novara

Carlo Giacomini

1840–1898 anatomist, neuroscientist, physician, teacher Sale

Carlo Magenta

1840–1893 historian, journalist, lawyer, secondary school teacher, university teacher Pavia

Carlo d'Ormeville

1840–1924 librettist, playwright, poet Rome