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

Constance Fenimore Woolson

1840–1894 novelist, poet, writer Claremont

Constance Stanley, Countess of Derby

1840–1922 aristocrat

Constantin Codrescu

1840–1891 physician

Cornelia Branch Stone

1840–1925

Crazy Horse

1840–1877 politician, traditional leader or chief South Dakota

Cruz Otxoa de Zabalegi

1840–1911 Catholic priest, canon, journalist, politician Puente La Reina – Gares

Custódio José de Melo

1840–1902 diplomat, military personnel, politician Salvador

Cynthia S. Burnett

1840–1932 writer Niles

Cyprien-Emmanuel-Marie de Bellissen

1840–1925 diplomat, politician Toulouse

Cyril VIII Jaha

1840–1916 Catholic bishop, Catholic priest Aleppo

Cécile Anspach

1840–1912

Céline Renooz

1840–1928 editor, women's rights activist, writer Liège

D. Newlin Fell

1840–1919 judge Buckingham Township

Danail Popov

1840–1909 Pleven

Daniel Ayres Goodsell

1840–1909 cleric

Daniel G. George

1840–1916 Plaistow

Daniel Niclasen

1840–1900 merchant, politician Sørvágur

Daniel Wilson

1840–1919 politician, producer Paris

Danilo Fajgelj

1840–1908 composer, organist Idrija

David B. Henderson

1840–1906 lawyer, politician Old Deer

David Brainerd Lyman

1840–1914 lawyer

David Hay Dalrymple

1840–1912 chemist, politician Newbury

David Ivanovich Orlov

1840–1916 military personnel Don Host Oblast

David John Mosher Wood

1840–1918 Mount Gilead

David Jones

1840–1902 Christian minister, poet, writer Cerrigydrudion

David Raynal

1840–1903 politician, ship-owner Paris

David Starčević

1840–1908 politician

Davie Park

b. 1840 golfer Scotland

De Burgh Fitzpatrick Persse

1840–1921 politician

Deborah Griscom Passmore

1840–1911 art educator, botanical illustrator, painter Delaware County

Ded Gjo Luli

1840–1915 politician Tuzi

Delavan Bates

1840–1918 Schoharie County

Delia Bartlett Fay

1840–1908 nurse

Della Whitney Norton

1840–1937 poet, writer Fort Edward

Dezső Szilágyi

1840–1901 politician Oradea

Dezső Véghely

1840–1897 historian Veszprém

Dimitar Biserov

1840–1886 educator Dupnitsa

Dimitar Brakalow

1840–1903 politician Kalofer

Dimitar Popgeorgiev

1840–1908 military personnel, politician Berovo

Dimitrios Kokkidis

1840–1896 astronomer, meteorologist, university teacher Athens

Dinanath Dhar

b. 1840 lawyer, writer Chinsurah

Diogene Ulyssee Napoleon Maillart

1840–1926 painter Lachaussée-du-Bois-d'Écu

Dionysios Taboularis

1840–1928 actor Zakynthos

Dionís Escorsa i Cruells

1840–1900 businessperson Sant Feliu de Codines

Dirk Hendrik Ezerman

1840–1894 organist Alkmaar

Dirk Huizinga

1840–1903 rector magnificus of the University of Groningen, university teacher Den Horn

Dmitry Karakozov

1840–1866 political activist Kostroma

Dmitry Leontyev

1840–1892 military officer

Dmitry Pisarev

1840–1868 essayist, journalist, literary critic, writer Znamenskoe

Dmitry Skalon

1840–1919 military historian, military officer, military personnel